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Alienating Ourselves Podcast

Alienating Ourselves Podcast

Nick and Todd explore sci-fi entertainment, with a focus on aliens and the humans that interact with them. Initially, Nick and Todd are reviewing the theatrical movie, TV series, and TV movies for the "Alien Nation" franchise.

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01:40:45

#009 - Alien Nation 1.06 "The First Cigar"

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2025/12/06

After a two-week "Star Trek" detour, we're back to "Alien Nation" with an episode about taxes, bribes, scams, and gangs. This week's episode, called "The First Cigar" involves a Tenctonese business owner who may have a surprise hidden up her sleeve...literally. Meanwhile, Buck sells real estate, George deals with the IRS, and Matt & George give each other guilt trips over morally-ambiguous gifts & favors. - What purpose was served by having Cathy back

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01:21:11

#008 - "Star Trek" Primer - Part 2 of 2

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2025/11/28

Nick & Todd continue their discussion of the "Star Trek" franchise. - What was Nick's hot take about "TNG" season 2, teased at the end of Part 1? - What "TNG" season 2 improvements did Nick point out? - Which "TNG" episodes from each season did Nick highlight? - Nick & Todd agree that "TNG" season 7 is a bit of a decline, but which redeeming episodes did Todd point out? - What were Todd's hot takes about episodes "The Measure of

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01:17:25

#007 - "Star Trek" Primer - Part 1 of 2

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2025/11/21

The "Alien Nation" rewatch will definitely continue, but this week (and next), Nick & Todd take a detour to talk about one of the biggest sci-fi franchises of all..."Star Trek." We're calling it a primer because we discuss the whole franchise in broad strokes, comparing notes on what we've seen, haven't seen, loved, liked, disliked, hated, and still want to see. It ended up being such a big topic, we had to split it into a two-parter. - What opening advice did

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01:17:04

#006 - Alien Nation 1.05 "The Takeover"

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2025/11/12

This week, Nick & Todd review the 5th "Alien Nation" episode, "The Takeover," a story about a police station siege during a city riot, with the themes of control and...smells(???). Along the way, we get to see a remnant of the controlling ship gas, from the Tenctonese slave ship, in action. - Why does one co-host think command and...smells...are the two main themes of the episode? - How many ways does Albert save the day in the episode? - How many ways are George's

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01:15:41

#005 - Alien Nation 1.04 "Fifteen With Wanda"

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2025/11/06

Nick & Todd are really enjoying rewatching & podcasting about "Alien Nation." But, even the best things in life aren't always perfect. Join Nick & Todd as they critique the first disappointing episode of the show, "Fifteen With Wanda," while still talking about redeeming qualities and the usual guest cast connections to other shows. - What was Nick's first really insightful point, and what was Todd's first really bizarre point? - What observations about

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01:24:58

#004 - Alien Nation 1.03 "Little Lost Lamb"

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2025/10/30

Nick & Todd return to talk about the 3rd episode of "Alien Nation" in which Detective Matt Sikes tries to protect a teenage Tenctonese girl who's life has taken a bad direction. When the situation takes an unexpected turn, Matt & George go undercover to take down a dangerous Tenctonese prostitution ring. - How did discussion of this episode start off about goats? - How much did Todd & Nick enjoy the return of Uncle Moodri and the exploration of Moodri's religion,

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01:39:31

#003 - Alien Nation 1.02 "Fountain of Youth"

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2025/10/22

Nick & Todd are back for the first "Alien Nation" 1-hour episode entitled "Fountain of Youth." This is an episode that explores the topic of aging from two different angles. Something about Tenctonese physiology may help slow or even reverse aging in humans, and Susan struggles to find work in her field due to her age. - This is the first installment of "Alien Nation" to have a standard weekly opening credit sequence. How did Nick & Todd feel about it and the sequence's very alien-sounding

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01:58:51

#002 - Alien Nation 1.01 "Pilot"

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2025/10/15

Nick & Todd are back and diving in to the "Alien Nation" pilot TV movie (counting as episode 1 of the TV series). This episode is packed with world-building, character development, and social commentary. - What was Todd's favorite moments, and how did Nick react to it differently? - Did the TV pilot continue the trend in the theatrical movie of Matt Sikes doing bad police work? - What in-world alien advertisements did Nick take note of? - What differences between the theatrical

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01:18:20

#001 - Alien Nation - Theatrical Movie

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2025/10/06

Welcome to the Alienating Ourselves Podcast, the brand new podcast where Nick & Todd explore sci-fi entertainment with a focus on aliens and the humans they interact with. In the beginning, we'll be reviewing the TV show & movies of the "Alien Nation" franchise.Listen now to our first episode where we take a deep dive into the theatrical movie that started it all (and stay tuned for next episode where we start reviewing the "Alien Nation" TV show).You can e-mail us at

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