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A Star to Steer Her By - A Star Trek Podcast
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New episodes every Thursday
Now in our 10th year, the intrepid crew of Chris, Jake, Caitlin, & Ames watch through the entire universe of Trek, go on wild tangents, crack wise, and make more fart jokes than necessary.
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#startrek does its take on the #starwars cantina yet again in "All In", and Owo is given something to do again!
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Episode 421: Everybody Loves Haz
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What are we going to do tonight, you ask? The same thing we do every night: try to take over the world! This week, we're highlighting all the best villains of science fiction, so get ready for lots of diabolical schemes and maniacal laughter. Mwahahaha!
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I’m not villainous; I’m just programmed that way
By Ames Mwahahahaha! Last week, the A Star to Steer Her By hosts carefully curated our favorite heroes of science fiction, but there’s another side to that quatloo. Sci-fi villains are among some of.....
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December 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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#startrek does its take on the #starwars cantina yet again in "All In", and Owo is given something to do again!
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Episode 421: Everybody Loves Haz
In
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December 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Ruon Tarka: the villain that no one asked for and that Lorca kind of already fulfilled. At least Shawn Doyle is nailing the role. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Is it just me though or are they just doing Lorca again with Tarka? The same idea: he’s obviously a sinister guy, he’s probably from mirror universe, he’s even talking about mirror universe.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 420: A Compelling Title
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Is having a sentient computer with anxiety issues in control of your ship actually a good idea? Ya know, cuz it worked out so well in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Alien. #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery
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“Think Zora ever tries to talk to the other ships and is bummed out when they aren’t actually, like, clever? ‘Hey, how you doing, Voyager?’ Voyager’s like, ‘Beep boop.’” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 420: A Compelling Title
December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Shipping Saru and T'Rina might be the best thing about season four of #StarTrekDiscovery. #StarTrek
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“And with Saru in his little red uniform, it was big Kif vibes. He’s like, ‘I was hoping that we would speak, I brought you this plant, I find the most erotic part of the woman to be the boobies. OH NO!’” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 420: A Compelling Title
December 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Now the more important question is: If the Discovery wore a Starfleet uniform, would the pants be on the bottom or on the nacelles? #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery
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“And Kovich deems Zora a new lifeform who can join Starfleet, and I guess that means the whole ship gets to wear a uniform? Question marks???” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 420: A Compelling Title
December 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Leaving 2025
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Who's ready for a sci-fi quest? These respective heroes sure are! Who's your favorite lead of a science fiction franchise, and how do they survive everything the universe has to throw at them?
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We could be heroes… just for one lightday
By Ames Pack your things! It’s time to go on the hero’s journey! Science fiction stories in particular put their heroes through the wringer to fulfill their character arcs, and it can be a thing to...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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And we're back to #startrek this week with "...But To Connect". There's a lot of talking this week, but no explanation for why they slapped an ellipses at the start of their title.
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Episode 420: A Compelling Title
It's a talker this week in
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December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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With season 2 of #Fallout officially out, we only wonder what the next Bethesda adaptation will be... and why it needs to be a theme park! Between properties like Star Trek, Doom, and Elder Scrolls, the ride possibilities are endless. Get on it!
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“When does Bethesda get their own theme park and can I go?” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 50: Fallout Season 1
December 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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We're stilling getting hyped up for season 2 of #Fallout! How quickly will things escalate to control of the known universe this time?
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“It’s like a JRPG. You wanna go farm some cattle, and then at the end, you’re killing god. In Fallout, it’s ‘I need a new water chip, oh jesus, I am helping save civilization.’” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 50: Fallout Season 1
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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You've got two options in adapting video games for other media: Stick to the in-game story like in #LastOfUs, or create your own story set in the environment like in #Fallout or #TwistedMetal. And then there's whatever the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie was...
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“Another very, very good video game adaptation is Twisted Metal, which the game is just drive around in cars and shoot things.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 50: Fallout Season 1
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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There's no one more pumped for season 2 of #Fallout to start this week, and it's because it's clear the adaptation is made with so much love for the franchise and these characters. Call us, Ghoul.
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“It’s because the nerds who grew up playing [games like Fallout] are finally the ones sitting in the driver’s seat and can give these things the deference they deserve.” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 50: Fallout Season 1
December 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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#Fallout season 2 is close, so we're taking a little side-quest away from #startrek to talk about Season 1!
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Ten Forward 50: Fallout Season 1
Podcasting. Podcasting never changes. Except for all the times we break from
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December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Burnham putting multiple pictures of Spock on her family tree only leads to the question: Did Sarek have even more offspring he hasn't told us about? #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Michael does not understand what a family tree is. ... The fact that there were multiple Spocks bothered me.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 419: The Computer Needs Lexapro
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Why send a DOT into a deadly anomaly when you can send a normal, unanthropomorphized probe? Or a Linus for that matter? #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“It’s much more fun to shoot a probe into space when it has a face. Well, we’ll never see you again—PEW!” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 419: The Computer Needs Lexapro
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I believe in the healing power of board games... except Monopoly. That one causes more harm than good. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“The Gray-Zora scene I largely liked because, ya know, the healing power of board games I can totally get behind.” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 419: The Computer Needs Lexapro
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The best way for background characters to stay alive in #StarTrekDiscovery is to keep their backstories to themselves! #StarTrek
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“The first time I watched this, I thought maybe they were gonna kill Dr. Pollard, but like, no, of course they aren’t. She didn’t infodump her whole life onto us.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 419: The Computer Needs Lexapro
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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If you're gonna challenge someone to a duel, might I suggest some of these sci-fi weapons? Ready, aim, pew pew!
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It slices, it dices, it juliennes planets
by Ames Ready, aim, pew pew! This week the A Star to Steer Her By hosts are packing heat, and some of them are super hot. Weapons across the science fiction genre are some of the most powerful, most.....
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December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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We're used to the #startrek Discovery crew needing therapy, but now the SHIP could use some help...that's a new one!
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Episode 419: The Computer Needs Lexapro
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December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Thanks again to this week's guest star, Liz, for perfectly transcribing Arnold's unique way of inserting as many syllables into words as possible. #TheRunningMan
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“The only line of [Arnold’s] that I wrote down (aside from the *sigh* ‘I’ll be back’): ‘Ambah, git out of heahGEAGGH!’ and they throw a barrel.” -Guest Star Liz, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 49: The Runnings Men
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Think you could actually win #TheRunningMan? We're this close from making it a reality.
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“Here’s the thing: The Running Man is real. It exists today, and it’s hosted by Mr. Beast.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 49: The Runnings Men
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Richard Dawson was definitely picturing some past Family Feud contestants when he was filming the original #TheRunningMan.
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“The best part of original Running Man is Richard Dawson. The second best part is Jesse Ventura’s terrible toupee.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 49: The Runnings Men
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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If the 1987 #TheRunningMan is all satire and unfocused commentary and the new 2025 is entire lack of satire and hitting you over the head with commentary, then the compromise is bringing in Paul Verhoeven to fix them. Please and thank you.
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“Somewhere between the two [Running Man movies] is the perfect version of this story. ... So what I’m saying is either of them needed to be a Verhoeven.” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 49: The Runnings Men
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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We're taking #Thanksgiving away from our usual #startrek haunts to visit something truly American: satire that will be reality way sooner than any of us are comfortable with! We're looking at the original #therunningman and its 2025 remake this week!
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Ten Forward 49 : The Runnings Men
Hollywood has gone back to the well, or maybe it's the library, with its recent remake of
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November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM