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A Star to Steer Her By

A Star to Steer Her By

New episodes every Thursday! Podcasts: a frontier that isn"t actually very final at all. These are the voyages of the podcast A Star to Steer Her By. Our continuing mission: to watch every single episode of Star Trek (even the dumb ones), to comment on and snark at whatever suits our fancy, to boldly split infinitives that no man has split before. Follow our crew of Chris, Jake, Ames, and Caitlin as we explore the universe of Trek, go on wild tangents, crack wise, and make more fart jokes than

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01:18:43

Episode 114 First Doody

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2019/01/10

We're getting more visitors from the past on TNG again! First up, Wesley Crusher and the rest of the Academy's elite Nova Squadron are in the hot seat after a classmate is killed during maneuvers in "The First Duty". Next, Lwaxana Troi is rushing into a bad marriage even as alien microbes rush to digest and excrete the "Enterprise" in "Cost of Living". Also this week: editorial control, Vulcan acting, and "Harold and Maude". Timestamps: synopses: 3:54; The First Duty: 12:22; Cost of Living:

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01:30:54

Episode 113 Sensuous Baritones

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2019/01/03

We go from very serious to sci-fi romp this week on SSHB! First up: a member of a genderless race falls for Riker and admits she identifies as female, which is seen as an illness on her world, in "The Outcast". After that, it's "Groundhog Day" in space - and predating the movie, in fact - as the "Enterprise" keeps getting sh*tmixed in "Cause and Effect"! Also this week: belated Christmas, Jake bores us with math, and Chris bores us with starship trivia. Content warning: discussion of gay conversion

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01:12:47

Episode 112 Weird Science

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2018/12/27

It's a tenuous connection at best this week on SSHB! First up, some unexplained tech has separated consciousnesses from bodies, allowing them to hijack some "Enterprise" crew in "Power Play". After that, it's anything BUT a barrel of laughs for Worf when he loses the ability to walk, but can he get it back thanks to a radical, barely-tested procedure in "Ethics"? Also this week: Doctor Hillary Clinton, Jake explains Scientology (maybe?), and Klingon musical groups. Note: "Star Trek Beyond" spoilers

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01:12:42

Episode 111 Into the Unknown

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2018/12/20

It's time to meet new people and re-meet the old this week on TNG. First up: a self-isolated human colony is in need of outside assistance - and maybe some outside tuchus - in "The Masterpiece Society". After that, an alien weapon strips the "Enterprise" crew of their memories and they have to figure out who they are and what (and who) they were doing in "Conundrum". Also this week: Ames's German is showing, Riker's bearded clap, and Chris kills the momentum. Timestamps: synopses: 1:26; The

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01:04:50

Episode 110 Not Brought To You By Anyone

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2018/12/13

We're stuck with a couple of clunkers this week, folks. First up, it's a crappier version of "The Bonding" when a boy decides he wants to be an android and that blithering idiot Troi agrees in "Hero Worship". After that, the very delicate topic of sexual assault is given a sci-fi twist and absolutely NONE of the delicate nuance or handling it needs in "Violations". Also this week: hitting the brown note, Ghostbusters 2, and sponsors. Content warning: see above. "Violations" is a sexual assault/rape

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01:16:45

Episode 109 Time Makes Fools of Us All

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2018/12/06

It's all about visitors from other times - literally and figuratively - this week on TNG. First up, Berlinghoff Rasmussen is a temporal tourist with secrets in "A Matter of Time". After that, the worst part of Worf's past is here to stay in "New Ground". Also this week: that's not how that song goes, planet of the Hitlers, and the importance of safe sex. [Note: "First Contact" spoilers from 14:24-14:59] Timestamps: synopses: 0:54; A Matter of Time: 6:22; New Ground: 39:26

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01:18:10

Episode 108 Many Happy Returns

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2018/11/29

We're getting visitors from the past both recent and and a bit more distant in this week's TNGs. First up, Wesley Crusher comes back from the academy JUST in time to save the ship from a nefarious alien brainwashing plot in "The Game". After that, a two-parter requires two guests in the form of Sarek and Spock in the fan-wankular "Unification" (also Sela is there). Also this week: Chris wants another writer to face justice, something is missing from the dump, and Perrin's special technique. Also

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01:24:12

Episode 107 Call the Midworf

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2018/11/22

This year, your SSHB cast is thankful for usable audio! Yes, something went a little hooey this recording so the track is a bit...rough-sounding, even for us. We've done our best to smooth out the rough edges, but we are aware and sorry that it's a bit funky this week. But what's going on in the shows? Well, first up Data suddenly has old colonist memories again as a relative of one of the long-dead arrives to study a new Crystalline Entity attack in "Silicon Avatar". After that, there's too many

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01:15:06

Episode 106 Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself

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2018/11/15

It's all kinds of new friends this week on SSHB! First up, the "Enterprise" crew tries to make proper first contact with the heretofore-incomprehensible Tamarians in "Darmok", and things get a bit dangerous when Picard's counterpart decides to force the issue. After that, we meet a new crewmember in the form of the disgraced and titual "Ensign Ro", a Bajoran with a (frankly understandable) chip on her shoulder. Also this week: "Darmok" v. "Midnight", Yar v. Ro, Disney v. your wallet. Also also: some

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01:54:20

Episode 105 Doppelbanger

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2018/11/08

It's a whopper this week, as for the first time ever SSHB covers both proper "Star Trek" episodes AND a related-but-not-proper-"Trek" thing outside of a Ten Forward! First up, we're wrapping season 4 and starting 5 with the two-part "Redemption"! Seeds have been laid for ages now and they're all sprouting schemes to maneuver the Duras family and their Romulan allies into positions of power! After that: the adult film parody of TNG, only edited for YouTube! How does it stand up without its raison

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01:24:09

Episode 104 Not a Halloween Episode

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2018/11/01

We miscalculate in the episode and posit this might be a Halloween show. Too bad we were wrong, because horror lurks within! First, the existential nightmare that is brainwashing in "The Mind's Eye". After that, and even more terrifying, the TNG writers try to write a relationship episode in "In Theory"! Also this week: a deadly introduction, Gargoyles, and sitcom stereotypes. Timestamps: synopses: 1:47; The Mind's Eye: 11:23; In Theory: 45:29

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01:12:42

Episode 103 Brief Romances

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2018/10/25

No one's love is lasting very long this week on SSHB. In a (believe it or not!) GOOD Lwaxana Troi episode, everyone's least favorite Daughter of the Fifth House falls for a man whose time is running out in "Half a Life". After that, Bev Crusher finds herself in love with a man who can survive death with a fairly major caveat in "The Host". Also this week: doing it live, humanitarian crises, and minor spoilers (no story ones) about how Trill will get retconned in DS9. [cw: discussion of suicide and

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01:14:40

Episode 102 Not a Merry Trial

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2018/10/18

Let's talk about Mr. Worf. In "Q-pid", his dignity is put to the test when the eponymous Q tries to fix Picard's love life with Vash via a Robin Hood fantasy. After that, he gets to lead an investigation in "The Drumhead", but the thrill turns sour as the motives and methods of the Admiral leading the task are called into question. Also this week: a cloudy opening, Robin Hood variants, and the Prime Directive Violation count. Timestamps: synopses: 4:34; Qpid: 12:30; The Drumhead: 39:35

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01:14:25

Episode 101 Come to Me

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2018/10/11

This week, the crew is brought to the adventure instead of finding it! First up, the call of the wild is too strong to resist in "Identity Crisis"! Then, Reg Barclay is given great knowledge by lazy aliens in "The Nth Degree"! Also this week: apologies to Guam, cat hate, and Troi AND Caitlin's types! Timestamps: synopses: 0:35; Identity Crisis: 4:50; The Nth Degree: 33:58

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01:10:03

Episode 100 Let's Recycle!

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2018/10/04

It's our 100th Episode Spectacular, and to celebrate we're doing what we always do! And so is TNG. Yes, they seem to have gone back to the well of familiar tropes for both offerings this week. First up, the real Leah Brahms shows up to be annoyed at Geordie even as the ship is drained of power by some funky alien stuff in "Galaxy's Child". After that, the ship is...well, getting drained of energy. But this time it's by a weird space anomaly in "Night Terrors"! Also this week: binary, death ravioli,

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01:12:35

Episode 99 Searching

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2018/09/27

The hunt is on this week in A Star to Steer Her By! First up, something seems suspicious after the crew is unconscious for supposedly only thirty seconds and Picard goes looking for answers in "Clues". After that, Riker's gone missing on a world on the brink of its first warp flight and he has to be found before local Doctors get all autopsy-happy in "First Contact". Also this week: a premature opening, TV of the 90s, and basic cat anatomy! Timestamps: synopses: 1:38; Clues: 12:04; First Contact:

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01:12:29

Episode 98 Lizard Men and a Devil Woman

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2018/09/20

And here they are! The Ferengi arrived with a whimper and the Borg, while terrific, are a bit too big to be a regular nemesis. But now the Cardassians have come onto the scene in "The Wounded" to become one of the most consequential races of late 24th century "Trek"! O'Brien gets a past and we get a story of war, revenge, and insisting the right thing be done the right way. And then there's "Devil's Due", which feels like a rejected TOS script and sort of was. Kind of. You'll see. Also this week:

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01:18:52

Episode 97 Ups and Downs

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2018/09/13

It's a roller coaster of emotions in this week's SSHB! First up: Troi goes through all five stages of grief at warp 9 when her empathic abilities go kaput in "The Loss". Next, there's all the myriad emotions of relationships, weddings, birth, and getting duped by the GD Romulans in "Data's Day". Also this week: what has Ames seen, Caitlin puts thoughts in your head, and the "Picard" series. Note: we spoil "Solo" in a few-second clip (1:13:50-1:13:58). Also: any songs spoken or sung within should be

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01:16:30

Ten Forward 09 Tales From the Holodeck II

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2018/09/06

It's SSHB's 2nd anniversary, more-or-less, and in celebration we're bringing you our 2nd fanfic episode featuring figures from 2 major sci-fi franchises! (Harvey Dent would be ALL OVER THIS if he was real). What happens when your stalwarts are forced to bring "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" together into a big, meaty lump of ludicrous? Probably much what you'd expect from us, really... Spoiler Warning: Major "The Last Jedi" spoilers. For real, we ruin basically all of it Timestamps: "The Solo

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01:04:14

Episode 96 So Many Dreams & Breakthroughs

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2018/08/30

Time is creeping up on our heroes in this week's SSHB. First up, Riker apparently loses 16 years and has to cope with all the changes and his own future legend in "Future Imperfect." After that, Wesley Crusher's chance to join all the young dudes and ladies at the Academy has finally arrived in "Final Mission", but the titular jaunt is no game and goes sour when Picard is grievously injured by a proper space oddity, leaving Wes under pressure to solve the mystery and save his commander. Also this

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