Latest Madsen Podcast Episodes
Podcast 219: Scientists Not Worlds
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - July 26, 2023 20:57 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsStrange New Worlds is deeeep into season 2 and we go turbo to catch up! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 5:35 -- "The Broken Circle" 22:46 -- "Ad Astra Per Aspera" 41:21 -- "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" 1.03:14 -- "Among the Lotus Eaters" 1.14:18 -- "Charades" 1.30:10 -- "Lost in Tr...
Podcast 218: Boys Go to Jupiter
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - April 23, 2023 19:50 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsPicard is over! We go over the last episode and give season awards! All this plus viewer mail! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH (YM&T live event chat, Memento Mori) 10:27 -- "The Last Generation" 43:47 -- Podcast awards 49:46 -- Viewer mail 58:55 -- Season awards and rankings 1.17:38 -- F...
Podcast 217: Mother's Living Room
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - April 20, 2023 06:23 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsSeason 3 of Picard surprises us! A little scenery! A lot of callbacks! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 5:46 -- "The Bounty" 27:26 -- "Dominion" 47:05 -- "Surrender" 1.07:33 -- "Võx" 1.39:00 -- Awards and rankings 1.44:57 -- Future episode predictions 1.52:16 -- Contact information 1.5...
Podcast 216: Another Big Space Cloud
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - March 26, 2023 00:56 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsHey more of Picard Season 3! They're totally trapped in a cloud! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 9:32 -- "Disengage" 26:59 -- "Seventeen Seconds" 40:35 -- "No Win Scenario" 54:37 -- "Imposters" 1.13:55 -- Awards and rankings 1.25:07 -- Contact information 1.26:08 -- Future episode pred...
Podcast 215: The Next Next Generation
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - February 22, 2023 05:35 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsFirst episode of Picard Season 3! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 6:20 -- "The Next Generation" 20:52 -- Viewer mail 29:54 -- Awards and rankings 38:33 -- More viewer mail 41:28 -- Future episode predictions 51:35 -- Even more viewer mail 1.07:11 -- Qapla' and outtakes Hey! We're on ...
Podcast 214: Buenadios!
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - December 22, 2022 19:52 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsAnother season of Lower Decks is done! Some chances are taken! We give lots of awards! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 9:40 -- "Hear All, Trust Nothing" 16:57 -- "A Mathematically Perfect Redemption" 23:16 -- "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus" 34:00 -- "Trusted Sources" 40:07 -- "The Stars at N...
Podcast 213: Bolder Decks
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - September 27, 2022 01:06 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWe're in the middle of Lower Decks season 3 and they're getting ever so brave! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 10:50 -- "The Least Dangerous Game" 21:32 -- "Mining the Mind's Mines" 27:45 -- "Room for Growth" 36:53 -- "Reflections" 51:17 -- Awards and rankings 1.11:40 -- Next episode p...
Podcast 212: Slower Decks
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - August 28, 2022 22:48 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsLower Decks is suddenly back for a new season so we talk (briefly) about the first episode! It's an episode of Lower Decks! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 6:00 -- "Grounded" 20:00 -- Podcast awards and rankings 38:00 -- Next episode predictions 48:45 -- Viewer mail 54:00 -- Qapla' and ...
Podcast 211: We Have Romulans (Part 4)
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - July 26, 2022 21:25 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsSorry for the delay, but hey it's still a fun fun chat. Season one of Strange New Worlds is over and it breaks/ties the record for fewest episodes we absolutely hated in the season! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 6:00 -- "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach" 16:20 -- "The Serene Squall" ...
Podcast 210: Spock Amok (Again)
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - June 06, 2022 03:32 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsHey we're deep into Strange New Worlds and, what do you know, we're smiling! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 2:00 -- Viewer mail 9:47 -- "Children of the Comet" 29:22 -- "Ghosts of Illyria" 48:17 -- "Memento Mori" 1.00:55 -- "Spock Amok" 1.14:30 -- Contact info 1.15:21 -- Awards and ran...
Podcast 209: Newomolies
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - May 06, 2022 20:15 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsSeason two of Picard concludes with a space hole! Strange New Worlds begins with Vulcan love! We got a preview of SNW and a semi-fond review of PIC. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 4:42 -- "Farewell" 25:25 -- Picard season awards and rankings 44:21 -- "Strange New Worlds" 1.07:47 -- Podc...
Podcast 208: Queen Benatar
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - May 01, 2022 01:59 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThis one's the bulky center of Picard season 2. Future generations will wonder what most of Picard season 2 was all about and that's the reason Podcast 208 exists. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH and (e)van 9:11 -- Viewer mail and yappin' 19:02 -- "Fly Me to the Moon" 34:44 -- "Two of One"...
Podcast 207: Ten-C We Hardly Knew Ye
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - March 25, 2022 23:51 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsDiscovery ends its 4th season! Picard picks up! The Star Trek fire hose of content rages on! Also, Jon should've switched to the correct microphone. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 9:47 -- "Species Ten-C" 20:19 -- "Penance" 31:10 -- "Coming Home" 50:05 -- "Assimilation" 59:15 -- "The Wa...
Podcast 206: DisCard
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - March 05, 2022 19:39 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsPicard is back! But first we deal with more hole-watching on mid-season Discovery! Only two eps are covered but we babble for the usual amount of time! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 4:25 -- "Rosetta" 20:39 -- "The Star Gazer" 47:51 -- Contact business 49:39 -- Awards and rankings 1.05...
Podcast 205: All Out
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - March 01, 2022 05:27 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsProdigy mid-seasons out with fantastic medium-ness! Discovery returns from break and continues to taunt us with that big galaxy hole! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH (some talk of the YM&T live event) 11:43 -- "A Moral Star, Pt. 2" 26:45 -- "All In" 42:42 -- "Rubicon" 56:05 -- "The Galac...
Podcast 204: Spock Amok
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - January 30, 2022 01:31 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsIt's Prodigy only this time! The episodes are short and sweet but we ramble so you get your money's worth (free). Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 12:47 -- "Kobayashi" (with a bit of Star Wars and other talk) 28:31 -- "First Con-tact" 32:28 -- "Time Amok" 39:32 -- "A Moral Star, Pt. 1" 45...
Podcast 203: Hot. Committee. Action.
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - January 02, 2022 23:05 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsHey we're smack dab in the middle of the dark matter anomaly known as Discovery season 4. Six. Count em, SIX episodes covered this time. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH (mostly sick report, show status report, Christmas report) 12:46 -- "Anomaly" 27:55 -- "Choose to Live" 36:22 -- "All Is ...
Podcast 202: Jankoming Along
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - December 05, 2021 19:55 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsProdigy carries on! Then we're back to complaining about Discovery season 4! Plus there's confusion about which episodes we actually watched! It's so like old times! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 2:45 -- Viewer voicemail 8:24 -- Present business 13:42 -- "Starstruck" 22:40 -- "Dreamc...
Podcast 201: The Cerritos Without Its Hull Looks Like a Monster from Hellraiser
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - November 01, 2021 00:42 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsLower Decks season 2 ends! Prodigy begins! They're both cartoons! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 1:52 -- "First First Contact" 18:07 -- Season awards and rankings 46:22 -- "Lost and Found, Parts 1 & 2" 1.02:25 -- Podcast awards and rankings 1.12:33 -- Future business 1.14:17 -- Nex...
Podcast 200: [Insert Monumental Anniversary Title Here]
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - October 14, 2021 01:24 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsCovering eps 6-9 of Lower Decks season 2. Hey good stuff! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 4:00 -- "The Spy Humongous" 14:44 -- "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie" 21:12 -- "I, Excretus" 38:25 -- "wej Duj" 47:34 -- Awards and rankings 1.06:54 -- On-air planning 1.10:07 -- Episode questio...
Podcast 199: Thank You Very Much Mr. Mugato
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - September 15, 2021 01:40 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsCovering eps 2-5 of Lower Decks season 2. Everything is settling back to normal. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 8:51 -- "Kayshon, His Eyes Open" 17:30 -- "We'll Always Have Tom Paris" 24:42 -- "Mugato, Gumato" 32:56 -- "An Embarrassment of Dooplers" 39:04 -- Awards and rankings 51:...
Podcast 198: With Love Comes Strange Energies
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - August 13, 2021 16:58 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe beginning of Lower Decks season 2 is nigh! We just talk about that first episode with all the crotch kicking. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH (Star Trek maybe scheduling, Lower Decks wake-up call) 8:00 -- "Strange Energies" 25:24 -- Awards and rankings 36:11 -- Next episode predic...
Podcast 197: Burn Book
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - January 13, 2021 05:04 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe curtain falls and is burned on Discovery season 3! Season 3 we hardly knew ye! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH (movies; Star Trek; Kiss Your Franchise Goodbye; Yours, Mine, & Theirs; phone number) 10:45 -- "Su'Kal" 20:25 -- "There Is a Tide..." 31:02 -- "That Hope Is You, Part 2" ...
Podcast 196: Space Office
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - December 21, 2020 07:54 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsBig pre-Christmas episode! Five big ones from Discovery season 3! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH (Christmas, Christmas cards (lack of), Boba Fett, Yours, Mine, & Theirs ) 21:44 -- Viewer mail 24:57 -- "Scavengers" 35:04 -- "Unification III" 48:33 -- "The Sanctuary" 1.03:00 -- "Terra ...
Podcast 195: An Inconvenient Century
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - November 16, 2020 04:49 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsEpisodes 2-5 of Discovery season 3! People sure are mean in the future! :( Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH (Covid strategies, Yours, Mine, & Theirs update, new phone number) 15:30 -- "Far From Home" 27:29 -- "People of Earth" 36:44 -- "Forget Me Not" 50:40 -- "Die Trying" 1.02:34 -- V...
Podcast 194: Deck Disco
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - October 19, 2020 00:48 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsOld beginnings and new ends! We participate in a weird cross-tone discussion of the last season one episode of Lower Decks and the first season three episode of Discovery! Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 11:06 -- "No Small Parts" 32:06 -- Lower Decks season awards and rankings 57:38 -- "Tha...
Podcast 193: Holodeck Heavy (Non-Porn Edition)
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - October 04, 2020 19:57 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWe're over the hump with Lower Decks! That went by way too fast didn't it? Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 4:30 -- "Terminal Provocations" 12:52 -- "Much Ado About Boimler" 20:17 -- "Veritas" 27:54 -- "Crisis Point" 35:17 -- Awards and rankings 53:11 -- Next episode predictions 1.00:00--...
Podcast 192: What Is the Meaning of This Intense Bass?
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - September 13, 2020 00:31 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsOkay it's time to talk about the next four episodes of Lower Decks. How funny are they? That's the big question. Hey important disclaimer: this episode was recorded way back on Labor Day, but thanks to a freak windstorm (long story), we haven't been able to post it until now. Sooooo if you hear...
Podcast 191: The Rime of the Future Mariner
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - August 08, 2020 03:25 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsHey Star Trek is back! In animated form. Here's a quick look at the first episode of Lower Decks a few hours after we watched. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH 2:41 -- "Second Contact" 25:13 -- Awards and rankings 33:42 -- Next episode predictions 43:24 -- Other shows 48:41 -- Qapla' and outt...
Podcast 190: Golemite Is My Name
J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time - March 29, 2020 01:56 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsPicard ends his season and his life. We talk about it! Plus some other distractions while we're homebound. Keep being safe out there. Podcast breakdown: 0:00 -- nuqneH, future Star Trek broadcasts, email troubles 9:45 -- "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2" 34:57 -- Podcast awards and rankings 42:08 --...
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