The Orb: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast

The Orb is a Trek.fm podcast dedicated entirely to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, hosted since 2013 by C Bryan Jones and Matthew Rushing. In January 2023, we begin a 30th-anniversary retrospective that will take you through all of DS9, one episode at a time, as we shift from our format of exploring the minutiae of the show to celebrating 30 years of the greatest chapter in the Star Trek franchise with an episode-by-episode examination.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 57m. Bisher sind 167 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle 10 Tage erscheint eine Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 14 hours 43 minutes

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The Orb 47: Your Greatest Trial Is About to Begin


The Final Chapter, Part 1 of 9: Penumbra. When Sisko arrived at his new post, he had no idea that the journey he would go on would turn him into a god. A We begin a new series of shows that will take you through the entire nine-part, ten-hour Deep Space


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 February 12, 2014  1h8m
 
 

The Orb 46: The Confused Counselor


Ezri Dax. Normally when an actor decides to leave a show early, it doesn't turn out well. But when Terry Farrell left DS9, the writers seized the moment and used the twist to tell Dax stories that weren't possible with Jadzia. We take a close look at Ezri


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 February 5, 2014  1h1m
 
 

The Orb 45: Big City, Small Town Feel


Raising Children on the Station. The children we saw on TNG were raised in a very controlled environment. On DS9, the situation was different. This was much more like the real world. We discuss the pros and cons of raising children on the station and comp


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 January 29, 2014  56m
 
 

The Orb 44: I'm More of an Eelwasser Man


Ferengi Values vs. Federation Values. As Robert Hewitt Wolfe said, "The Ferengi are us. That's the gag, the Ferengis are humans.” We set out to determine if the Ferengi are in fact the closest analogy in Star Trek to twentieth and twenty-first center hu


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 January 22, 2014  1h6m
 
 

The Orb 43: She’s Really Good with d20s


Move Along Home as a TOS Episode. It’s the episode almost universally hated by Niners. Nothing could be less DS9 than “Allamaraine!” right? But what if this were not a DS9 episode, but rather a TOS one? Would it be considered a classic?


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 January 15, 2014  1h6m
 
 

The Orb 42: Unpredictable Variables


Implications of Genetic Enhancement. Ever since “Space Seed” genetic enhancement has been viewed almost universally as a negative within Star Trek. We delve into the pros and cons using “Statistical Probabilities” as a starting point.


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 December 21, 2013  50m
 
 

The Orb 41: Leeta’s Assets, I Presume


Doctor Bashir, I Presume Commentary. Deep Space Nine picked up the concept of the EMH and extended it to the logical next step—the LMH or Long-term Medical Hologram. We bring you a commentary for the episode and discuss the major course change for Bashi


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 December 11, 2013  58m
 
 

The Orb 40: Commanders Have All the Fun


Sisko: Captain vs. Commander. We examine the decision to start Sisko off as a commander, how that decision impacted the reception and direction of the series, and how the character himself changed along with the number of pips on his collar.


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 December 4, 2013  53m
 
 

The Orb 39: The Puppet Masters


Dominion Invasion Tactics. We discuss how the Founders use others to do their bidding, the parallels to the Roman Empire, and what they sought to achieve through their abduction of Sisko and the Defiant crew in the “The Search.”


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 November 20, 2013  1h0m
 
 

The Orb 38: A Nanook of the North Thing


His Way Commentary. We discuss how Odo went from square to cool cat, how easy holograms make practice perfect, and how Vic Fontaine’s premiere on the show was not only the perfect fit for DS9 but also helped the Constable break our of his shell.


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 November 14, 2013  1h2m