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Courtside Indiana PodcastEpisode 269 - Coach Garrett Winegar, FishersDefending 4A state champion coach, Garrett Winegar, comes on to talk about Fishers' bid to repeat.
Hosts:
Dominique Neely
Jim Reamer
Kyler Staley
Zak Tyler
Patrick Wooley
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2024-08-2134 min
Artists on Artists on Artists on ArtistsFood Stylists (w/ Bridger Winegar)Nothing brings a film together like food. We sit down with some of the best food stylists in tinsel town to talk all about the art of grub on cameraFeaturing Bridger Winegar! You can follow him at @bridger_w on twitter and listen to his podcast, I Said No Gifts!This episode of Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists is a Sugar23 production, executive produced by Mike Mayer and Michael Sugar, and produced by Liam Billingham. Production support by Angelo Restaino and Anthony Defranchesco. ...
2023-03-0254 minArtists on Artists on Artists on ArtistsFood Stylists (w/ Bridger Winegar)Nothing brings a film together like food. We sit down with some of the best food stylists in tinsel town to talk all about the art of grub on cameraFeaturing Bridger Winegar! You can follow him at @bridger_w on twitter and listen to his podcast, I Said No Gifts!This episode of Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists is a Sugar23 production, executive produced by Mike Mayer and Michael Sugar, and produced by Liam Billingham. Production support by Angelo Restaino and Anthony Defranchesco. ...
2023-03-0254 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 20 - We Came Here To Do a JobIn 1973, the democratically elected socialist government of Chile under Salvador Allende was toppled by a far-right coup. What followed was 17 years of oppression under a reactionary, sadistic military dictatorship. Through decades of investigations, court cases, and declassification of records, we know now how the Pinochet regime came to power: through the CIA and the U.S. State Department.
SOURCES:
The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability by Peter Kornbluh
https://thenewpress.com/books/pinochet-file
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
2022-07-291h 10
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 19 - Beloved CountryIn 1957, Ghana became one of the first countries in Africa to free itself from European rule. As the country's leader, Kwame Nkrumah, began to advocate for a pan-African confederation, US intelligence services would close in. The CIA and the old colonial rulers would try to sabotage independence movements across the continent.
SOURCES
White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Neocolonization of Africa by Susan Williams: https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/susan-williams/white-malice/9781541768284/
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo de Witte: https://www.versobooks.com/books/792-the-assassination-of-lumumba
2022-06-291h 03
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 18 - Maintain Your RageOn November 11, 1975, Gough Whitlam was removed from office as Prime Minister of Australia. He was dismissed by his own Governor-General, John Kerr, a man who held what was largely believed to be a ceremonial position as the representative of the British Crown. The Dismissal would spark decades of debate in Australia. But recently unearthed records show that Kerr did not act on his own. He had the full support of the country's conservative establishment, encouragement from US and Australian intelligence, and advice from Buckingham Palace.
SOURCES
The Palace Letters: The Queen, the governor-general, and the...
2022-05-1951 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: The Spanish Civil WarDuring this bonus episode, we'll give a condensed history of the Spanish Civil War: the major players, what caused the conflict, the course of the war, and the consequences of Franco's victory.
SOURCES
Spain in our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 by Adam Hochschild
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/spain-in-our-hearts-adam-hochschild?variant=39936156172322
The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/309382.The_Spanish_Civil_War
The Spanish Republic and the Civil War 1931...
2022-04-221h 09
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 17 - Franco, the Nazis, and TexacoSpain, 1936: After the the left-wing Popular Front coalition achieved victory at the polls, a confederacy of right-wing generals plotted to defeat it on the battlefield. Francisco Franco and his fascist allies in Italy and Nazi Germany would eventually defeat the democratically elected government of Spain. But they did it with plenty of support from an American oil company--Texaco.
SOURCES
Spain in our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 by Adam Hochschild
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/spain-in-our-hearts-adam-hochschild?variant=39936156172322
The Spanish Civil War by...
2022-03-2144 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 16 - Karen SilkwoodOn November 13, 1974, a nuclear lab technician named Karen Silkwood was reported dead in a single-car accident just outside Oklahoma City. Silkwood was on her way to meet a reporter from the New York Times to deliver evidence that her employer, Kerr-McGee, was hiding records of defective nuclear fuel rods. This evidence has never been found. Shortly after the crash, Karen's friends and co-workers began to question the official record of her car accident. Further investigation would reveal that her death might not have been an accident after all.
SOURCES:
The Killing of...
2022-02-2457 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: Alabama's Populist RevoltIn the 1890s, the two-party system in Alabama nearly cracked open. A brutal economic depression and a rising wave of labor agitation and agrarian unrest helped create a viable new party: The People's Party. Learn how the Populists nearly took power in Alabama, why they failed, and what their legacy means for the modern South. To support the striking UMWA miners of Warrior Met Coal, visit https://umwa.org/news-media/news/support-umwa-miners-on-strike-at-warrior-met/
SOURCES:
Populism to Progressivism by Sheldon Hackney
http://uapress.ua.edu/product/978-0-8173-8532-3-Populism-to-Progressivism-In-Alabama,4881.aspx?skuid=2200
2022-01-251h 02
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 15 - The 1901 Alabama ConstitutionIn 1901, 155 delegates gathered in Montgomery, Alabama to create the dumbest constitution in American history, then ratify it through a sham election. This is the story of Alabama's state constitution, still in use to this day.
SOURCES:
Alabama's Shame: The Historical Origins of the 1901 Constitution by Wayne Flynt
https://www.law.ua.edu/pubs/lrarticles/Volume%2053/Issue%201/Flynt.pdf
Populism to Progressivism by Sheldon Hackney
http://uapress.ua.edu/product/978-0-8173-8532-3-Populism-to-Progressivism-In-Alabama,4881.aspx?skuid=2200
Reconstruction Constitutions - Encyclopedia of Alabama
2022-01-1047 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 14: Fair HarvardHarvard is the oldest university in the United States--with the largest endowment fund in the world. With an investment portfolio of over $40 billion, Harvard is no stranger to financial scandals in its recent past.
SOURCES:
Right on the Money: The George Bush Profile by Charles Lewis
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/right-on-the-money-the-george-w-bush-profile/
Bush, Harken, and the Public's Right to Know by the Center for Public Integrity
https://publicintegrity.org/environment/bush-harken-and-the-publics-right-to-know/
A Brief History of Bush, Harken, and the S...
2021-10-1554 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: Haiti After the CoupIn the years following President Jean-Bertrande Aristide's second removal from power in 2004, everyday Haitians experienced a brutal military occupation, two devastating earthquakes, and a degradation of the democratic society they tried to build through the Lavalas movement.
SOURCES:
Damming the Flood: Haiti and the Politics of Containment by Peter Hallward https://www.versobooks.com/books/524-damming-the-flood
A Glittering Industrial Park in Haiti Falls Short by Jonathan M. Katz http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/10/a-glittering-industrialparkfallsshortinhaiti.html
Haitian Leader's Power Grows as Scandals Swirl by Frances Robles https://www.nytimes.c...
2021-09-161h 03
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 13: Two Coups in HaitiJean-Bertrand Aristide was the most popular politician in Haiti. He helped lead a grassroots movement against far-right dictatorship and military rule in his country, and earned the support of millions of voters. So why was he forced out of office--twice?
SOURCES
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by CLR James
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/775985.The_Black_Jacobins
Damming the Flood: Haiti and the Politics of Containment by Peter Hallward
https://www.versobooks.com/books/524-damming-the-flood
2021-08-201h 25
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: This Episode Is Not About RussiagateHow do the experiences of average Russians during the tumultuous 1990s explain the way the country is today? And what does the popular narrative in the U.S. about Vladimir Putin get right--and wrong?
SOURCES:
Russia Without Putin by Tony Wood
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3040-russia-without-putin
The Tragedy of Russia's Reforms: Market Bolshevism Against Democracy by Peter Reddaway and Dmitri Glinski
https://www.usip.org/publications/2001/02/tragedy-russias-reforms
Russia Responds to Anti-Migrant Riots by Arresting Migrants by Simon Shuster
https://world.time...
2021-07-1450 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 12: The 1996 Russian ElectionIn 1996, it was hard to believe that Boris Yeltsin had ever been a popular leader. Years of economic devastation, corruption, and war tarnished the image of Russia's first president, leaving him with an approval rating in the single digits, and little chance of winning re-election. Miraculously, Yeltsin would go on to win a second term that year--with a little help from the U.S. government and the International Monetary Fund.
SOURCES:
The Tragedy of Russia's Reforms: Market Bolshevism Against Democracy by Peter Reddaway and Dmitri Glinski
https://www.usip.org/p...
2021-06-2853 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: Truth and ReconciliationDuring South Africa's transition to democracy in the 1990s, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was tasked with holding public hearings on crimes against humanity committed during the turbulent years of Apartheid. Here, we cover only a few of the atrocities carried out by the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
SOURCES:
TRC Special Report broadcasts
https://sabctrc.saha.org.za/
Project Coast: Apartheid’s Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme by United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research https://unidir.org/publication/project-coast-apartheids-chemical-and-biological-warfare-programme
Que...
2021-05-2850 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 11 - The Mysterious Death of Dag HammarskjöldShortly after midnight, on September 18, 1961, UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld died in a plane crash just outside the Congo. Hammarskjöld was on his way to broker a peace settlement for the Congo Crisis, a conflict that pitted the UN against the proponents of white minority rule in central and southern Africa. It could have been what got him killed.
SOURCES:
Who Killed Hammarskjöld? The UN, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa by Susan Williams
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12657762-who-killed-hammarskj-ld-the-un-the-cold-war-and-white-supremacy-in-afr
Cold...
2021-05-071h 00
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 10: The Assassination of Phil Donahue by the Coward Chris MatthewsWhen Phil Donahue was offered a prime-time slot on MSNBC in 2002, he was already a household name. The person who developed the format of the daytime talk show would now be the face of the network that was gearing up to be the biggest competitor to Fox News. But seven months later, his show was canceled. The official explanation given was poor ratings. But a series of insider memos and emails from the network revealed the real reason Phil Donahue was forced back into retirement: he was too critical of America's coming war with Iraq.
2021-02-2522 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: The 54th MassachusettsIn 1863, a regiment of black soldiers steamed out of Boston Harbor for the front in South Carolina. The 54th Massachusetts would distinguish themselves at multiple battles--including the bloody assault of Fort Wagner--even though they didn't enjoy the full rights of citizenship or even full pay. Listen to the story of the brave troops who helped deliver the death blow to the Slave Power.
SOURCES:
A Brave Black Regiment by Luis F. Emilio
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2497915.A_Brave_Black_Regiment
Retouching History: The Modern Falsification of...
2021-02-1145 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 9: The Slave PowerOne of the motivations behind the anti-slavery movement in the 1850s in the United States was the belief in the Slave Power conspiracy. Abolitionists and their allies argued that a confederation of powerful slaveholders secretly plotted to capture the federal government of the US and direct its might towards the preservation and extension of slavery. The abolitionists were wrong about one major thing: it wasn't that much of a secret.
SOURCES
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War by Eric Foner
https://global.oup...
2021-01-2148 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InArsenal For Democracy Ep. 339: The Future of Planned ObsolescenceI appeared on Arsenal For Democracy with Bill and Nate to talk more about Vance Packard's The Waste Makers, planned obsolescence, and recent victories at the polls for the right to repair the things you own.
Listen to more episodes of Arsenal for Democracy here: http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/
2021-01-0643 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 8: Planned ObsolescenceDo you ever wonder why you have to replace a perfectly good smartphone after a software update? Do things in your home seem to fall apart before their time? Was your grandpa right when he said "They just don't make 'em like the used to?"
If you think that somewhere, someone is making some of the products you buy wear out on purpose, you're not crazy. They are. It's called planned obsolescence.
SOURCES
The Waste Makers by Vance Packard
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250912.The_Waste_Makers
The...
2020-12-2336 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: The Young Patriots of Uptown ChicagoUptown, Chicago in the 1960s was a neighborhood struggling with poverty. Thousands of poor white Southerners migrated to the community in the 50s and 60s in search of work, but were met with low-paying jobs, substandard housing, and brutality from the police of the Summerdale precinct. A group of young Southern migrants called the Young Patriots worked with the Black Panthers and others to organize the community around these issues, building a unique identity of left-wing hillbilly nationalism in Chicago.
SOURCES:
Melville House Books interview with Hy Thurman:
https://www.mhpbooks.com/revolutionary-hillbilly-an-interview-with-hy-thurman-of-the-young-patriots-organization/
2020-12-0337 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 7: The Summerdale ScandalFor two years in the late 1950s, an almost nightly series of burglaries cleaned out homes and businesses across Chicago's North Side. The robbers cracked safes, stole jewelry, made off with store merchandise, and emptied houses of expensive furniture. But this wasn't the work of the city's crime syndicates or ordinary street gangs: the heists were all planned by a group of uniformed Chicago Police.
SOURCES:
To Serve and Collect: Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal by Richard Lindberg
https://www.goodreads...
2020-11-1935 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: Leopold & Patrice - Two Visions of the CongoLeopold II's actions in the Congo left the country a ruin, with his soldiers and administrators committing some of the worst atrocities in human history. Patrice Lumumba attempted to forge a new, fully independent Congo after the Belgians left, a mission that ended in his own arrest and murder. How are these two men viewed by history today, and what does it mean for the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
SOURCES:
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40961621-king-leopold-s-ghost
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo de Witte: https...
2020-10-2843 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 6: The Plot to Kill Patrice LumumbaIn June of 1960, Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo. By September, he would be removed from power. By December, he would be a prisoner, and by January of 1961, he would be dead. Why was this popular fighter for Congolese independence assassinated, and who was behind it?
SOURCES:
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo de Witte: https://www.versobooks.com/books/792-the-assassination-of-lumumba
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40961621-king-leopold-s-ghost
2020-10-1539 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: Russia's Time of TroublesAfter the death of Ivan the Terrible, the Russian state was thrown into chaos by civil war, social collapse, and famine. In this episode, we explore what happened after the death of Tsar Dmitry in 1606, including the appearance of two more False Dmitrys and a national uprising to expel a Polish invasion.
SOURCE: Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty by Chester Dunning
https://books.google.com/books/about/Russia_s_First_Civil_War.html?id=9NUYtSJaO8cC
2020-09-2440 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 5: False Dmitry, Tsar of RussiaRussia, 1591: Dmitry, the young son of the long-dead Tsar Ivan the Terrible was killed in a suspicious accident. Some suspected the regent, Boris Godunov, to be responsible for the boy's death. Just over a decade later, a man calling himself Dmitry would return, claiming he escaped the clutches of Boris, and would take back the throne of his father. This so-called Dmitry ruled as Tsar of Russia for only a year, and his true identity has never been established. Nearly everyone today agrees he was a pretender to the throne...but what if the False Dmitry was telling the...
2020-09-0345 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: Whatever Happened to the Whigs?In the 1850s, the political party system of the United States was disrupted, and a new Republican Party was born in opposition to the Slave Power. But what existed just before that. What is a Whig, anyway? And why did they suddenly collapse?
SOURCES:
Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35100.Battle_Cry_of_Freedom
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men by Eric Foner: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132914.Free_Soil_Free_Labor_Free_Men
The Strange Stillbirth of the Whig Party by Lynn...
2020-08-2145 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 4: The Lecompton Constitution and the Crime Against KansasIn 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act left the territory of Kansas open to the possibility of slavery. Pro- and anti-slavery settlers swarmed to Kansas, resulting in a low-intensity civil war that would drag on for years. Pro-slavery supporters were outnumbered in the territory, so they relied on help from Washington to rig elections, draft a phony constitution, and attempt to establish Kansas as a slave state, against the wishes of the majority. Today, we'll focus on the Lecompton Constitution: an instance of massive voter fraud and corruption that implicated state officials, U.S. Senators, and even the President himself.
2020-08-0634 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 3: Richard J. Daley and the 1919 Chicago Race RiotWhen he was mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley was known as staunch supporter of law and order to put down civil unrest. But when he was 17 years old, many people his neighborhood participated in a brutal attack on Chicago's Black Belt, and nobody knows for sure if Daley took part. Today we'll take a closer look at a question that Chicagoans have asked for decades: did Mayor Daley take part in a race riot?
Sources:
Boss by Mike Royko: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316191/boss-by-mike-royko/
American Pharaoh by Adam...
2020-07-2241 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InBonus Episode: Fob James and Alabama PoliticsFor eight years, Alabama was ruled under the iron fist of a guy named Fob. Take a look into the life of one of the most colorful governors of Alabama: Republican-turned-Democrat-turned-Republican-again Fob James, and how his tenure reflects a watershed moment in Southern politics.
SOURCES:
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1469
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/al061698.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/16/archives/the-new-governor-of-alabama-forrest-hood-james-jr-man-in-the-news-a.html
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/gov/articles/062798al-gov.html
2020-07-1546 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 2: The Assassination of Olof PalmeOn the night of February 28th, 1986, an assassin shot and killed Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme. The murder went unsolved for 34 years. Last month, Swedish police announced they believed the Prime Minister was the victim of a lone gunman, and officially closed the case. But is that the whole story? What can Olof Palme's battle against Apartheid in South Africa tell us about who had him killed?
SOURCES:
Blood On the Snow, by Jan Bondesson: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801479366/blood-on-the-snow/#bookTabs=1
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Special Report series, especially episode 1 https...
2020-07-0845 min
Conspiracy You Can Believe InEpisode 1: The 2002 Alabama ElectionOn Alabama's election night of 2002, it looked like Democratic governor Don Siegelman had won a second term by a razor-thin margin. Until he didn't. Thanks to a voting machine computer glitch in a single county, the election results were suddenly reversed. What really happened on the night of one of the most controversial elections in Alabama history? Patrick Winegar breaks down this conspiracy that might have actually happened.
SOURCES:
Dr. James Gundlach's paper:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Gundlach_Paper.pdf
Glynn Wilson's account of election night:
http://blog...
2020-06-2228 min
Patrick Lalley ShowSotH Mark Mickelson in IM25; Mark Winegar of Sierra Club; The Common ManThe Patrick Lalley Show on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Guests include: Speaker of the House Mark Mickelson supporting IM25, a dollar-a-pack tax on tobacco to fund technical school tuition; Mark Winegar of the Sierra Club on a screening of documentary on coal; The Common Man on PE class and politics. I talk about nasty politics.
2018-11-071h 09
PAT TREK3. Missing FutureStemmos Station's security team receives a distress call from a nearby Crama freighter. When they arrive, they discover something much more sinister than they expected.
2018-03-1500 minPAT TREKS04 E17: Identity CrisisLindsay joins the Pats once again to talk about another Geordi episode, the physics of invisibility in Predator, and why you should never trust a man with a pencil-thin mustache.
2018-03-1400 minPAT TREKSE 2: Holograms from the PastThe security of Stemmos Station continue their search for Glaxxom after he was lost in a horrific transporter accident. Will the best ensigns in Starfleet be able to find him? Or is he forever scattered across the Beta Quadrant?
2018-02-2800 minPAT TREKS04E16: Galaxy's ChildGrant joins the Pats once again for the sequel to his previous appearance. In Galaxy's Child, the Enterprise crew encounters a mutant ravioli from space, while Geordie meets the living human version of the hologram he developed an unhealthy attachment to.
2018-02-2700 minPAT TREKS04E15: First ContactPat and Pat talk First Contact (the episode, not the movie), where Riker's espionage mission to a pre-warp culture is exposed, and Picard must negotiate with an alien leader who sounds a lot like Unsolved Mysteries' Robert Stack.
2018-02-1900 minPAT TREKBonus: Starfleet EngageToday is a very important day, because today two things of note are happening...
First, I get to meet our newest security team. They sound like upstanding young ensigns, and I can not wait to meet them.
Second, I have been awaiting the arrival of Glaxxom, an Ambassador from Zadhira. We must talk soon for the stability of the entire region depends us reaching an understanding about his planet's history.
2018-02-1400 minPAT TREKS04E14: CluesThe Enterprise finds itself in a mystery of lost time, forcing Data to keep a secret from his captain against all odds, and the Pats to talk about beard growth measurement for several minutes.
2018-02-0700 minPAT TREKS04 E 13: Devil's DueWhen the Enterprise answers a scrambled distress call, they unearth a planet in apocalyptic crisis, and a godlike flim-flammer, or "con artist", to use a more obscure term.
2018-01-2600 minPAT TREKS4E12: The WoundedThe Pats discuss The Wounded, where O'Brien comes to term with past trauma, the Federation chases down a war criminal from their own fleet, and Picard preserves a shaky peace with an alien race that we apparently should have known about.
2018-01-1800 minPAT TREKS4E11: Data's DayThis week, the Pats discuss Data's Day: an in-depth look of how Data navigates human relationships, deals with human customs, and avoids plunging the galaxy into years of war.
2018-01-0100 minPAT TREKS4E10: The LossIn this episode, the Enterprise must navigate away from a dangerous anomaly in space, and Troi experiences a momentary loss of her powers, thanks to a heavy handed metaphor outside the ship.
2017-12-2200 minPAT TREKS4E9: The Final MissionCarlos (The Dungeon Rats) and Aram (Godsfall) join the Pats to break down The Final Mission: an episode that gives us radiation mishaps, weird old miners, and the final regular cast appearance of Wesley Crusher
2017-12-0900 minPAT TREKS4E8: Future ImperfectAfter Riker passes out in a cloud of toxic gas, he awakens in command of the Enterprise 16 years later (OR DOES HE?), then in the clutches of the dreaded Romulans (OR IS HE?)
2017-11-2600 minPAT TREKS4E7: ReunionIn Reunion, K'Ehelyr returns with the son that Worf never knew, Picard tries to mediate a struggle for the Klingon throne, and Pat O. mixes up the names of Michael Dorn and Michael Piller.
2017-11-1800 minPAT TREKS4E6: LegacyPat & Pat break down Legacy, where the Enterprise crew chases a distress signal to Turkana IV, discovers Tasha Yar's long-lost sister, and takes part in underground post-apocalyptic gang warfare.
2017-10-2500 minPAT TREKS4E5: Remember MeA static warp bubble traps Dr. Crusher in an alternate reality, while the Enterprise crew struggle to bring her home by reminding her that time, space, and thought are All One Thing.
2017-10-1800 minPAT TREKS4E04: Suddenly HumanThe Enterprise crew is forced into a delicate situation as a human-born foundling raised in an alien culture comes aboard. Cultural divides are bridged, a young man overcomes childhood trauma, and Picard gets stabbed in the chest (again).
2017-10-1000 minPAT TREKS4E03: BrothersTwo young boys on the Enterprise are forced to forgive and forget after a nearly fatal practical joke, while Data gets his brain hijacked and is forced to visit a planet of Brent Spiners.
2017-09-2400 minPAT TREKS4E02: FamilyAs the Enterprise gets repaired following its battle with the Borg, Worf reconnects with his parents, Wesley gets a recording from his dad, and Picard travels to France to wrestle his brother in a mud pit.
2017-09-1900 minPAT TREKS4E01: The Best of Both Worlds, Pt. 2Pat, Pat, & Chris Geiger finish the thrilling conclusion of The Best of Both Worlds, where Riker proves his ability to command the Enterprise, and Data pulls a Jeff Goldblum on a fearsome alien mothership.
2017-08-3100 minPAT TREKS3E26: Best of Both Worlds, Pt. 1Pat and Pat are joined by Chris Geiger to break down the thrilling conclusion of Season 3: the one where Picard gets a bunch of computer parts glued to his face.
2017-08-2600 minPAT TREKS3E25: TransfigurationIn this episode, the Enterprise crew rescues a mysterious crash victim who struggles to recover his memory and evolves into a phosphorescent Green Man costume.
2017-08-1800 minPAT TREKS3E24: Menage a TroiIn this episode, a rogue Ferengi kidnaps Lwaxana and Deanna Troi, Riker beats up a badguy with his chess skills, and Captain Picard yells some Shakespeare.
2017-08-1200 minPAT TREKS3E23: SarekIn Sarek, a legendary diplomat shows up on the Enterprise to negotiate a difficult treaty, while Pat & Pat mistake a vat of goo for the real villain in the episode: getting old as hell.
2017-07-2700 minPAT TREKS3E22: The Most ToysPat and Pat dive in to The Most Toys, where an evil art thief has captured Data to add to his priceless collection of paintings, sculptures, and rare puppetry.
2017-07-2100 minPAT TREKS3E21: Hollow PursuitsIn Hollow Pursuits, Pat and Pat explore an episode where the Engineering crew must solve a mysterious warp drive malfunction with the help of a socially awkward junior officer (hopefully before reporting him to HR).
2017-07-1300 minPAT TREKS3E20: Tin ManZack Mast returns to Pat Trek to talk about Tin Man, an episode where a powerful Betazoid bonds with a living ship, crawls inside its weird hollow body, and blows himself up.
2017-06-3000 minPAT TREKS3E19: Captain's HolidayThe Pats break down Captain's Holiday, where Picard takes a much-needed vacation, goes on an archaeological dig, and buys some nice interstellar erotic art for his pal Riker.
2017-06-2300 minPAT TREKS3E18: AllegianceThe Pats break down Allegiance, where Picard is kidnapped by some very rude aliens, a space warthog tries to eat his cellmate, and a Picard doppelgänger tries to fly the Enterprise into a star.
2017-06-1500 minPAT TREKS3E17: Sins of the FatherIn Sins of the Father, Chelsea from the Long Trek Home podcast joins the Pats to recap the drama, intrigue, and thrills of a Klingon circuit appeals court.
2017-06-0900 minPAT TREKS3E16: The OffspringWith The Offspring, Pat and Pat use Star Trek to ask the tough questions, such as: What makes a family a family? What is a sentient being? Do people on the Enterprise use scissors to cut their hair, or some kind of laser thing?
2017-06-0200 minPAT TREKS3E15: Yesterday's EnterpriseIn Yesterday's Enterprise, Pat and Pat (mostly Pat W) struggle to make sense of an alternate timeline where the Federation is in a 20-year war, and Tasha Yar returns to not let herself die such a dumb, meaningless death.
2017-05-1900 minPAT TREKStar Trek Adventures 2 Pt. 1Join the Pats, Chris, Stephen, Zack, and Lindsay on the second installment of the Star Trek Adventures tabletop game. The crew of the USS Venture embark on their first mission: delivering supplies to station Epsilon III. Will everything go according to plan? Probably not, because that would be boring.
2017-05-1200 minPAT TREKS3E14: Matter of PerspectiveIn Matter of Perspective, Pat and Pat discuss another courtroom in space episode that starts strong and gets muddled with some questionable writing choices towards the end. They lighten the mood with some dueling Andy Rooney impersonations.
2017-05-0300 minPAT TREKS3E13: Deja QPat, Pat, and Brian Sebby break down Deja Q, a thrilling episode where the Federation must stop a moon from crashing into a planet, Q learns what feelings are, and the Enterprise security yet again just let any rando waltz into the shuttle bay.
2017-04-2800 minPAT TREKS3E12: The High GroundThe Pats try to decide who truly has the high ground in this season 3 Melinda Snodgrass political thriller. Is it the terrorist organization with no unifying cause, or the police state they inhabit?
2017-04-2500 minPAT TREKS3E11: The HuntedAram of Godsfall and Dungeon Rats fame joins the Pats to discuss The Hunted, an episode that attempted to confront serious issues of PTSD and veterans' rights with extended scenes of awkward grappling.
2017-04-1300 minPAT TREKS3E10: The DefectorPranks from Never Tell Me the Pods sits down with Pat and Pat to talk about The Defector, a gripping episode full of Romulan/Federation intrigue, Shakespeare, and the worst spy in the galaxy.
2017-04-0600 minPAT TREKS3E9: The Vengeance FactorThis week, the Pats break down The Vengeance Factor, a fun romp of an episode where the Enterprise crew must make peace between warring factions of civilized Vice Principals and the rag-tag Party Dude Burnouts.
2017-03-2900 minPAT TREKS3E8: The PriceBy special request, Lindsay returns to Pat Trek to discuss an uncharacteristically panned 3rd season episode: The Price, where the Federation must negotiate against wily Ferengi and Troi is seduced by Lloyd from Seinfeld.
2017-03-2200 minPAT TREKS3E7: The EnemyIn this week's Pat Trek, Geordi makes peace with a Romulan foe while the Enterprise narrowly avoids war. Also, Pat and Pat confuse Teddy Roosevelt with Joe Don Baker.
2017-03-1600 minPAT TREKS3E6: Booby TrapOn "Booby Trap", Grant joins Pat and Pat to discuss an episode featuring Geordie's ethically questionable use of the Holodeck, and yet another ancient space curse.
2017-03-0800 minPAT TREKS3E5: The BondingIn The Bonding, Pat and Pat find a very emotionally heavy episode of Star Trek, where Worf must deal with the responsibilities of command, an alien being of pure energy invades the ship, and everybody talks about their dead parents.
2017-03-0100 minPAT TREKS3E4: Who Watches the WatchersThis week, Pat and Pat discuss Who Watches the Watchers, pore over the true meaning of the Prime Directive, and argue for five minutes straight about whether or not the Enterprise medical staff can heal an arrow wound.
2017-02-2200 minPAT TREKS3E3: The SurvivorsPat and Pat get back to watching TNG with an episode about a guy who wants to be left alone, Worf enjoying some tea, and a mystery that Picard must solve.
2017-02-1500 minPAT TREKS3E2: Ensigns of CommandLindsay Baish-Flynn returns to Pat Trek to recap Ensigns of Command: an episode where Data learns how to use brute force to solve his problems and Picard and Troi outwit a sentient sleeping bag.
2017-02-0300 minPAT TREKS3E1: EvolutionPat and Pat dive into Season 3 with Evolution, an episode where we find Dr. Beverly Crusher returning to the Enterprise and Wesley's weird nerd habits almost destroying the ship (again).
2017-01-2500 minPAT TREKS2E22: Shades of GrayAlcohollywood's Clint Worthington returns to help the Pats close out the 2nd season with Shades of Gray. A mysterious illness takes hold of Commander Riker, forcing him to relive every time he faced imminent danger or arousal.
2017-01-1800 minPAT TREKS2E20: The EmissaryPat and Pat finally get to The Emissary (out of proper order), an episode where the Enterprise crew must pacify a ship full of recently awoken Klingons, and Worf gets busy in the holodeck.
2017-01-1100 minPAT TREKBONUS: Star Trek Adventures pt 3It's the final installment of our BONUS series! Thanks for playing Star Trek Adventures with us. We can't wait to do it again.
2017-01-0900 minPAT TREKS2E21: Peak PerformanceOooops, with all the holiday rush we screwed up. Pat accidentally skipped The Emissary. Sorry, we will make it up next week.
In Peak Performance, the Pats finally get to see what happens when Riker and Picard match wits in a battle simulator, and Data and some guy with gills go head to head in a board game with milking attachments on it.
2017-01-0400 minPAT TREKBONUS: Star Trek Adventures pt 2It's part two of our special three part series! Will the ensigns find the science station? Or will their fear hold them back?
For more information on the game, visit Modiphius Entertainment.
Playing with the Pats are Chris Geiger, Lindsay Baish, and Stephen Kropa.
2016-12-3100 minPAT TREKBONUS: Star Trek Adventures pt 1We got our hands on the alpha version of the Star Trek Adventures Tabletop RPG from Modiphius Games. We had a blast playing it, so Pat O. couldn't help himself and edited together a special 3 part mini-series.
Playing with the Pats are Chris Geiger, Lindsay Baish, and Stephen Kropa.
2016-12-3100 minPAT TREKS2E19: ManhuntSurena Marie from The Dungeon Rats joins the Pats to watch Manhunt, an episode featuring the return of Lwaxana Troi, a Dixon Hill holodeck adventure, and a certain British soft-rock star in a full-body alien fish costume.
2016-12-2100 minPAT TREKS2E18: Up the Long LadderIn Up the Long Ladder, pandemonium erupts on the Enterprise as hundreds of ethnic stereotypes from a Thomas Nast cartoon seek refuge on the ship. Pat and Pat dissect this poorly received second season episode, full of dropped subplots, broad comedy, and clones.
2016-12-1900 minPAT TREKS2E17: Samaritan SnareBen Vigeant of Space Lincoln joins Pat and Pat to talk about Samaritan Snare, an episode packed with personal revelations from Captain Picard and villains from the 1991 Dan Aykroyd film Nothing but Trouble.
2016-12-0700 minPAT TREKS2E16: Q WhoThis week's Pat Trek sees the return of both Chris Geiger and Q in Q Who, an episode featuring everyone's favorite multidimensional trickster, as well as the first appearance of the Borg (and baby Borglings).
2016-11-2300 minPAT TREKS2E15: Pen PalsIn Pen Pals, the Pats break down an episode where Wesley takes his first command, the Enterprise crew saves a planet from destruction, and everyone wrings their hands over the Prime Directive for 40 minutes.
2016-11-1600 minPAT TREKS2E14: Icarus FactorIn The Icarus Factor, Pat and Pat dig deep into Riker's relationship with his father, Klingon bar-mitzvahs, and wrestling your dad.
2016-11-0900 minPAT TREKS2E13: Time SquaredIn Time Squared, the Enterprise crew gets thrown for a loop once again by the complexities of space time. Pat and Pat break down a mostly forgettable episode where Picard murders his future self and Riker screws up scrambled eggs.
2016-11-0200 minPAT TREKS2E12: The RoyaleEric Scull guest stars on Pat Trek to discuss one of his favorite episodes: The Royale. Once again, the Enterprise crew is trapped in a film noir story full of swaggering gangsters, high-rolling gamblers, and terrible dialog (but on purpose this time).
2016-10-2600 minPAT TREKS2E11: ContagionThe Pats continue their slog through middling season two episodes with Contagion. After the USS Yamato mysteriously explodes while studying an ancient alien graveyard, the Enterprise crew must uncover clues as to what destroyed their sister ship (SPOILER: it was the ancient alien graveyard).
2016-10-1900 minPAT TREKS2E10: The DauphinComing down off the high of Measure of a Man, Pat and Pat trudge through a more forgettable episode: The Dauphin. The Enterprise crew handles some delicate alien diplomacy, Wesley falls in love with a shapeshifter, and the Holodeck is surprisingly used for something other than death or sex.
2016-10-1200 minPAT TREKS1E1: Encounter at FarpointOn September 28, 1987, Star Trek returned to television for the first time in almost 20 years with Encounter at Farpoint. In this episode, Patrick O. guides Patrick W. through the complexities of Starfleet, the mystery of Q, and why Jean-Luc Picard has a British accent.
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