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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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01:22:40

Episode 364: Expecting the Dumbest Outcome

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2024/09/05

We're in the home stretch and "Enterprise" sure is cranking up the stupid to 11! What's the dumbest twist you could have? The two-parter "Demons" and "Terra Prime" has a good chance of using it. RoboCop himself has dropped into "Trek" to unleash a scheme that really only makes sense if you're already a deranged xenophobe who got his hands on some loose DNA. The Romulans would look askance at this weirdo. Anyway, he's trying to stop "Star Trek" from happening which, honestly, if all you knew was

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02:03:20

Episode 363: Ninety Percent Dumb

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2024/08/29

It's the moment one of your hosts has been waiting for and the others have been dreading! It's time for the "Enterprise" take on the Mirror Universe in the campy two-parter "In a Mirror, Darkly". Watch as we and a guest struggle to tell the difference between Prime and Mirror Archer and wonder if other people weren't allowed to be evil ENOUGH.Also this week: prop comps, Shatner, and Seven of Nine! [Timestamps: Mirror: 01:28; Seven of Nine,Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01: 1:32:36] [get to the

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01:50:00

Episode 362: Worst. Rectons. EVER!

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2024/08/22

Oh, boy, time to get some new "Trek" lore! No, not the android kind, the backstory kind! Also I guarantee it's a kind no one sensible wanted, needed, or ended up liking! First up, it takes two terrible episodes to find out why the Klingons are so darn different in TOS with "Affliction" and "Divergence"! After that, brace yourself for what a misogynist thinks female empowerment is in the absolutely disgraceful "Bound"!Also this week: "Speed" Trek, the Ames Protocol, and Kes! [timestamps:

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01:16:19

Episode 361: The Big Special Best Friend Ship Fleet

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2024/08/15

Well now the Romulans have gone and done it! In their convoluted attempt to destabilize the region they've just gone and helped lay the groundwork for the eventual United Federation of Planets! Maybe there was a better use for their super psychic powered self-repairing ships than this? Also Trip and T'Pol's relationship takes a decidedly teen drama turn in the 11th hour because why not? Join us for "United" and "The Aenar"!Also this week: ancient traditions*, iced coffee in space, and

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01:21:53

Episode 360: For Reasons!

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2024/08/08

Everyone's up to something this week, tho motivation is maybe a bit vague. First up: voyeuristic aliens are being really creepy and possessing the crew just so they can watch people die in "Observer Effect". After that, someone has come up with a needlessly elaborate ship to try and start a war between the Andorians and Tellarites in "Babel One".Also this week: special special humans, emotional violence, and The EMH! [Timestamps: Observer Effect: 01:02; Babel One: 24:31; The Doctor:

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01:32:43

Episode 359: T'Pow vs The Space Ghost

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2024/08/01

Step right up to the bout of the 22nd century as the final showdown between the forces of EVIL face the forces of...ah...Archer and Co in "Kir'Shara"! But don't leave just yet, as in our next round it's man vs their own past hubris in "Daedalus"!Also this week: the 90s S, Chris tries to pull a Jake, and Harry Kim! [timestamps: Kir'Shara: 01:14; Daedalus: 43:27; Ensign Kim: 1:13:23] [play that saxy music, Harry!:

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01:29:37

Episode 358: The Forge Awakens

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2024/07/25

"Enterprise" woke up one day and realized they'd kinda made the Vulcans sort of a mess. So they've decided to semi retcon it so that it's just one dude in the High Command who's evil and everything else is more like we remember it. Mind melding is fine now, we promise! Also, look, it's T'Pau in a deeply unnecessary appearance! And Surak is here, but in brain ghost form! So join us for the first two parts of a three-part Vulcan epic with "The Forge" and "Awakening".Also this week: cults are always

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01:31:14

Ten Forward 39: Gattaca

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2024/07/18

Since there's been some genetic engineering talk on "Enterprise" recently we decided to finally take a look at 1997's "Gattaca". It's the story of a near-futuristic (or alternate present?) dystopia with designer babies and a future determined entirely by one's genes. But Ethan Hawke wants to go to space, dangit, and he'll do whatever it takes, including some deeply upsetting stuff to his legs!Also this week: cripes what a pretty cast; Tamara de Lempicka; and an inordinate amount of urine

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01:20:11

Episode 357: Is a Bad Plan Better Than No Plan?

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2024/07/11

"Enterprise" has left infurating war crimes behind and has gone back to the familiar comfort of dull and copying older "Trek". In parts two and three of a story that did NOT need to be a three-parter, the Augments go on a rampage and Soong realizes maybe he did, in fact, do a bad thing by unleashing them on the galaxy. Join us, won't you, for "Cold Station 12" and "The Augments".Also this week: too many nods, a pointless brother, and B'Elanna! [Timestamps: Cold Augment Dozen: 00:36; Torres:

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01:37:25

Ten Forward 38: Independence Day

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2024/07/04

Well look at that, July 4th has fallen on our release day this year and it's always fun to take a break from "Enterprise"! So we're finally taking a look at 1996's action-disaster-blockbuster "Independence Day" (aka ID4)! Get those nostalgia goggles off and see if it still holds up when aliens blow up practical effect monuments and only sexy sexy Jeff Goldblum and still-mostly-the-Fresh Prince Will Smith can save us with the power of Apple computers!Also this week: but really, this cast though. As

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01:34:58

Episode 356: The Old Ways

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2024/06/27

Season four finally starts proper after last week's bizarre opener. First up, the crew goes "Home" and does a take on TNG's "Family" if it was a slog and had really bad lessons woven into it. After that: it's part one of what will be multiple three-parters in the final season of "Enterprise" as Brent Spiner guest stars as one of his own ancestors to take us to the "Borderland"!Also this week: fun with umlauts, big square heads, and Tuvok! [timestamps: Home: 01:18; Borderland: 45:55; Mr. Vulcan:

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01:22:02

Episode 355: Enterprise VS the Naughtzis

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2024/06/20

When we last left our heroes there were aliens in WW2 because why not, right? Sure. Fine. So we're picking up that thread and it turns out to be a bunch of Temporal Cold War nonsense in "Storm Front", parts 1 and 2. On the plus side it's also the end of that idiot saga.Also this week: a questionable montage, Machine Gun Reed, and Commander Chakotay! [timestamps: Storm Front: 01:25; The Gentlest Maquis: 52:51] [Just ignore the phony Native American stuff and he's pretty good:

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01:00:49

Episode 354: Just Get It Over With

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2024/06/13

Oh God quick finish it up now, now, NOW! It's "Zero Hour" on "Enterprise" as everything is just tied up in a...well, not a neat little bow. Kind of a last-minute convoluted bow? Also somehow everything and nothing happens all at the same time. Then it's topped off by maybe the dumbest cliffhanger ever?Also this week: too long a shorter season, lotta "Star Wars" in this "Star Trek", and wrapping an absolutely abysmal season of "Trek". [timestamps: Zero Hour: 1:08; S.3 rankings: 38:19] [The List:

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01:26:24

Episode 353: Oh Right This Is Star Trek

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2024/06/06

One day, the writers of "Enterprise" woke up and remembered they weren't writing Nationalistic Propaganda-fest "24" and actually wrote a couple episodes of "Star Trek," wherein people talk about their problems instead of constantly torturing, murdering, and stealing from innocents! Check out a VERY late course-correction as we approach the end of this clustercuss with "The Council" and "Countdown"!Also this week: lots of other franchises, genuine happiness, and Captain Janeway! [timestamps:

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01:35:47

Episode 352: That Don't Impress Me Much

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2024/05/30

We're racing to the finale but we have to have some filler on the way! In "The Forgotten" John is too busy talking to the Xindi to write a letter so he makes Trip do it. After that, endure a crappy rehash of "Children of Time" with "E²".Also this week: a narratively pointless blaze, a narrative device person, and Gul Dukat! [timestamps: Forgotten: 03:50; E²: 36:33; Dukat: 1:15:10] [It's not a statue, but we're sure he'd like it:

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01:38:16

Episode 351: Fire Safety Week

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2024/05/23

John is only just starting to notice maybe he's up to no good after murdering people in cold blood and then committing piracy. He's still not positive, though. First up, in "Azati Prime" he decides diplomacy is for jerks. Then, in "Damage" he makes a bad choice and we find out T'Pol has secretly also made one but it's only getting mentioned now, just like...HER!Also this week: Marvin the Martian, Forrest Gump, and Kai Winn! [timestamps: Prime: 02:41; Damage: 39:17; the space pope we love to hate:

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01:14:27

Episode 350: Everybody Go Nuts Tonight

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2024/05/16

Bust out the fisheye lens, because it's time to get nuts! First up: it's another rehash of a better episode as Phlox slowly goes mad as he runs the ship while almost everyone else naps in "Doctor's Orders". After that, goo to the face in "Hatchery" turns John into the craziest thing the show can possibly imagine: a responsible Starfleet captain! Also this week: Shyamalan'd, mutinie'd, Keiko'd. [timestamps: Orders: 02:25; Hatchery: 28:38; Keiko: 59:28] [I hear the schoolbell, don't wat to be late

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01:09:28

Episode 349: Ethic Bending For Fun and Profit!

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2024/05/09

Look, we're running out of ways to say how bad this season is. First up: Archer comes up with a new form of psychological torture in "Stratagem". Then he decides with NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that some dying guy is evil and makes him literally writhe in agony (which isn't okay even if he IS evil, JOHN!) in "Harbinger". Then we talk about someone with much better ethics: Elim Garak. Also this week: not star trek, actively harmful television, and everyone's favorite secret policeman! [Timestamps:

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01:35:00

Episode 348: It Says Gullible on the Ceiling

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2024/05/02

For pity's sake, John keeps falling for obvious lies this week on "Enterprise". First up: religious extremists take over the ship way too easily in an attempt to end a moronic war for jerks in "Chosen Realm". After that, Shran is back to totally just altruistically help and NOTHING ELSE in "Proving Ground".Also this week: the dumbest ladder, SpongeBob, and Jake Sisko! [timestamps: Realm: 02:31; Ground: 30:12; Jakey Boy: 1:01:52] [tumbl this way to Jake:

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01:51:56

Ten Forward 37: What Is a Unicorn But a Horse With an...

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2024/04/25

We're taking a bit of an "Enterprise" break to discuss one of the foundations of modern cyberpunk and its legacy sequel: "Blade Runner" and "Blade Runner 2049". In a future where it almost never stops raining, artificial human slaves and their complex, ever-shifting relationship with their human creators/oppressors are the crux on which the world turns. But in neither version are there sufficient sheep. Also this week: Ford typecasting, Gosling clothes, and Ridley Scott fanfic.

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