{"podcast":{"title":"Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV","slug":"extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661","podcast_index_feed_id":483661,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5093960.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5093960","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/40066264.jpg","author":"Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV","episode_count":500,"summary":"Join Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, David T. Cole and their valued guests each week for discussion of what's new on TV plus our hall of fame roundtable segment called The Canon, listen as we appoint Winners and Losers Of The Week and of course our ultra competitive TV trivia quiz: Game Time.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661"},"episode":{"title":"598: Should You Enroll In Starfleet Academy?","slug":"598-should-you-enroll-in-starfleet-academy","published_at":"2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661/598-should-you-enroll-in-starfleet-academy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8837466","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8837466.mp3?modified=1768970997&sid=5093960&source=rss","summary":"The Star Trek universe goes teen drama -- and, for once, does it in the/a future instead of the pre- TOS \"past.\" Since it's a Trek property, Andrew returned to talk about Paul Giamatti feasting on his anachronistic lines, whether the show works better as sci-fi or Space High , and where it ranks in Paramount-era Trek shows. We went Around The Dial with Ponies , Andrew's middlebrow-TV catch-up, and Shining Vale before Tara used up her djinn wishes on a What We Do In The Shadows Canon entry. Profilers won, McConaughey lost, and we prayed for guidance in a religious-network Game Time. Escape from your hidden prison planet and join us! GUESTS 👤 Andrew Cunningham TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧑🏽‍🏫 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Around The Dial: 🕵🏻‍♀️ Ponies Around The Dial: 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 The Diplomat Around The Dial: 💪 Invincible Around The Dial: 🧠 High Potential Around The Dial: 👻 Shining Vale The Canon: ⚰️ What We Do In The Shadows S04.E06: The Wedding Winner & Loser: 🔎 Ann Burgess Winner & Loser: 🍺 Matthew McConaughey Game Time: 🙏 Thou Shalt Guess The Title SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Andrew Cunningham on Bluesky 📚 Andrew's book-discussion podcast, Overdue 🖖 Alan Sepinwall's review of Starfleet Academy 👔 Tara's Justin Theroux piece for GQ ✊ Minneapolis-St. Paul mutual-aid resources 🦋 Norm Charlatan on Bluesky 💄 Listen To Sassy 📷 Photo: Brooke Palmer / Paramount+","meta_description":"The Star Trek universe goes teen drama -- and, for once, does it in the/a future instead of the pre- TOS \"past.\" Since it's a Trek property, Andrew return…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4904,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661/episodes/598-should-you-enroll-in-starfleet-academy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661/598-should-you-enroll-in-starfleet-academy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}