Deep Space Wine: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Companion

Jun 11 2024 1
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Like a fine wine, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine has only gotten better with age. Join us as we recap and decode every episode of the overlooked stepchild of the Star Trek universe. Each episode we share a bottle of wine, wind down, and then wind ourselves up again with our strong opinions about DS9. Because, in our social experience, people love nothing more than when someone talks at length about Star Trek or wine.

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Cogs in the Wheel of PROGRESS (1.14)

Jun 11 2024 78 mins  
What’s one stubborn farmer standing in the way of progress for an entire planet? Everything or nothing, depending on how you measure value. Nog and Jake spend the episode measuring it in wrappages of yamok sauce, bars of latinum, and gross of self-sealing stem bolts. Meanwhile, Major Kira is forced to reassess her values in a postcolonial Bajor where the black and white of wartim

DAVID LIVINGSTON: Exclusive Interview (Part 2)

May 30 2024 52 mins  
In the second half of our conversation with Star Trek director and producer David Livingston, we turn a spotlight on his directorial credits 'The Nagus' and 'The Storyteller.' Along the way he shares behind-the-scenes casting insights, reveals his favorite character relationships, and argues what, in his opinion, makes Deep Space Nine the most enduring and addicting Star Trek show.

DAVID LIVINGSTON: Exclusive Interview (Part 1)

May 20 2024 50 mins  
If you watched any Star Trek in the 80s, 90s, or 2000s, you've seen David Livingston's name countless times on the bottom of your TV screen. Working behind the scenes from the very first episode of The Next Generation, he quickly graduated to the role of producer for all seven seasons of The Next Generation and began directing in that series' fourth season, starting with The Mind's

Of Syrah and Oatmeal: THE STORYTELLER (1.13)

Apr 29 2024 73 mins  
🧙‍♂️ A good story can be a powerful thing—it can rally us around a shared cause, give us hope, or even vanquish our fears. But of course, a story is nothing if it’s not told well. In this tale of monsters and myth-making, the medium is the message. “The Storyteller” serves up two charming stories, which both play like Bajoran folktales: while Bashir and O’Brien u

A Special Place in Hell: BATTLE LINES (1.12)

Mar 05 2024 66 mins  
Kai Opaka, the spiritual leader we all deserve, returns to DS9 to suffer a tragic crash and embrace a messianic destiny. We trace the episode’s influences from Greek mythology to the New Testament to Dante’s Inferno. Also covered: Sisko’s daddy energy, and Star Trek’s toxic relationship with cave sets.

Don't Hate the Changeling, Hate 'The Game': VORTEX (1.11)

Feb 20 2024 72 mins  
In "Vortex," Odo gets an unwitting lesson in manipulation and seduction from a wily stranger promising him answers about his origins. So today, Lily schools us in every pickup tactic the episode pulls straight out of the pickup artist playbook. Meanwhile, Cole points out all the western genre motifs drawn from the classic film that inspired "Vortex," 1953's The Naked Spur. 🍷 Win

Never Trust a Sicilian (or a Ferengi): THE NAGUS (1.10)

Feb 06 2024 93 mins  
The Godfather meets The Merchant of Venice meets West Side Story meets … the inconceivably talented Wallace Shawn. But first, we need to address the golem in the room: just how problematic are the Ferengi? 🍷 Wine pairing: Paolo Scavino Barolo ❤️ Find us on Instagram: @deepspacewine_podcast

Move Along, Homer: MOVE ALONG HOME (1.09)

Jan 22 2024 84 mins  
It's the episode everyone loves to hate -- but would it be so Allama-wrong if we sort of loved it? Get out your klon peeg sticks and join us for a riveting game of chula — or what Sisko and company might call the world’s worst team-building exercise. (Just a fair warning: we pre-gamed with plenty of wine beforehand to psych ourselves up for this one...) 🍷 Wine pairing: Big V

Space/Off: THE PASSENGER (1.08)

Dec 19 2023 76 mins  
Yikes! What possessed a certain actor in "The Passenger" to give us this, uh, questionable performance that will live on forever in infamy? (Unlike the supervillain Vantika, as hard as he tries.) In their review, Lily and Cole decide that the episode may be a silly grab bag of horror tropes, but it still makes for a worthwhile ride. 🍷 Wine pairing: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Amphi

Keiko's Mom's 100th: DAX (1.07)

Dec 05 2023 76 mins  
Who are we with and without our memories? And are we always sentenced to inherit intergenerational trauma? It’s debate club hour on DS9, and Lily and Cole are going deep. We also propose an in-universe explanation for why Jadzia acts like such a wet sock in season one! (Warning: excessive references to 90s courtroom dramedy Ally McBeal.) 🍷 Wine pairing: Chablis "Terroir de Cou