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It's a nice laid back vibe as just Jack and Barm get together to discuss the pleasantness of Uhura, the welcome return of some lowkey creepy Star Trek vibes, the excitement of seeing Hemmer back in several forms, Super Kirk Bros. dynamics, and DEUTERIUM DEUTERIUM DEUTERIUM.  Naturally, Lost in Translation the film comes up, not to mention the HOTTEST new summer blockbuster: OPPENHEIMER.  Nuance may sometimes be lost in translation, but FUN never is!

Hey, hey, kids!  Jaxilly is back, that's right, back to 2023, to talk about CHARADES (a gesture game), and Jack and guests Sam and Barm (the once and future Enterprise Cats) are in high spirits talking about a fun episode.  We're loving Amanda freed from the shackles of Discovery, loving T'Pring's chill dad, Pike's Vulcan treats, and some excellent character work and comedy.  Bonus: Dial of Destiny talk / Avery Brook's skull!  It's one podcast episode that is worth changing your genetic makeup for!

Feelin' groggy and out of it after last night?  Can't find your wallet and can't remember who you are?  Let Jaxilly be your totem!  Jack, Barm and Geoff find themselves stranded on a Rigel (VI or VII, can't remember), but one thing they'll never forget is how to prattle on about Star Trek as well as the topical issues of the day, like the Succession finale and Cillian Murphy's penis in Oppenheimer, things that still dominate the water cooler talk here in 2026.  As well as hailing the return of classic "creepy" style Star Trek.  Even if you don't remember what we said in this episode, you'll never forget how it made you feel.

Barm and Jack celebrate Canada Day the only ways they know of: having Barm be Canadian, talking about low-rent Canadian whiskies manufactured primarily for sale in the US, and of course, discussing La'an' and Alt-Alt Kirk's wonderful little adventure to modern-day to Toronto to have a little fling, meet Carol Kane, and stop a Romulan from f*****g up the tortured and incomprehensible Khan and Eugenics War storyline that they just can't seem to leave alone.  So crack open some whiskey, put on your toque, put out a plate of poutine, and get ready to have a good time listening to an episode aboot La'an in love, eh!

Una's on trial, but so is this season two episode of STRANGE NEW WORLDS, and Jack, Sam and Barm are judge, jury, and executioner of this (relatively) new entry in the canon of TREK. COURTROOM. DRAMAS.  Throw yourself on the mercy of the podcast, or you'll find yourself guilty of not having good taste.

Jaxilly is finally BACK for the second season of STRANGE NEW WOOOOOORRLLLDS, and to celebrate Jack has got Barm and Richard Dunham (Akira Minute, Ghibli Minute) along for the ride.  While there ARE a few things in this episode give them pause, they·re pumped to inject some super podcasting drugs, and gibber about stone faces, Klassic Klingons, how much Jack HATES the Irish, the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, Spock in charge, Jack·s shockingly bad east coast geography, and CAROL. F*****G. KANE.  Time to steal Jaxilly and set off for FUN!

The Enterprise Cats venture out on their first away mission, and Jack is along once again to go where no Enterprise Dawg has gone before! Barm shares harrowing memories of watching this episode for the first time, Sam recalls seeing a familiar face during the new Anaconda movie, Jack shares his Krennic impression, and the whole gang begins their first MayWatch.

Those Enterprise Cats are back, and they're talking Hoshi! Barm shares Bat Facts, Sam introduces The Enterprise Bat, and Jack makes his second appearance on the cast to talk about how annoying all these characters are.

Jack welcomes Those Enterprise Cats to his feed for their maiden voyage with Enterprise! Barm talks about the Maxim Era, Sam puts on a fashion show, and none of us can get enough of Dr. Phlox and a Klingon in cornfield.

Jack and Kregg get drunk and talk about TALES OF THE JEDI, the HOT 2022 little Star Wars Clone Wars-like thing that everybody STILL cannot stop talking about in 2026!  Does Dooku rule?  Does Asohka drool?  How drunk ARE these guys?  Is Jack gonna say "A SITH LORD?" like Sam Jackson?  What IS the Sebastian Equation?  Give yourself to the drunk side!

Christmas excitement is in the air, and Carlos is in rare form as he excitedly waits for his special Yuletide guests, the Star Trek captains, to come and answer all his questions about Star Trek Scouts!

Sam and Sean fly ALL the way to Japan to sit in Jack (Stovold, not Crusher)'s living room to talk about what is mostly likely the final onscreen appearance of Jean-Luc Picard, the series finale of PICARD!  Barm, Kregg and Kev opt to stay in their homes, but we celebrate BARM'S PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD!  We also chat about what is probably(?) the series finale of Mando, Breath of the Wild on the eve of its sequel's release, and yes, the episode where all the old people you love singlehandedly defeat the Borg forever and it's so f*****g awesome, yay.  This episode will live on forever, or at least confusingly sometimes be dead, but also be back again, like Q.  Chingy!

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Jack's partner in ape podcast crime Geoff finally drops in to see what the heck is going on in season 3 of Picard, as Barm and Kev's files remain safely partitioned within the decrepit body of Brent Spiner.  Against all odds, they're still enjoying this movie-like season of Picard and having the gang all back together at last, although certainly not without some caveats, some droid bar talk concerning a star-studded Mando ep, the New Jedi Order, how Changelings in space work, some wild coincidences, and the longest cold open in history.  Pull up a chair, pour yourself a Nepenthe, and dig in.  F*****g podcasters.

Sam is back to continue his strange and wonderful habit of only watching every third Picard S3 episode, joined by Sean for his second dalliance with the season.  Barm and Jack remain in the trenches, shell-shocked.  But their spirits are buoyed by one of Levar Burton's most moving performances ever and by realizing Brent Spiner is, somehow, still an actor capable of doing some interesting performances even after being buried under a mountain of Soongs.  They're also enjoying clarifying the story of Mario Sunshine, discussing the Japanese titles of Dominion expansions, imagining a sweet-ass Riker/Tuvok team-up, lamenting Discovery style "drama" and lighting issues, ranking Captain/Admiral's sons, discussing their personal favorite John Wick installments, and exploring their changing attitudes towards Mario 64 levels.  It's just business as usual.