StarDate, the longest-running national radio science feature in the U.S., tells listeners what to look for in the night sky.
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A Star Trek podcast about the ships not named Enterprise* by the Brothers Weems. A comedic take on the other, more explosion-prone ships of the fleet. (*or Defiant or Voyager or Discovery)
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Why must Red Shirts always die? Is the Federation as noble as it seems? Who is your real ship counselor? Are these questions ones you've never asked? Well, three crewmen did, while imbibing some kind of illegal Ale of sorts, and we decided to record our thoughts and transmit them to the universe. (We're sorry) Come along and experience Auditory Oo-mox as you sit back, and shake your shake your head in many disappointed feelings, while listening to the Stardate Podcast.
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Star Trek’s far reaching influence touches every area of our lives, socially and politically. Every week, host and writer Bryan Cain (who has contributed to Technorati, HuffPost, Yahoo and Medium) will sit down with the extended Star Trek family of creators and fans about all the points where reality and Trek intersect — the good, the bad and the ugly.
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It’s hard to imagine a less comfortable place for life than the clouds of Venus. They’re made mainly of sulfuric acid – something you wouldn’t want to dip your fingers into. Yet studies in the past few years are raising at least the possibility that microscopic life could inhabit those clouds. There’s almost no way for anything to live on the surfa…
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Star clusters line up in the evening sky at this time of year like pearls on a necklace. As the sky gets nice and dark, they climb straight up the northeastern sky. They stretch from the bright star Capella, which is quite low; up through the “W” of Cassiopeia; then to Cygnus, the tail of the swan, high overhead. There’s a good line of clusters bec…
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Many people gripe when we “spring forward” in March, at the start of Daylight Saving Time. And many studies suggest they have reason to complain. For a few days after the switch, there’s an uptick in car accidents, workplace injuries, and even heart attacks. And a recent study shows other consequences: more junk food and less time at the gym. Dayli…
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To look at a modern calendar, you’d think the early Romans couldn’t count very well. Today, for example, is the first day of November, the eleventh month of the year. But the name “November” means the ninth month. The name is a holdover from the earliest Roman calendar, in which the year began with March. The start of the year was moved to January …
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Some “monstrous” stars decorate the Halloween sky this evening. They’re in Perseus, which is low in the northeast at nightfall but passes directly overhead in the wee hours of the morning. The constellation is marked by a couple of ribbons of moderately bright stars. In mythology, Perseus rescued the princess Andromeda from a nasty sea monster. In …
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Autumn’s evening skies offer some constellations with great names, intriguing back-stories, and beautiful star patterns. And then there’s Triangulum. As the name suggests, it consists of three main stars that form a triangle – an accurate if dull description of one of the smallest constellations. The triangle looks like a thin wedge. And there’s an…
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The skies above most cities and towns are glowing. Artificial light sources beam a lot of their light into the sky. That makes it harder to see the heavens. And it can cause health problems, endanger wildlife, and waste both energy and money. One big contributor to the problem is streetlights. They can be improved by adding shielding that directs t…
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There are many reasons you might feel tired, irritable, and headachy when you wake up in the morning – illness, allergies, noisy neighbors. But you might also blame it on too much light – especially blue light. Looking at your phone or TV before bedtime can mess with your natural sleep cycle. Another source of trouble is outdoor lighting. Streetlam…
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When you walk from a brightly lit room into a dark one, you might stumble for a while until you can see what you’re doing. And the same thing happens when you step out under a dark night sky – it takes some time to see its full glory. When you enter the darkness, your eyes adapt in several ways. First, the pupil opens wider, letting in more light. …
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Late-October evenings are great for skywatching. The nights are fairly long and cool. And there’s a lot to see. The Summer Triangle is still high in the west, and Taurus is climbing into view in the east. And this year, three planets are visible before midnight: Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter. One thing that’s not visible for the next few evenings is t…
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Treksperts are Forever
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The Inglorious Treksperts, Mark A. Altman (creator of Pandora, author of the bestselling oral histories, The Fifty Year Mission, Nobody Does It Better and They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog) and Daren Dochterman (award winning Art Director and Visual Effects Supervisor, The Abyss, Star Trek: Picard, HBO's Westworld and Star Trek: The Motion Picture…
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Veteran television writer and NYT bestselling author, David Mack, converses with On this Stardate host Bryan Cain about his Star Trek fandom, his work, his experiences of writing for Deep Space Nine and Voyager. David's new book, Star Trek: The Original Series: Harm's Way is in bookstores now, listen to David discuss his latest work and his approac…
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The seond part of our conversation with Ryan Britt focuses on how he used his love of Star Trek to become a successful journalist and published author (PHASERS ON STUN). Ryan also shares what one of his dream Star Trek projects would be and further discusses seaon 3 of Star Trek: Picard. On this Stardate website Follow the show's Twitter Host Bryan…
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Author Ryan Britt (PHASERS ON STUN: How the Making and Remaking of Star Trek Changed the World) is our special guest. Ryan converses about his latest book, the past, present and future of Trek, including season three of Star Trek: Picard, and answers that question that some people are wondering about -- Is Star Trek trying to chase Star Wars and Ma…
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DAG ON IT! Treks to be Thankful for!
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Special guest, Dag, co-host of The Beyond Trek Podcast joins Bryan to discuss two classic Trek anniversaries, the future of Twitter and the Trek Twitter community, freedom of speech, the new Quantum Leap and Treks to be thankful for. On this Stardate website Follow the show's Twitter Host Bryan Cain's Twitter Executive Producers Christina Jackson B…
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Bryan tells us what each episode of On this Stardate is like. On this Stardate website Follow the show's Twitter Host Bryan Cain's Twitter Executive Producers Christina Jackson Bryan Cainโดย Bryan Cain
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Past Tense is Prologue
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The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine two-parter, PAST TENSE, which takes place in 2024, was a cautionary tale. Host/Writer, Bryan Cain (HUFFPOST/TECHNORATI), producer/writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Elementary), Larry Nemecek AKA Dr. Trek (TREKLAND, THE TREK FILES, THE CON OF WRATH) and poverty academ…
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In this bonus feature for the first episode, writer and host Bryan Cain talks about why he chose to do On this Stardate with a unique and potentially controversial format. On this Stardate website Follow the show's Twitter Host Bryan Cain's Twitter Executive Producers Christina Jackson Bryan Cainโดย Bryan Cain
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The USS Essex never shows up on screen in TNG's season 5, episode 15 "Power Play", but its crew does... well, whatever's left of them that was taken over by telepathic lightning ghosts? Look, it's complicated and the most important thing is that even when possessed by lightning ghosts, Chief O'Brien just wants a snack. Kyle decides this isn't enoug…
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The Lysian Alliance is a top-of-the-line military force... if it were the 22nd century. Unfortunately they're neighbors with the Federation and the USS Enterprise is suffering from amnesia and here to wreck their day. How bad is it when the Pakled have more firepower than you do? But, hey, Data's a bartender now and the brothers have a really good …
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The SS Vico does what all Oberth-class starships does, it inexplicably is destroyed doing basic space science. NEVER server on an Oberth, y'all. It doesn't help that it's also got Timothy on it, who's the kind of kid who assumes he'll doom a whole ship with the press of a button. Which he didn't do but still we had to hear him freak on it. A lot. A…
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Look there's no sugar-coating this. This is an Alexander episode. And part of an ongoing look at how bad of a dad Worf is. No really, he's just awful. But on the plus side we've got a Soliton Wave Rider, which is a cool test ship that can go to warp without a warp core thanks to a wildly dangerous beam of energy casually shot at another planet... w…
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Space 80's Part 2: Space 90's
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What the heck is Max Headroom doing in the 24th century with a time pod? And a clock that's also a ring? The brothers try to sort out how 90s an episode of Star Trek can get while also realizing how easy it is for any spacefaring race to destroy a planet's atmosphere at the drop of a hat. All this on our newest pod!…
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the IKS Kruge is like other Klingon Birds-of-Prey, swoopy and glorious on the outside, and harsh concrete on the inside. Yuck. Do Klingons really sleep directly on metal? Captain K'Vada might claim so, but the son of Mogh seems to be enjoying lovely fur blankets every time we watch him canoodling. Despite this obvious lie, K'Vada is pretty clever, …
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Ambassador Spaaaaaaaawk
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Spock is off betraying the Federation or something, but while Picard deals with that boring stuff, Team LaRiker is handed a cargo bay full of wreckage to excitedly sort out. And where does it lead, but to Surplus Depot Z15! Your best source of gently-used starships in the Alpha Quadrant. Brought to you by the Zakdorns, purveyors of strategy and pre…
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This one is LOOOOONG overdue. It was recorded what feels like ages ago, but we finally got around to uploading it. In it, we try to top our waffle with various toppings, such as, the best tech that can be found in the Star Trek universe....mostly that. So only 1 topping...I think. We hope you'll enjoy, and sorry this took so long. Hopefully it won'…
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A Bandolier of Hyposprays
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When you're a third-tier space-faring race who really wants to take down the Federation but don't even have the firepower to take down the Ferengi, what do you do? If you're Etana Jol of the Ktarians, you get sexy with Will Riker and use him to addict the Enterprise to the worst Occulus Quest VR game ever. And it would have worked too if it hadn't …
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Carbonated Beef and Bean Burrito
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Captain Renaud may not have passed the nightmare hazing ritual that is the Starfleet Academy entrance exam, but nonetheless he has the pride of being a starship captain... albeit of the transport ship Kallisko, a low-end slow-as-heck ship from Nowheresville. Can he save his ship from the massive space pop rock that is the Crystalline Entity? No, he…
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Gul Dolak isn't a Gul Dukat. He's not suave, definitely no ladies' man, and he's stuck in a boring assignment in Nowheresville in a remote border region. So when he has the chance to destroy a burning trash-heap of a Bajoran ship, he'll risk angering the flagship of the Federation to do so. Meanwhile, the Brothers Weems get all fanboyish over Ensig…
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Bug Scientist Extraordinaire
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The Children of Tama can only talk in memes, really dank obscure memes, at that. Which makes the Universe a very lonely place. The boredom of never being able to talk to anyone other than his own crew makes Dathon, captain of the Tama, so wound up that the only way to get relief is to beam down with JLP, a pair of daggers, and hope for the best. Bu…
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Riker & Geordi get to reform the dream team of LaRiker when it's time to form a Tachyon Detection Grid to find hidden Romulan ships, taking over the USS Excalibur. While they're having a fun time, Data gets saddled with a way less good time on the falling apart USS Sutherland, complete with first officer Christopher "The Nob" Hobson. Will Data surv…
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When you're in the Klingon Civil War, there's not a better ship in Gowron's fleet to serve on than the IKS Hegh'ta, where none other than the two hottest singles in the Empire, the Sons of Mogh, serve. Can weapons officer Worf stand serving under his little brother Captain Kurn? Is beard-chewing a form of Klingon foreplay? Will the Brothers Weems a…
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Replicators & Fart Jokes
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Season 4 of TNG is behind us, and to light it on fire in a boat on its way to Sto-vo-kor, the Brothers Weems drag producer Kevin onto the show for a look back at the ships of the season, Ferengi nepotism, the nightmare that is Starfleet Academy entrance exams, and whatever else comes to their minds. What's their favorite ship of the season? What sh…
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973529.4 - Do Artificial Vulcan Sheep Dream in Wolf 359?
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Ho boy...it has been a while, hasn't it? After quite a long break, we return with another waffley rant consisting of the topic of Artificial Life, and make crude acronyms about the Universal Translator and question how it works. And as always we spiral on how Wolf359 was an inside job......again.
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When you're Gowron, Chancellor of the Klingon Empire, you can't just fly around in any old junky bird-of-prey. No, you need the new hotness that is a Vor'cha-class cruiser like the IKS Bortas. Which, despite its new hotness, seems to be all steel and cement inside with no windows. Is that a good thing? Well, it does help when Duras loyalists are po…
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Multi-Story Sports Mayhem
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24th century Romulans have exactly one look: pageboy haircuts, bondage leather straps, and square-as-heck 90's power shoulders. All of which Sela, the commander of the warbird Gorakus, rocks with one unusual feature: blonde hair. The half-human daughter of an alternate reality's Tasha Yar (just go with it), Sela's blonde locks aren't stopping her a…
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The only thing worse for a new officer in Starfleet than being assigned to an Oberth-class starship is being assigned to an Oberth-class starship that's being used as a retired admiral's bus. Worse yet, for the crew of the USS Cochrane, that admiral is Norah Satie, who's trying to bring the Inquisition back in style. Will former ensign-turned actin…
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Bottles and Bottles of Antimatter
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The USS Brattain is, like all Miranda-class starships in the 24th, a pretty grim place to be assigned. How grim? Well, for one, the folks at space dock didn't even put spell the name on the hull right. Also there's used mall doors as substitute walls on the bridge? The only mercy is their inevitable death when a region of space time causes them to …
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Haven might be the poor man's Risa, but it's still a great place to take a vacation. Which is a real problem when the would-be tourists from Tarellia show up with their horrible plague. Sure, they're sick, and will kill everyone if they beam down, but they're sexy sick, and are strutting around with the featheriest hair any hair metal band has ever…
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When Riker tries to study some seriously weird-handed aliens with a sub-par disguise, it only takes one riot for him to land in the emergency room of the Sikla Medical Center. Unfortunately for him, the main treatment they're offering is rabid xenophobia and doctor-administered kicks to the ribs. How are these doctors able to keep their licenses? I…
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Ventax II is the perfect place to be a Federation scientist. A peaceful agrarian society. Extra baggy jumpsuits. Some great wine tours. Oh... and the literal, actual devil. The devil's a'comin and the whole station is a dreary concrete slab because they blew their budget on an oversized yellow octagon monitor for playing checkers, proving once agai…
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97302.8 - The Terrellium Delerium Wormhole Anomaly
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This one is all over the place. We waffle about quite spectacularly in this one. And yes, we created a blog, we're sorry for that....
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97229.0 - Diving in to Janeway
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The discussion on Captains and their Captaincy continues, and hits a pocket of dense subspace that is Janeway.
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97179.1 - The Picard-Sisko Express
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The means vs. The result. Can the needs of the few, out weigh the needs of the many if you can live with it? Should you even consider the needs of the few if the cause is just? Let's discuss: Picard v Sisko.
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In this episode we go down the time travel wormhole (for real this time), discuss the nobility of the Federation, and my personal favorite segment: Troi v Guinan - May the Real Ships Counselor, Please Stand Up. [Recorded on 01.28.2020]
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97040.3 - Red Tech Time Travel
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We continue our discussion on Uniforms, and those who wear them, and then wormhole down Federation Tech.
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97021.2 - Bringing Sexy Bakula
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Our first of a few episodes. A discussion of 3 friends on a variety of topics. Hopefully our production quality gets better. Recorded on 01/08/2020
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Trials and Trib-OZ-lations
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โดย The Brothers Weems
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It's the first-ever Stardate: Supplemental live show! The brothers talk about the Cardassian ship Trager, it's thirsty bondage-gear-wearing officers, and Gul Macet's unconventional moisture-control facial hair style. If that wasn't enough, it includes a Will Riker-themed quiz between Conrad and everyone else in the venue! Will the brothers survive …
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Captain Benjamin Maxwell is one of Starfleet's finest officers... except for the fact that he's lost his mind and has started attacking defenseless Cardassian cargo ships with his Nebula-class starship, the USS Phoenix. Why is the whole ship crew participating in these crimes? Probably because Benny bludgeoned his protesting first officer to death …
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