Introducing New Hosts
 
Usually, when one hosts leaves it's common for another host to be auditioned and recruited to share the vital tasks of editing and producing a professional sounding show. With Justin Oser leaving as host recently, we thought we'd shake things up and do something unique, so we've invited 3 new hosts to join us. They are Ria Papageorgiou, Kevin Scharf and Pierre LaRocco and this episode is their introduction.

In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Joe Keegan and Amy Nelson introduce not one, not two but three new hosts to join us and talk about all things TNG. Topics include introducing Ria Papageorgiou, Kevin Scharf and Pierre LaRocco, the new host's favorite things about Star Trek and a Scottish Lockdown Quiz with some wandering into a discussion on flags.

Chapters
Intro (00:00:00)
Introducing Kevin Scharf! (00:06:28)     
Introducing Pierre LaRocco (00:07:57)
Introducing Ria Papageorgiou (00:09:12)
New Host Favorite Things (00:12:26) 
Why You? (00:35:13)
Scottish Lockdown Quiz (00:40:39)l
Final Thoughts (00:52:18) 
Closing (00:57:35)

Running time: 1 hour 2 minutes 27 seconds

Hosts
Joe Keegan, Amy Nelson, Ria Papageorgiou, Pierre La Rocco, Kevin Scharf

Guests
N/A

Production
Joe Keegan (Editor and Producer) Amy Nelson (Producer) Ria Papageorgiou (Producer) Pierre La Rocco (Producer) Kevin Scharf (Producer) Tony Robinson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E Hueter (Associate Producer) Thomas Appel (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Chris Tribuzio (Associate Producer) Joe Keegan (Associate Producer) Jim McMahon (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art)

Jack Crusher.
 
Best friend to Captain Jean-Luc Picard, husband to Dr Beverly Crusher and father to Wesley Crusher. We only get to see Jack Crusher in a few short appearances; in one of which he's a hologram, another he's an hallucination and in the third he's dead. In "Family" we see a holographic Jack Crusher with a message for Wesley from when he was a baby. Then, in "Violations" we see Beverly's painful memory of visiting Jack in the morgue after Captain Picard had return his body to Earth. Finally, Wesley receives another message in the form of an hallucination in "Journey's End."

In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Joe Keegan and Amy Nelson discuss the character of Jack Crusher. The discussion includes his role as father, husband and best friend and we try to piece together the facts we have about him to give us an idea of what kind of man he was.

Chapters
Intro (00:01:16)
Feedback (00:03:25)
Jack Crusher (00:07:26)
Jack's Death (00:12:41)
Husband (00:18:44)
Father (00:36:51) 
Friend (00:51:10)   
Final Thoughts (00:57:10) 
Closing (00:59:56)

Total Run Time (01:12:35)

Hosts
Joe Keegan, Amy Nelson

Guests
N/A
 
Production
Amy Nelson (Editor and Producer) Joe Keegan (Producer) Tony Robinson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E Hueter (Associate Producer) Thomas Appel (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Chris Tribuzio (Associate Producer) Joe Keegan (Associate Producer) Jim McMahon (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art)

Aging and Death.
 
Death is a natural part of life and an unavoidable consequence of aging, even in the 24th century. As time marches on, so must we. We have seen many characters prematurely age due to outside influences or grow old gracefully. We see one alien culture declare old age as a burden and set rituals for death while Klingons send their fallen warriors to the great Sto'Vo'Kor.

In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Joe Keegan and Amy Nelson have the pleasure of welcoming Ria Papageorgiou to discuss the idea of aging and death as perceived in the 24th century. We share our personal stories to growing older and our perceptions of death.

Chapters
Intro (00:00:00)
Listener Feedback (00:05:03)
Welcome, Ria! (00:09:10)
Death and Aging (00:14:40)
Aging in TNG (00:23:08)
Death in TNG (00:44:03) 
Final Thoughts (01:01:54) 
Closing (01:07:27)

Runtime: 1 hour 15 minutes 27 seconds

Hosts
Joe Keegan, Amy Nelson

Guests
Ria Papageorgiou

Production
Joe Keegan (Editor and Producer) Amy Nelson (Producer) Tony Robinson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E Hueter (Associate Producer) Thomas Appel (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Chris Tribuzio (Associate Producer) Joe Keegan (Associate Producer) Jim McMahon (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art)

Borg Collective Set.
 
"We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile." These immortals words were spoken by one of the Enterprise crews most relentless enemies - The Borg. We cover the topics of the evolution of the Borg from Q's first introduction in "Q Who" to Lore's mini-collective in "Descent" and continue the conversation on the next episode of To The Journey.

In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Joe Keegan and Amy Nelson are joined by TrekFM's To The Journey hosts Liam Smart and Zachary Fruhling to discuss the Borg episodes from The Next Generation and Voyager included in the Borg Fan Collective set. The episodes discussed include, Enterprise's "Regeneration" and TNG's "Q Who," "Best of Both Worlds," "I, Borg," and "Descent."

Chapters
Intro (00:01:12)
TTJ Intro (00:05:44)
"Regeneration" (00:09:41)
"Q Who" (00:22:28)
"Best of Both Worlds" (00:31:01)
"I, Borg" (00:46:01) 
"Descent" (00:55:05) 
Final Thoughts (00:59:46) 
Preview (01:07:35) 
Closing (01:10:19)

Hosts
Joe Keegan, Amy Nelson

Guests
Zachary Fruhling, Liam Smart

Production
Amy Nelson (Editor and Producer) Joe Keegan (Producer) Tony Robinson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E Hueter (Associate Producer) Thomas Appel (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Chris Tribuzio (Associate Producer) Joe Keegan (Associate Producer) Jim McMahon (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art)