The one about the ensigns. Thanks to the Patreon supporter who commissioned this episode! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in …

The one about a weather balloon. Listen to us cover the TNG films by becoming a supporter on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Read mor…

The one about a weather balloon. Help us decide which Star Trek movie series to cover by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction …

Welcome to Post-Apocalyptic America Planet. Help us decide which Star Trek movie series to cover by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Wei…

We could be heroes. Just for one day. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction …

It's like a Kirk sundae with Tripp Tucker sprinkles. Empower us to cover the TNG movies by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fictio…

Five Treks enter, three Treks leave. Support the show and gain access to dozens of bonus episodes on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. …

In which O'Brien rips his pants. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podca…

Clones. Keeping track of them is a full-time job. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A We…

What's your favorite dinosaur? Help us decide which Star Trek movie series to cover by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Po…

Terrorist or Freedom Fighter? Help us decide which Star Trek movie series to cover by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Pod…

Picard. Help us decide which Star Trek movie series to cover by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Read more fantas…

The one with all the talking. Help us decide which Star Trek movie series to cover by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Pod…

Room for one more, honey. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Rea…

Farewell, Scotty. Stay Spacey! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast…

We need you. We NEED you. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Rea…

Farewell, Neelix. Stay Spacey! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast…

Humperdink, Humperdink, Humperdink! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Po…

War crimes, PTSD, and the purpose of war memorials. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A …

Our first Babylon 5 episode!!!!! Huge thanks to the Patreon supporter who won our review-writing contest and received a free bonus episode as a prize! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Po…

Brahms, Da Vinci, a hundred others you've never heard of. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Si…

It's the exact plot of Casablanca. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Pod…

Spock. Picard. Data. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Read mor…

Spock. Picard. Data. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join Glenn's new podcast book-club Atoz: A Speculative Fiction Book Club Podcast. Check out the Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast. Not enough weird fiction, horror, and dark fantasy in your life? Subscribe to Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Read mor…

We're back! Almost.

Join us as we give out awards, discuss character arcs, chat themes and motifs, and speculate about what's in store next season. Support the show and gain access to nearly three dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. You'll also be helping us reach our goal of covering the upcoming Picard show, which we are very excited about. Check o…

Join Glenn and Valerie for the exciting if structurally weak conclusion to Discovery's second season. Support the show and gain access to nearly three dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. You'll also be helping us reach our goal of covering the upcoming Picard show, which we are very excited about. Check out the network's newest sh…

Goodbye, Sarek; goodbye, Saru. Goodbye, Mom; and, Pike, you too. It's Burnham's farewell tour on the first installment of the two-part finale to Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery. Join us!

What are Klingon monks doing in Mordor?! Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. We are so close to reaching our goal of hosting an online hangout with listeners at the end of the season. Check out the network's newest show - Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Join the conversation on t…

It's a very special cranky pants episode of Lower Decks as Glenn and Valerie discuss the eleventh episode of season two of Star Trek: Discovery, "Perpetual Infinity." Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. We are so close to reaching our goal of hosting an online hangout with listeners a…

Is Michael Burnham her own mother? Did Michael Burnham build the Pyramids? Will Ethan Peck narrate a rebooted Ancient Mysteries? Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check out the network's newest show - Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum…

It's the most heart-breaking episode of Discovery yet. Check out Glenn and Valerie talking food and drink in Trek this week on The Feast! Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check out the network's newest show - Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Join the conversation on the Claytem…

Squid-bots, squid-probes, and squid-gumbo. Also, Spock's Brain! Check out Glenn and Valerie talking food and drink in Trek this week on The Feast! Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check out the network's newest show - Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Join the conversation on th…

Who's that crazy mumbling Vulcan hiding in this crypt with a beard and sulkin'? Spock! Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check out the network's newest show - Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. And be sure to check out Claytemple Medi…

A mid-season bonus episode thanks to our Patreon supporters! Join Valerie and Glenn as they enter the holosuite to play a little James Bond with Dr. Bashir. Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. And be sure to check out Claytemple Media's S…

You do not even know what you are. Find out as Valerie and Glenn try to decide which villain is the more villainous in their discussion of "The Sound of Thunder." Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check out the network's newest show - Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Join the co…

The road down to hell is easy. Day and night the black door stands open. But to retrace your steps and climb back out to the upper air, this is the task, the real labor. Check out the network's newest show - Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join…

Habanero sauce, tears, and language nerdery. Join Glenn and Valerie for the fourth episode of Discovery's second season: An Obol for Charon. Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. And be sure to check out Claytemple Media's Star Trek: Discov…

Top-knots, fungal parasites, and spin-offs! Join Glenn and Valerie as they trek to Qo'noS for "Point of Light." Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. And be sure to check out Claytemple Media's Star Trek: Discovery Blog, Discovering Trek, w…

Peace be with you as Glenn and Valerie explore the unlikely human colony New Eden, talk about the fictional history of World War III, and ask a lot of questions about the Prime Directive. Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. And be sure to…

Join Valerie and Glenn as they discuss the first episode of Discovery's second season, repel down the wreckage of the failed Star Trek pilot, and question everyone's identity. Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. And be sure to check out C…

Join Valerie and Glenn as they discuss the fourth episode of Star Trek: Short Treks, wax poetical about cudgels, and say the word "jipper" as many times as possible. Also, they talk about taxes. Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. And be …

Join Valerie and Glenn as they discuss the third episode of Star Trek: Short Treks, compare it to some classic TNG and TOS episodes, and argue about the Prime Directive. Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. And be sure to check out Claytem…

Join Valerie and Glenn as they discuss the second episode of Star Trek: Short Treks, read excerpts from The Odyssey, and get new tattoos. Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. And be sure to check out Claytemple Media's Star Trek: Discovery…

Runaway with Valerie and Glenn as they discuss the first episode of Star Trek: Short Treks, gush over Tilly, and confront their own addiction to coffee. Support the show and gain access to nearly two dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. And be sure to check out Claytemple Media's Star …

Are you a person? Are you sure you're not just a machine? How do you know? Join Valerie and Glenn for a discussion of personhood, grief, and Italian poetry in Star Trek: Voyager's "Latent Image." Support the show and gain access to other bonus Star Trek content by becoming a patron on Patreon. Check out The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast, our science-…

A sad goodbye to too short a season. Join us as we give out awards, discuss character arcs, and speculate about what's in store next season. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. We're very excited to continue our trek through Star Trek on our bonus episodes on Patreon. For as little as a dollar per month, you can support the show and gain…

SPOCK IS ON THAT SHIP!!!!!! Join Glenn and Valerie as they discuss the first-season finale. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. To support the show and to keep our Star Trek conversations coming to you during Discovery's long hiatus, become a patron on Patreon.

Create life from lifelessness with Glenn and Valerie as they discuss "The War Without, the War Within." Can't get enough Valerie this week? Listen to her talk about her scholarship on Agnus: the Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Podcast. Join our Star Trek conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Support the show and gain access to exclusive bonus…

War crimes, anger, and justice. Join Valerie and Glenn for a discussion of Deep Space Nine's "Duet." We're covering this story because a patron generously commissioned a bonus episode. Thank you for this special support! Find out more about commissioning your own episode here. Support the show and gain access to bonus content by becoming a patron o…