The Bicks Pod

Oct 15 2024 205 ep. 70 mins 167

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She's Lindsay; he's Aidan. Together, we are the Bicks, a husband and wife duo with a penchant for bickering. Join us as we deep dive into our literary passions and explore the intersection of literature, history, politics, and pop culture with easy-going banter and good humour (and hopefully a bit of research!) Now Bickering: The Collected Works of William Shakespeare.

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Episode 1 - Twin Peaks - We Return

Oct 15 2024 57 mins

The Bicks are back! Nearly 8 years after we started our podcast, and ten since the gum we liked was clearly coming back in style, we've returned from our year-long hiatus to revisit an old favourite: Twin Peaks. We talk about the fandom of the show itself, its lasting impressions on us, and whether or not it has impacted television the way the original Twin Peaks did way back in 19

Episode 26.5 - TNG Season 4 Watchalong - First Contact

Jun 27 2023 52 mins

Note: We will be taking a summer break for the next 4-5 weeks to coincide with some vacation plans, but will be returning in the second half of summer with Season 5. For this week, join us as we revisit the episode that had the largest divergence of opinions in our Season 4 breakdown, "First Contact" complete with Riker sex innuendo and reactionary martyrs. It may not be the perfec

Episode 26 - The Next Generation Season 4

Jun 20 2023 55 mins

Season 4 -- the first full 90s season, as Lindsay says -- doesn't feature a whole bunch of changes on screen or behind the camera, but did bring a lot of depth to the characters and the world they inhabit. Join us as we talk about family, friends, drama, and First Contact, one of the greatest episodes of the show! (Yes, Aidan wrote this intro...) Episode Sponsor: Ancestry.federatio

Episode 25.5 - Star Trek The Next Generation Watchalong - ”Who Watches the Watchers”

Jun 13 2023 51 mins

Another season, another watchalong of TNG, this time the season 3's classic exploration of Star Trek's greatest philosophical topics, the Prime Directive. Join us as we chat and joke our way through "Who Watches the Watchers".

Episode 25 - The Next Generation Season 3

Jun 06 2023 92 mins

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 is widely considered the start of "good Trek" in the TNG era. Whether you agree with that or not, this season definitely ups the ante in terms of storytelling, characterization, thematic links, and philosophical import. This week, Aidan and Lindsay deep dive into the production history, some of the changes behind and in front of the camera, a

Episode 24.5 - Star Trek The Next Generation Watchalong - ”The Royale”

May 30 2023 50 mins

Join us for another watchalong episode of TNG, this time the season 2 dark horse favourite "The Royale". One note: Fermat's Last Theorem had a first proof published in 1995, only a few years after this episode.

Episode 24 - The Next Generation Season 2

May 23 2023 69 mins

The arrival of Riker's Beard heralded the start of the shift towards a more updated, distinct Star Trek, ready for the Next Generation of fans. While many will tell new explorers of Trek to skip over season 2, we love it for its inconsistency and the truly high highs that you only get by introducing the Borg, or debating the nature of sentience (should be sapience but we'll let it

Episode 23.5 - Star Trek: The Next Generation Watchalong - ”11001001”

May 16 2023 51 mins

Watchalong episodes are back baby! Today we're watching Season 1 Episode 15 of Star Trek: The Next Generation "11001001" (the one with the Bynars).

Episode 23 - The Next Generation Season 1

May 09 2023 85 mins

Boldly going where no one in 1987 was really sure they wanted to go - 100 years into the future - Paramount greenlit Star Trek: The Next Generation. And a seed was planted. Join us as we talk about the behind the scenes work that eventually led to one of the most iconic of Star Trek series' and heralded the rebirth of Gene Rodenberry's vision of the future - ready to go for a new g

Episode 22 - Picard Season 3 - ”The Last Generation”

Apr 25 2023 59 mins

As we say goodbye to Star Trek: Picard after three seasons, lit in the warm glow of nostalgia, we'll take a look at the entirety of the series, our likes and dislikes, what's next for these characters and what we might have done differently to address the shortcomings we felt took away from our experience of these stories. Episode Sponsor: PokerGalaxy.net Bicks Log Double-Header: Q