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Today we are discussing episode 10 of season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Hide and Q.” Find this episode's image roundup here! The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about AI and the apolcalypse, Rufio being an IRL panda, and a long talk about the science of phobias. Here’s the TikTok Jessie referenced. You can listen to our Pride advice episode here! Please support us if you can! We’ve got some hot hot deals going on right now— -Lots of bonus stickers if you join through Patreon! -30% off all the stickers in our shop (including limited edition ones!) -30% off your first month of sticker club Also, check out our new “The Final Fronqueer” shirt  Want to support us in other ways? Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of all the ways you can do so!  Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Follow us on Instagram!  Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us!   Music credit: "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  -edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are discussing Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1, episode 9, “The Battle.” The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about Admiral Jellico, the future of contraceptives, and biological compatibility between species.  You can listen to our Pride advice episode here! Please support us if you can! We’ve got some hot hot deals going on right now— -30% off all the stickers in our shop (including limited edition ones!) -30% off your first month of sticker club -Lots of bonus stickers if you join through Patreon!  Also, check out our new “The Final Fronqueer” shirt! Want to support us in other ways? Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of all the ways you can do so!  Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Follow us on Instagram!  Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us!   Music credit: "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  -edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are discussing Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1, episode 8: Justice.    The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about Star Trek: Discovery and bonobos.    It’s time for our semi-annual fund drive! Please consider supporting us in one or more of the following ways—we can’t do this without your help! -Join our Patreon this month for cool sticker bonuses! -Join our sticker club through our shop for 30% off this month! -All of our stickers are 30% off, including the back catalogue of sticker club offerings! These are limited and only available until the end or June or they sell out, whichever comes first.    Also, check out our new “The Final Fronqueer” shirt!   Want to support us in other ways? Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of all the ways you can do so!    Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Follow us on Instagram!  Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us!   Music credit: "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  -edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are discussing season 1, episode 7 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Lonely Among Us.”  Find the image roundup for this episode here! Join us on Patreon for tons of fun stuff, including extended versions of all our episodes. The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about Lark’s bird bath, a little Wayne’s World aside, broken sinks, and leaving the future for peanut butter (aka the show “Picard”).  To prepare for our next episode, please watch Strange New Worlds s2e8, "Under the Cloak of War." CW: this episode is about war and trauma and is extremely upsetting. If watching something like that isn't for you right now, you can read the super detailed wiki summary here! Or just listen to us talk about it, that's cool too! Check out our new “The Final Fronqueer” shirt! Want to support us in other ways? Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of all the ways you can do so!  Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Follow us on Instagram! Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us! Music credit: "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  -edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are discussing Star Trek:TNG season 1, episode 6, “Where No One Has Gone Before.” Find the image roundup for this episode here! Join us on Patreon for tons of fun stuff, including extended versions of all our episodes. The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about the trippy screensavers we liked to look at while high in high school, whether the actor who plays Kosinski was gay, Jessie’s favorite childhood jigsaw puzzle, and an extended version of our Janeway discussion! Check out our new “The Final Fronqueer” shirt! Want to support us in other ways? Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of all the ways you can do so!  Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Follow us on Instagram! Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us! Music credit: "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  -edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are re-releasing our episode about the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode, The Day of the Doctor! We will return to our regularly scheduled programming asap. In the meantime, you should totally join our sticker club, because it's really cool and this month's sticker is Magical!!! You can also join in combination with our Patreon by selecting one of our sticker tiers when you sign up! Want to support us in other ways? Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of all the ways you can do so!  Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Follow us on Instagram! Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us! Music credit: "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  -edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are discussing season 1, episode 5 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “The Last Outpost.”  Find the image roundup for this episode here! Join us on Patreon for tons of fun stuff, including extended versions of all our episodes. The Patreon version of this episode contains ~9 minutes of bonus content about height differences, leaving voicemails, 26 episode seasons of TV, and a mini Personals sections! Want to support us in other ways? Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of all the ways you can do so!  Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Follow us on Instagram! Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us! Music credit: "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  -edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Gayly Planet is now officially a Star Trek: The Next Generation podcast! In honor of the new subject matter, we made you a little introduction episode— listen now to meet the queer nerds behind the hot takes. Find Jessie on instagram Find Lark on instagram or on his website The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about ~gender~ and the joys of seeing an animal when you have ADHD!  Find everything Hashtag Ruthless on our website Follow us on instagram Check out our Patreon And find all the ways to support our work! Music credit: "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  -edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are discussing season one, episode 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Code of Honor.” Find the image roundup for this episode here! Join us on Patreon for tons of fun stuff, including extended versions of all our episodes. The Patreon version of this episode contains a bonus conversation about Jessie encountering the trials of having to shave their face.  This is the last Star Trek TRIAL episode! We will make our decision in two weeks, so get your friends to listen now if this is a thing you want us to continue! Right now, Lark is offering cute portraits of people and/or pets in order to raise money to cover Rufio’s vet bills! You can commission one through our shop OR by joining our Patreon for a year up front! Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Follow us on Instagram! Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us! Music from https://filmmusic.io  "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)  License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are discussing season 1, episode 3 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “The Naked Now.”  Find the image roundup for this episode here! Join us on Patreon for tons of fun stuff, including extended versions of all our episodes. The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus conversations about Futurama and our strongly differing opinions about MCM furniture! Right now, Lark is offering cute portraits of people and/or pets in order to raise money to cover Rufio’s vet bills! You can commission one through our shop OR by joining our Patreon for a year up front! Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Follow us on Instagram! Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us! Music from https://filmmusic.io  "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)  License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we have a Valentine’s Day bonus episode for you, in which we discuss the Star Trek TNG episode “Deja Q” (season 3, episode 13)!  This episode originally came out as a bonus ep for our other podcast, EsGAYpe From Reality, back in January of 2023.  Right now, Lark is offering cute portraits of people and/or pets in order to raise money to cover Rufio’s vet bills! You can commission one through our shop OR by joining our Patreon for a year up front! Follow us on Instagram! Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us! Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Music from https://filmmusic.io  "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)  License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the second of two episodes that we have for you today, in which we dig into the Star Trek: The Next Generation pilot episode, Encounter at Farpoint parts 1 and 2! If you missed the first of today’s eps, in which we discuss the possibility of us becoming a Star Trek podcast, why we would do so, what we love about the show, and what we will add to the conversation, be sure to check that one out as well!  You can get Chuck Tingle’s “Not Pounded By The Physical Manifestation Of Someone Else's Doubt In My Place On The Autism Spectrum Because Denying Someone's Personal Journey And Identity Like That Is Incredibly Rude So No Thanks” as part of this compilation if you don’t want to support Amazon, or get the story on it’s own as a kindle ebook here!  Find an image roundup of the things we discuss in this episode here! Join us on Patreon for tons of bonus content, including extended versions of all our episodes—the Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about: your hosts shared apple snobbery and John de Lancie’s role on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  Right now, Lark is offering cute portraits of people and/or pets in order to raise money to cover Rufio’s vet bills! You can commission one through our shop OR by joining our Patreon for a year up front! Follow us on Instagram! Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us! Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Music from https://filmmusic.io  "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)  License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the first of two episodes that we have for you today! This episode is a discussion about why we might be switching to a Star Trek: The Next Generation podcast, what we love about the show, and what we have to add to the conversation! Don’t miss the other episode, in which we talk all about the pilot episode of TNG, Encounter at Farpoint!  Join us on Patreon for tons of bonus content, including extended versions of all our episodes. Right now, Lark is offering cute portraits of people and/or pets in order to raise money to cover Rufio’s vet bills! You can commission one through our shop OR by joining our Patreon for a year up front! Follow us on Instagram! Check out our rad merch! Here are all the ways you can support us! Listen to our other podcasts wherever you’re listening to this one! The Gay Pirate Podcast is about Our Flag Means Death We Are The Gayers is about Buffy the Vampire Slayer EsGAYpe From Reality is about the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell Music from https://filmmusic.io  "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)  License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we have such a special treat for you! We were joined by Alex Steed for a discussion about Can’t Stop the Music—a movie you probably haven’t heard of, but don’t let that stop you from listening. As requested, there is an extremely thorough summary of the movie (almost 10 minutes long! I did my best!) at the beginning, so even if you don’t plan to watch the movie, you should have all the information needed to enjoy our conversation.  Find Alex on the internet @alexsteed on socials, and find You Are Good @youaregoodpod on socials (and listen wherever you listen to pods!) Here are some excellent clips from the movie: Milk commercial YMCA scene Opening Credits Images of the things we discussed can be found on the episode webpage! Right now, Lark is offering cute portraits of people and/or pets in order to raise money to cover Rufio’s vet bills! You can commission one through our shop OR by joining our Patreon for a year up front! There are a ton of ways you can support our work, both financial and not! Here are all the ways you can help! Support us on Patreon to help keep this podcast (and all our pods!) on the air! Follow us on Instagram and check out our website! Music from https://filmmusic.io "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are discussing Barbie (2023)!  Support us on Patreon to help keep this podcast (and all our pods!) on the air! The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about working from home, Lake Superior, Lark’s barbies, and The Velveteen Rabbit!  Images of the things we discussed can be found on the episode webpage! Here’s a very detailed plot breakdown of the movie! Follow us on Instagram and check out our website! There are a ton of ways you can support our work, both financial and not! Here are all the ways you can help! Music from https://filmmusic.io "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are talking about Subspace Rhapsody, the Star Trek Strange New Worlds musical episode!!! Support us on Patreon to help keep this podcast (and all our pods!) on the air! We need to hit $3,500 by December 31st, and when we do, patrons will unlock Lark Trek—a bimonthly newsletter where Lark talks about his feelings about an episode of Star Trek! The pilot episode of Lark Trek is available to the public and you can read it right now! Here are the links we promised: Drunk History about Nichelle Nichols Portland Welcome Market is December 16th Our next episode will be about the Barbie movie! Please leave us a 5 star written review on Apple Podcasts! The Patreon version of the episode contains nearly 10 minutes of bonus content about: Millennial baby names, square jawed white dudes, actors making music, Futurama, our desire for the Klingon side of this story, genre actors, young Kirk, and an interruption from Jessie’s cat! Join our Patreon today to get early access to extended versions of all of our episodes! Follow us on Instagram and check out our website! There are a ton of ways you can support our work, both financial and not! Here are all the ways you can help! Music from https://filmmusic.io "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are discussing the first 13 chapters of The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman! Help keep Hashtag Ruthless pods on the air by joining our Patreon or Sticker Club (or both!), buying some cute merch, or leaving a donation!  5 star written reviews are also super helpful, and so is telling all your friends about our shows!! Listen to Jessie’s guest episode of Her Dark Materials here! Our next episode will be about the Star Trek Strange New Worlds musical episode (s2e9, Subspace Rhapsody)! You can purchase just the one episode if you don’t have Paramount+ Want to support our work? Here are all the ways you can do that! Find us online at hashtagruthless.com and instagram.com/hashtagruthlesspods  Music from https://filmmusic.io "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Halloween! Today we are discussing the Doctor Who two-parter, Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead! Want to support our work? Here are all the ways you can do that! Find us online at hashtagruthless.com and instagram.com/hashtagruthlesspods  Music from https://filmmusic.io "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our Camp Damascus double feature! Part one is our discussion about Chuck Tingle's “Camp Damascus,” and part two is our interview with Chuck Tingle about the book, writing autistic characters, queer representation, stepping away from Harry Potter, timelines, science fiction, and so much more! You can listen to the extended versions of both our discussion about the book and our interview with Chuck! While you're there, consider joining our Patreon! Order Camp Damascus here! Preorder Bury Your Gays here! Join Chuck's Patreon here! Read “Deconstructing Damascus” here Follow Chuck on Instagram! We will be back in two weeks with another science fiction double feature about the Doctor Who episodes “Silence in the Library” and “Forest of the Dead!” Want to support our work? Here are all the ways you can do that! Find us online at hashtagruthless.com and instagram.com/hashtagruthlesspods  Music from https://filmmusic.io "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -Edited from the original- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Halloween month! We are kicking off spooky season with an episode about Buffy The Vampire Slayer season 2, episode 6, “Halloween.” If you want to hear us talk more about Buffy, check out We Are The Gayers! Grab your tickets for our live episode recording about Rocky Horror! The show is on October 19th at 8:30 ET, on zoom! We hope to see you there 💜 Want to support our work? Here are all the ways you can do that! Find us online at hashtagruthless.com or instagram.com/hashtagruthlesspods  Music credit: "Zazie" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Stay The Course by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5048-stay-the-course License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Feral Angel Waltz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.