Jettison Pod: Recent Episodes
Vandy Beth Glenn
This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn is joined by past guests Charles Kelso and Ilan Muskat for a very special episode discussing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 7, "Those Old Scientists." This is, of course, the instant classic crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks. Enjoy!
Show Notes:
Mrs. Davis on Peacock is making Ilan laugh this week.
Good Omens Season 2 on Amazon Prime is making Charles laugh this week.
Vandy Beth is laughing at Season 4 of Miracle Workers on TBS.
Charles is plugging the new YouTube channel for Felt Nerdy, the puppetry he and wife Veronica do.
He and Veronica (and Keith Johnson and R. Alan Siler) also are the crew of the Earth Station Trek podcast.
And their other podcast is Monkeeing Around.
This week, Vandy Beth Glenn and Dawn Ennis discuss "Trusted Sources," the ninth episode of Season 3 of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Show Notes
What's making Dawn laugh this week:
The Trump-less GOP debate on Fox.
Trump on Carlson
Trump's arrest
What's making Vandy Beth laugh this week:
Good Omens Season 2.
Plugs:
Dawn's Substack.
And she's @lifeafterdawn on Threads, Bluesky, Post, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok
Vandy Beth still hasn't launched the crowdfunding campaign for her next movie, "Shelter In Place." But it's coming soon!
This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn welcomes guest Eric Akawie for a discussion about The Middleman, a fun, little-seen science fiction comedy that aired on the ABC Family basic cable network for just twelve episodes in 2008.
Have you seen The Middleman? Let us know!
Show Notes:
The Middleman website:
Comic-Con 2009 table read of unproduced 13th Episode
2013 second table read
Make Some Noise on dropout.tv is making Eric laugh this week:
Black Mirror Season 6 is making Vandy Beth laugh:
Not strictly necessary, but here's how to pronounce Javier Grillo-Marxuach's name:
Eric's plug is this Kickstarter
Which is for a production of this comics publisher:
fieldmouse.press
This week, Veronica Dashiell and Vandy Beth Glenn talk about Season 1, Episode 8 of She-Hulk, "Ribbit and Rip It," guest-starring Charlie Cox as Daredevil!
Show Notes
What's making Veronica laugh this week:
Black Mirror Season 6 on Netflix
What's making Vandy Beth laugh this week:
Season 9 of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Plugs:
The podcasts Earth Station Trek (weekly) and Monkeeing Around (biweekly)
Also, Feltnerdy, Veronica and her husband's puppetry troupe, has many performances upcoming. They'll also be at Dragon Con.
See Vandy Beth at Dragon Con in the Skeptic Track.
Follow @Jettison_Pod on Twitter and join the Jettison Pod Facebook group!
This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Alan Siler talk about Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3, Episode 8: Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus.
Show Notes:
What's making Alan laugh this week:
Space Force on Netflix
What's making Vandy Beth laugh this week:
The podcast Fly On The Wall, an ongoing oral history of Saturday Night Live.
Speaking of speaking about TV series, Alan also recommends the podcast Parks And Recollection.
Plugs:
Alan's podcast Modern Musicology has reached its 75 episode milestone!
He's also part of the panel on Earth Station Trek.
And finally, there's Alan's podcast about the time-traveling extraterrestrial, Doctor Who A(uton) to Z(ygon).
Vandy Beth's modest plug is for the Dragon Con 2023, which she will participate in this year as an Attending Professional in the Skeptic track (and others).
This week's a solo essay about two intriguing episodes of the Star Trek franchise.
Show Notes:
What's making me laugh this week:
Ted Lasso Season 3
Plug:
The EFF Track at Dragon Con 2023, where Vandy Beth Glenn will be on a panel discussing Title IX and the wave of anti-trans laws sweeping the nation.
Happy Independence Day! This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Stephanie Chan discuss "The Retreat," the seventh episode of Season 1 of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law.
Show Notes:
Run BTS is making Stephanie laugh again this week.
Vandy Beth is laughing at movie Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
Stephanie's plug is for sztvstudio.com, which she and her sister run together (at the moment it just links to Stephanie's Twitter).
Vandy Beth will be an Attending Professional at Dragon Con this Labor Day weekend.
In this week's Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Ilan Muskat (back for the third time!) discuss Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Episode 7: A Mathematically Perfect Redemption, about the second appearance in Lower Decks of the rascally (but perhaps not megalomaniacal) AI, Peanut Hamper.
Show Notes:
Two things are making Ilan laugh this week:
What's making Ilan laugh this week:
The third seasons of I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson and The Other Two.
What's making Vandy Beth laugh this week:
The third season of I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. We really shouldn't have skipped the pre-record planning meeting this week.
Plugs:
Ilan: Sing Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
Vandy Beth: the Jettison Pod Facebook group has around 200 members and occasionally sparks a lively conversation—most often someone else mentioning a possible episode topic and Vandy Beth then commenting that the proposed topic is out of bounds. What fun!
Also, the @Jettison_Pod Twitter group.
This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn talks with John Hudgens, director of the documentary, "American Scary," which is all about TV horror hosts from the 1950s through today (including Neil Gaiman—whoa, curveball!).
Show Notes:
American Scary is highly recommended—a fun documentary!
What's making John laugh this week are the BBC radio sitcom, "Old Harry's Game," which can be found at the Beeb itself or on Audible.
Also making John laugh is the new Disney+ series about Dr. Teeth and his ensemble, The Muppets Mayhem.
Vandy Beth is laughing at Letterkenny Season 11.
And when she told John that, he further recommended Corner Gas.
As for plugs, Vandy Beth had nothing this week. John stumped for his other documentary, Backyard Blockbusters, about fan-made films, the Knoxville, Tennessee improv troupe Einstein Simplified, and his own YouTube channel, which has (among other delights) many videos of performances by Einstein Simplified.
This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Bridget LaMonica discuss the sixth episode of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law's first and so far only season, "Just Jen."
Show Notes:
Bridget: Rick and Morty Season 6: Full Meta Jackrick
Vandy Beth: Season 1 of the new Hulu seasons of Animaniacs
Plugs:
Bridget: Bitch Beer, soon to be a television show!
Vandy Beth: The Jettison Pod Twitter feed
And Patreon. Please help support this podcast financially!
This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Charles Kelso discuss the sixth episode of Season 3 of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Hear All, Trust Nothing." This is the land mark episode in which the Cerritos visits Deep Space Nine. Nana Visitor and Armin Shimerman reprise their iconic roles as Colonel Kira and Quark, respectively.
Show Notes:
What's making Charles laugh this week? The fifth, final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
What's making Vandy Beth laugh this week? The short-lived but hilarious 2008 TV series The Middleman
Plugs:
Charles and his wife Veronica are puppeteers; their website is feltnerdy.com. In June they'll be appearing at FrankenCon.
They're part of the crew at the podcast Earth Station Trek.
And also the Monkeeing Around podcast.
Jettison Pod's Twitter feed: @Jettison_Pod.
Co-hosting with Vandy Beth Glenn this time out is "Niceguy" Eddie, host of the currently inactive "In My Humble Opinion" podcast on Rainbow Radio.
Eddie and Vandy Beth interview Sean Reiley of the website seanbaby.com, about his page that stockpiles all the one-page narrative ads for Hostess Twinkies, fruit pies, and cupcakes that appeared in Marvel and DC comics in the 1970s and 1980s. A lively and fun discussion was had by all.
Show Notes:
What's making Sean laugh this week is the Twitter account for the 2014 Johnny Depp film, Mortdecai.
Vandy Beth is laughing at Vulture's oral history of the "Planet of the Apes musical" episode of The Simpsons from the late 1990s.
And Eddie is laughing over the post-Bud Light boycott of Maybelline products by the sort of people who would never use Maybelline products in the first place.
This week's plugs:
Visit Sean and Robert Brockway at "The Last Comedy Website," 1-900 HOTDOG!
Eddie wants us all to know about the band, Roxanne McDaniel and The Big Bad Buzz.
This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Alan Siler discuss She-Hulk Attorney At Law Episode 5: Mean, Green, and Straight Poured Into These Jeans.
Show Notes:
The closing music to this week's episode is the lovely "Say My Name" by Swedish singer Tove Styrke
What's Making Us Laugh This Week
Alan is laughing at both the American and the original British versions of the TV sitcom, The Office.
For Vandy Beth, it's Shoresy, the Letterkenny spinoff, which Americans can watch on Hulu.
Plugs:
Alan has a great podcast of his own, called Modern Musicology:
Modern Musicology
Me:
Our Twitter feed: @Jettison_Pod
Jettison Pod Facebook group
And if you'd like to support us monetarily, please make a pledge at Patreon:
Jettison Pod Patreon Page
or at Vandy Beth Glenn's Substack
This week Vandy Beth Glenn and Celestia Ward talk about Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3, Episode 5: "Reflections."
Show notes:
Teenager who butt-dialed 911 and told dispatch he "killed two people"
Stevie Martin, a British comedian who cohosts "Nobody Panic," a lifehacking podcast, and is also very funny on Twitter and YouTube.
Nobody Panic
Stevie Martin on Twitter
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQYdc-FxeYg&t=216s
Celestia's podcast is Squaring The Strange
This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Foam Armory co-founder Stephanie Chan discuss the humor that can be found in cosplay!
Show Notes:
The original "Lex Luthor took 40 cakes" image. The cosplay tribute to Lex Luthor's pastry crime.
Dr. Stranger Things
Dragon Con's "BBQ Becky" photo shoot with Black cosplayers
Stephanie as the IKEA monkey:
Star Trek end credits cosplay
Stephanie as the "Stranger Things wall":
My friends Ashlee and Jim in their Twilight Zone "Eye of the Beholder" costumes
Sexy Clippy
RUN BTS on YouTube
and at Weverse
Reservation Dogs on FX at Hulu
Book: The Cosplayer's Ultimate Guide to EVA Foam by Beverly Downen
Stephanie's cosplay supplies business, Foam Armory
This week Vandy Beth Glenn and her guest Ilan Muskat talk about Episode 4 of Season 1 of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, "Is This Not Real Magic?"
Show notes:
Carl Ballantine's Bad Magic
Poker Face
Saturday Night Live this season
Shelved, a sitcom about the Canadian library system
Come see Vandy Beth Glenn perform standup comedy at the Decatur Arts Festival on May 6th!
Joining Vandy Beth Glenn this week to discuss "Room For Growth," the fourth episode of Season 3 of Star Trek: Lower Decks, is the author of The First Adventure on Earth with Adam & Steve, stand-up comedian, and host of the "Computer Resume Podcast," Greenville, South Carolina's own Mr. Todd A. Davis!
Show Notes:
Amazon Prime series Legend of Vox Machina
The treasure trove of old Marvel and DC Comics' Hostess snacks ads from the 1970s and 1980s
Plugs:
Do you have anything to plug?
Todd's own show is the Computer Resume Podcast, and you can find him among the usual social media suspects as @MrToddADavis.
Vandy Beth was recently a guest on the Tyrants In Training podcast, and had great fun imagining the island where she ruled with an iron hand.
She's also performing at the P3 Comedy Festival in Pensacola over Memorial Day weekend. I may have mentioned that before, but by the time this episode drops it will be closer to happening.
Tacked onto the end of the episode is a promotion for:
Todd will be there!
This week on Jettison Pod, Veronica Dashiell of the Earth Station Trek podcast joins Vandy Beth Glenn to step through the puddle and name the Five Funniest Stargate episodes. Join us, won't you?
Show Notes:
All four regular panelists from the Earth Station Trek podcast have now been guests on Jettison Pod. Suck it, Terry Gross!
The Season 3 premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks (we recorded this episode a loooong time ago because reasons).
Season 6 of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Veronica is half of feltnerdy.com.
Vandy Beth Glenn will be performing standup comedy in the Decatur Arts Festival at 3:30 p.m. on May 6, 2023 in the LOL Tent next to the DeKalb Historic Courthouse. Please come see her if you can!
This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn is joined by award-winning journalist, college professor and single mom Dawn Ennis as they discuss the third episode of Season 1 of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, "The People Vs. Emil Blonsky."
Show Notes:
Family Guy S07E11: "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven"
Arrested Development Season 5
Update: Not leaving Netflix after all: https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/arrested-development-no-longer-leaving-netflix-march-2023/
Dawn's Substack
This week on Jettison Pod, the podcast about comedy in science fiction, Vandy Beth Glenn is joined by Keith Johnson of the Earth Station Trek podcast. Together they examine the third episode of the third season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Mining The Mind's Mines."
Show Notes:
Tyler Perry's Bruh and Tyler Perry's House of Payne, both on BET
Dead To Me on Netflix
This week on Jettison Pod, the podcast about comedy in science fiction, host Vandy Beth Glenn is joined Canadian civil servant and intermittent podcast host, Ilan Muskat! Together Vandy Beth and Ilan share their lists of the Five Funniest Episodes of Futurama. Give it a listen!
Show Notes:
The Other Two
Cunk On Earth
Squideye and the Bitter Guy
Bonus AI-Generated Short Story: Dystopian Elephants
This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Celestia Ward of the Squaring The Strange podcast discuss the second episode of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, "Supernatural Law."
Show Notes:
I couldn't find the photo of my courtroom sketch, sorry.
Squaring The Strange podcast
Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, Carrie Brownstein's memoir
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Travis Johnson joins me this week to talk about the second episode of the third season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "The Least Dangerous Game."
Travis runs the Nexus of Nerd Facebook group and related groups on Facebook and on Mastodon. He's also a member of the panel on the "Black Alert" Star Trek podcast.
Show Notes:
Star Trek: Lower Decks comic books from IDW
Beat The Devil, 1953 comedy directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart
Black Alert podcast
This week on Jettison Pod, I'm joined by my friend Robert Lloyd for a conversation about the life and work of great, gone-too-soon British author, Douglas Adams! Please give us a listen, like and subscribe!
Show notes:
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Earth Edition
Bob's Burgers
Late Night With Seth Meyers
Ghosts on BBC
Ghosts on CBS
This week on Jettison Pod, I discuss the pilot episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series, "She-Hulk: Attorney At Law" with Charles Kelso of the Earth Station Trek podcast.
Show Notes:
American Masters: Groucho & Cavett
feltnerdy.com
Monkeeing Around podcast
This week on Jettison Pod, cartoonist Dee Fish of the great web comic Finding Dee joined me to talk about "Grounded," the Season Three premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
To quote from the IMDB: "Mariner enlists her friends on a rogue mission to exonerate her mother as Captain Freeman faces a military tribunal for the destruction of Pakled Planet."
Does this episode continue the series' status as one of the best Star Trek series? Give us a listen and find out!
Show notes:
Crabgrass
Finding Dee's Instagram
Join host Vandy Beth Glenn and her good friend Alan Siler as they present their lists of the Five Funniest Episodes of Star Trek.
Alan is a member of the crew at the Earth Station Trek podcast. He also hosts The Doctor Who A to Z Podcast and the Modern Musicology Podcast, and he's the owner, publisher, and prolific author at kOZMIC Press.
The Doctor Who A to Z Podcast
Modern Musicology Podcast
kOZMIC Press
This is the picture that was making Alan laugh this week: