Head canon: The joystick in the NX-Alpha is just there to keep the pilot busy so they don't mess with the warp core.

The equivalent of the “walk” buttons on street corners in cities or the “close” button on an elevator. It’s there to make you feel like you have control, when it in actuality isn’t even connected to anything!

We're on a second contact mission in today's episode, revisiting the Star Trek ENT episode First Flight along with astronomer @noisyastronomer.com, who joined us to help us make sense of the dark matter nebula, Archer’s daddy issues, and deep dive into every item on Trip's bookshelf.

I think I've come to the conclusion that the entire run of "Enterprise" is just a broniverse simulation that Barclay put together to amuse Riker.

I laugh every single time I see this particular screen grab that @mariadsouza.bsky.social found and used for our episode image. Ruby in the background with an exaggerated 😮 face is soooo funny.

Ahahahaha I had so much fun recording this with you all!

New episode is out today on #startrekENT's “First Flight,” otherwise known as The Right Stuff but with added crimes and daddy issues. Plus, our guest @noisyastronomer.com joined us, mainly so they could sigh dramatically at every mention of dark matter, which was surely all scientifically accurate.

Our Porthos shirt looks so good in the tie dye on the Star Trek cruise! You can get your own here, and it’s on sale today! www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/7723...

Today we released our podcast "second contact" episode for the Star Trek ENT episode "Regeneration," otherwise known as the borg episode! We liked it ok provided we could ignore the little voice in the back of our heads whispering the word "continuity" over and over.

Truly wild that my co-hosts have not changed the password on our podcast's bluesky account to lock me out yet.

EnterpriseSplaining is my favorite podcast right now !!

Two weeks ago we released our Second Contact episode about the Star Trek ENT episode Cogenitor and Jamie mentioned a slow-motion duck penis video and promised to put the link in the show notes, but then she forgot. We humbly apologize for this oversight. Here is the duck penis video. You're welcome.

Our new episode on Star Trek ENT's "Regeneration" is out today! The Bad Astronomer himself, @philplait.bsky.social, joined us to talk about this time-traveling Borg episode! Will the crew escape assimilation? And more importantly, will they remember to write any of this down for future generations?

This was a hilarious episode and a much needed palate cleanser after Cogenitor

RESISTANCE IS something something

Our new episode on Star Trek ENT's "Regeneration" is out today! The Bad Astronomer himself, @philplait.bsky.social, joined us to talk about this time-traveling Borg episode! Will the crew escape assimilation? And more importantly, will they remember to write any of this down for future generations?

Fun fact about Star Trek Enterprise! In the first 50 episodes of the show, Captain Archer is abducted, stranded, or otherwise in dire need of rescue in 32% of them, which is higher than the percent of women serving on the NX-01! (fact courtesy of @ericlesch.bsky.social who checked all 50 episodes)

If you’re not listening to @enterprisesplain.bsky.social yet, it’s so worth your ear time. They may gripe but they are all in on Enterprise coverage! 💚🖖🏽

Thank you so much @enterprisesplain.bsky.social for having me on as a guest on this week’s podcast episode about the Star Trek Enterprise episode “Cogenitor”!

If you finish today's episode and still feel like 4hrs of discussion wasn't enough for you, both @firstflightpod.bsky.social and Women at Warp pod have great episodes discussing Cogenitor that we highly recommend for some differing perspectives.

If you listened to us discuss Star Trek ENT's episode Cogenitor for 2hrs last week and felt like it wasn't quite enough -- good news! We discuss it for an additional 2hrs this week! It was a meaty episode with so many different aspects of it discuss and we get into ALL OF IT.

Here at EnterpriseSplaining we are on a Second Contact mission today, revisiting the Star Trek ENT episode Cogenitor. @mxdax.bsky.social joins us as we discuss how this episode handles nonbinary gender and how it compares to similarly themed episodes in TNG and Alien Nation.

#StarTrek ENT's Cogenitor was directed by LaVar Burton and probably had some of the most beautiful cinematography that we have seen thus far on Enterprise. Since we can't share photos on our audio-only podcast, I wanted to put some of my favorite screengrabs from the episode here. 🧵

Our episode on #startrek ENT's Cogenitor is out today and it was a contentious one! Trip has trouble getting his head around genders that aren't male or female, Archer goes on a romantic getaway with an alien captain, and Malcolm ...well, the less we have to say about what he was up to the better.

Our long-awaited episode on Cogenitor is finally out and boy do we have a lot of opinions on it. In particular, you can hear Maria and Bill's absolute shock in real time as they learn about the final scene in the episode.

Ok, so… we all are in agreement that the movies shown on the screen in the Star Trek ENT episode Cogenitor are porn titles, right? I mean “Jailhouse Promise” and “Strange Case of Mr Cigars” COME ON

I just finished posting this thread of all my favorite screen grabs from the Star Trek ENT episode Cogenitor. Say what you want about the episode’s content, but LaVar Burton’s directing on it was exceptional.

#StarTrek ENT's Cogenitor was directed by LaVar Burton and probably had some of the most beautiful cinematography that we have seen thus far on Enterprise. Since we can't share photos on our audio-only podcast, I wanted to put some of my favorite screengrabs from the episode here. 🧵

Our episode on #startrek ENT's Cogenitor is out today and it was a contentious one! Trip has trouble getting his head around genders that aren't male or female, Archer goes on a romantic getaway with an alien captain, and Malcolm ...well, the less we have to say about what he was up to the better.

I cannot tell you all how excited I am that tomorrow you’ll all finally get to hear the full context around this clip of Maria and Bill just screaming “fuck everyone on this show” for like 3min. Cogenitor was quite the episode and brought out all our love and rage in equal measure.

Spoiler from our episode coming out tomorrow about the Star Trek ENT episode "Cogenitor," where Maria and Bill react to learning about a particular thing that happens in the final scene. drive.google.com/file/d/1bftf...

Good luck to Faith of the Heart writer Diane Warren at the Grammy’s tonight! We’re rooting for a best documentary win for her!

Always serving

Our episode today is a second contact mission to revisit the #StarTrekENT episode The Breach -- ya know, the one where a bunch of dudes went spelunking and then Phlox learned that racism is bad. Also, in our Mammary Alpha segment we discuss Trip's use of the word "ass."

If you all haven’t listened to last week’s episode yet, you are missing out! @mikamckinnon.bsky.social was so game and funny, but also so smart that you’ll come out of listening to it with a new appreciation for rocks. Bet you didn’t expect that from a Star Trek Enterprise podcast!

In our episode today, with guest geologist @mikamckinnon.bsky.social, @mariadsouza.bsky.social tells us about the #StarTrekENT episode “The Breach” where the guys do some incompetent spelunking, getting Travis injured again, & Phlox treats an alien from a species that are enemies with the Denobulans

Always listen to Shaxs (unless he wants to detonate the warp core)

Fun fact! If Diane Warren loses again, she will officially have the most Oscar losses without a win than any other person in history! Nothing gets to the heart of Star Trek Enterprise more than trying over and over again and never quite succeeding.

Riiiight… and we all know what the Vulcan Science Directorate says about time travel. Impossible, indeed

In our episode today, with guest geologist @mikamckinnon.bsky.social, @mariadsouza.bsky.social tells us about the #StarTrekENT episode “The Breach” where the guys do some incompetent spelunking, getting Travis injured again, & Phlox treats an alien from a species that are enemies with the Denobulans

Congrats to Faith of the Heart writer Diane Warren on getting an Oscar Nomination for “Dear Me.” We’ll be rooting for her to finally win! 17th times the charm!

New episode out today! We’re on a second contact mission revisiting the Star Trek ENT episode Horizon. We are all just so happy to finally get a good Travis episode! We also have a lot of thoughts about how the ENT crew responds to Frankenstein. Plus our guest Jen Hathorn is back this week!

I officially have added this photo of the absurd button labels on the NX-01 Enterprise to the Memory Alpha page for "turbolift." You're welcome, future Star Trek researchers. memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Turbolift

Our episode today, with guest Jen Hathorn, @uajamie.bsky.social tells us about the #StarTrekENT episode “Horizon.” We finally get a Travis episode and meet his family. Also, there is a lot of Frankenstein content for some reason (but not the one with Jacob Elordi’s hot monster, unfortunately).

The Travis line count on this one is at 128! That’s likely more than the rest of the series combined.

Our episode today, with guest Jen Hathorn, @uajamie.bsky.social tells us about the #StarTrekENT episode “Horizon.” We finally get a Travis episode and meet his family. Also, there is a lot of Frankenstein content for some reason (but not the one with Jacob Elordi’s hot monster, unfortunately).

This is 100% the tagline of the NX-01 under one Captain Archer. But, in less of a bad-ass way, and more of a committing-acts-of-genocide way.

@enterprisesplain.bsky.social is it really true that elizabeth warren wrote the enterprise theme song?

We’re on a second contact mission this week visiting the #StarTrekENT’s Judgement and we have thoughts on this Kirkland brand Klingon court. Also, in our Mammary Alpha segment, we finally learn what it says on the buttons on the NX-01 turbolifts, and it’s weirder then you could have ever imagined.

I've been laughing about this clip for an hour now. And I stand by the opinions I voiced here.