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A Star to Steer Her By - A Star Trek Podcast
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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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It's off to the races in "Under The Twin Moons" as this #startrek treasure hunt gets under way! Trust the Romulans to make it needlessly complicated...
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Episode 428: Do A Barrel Roll!
The treasure hunt begins in earnest in
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It's date night on The Next Generation, so pick up a Coco-ono, hire some gypsy violinist to serenade you, and fire up the most romantic holoprogram in the menu. Love is in the holographic air!
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Hearts, Stars, and Trek: Romances in TNG
By Ames Love is still in the air this week on A Star to Steer Her By as we continue to read through our grandmothers’ erotic diaries. Last week was the lovefest that is The Original Series and this...
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February 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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It's off to the races in "Under The Twin Moons" as this #startrek treasure hunt gets under way! Trust the Romulans to make it needlessly complicated...
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Episode 428: Do A Barrel Roll!
The treasure hunt begins in earnest in
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February 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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"Because Kovich says so" isn't enough of a reason to go on some mystery hunt, especially if he's going to do nothing to help during the Red Directive himself. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“If you have 20 different warp signatures going in 20 different directions, get 19 more ships! You’re Kovich! You have the capacity. Everyone listens to you for some reason!” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 427: Brown Directive
February 18, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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If it's not clear how sarcastic Jake is being, you've probably never seen #StarTrekNemesis. #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery
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“What do people really like in Star Trek? I think they like dune buggy chases on desert planets. I know I certainly loved that from Star Trek: Nemesis. I think we should bring that back.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 427: Brown Directive
February 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Who's quirkier? Soong-type androids or #WhatWeDoInTheShadows vampires? #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery
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“Part of the thing with What We Do in the Shadows is like, these vampires just live so long that they get weird. Which I feel like you would and I like the idea of it can also apply to a robot.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 427: Brown Directive
February 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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If #StarTrekDiscovery were a #Muppets movie, who would be the one human surrounded by muppets, and why is it Admiral Vance? #StarTrek
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“When they inevitably make the Discovery-Muppets crossover, Stamets will be played by Rizzo. And he kisses his husband Gonzo on the cheek. But like, jacked Gonzo. Like really weirdly jacked Gonzo.” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 427: Brown Directive
February 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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💖💖 Valentine's Day is right around the corner, so snuggle up with your beloved salt vampire and watch some of our favorite Trek romances from The Original Series. 💖💖
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Hearts, Stars, and Trek: Romances in TOS
By Ames Valentine’s Day is upon us, and what better way to get in the mood than by putting something romantic on the viewscreen and snuggling up with your par’Mach’kai? Star Trek, of course, has so...
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February 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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#startrek Discovery S.5 seems to be trying to make up for S.4's languid pace by opening with almost non-stop action! And we bring literal potty jokes.
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Episode 427: Brown Directive
The final season of
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February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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We've already requested a Star Trek–themed land at Disney. Is it asking much more to get an #Arrival land too? I mean, who doesn't want to do a character breakfast with Abbot and Costello?
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“I do kind of want that weird grav room thing to be a Disney experience. I think they could get it off the ground.” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 51: Arrival
February 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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While we're still fairly perplexed by the existence of the #HFY genre, we're fairly certain Shran would nail it. "Pinkskins, Fuck Yeah!" #StarTrek
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“Do you know who in the Star Trek universe though writes a lot of ‘Humanity, Fuck Yeah!’ fanfiction? Shran.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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One thing's for sure: If we ever do have a first contact opportunity with aliens, the governments of the world will bungle it. #Arrival #StarTrek
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“Why is there always one of those [CIA] guys in these fucking movies? If women can’t be President because they’re too emotional, surely this fucking jackwagon would not be invited to the table for first contact.” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 51: Arrival
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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We were so pumped to talk about the excellent #Arrival last week, but we have one question: What was with Forest Whitaker's accent choice, kid?
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“Because the whole theme of the movie was about an indecipherable language, they figured having [Forest Whitaker] speak Boston would help convey that point.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 51: Arrival
February 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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We're checking out the movie #startrek Discovery seems to have, let's say, "taken influence" from for S.4: 2016's "Arrival"! If you've not seen it, PLEASE do yourself a favor and watch it BEFORE listening. It REALLY benefits from knowing as little as possible going in
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Ten Forward 51: Arrival
Look, seriously, if you haven't seen
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February 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Big "Hey There, Delilah" vibes from Tarka sometimes. What if Oros left to his own parallel dimension just to keep Tarka from stalking him? #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Tarka being like ‘I’ve got to get to the other universe to find my lost boyfriend.’ I’m wondering if that boyfriend is NOT his boyfriend and he’s just like, ‘I moved to NY to get away from you, you creepy, stalky fuck!’” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 426: It Exploded Benignly
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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The redemption music for Tarka in "Coming Home" leaves you wanting to feel for the guy. But what if we poured salt in the wound instead? #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“I guess at the very very last second, Tarka kinda comes to the understanding, ‘Yeah, Oros is probably dead.’ I kind of wanted him to see it. I kind of wanted him to go to his parallel universe and find it empty.” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 426: It Exploded Benignly
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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How many epilogues is too many epilogues? #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“So every Black Friday, I marathon the extended edition of Lord of the Rings. When you watch all 12 hours in a row, the interminable endings feel earned. The 37 endings of this do not feel earned.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 426: It Exploded Benignly
February 2, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Saru is playing that pheromone-translation algorithm like a piano by "Coming Home." Eat your heart out, Dr. Hirai! #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“And then we proceed to have an extremely long conversation with Ten-C which stenographer Saru has to type out in farts.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 426: It Exploded Benignly
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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The SSHB hosts weren't terribly impressed by the DMA season of #StarTrekDiscovery, but we give it a fair shake in our highlights and lowlights blogpost! It probably would have made for a pretty decent movie though.
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Discovery Season 4: Should’ve been a movie
By Ames We’ve reached another season finale in our Star Trek: Discovery coverage (Discoverage?), and we’ve got to admit that we were underwhelmed with season 4. It’ll probably hold up as the weakest.....
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January 30, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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#startrek "Discovery" is "Coming Home" this week, after an unnecessarily long journey
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Episode 426: It Exploded Benignly
We're
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January 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Grudge is a queen, but this queen's got claws! #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“This episode actually retroactively makes it make sense why we had to get Grudge off of Book’s ship: Because if Grudge were there, Tarka would have no face.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 425: The Gassy Hello
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Chris proving yet again that listening to hours and hours of true crime podcasts is a life skill. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Ndoye, goddammit, clearly does not listen to true crime podcasts. Cuz, like, when people try to reach out to a missing person and they only reply in text, that’s always a sign something is wrong.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 425: The Gassy Hello
January 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Species Ten-C is definitely dumbing everything down for the dopey little humans, which they definitely see as inferior beings, and that is hilarious. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“They still think we’re stupid, just a little less stupid than they thought before. Monkey with a rock.” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 425: The Gassy Hello
January 25, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Species Ten-C's language is like solving a bunch of rebus puzzles, and Ames couldn't be more excited to solve puzzles! #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“I was very impressed that it felt so original. I wrote in my notes at the bottom in very big letters: I LOVE PUZZLES!” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 425: The Gassy Hello
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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Level up with us this week on the blog! We're wrapping up our science fiction series with our favorite video games from the genre! Game over, man! 🎮🎮🎮
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Top Five Sci-Fi Video Games
By Ames At long last, we have reached the end of our science fiction–themed blog series (mostly because I’ve run out of topics for the moment). And we’re wrapping things up with a bang (or a bunch of....
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January 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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After dragging its feet a lot this season #startrek "Discovery" has quite a lot happening at once in "Species Ten-C"
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Episode 425: The Gassy Hello
Well shoot, a lot is happening all at once this week in
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January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM