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Enjoy a multitude of podcasts from A Play On Nerds, with Sci-Fi and Fantasy TV show and film reviews, Nerdy News, and general geeky chatter about anything from video games and science, to Star Trek and Muppets. Find even more at APlayOnNerds.com, with blogs, videos and live video game streaming. Stay nerdy my friends!
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Trek Talking is a live call-in podcast run by Trek fans for Trek fans! We discuss everything Star Trek related including the shows, comics, books, toys and more. Thursday nights at 7:30 eastern you can tune into Trek Talking and join the conversation LIVE on air by calling (646) 668-2433 during the show. Join us Monday nights at the same bat time, same bat channel for Trek Talking 2, our overflow show. Our growing Facebook community of almost 100,000 followers would love to have you! Here, w ...
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Talk Media

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Broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove and Professor Eamonn O’Neill host Talk Media: a forensic analysis of how the media works, and who works the media. Packed full of candid commentary and informed opinion, Talk Media features a weekly guest commentator from the worlds of journalism, entertainment and politics. Hour-long episodes are published weekly on Wednesday evenings via Patreon. Join now to listen for 99p per week (+ VAT): patreon.com.talkmedia
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Uncle Jim and his Treksperts wrap up our season two review Star Trek: Prodigy with episodes: S2.E17 ∙ Brink As war looms between the Federation and Solum, Gwyn proposes to lead the cadets on an undercover mission to gather intelligence and rescue Ilthuran. S2.E18 ∙ Touch of GreyAdmiral Janeway devises a clever plan to liberate her crew from Asencia…
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This week we are in sync with our listeners with all 3 topics matching questions submitted. Thanks to all! We have our fingers crossed that we can have Stuart back with us next week. Recommendations: Angela Hounded: Women, Harms and the Gender Wars - Jenny Lindsay The last decade has seen countless cases of women being fired, disciplined, protested…
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Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, an ancient map might lead to "The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles!" And Star Trek TNG episode, "Elementary, Dear Data." Data asks the holodeck for a Sherlockian challenge, and may have gotten more than he bargained for...A Play On Nerds tarafından oluşturuldu
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Uncle Jim and his Treksperts are joined by MICHAEL DANTE, best know to Trekkies as Maab from TOS episode "Friday's Child". Micheal is a Award Winning Actor, Award Winning Author, Celebrity Radio Talk Show Host he has starred/co-starred in 30 films, 150 television shows and was under contract to 3 major studios; MGM, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fo…
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We are still missing our big pal Cosgrove so we're really grateful to Simon and David for getting the TM jersey on and getting stuck in to the day's subjects. Recommendations: Eamonn In Vogue - the 90's Disney+ The '90s was the decade when high fashion walked off the runway and into mainstream culture. Featuring an A-list cast from the worlds of fa…
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We're talking Battlestar Galactica, Spielberg, Dystopias, electric cars, and... football?! It's a brand new Nerd Roll of Fortune! Also, adult sleepovers, "smart" noses, and the trailer for Mickey 17! Time Codes --------------- Host Banter: 1:48 Nerdy News: 8:20 Nerd Roll of Fortune: 10:48 Radical Recommends: 37:09 Trailer Review: Mickey 17: 40:26…
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Uncle Jim and his Treksperts are joined by David Benjamin Tomlinson. Tomlinson is an actor and writer who played Linus in the second through fifth seasons of Star Trek: Discovery. He also played several other roles (usually aliens in heavy prosthetic makeup) in Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Short Treks, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds). He pla…
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Hopefully we will have Stuart back with us next week, but in the meantime we are delighted to have two of Scotland’s best commentators on the show - welcome back Angela Haggerty and hot from the Labour Party Conference - Catriona Stewart . Recommendations: Eamonn The Seige - Book - Ben Macintyre On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst int…
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Stuart is off this week so we have brought in the wonderful Angela Haggerty and David Pratt to discus this week's topics with Eamonn at the helm. Recommendations: Angela Darren McGarvey's trauma industrial complex Royal Society of Edinburgh Darren McGarvey – author of Poverty Safari and The Social Distance Between Us – began his new project, “The T…
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Agatha All Along is coming to Disney Plus, so let's review other film with a Marvel magic user... Dr. Strange! But not that one, the one from 1978! Also: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review and the trailer for Sonic 3! Time Codes --------------- Host Banter: 1:34 Nerdy News: 8:07 Dr. Strange (1978) Discussion: 10:42 Game: Remake it or Fake It: 30:41 Rad…
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Join Uncle Jim and his Treksperts, we discuss Star Trek Prodigy second season episodes, S2.E15 ∙ Ascension: Part 1 Just as the Protostar and Voyager crews bring their mission to a close, a former enemy suddenly resurfaces with surprising new powers.S2.E16 ∙ Ascension: Part 2 Overwhelmed by Asencia's mysteriously advanced weaponry, the Protostar and…
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This week we're talking about yesterday's big Labour vote , the candyfloss royal pop video and discussing what might be the one and only debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. We took as many questions as we could get through and have kept submissions from Lorraine Kerr, Edward Docherty and Gill Blair for next week. RECOMMENDATIONS: Paddy C…
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Uncle Jim and his Treksperts continue our review of Star Trek Prodigy's second season. We discuss episode 14 "CRACKED MIRROR" and episode 13 "A TRIBBLE CALLED QUEST". Find out what Star Trek actor you share a birthday with on Star Trek Birthdays, just how global is Star Trek, FAN SHOUT-OUTS goes around the world, Star Trek News Star Trek family loo…
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This week we've given the dynamic duo a chance to talk over this week's headlines by themselves. Recommendations: Eamonn From the Vine - Film - Amazon Prime A downtrodden man experiences an ethical crisis and travels back to his hometown in rural Italy to recalibrate his moral compass. There he finds new purpose in reviving his grandfather's old vi…
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is scaring up tickets soon, so we're reviewing another film about a young girl haunted by a ghostly old man, Poltergeist 3! Plus: Huge T-Rexes and Gladiator II! Time Codes --------------- Host Banter: 1:15 Nerdy News: 7:50 Poltergeist 3 Discussion: 10:01 Game - Who Am I: Ghost Edition: 30:49 Radical Recommends: 36:09 Trailer…
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Uncle Jim and his Treksperts discuss Star Trek: Prodigy second season episodes 11 and 12, "The Last Flight of the Protostar" Find out who do you share a birthday with, on STAR TREK BRTHDAYS, what are the results of this week's Star Trek polls, FAN SHOUT-OUTS, tells us where fans are listening around the globe. Will Kate Mulgrew return to Star Trek;…
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If you like this trailer, come and join us @ www.patreon.com/talkmedia for the price of a cuppa coffee each month. A lively show today with our pal David who brings us up to date on Ukraine and Gaza, then it's off to the business of "propaganda"....... Enjoy! Recommendations: David Tangier: City of the Dream (Paperback) 'A dream concealed in stone.…
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Uncle Jim and his Treksperts take a deep dive into Star Trek Prodigy's second season episode "The Devourer of All Things part 1-2". Find out who you share a birthday with on Star Trek Birthdays, Fan Shout-outs, and poll results. Star Trek News brings us, Shatner says what!?, Star Trek Lower Decks cards game, Starfleet Academy will be a new format, …
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It was a pleasure to welcome Alison to the podcast. We hope you enjoy it - we did. Recommendations: Stuart Radio WHUR Eamonn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2KYZ1BritY Alison Listen to a cd - from top to bottom!The Big Light tarafından oluşturuldu
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Alien: Romulus is out in theaters! To celebrate we're watching a cult classic that is totally not a ripoff of Alien, Galaxy of Terror! Plus: Poop-eating flies, Smartypants, and Transformers: One! Time Codes --------------- Host Banter: 1:40 Nerdy News: 9:12 Galaxy of Terror Discussion: 11:44 Game - The Only Thing to Fear is Terrible Monsters: 37:20…
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Both social and print media gets the going over today in this episode as the dynamic duo, in the company of oor pal Catriona Stewart talk over the weeks talking points. Recommendations: Stuart White Robes and Broken Badges Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us In this shocking memoir, a former FBI informant reveals what he learned fro…
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Uncle Jim and his Treksperts continue to review Star Trek: Prodigy's second season, with the seventh and eight episodes, " The Fast and the Curious and "Is there in Beauty no Truth". Find out who you share a birthday with on Star Trek Birthdays, Star Trek is truly global, Fan Shout-Outs recognizes our fans, and we share our fans scores for this wee…
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Stuart is back!!!!!! We've missed him in the studio and our setting the world to rights chats pre show. Again, we've tried to answer all your question in the topics themselves so forgive us for not reading out all your questions. We tried to address them in the discussions but of course will have missed a few opportunities. Recommendations: David J…
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Today on the podcast we're honoring the release of Harold and the Purple Crayon by reviewing another flick about a kid that creates worlds with his imagination, Neverending Story III! Plus: Flying hippos, Captain America: Brave New World, and Acolyte! Time Codes --------------- Host Banter: 1:32 Nerdy News: 6:20 Neverending Story 3 Discussion: 10:2…
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Uncle Jim and his Treksperts review Star Trek: prodigy second season episodes "Observer's Paradox" and "Imposter Syndrome", for those counting, that's episode five and six. Find out what Star Trek actor you share a birthday with, Fan episode scores, and fan shout-outs. On Star Trek news, Kate Mulgrew wanted who on Voyager, Prodigy and Lower Decks w…
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Eamonn is back at the helm with a show packed full of great observations. At the end of the show we had more questions lined up but no time to fit them in so apologies to you that missed the cut. This week's recommendations: Angela Women on Death Row. Of the nearly 3000 inmates on death row in America, only 51 are women. This documentary series exa…
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Uncle Jim and his Treksperts take a look at all the new information about the Star Trek Universe that came out of SDCC 2024. We have a teaser trailer for the Section 31 movie, extended look at Strange New Worlds season 3 and Lower Decks final season. We will play all these great trailers and discuss them. Let's see whats out there...ENGAGE!…
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Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, if you want to be brave, "You Can't Do That Without a Hat!" And Star Trek TNG episode, "We'll Always Have Paris." Things get steamy-weamy for Picard and timey-wimey for the rest of the galaxy.A Play On Nerds tarafından oluşturuldu
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Uncle Jim and his Treksperts discuss Star Trek Prodigy season two episode "Who Saves the Savior's". Traveling through the time rift, Dal and the crew search for Chakotay on Solum. With the support of her father, Gwyn challenges Ascencia. "Temporal Mechanics 101" The Infinity and Voyager crews try to help Gwyne and a Mysterious messenger reaches out…
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To hear the whole episode go here! Nothing much to talk about this week.... aye right! Always good to have Angela and Paddy on the show - good insights. At the end of the show we had lined up a huge listener question section but due to time constraints we had to edit it a bit. Recommendations: Angela Dark Matter - Apple TV Jason Dessen is abducted …
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In honor of the biggest film release of the summer, Deadpool and Wolverine, we're talking about another buddy cop favorite, Cop and a Half! Plus: Lucifer, mind control and Robert Zemeckis' Here. Time Codes --------------- Host Banter: 2:01 Nerdy News: 5:55 Cop and a Half Discussion: 9:48 Game - Squeal Piggy Squeal: 28:28 Radical Recommends: 33:51 T…
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It's girl power this morning here at Talk Media Control. Eamonn is hopefully safe and well in Spain this week and not being chased down a cobbled street by a bull!!!!! At the end of the Show a question from Ian MacKinnon. Recommendations: Ruth Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots - Rosemary Goring In this book, Rosemary Goring tel…
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Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, no baths for the Gorgs and no pool party for the Fraggles, the water's out! With "Let the Water Run." And Star Trek TNG epsisode, "Skin of Evil." Yar bites the big one and the mud monster is lonely.A Play On Nerds tarafından oluşturuldu
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Trek Talking is back after taking a week off to celebrate the Fourth of July. Star Trek: Prodigy is also back, now on Netflix. On this show Uncle Jim and his Treksperts discuss the second season two-part premiere, "Into the Breach". We also have our Fan Shout-Outs, and Star Trek birthdays. Star Trek News brings us, Shatner says what!?, Star Trek mo…
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Today's episode of course looks at the election results and the huge win for Labour all over the mainland. This week we have David Pratt joining us, so it is a great opportunity to get his specialist insights in to the continuing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. We've missed having Stuart with us so to welcome back Stuart and to celebrate, we've let …
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It's the 200th episode of A Play On Nerds! And what better way to celbrate than to rank the top 10 geeky fandoms with a pool of 200 points for each?! Plus: Flaming Doritos, shrinking whales and Nosferatu! Time Codes --------------- Feedback: 1:54 Host Banter: 4:05 Nerdy News: 8:05 200 Points of Geekdom!: 9:40 Radical Recommends: 48:52 Trailer Revie…
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In this pre ballot day podcast we've gone for a slightly different format designed to give us more time for your questions. Of course, we got carried away, so what you've got here is a 90 minute episode! Thanks to Eamonn, Angela and Catriona for managing to stay with us for that length of time. Recommendations: Angela Sacked in the Morning From tra…
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Join uncle Jim and his Treksperts as we continue our Star Trek fan film reviews. This week we take a look at "Cerritos Lost" a fan film by Samuel Cockings. Plot synopsis: "Dr Louise Nilson, a documentarian at Memory Alpha is trying to do her job when a sentient AI steals the Cerritos and her aboard. Its plans are more than meet the eye and Dr Nilso…
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A Quiet Place: Day 1 is tip-toeing into theaters, so we're reviewing another 3rd film in an alien invasion series, Species 3! Plus talk of DnD, Gen V, tribal WiFi and Venom: The Last Dance! Time Codes --------------- Host Banter: 1:24 Nerdy News: 10:24 Species 3 Discussion: 12:41 Game - Tagline Showdown: 31:47 Radical Recommends: 35:38 Trailer Revi…
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Join Uncle Jim and his Treksperts on this special show, we celebrate the 35th annivessary of Star Trek 5:The Final Frontier. Laurence Luckinbill actor, playwright and director. He is known for penning and starring in one-man shows based upon the lives of United States President Theodore Roosevelt, author Ernest Hemingway, and famous American defens…
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To hear the full episode go HERE! The boys are in great form today. Recorded just before the SNP manifesto. At the end of the show a question from Roger Hyam. Recommendations: Stuart Mercedes-Benz Museum Porsche Museum Eamonn The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties - NetflixThe Big Light tarafından oluşturuldu
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Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! This week we expand our journey through the Jim Henson universe with Fraggle Rock! And we review the pilot episode "Beginnings." And brand new segments! Plus Star Trek TNG episode, "The Arsenal of Freedom."A Play On Nerds tarafından oluşturuldu
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Join Uncle Jim and his Treksperts, we are joined by, Jonathan Lane creator of "An Absent Friend" Star Trek animated fan film, how did McCoy and Spock react to hearing of Kirk's death in Star Trek Generations. What's unique is the AI Generated voices of Spock and McCoy. We have our Fan Shout-Outs, Star Trek birthdays. Star Trek news: Discovery gets …
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If you want to hear the full episode got to https://www.patreon.com/posts/douglas-ross-and-106068960?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link It costs the same as a cup of coffee a month!The Big Light tarafından oluşturuldu
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