Another Frakkin Podcast
Join Marty, Van, and Joseph as we explore Nerdy topics, talk about our favorite fandoms, and how they relate to life, the universe, and everything!
Episodes
Today's episode is “Banquet” and today we’re discussing Food in sci-fi
If you haven’t watched Starfleet Academy, spoilers ahead. If you have, here is a quick refresher.Starfleet Academy is a show following Starfleet Academy Cadet in the 32nd century, after the ending of Star Trek: Discovery. We have returning characters from Discovery and the Doctor from Voyager. Also, technically a DS9 character played by a Lower Decks actress.
Today's episode is “Moon Joy” and today we’re discussing the Moon.Humans have always been obsessed with the moon for all of human history,Myths and religion, and we have much modern media featuring the moon/space, as well as the space race and current Artemis project!
Today's episode is “Shiny” and today we’re discussing the Firefly universe and its animated future.
A few days ago on March 15, 2026, Nathan Fillion, who played Mal, confirmed that there is an animated series (animation by ShadowMachine)
The show will be set in between the ending of the show and the movie. Our initial thoughts to the news and what we had hoped for.
Other properties that have gone the animation...
Today's episode is “Traveling Salesman” and we will each be trying to sell the other two on something we love!
- Marty discusses Vampire Westerns
- Van talks about Whalefall
- Joseph discusses the Stormlight Archive
Today's episode is “Up, Up, and Away” and we'll be talking about the cinematic masterpiece Superman
Today's episode is “Made in the 70s” and we'll be talking about Horror Film made in the 70’s! This is a long one, so take some breaks and enjoy our deep dive! We discuss:
Alien
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Halloween
The Omen
The Stepford Wives
The Exorcist
Dawn of the Dead
Carrie
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jaws
Season of the Witch
The Amityville Horror
Today's episode is “We Don’t Need Roads” and we'll be discussing time travel. Now before we get started, I would like to clarify that we each pick two movies or episodes, so if we don’t discuss your favorite time travel episode or movie apologies. Go ahead and go back in time and tell us what we should have picked.
Joseph Picks
ST Voyager: Future’s End - S3 E8-9
ST DS9: Past Tense - S3 ...
Today's episode is “Ouroboros” and we'll be discussing some episodes in science fiction with time loops. Think Groundhog DayStar TrekTNG: Cause and Effect S5 E18Voyager: Coda S3 E15Discovery: Magic to make the sanest man go mad S1 E7X-FilesMonday S6 E14Doctor WhoHeaven Sent S9 E11StargateWindow of Opportunity S4 E6MarvelWhat If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands? S1 E4FringeWhite Tulip S2 E18
Today's episode is “Ever Expanding Universe (Fandom Edition) Part 2” and we'll be discussing some of our favorite fandoms, how they started and how their universe was expanded! Today We'll be discussing: Doctor WhoJurassic ParkBattlestar GalacticaStargateBabylon 5
Join Marty, Van, and Joseph as we discuss today's episode, “Ever Expanding Universe (Fandom Edition)”. We will be discussing some of our favorite fandoms, how they started, and how their universe was expanded! Today we will be covering the worlds of:Star TrekStar WarsFirefly
Join us for Part 2 next time when we'll cover
Doctor Who
Battlestar Galactica
Babylon 5
Stargate
Marvel
DC
Today's episode is a mini episode “Pi Day” and we'll be discussing some of our favorite Pies.
Our Favorite Pies
Our Favorite Pizzas
Our Favorite Food or Food Moment in Fandom
This is your spoiler warning. If you haven’t seen Section 31 yet there will be spoilers.
In this episode, Marty, Van, and Joseph do a review of Star Trek Section 31.
Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou
Omari Hardwick as Alok
Sam Richardson as Quasi
Robert Kazinsky as Zeph
Kacey Rohl as Rachel Garrett
Sven Ruygrok as Fuzz and Wisp
James Hiroyuki Liao as San
Humberly González as Melle
Joe Pingue as Dada Noe
Join Marty, Van, and Joseph as we discuss Moral Controversy in Sci-Fi.
We'll be discussing the following episodes!
- VOY S2 E24 Tuvix
- ENT S3 E10 Similitude
- Battlestar Galactica S2 E14 Black Market
- Babylon 5 S1 E10 Believers
- Stargate S4 E2 The Other Side
- Stargate S2 E 13 Spirits
- DS9 S6 E19 In The Pale Moonlight
Join Marty, Van, and Joseph as we discuss Pets in Sci-Fi!
Jonesy - Alien
Spot - Star Trek: The Next Generation
Chester - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Grudge - Star Trek: Discovery
Porthos - Star Trek: Enterprise
Han Solo - Star Wars
Morph - Treasure Planet
Dogmeat - Fallout
Einstein - Back to the Future
K-9 - Doctor Who
Join Marty, Van, and Joseph as we discuss Horror movies of the 80s! This Episode We'll dive into the following Movies: The Fly The Lost Boys The Shining American Werewolf in London Pet Semetery The Thing Christine The Nightmare on Elm Street Friday the 13th Hellraiser Predator Alien (not the 80s)
Join Marty, Van, and Joseph as we discuss Villains, from Femme Fatales to Masterminds!
We dive into:
Femme Fatale
-Cat Woman (Batman)
-Saffron (Firefly)
-Anck-Su-Namun (The Mummy)
The Fanatic
-Kai Winn (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)
-Bester (Babylon 5)
-Cardinal Richelieu (The Three Musketeers)
The Master Mind
-Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars)
-Borg Queen (Star Trek)
-Imhotep (The Mummy)
To Villian or Not?
-Smeago...
Join Marty, Van, and Joseph as we discuss tech inspired by Sci-Fi!
In Today's episode we discuss Organ transplant, Microwaves, Cell Phones, Desktop Computers, WARP DRIVE, Self driving cars, Robots, Submarines, Brain-Computer Interface Technology, and the Digital Medical Bay!
Marty, Van, and Joseph Discuss Season 3 of Picard, we dive into the characters , the plot points, and the things that we loved and didn't love about the season.
Join Marty, Van, and Joseph as we talk about our favorite duos, friends, pals, team ups, in fandom! Will it be Bashir and O'Brien? Lucy and Ethel? Find out!
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