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Trek Geeks #198: The Wire

A RARE GIFT FOR OBFUSCATION Dr. Julian Bashir has one of his toughest patients yet. At lunch with plain, simple Garak one afternoon, the Cardassian tailor begins to experience a severe headache. It turns out that a device in Garak’s head meant to help him survive torture, is now helping him survive his exile on…

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Trek Geeks #175: What You Leave Behind

DS9’s FINAL EPISODE It’s the end of an amazing Trek. Deep Space Nine wrapped shooting 20 years ago this week and it’s final episode, “What You Leave Behind,” wraps up a nine part finale and a multi-season arc that changed Star Trek forever! Bill and Dan will look at this last episode of DS9 and…

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Trek Geeks #167: Religion in DS9

AN EPIC CROSSOVER CONCLUDES This week, we’re excited to welcome our friends from Trek.FM’s Standard Orbit podcast to the Flagship of the Trek Geeks Podcast Network! Join us and our friends Hayley Stoddart, Ken Tripp, and Zach Moore for an in-depth discussion on religion in the second Star Trek spin off series, Deep Space Nine….

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Trek Geeks #163: See It or Skip It: DS9 S7

DS9’s FINAL SEASON All good things must come to an end, and so it is with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. You all made the Nice List this year, so Santa has brought you a special present! It’s our final installment in the See It or Skip It for DS9 and our last new episode…

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Trek Geeks #162: See It or Skip It: DS9 S6

RANKING SEASON 6 This week, we return with the highly requested See It or Skip It series, this time focusing on the penultimate season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! We’ll go through the entire season telling you which episodes you are definite must-sees, and which ones you could skip if you wanted to. Maybe….

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Trek Geeks #160: William Sadler

SECTION 31’s LUTHER SLOAN You’ve seen him in the films Die Hard 2, Iron Man 3, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, and in television shows like Roswell, The Pacific, and Power. But you’ve also seen him as the enigmatic Luther Sloan–Director of Section 31 in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! He’s the incomparable William Sadler…

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Trek Geeks #154: See It or Skip It: DS9 Season 5

WHICH EPISODES WOULD YOU SKIP? We continue our celebration of Deep Space Nine’s 25th Anniversary with yet another installment of See It or Skip It! This time, we’ll examine Season 5 of DS9 and joining us to referee is our dear friend (and one of our original fans) Hayley Stoddart from Trek.FM’s Standard Orbit! She’ll…

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Trek Geeks #145: Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

SECRET MISSION ON ROMULUS Section 31. The clandestine shadow organization appears from time to time to protect the affairs of the United Federation of Planets. It has existed since Starfleet’s earliest beginnings, and now Luther Sloan has shown up to Deep Space Nine to recruit a new agent for a mission to Romulus… Dr. Julian…

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Trek Geeks #141: Odo & Quark

A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP Of all the relationships in Star Trek, perhaps none is as layered and complex as the one between Odo and Quark. On one side, you have the lawful Odo who is responsible for ensuring the safety of one of the Alpha Quadrant’s most strategic locations. On the other, you have Ferengi bar…

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Trek Geeks #137: Blaze of Glory

THE FINAL ROUND The first two rounds of this epic struggle have been amazing and, this week on Your Independent Star Trek Podcast, we consider the final round of Sisko vs. Eddington with “Blaze of Glory” from Season 5 of Deep Space Nine! It’s been a contest of wills with each move being incredibly calculated…

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