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Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast144 - Supernova, Pt. 1 (PRO1x18) (with Sam Stovold and Sean Davis) Ring in the new year…. 2023…. in July 2025 (why not, it’s Jaxilly!) in this very special episode where three drunk guys are awash in residual holiday cheer and bonding over how this little Star Trek kids show that no one believed in is somehow building up to one of the most heartwrenching and tense finales in Trek history. Over a bottle of smoky Scotch (among other things), Jack, Sam and Sean explain the surprising way Return of the Jedi changed all media forever, celebrate the triumphant return of Jellico, imagine a George Lucas / Ira Steven Behr creative partner...
2025-07-223h 05Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast142 - Ghost in the Machine (PRO1x16) (with Sam Stovold) Sam is back for Baby’s First Holodeck misadventure! As he and Jack enjoy some classic Trek holodeck tropes, they also find time to investigate intriguing British changes to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, display their knowledge of various iterations of Jonny Quest, reminisce about the Year of Luigi, discuss what makes a good plane movie, try to recall fictional Marvel countries, elucidate what good can be Salva(tion)ged from shitty Terminator sequels, relive 90’s southern California talk radio, and in a very special Bond Talk session, Sam reports on his recent trip to London.
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Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[TONGO 7] Captain's Holiday (TNG 3.19) (with Kregg Castillo)The world, as we know it, has changed since Reopening the Wormhole disappeared. In the multi-year absence of America’s Favorite Podcast, society has begun to crumble; systems have collapsed, governments have disintegrated, and the world order feels like a distant memory. Is it too late for humanity to be saved? Is the return of RTW too little, too late? We can only hope that it’s not, as we release the next in our Tongo Wheel experience: the classic TNG episode Captain’s Holiday! Recorded all the way back in 2023 (oh how young and naive we once were), this e...
2025-03-202h 52Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastCARLOS BONUS 8 - The 8th Annual Continuity Carlos Christmas Special (with Jay-Z and Bryan Stovold)For Christmas 2024, Carlos first makes the long voyage to California, Jack's ancestral homeland, and settles in for a evening of outdoor cabana Christmas Eve cheer alongside Jack, Jack's father and Jay-Z. Merry Christmas!
2024-12-2659 minJack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast135 - Asylum (PRO1x10) (with Sam Stovold) Prodigy is back (this was WAY before it was canceled), and so is the PD Crew! That·s right, the Prodigy Debut Crew (aka Super Rios Bros) is back, and they couldn·t be happier than to be talking about Barniss. Fucking. FREX and some of the other less important characters. But first, Jack is going to spend an absurdly long time guessing who·s in a Marvel movie that everyone has already seen, and the fellas are gonna touch on what makes TNG unique, talk Babylon 5, reminisce on why cops are scary, and quote Eminem a lot...
2024-09-012h 48Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast134 - The Stars at Night (LDS3x10) (with Sam Stovold and Sean Davis) Jaxilly’s coverage of the Lower Decks season 3 finale is finally released, and you’ll never guess the amazing stars Jack has gathered for this loving tribute to the Golden State. It’s two of SoCal’s most golden, SoCal Scarf boys Sam Stovold and Sean Davis! In addition to their thoughts on this exciting finale, you’ll hear a characteristic AI rant, explore the murky origins of Continuity Carlos, go on a Qualor deep dive, and celebrate some California Love! And that isn’t even mentioning a special surprise appearance by two of hip-hop and R&B’s biggest sta...
2024-08-224h 21Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast132 - Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus (LDS3x08) (with Geoff Clarke, Sean Davis and Sam Stovold) Dim the lights and put on some popcorn, it’s movie night at Jaxilly! And the loudmouths in the theater this time are none other than Jack, Geoff, and Sean (with a special unbilled guest star (OK, it’s Sam)) showing up to use Crisis Point 2 to reflect on movie tropes, endless quote the Simpsons, talk about the hottest pop culture (of late 2024), and remember that ANDOR makes this a double feature! JAXILLY WILL RETURN.
2024-07-174h 29Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast131 - A Mathematically Perfect Redemption (LDS3x07) (with Barm, Sam Stovold, Sean Davis, Michelle Ugalde and BIRDS) Chirp, chirp, CAW, muthafucka! Peanut Hamper is BACK (for the first time) in a Very Special Episode of Lower Decks, and this episode of Jaxilly is also very special because the wonderful Michelle Ugalde flies back to the nest and rejoins the flock to sing her songs about it, songs that Jack, Sean, Sam and Barm are all too happy to join in singing. Songs about birdmen, nipples, Final Fantasy, why ANDOR is the greatest goddamn thing ever and so much more. Roost here! CORNISH GAME HENS ARE BIRDS
2024-04-263h 59Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast128 - Room For Growth (LDS3x04) (with Sam Stovold, Sean Davis and Barm) It’s COVIIIIIID TIME! Jack’s got COVID, and you know what that means. FUN. Especially when Barm, Sam Stovold, and SEEEEEEAAAAAN Davis are talking about Room for Growth, just in time for the finale of the next season of the same show! Listen and enjoy these chucklefucks talking about engineers, Delta Shift, their history with churros, Jellico AGAIN, Simpsons moments that just don’t sit right, and some Strange New Worlds casting talk that will SHOCK you, if you are in fall 2022. Stay tuned for some Final Fantasy memories. If you don’t listen to this, you’ll be like...
2023-11-013h 52
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersEmpire's End (with Jack Stovold)As Emperor Palpatine's latest clone desperately tries to cling to life, we find ourself once again joined by Jack Stovold for a comprehensive examination of ALL things Ahsoka, a discussion of obscure radio dramas and air rage of the mid-nineties, and to finally close the book on the strange chapter of Star Wars history that is the Dark Empire saga.
2023-10-192h 52Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast127 - Mining the Mind's Mines (LDS3x03) (with Sam Stovold, Sean Davis, Barm and Future Jack)Barm and Future Jack swoop in to rescue a crippled episode. And in the process, make it a hundred times better than it ever could have been before. So listen to them talk over Past Jack, Sam and Sean rating all their past teachers, talk about raising pigs, and maybe even occasionally mention this year old Lower Decks episode. iIt’s sure to put you in the mood for some chingas!
2023-09-223h 27
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersNewspaper 25 - A New Beginning (with Ryan Davis and Jack Stovold)As Luke and Han confront an old rival bent on collecting Jabba's prize, we collect two Star Friends, Ryan Davis and Jack Stovold, for a conversation about recent Star Wars television releases, Admiral Kirk's retirement, the return of a newspaper Star Wars favorite(?), and Jack's drunken scribblings.
2023-06-012h 17Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast123 - All Those Who Wander (SNW1x09) (with Barm, Sam Stovold and Kev Young) Hemmer goes to war! The PD Crew (PD Crew is Barm + Reopening the Wormhole) gathers here to mourn the loss of Hemmer, and more importantly, DUKE. They’re also celebrating GORNS, GORNS, GORNS! And puzzling over continuity, but also, finding that they don’t really care when it’s this good. Also, Buckley rules. Jack learns how to properly quote a hip-hop classic, and they all get out their final thoughts on Obi-Wan Kenobi as a whole. Heck, there’s even some timely Ms. Marvel, Stranger Things and Lego Star Wars chat. GORNS and HEMMER, this is a great e...
2023-02-273h 32Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast121 - The Serene Squall (SNW1x07) (with Sam Stovold, Sean Davis and Kev Young) SYBOK SYBOK SYBOK Sam Stovold SYBOK SYBOK SYBOK SYBOK Kev Young SYBOK SYBOK SYBOK Sean Davis SYBOK SYBOK SYBOK pirates SYBOK SYBOK SYBOK Angel SYBOK SYBOK SYBOK Chingy SYBOK SYBOK SYBOK Obi-Wan Kenobi SYBOK SYBOK SYBOK The Orville SYBOK SYBOK SYBOK. Now with 40% more Orville Redentalkin’!
2023-02-103h 55Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast117 - Ghosts of Illyria (SNW1x03) (with Sam Stovold and Sean Davis) Ghosts of Illyria is the third episode of the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. In this episode of the podcast Jack’s Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks, Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy and Strange New Worlds Podcast, the host, Jack Stovold, talks about this episode with his brother Sam and their friend Sean Davis. They also talk about Dr. Strange a good deal, and a penis museum in Japan. It is a good episode of the show and of this podcast, please listen to it.
2022-11-263h 37Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast116 - Children of the Comet (SNW1x02) (with Sam Stovold, Richard Dunham and Sean Davis) Somethin’s cookin’ at the first annual Jaxilly BBQ! (Formal dress required)! Hmm, smells like fun! Like the COVID that has infected guest Sam Stovold, SNW’s good writing and structure prove infectious to Richard Dunham and Sean Davis as well. Host Jack isn’t immune to good times either, and no damn comet or shepherd or Prime Directive is gonna stop them from having a GOOD TIME. This episode is SICK.
2022-11-163h 27
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] Catspaw (TOS 2.07)You think Star Trek is just space guys philosophizing about morality? You think things never get spooky? I’ve got a very real giant black cat and dungeon with skeletons that say otherwise! That’s right, since it’s Halloween, we had to talk about the ONLY Star Trek Halloween episode: the original series’s Catspaw! Join Sam, Jack, and Kevin for an exciting discussion about whether this episode is scary, the quaint comfort of terrible original series episodes, and a lot of discussion about Korob, Sylvia, and the weird wand. Sam also takes us on a journey through some int...
2022-10-292h 38Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[TONGO 6] The Price (TNG 3.08) (with Kregg Castillo & Cam Siemer)The wormhole is, indeed, in need of some reopening, yet again! Our Tongo extravaganza is not quite complete, and here we are joined by Cam Siemer of What Were We Watching and Young Jedi Knights Club, as well as our resident Ferengi expert Kregg, to talk about this Troi-centric episode of TNG, in which another empath boards the station and seduces our fair counselor, with, as Jethro Tull it, bad intent, and a delegation of Ferengis and others haggle over the discovery of a *GASP* stable wormhole?! What is this, DEEP SPACE NINE? No, my friends, it is not...
2022-08-222h 49Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast108 - Watcher (PIC2x04) (with Sam Stovold, Kev Young and Sean Davis) Weary from Discovery, Sam Stovold and Sean Davis venture to 2024 Los Angeles to hang out with Picardos Jack and Kev Young, and together they paint the town red. Also, La Barre, France. That means, while discussing the adventures of Seven and Raffi in LA, they’re also talking Star Trek IV, how the punk on the bus makes Star Trek part of the MCU and what that means, trying to wrap their minds around “young” Guinan and temporal mechanics, prognosticatin’ Soongs, making some WILD predictions related to Assignment: Earth and so much more! Sincerely, Little Girl.
2022-08-052h 37Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast106 - Coming Home (DIS4x13) (with Sam Stovold, Kregg Castillo and Sean Davis) Disco Season 4 FINALLY comes to a close, and Jack’s wingmen Sam Stovold and Sean Davis are joined by Ferengi expert Kregg Castillo, who hasn’t watched a single other episode of Season 4 to talk about Jonathan (aka Species 10-C)! The boys dish on a surprisingly decent finale to an okay season of Discovery, but it’s too little, too late. Jack has cause to worry about his guest situation for Season 5. They’re talking the season as a whole, the banality of Discovery’s poignant moments, looking back at REAL early Jaxilly, learning to embrace the meh, dissecti...
2022-07-263h 23Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast105 - Species 10-C (DIS4x12) (with Sam Stovold and Sean Davis) Jack loads up Skype, and the enigmatic and inscrutable Sean and Sam emerge from the mist, flashing a complex series of lights and spraying him with hydrocarbons. Classic. Using math, and Chingy lyrics, Jack was able to translate these into audio signals and a podcast, and found out they were just talking about Species 10-C. There are orbs in that hyperfield!
2022-07-192h 20Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast101 - The Galactic Barrier (DIS4x10) (with Sam Stovold and Sean Davis) Jaxilly is breaking down barriers with the help of Discovery holdouts Sam and Sean again (Jack’s saviors)! Like our intrepid heroes on Discovery, the boys jump from topic to topic to get to the end of the episode. Notables include taking an immediate liking to this Hirai fellow, celebrating the return of Cronenberg, cringing at the increasingly uncomfortable relationship between Stamets and Adira, Picard Prognosticatin’, Tarka Talk, the intersection of science and Final Fantasy, the joys of talking like Saru, a truly EPIC rant, and FENNEC. FUCKING. SHAND. Cross the barrier to FUN.
2022-06-193h 25Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast…But to Connect (DIS4x07) (with Sam Stovold and Sean Davis) Like the one with the whales, it’s the conclusion of the Sam, Sean and Jack spend around four hours phasering the shit trilogy that just kind of happened this season as they close out the weird artificial “mid-season finale” of Disco. Sean gets his wish, as Stamets and David Cronenberg get into it over AI. Meanwhile, your boys are getting into it over Tarka, timespace and free will, Marvel comics, Boba Fett and so much more. It’s as explosive as an isolytic weapon!
2022-04-183h 50Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast092 - Stormy Weather (DIS4x06) (with Sam Stovold and Sean Davis) In this episode of Jack’s Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks, Picard, Lower Decks & Prodigy Podcast, the first in nearly a month, Sam Stovold and Sean Davis join Jack to offer their timely opinions on Stormy Weather, the sixth episode of Season 4 of Discovery (which ended three weeks ago) and the premiere of The Book of Boba Fett (which ended two months ago). Enjoy.
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Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast087 - Kobayashi Maru (DIS4x01) (with Barm, Sean Davis, Sam Stovold and Kevin Young Disco Season 4 coverage finally begins, and in the best way possible! With another round of the Jack stupidly lost his audio game. Fortunately, it’s Sam to the rescue as he and Jack hop back in to record new audio to awkwardly mesh with Sean and Barm (and a certain hop-on)’s audio, making this episode simultaneously a discussion and a reaction, two months old and also a week old, nonsensical and yet penetrating. An overly complicated but fitfully intriguing mess; truly worthy of the name Discovery! We’re back!
2022-01-293h 11
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[TONGO 5] The Perfect Mate (TNG 5.21) (with Kregg Castillo & Sean Davis)I’ve heard of Shakespeare in Love, but Picard in Love? Yeah, it happened… and the RTW crew is more than ready to talk with Sean Davis about Picard’s love, Riker’s r-rated joke, Worf’s seductive growl, and since it’s a Tongo episode, you KNOW Ferengi scholar Kregg is there to add his take on some Ferengi whose horniness is only surpassed by their greed (like any good Ferengi). So enjoy a bizarre game show, some Trek talk, an epic rap, a dip into listener email for some Ryan Trek Updates (and more), and all the wild stuff y...
2022-01-213h 44
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersUK12 - Tilotny Throws a Shape / Dark Lord's Conscience (with Jack Stovold)Sam and Brian enter new territory as they cover two different strange and surreal short stories written by Alan Moore. Fortunately, they have a guide in Jack Stovold, who shares his childhood memories of Cronenbergian Stormtrooper monstrosities, time paradoxes and childish godlike beings. Beyond that, there's pre-Return of the Jedi Vader characterization, our current feelings on Bor Gullet and Saw Gerrera, the latest and greatest Star Wars comics featuring Life Day and Hoojibs, AND we talk about a commercial for a hotel! Star Wars is money.
2021-12-102h 09Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast162. PICARD BONUS #4 – Star Trek Picard: Rogue Elements, by John Jackson Miller (with Sam Stovold) The Super Rios Brothers enter Stovold’kor to get drunker than Cristobal Rios on his third bottle of aguardiente to talk about the latest Trek book wackiness from John Jackson Miller, and boy do they accomplish that as they read this tragicomic tale of Benzites, Miradorns, Iotians, and more wacky Trek characters who you never imagined would be in a story together. CLASSIC PICARD. iViva Rios!
2021-11-034h 29Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[HALLOWEEN BONUS] Night Terrors (TNG 4.17)Are you still reeling from our epic Caretaker takedown? Well that’s too bad! We’ve got our thrilling annual Halloween episode coming right at ya! The RTW boys fight through a myriad of technical difficulties to discuss this creepy, weird TNG episode, which is fondly remembered for scarring Jack & Sam as children. Despite the technical setbacks, the guys are excited to talk hallucinations, alien messages, and have a long discussion about the nature of dreams. We couldn’t let you guys celebrate the spooooookiest day of the year without some Trek in your life! So dive into the beauti...
2021-10-292h 08Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[TONGO 4] Voyager 1.01 Caretaker (featuring Kregg Castillo and Sean Davis)The Tongo Journey continues with Quark’s historic appearance in the first episode of Voyager. Warning to Voyager fans: we love you, but if you have trouble with dissenting opinions about this pilot, please do not listen. Sean Davis joins the regular RTW hosts, Sam, Jack, and Kevin, as well as Ferengiman Kregg, to discuss this disjointed, bizarre, messy pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager. They salvage what they can from the mess, but mostly spend several hours bemoaning its many flaws. Consider these friendly nerds the caretakers of your heart as you listen to them assert deep discomfort wi...
2021-10-273h 30Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast080 - I, Excretus (LDS2x08) (with Barm, Sam Stovold, Kevin Young, Sean Davis and Michelle Ugalde)For this homage to a bunch of classic Star Trek scenes with some new material, Jack has assembled a team of classic guests with one new one! Occasional emailer Michelle Ugalde beams aboard to gibbering madness, and FUN! For better or worse (only Michelle knows for sure!) she gets the ultimate Jaxilly experience and to her credit proves herself to be as silly as anyone in this megasized drunken Star Trek lovefest! This is one holochamber you’re not gonna want to come out of!
2021-10-114h 00Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[ANNOUNCEMENT] RTW Music out NOW!!!Oi! You! You're a Reopening the Wormhole fan! You probably enjoy the music we've done over the years... well you're in luck! A selection of RTW music has been released INTO THE WILD! You can hear 100 classic RTW tracks, spread out over two albums, with gorgeous artwork by Sam & Jack Stovold, on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, or pretty much any streaming platform you like! Just search for Reopening the Wormhole, and 100 goofy little tracks will be right at your fingertips! Look out for the next TONGO WHEEL episode coming atcha soon! Spotify: https://open.spotify...
2021-10-0504 minJack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast078 - The Spy Humongous (LDS2x06) (with Sam Stovold and Kevin Young) It’s Reopening the Wormhole week up in this bitch, as RTW cohosts Sam and Kevin reunite with Jack to talk PAKLED PLANET SHENANIGANS, beloved anomalies, slugs and SCORPIONS and the RED SHIRTS. The best way to kick off such a discussion is with an extended review of the work of Kurtwood Smith, before circling back to Kzintis, Ape Pokemon, Jack’s first taste of Hard Seltzer, his embarrassing Kiwi accent, and the works of Frank Miller. The only thing that’s missing is Spider-Man 2! GET OVER HERE!
2021-09-232h 48Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast077 - An Embarrassment of Dooplers (LDS2x05) (with Barm, Sam Stovold, and Sean Davis) It’s a Starbase-sized episode as Jack calls back Barm, Sean, and Sam to talk about a really fun Lower Decks ep just jam-packed with Trek deep cuts, a heartwarming email section, and then close out with some Trailer-Sailin’ and news talk about SNW, Prodigy, Picard Season 2 and all the other crazy crap that came out on Star Trek day. You’ll also hear the boys consciously changing their dialects, giving you some AMAZING drink recipes, appreciating Richard Kind and talking skants, skants, SKANTS! SHUT UP!
2021-09-164h 11Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[TONGO 3] Unification II (TNG 5.08)We know what you’re thinking, you rapscallion! You’re thinking “WHERE IS RTW? I NEED MORE PODCAST!” We got your number pally. Well guess what WE’RE BAAAAACK. The Tongo wheel continues to spin around and around, and where she stopped this time around was the classic TNG episode Unification II, aka THE ONE WITH SPOCK. As always, the guys are joined by Ferengi Expert Kregg, and this time, by old pal Barm as well, to get down to the nitty gritty of what reeeeeally works in this episode, and what is a wet fart, and really dig into Spock...
2021-09-132h 43Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast076 - Mugato, Gumato (LDS2x04) (with Barm, Kregg Castillo and Sam Stovold) Jack (cohost of the APECAST!) gets so excited about the meeting of the classic ape-like Mugatos with villainous laser-whippin’ Ferengis that he has to call Ferengi expert Kregg (obviously!), Barm (as you do) and brother Sam (why not?) to go absolutely APESHIT over this wacky adventure. In the spirit of the episode, they have plenty of pronunciation problems of their own, while talking the Kzinti, Stephen King, Dark, Australian Tellarites, REFERENCES, What If…, Shang-Chi, and just about every movie currently in theaters. It’s as sexually arousing as watching two Mugatus go at it.
2021-09-093h 39Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastBONUS - Star Trek Character Commercials, Pt. 2 (with Barm and Sam Stovold) In the thrilling conclusion to the last episode, Jack, Sam and Barm talk about another twenty commercials with Star Trek characters in them, and then read some emails and shit. (Follow along with the gang by checking commercials 22-39 yourself on Jack’s Youtube playlist “Star Trek Character Commercials”)
2021-07-052h 33Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[TONGO 2] Suspicions (TNG 6.22)The Tongo Experiment ventures into its second outing to talk about the TNG season six episode, Suspicions! In a rare Dr. Crusher-centric episode, she becomes Detective Bevs in order to solve the mysterious murder of a Ferengi scientist on board the ship to test out his groundbreaking invention. As always, Ferengiman Kregg joins in to weigh the good, the bad, and the tasty (mmm those Jo’Bril snacks) of this middling episode. Does the mystery aspect hold up? How do we feel about the concept of a Ferengi scientist? And what’s that new rap gonna be like? (Hint: it’s...
2021-06-222h 58Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastBONUS - Star Trek Character Commercials, Pt. I (with Barm and Sam Stovold) Jack perverts Sam’s very reasonable idea of watching every commercial they can find of Star Trek actors playing their characters in TV commercials by creating exceptions and watering down the concept until the episode becomes a bloated, overly long mess that needed to be split into two parts to even approach being manageable, yet still manages to be a lot of fun! Barm is along to assist in this process. (Follow along with the gang by checking out the first 21 commercials yourself on Jack’s Youtube playlist “Star Trek Character Commercials”)
2021-06-202h 35
Marvel Star Wars Explorers107 - All Together Now (with Jack Stovold)As an uneasy alliance of Star Warriors grapple with their own insecurities and conflicts while taking on the Tof menace, our Star Friends -- HOLY SHIT IT'S THE FINAL ISSUE! Jack Stovold joins us for one last journey to the 80's, baby, as we analyze the good and bad of a very unusual Star Wars issue, ponder what George Lucas' creative input in the current Star Wars universe might look like, rank our favorite covers, characters and issues of the comic, and look forward to the bright new future of Marvel Star Wars Explorers! All that, AND Sam tells...
2021-03-113h 38Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast072 - That Hope Is You, Pt. 2 (DIS3x13) (with Barm, Geoff Clarke, Kregg Castillo, Sam Stovold, Sean Davis and Richard Dunham)It’s a Disco Party, and Jack has invited a cadre of glorious guests to celebrate his newfound freedom from the pressures of endlessly podcasting about Star Trek every week. Barm, Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers), Sean Davis (After the Credits), Kregg Castillo (Golden Boy?), Richard Dunham (Ghibli Minute), and an Ape-on in the form of Geoff Clarke (The ApeCast), are all here to dish on the finale and their thoughts on Season 3 in general. This megasize episode is more exciting than the BURN, and will surely resonate throughout subspace for all eternity.
2021-01-184h 57Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast069 – Terra Firma, Pt. 2 (DIS3x10) (with Geoff Clarke, Sam Stovold, Kevin Young and Sean Davis)Celebrate the holidays with one of the biggest Jaxilly BLOWOUTS ever! Hey, it’s the end of the year, everyone had drinks and the day off, we have to talk about CHINGY’S blessings, the Mirror Universe, Georgiou leaving the show, the return of the Guardian of Forever (aka CARL), the biggest mailbag ever, and of course THE MANDO FINALE! So join a Chingy-approved Jack, a Luke-likin’(?) Sam (Marvel Star Wars Explorers), a tumbleweed-filled apartment owning Geoff (The ApeCast), a very passionately opinionated Sean (After the Credits), and a Guardian-hoppin’ Kevin (Reopening the Wormhole) for a rip-roarin’ time! You’ll find there’s...
2020-12-244h 28Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast068 - Terra Firma, Pt.I (DIS3x09) (with Barm, Sam Stovold, Kevin Young, and Kristina Kephart)Jack, Sam, and Kevin are Reopening the Wormhole to a time podcasting with Barm and she of the glistening Klingon hams, RTW appearances, Picard Finales, and SMB commentaries, the delightful Kristina Kephart! They are here to talk about the wonders of CARL, decide the perfect trail mix, mourn the loss of salty Stamets, and above all, debate the merits of Georgiou as they once again delve into the mirror universe. Come for those alluring mirror women, but STAY for Jack live on cast experiencing possibly the most unexpected and wonderful moment of his life, courtesy of great friends, and th...
2020-12-193h 16Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast065 - Scavengers (DIS3x06) (with Barm and Sam Stovold)Barm is back from his whirlwind November tour of Castville, and joins Jack and Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers) to talk SCAVENGERS. That means you’ll be digging through the garbage to find gems like the story of the vagina-faces, a discussion of what working with people from a thousand years ago would REALLY be like and a show from Admiral Vance’s perspective, an attempt to deconstruct the Burn, references to The Running Man, and noted Georgiou-haters actually kind of… liking Georgiou? Also, we talk a lot about Discovery actually doing good character plotting and writing, blah blah. ...
2020-11-273h 26Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] Jack's Scrumpy Little Friendly Neighborhood Birthday Bracket (with Barm & Jason Butze)A birthday just isn’t a birthday unless you spend it talking at length about Deep Space Nine characters with your buddies! (I guess most of our birthdays haven’t been birthdays… that’s gloomy…) Luckily for us, there are enough fascinating characters on Deep Space Nine that we could load two completely different brackets, and still have some left over. So to celebrate the anniversary of Jack’s birth (as well as that of StarMom TechnoBarbara, and president-elect Joe Biden), the RTW team has gathered two of their favorite recurring guests to have big, long discussions about things like what Ni...
2020-11-202h 17Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast063 - Forget Me Not (DIS3x04) (with Sam Stovold and Sean Davis)TRILL POOLS! They’re back, and so are Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers, Reopening the Wormhole) and Sean Davis (After the Credits) to do the deepest dive (into a Trill pool) on Trills since Reopening the Wormhole! Recent events, and a delicious new Jaxilly drank have the guys in high spirits as they debate the relative merits of Trill adventures and disastrous dinner parties. They’ll also find time for taco talk, Ocarina of Time temple-ranking, Smoke Monster HotTheories, discussing characters as conduits, and seeing how many different ways Sean can find to say Culber’s name. Dive into the...
2020-11-132h 52Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast062 - People of Earth (DIS3x03) (with Barm, Kregg Castillo, Kevin Young and Sam Stovold)It’s the first big Disco party of Season 3, as Jack, Sam and Kevin of RTW, Barm, and Ferengi expert and Golden Boy Kregg collide in orbit over Earth, and tensions are running HIGH when the group finds itself dividing into factions. (And this is even before George Lucas pops in to offer up his hot takes.) Sure, we can all agree on key issues like Book = delightful, Georgiou = irritating, Saturn = awesome, but is this episode more overly melodramatic preponderance, or one of the best episodes of the series?? It’s the most contentious issue in America today, without questio...
2020-11-063h 13Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast058 - Crisis Point (LDS1x09) (with Barm and Richard Dunham)Jack Stovold (Reopening the Wormhole, The ApeCast) directs! In this thrilling chapter of the Jack’s Silly Saga, Jack (JACK STOVOLD) and Barm (BARM) are discussing the 9th episode of STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS, when Richard (RICHARD DUNHAM) appears – and their lives are changed forever. Together, the three of them will discover the truth behind why this episode reminds them of STAR TREK movies --- and how the power of cinema brings people together. – “Diverting fun for the whole… family! Three thumbs up!” – Arex, the Chingyville Times (End Theme “Yama no Ongakuka” by Keen on Keys.)
2020-10-092h 46Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast056 - Much Ado About Boimler (LDS1x07) (with Barm and Sam Stovold) Jack, Sam and Barm reunite just to hang out and talk Trek, and it feels so good. And this seems to be the perfect episode for them to do just that! It’s really a hangout sesh, as the Boims talk about their love of Boimler, their admiration for the whole voice cast, the positive evolution of Mariner, and a buncha real nerdy shit, like reveling in the second EDOSIAN to appear in Trek, cataloguing the freaks, unveiling the secret history of McDonald’s and Doug Jones, defending Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 and laughing at language nerd Jack’...
2020-09-253h 39
Marvel Star Wars Explorers096 - Duel with a Dark Lady! (with Chris Lantz and Jack Stovold)As Kiro attempts a daring rescue of an injured Luke on the desolate world Kinooine, we welcome back two returning champions, Chris Lantz and Jack Stovold to talk about the shocking revelations regarding Lumiya's identity, the upcoming adventures of the Lego Star Warriors, and the states of the Star Wars world in 1985 and 2020.
2020-09-032h 46Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast050 - Second Contact (LDS1x01) (with Barm, Sam Stovold and Kevin Young) Saddle up! Let’s lock, load, and LOOK at the newest member of the Star Trek Crew (of shows). To do that, Jack has brought back the P.D. Crew (himself, Barm, and Sam and Kevin from Reopening the Wormhole) to check out Second Contact, the first outing of Lower Decks. Is it good Star Trek? Is it funny? Does it have ENOUGH Star Trek/California references? Is it similar/different enough from The Orville/Rick and Morty? Most importantly, is it FUN!? In addition to these important questions, the gang will rank the Riddlers, discuss their favori...
2020-08-143h 29
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] The Animated Series: Albatross (2x04)We wouldn’t let you guys endure an ENTIRE worldwide pandemic without dropping in at some point, would we? Well we almost did…. But we’re finally here, performing for you! Recorded all the way back in the sweet, naive days of April 2020, we are back to update you all on how we’re doing, how the world is doing, share our thoughts on Star Trek: Picard, and then, finally, discuss this plague-themed episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series! It’s Albatross! When Bones is held responsible for a plague that killed off an entire species of weird-looking aliens, it...
2020-08-032h 15Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastBONUS - Daft Punk: Discovery (with Kevin Young, Geoff Clarke, and Sam Stovold) It’s time to Discover Discovery all over again! This time, the robotic Jack and Kevin of last year’s ELO party are joined by a couple of daft punks, in the form of Sam Stovold and Daft Punk superfan Geoff Clarke of the ApeCast, to talk about 2001’s Discovery. Inevitably, as the alcohol flows freely, they’re gonna talk about Interstella 5555, and branch off into a bevy of musical topics and other tangents as well, as they go through the album track by track. So dye your skin blue and get ready to rock. Veridis Quo, y’all!
2020-07-163h 41Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastBONUS - Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Black Swan (7x07) (with Lauren Petronaci and Sam Stovold) Beloved moths, the only Discovery podcast that is distermined not to talk about Star Trek: Discovery is BACK with its 3rd annual Curb Your Enthusiasm episode! Lauren and Jack are ready to talk about asshole and swan killer Larry David, but HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! Sam Stovold has discovered the cheat code to get on to podcasts, and that is making the host feel guilty about their past negligence. It’s all good though, as Sam makes a fine addition to the Curb Team, as they investigate whether the eponymous swan is named Kyoko or Kiyoko, enjo...
2020-07-043h 19Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastBONUS - Super Mario Bros. (Commentary) (with Barm, Sam Stovold, Kristina Kephart and Josh Lee) Trust the fungus, and trust Jack’s Silly to bring you the BEST random audio commentaries for movies in the podcast GAME! This ain’t no edited postgame discussion, it’s a commentating live as the movie plays thrill ride! Jack’s Silly must have swallowed a mushroom, because it’s this show’s biggest audio commentary yet! Jack is joined by Barm, Josh Lee, Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers) and Kristina Kephart to talk about this misbegotten cinematic misadventure from 1993. So fire up your Super Mario Bros. DVD or Blu-Ray and get ready to warp to Brooklyn an...
2020-06-122h 37
Marvel Star Wars Explorers089 - I'll See You in the Throne Room (with Jack Stovold)As Luke finds himself being tempted by the dark side of the force during a planetary revolution, we find ourselves tempted by Jack Stovold's wiles, as he joins us to talk about one of his favorite Marvel Star Wars issues, to warn us about the dangers of naturally occurring poison gas, to react to the rapidly expanding Star Wars television universe with us and to SEE US IN THE THRONE ROOM!
2020-05-292h 39Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast049 - Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 2 (PIC1x10) (with Barm, Kregg Castillo, Geoff Clarke, Sam Stovold, Kevin Young, Richard Dunham, Sean Davis, Derek Buckley and Kristina Kephart)The day the Internet has waited for is here. You are now FREE to model your Picard opinion of off Jack’s Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks and Picard Podcast’s, and you can really pick whichever one you choose from this episode’s astounding, and quite frankly, ridiculous amount of guests. NINE of the thirteen guests who have graced Jack with their presence over this season of Picard (and Picard-related Short Treks) are here, including Barm, Kregg Castillo (Golden Boy), Geoff Clarke (The ApeCast), Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers), Kevin Young (Reopening the Wormhole...
2020-05-025h 05Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast048 - Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 1 (with Barm, Kregg Castillo, Sam Stovold, Kevin Young, Richard Dunham, and Kristina Kephart)Hold on to your butts! It’s gonna be a bumpy ride, because Jack’s Silly is about jam this Borg Cube right into Synthville, and this gang of six roguish podcasters with painful histories and dark secrets is here to make it happen. Captain Jack is joined by Barm, Ferengi expert Kregg Castillo (Golden Boy?), Kevin Young (Reopening the Wormhole), Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers), Richard Dunham (Ghibli Minute), and the lovely Kristina Kephart, making her JSFLNSTDSTAPP debut! In this megasize episode, we’re talking Soong, Spot 2, Star Trek Discoveries, sexual attraction to gold people, and once again deb...
2020-04-224h 25
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] Friday the 13th (2009)The wormhole is always going to reopen when you least expect it! And here we are, on Friday the 13th… RTW is taking a look at yet another important franchise reboot movie from 2009 that is in some way related to Star Trek - although the relation in this case is a little less obvious. In 2009’s Friday the 13th reboot, Nana Visitor, our very own Kira Nerys, plays the iconic role of Pamela Voorhees, mother of the famous Jason… for all of about 90 seconds. What ensues after that is a fairly standard Jason movie, with some good scares, dopey charac...
2020-03-133h 00Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast044 - Stardust City Rag (PIC1x05) (with Barm, Sam Stovold, Kevin Young, and Sean Davis)What the hell are you doing out here, listeners? You’re listening to the most epic discussion about Stardust City Rag ever recorded, starring classic Trek characters like 7 of 9 and Mr. Vup! Like Picard, Jack has assembled a crack team of podcasters to infiltrate your ears, like Barm, Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers), Kevin Young (Reopening the Wormhole) and Sean Davis (After the Credits) to talk about Borg Children, their surprising excitement at seeing 7 of 9 again, breaking down the good and bad characters of Voyager, ranking the bars of Star Trek, exulting in the joys of Mr.Vup, tr...
2020-03-084h 09Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast043 - Absolute Candor (PIC1x04) (with Bryan Stovold and Susan Stovold)Picard is finally in space, and visiting Vashti to pick fights with Romulans, talk with warrior nuns, and add a new member to his party. To help Jack process all this, he brings two first time guests to the ‘cast. A couple of Founders who are somehow also Solids, Bryan and Susan Stovold (Jack’s parents) join the proceedings to talk about the Romulan diaspora, the Romulan Social Club, and delectable Romulan treats. They’re also dishing on the many holographic faces of Rios, the myriad modern movie and TV influences shaping Picard, P-shards, 7 of 9, the reasons that this is the pe...
2020-02-273h 02Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] Retrospective Part 2Will the self-indulgence never end???? That’s right, Sam, Jack, and Kevin are back to indulge themselves in even more wistful nostalgia and self-congratulation in PART 2 of their Reopening the Wormhole retrospective! Like all awards shows, they saved the really big awards for last here, including their favorites and least favorites of both RTW and DS9, more listener email, a discussion about the music on the show, and more! These three have been through so much over the course of this podcast’s existence, and this episode sees them finally acknowledging the significant role it’s played in their lives...
2020-02-263h 41Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] Retrospective Part 1What do you do when you just can’t let go of talking about Deep Space Nine, even though you’ve talked about every episode for hours? You talk about the show as a whole, and you talk about yourself talking about it, that’s what! It’s part 1 of our Big, Bad, Bodacious Retrospective! We’re covering several categories related to both Deep Space Nine and Reopening the Wormhole, reading some listener email with some great suggestions for retrospective topics, and overall, having an absolute blast talking about DS9, podcasting, and all the fun we’ve had over the years. Y...
2020-02-183h 10Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast040 - Remembrance (PIC1x01) (with Barm, Sam Stovold and Kevin Young) PICARD is back, and so is Jack’s Silly, and with Barm, Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers) and Kevin Young (Reopening the Wormhole) here, it is going to get SILLY AF. So many questions to answer! Is Picard good? Does Slush-o Cola mean Star Wars and Star Trek are in the same universe? How does Picard compare to Disco? Why SHOULDN’T Romulans be Irish? Are pit bulls inherently dangerous? What is Chingy’s role in all this? Why do Romulans live in Borg Cubes? What is this goddang podcast gonna be like now? Press play and ENGAGE.
2020-02-103h 19Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastDISCO BONUS #8 - Star Trek Discovery: Dead Endless by Dave Galanter (with Barm and Sam Stovold)You’ve read this description of the episode. And you haven’t. And you will read it. And you won’t. This podcast was on the road to PICARD, but we decided to take a U-turn into the mycelial network in Disco Town, by reading DEAD ENDLESS, by Dave Galanter. As per Hugh-jual, Barm is here, but Sam Stovold (Reopening the Wormhole, Marvel Star Wars Explorers) has also been kind enough to throw his fungal hat into the mycelial ring to talk about the greatest love story of all time, that of Paul Stamets, Hugh Culber, the Tardigrade, and the Mycelia...
2020-02-042h 30Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] Mailbag Episode 4: A New HopeAfter a loooooong hiatus punctuated only by Xmas cheer in December, RTW is returning with the long-awaited mailbaggery you’ve all been clamoring for! Technical difficulties held us back for a few months, but nothing can stop us from reading and responding to every single one of your emails. The guys are answering all sorts of questions, DS9-related and otherwise, from fans of all stars and stripes. Among the topics listeners are asking about: the universal translator, reactions to our divisive Hollow Man episode, discussions of some listener to 10 emails, Technobabble, and so much more. No matter how lo...
2020-01-292h 23Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastMARGE VS. THE MONORAIL MINUTE 20: HENRY CAVILL IS WIGGUM (with Co-host Geoff Clarke and Guest Commentators Sam Stovold and Kevin Young)The solar eclipse ends and the MONORAIL is once again dangerously out of control. Meanwhile, LYLE LANLEY·S plane to TAHITI makes a stopover in NORTH HAVERBROOK, where he is spotted from the ground. Angry townspeople storm the plane to attack him. KRUSTY throws himself from the MONORAIL, but is pulled back in by LEONARD NIMOY. All hope seems lost, until MARGE radios HOMER, telling him that SEBASTIAN COBB may have a solution. With Co-host Geoff Clarke and Guest Commentators Sam Stovold and Kevin Young.
2020-01-1642 minJack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastMARGE VS. THE MONORAIL MINUTE 19: PRIMOY NIMOY (with Co-host Geoff Clarke and Guest Commentators Sam Stovold and Kevin Young)Tensions between QUIMBY and WIGGUM escalate until they end up in TOWN HALL, now fascinated by the old town charter which they proceed to try and take from each other. A technician in the CONTROL TOWER suggests cutting the power, but the MONORAIL is solar-powered and thus cannot be shut down. As witnessed by LEONARD NIMOY, a sudden total solar eclipse brings the MONORAIL to a stop. With Co-host Geoff Clarke and Guest Commentators Sam Stovold and Kevin Young.
2020-01-1633 minJack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastMARGE VS. THE MONORAIL MINUTE 18: BUMBLEBEE MAN PHASE (with Co-host Geoff Clarke and Guest Commentators Sam Stovold and Kevin Young)LEONARD NIMOY finishes explaining the doors in STAR TREK. HOMER and BART are enjoying conducting the MONORAIL, until there is an explosion in the engine, sending it out of control at dangerous speeds. HOMER discovers the BRAKES are out of order. SEBASTIAN COBB and MARGE determine the MONORAIL is traveling at 180 miles per hour. In the CONTROL TOWER, tensions mount between CHIEF WIGGUM and MAYOR QUIMBY. With Co-host Geoff Clarke and Guest Commentators Sam Stovold and Kevin Young.
2020-01-1643 minJack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastMARGE VS. THE MONORAIL MINUTE 17: MARGE VS. THE MONOR-ALE (with Co-host Geoff Clarke and Guest Commentators Sam Stovold and Kevin Young)MAYOR QUIMBY finishes introducing GRAND MARSHAL LEONARD NIMOY. LISA sees LYLE LANLEY hurriedly leaving SPRINGFIELD with briefcases full of cash. SPRINGFIELDIANS board the MONORAIL for its inaugural voyage, as HOMER and BART start the train. Ominously, In the engine, parts begin breaking. MARGE and SEBASTIAN COBB arrive too late to stop the MONORAIL. On board, LEONARD NIMOY explains to another passenger how the doors on STAR TREK really worked. With Co-host Geoff Clarke and Guest Commentators Sam Stovold and Kevin Young.
2020-01-1647 minJack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastMARGE VS. THE MONORAIL MINUTE 16: POOR MAN'S NELLY (with Co-host Geoff Clarke and Guest Commentators Sam Stovold and Kevin Young)At the GALA opening for the SPRINGFIELD MONORAIL, KENT BROCKMAN introduces a parade of SPRINGFIELD celebrities, including DASH CALHOUN, KRUSTY THE CLOWN, KYLE DARREN, and LURLEEN LUMPKIN. MAYOR QUIMBY introduces the GRAND MARSHAL, MR. LEONARD NIMOY. With Co-host Geoff Clarke and Guest Commentators Sam Stovold and Kevin Young.
2020-01-1633 minJack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast034 - Q&A (ST: 2x01) (with Sam Stovold and Kevin Young)Short Treks Season 2 Is upon us, and nearly two months later, Jack’s Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery and Short Treks Podcast is on the scene! Or should we say, Reopening the Wormhole is on the scene? That’s right, Jack is joined by Sam Stovold and Kevin Young of the venerable DS9 podcast to talk Spock in the Number One way with a session of Q&A! Upjohns and Unamatrices and horses, oh my! The boys also take a deep dive into the Disco Season 3 trailer and the second Picard trailer, long after the internet has stoppe...
2019-11-282h 27
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersReturn of the Jedi 4: the Final Duel! (with Cam Siemer and Jack Stovold)As the rebellion begins its offensive against the Empire's second Death Star, we welcome back Jack Stovold and Cam Siemer to finish out our coverage of Return of the Jedi, to voice our opinions on the first two episodes of The Mandalorian, to lament the inexplicable absence of some of the movie's most powerful moments in the comic adaptation and to examine why it is that we love Luke Skywalker so much! Maclunkey!
2019-11-272h 07Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastBONUS - PROJECT SEAN (with Sean Davis and Sam Stovold) (with a dash of Eric Ambler)(FANS ONLY) REVELATIONS! Shocking as it may be, long before Jack’s Silly Little Silly Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery Podcast, your beloved Jack was a mere co-host of other shows. In this very special and long and boring peek behind the curtain, Jack has taken something he had inadvertently recorded after an RTW session and turned it into gold. SEAN DAVIS (After The Credits) makes his debut on the show, in a way he never dreamed of nor wanted. Listen to Jack, Sean and friend of the show and brother of Jack, Sam (until he falls asleep) talk inside b...
2019-11-063h 52
Marvel Star Wars Explorers080 - Ellie (with Jack Stovold)As Luke and Leia finally uncover the whereabouts of Tay Vanis, Sam and Brian welcome Jack Stovold back to the podcast for the final pre-Jedi issue to talk about C-3PO in love (and heartbreak), to weigh in on a huuuuuge amount of Star News (The Mandalorian! Obi-Wan! Galactic Cruiser! DARK REY'S DOUBLE LIGHTSABER), to read a bevy of listener e-mail about Annual 3 and to rank their favorite covers, characters and issues from this era of Marvel Star Wars!
2019-10-042h 46
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] What We Left Behind - RevisitedThis week, the RTW crew decided to postpone their episode about the series finale of DS9, and instead are taking a deep dive into the DS9 documentary. You’ll remember back in May of this year, Sam & Kevin had the privilege to see the film in theaters, but Jack was sadly unable to see it himself. Go back and listen to that episode for our larger discussion, featuring Jack listening on forlornly as Sam, Kevin, and Commander Sisko excitedly gush about the incredible film. But now that the crew owns the BluRay, they can finally get Jack’s hot take...
2019-09-112h 05
Marvel Star Wars Explorers076 - Artoo-Detoo to the Rescue (with Jack Stovold)As Luke, Leia and Kiro struggle to survive attackers from all sides in the ruins of Pavillion, Jack Stovold makes his triumphant return to the podcast to marvel at one of the final pre-Return of the Jedi issues to feature everyone's favorite Lord of the Sith in action, to analyze the ongoing results of the Iskalon Effect and to ponder the nature of hope in the Star Wars universe.
2019-08-092h 21Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast029 - Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2 (with Kregg Castillo, Geoff Clarke, Sam Stovold, Kevin Young and Richard Dunham)It’s the Season Finale, and most of the gang is here to yakety yak yak about it, Season 2 in general, and the future of Star Trek: Discovery, as well as a billion other things! It’s an all-star affair, as Jack is joined by Ferengi expert Kregg Castillo, Geoff Clarke (The ApeCast), Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers), Kevin Young (Reopening the Wormhole), and Richard Dunham (Ghibli Minute), while Barm and Brian Rudloff remain with us in spirit. The Red Bursts have led you inexorably to here, and you’ll soon find parting with Season 2 of Jack’s Silly Litt...
2019-05-263h 49
Marvel Star Wars Explorers064 - Serphidian Eyes (with Jack Stovold)As Luke Skywalker trains for a jousting tournament under the tutelage of a wise old Serphidian, Jack Stovold returns for the second week in a row to discuss the lasting legacy of our rebel friends Berl and Cinda, to look back with a fellow listener who wrote in on the pulse-pounding excitement of Screams in the Void and to ask with us just what the hell went wrong with this hot mess of an issue.
2019-04-111h 40
Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast018 - Point of Light (2x03) (with Sam Stovold and Kevin Young) The latest and greatest episode of Jack’s Stilly Little Star Trek Discovery Podcast is here, and guess what? It’s a full blown Reopening the Wormhole (re?)union! That’s right, Sam Stovold (also of Marvel Star Wars Explorers) and Kevin Young (for about half the episode) join Jack to dish on Point of Light, the first episode of season 3 to really give them pause. Since it’s basically an RTW episode, that means it going to get out of hand very quickly as the gang does their classic shtick talking The Fugitive and ’94 Oscars, how bad Section 3...
2019-02-163h 31
Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastDISCO BONUS #9 - Short Treks #4: The Escape Artist (with Barm, Geoff Clarke, Sam Stovold and Kevin Young) Cudgel. Harcourt. Fenton. MUDD. Cudgel. Barm. Cudgel. Short Treks. Cudgel. Geoff Clarke (The Apecast). Cudgel. Sam Stovold (Reopening the Wormhole, Marvel Star Wars Explorers). Cudgel. Kevin Young (Reopening the Wormhole). Cudgel. Tellarite. Cudgel. Burritos. Cudgel. Star Trek. Cudgel. Androids. Cudgel. Jippers! KUDGEL.
2019-01-242h 02
Marvel Star Wars Explorers055 - Plif! (with Jack Stovold)Marvel Stars Explorers Episode 55: Return of the Podcasters The long wait is over and we're finally back! And we're kicking things into high gear this week as we welcome the Hoojibs into the world of Star Wars! As Leia and a pitiful band of rebels team up with an entire legion of Arbra's best troops to take on a winged space-beast, Sam and Brian welcome Jack Stovold (of The Apecast, Reopening the Wormhole and Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery Podcast) onto the show to talk about all the exciting Star Wars events that will...
2019-01-242h 26
Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & PodcastCARLOS BONUS #2: The 2nd Annual Continuity Carlos Christmas Special: The Last Jedi (with Thot-Gor, Chewbacca, Charlie Brown's Teacher, an African Elephant and Jack Stovold) Jack has once again handed the reins over to Continuity Carlos for his 2nd Annual Christmas Special, and what a special it is. Chagrined that Jack left him out of the five million Last Jedi podcasts that he’s recorded, Carlos has decided to take matters into his own hands, and assembled a team of podcast all stars, namely DS9’s own Thot Gor, Last Jedi star Chewbacca the Wookiee, Charlie Brown’s teacher, an African Elephant, and of course, Jack’s Silly host Jack Stovold (you couldn’t expect him not to keep an eye on things at l...
2018-12-271h 30
Marvel Star Wars Explorers041 - The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial Pursuit! (with Geoff Clarke and Jack Stovold)As Han braves the dangers of an asteroid field to flee his Imperial pursuers, Sam and Brian welcome back both talking apes from The ApeCast, Geoff Clarke and Jack Stovold, for a super-sized discussion about Solo: A Star Wars Story, the development and creation of this six-part adaptation of the film, the increasingly complex character of Darth Vader, the pure magic of The Empire Strikes Back and... our childhood memories of crayons. For some reason.
2018-09-202h 31
Marvel Star Wars Explorers038 - Riders in the Void! (with Jack Stovold)As Luke and Leia find themselves stranded aboard a mysterious spaceship located an unfathomable distance outside of their own galaxy, Jack Stovold (The Apecast, Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery Podcast, Reopening the Wormhole) finds himself stranded with Sam and Brian for a discussion of the unsettling dreamlike nature of this issue, fetishism in comics, Stanley Kubrick's filmography and a retrospective look back at our favorite covers, characters and issues that we've seen so far, before we begin our next journey into The Empire Strikes Back and beyond!
2018-08-302h 06
Marvel Star Wars Explorers037 - In Mortal Combat! (with Jack Stovold)As Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader descend into the Crystal Valley for a final showdown, Jack Stovold (Reopening the Wormhole, The Apecast) joins up with us to weigh in on the hot new Resistance trailer (YES!), to debate whether R2-D2 is force-sensitive, to reminisce on all the landings of the Millenium Falcon throughout the entire saga (happy or otherwise) and to bid a teary farewell to our old friend Orman Tagge.
2018-08-251h 48
Marvel Star Wars Explorers033 - Saber Clash! (with Jack Stovold)As Orman and Silas Tagge lure Luke into a clash of sabers, Jack Stovold (The ApeCast, Reopening the Wormhole) joins us once again to talk about Jim Carrey-mania, to bid farewell with us to the seventies and to open the old mailbag for some Star Words (of the e- AND regular variety!). #SilasWasRight
2018-07-271h 57
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast127 - Treachery, Faith and the Great River (7x06) (with Susan Stovold and Barbara Young) Happy Mother's Day (week)! In celebration of the occasion, the RTW crew have reunited their moms, Barbara Young and Susan Stovold, to once again reopen the wormhole with their boys! And unlike their last appearance, this episode deals with some heavy philosophical questions about faith, loyalty and treachery, as a Weyoun clone attempts to defect from the Dominion and join the good fight with Odo. But it's not all doom and gloom, as there's a great river to navigate too, and we're all too happy to let Nog guide us along its choppy waters! So grab some...
2018-05-102h 04
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] Star Trek: First Contact (with Eric Ambler and Cam Siemer of What Were We Watching?) It is futile to resist Star Trek: First Contact, one of the most crowd-pleasing adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Though we may still be 45 years away from our fictional date of first contact, the time is ripe to examine the movie's impact on the Star Trek franchise, and its continuing ripple effect on the legacy of the TNG crew. It turns out we're not alone in this podcast universe, as we assimilate the hosts of Reopening the Wormhole--Sam Stovold, Jack Stovold, and Kevin Young--to synthesize a new life form capable of unparalleled Trekspertise and whims...
2018-04-062h 01
Marvel Star Wars Explorers018 - The Empire Strikes! (With Jack Stovold)As the Star Warriors make their escape to the gambling space station known as "The Wheel", Sam and Brian welcoming returning guest Jack Stovold back to the podcast to discuss, among other things, the Empire's glorious return and the introduction of new villains, the upcoming release of Ready Player One, and the mysteries and legends surrounding Han Solo's past.
2018-03-311h 41Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine PodcastBONUS - Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive (Crossover Episode with The ApeCast's Jack Stovold and Geoff Clarke) In a very special episode, cohost Jack’s other project, The ApeCast joins forces with Reopening the Wormhole (a podcast crossover!) to talk about a nutty comics crossover! That’s right, two dream teams come together, as we finally delve into our hitherto endlessly teased episode about Star Trek / Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive! In more ways than one, two great flavors are coming together as Kirk and the Enterprise crew meet with Taylor, Zira, Cornelius and the rest of the Planet of the Apes! It’s not all fun and games though, especially when Kor, the m...
2018-03-172h 43
Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast015 - Will You Take My Hand? (1x15) (with Barm, Geoff Clarke, Kregg Castillo, Sam Stovold, Kevin Young, and Richard Dunham) Well, it took a while but it’s finally here! The season finale of Star Trek: Discovery has come and gone, but not Jack’s Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery Podcast! In fact, to celebrate (?) this momentous occasion, Jack has made some phone calls and managed to gather together every single guest that has appeared on the podcast to date for a massive STD orgy! That’s right, old pal and JSLFNSTDP mainstay Barm, Ferengi/Mycelial Network expert Kregg Castillo, Jack’s ApeCast co-host Geoff Clarke, his Reopening the Wormhole co-hosts Sam Stovold and Kevin Young, and...
2018-02-212h 20
Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast012 - Vaulting Ambition (1x12) (with Barm, Kregg Castillo and Sam Stovold) Jack is back, this time with pals Barm, Kregg and Sam to talk about Vaulting Ambition, both the episode of Discovery and the quality possessed by the show. Whether the show lives up to its vaulting ambitions is a question they’ll debate, along with the morality of eating meat (even if it is delicious threat ganglia), the impossible burger, what the hell happened to Voq, the reality of Culber and the mycelial network, the regal grandeur of Emperor Phillipa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centaurius, family ties in the mirror universe, and just who the heck this show is...
2018-01-282h 23
Marvel Star Wars Explorers009 - Showdown on a Wasteland World (with Jack Stovold)As Han Solo’s pitiful band takes on high-hounds and Cloud-Riders, Jack Stovold joins Sam and Brian yet again to discuss the scantily-clad village girl Merri, Return to Oz creatures and an irate Star Wars fan from 1977’s Star Words.
2018-01-251h 13
Marvel Star Wars Explorers008 - Eight for Aduba-3 (with Jack Stovold)As the Millenium Falcon's crew gathers a ragtag band of spacers to protect a beleaguered village, Sam and Brian welcome Jack Stovold, of Reopening the Wormhole, The Apecast and Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery Podcast, onto the show to discuss Jaxxon the green rabbit (who is definitely NOT a rodent), Warto the thug and Han Solo's terrible sense of humor.
2018-01-191h 05
Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast009 - Into the Forest I Go (1x09) (with Barm, Geoff Clarke, Kregg Castillo, and Sam Stovold) The “midseason finale” of Jack’s Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery Podcast is finally here, and it WAS WORTH THE WAIT. In this mega-sized and laugh-filled look at “Into the Forest I Go”, Jack has assembled all of the previous guests (and one new one!) under one (Skype) roof and they can hardly contain themselves, or even ever just stop saying the word “T’Kuvma”. They’re here to bust a gut talking about Klingon boobs, Starfleet sideburns, crazy plot theories, the BEST way to open doors and turn on lights, George Lucas’s plans for Star Trek Special E...
2017-11-262h 34
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast091 - Past Tense, Part II (3x12) (with Bryan Stovold) Leap back to the past (future?) with us as returning guest Bryan Stovold helps us to navigate the murky waters of life in a sanctuary zone in 2024 San Francisco. In addition to airing out our individual grievances about time travel and hearing Sam’s pretty convincing theory about how it might just all make sense, the gang talks about all your favorite topics, like ghosts, gimmes, dims, the DMV, the net, 1995 Sandra Bullock vehicle “The Net”, the East Coast/West Coast rap feud, Bashir’s magical powers, B.C.’s hat, the enchantment of Clint Howard, how social proble...
2017-08-152h 24
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast059 - One Little Ship (6x14) (with Susan Stovold and Barbara Young) This week, things get downright MATERNAL, as we welcome to the podcast the most important guests of all! That’s right, it’s Susan Stovold and Barbara Young, also known as our MOMS! And they’re here to talk to us about the fun, goofy, romp that is One Little Ship! That means plenty of talk about Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, the science behind Starfleet communicators, Captain EO and the etymology behind the rubicon. If you can think of a better way to ring in the new year, I don’t want to know it!
2017-01-042h 18
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast032 - The Alternate (2x12) (with Bryan Stovold)We’re a little late for Father’s Day, but that’s not gonna stop Sam and Jack’s dad Bryan from dropping by Reopening the Wormhole to chat with the three of us about Odo’s weird Bajoran father figure! We try our best to unravel this strange episode of DS9 that seems to make less and less sense the more threads we pull. On top of that, we’re joined briefly by a special surprise guest, we finally get a chance to reopen the mailbag and David Boreanaz makes his triumphant return to the Dabo table! It’s a damn fine...
2016-06-291h 19
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast006 - Hard Time (4x18) [In Which Jack Shatters Your Illusions of When These Are Being Recorded] O'Brien's suffering continues yet again and Kevin and Sam are together for the first time in the same location to talk it all out with Jack in this special PORTLAND EDITION of Reopening the Wormhole! We talk about the Chief's horrific existential suffering as well as such hot topics as Star Trek poop, Reeta-Hawks and Clancy Brown. Plus, the gang gets POLITICAL. O'Brien's hard times are our good times! ReopeningTheWormhole.com
2015-12-291h 32