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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This week our crew is revisiting the clone-based ethical conundrum in the Star Trek ENT episode Similitude. Plus, science writer @beebrookshire.bsky.social joins us to chat about the fundamental dangers of cloning, growing into adulthood in two weeks, and why southern accents probably aren't genetic

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In our new episode out today, Maria tells us and guest, science writer @beebrookshire.bsky.social, about the Star Trek ENT episode Similitude where Phlox grows a clone of Trip purely to harvest his brain matter. Ethical dilemmas abound!

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today is the 25th anniversary of the pilot episode of Enterprise! Happy birthday Enterprise! You’re now officially old enough to rent a shuttle pod!

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our crew and noted vest-expert @stealingfromwizards.com are on a second contact mission this week, revisiting the #StarTrekENT episode North Star (the one that inexplicably takes place in the wild west). This episode was trying to say... something, but what it was trying to say was weird!

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In today's episode, @mariadsouza.bsky.social and @uajamie.bsky.social along with guests @jsking.bsky.social and @ericlesch.bsky.social talk about everything they got up to at Dragon Con, including the reaction to our decon cosplay, singing Faith of the Heart at karaoke, and so much more.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The best tip for not catching con crud at @dragoncon.org? Make sure to fully decontaminate multiple times per day! Our EnterpriseSplaining crew implemented these measures and not one of us got sick. Coincidence? We think not!

Photo of Maria, Jamie, and Eric wearing blue Star Trek Enterprise underwear with Connor Trinnear, Dominick Keating, and Anthony Montgomery.

Photo of Maria, Jamie, and Eric wearing blue Star Trek Enterprise underwear with a person dressed as T’Pol and holding a stuffed Porthos

Photo of Maria, Jamie, and Eric wearing blue Star Trek Enterprise underwear

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Giddy-up! It’s our 100th episode and to celebrate Bill is telling us about the ENT episode North Star where the Enterprise Crew finds a colony of humans living a rootin’ tootin’ cowboy lifestyle! Plus, we’re joined by @stealingfromwizards.com, author of the Stealing from Wizards series!

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Birthday Diane Warren! Our crew celebrated last night by leading the entire Hilton bar at DragonCon in a rowdy karaoke rendition of Faith of the Heart. Please enjoy this very long video where we discovered 30sec in that the full song is over 4min.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We ran into our biggest fan, Joe, and he was wearing one of our EnterpriseSplaining shirts in tie dye!

Photo of Jamie and Maria with Joe, who is wearing an EnterpriseSplaining shirt!

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Got some Enterprise-themed ribbons from other fans! I particularly love the one that says “Never underestimate the human capacity for self-delusion” which truly should be the motto of both Enterprise and our podcast.

Two ribbons. The first says “Join the crew of the NX-01. Our uniforms have pockets” and the other says “Never underestimate the human capacity for self-delusion”

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Help! We cannot stop forming decontamination chains.

Photo of three people in a chain is Star Trek enterprise decon chamber cosplay

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We found T’Pol and Porthos in the decon chamber! @dragoncon.org

Photo of Jamie, Maria, and Eric with someone dressed as T'Pol holding a stuffed Porthos. They are all in Star Trek enterprise decon chamber cosplay at dragoncon

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Anthony Montgomery and Connor Trinnear were terribly scandalized by the EnterpriseSplaining crew in our decon uniforms. But Dominick Keating seemed to be into it. @dragoncon.org

Maria, Jamie, and Eric with cast members from Star Trek Enterprise

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Our crew is on a second contact mission in today’s podcast episode, revisiting the Star Trek ENT episode Twilight — it’s the one with the horrible, terrible, no good alternative timeline in which Archer and T’Pol are in a romantic relationship and Malcolm has a goatee (the horror!).

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We ran into a fan wearing one of our Porthos Appreciation Society shirts in the wild at DragonCon! Truly a dream for our silly, little niche podcast!

Selfie of Maria with a fan wearing a Porthos Appreciation Society shirt

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In today's episode, we learn about the Star Trek ENT episode “Twilight” where Archer gets timey wimey brain worms leading to the earth being destroyed, humanity nearing extinction, and Malcolm getting a goatee. But don't worry, it's not all bad! T'Pol wears normal clothes for the first time ever!

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We're on a Second Contact mission on the pod this week revisiting the Star Trek ENT episode "The Shipment," otherwise known as the one where Archer befriends a bigfoot Xindi. We also test our Enterprise knowledge with a (highly questionable) quiz and learn about Starfleet-issued underwear.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Spoiler from the transcript of every single one of our upcoming episodes. Yes. Every one of them.

Jamie: Like, just, none of this makes any sense if you think about it for even, like, a moment.

Maria:Perhaps we shouldn't do that.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We've got a new pod episode out today about the Star Trek ENT episode "The Shipment" where Archer becomes bro-friends with a bigfoot Xindi. Plus guest Dr. Raychelle Burks joins us, mainly to be exasperated at the Enterprise crew's lack of proper safety protocols when dealing with unknown substances!

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We're on a second contact mission this week revisiting the Star Trek ENT episode "Exile." We get into a bit of a scuffle because @uajamie.bsky.social inexplicably defends this episode about an incel alien who creeps on Hoshi, despite @mariadsouza.bsky.social and Bill insisting on its terribleness.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We’ve received a lot of messages from people concerned for @mariadsouza.bsky.social’s well-being since we made her watch the Star Trek Section 31 movie, but we assure you that her recovery has been going well. @darthemiras.bsky.social @trekmarrykpod.bsky.social

Screenshot of a BlueSky post from EnterpriseSplaining saying Our crew is heading out on an away mission this week to visit the infamously lowest-rated Star Trek project on Rotten Tomatoes, the TV movie Section 31. Of course, Jamie and Bill refused to actually watch it, and instead forced @mariadsouza.bsky.social to explain every moment of the movie to them.

Screenshot of a BlueSky reply from Stuart McIlwain saying That's cruel and unusual punishment! Poor Maria.

Screenshot of a BlueSky reply from Stuart McIlwain saying What did Maria do to offend Jamie and Bill? She's, like, the sweetest person.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Our crew is heading out on an away mission this week to visit the infamously lowest-rated Star Trek project on Rotten Tomatoes, the TV movie Section 31. Of course, Jamie and Bill refused to actually watch it, and instead forced @mariadsouza.bsky.social to explain every moment of the movie to them.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In today's episode "Hoshi and the Beast!," Bill tells us about the Star Trek ENT episode Exile, where Hoshi is packed off to a rain-swept castle inhabited by a creepy loner who promises to use his telepathic powers to help the Enterprise if she'll pretend to be his Canadian Girlfriend for a week.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It's Vombie Time this week as our crew heads out on a second contact mission, revisiting the Star Trek ENT episode "Impulse" (the one with the vulcan zombies!). And boy did we all really have fun with this horror-trope filled zombie episode.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

In our newest podcast episode "iVombie," @uajamie.bsky.social about the ENT season 3 episode "Impulse" where World War V has commenced because the Enterprise has to deal with an honest to god Vombie apocalypse (Vulcan zombies!).

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Spoiler for our episode about the ENT episode Impulse coming out this Thursday! Shortest cold open of all Star Trek and yet…

Screenshot of discord where K.O. Myers just finished editing the upcoming EnterpriseSplaining episode about the Star Trek ENT episode Impulse and describes it as: The thesis of the whole show (complimentary) is that you talked about an 18 second cold open for four minutes, and more than half the discussion was sex jokes.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Lower Decks just out here stating what we are all thinking

Screenshot from Star Trek Lower Decks with the subtitle “What was the deal with T’Pol's hair for that one year?”

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

In today's episode, we're on a second contact mission, revisiting the Star Trek Enterprise episode Rajiin. Jim is back as a guest this week to chat with us about Barge 12 Barry and x-ray hands. Plus, in our Mammary Alpha segment, Jamie manages to identify the fourth book on Trip's shelf.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Our new episode is out today on the ENT episode Rajiin where Archer "rescues" a beautiful and mysterious slave girl. In keeping with his taste in women, she turns out to be a spy (at least she wasn't a slug this time!). Plus, our guest Jim Tigwell experiences ENT for his first time through this ep.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

In today's episode, we are on a second contact mission revisiting the Star Trek ENT episode Extinction, while joined once again by guest @granades.com. Spoilers! Despite a history of being hard to please, we all inexplicably enjoyed this famously bad episode.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In today's episode, Bill tells us & guest @granades.com about the #StarTrek ENT ep "Extinction" where Archer&co morph into inarticulate savages who think only of their own species (so big change from the usual) and once again it's T’pol’s job to save these simians!

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Spoiler for next week’s EnterpriseSplaining episode when we talk about “Extinction”

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Our crew is on a second contact mission today revisiting the Star Trek ENT episode Anomaly -- ya know, the one with the torture. And boy do we have a lot of thoughts about said torture and the fact that the writers of this show seemed to be suffering from post-9/11 brain while writing this episode.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In today's episode, @uajamie.bsky.social tells us about the Star Trek ENT episode Anomaly where Archer goes full war criminal and the crew discovers their first large round thing of season 3.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We regret to inform you that our host Bill has discovered the Star Trek title generator

Star Trek ENT title card with the episode title 'A MESSY BITCH WHO LIVES FOR DRAMA"

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Thank you to @bean525.bsky.social for finally adding Enterprise to the title generator! We will be having a good time with this.

Image of the Star Trek Enterprise title card with the words "THIS TREK TITLE GENERATOR NOW HAS FAITH OF THE HEART"

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

In today's episode, we are on a second contact mission, revisiting the Star Trek ENT episode "The Xindi" now that Bill and Jamie have watched it. Let's talk about the disgusting sewer escape, the blatant HR and HIPPA violations, and everything we've finally learned about the Xindi!

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We're back from break to kick off season 3 of Star Trek Enterprise with "The Xindi" where we finally get to actually meet some of the titular Xindis at what appears to be an important terrorist business meeting. Also Trip and Archer have a very bad day attempting to escape from a creepy mine.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Now that we’ve finished covering Star Trek Enterprise season two, we’re going to be taking a much needed four week break from podcasting. This is a great time to catch up on our older episodes! enterprisesplaining.captivate.fm

Original art by Enabuns depicting the team behind the EnterpriseSplaining podcast on the bridge of the NX-01

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We also released a new episode this week where we discuss all our thoughts on Star Trek ENT season 2, revisit the pilot episode Broken Bow, talk about what we hope to see in season 3, and play a very special game of Two Truths and a Lie brought to us by our friends at @firstflightpod.bsky.social!

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

It's been a looong road, but we've finally made it to the end... of season 2 of Star Trek ENT! To celebrate, we commissioned this original art from @enabuns.bsky.social showing out entire podcasting team on the NX-01 bridge!

original art from the artist Enabuns showing the three hosts of the EnterpriseSplaining podcast, their producer, and Eric and Stephen on the bridge of the NX-01 Enterprise

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This week, we're heading out on a second contact mission to revisit the final episode (!) in Star Trek ENT season 2, The Expanse, and discuss at length the 9/11 of it all.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

In today's episode, we finally made it to the end of Star Trek Enterprise Season 2 with the episode "The Expanse," a thinly veiled 9/11 allegory which we're sure Berman and Braga are going to handle in a nuanced, thoughtful way (lol).

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The EnterpriseSplaining crew arguing over what to name our episode about the Star Trek Enterprise episode The Expanse

Jamie:
Putting the Ass in Duras!
But I don't know if ESO will let us use the word "ass"
Maybe:
Space Bermuda Triangle!

Maria:
Girl. It's Spermuda Triangle

Jamie:
We are not calling the episode
Spermuda triangle.
I am putting my foot down on this one.
Eric says we should call it
"Spermuda Triangle (because it's in space)!"

Maria:
SPERMUDA TRIANGLE OR
NOTHING I DIE ON THIS HILL

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Callistratus looks closish. Cattanis? Or something close to that?

Blurry photo of a book that says something that looks like “Cattanis Opera Tom II”

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Our crew is on a second contact this week to revisit the Star Trek ENT episode Bounty. Along with our guest @jarrahpenguin.bsky.social, we discussed all the writhing around T'Pol had to do in this episode under Roxann Dawson's directing, and we did a deep dive into every item on Trip's bookshelf.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Fun Fact! Up to this point in the series, Captain Archer has been kidnapped or otherwise in need of saving in 32% of Star Trek Enterprise episodes, which is more than the percent of women working on the NX-01!

screengrab from the star trek enterprise episode Bounty showing Archer behind a glowy prison thing.

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EnterpriseSplaining @enterprisesplain.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Ever wonder what it sounds like when four people full-body cringe at the same time? Well, our episode on Star Trek ENT's "Bounty" is out today! @jarrahpenguin.bsky.social joins us to talk about this episode where T'Pol rubs her body on lots of walls for some reason and Archer is kidnapped AGAIN.

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