170: Black Lives Matter, SpaceX Launch, DS9 ‘Progress’ and ‘If Wishes Were Horses’

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Space Nerds

Jesse Mercury

183 episodes

7 months ago

Join the Space Nerds for discussions of both science fiction and science fact! Hosted by your constant cosmic companion Jesse Mercury, and featuring a rotating cast of nerds.

WEEKLY SEGMENTS
SPACE NEWS: We learn more about the universe and our place in it by examining the latest in scientific discoveries.

MONTHLY SEGMENTS (rotating weekly)
BLACK MIRROR: Our dystopian fiction nerd Alexandria leads us through discussions of each episode of Black Mirror, exploring the way we interact with science and social media.
DOUG SPACE NINE: Doug and Jesse engage in lively live-streamed discussions of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, breaking down two episodes in each stream. Join a future stream or check out previous episodes at https://www.youtube.com/jessemercuryscifi
FIREFLY: Joss Whedon aficionado and Firefly uberfan Jayne leads us through the Firefly 'verse, discussing and rating each episode of the seminal SciFi show.
STAR WARS CLUB: Jenny, Be and Doug join Jesse for discussions of the galaxy far, far away, including news of upcoming projects, plus deep dives into the films and TV shows.

Our back catalog features full coverage of Star Trek: The Next Generation with Jeff and Babylon 5 with Doug, plus tons of Star Wars, Doctor Who and much more! Previously titled SciFi with Jesse Mercury.

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170: Black Lives Matter, SpaceX Launch, DS9 ‘Progress’ and ‘If Wishes Were Horses’

Space Nerds

3 hours 11 minutes 4 seconds

5 years ago

170: Black Lives Matter, SpaceX Launch, DS9 ‘Progress’ and ‘If Wishes Were Horses’

This week on the Space Nerds podcast: We start off by discussing the Black Lives Matter movement with Jayne, Alexandria, Andi and Jesse. We talk about the fight to end systemic oppression, and ways we can all get involved. Here are links to the foundations we discussed: Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org / Anti-Defamation League: https://www.adl.org/ SPACE NEWS: (Starts at 48:50) This time, we actually lived the Space News! We chat about watching the launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station, and what it means for the future of space travel. DOUG SPACE NINE: (Starts at 1:08:20) Doug and Jesse continue their journey through Star Trek Deep Space Nine with ‘Progress’ (S01E14) and ‘If Wishes Were Horses’ (S01E15), featuring an imaginary romp with Rumplestiltskin, a grumpy old Bajoran building Home Depot projects, and 5000 wrappages of Yamok sauce. Connect with the Space Nerds on Twitter or Instagram: Jesse: https://twitter.com/spacenerdjesse Alexandria: https://instagram.com/MissAJHenderson Doug: https://twitter.com/DouglasWFail Jayne: https://www.instagram.com/jayneinseattle Star Trek Club: Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/saraha_cha_cha Andi: https://www.instagram.com/andialhadeff Star Wars Club: Be: https://www.instagram.com/be_russell755/ Jennie: https://www.instagram.com/jenniemariestudio/ The modern Star Trek renaissance is happening on CBS All Access! To sign up and support this podcast at the same time, click this link: https://cbsallaccess.qflm.net/XjMYG YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/jessemercuryscifi PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/spacenerdspodcast DISCORD: https://discord.gg/H94mQWZ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jessemercuryscifi CONTACT: spacenerdspodcast@gmail.com WEBSITE: https://www.jessemercury.com