Back to the future!  This week we're talking about conventions, tours, Atari, George Takei and more!

Links: The latest Slice of SciFi podcast (which covers the FedConUSA debacle), the Aerospace Museum's Star Trek: The Exhibition page and George Takei's homepage.

Music this week: Odd Austin Aeschliman's "Atari", courtesy of music.podshow.com.

This episode of the Jefferies Tube looks at the Starfleet health plan.  Need universal coverage?  They've got it.  Don't want to pay anything for instant treatment?  No sweat.  Sound good to be true?  Quite possibly.

Music this week:  Jim Tyrrell's "Bacon Wine", courtesy of music.podshow.com.

An entire life cycle of news this week...  the gestation of Star Trek XI, the birth of Star Trek: The Tour, the death of Star Trek: Online and the resurrection of Talk Trek.  The miracle of life in a mere 22 minutes!

Links: Star Trek: The Tour, Star Trek Online, the Talk Trek podcast and the official Star Trek XI website with trailer. 

Music this week: Possible Oscar's "Talk Nerdy to Me", courtesy of music.podshow.com.

Console gamers rejoice!  This week we're discussing Star Trek Conquest, a recent offering from Bethesda games.  Guide your empire to total dominance of the Alpha Quadrant, killing billions of innocent civilians along the way.  Hurray!

Links this week: Bethesda Software's Star Trek Conquest page, Star Trek Conquest and Star Fleet Command II at Wikipedia and the Argus Array podcast.

Music this week: Smart Bomb Radio - "Super Mario Brothers Plumbing and Drain Cleaning", courtesy of music.podshow.com.

SPOILER ALERT!

ALL PERSONNEL WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE DEEP SPACE NINE EPISODE "IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT" SHOULD PROCEED TO AN ESCAPE POD IMMEDIATELY!

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE ATTEMPT TO LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST!

Music this Week:  Sunspot's "Power Word Kill", courtesy of music.podshow.com.

Battle stations!  Borg cube incoming!

This week we take a look at the Battle of Wolf 359 and its repercussions.  Hoping I could get a half an hour out of this may have been a little optimistic.

Music this week: Kerry Politzer's "I Cried Wolf", courtesy of music.podshow.com.

Links: Battle of Wolf 359, the punk band, a list of the starships destroyed at Wolf 359 and the battle itself at Memory Alpha and Wikipedia.

This week we revisit one of the neatest Star Trek techs: the replicator!

Any food you want, any time you want it, all with the same nutritional value.  Who wouldn't be eating piles of bacon and washing them down with milkshakes all day long?

Thanks to Memory Alpha for invaluable info this episode.

Music this week: Dan Warren's "Parallel Universes", courtesy of music.podshow.com.

This week: TV theme songs!  Whether your taste runs in the traditional Alexander Courage direction or towards the contemporary Russell Watson style of songwriting, you'll find something to enjoy in this one!  Viva la Trek!

Fun links: the Star Trek soundtracks website, some info on the TOS theme at Wikipedia, The Star Trekkin' Page, Jerry Goldsmith's website, Alexander Courage at Wikipedia, Snopes page about the TOS theme controversy and the Enterprise theme music petition.

Music this week by Alexander Courage, Jerry Goldsmith (x3!) and Russell Watson.  Hooray!

This week's episode looks at Nathan Archer's entry in the Star Trek: Voyager line, "Ragnarok".  It's a fun novel from 1995 that features the Voyager kicking all kinds of butt in a massive galactic conflict.

Warning: here be spoilers for a 12-year-old book!

Links: Nathan Archer at Fantastic Fiction, this novel at Amazon.com
(it appears my positive opinion of "Ragnarok" may be in the minority) and the 1995 page over at the Complete Starfleet Library.

Music this week: NOW is NOW - "Other Worlds", courtesy of music.podshow.com.

Make your saving throw vs. geek -- this one's all about Star Trek role-playing games!

Links: Roll 2d6's history of Star Trek RPG's, Wikipedia entries for FASA Star Trek and Decipher Star Trek and, again, the Star Fleet Games website.

Music this week: Tom Smith's "Insert Geek Cliche Here", courtesy of music.podshow.com.