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Episode 58: In the Pale Moonlight

April 5, 2016 DaviddAarono 2 Comments

Episode 58: In the Pale Moonlight

This week we welcome Andrew Dumais back to the show to talk about the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode In the Pale Moonlight. Andrew Dumais last joined us when we did our “The Doctors” episode way back early last season! Andrew and David talk about how much we enjoy the episode and Aaron puts us to the question of why we like this episode so very very much! This challenges us to speak coherently after a few drinks! Who has the best argument? I think you the listener should decide! Please grab your prune juice your or your “It’s a Fake” Romulan ale, you might need it! It’s time for your weekly shot of Star Trek!

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Episode 56: Michele Specht from Star Trek Continues

March 22, 2016 DaviddAarono 1 Comment

Episode 56: Michele Specht from Star Trek Continues

This week on Synthaholics we welcome the Doctor Elise McKennah from Star Trek Continues to the show. You may also know her by Michele Specht! We talk about Star Trek Continues, the ongoing Indiegogo and her role on the show! Star Trek Continues is a web series that perfectly captures the look and feel of the original Star Trek series down to the 4:3 aspect ratio! Star Trek Continues has recently become a non-profit organization so it’s a win win to donate to this amazing cause! Plus this week we have an all new Riker Scores. Thank you Michele for giving us a few of your favorite scores!

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Episode 55: Bonnie Moss, Leonard Nimoy, and Original Fandom

March 15, 2016 DaviddAarono 4 Comments

Episode 55: Bonnie Moss, Leonard Nimoy, and Original Fandom

This week on Synthaholics we welcome Bonnie Moss to the show. Bonnie Moss is the associate producer on Larry Nemecek’s Con of Wrath documentary as well as personal friend of Leonard Nimoy. Guy Davis joins Fayth and I as co-host this week as we talk with Bonnie about her friendship with Leonard Nimoy. She also tell us about some history of the life of Nimoy and we talk about his photography and more! Bonnie also tells us about how she got involved with the Con of Wrath documentary. Please join us and we hope you enjoy this fantastic interview with Bonnie Moss! Grab a drink it’s time for your weekly shot of Star Trek!

You can Follow Bonnie @NCBonnie1 on twitter

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Episode 54: Warp 11 Returns!

March 8, 2016 DaviddAarono

Episode 54: Warp 11 Returns!

Captain Karl Miller from Warp 11 returns to the show to talk about the band’s latest album Rock out with your Spock out! Along with the album we touch on some recent happenings in trek with the new series. We also briefly talk about some video games we are playing as well as touch upon the most recent Star Wars film. At the end of the podcast we play a full new song from Rock out with your Spock out! So in place of outtakes you can hear “Hello, Old Foe”. We had a great time this episode talking Star Trek and Music and enjoying good drinks with good friends! Raise a glass and join us for your weekly shot of Star Trek!

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Episode 52: Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy Potato

February 22, 2016 DaviddAarono

Episode 52: Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy Potato

This week we have finally fulfilled one of our goals when we started Synthaholics. This goal was for all of us to be almost drunk before recording! So in this extra fun installment of Synthaholics we talk about the Star Trek Voyager Episode Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy. This is an episode we all greatly enjoyed talking about because this is a Doctor episode and those are almost always strong episodes! What happens when your imagination gets the better of you? Do you think you would want to see fantasies of people you know or know of? We discuss all this, more, and we have a Riker Scores this week! We make some pretty strong assertions this episode so if you disagree or have a different opinion please write us so we can hear what it is you all think! If at all possible have a few drinks before listening and then grab another to consume while listening. Prepare for a wild ride on your weekly shot of Star Trek!

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Episode 51: The Wayward Vulcan in the Atomic age (Carbon Creek)

February 16, 2016 DaviddAarono

Episode 51: The Wayward Vulcan in the Atomic age (Carbon Creek)

It feels like a family reunion! The synthaholics are all back in the studio and it is a great feeling. It feels like it has been a long time since it’s just been the three of us. Carbon Creek is the topic of discussion this week. It has been quite some time since we have talked about an enterprise episode we thought this might be the perfect time! We talk about the episode and it’s great call backs to some classic tv and David reflects a bit on how his opinion of the episode has changed over time. We have two listener emails we read and answer for this episode of Synthaholics. So if you have written us in the past few weeks you know who you are! If you haven’t emailed us you should! We will read it and answer it on the show! Well it’s our second Tuesday release we hope you enjoy your weekly shot of star trek on its brand new bat time but same bat channel!

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Episode 48: Davis and Duncan at Synthaholics

January 31, 2016 DaviddAarono

Episode 48: Davis and Duncan at Synthaholics

We warmly welcome professional glutton for punishment, artist, and USS Tamerlane (http://usstamerlane.com/) creator Guy Davis back to the show! This week the four of us discus the classic Star Trek The Next Generation Episode Darmok. After we do our play by play of the episode and fall through a few rabbit holes on the way, we then do an in depth breakdown about Darmok itself, language, and technology. Guy brings us his personal fan theory on how such a culture is able to exist and function giving the way The Children of Tama communicate. Timba our arms wide! Bring us boose it is time to celebrate the communication of two cultures for the first time! You might want to drink more for this episode because it’s filled with metaphor! It’s time for your weekly venti shot of Star Trek!

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Episode 47: Everybody do the Dinosaur!

January 24, 2016 DaviddAarono

Episode 47: Everybody do the Dinosaur!

Welcome one and all to our first Star Trek Voyager episode of the new year! In this episode we will discuss the season 3 episode Distant Origin! All of us at Synthaholics really seemed to enjoy this episode. David was probably the most surprised and how well this episode was written. It almost feels like a lost Next Generation Episode. Star Trek Timelines is now live and lots of fun we thought you should know since we have members from Disruptor Beam on the show in past episodes! We do something new and thank and named who gave us 5 star reviews on the show. So if you want a shout out on the show leave us a 5 star review on itunes! Now “open the door get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur” alone or with a loved one and with of course have your favorite beverage, alcohol, synthahol, or non alcoholic drink and enjoy your weekly shot of Star Trek!

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Episode 46: The Red Shirt Diaries Part 2

January 17, 2016 DaviddAarono

Episode 46: The Red Shirt Diaries Part 2

After only 10 Episodes we welcome Ashley Robinson (@AshleyVRobinson) and Jason Inman (@Jawiin) from The Red Shirt Diaries (www.theredshirtdiaries.com) and Geek History Lesson (http://geekhistorylesson.com) back to the show. We talk about the production of the Red Shirt Diaries and how many episodes they have left. We are also the first to bring you the fans the news on the future of The Red Shirt Diaries! David and Aaron get to build their ultimate Star Trek crew, inspired by the way Ashley and Jason did on their podcast Geek History Lesson! All this and more on this week’s Synthaholics! Have your blood wine and Andorian brandy to the ready, it’s time for your weekly shot of Star Trek!

Check out The Red Shirt Diaries http://www.theredshirtdiaries.com/
Jason’s YouTube Chanel where you can find the Red Shirt Diaries https://www.youtube.com/user/Jawiin
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Ashley Robinson https://twitter.com/AshleyVRobinson
Jason Inman https://twitter.com/Jawiin
Please check out geek history lesson! http://geekhistorylesson.com
Also please check out the below episode to see Ashley and Jason’s best Star Trek Crew!
http://geekhistorylesson.com/post/129176370622/you-can-listen-to-episode-81-best-star-trek-crew

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Episode 45: Aaron’s Tapestry

January 10, 2016 DaviddAarono 1 Comment

Episode 45: Aaron’s Tapestry

Fayth has successfully escaped barren rock that is Sherman’s planet! So she joins us for this week’s voyage into Star Trek. In our first episode Aaron only gave 4 of his favorite 5 episodes so this week we rectify that problem! This week we talk about the Star Trek The Next Generation episode Tapestry one of the very few Q episodes to not feature Q in the title of the episode! We give this episode our love as we do every week. This episodes also contains some personal stories from both Aaron and David! I know this has been a long time coming but the Riker Scores segment makes it’s triumphant return! Grab your Dom-jot stick, avoid any Nausicaan you see, grab your favorite drink, and hold on to your guramba it’s time for your weekly shot of Star Trek!

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