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A Star to Steer Her By - A Star Trek Podcast
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New episodes every Thursday
Now in our 10th year, the intrepid crew of Chris, Jake, Caitlin, & Ames watch through the entire universe of Trek, go on wild tangents, crack wise, and make more fart jokes than necessary.
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We're stilling getting hyped up for season 2 of #Fallout! How quickly will things escalate to control of the known universe this time?
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“It’s like a JRPG. You wanna go farm some cattle, and then at the end, you’re killing god. In Fallout, it’s ‘I need a new water chip, oh jesus, I am helping save civilization.’” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 50: Fallout Season 1
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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You've got two options in adapting video games for other media: Stick to the in-game story like in #LastOfUs, or create your own story set in the environment like in #Fallout or #TwistedMetal. And then there's whatever the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie was...
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“Another very, very good video game adaptation is Twisted Metal, which the game is just drive around in cars and shoot things.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 50: Fallout Season 1
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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There's no one more pumped for season 2 of #Fallout to start this week, and it's because it's clear the adaptation is made with so much love for the franchise and these characters. Call us, Ghoul.
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“It’s because the nerds who grew up playing [games like Fallout] are finally the ones sitting in the driver’s seat and can give these things the deference they deserve.” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 50: Fallout Season 1
December 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Burnham putting multiple pictures of Spock on her family tree only leads to the question: Did Sarek have even more offspring he hasn't told us about? #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Michael does not understand what a family tree is. ... The fact that there were multiple Spocks bothered me.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 419: The Computer Needs Lexapro
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Why send a DOT into a deadly anomaly when you can send a normal, unanthropomorphized probe? Or a Linus for that matter? #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“It’s much more fun to shoot a probe into space when it has a face. Well, we’ll never see you again—PEW!” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 419: The Computer Needs Lexapro
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I believe in the healing power of board games... except Monopoly. That one causes more harm than good. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“The Gray-Zora scene I largely liked because, ya know, the healing power of board games I can totally get behind.” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 419: The Computer Needs Lexapro
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The best way for background characters to stay alive in #StarTrekDiscovery is to keep their backstories to themselves! #StarTrek
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“The first time I watched this, I thought maybe they were gonna kill Dr. Pollard, but like, no, of course they aren’t. She didn’t infodump her whole life onto us.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 419: The Computer Needs Lexapro
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Thanks again to this week's guest star, Liz, for perfectly transcribing Arnold's unique way of inserting as many syllables into words as possible. #TheRunningMan
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“The only line of [Arnold’s] that I wrote down (aside from the *sigh* ‘I’ll be back’): ‘Ambah, git out of heahGEAGGH!’ and they throw a barrel.” -Guest Star Liz, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 49: The Runnings Men
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Think you could actually win #TheRunningMan? We're this close from making it a reality.
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“Here’s the thing: The Running Man is real. It exists today, and it’s hosted by Mr. Beast.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 49: The Runnings Men
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Richard Dawson was definitely picturing some past Family Feud contestants when he was filming the original #TheRunningMan.
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“The best part of original Running Man is Richard Dawson. The second best part is Jesse Ventura’s terrible toupee.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 49: The Runnings Men
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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If the 1987 #TheRunningMan is all satire and unfocused commentary and the new 2025 is entire lack of satire and hitting you over the head with commentary, then the compromise is bringing in Paul Verhoeven to fix them. Please and thank you.
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“Somewhere between the two [Running Man movies] is the perfect version of this story. ... So what I’m saying is either of them needed to be a Verhoeven.” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Ten Forward 49: The Runnings Men
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Doug Jones can rock all the weirdest-shaped monsters out there... but could he play Santa? Discuss. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“You could literally put Doug Jones in the Fat Bastard costume from Austin Powers II—still a beanpole.” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 418: Really Too Short a Season
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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How have Culber and Gray NOT had the "so... what was being dead like for you?" conversation? #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Think about Star Trek IV when Doc is saying to Spock, ‘What is it like to die?’ They could’ve literally finally fulfilled that moment. You could have two people who’ve come back from the dead be like, ‘So what was it like?’” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 418: Really Too Short a Season
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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We might be the only people on the internet who aren't under
David Cronenberg's spell. Kovich just isn't that interesting. And we're not even in season 5 yet! #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Remember how couple weeks ago Hugh gave a big pep talk to Book and cured him of his sadness? Well now Hugh needs a cure from HIS sadness, and who does he call? Fucking Kovich. Creepy grandpa.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 418: Really Too Short a Season
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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"The Examples" bigs up Tarka as an asshole for most of the episode, but then by the time you meet him, he's no worse than Stamets on one of his lesser sarcastic days. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Here’s the funniest thing: I don’t hate Tarka. I think Tarka is kind of interesting. And here’s the reason why: The show doesn’t want you to like him. ... So I don’t hate Tarka.” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 418: Really Too Short a Season
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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President Rillak does always seem to be coming up with complicated schemes, a trait obviously passed down on her Cardassian side. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“If [Rillak] is descended from anyone, it’s Gul Dukat. Gul Dukat is like the fucking Genghis Khan of Bajor.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 417: Hands (and Hand Stuff) in the Middle
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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As if there aren't enough running gags about Linus on #StarTrekDiscovery, now we're making up our own. #StarTrek
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“You think Linus has a big heat lamp in the ceiling of his quarters, like a terrarium? And a mesh at the top so he doesn’t climb out?” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 417: Hands (and Hand Stuff) in the Middle
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Rillak: The Federation would never force any world to remain a member. Ni'Var is proof of that.
Me: Okay, then what's the big deal? I don't understand any of this.
#StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Ni’Var wants a stipulation in their rejoining the Federation that they can leave whenever they want. They’ve ALREADY left when they wanted!” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 417: Hands (and Hand Stuff) in the Middle
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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"Tilly's white. Tilly loves cheese." might be the Quotey of the year. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“In the future, if you are born in the Midwest and are lactose intolerant, that is the one time the Federation will let you use genetic manipulation. It is against the law to not eat cheese in the Midwest, even in the future. ... Tilly’s white. Tilly loves cheese.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 416: That's a Space-ty Meatball
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Guys, sometimes Starfleet is just utterly inept. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Nobody told poor Fickett: ‘Okay, if somebody comes to steal this dilithium, let them do it. Don’t put up a fight. Don’t get yourself killed. If given the option, choose life! Because we’ve got a tracking device in that dilithium.’” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 416: That's a Space-ty Meatball
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Someone doing effects on "Choose to Live" done goofed by adding a BLUE lens flare to a scene in which we were looking for BLUE tachyon signatures, utterly confounding the audience. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“We see a blue stripe on the screen and we stop there, I’m like, ‘Oh, it was right, Paul was right!’ And then they get out of it and say, ‘No Paul, you were wrong.’ I was FUCKING LOST!” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 416: That's a Space-ty Meatball
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Anyone else get utterly distracted whenever someone says Ni'Var President T'Rina's name? Just Caitlin? Okay.
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“Did you say her name was Tureen’a? Is there someone else whose name is, like, Colander’a? Like, a tureen is like a soup conveyance, isn’t it?” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 416: That's a Space-ty Meatball
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Alright, so it DIDN'T come out of nowhere, then
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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She's just jealous he got the Kite Surfing background story instead of her. #startrek
October 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Caitlin doesn't watch THAT much sci-fi, guys. If you ignore all the sci-fi she watches
October 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM