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A Discovery Home Companion is an unfiltered look at Star Trek: Discovery, a new  Star Trek for a new era of television, set in an older era before Kirk and Spock.  Will it be great, or will it be disappointing? Three close friends will approach the show with open hearts and critical minds. Oh, and it turns out we'll end up yelling at each other sometimes.

Check out our ongoing exploration of another Star Trek and “Prequel to the Golden Age of Television,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in our other podcast, The Rules of Acquisition

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Podigy

Nov 15, 2021

You know: For Kids!

Is Star Trek: Prodigy a good Star Trek pilot?  We had to talk about it.

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Under the Bridge: Over the Moons (Lower Decks S2E09-10)

Oct 19, 2021

Is this one of the best season enders of Star Trek?  Does episodic tv have something to teach all those overly serialized prestige dramas?

"wej Duj" and "First First Contact" show that the show can do more than just reference comedy.   So we talk all about those, as well as...

We are so mad at Glen for not watching...

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Under the Bridge: Winger Bingston Revealed (Lower Decks S2E07-08)

Oct 13, 2021

Wade, Glen and Sean are back to cover "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie" and "I, Excretus"

You may be here for the Star Trek nerdery, we go all comedy nerd to point out comedian cameos.

Status Report is DEAD. What will replace it? 

Speaking of things dying… Hey watch Review why doncha? 

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Under the Bridge: Doin' the Work/Shame This Boy (Lower Decks S2E05-06)

Sep 27, 2021

Maybe not everyone's favorite, maybe it is.  It's doing the work, and so are we.  Mostly.

We talk about:
An Embarrassment of Dooplers
The Spy Humungous

Special thanks to Lane Bowen

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Under the Bridge: Special Guests and Throwbacks (Lower Decks S2E03-04)

Sep 22, 2021

Wade and Glen talk with Lane Bowen. Remember him?!  What happened to Sean? What works on this show more than other shows.  How did we feel about the monkey sex? What a bunch of nerds.  

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