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Treks and the City

From the duo who didn"t mean to make you mad but somehow did, GUY ON THE INTERNET, it"s Treks and the City, this time covering Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, three weeks on, one week off, at a time!For full episodes, visit the Treks and the City Patreon, here: https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity

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01:08:26

DS9 S5E01 – "Apocalypse Rising"

Treks and the City ·

2026/02/02

Production note! Going forward, Patreon will be where you can hear the episodes early and without ads!! Free episodes will come out with ads on this feed a few days later.This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five episode one, "Apocalypse Rising." Topics include how any and all Sex and the City chat is entirely on-topic for this show, pulling a Samantha (i.e. not doing the Treks follow-up), getting ready for Valentine's Day, kicking themselves for underselling "The Goo

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00:56:00

DS9 S4E26 – "Broken Link" w/ Paul F. Tompkins (Pt.2)

Treks and the City ·

2026/01/26

Production note! Going forward, Patreon will be where you can hear the episodes early and without ads!! Free episodes will come out with ads on this feed a few days later.This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Paul F. Tompkins (BoJack Horseman, Varietopia) to cover the DS9 season four finale, "Broken Link" (which we really DO get to this episode, no apologies!!!). Topics include pitching to the Mickey Mouse Club, Tucker Carlson face, when Skyler did, in fact, eat a

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00:50:50

DS9 S4E26 – "Broken Link" w/ Paul F. Tompkins (Pt.1)

Treks and the City ·

2026/01/19

Production note! Going forward, Patreon will be where you can hear the episodes early and without ads!! Free episodes will come out with ads on this feed a few days later. This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Paul F. Tompkins (BoJack Horseman, Varietopia) to cover the DS9 season four finale, "Broken Link" (which we really don't get to at all this episode, apologies!!!). Topics include everyone's holidays, cat-safe fake flowers, Paul's very locked-in plans to serve as

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01:08:51

Side Trekked – New Year's Eve

Treks and the City ·

2026/01/01

This week, Alice and Skyler are wrapping up their month of holiday-centric Side Trekked specials (sorry to the fans of them/you're welcome to the haters of them)!! To ring in 2026, they could think of no better way than to discuss Garry Marshall's extremely on-theme 2011 film New Year's Eve. Topics include the sheer tonnage of famous people in it, ruining "Auld Lang Syne," wrapping their minds around the audacity of making Michelle Pfeiffer play a dowdy sad sack, where "Jensen" ranks in the pantheon

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01:09:26

Side Trekked – Tales from the Crypt S1E02 "And All...

Treks and the City ·

2025/12/25

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined yet again by the great Ben Rodgers (ActionBoyz, Star Trek: Lower Decks), for another holiday-centric Side Trekked special!! Together, they're discussing the 1989 Tales from the Crypt Christmas episode "And All Through the House." Topics include where Ben knows the Lawrence brothers from, what Ben and Skyler thought of Hamnet (mild spoilers for Hamnet around 3 minutes in, be warned), if Dexter's a Krampus, the theft of the Crypt Keeper, what Georgia O'Keefe

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01:21:26

Side Trekked – Mistletoe Mixup w/ Danielle Perez

Treks and the City ·

2025/12/18

This week, Alice and Skyler are back for another holiday-centric Side Trekked special episode, this time with the amazing Danielle Perez (Ballard, @DivaDelux)!! Together, they're discussing 2021's Mistletoe Mixup. Topics include how Andrew Lawrence is the film's Ben Affleck, clever uses of Covid restaurant bubbles, whether or not the titular "mixup" is all that clear, the online knot-tying community, painted-on suits, chaste Christmas films, where Mistletoe Mixup takes place, dogs who get

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01:06:06

Side Trekked – Futurama 204 "Xmas Story" + 303 "A...

Treks and the City ·

2025/12/11

This week, Alice and Skyler are kicking off their month (save for last week, their mistake) of holiday-centric Side Trekked specials!! First up, they're discussing two Futurama Christmas episodes—S2E04, "Xmas Story," and S3E03, "A Tale of Two Santas." Together, they cover robots whose naughty/nice standards are too high, whether or not parents should be lying about their ability to get mail to Santa, where to get a good bread bowl in Burbank, playing in the major minor leagues, the joy of hearing

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00:09:03

S4E25 – Body Parts – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/12/04

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss saying things on podcasts, what really constitutes "beachfront" in this day and age, a restaurant Skyler likes (which Skyler found out after recording HAS CLOSED), making listeners become out of money, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty five, "Body Parts." Topics include whether or not the writers nailed the Kira storyline this episode (they did not), what really went down with General David Petraeus'

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00:09:14

S4E24 – The Quickening – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/11/27

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss what the film Entrapment is REALLY about, the ways in which Alice is exactly like The Dodgers, scheduling schemes, the best way to deflate Cillian Murphy's big ole' ego, listener comments, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty four, "The Quickening." Topics include whether or not this episode's a little callous regarding a real Star Trek production employee's death, Bashir taking a disease by the horns

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00:09:20

S4E23 – To the Death – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/11/20

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss wet hikes, taking a trip to Palm Springs, running into Paul Dano while out cruising the Sunset Strip, a new title for the off-Star-Trek-episodes, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty three, "To the Death." Topics include Jem'Hadar lore, whether or not Griffith Park can convincingly play as an alien planet, the next career turn for Tony Stark, space hit-and-runs, Sisko's oddball approach to

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00:08:22

S4E22 – For the Cause – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/11/06

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss the worst time to Google Shohei, how Alice's stand-up show (that Skyler MISSED) went, viewing the team you're playing against as your enemy, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty two, "For the Cause." Topics include the wrestling terms Skyler's heard of, getting into geometry, the word of the episode, the awful pillow-tech of the future, where the Maquis rank in Treks' cast of villains, how much fun it

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01:18:15

TNG S7E06 – Phantasms w/ Kaylayla Raine and Sara Tomko

Treks and the City ·

2025/10/30

This week, it's a spooky Treks bonus episode sliding in under the Halloween wire, free for all to enjoy!! Alice and Skyler are joined by Alice's incredible Resident Alien co-stars Kaylayla Raine AND Sara Tomko to cover what might be Star Trek's scariest episode, The Next Generation's season seven, episode six, "Phantasms." Together, they discuss whether or not the sci-fi parasites should've been more explosive, how this episode felt Twin Peaks-y, the relatively chill way the Enterprise crew treats

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00:09:11

S4E21 – The Muse – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/10/23

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss Skyler's trip to Greece and Turkey, Skyler's long, storied history as a cruise child, asking Veronica to join the record, finding the famously astonishing Hagia Sophia astonishing, delighting in Turkish delight, Alice's plans to take a trip without her parents, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty one, "The Muse." Topics include the best way to deal with an unknown caller, Alice's mixed emotions on her

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01:31:32

The Bodyguard w/ Sara Tomko

Treks and the City ·

2025/10/09

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by Alice's incredible Resident Alien co-star Sara Tomko for a special episode covering 1992's The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston and a bunch of not-great assassins. Together, they discuss the red flag of katana ownership, Whitney Houston's incredible voice and her undeniable screen presence, Kevin Costner as a hunk, whether or not it's standard bodyguard protocol to tackle a teenager, music video trends, everybody's favorite

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00:09:15

S4E20 – Shattered Mirror – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/10/02

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss disliking Elon Musk, Alice checking out (and loving) Barbarian, the power of a head nod from a hunk, Bill Skarsgård's wild eyes, Alice's trip to undisclosed New York, sheep advertising, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode twenty, "Shattered Mirror." Topics include what does and does not matter in the DS9 mirror universe, how Bodie, Skyler's Springer Spaniel, sort of became a co-host on this episode by tearing

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00:09:26

S4E19 – Hard Time – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/09/25

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss the best way to break it to your partner that a celebrity's died, Alice having a chic Euro-cold, penning up all the comics only to unleash them, the wonderful sounds of the city, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode nineteen, "Hard Time." Topics include O'Brien going to the jail of the mind, everybody on the station being kind of blasé about him being sent to the jail of the mind, the steady work of being in corrections,

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00:10:12

S4E18 – Rules of Engagement w/ Paul Scheer – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/09/11

This week, Alice and Skyler are joined once again by the great Paul Scheer (How Did This Get Made?, Star Treks: Lower Decks) to discuss listening to things at 4x speed, the attention economy, Marlboro swag, doing improv on behalf of the Ford Motor Company, the kind of ASMR they're all onboard with, the great drink SoBe, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode eighteen, "Rules of Engagement." Topics include Comic Con life, going to Vegas with Star Trek actors,

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00:09:19

S4E17 – Accession – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/09/04

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss being handsome, spelling the names of universities backwards, giving up on gatekeeping Star Trek discussions from listeners of the Star Trek podcast Treks and the City, absolutely embarrassing Skyler, Skyler's history of being low-res, and much, much more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode seventeen, "Accession." Topics include the rules of The Emissary, the prophets being a bunch of very funny people, Dane Cook the hand artist, Messi, the

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00:09:31

S4E16 – Bar Association – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/08/28

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss who gets what, skipping the trash, the joy of doing dishes, what people really remember The Full Monty for, considering getting into Star Trek, who does and doesn’t know about Alice’s podcasts, bringing the listeners into every last business decision on the show, understanding the clever, clever wordplay of the episode’s title, and more. Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode sixteen, "Bar Association.” Together, they discuss Steve Jobs’

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S4E15 – Sons of Mogh – Teaser

Treks and the City ·

2025/08/14

This week, Alice and Skyler discuss Skyler's indifference to Alice's mental and physical well-being, giving your dog $100, getting so hyped to music that you hurt yourself, and a truly harrowing story about Alice's knee (be warned, if you are gnarly-knee-story-phobic, for the ~three minute zone). Behind the paywall, they get into DS9 season four, episode fifteen, "Sons of Mogh," a completely fantastic piece of work. Together, they discuss the bummer of DS9 never getting a proper film, having a

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