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Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionSeason One in Review: The Golden Jumja Awards!Yes, it's the award show you never asked for but didn't know how badly you needed. In this DS9 Season 1 retrospective, Lily and Cole bestow awards for acting, costumes, makeup, props, and more -- including best and worst episode (but spoiler: neither goes to Move Along Home). It's the glitziest night in the quadrant, and you don't want to miss it. 🥂 Drink pairing: Roku gin and Schweppes soda ❤️ Find us on Insta: @deepspacewine_podcast2025-03-061h 15Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionIn the Hands of Your Podcasters: IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS (1.19)Jumja sticks! Sexy Vedeks! The Sydney Opera House as fashion accessory! It’s the explosive season finale of DS9, and Lily and Cole are as fired up as a schoolhouse on fire. Showrunner Michael Piller intended “In the Hands of the Prophets” to serve as a bookend to the pilot, “Emissary,” revisiting Sisko’s relationships with Bajor, the Prophets, and his devoutly religious first officer, Major Kira. In turn, we use this super-sized podcast episode to revisit some of the recurring themes of Deep Space Wine’s inaugural season, including: Lily and Cole’s will-they-won’t-they dynamic; lamenting the sorry state of Mil...2024-12-301h 41Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionThe Duality of Man, the Banality of Evil: DUET (1.18)Intended as a low-budget ‘bottle show’ to save money before the season finale, ‘Duet’ devotes most of its runtime to two characters steeped in conversation with each other. But this dense story and its tug-of-war between justice and vengeance have come to be regarded as one of the finest hours of Star Trek. The episode’s writers drew inspiration from the play ‘The Man in the Glass Booth,’ which in turn was inspired by the kidnapping and trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann by the Israeli Supreme Court in 1961. That same court case would compel Hannah Arendt, a philosopher, p...2024-11-271h 35Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionSound and Fury: DRAMATIS PERSONAE (1.17)Is this unhinged tale of intrigue, betrayal and horology giving more Shakespeare or soap opera? We say both, and all the better for it. And though there's plenty of camp silliness on the surface, naturally Lily and Cole dive deep. Cole sees the 'play within the play' setup as a revealing metaphor for television acting, using it to interpret what each DS9 cast member brings to his or her respective character. Meanwhile, Lily teaches Cole that the sci-fi conceit driving the episode's plot actually isn’t so far-fetched, connecting it to the concept of social contagion and mass psychogenic il...2024-09-161h 28Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Companion...The Rest Is Drag: THE FORSAKEN (1.16)Get your Kleenex ready - it’s time for the episode that makes all of us melt into a puddle. And if you haven’t got your pail nearby, thank the drag gods that Lwaxana Troi is here to scoop you back up. Lily and Cole deep-dive into Lwaxana’s drag queen energy, what her fabulousness brings to the comparatively sterile world of Star Trek, and particularly what her arrival means for queer-coded self-acceptance on DS9. We also pay tribute to actress Majel Barrett, First Lady of Star Trek.🪕 Intro music: Lily on ukulele and vocals, "...2024-08-021h 25Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionManifest Density: IF WISHES WERE HORSES (1.15)Thought this episode was nothing but Rumpelstiltskin and rabid emus? Think again! Lily plumbs the depths of the station residents’ imaginations to psychoanalyze their deepest desires and greatest fears, uncovering some surprising insights along the way. Meanwhile Cole revisits The Secret, the runaway 2006 self-help bestseller all about "turning thoughts into things," to evaluate just how powerful the human imagination really is. 2024-06-251h 25Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionCogs in the Wheel of PROGRESS (1.14)What’s one stubborn farmer standing in the way of progress for an entire planet? Everything or nothing, depending on how you measure value. Nog and Jake spend the episode measuring it in wrappages of yamok sauce, bars of latinum, and gross of self-sealing stem bolts. Meanwhile, Major Kira is forced to reassess her values in a postcolonial Bajor where the black and white of wartime have blurred into an uneasy gray. For our discussion, we draw from A Short History of Progress by Robert Wright, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, and the history of the Three Gorges Dam project in...2024-06-111h 18Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionDAVID LIVINGSTON: Exclusive Interview (Part 2)In the second half of our conversation with Star Trek director and producer David Livingston, we turn a spotlight on his directorial credits 'The Nagus' and 'The Storyteller.' Along the way he shares behind-the-scenes casting insights, reveals his favorite character relationships, and argues what, in his opinion, makes Deep Space Nine the most enduring and addicting Star Trek show. 2024-05-3052 minDeep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionDAVID LIVINGSTON: Exclusive Interview (Part 1)If you watched any Star Trek in the 80s, 90s, or 2000s, you've seen David Livingston's name countless times on the bottom of your TV screen. Working behind the scenes from the very first episode of The Next Generation, he quickly graduated to the role of producer for all seven seasons of The Next Generation and began directing in that series' fourth season, starting with The Mind's Eye.He would go on to become the most prolific director in Star Trek history, with 62 episodes to his name across The Next Generation, DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise. The list...2024-05-2050 minDeep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionOf Syrah and Oatmeal: THE STORYTELLER (1.13)🧙♂️ A good story can be a powerful thing—it can rally us around a shared cause, give us hope, or even vanquish our fears. But of course, a story is nothing if it’s not told well. In this tale of monsters and myth-making, the medium is the message. “The Storyteller” serves up two charming stories, which both play like Bajoran folktales: while Bashir and O’Brien unwittingly reenact Rudyard Kipling’s “The Man Who Would Be King” in an isolated village, Jake and Nog go…beyond the pail to impress a visiting diplomat. We draw on “monster theory” to decode the metaphors at play...2024-04-291h 13Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionA Special Place in Hell: BATTLE LINES (1.12)Kai Opaka, the spiritual leader we all deserve, returns to DS9 to suffer a tragic crash and embrace a messianic destiny. We trace the episode’s influences from Greek mythology to the New Testament to Dante’s Inferno. Also covered: Sisko’s daddy energy, and Star Trek’s toxic relationship with cave sets. 2024-03-061h 06Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionDon't Hate the Changeling, Hate 'The Game': VORTEX (1.11)In "Vortex," Odo gets an unwitting lesson in manipulation and seduction from a wily stranger promising him answers about his origins. So today, Lily schools us in every pickup tactic the episode pulls straight out of the pickup artist playbook. Meanwhile, Cole points out all the western genre motifs drawn from the classic film that inspired "Vortex," 1953's The Naked Spur. 🍷 Wine pairing: Domaine Ott Clos Mireille Rosé ❤️ Talk to us on Instagram: @deepspacewine_podcast2024-02-211h 12Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionNever Trust a Sicilian (or a Ferengi): THE NAGUS (1.10)The Godfather meets The Merchant of Venice meets West Side Story meets … the inconceivably talented Wallace Shawn. But first, we need to address the golem in the room: just how problematic are the Ferengi? 🍷 Wine pairing: Paolo Scavino Barolo ❤️ Find us on Instagram: @deepspacewine_podcast2024-02-061h 33Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionMove Along, Homer: MOVE ALONG HOME (1.09)It's the episode everyone loves to hate -- but would it be so Allama-wrong if we sort of loved it? Get out your klon peeg sticks and join us for a riveting game of chula — or what Sisko and company might call the world’s worst team-building exercise. (Just a fair warning: we pre-gamed with plenty of wine beforehand to psych ourselves up for this one...) 🍷 Wine pairing: Big Valley Bianco from Local Weirdos❤️ Find us: On Instagram @deepspacewine_podcast or on Facebook @ Deep Space Wine Podcast2024-01-221h 24Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionSpace/Off: THE PASSENGER (1.08)Yikes! What possessed a certain actor in "The Passenger" to give us this, uh, questionable performance that will live on forever in infamy? (Unlike the supervillain Vantika, as hard as he tries.) In their review, Lily and Cole decide that the episode may be a silly grab bag of horror tropes, but it still makes for a worthwhile ride. 🍷 Wine pairing: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Amphibolite from Jo Landron❤️ Find us on Instagram: @deepspacewine_podcast2023-12-191h 16Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionKeiko's Mom's 100th: DAX (1.07)Who are we with and without our memories? And are we always sentenced to inherit intergenerational trauma? It’s debate club hour on DS9, and Lily and Cole are going deep. We also propose an in-universe explanation for why Jadzia acts like such a wet sock in season one! (Warning: excessive references to 90s courtroom dramedy Ally McBeal.) 🍷 Wine pairing: Chablis "Terroir de Courgis" from Patrick Piuze ❤️ Find us on Instagram: @deepspacewine_podcast | Or on Facebook: Deep Space Wine Podcast2023-12-051h 16Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionXOXO Gossip Chief: Q-LESS (1.06)Two familiar faces from the Enterprise arrive on DS9, and O'Brien is ready to spill all ☕️ the ☕️ tea! 🍷 Wine pairing: "Love Sick Puppy" Dolcetto from Vino Volta Wines❤️ Find us on Insta: deepspacewine_podcast*A note on the audio: We're sorry about this week's less than stellar quality, but we'll be back in fine form next week!*2023-11-251h 06Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionView Hallooo!: CAPTIVE PURSUIT (1.05)Recreational hunting is the target in this episode that, for exactly once in the whole show, lets Chief O’Brien have some fun. Meanwhile, Doctor Bashir is permitted half a line of dialogue, which is no more than Season 1 Bashir deserves. And Lily and Cole ask: what does it actually mean to be sentient? 🍷 Wine pairing: "Charlie-Foxtrot" Gamay Noir from Ravensworth❤️ Find us: On Insta @deepspacewine_podcast | On Facebook @Deep Space Wine Podcast2023-09-111h 12Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionFreudian Sips: BABEL (1.04)Cole gets triggered by airborne viruses, quarantines and lockdowns, while Lily has apparently repressed the entire COVID pandemic. (Who else is jealous of her?) We also briefly dip into the Old Testament before tracing the evolution of the rom-com form, from Jane Austen to When Harry Met Sally to its pinnacle in modern storytelling (Odo and Quark). 🍷 Wine pairing: "Esoterico" orange wine from Unico Zelo❤️ Find us: On Insta @deepspacewine_podcast or on Facebook @Deep Space Wine Podcast2023-09-111h 04Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionThe Tempest and the Wormhole: PAST PROLOGUE (1.03)Lily and Cole hail Star Trek as modern-day Shakespeare, only with more Klingon cleavage. Also featured: Moral Foundations Theory, seasonal color palettes, and everyone’s favorite plain, simple pansexual tailor, Garak. 🍷 Wine pairing: "Magical Animal" Chardonnay from Brave New Wine❤️ Find us on Insta: @deepspacewine_podcast or Facebook @ Deep Space Wine Podcast2023-09-091h 13
Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine CompanionBest Friends Club: A MAN ALONE (1.02)Lily invokes Atticus Finch and completely changes Cole’s mind about this multi-layered episode involving a very tennis-obsessed murderer. We also dare to ask the question: is it still champagne if it’s bottled on Koris I? 🍷 Wine pairing: Premier Brut Blanc de Blancs from Idée Fixe ❤️ Find us on Insta: deepspacewine_podcast2023-09-071h 13