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» JJ Abrams Star Trek «

2009 Star Trek Movie Review

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Released June 3, 2009: SPOILER ALERT
Angela and Jen record a miniskirt cast episode about the JJ Abrams Star Trek film. They also discuss the rumors of a new Buffy movie production sans Joss Whedon. (You can stream this episode by clicking the download button. It will open a new browser window and play there.)

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Star Trek Into Darkness Movie Review

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Released May 19, 2013: SPOILER ALERT
In this edition of Anomaly, Jen, Angela, her husband Jim and Kasey from Anomaly Supplemental review “Star Trek: Into Darkness”. The beginning of the episode is a non-spoiler review, while the second half is SUPER spoileriffic.

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Star Trek Into Darkness Debate

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Released August 11, 2013: SPOILER ALERT
This episode features a debate on how Star Trek: Into Darkness treats its female characters. Angela and Jen purposefully took extreme stances in order to make the debate more entertaining. The goal was to represent both sides of this discussion while offering the contrasting views of the listeners. The hosts did their best to make this a balanced and respectful discussion.

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» Convention Panels «

Women of Star Trek Panel

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Released October 27, 2012

Jen, Kasey and Angela are at Austin Comic Con and were able to see “The Women of Star Trek” panel, featuring Gates McFadden and Marina Sirtis. This episode includes a brief overview by the co-hosts and then jumps into the Q & A with “Counselor Troi” and “Doctor Crusher”.
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Men of Star Trek Panel

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Released October 27, 2012

Jen, Kasey and Angela were able to see “The Men of Star Trek” panel, featuring Brent Spiner and LaVar Burton, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn. This episode includes a brief overview by the co-hosts and then jumps into the Q & A with “Lt. Commander Data “, “Lt. Commander Worf”, “Commander Riker” and “Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge”.
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» Star Trek: DS9 «

Star Trek DS9: Ezri Dax

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Released May 24, 2008: SPOILER ALERT
Angela is on maternity leave in this episode. Jen is joined on a Skype call by guest hosts Desi and Kenny.They to chat about that week’s BSG episode before moving onto the main topic: the characters of Ezri and Jadzi Dax from Star Trek: DS9. (You can stream this episode by clicking the download button. It will open a new browser window and play there.)
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Star Trek Ds9: The Visitor

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Released June 14, 2014: SPOILER ALERT
This episode was released on Father’s Day and in honor of father’s everywhere, Jen and Angela reviewed one of the most popular episodes of Deep Space Nine. Before the review begins, the two also chat about their own fathers, what they learned from them as children and young women, and how they influenced their interest in science fiction.
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» General Topics «

Star Trek: Boldly Part 1

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Released January 2009
This was an Audio Drama experiment. Part two entered the Anomaly feed a few months later, but no subsequent episodes followed. The full, written story is available here. (You can stream this episode by clicking the download button. It will open a new browser window and play there.)

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Star Trek and/or Star Wars?

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Released January 17, 2011: SPOILER ALERT
Angela and Jen are talk about the differences between the two franchises and wonder why you have to like one over the other. They read and play feedback from listeners as well. (You can stream this episode by clicking the download button. It will open a new browser window and play there.)
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» Guest Spots «

Anomalous Treks In Sci-Fi

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Released August 24, 2008: SPOILER ALERT
Angela and Jen quite literally hijack the Treks In Sci-Fi podcast to chat about Ship In A Bottle, a Star Trek TNG episode. It’s full of acting, audio effects and fun. (You can stream this episode by clicking the download button. It will open a new browser window and play there.)

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All things Trek Interview

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Released September 16, 2012
This special edition of Anomaly Oren, from “All Things Trek” interviews Jen, Angela, Sue and Sarah for his show. Oren asked a variety of questions, including our views on how Star Trek treats women, what our favorite episodes are, our thoughts on a new Star Trek series and much more.

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» Star Trek: TNG «

Star Trek TNG: Time’s Arrow

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Released April 30, 2008: SPOILER ALERT
Jen and Angela jump on Skype and discuss BSG, then this popular episode of Star Trek TNG. (You can stream this episode by clicking the download button. It will open a new browser window and play there.)

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Star Trek TNG: The Measure of a Man

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Released June 4, 2012: SPOILER ALERT
Jen and Angela discuss The Measure of a Man, a Data-centric episode from season two of Star Trek The Next Generation and arguably one of the best episodes of Trek ever written.

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Data (Character) Analysis

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Released Jun 25, 2012: SPOILER ALERT
KC & Sue discuss perhaps one of the most beloved characters in the Star Trek universe – Lt. Cmdr. Data. The discussion covers his origin, relationships, growth, emotions (and lack thereof), and – of course -his quest for humanity. Over 20 episodes referenced.

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Star Trek TNG’s 25th Anniversary / Ship in a Bottle

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Released September 29, 2012: SPOILER ALERT
Jen and Angela celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The hosts talk about how TNG shaped their lives and how it changed the way audiences view television. At the end of the show, is the Ship in a Bottle Review recorded for Treks In Sci Fi.

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Worst of Trek: The Game

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Released January 27, 2010: SPOILER ALERT
Jen and Angela record one of the most popular episodes of Anomaly, a review of Star Trek The Next Generation’s: The Game. This episode kicked off their “Worst of Trek” series. It’s hi-larious…and slightly Rated R. (You can stream this episode by clicking the download button. It will open a new browser window and play there.)

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Worst of Trek: Sub Rosa

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Released February 14, 2011: SPOILER ALERT
Just in time for Valentine’s Day Angela and Jen continue their “Worst of Trek” series by picking on the “sappy soap opera in space” that is Star Trek The Next Generation: Sub Rosa. This episode is also very popular. Their jabs are entertaining, but not at all denigrating.

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TNG: Rascals

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Released February 19, 2014: SPOILER ALERT
In this edition of Anomaly, Jen and Angela discuss “Rascals” from Star Trek: The Next Generation’s 6th Season. It’s an episode that features a preteen Picard, Guinan, Keiko and Ro; it’s not the “best of Trek”, but it’s certainly one of the more entertaining of this particular series.

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TNG: A Fist Full of Datas

Released November 7, 2008: SPOILER ALERT
In this bonus edition of Anomaly, Jen discuss “A Fist Full of Datas” from Star Trek: The Next Generation’s 6th Season. It’s an episode that features a gunslinging Worf, Deputy Alexander and a BUNCH of Datas. It’s one of Jen’s favorites and she gave it special treatment in this video.

TNG: The Offspring

Released November 28, 2008

In this special edition of Anomaly, Jen and her husband Dave reenact “The Offspring” from Star Trek: The Next Generation’s 3rd Season. It’s the episode where Data creates another android and calls it his “daughter” . It’s one of Jen’s favorites and she gave it special treatment in this video.

» Star Trek: TOS «

TOS: Way to Eden

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Released February 24, 2014: SPOILER ALERT
In this edition of Jen and Angela’s “Worst of Trek” series,the two hosts are joined by their friend Rico from the Treks In Sci-Fi podcast to discuss “Way to Eden” or as they like to call it “When Space Hippies Attack”. The conversation is fun and informative, even for those who are not TOS or general Trek fans.

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Believer, wife, mom, designer, voice actress, podcast host...Anomaly. Jen is one of the founding co-hosts of Anomaly. She introduced Angela to Podcasts in 2006, after stumbling upon Treks In Sci-Fi. They became involved in the Trek SF forum and were encouraged by the host (and now good friend) Rico Dosti, to start their own show. They did in 2007 with a little help from their friends and have never looked back. :)

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