Join us as we chat to the two biggest cuties in the Bay area! Conversation includes but is not limited to:

- the most punchable face in Trek - the word "amazing" being said at least 70 times (i'm sorry about this) - he is risen: the MySpace resurrection - Christian rock, the ultimate gateway drug - the mast season of the Trek tree - Star Trek 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 Star Wars against the real enemy - the defenestration of the prime directive - how to tell if you're in the mirror universe - direct action, indirect action, and solidarity with the West Bank and Palestine - robot tattoos

Bands mentioned: Autarch, dshk, cadre, hearsay, poor excuse, as long as we're all living we're all dying, the clash, slant 6, autoclave, three 6 mafia, bad brains, the offspring, reel big fish, leftover crack, canaille, mxpx, fat wreck chords and epitaph records, piss christ, disnial, straightjacket nation, False figure, exuvia, Desark, cult of Luna and Julie Christmas, madame Germain, ekkaia, ludicra, Leila Abdul-rauf, saros, social distance

Also black lodge press (https://blacklodgepress.bigcartel.com/) and will burrows (https://willburrowsart.com/)!!

"The Joy Episode!"

Aka... listen to two sensitive soul introverts talking about learning how to introvert. Including but not limited to:

- Chronic oversharing.... The worst of all the chronic illnesses - Why humans are like little fusion generators - Burning out on being yourself... And the joy that can come from that - Why Masters Of The Universe may land you in hospital - Why a soft apricot may make you shit a brick - The difference between social anxiety and autistic dread - Why we don't build society to support zebras - Mikey D and the Ansible: https://theansible.substack.com/ - The only ship of theseus that matters @pudl (https://www.pudl.co/products/the-pudl-suit)

@beadleandgrimms (https://beadleandgrimms.com/collections/star-trek-games)

Bands: Neurosis, ISIS, Sumac, Full of Hell, Jarhead Fertiliser, Primitive Man, Black Flag, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Weird Al Yankovic, Wolves in the Throne Room, The Bronx / Mariachi El Bronx, Wreathe, Morrow, Fall of Efrafa, Panopticon, Poison Ruin, Sisters of Mercy, Moloch, Grandad, Clean Bandit, Gaza, Sugababes, Dolly Parton

Enjoy the bird song in the back of this one. Big thanks to Simon for the audio assist <3

Today we’re speaking to Tom - bassist, football fan, and all round very nice chap. You may know him from the bands Attack! Vipers!, Personal Best, & Grand-Pop. Alex and Lucy have known him for ages and neither of us are quite sure when or how we even met him, but he’s been a devotee of the podcast since the beginning. He has a special accolade which is he emailed us immediately after the first episode to express how much he loved the Modern Life Is Worf pun! Tom, we are so grateful that you joined us for an evening, it was bloody lovely.

Conversation includes but is not limited to: - The joy of video shops - The joy of mixtapes - Being in different scenes though association and osmosis - Fringe (TV show) - Dawsons Creek as a gateway drug for ska punk - Jim Henson goes Trek - How young do you have to be to go to starfleet academy - Animation and shows with moral messaging - Some of the BEST band puns we’ve heard - Drunk and naked shows in Guildford - Conservatory shows

Bands mentioned: Last Kiss Scholastic Deth Das Oath Farewell to Arms DS13 Deftones Thursday, Braid, Hey Mercedes Eternal ft BeBe Winans Plague Sermon Chillerton Spice girls Alicia's Attic X-ray Spex Link 80 Falling Sickness Dogs of Ire

And of course Attack! Vipers!, Grand-pop, Personal Best, and Seven Arrows In Your Bastard Heart <3

Thanks to Simon for mastering this episode! And apologies for the audio - it was all a bit tricky.

Today we're talking with Simon: Self diagnosed sci fi fan, mender, aspiring space cowboy of south east London and truly a jack of pretty much all trades (check out his youtube! https://youtube.com/@toomanyprojects). As usual we talk about all sorts of everything and our conversation is entirely random, PLUS there's not only a great pitch but a special bonus section. WHAM.

Some excellent conversational threads especially on pub gigs, collective leadership, the Soviet union, and the best noises in Trek. Further conversation includes but is not limited to:

• Simon's one true love: Classic, hard boiled adventure stories
• The "badmiral" problem
• The greatest sci fi of all time: Thomas the tank engine
• Why there should be more sax solos in Trek intros
• The most egregious racism of The Original Series (we all agree)
• Lego boobies
• In defence of goth
• No trek is shit trek
• Morgoth's back up dancer
• How long it actually takes to open up a hoover
• Managing resources without money

Also mentioned:

• Vote for policies, not personalities: https://voteforpolicies.org.uk/
• Repair Cafe Nunhead: https://www.repaircafenunhead.com/
• This podcast episode: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/322-the-sound-of-star-trek-roundtable/

Donate to support the Repair Cafe Nunhead here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-repair-cafe-nunhead

Today is a deep dive/info-dump special with Lucy talking about their special interest area: soil and compost. How long can you stay awake for?

Discussions covering but not limited to:

Solar punk, soil punk, and a... secret third thing Europunk and mosh shorts Fluff fest (RIP) Gladiators (RIP) Inclusion and meaningful accommodation Steam punk vs diesel punk Kes, our lady of nitrogenated soil (RIP) Friends don't let friends have un-pissed-on compost <3 Do politicians dream of electric sheep? Unusual ways to absorb more b12 The capitalism of solar panels The logistics of Dyson spheres Terraforming gone wrong What it feels like to see dawn on another world Why one Voyager probe simply isn't enough

Referenced:

• Under a banished sky fest
• South London Scum gig collective
• The Trek Cruise (again)
• GreenGirlLeah
• https://tractorbeamearth.substack.com/
• Charles Dowding
• The wonderful Liz Argall, Vince, and https://ngombor.org/
• The Light Eaters book
• Gaia's Garden book
• Caitlin Doughty

Episode 11: Hotter Than The Sun (with Allan) from Joyce, Secondary Education, Bowers and the Worst of Times (https://secondaryeducation.bandcamp.com/).

Join us as we talk to Allan: singer, songwriter, drummer, touring musician, stage manager and production professional, star trek punk, and top vegan.

Our chat covers but is not limited to:

• Why DS9 and Allo Allo are basically the same show
• The cost of cookie dough living crisis
• An extremely long digression into our favourite cruelty-free foods
• Desk fans on the simulation of life
• What happens when you cross the Illuminati and Brownies (or Scouts for our US listeners)
• Why holodeck friends are better than IRL friends
• Why punk music is basically like OnlyFans
• Hiding from neonazis at shows
• Carry On Trekking
• Kahn as Trek’s King Herod
• The lament configuration in Scooby Doo

We talk over each other A LOT in this episode so if chaos ain’t your thing… Well, you’ve been warned.

Bands, genres, and people mentioned in this episode:

• Jungle, djent, classical, and ofc punk and metal
• Will Burrows https://willburrowsart.com/
• Allan Partridge
• Allo Allo
• Red Dwarf
• Benedict Cumberbatch
• Dillinger Escape Plan
• Propagandi
• Slipknot
• Jog Division
• In At The Deep End Records
• Alex’s festival! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/under-a-banished-sky-fest-tickets-1442080103409
• Clean Sheet https://clean-sheet.co/our-product
• Mary Wiseman, Tig Notaro, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Naveen Andrews, George Takei

Join Alex and Lucy as they speak to academic, comedian, writer, science communicator, speed puzzler, SETI champ, digital rights advocate, and entirely approachable and friendly public speaker Dr Hannah Little.

Among other things, this episode covers: Vulcan nannies, the beauty of theramins, tuning the human ear to hear other cultures, the best music for speed puzzling, Martian poetry, the ills of anthropocentrism, science fiction as professional development, the power of storytelling, Dita Von Teese singularities, why we should bring back the bumflap, and the beauty in puzzles of communication.

Mentioned: Univ of St Andrews SETI METI The Light Eaters book by Zoe Schlanger History of Language book by Steven Roger Fischer 2001: A Space Odessy Cosmos How The Light Gets In Festival David Attenborough and the BBC Event Horizon Pop Galaxy Michael Okuda Star Trek

This episode is a big love letter to friendship. We promise it's not vomit-inducing (OK, we can't promise that, but we did try).

It covers, among other things:

• The reality of scabies
• Famous proverbs around having no eyebrows
• The blood of the covenant
• Different types of activism
• Favourite Trek friendships (and the most questionable)
• Safe spaces and being friends with the galaxy
• What you should do if a famous author calls when you're in the shower
• Two pitches for new shows where one of them might now seem.... Remarkably familiar
• Who the real aliens are
• Autism coding in Trek
• The great friend breakup taboo
• Damon and Pythias

It also does a breathless and poorly-recorded roundup of the Destination: Star Trek convention we went to recently! Where we saw a bunch of awesome Trek fans and cast, including Martin Quinn, Andre Dae Kim, Chase Masterson, and Connor Trinneer.

Artists, bands, and authors mentioned in this episode:

• Philip Pullman
• Black Lodge Press
• Crass
• Earth Crisis
• Anopheli
• Carnist
• Light Bearer
• Fall of Efrafa
• Rvivr
• Hannah Ludnow
• Madball
• Gary Fisher
• Gene Rodddenberry
• Destination Trek convention organizers and attendees