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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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01:51:56

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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01:35:03

Episode 347: Archer is Selfish

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2024/04/18

John wants his way and he's gonna get it, and to the devil with ethics and sensible choices! First up: Trip is in a coma and the Cap'n'll do anything, including listening to Phlox, to get his friend back in "Similitude". After that, why take a soldier into the past when you can drag your first officer along because reasons in "Carpenter Street".Also this week: bad Doctor, bad cop, good Nog. [Timestamps: Similitude: 02:43; Carpenter Street: 41:37; Nog: 1:15:10] [Cadet on Deck:

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01:23:04

Episode 346: They Paradox Horses, Don't They?

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2024/04/11

We got time travel and cosplay time travel this week on "Enterprise"! First up, Archer has "Fifty First Dates" syndrome and has to be told daily that Earth done gone kablooey over a decade ago in "Twilight". After that, how did old west humans get onto an alien world in the Delphic Expanse? Find out in "North Star"!Also this week: symbolic stabbing, staggering hypocrisy, and Rom! [timestamps: Twilight: 03:58; North Star: 34:59; Moogie's favorite boy: 1:01:34] [Show proper respect to your Nagus at

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01:13:23

Episode 345: The Phantom of the Slothra

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2024/04/04

The Xindi arc continues this week, and the investigation gets stupid. First up: it's a little "Phantom of the Opera", a little "Beauty and the Beast" and maybe a big pile of tell don't show when Hoshi becomes unwilling roommates with a lonely telepath in "Exile". After that, Archer learns a lesson about the Xindi he'll almost definitely forget by next week in "The Shipment".Also this week: someone's lonely, someone was cocky, and the someone for the blog this week is Quark! [timestamps: Exile:

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01:28:17

Episode 344: Shoot Her!

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2024/03/28

When you've got a stun setting, just follow Muldoon's advice and all your problems will be solved. First up: the Xindi come up with a needlessly convoluted plan to get information on human biology in "Rajiin". After that, "Trek" decides to do a pretty humdrum zombie story in "Impulse".Also this week: rewrites, running short, and Odo! [timestamps: Rajiin: 01:46; Impulse: 42:36; The Constable: 1:05:53] [No running to the tumblr!:

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01:22:02

Episode 343: Too Much Too Soon

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2024/03/21

"Enterprise" is going too fast! First up: Archer ditches his morals faster than you can say "enhanced interrogation" in "Anomaly". After that: maybe "Extinction" would've been more interesting if we didn't know what was happening so early on in it (probably not, tho).Also this week: moral cowardice, Chekov's peach, and Chief O'Brien! [timestamps: Anomaly: 01:24; Extinction: 26:21; The Chief: 55:13] [this way to the Alamo:

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01:23:05

Episode 342: Every Day's a Bad Day in Florida

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2024/03/14

Well, it's here. The end of Season 2 and start of Season 3, where the producers decided "let's do 9/11". First up: the dumbest aliens ever decide to try the test version of their planet-killer ray on their ultimate target, thus giving Earth ample time to plan in "The Expanse". After that, "Enterprise" starts its bold new season with yet ANOTHER prison break episode in "The Xindi".Also this week: Time Daddy, idiot villains, and wrapping season 2! [timestamps: Expanse: 03:34; Xindi: 33:34; s.2 highs

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01:15:31

Episode 341: The Wrongest Stuff

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2024/03/07

Everyone is so bad at everything they do this week! First up: we find out how Archer went from milquetoast to milquetoast but a Captain in the tension-free "First Flight"! After that: a dude that's way too nice to be a bounty hunter has the misfortune of capturing Archer and having to spend time with him in "Bounty"!Also this week: three-hander, the B plot we'd rather forget, and Julian Bashir, MD! [timestamps: Flight: 02:45; Bounty: 31:06; Bashir: 1:00:03] [down to the infirmary:

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01:23:49

Episode 340: Too Open Minded

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2024/02/29

Content warning: discussion of suicide.Archer just keeps biffing it this week. First up: he's too blinded by his new friends' toys to realize their society is absolute garbage in "Cogenitor". After that, "Enterprise" betrays the prequel format yet again by having Borg show up in "Regeneration". Also this week: confused messaging, timeline theories, and Dax (Daxes? Daxae? What in the world is the plural of Dax?)! [timestamps: Cogenitor: 01:07; Regeneration: 40:52; Trill-ionaire: 1:09:24] [take a dip

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01:27:00

Episode 339: Justice for Mayweather

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2024/02/22

Even when they give him something to do, "Enterprise" wastes Mayweather. First up, it's a toothless rehash of "Fortunate Son" as Mayweather visits his family's cargo ship in "Horizon". After that: he gets to lead a rescue mission until he inevitably busts his leg in "The Breach."Also this week: a memorable opening, needs more bigotry, and Kira Nerys! [timestamps: Horizon: 01:20; Breach: 27:14; The Major: 56:47] [the orb of the tumblr is this way:

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01:39:36

Episode 338: Liked It Until I Didn't

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2024/02/15

Back to the rehash mines, "Enterprise"! First up: Starfleet meets their first energy beings and we recall all the times they're going to have done it better in their future/our past in "The Crossing". After that, Martok shows up to defend Archer in "we have Star Trek VI at home", otherwise known as "Judgment". Also this week: bread, a missing key detail, and Sisko! [timestamps: The Crossing: 01:45; Judgment: 28:38; Check out the Emissary's Pagh: 1:04:00] [tumbl linearly:

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01:18:40

Episode 337: Ships Adrift

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2024/02/08

Starting off the same but going very different places in both episodes this week! First off: is a drifting ship the final resting place of Zephram Cochrane or, just perhaps, an Admiral From the Future's tomb in "Future Tense". After that, it's another false imprisonment story that ALMOST becomes "Con Air" but refuses to be that cool in "Canamar". Also this week: dinosaur kids, got guest?, and Worf! [timestamps: Tense: 03:57; Canamar: 34:23; Honorman: 55:39] [Tumbling Speed!:

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01:38:36

Episode 336: When Did Star Trek Get Political?

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2024/02/01

Warnings UP FRONT: Unfortunately, "Fusion" is important background to the first episode this week, so the events of that come up. Also we're talking Tasha Yar later so her unfortunately-written history is also discussed. ALSO: we throw caution to the wind and spoil the ever-living crap out of "Picard" throughout the blogtivity this week. Like almost from the word GO. So yeah. ANYWAY First up: it's an unsubtle metaphor some 16 years too late as "Trek" does an AIDS allegory in "Stigma". After that,

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01:23:56

Episode 335: Getting Hot In Here

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2024/01/25

Things are heating up on "Enterprise"! First up, a radiation storm is going to cook everyone alive unless they cool their heels with some new alien friends in "The Catwalk". After that, we've been there and done that but now the sun's going to broil Trip alive in "Dawn"! Also this week: avoiding ambiguity, continued familiarity, and Guinan! [timestamps: Catwalk: 01:05; Dawn: 32:54; Guinan: 1:02:25] [belly up to the bar:

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01:16:02

Episode 334: Spooky Scary

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2024/01/18

Ooh, it's a chilling week on "Enterprise". First up: is a transporter issue turning Hoshi into a g-g-g-ghost in "Vanishing Point"? After that, YOU decide what's more terrifying: how lazy the very familiar plot of "Precious Cargo" is, or the absolutely abysmal acting of its principal guest star! Also this week: dreams are stupid, a season one week, and Lwaxana Troi! [timestamps: Point: 02:35; Cargo: 2:58; Lwaxana: 55:22] [this way to the house of the fifth

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01:16:22

Episode 333: ...Let's Say Moe

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2024/01/11

The solutions this week are such lazy pulls from the writer's behind that calling them deus ex machinas would be an insult to that concept. First up: Archer and Reed are so desparate to not break the nonexistent Prime Directive that they almost get killed until the "Enterprise" crew realizes they have something for that in the trunk in "The Communicator". After that, that old saw Vulcan magic keeps T'Pol from going space crazy like the rest of the crew in "Singularity". Also this week: flipped

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01:18:14

Episode 332: That Was Easy

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2024/01/04

Simple solutions abound this week! First up, a very lazy "Seven Samurai" clone is wrapped up with no loss of life thanks, in part, to the worst Klingons we've ever met in "Marauders". After that, T'Pol has a complicated past...no, wait, she's definitively good and her quarry explicitly bad in the lazy "The Seventh". Also this week: one last dose of the holidays, bug robberies, and Beverly Crusher! [timestamps: gifts: 01:16; Marauders: 16:06; The Seventh: 39:01: Bev: 1:00:49] [to the blog, stat!:

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01:20:31

Episode 331: Continuity Week

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2023/12/28

The past is back to haunt us this week on "Enterprise" – both recent and not. First up: while searching for a fix for the mine damage from last week, the crew is directed to an automated repair station that seems a bit too good to be true in "Dead Stop". After that, Archer has offended the Kreetassans again (but maybe they have a point this time), but he doesn't care because Porthos isn't doing well in "A Night in Sickbay". Also this week: TOS-style space weirdness, a complete lack of subtlety, and

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01:32:46

Episode 330: Cap'n Nosy

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2023/12/21

This week Archer's inability to leave well enough alone drives one plot and is actually pretty integral to solving another. First up: Archer's done some rooting so T'Pol tells an old family tale of cultural contamination in "Carbon Creek". After that: an accident in space has Reed doing his usual "sacrifice me for the good of the ship" schtick and Archer needles him to keep his mind off it in "Minefield". Also this week: canon quibbles, a solid start, and Deanna Troi! [stampin': Creek: 02:47;

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01:21:41

Episode 329: Enterprise Didn't Start the Fire

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2023/12/14

How do you wrap up a season one like the one "Enterprise" just had? By suddenly remembering how to write a halfway-decent episode of "Star Trek"! Despite heavily featuring The Temporal Cold War and the entirely obnoxious Daniels we find ourselves pretty happy with the pacing and feeling of actual stakes! What could this mean going forward?! Also this week: too excited about disaster, the temporal rules of "Trek", and wrapping season 1! [timestamps: Shockwave: 00:51; Tops'n'Bottoms: 56:26] [the list

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