M-Class gets Halloween as all heck (in November) with questions about costume parties, spooky experiences, scary campfire stories, PIODI'S, sex perverts, Penthouse Forume letters, and MORE! Then we wrap that baby all up in a nice visit from both David S. and a SURPRISING RETURN CHARACTER?? Not to mention a brand new game from Rich Masters that's surely gonna get your self-sealing stembolts unsealed and ready for action! This is a companion piece to Episode 89 - Two Days and Two Nights (ENT) M-CL...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 16 min
As our collection of vacation episodes come to a close we're reminded just how popular Night at the Roxbury was for a minute or two and discuss the completely unfinished forgotten storyline introduced in this episode! Seriously, why didn't they EVER touch on this again?! This is the FINAL episode of Josh Metcalfe's Risa Tourism Board's Vacation Collection! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodcast And/or follow our perso...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 20 min
In this ep. of M-Class E-Mail we bring the raucous e-mail party directly to your home with missives about who would be our crew from a movie full of septuagenarians, Ferengi holidays, formula 1 racing, all the cats you could ever handle, catch up with David S. and hear his newest story and round it all out with a story from Jeff that will haunt you for days! Not in a spooky way but in an our system is broken way! The episode is super fun though, for real, listen to it. This is a companion piece ...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 10 min
We were promised a race, VOYAGER!! Instead we get relationship drama, awkward come ons, and two Trek Bois who are two different kinds of upset about it! We spend a lot of time tangenting off about stuff we do like though, so at least there's that! This is the 4th episode of Josh Metcalfe's Risa Tourism Board's Vacation Collection! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodcast And/or follow our personal accounts: @_JeffPennin...
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 40 min
In this SUPER DOPE episode of M-Class E-Mail we talk about alternative rock of the 90's, a sitcom dad battle, the media we consume at only certain times of the year, our opinion on a name that we may have dragged through the mud recently but totally didn't mean it baby come on back to us, hear from David S. & wrap it all up with a big beautiful bow by reading another new fantasy DS9 episode written by Rich Masters! All-in-all it's one of the best episodes of E-Mail we've ever done and that's...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Worf hates fun and sexiness so much that he becomes a terrorist and your favorite Trek Bois are left wondering - what does Jadzia Dax, beauty, brains, and half a dozen lifetimes of experience and wisdom see in this giant joyless cretin anyway? We unpack that in this episode but spoilers it's all the good boikin'; gotta be. This is the 3rd episode of Josh Metcalfe's Risa Tourism Board's Vacation Collection! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 54 min
In this brand episode of E-Mail we TREK WIT YA BOOIIIZZZ a lot. We also receive fan art on a podcast, get philosophical with some DEEP THOUGHTS, debate the merits of pork rinds AND the merits of starting a cult, and have an extended conversation for the non-nasty ways we'd use the holodeck if given the chance to program for it! It's a family friendly show this time around, I bet. This is a companion piece to Episode 86 - Captain's Holiday (TNG) M-CLASS IS NOW ON PATREON! Support us with your Gol...
Sep 23, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Captain Picard is bumming out the entire ship with his sleepy crankies so he's forced to go on a vacation to Risa - what a terrible thing to happen to a guy! The Trek Bois talk a lot about posteriors in this baby so get ready to get bummed in a whole new way, Enterprise crew! This is the 2nd episode of Josh Metcalfe's Risa Tourism Board's Vacation Collection! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodcast And/or follow our pe...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 56 min
On this brand new shockingly exciting episode of E-Mail we receive cosmic word from David S. who's visiting the Shore Leave planet with the Missus, recommendations for movies, Nikes for horses, AND t-shirt shops and round it all out with another DS9 tale from the contemporary Samuel Clemens of the podcast Mr. Rich Masters! Without a doubt, all of human history was leading up to this point, and you cannot even disagree with that because that's what history is. TRRREEEKKK BOOOIIISSS! This is a com...
Sep 09, 2020•1 hr 28 min
What do white rabbits, Don Juan, ran-through doctors and princesses have in common? This episode of Star Trek seeks to find the answer and your favorite Trek Bois seek to make sense of it. A tale as old as time... This is the first episode of Josh Metcalfe's Risa Tourism Board's Vacation Collection! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodcast And/or follow our personal accounts: @_JeffPennington @henderson1983 SUPPORT US O...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 34 min
We actually got a lot of e-mails this time around so if you don't hear yours on the program DON'T WORRY, I'm gonna save it for the next quite possibly. Pretty neat, huh? On this episode of e-mail we hear from the nonsensical drug dimension again (as much as we can parse from it), learn some lessons about love and roleplaying as Harry Kim, dive into tangents that will leave people angry about how we didn't get to all the e-mails, and finish up this amazing episode with another Masterspiece (tm) f...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 28 min
When time is awry, who you gonna call? Apparently a low-rent knock-off of an 80's action movie star Harry Kim and the same Chakotay from the prime universe who hasn't changed whatsoever by becoming a space pirate. What do we think about this episodes? Spoilers: It's pretty alright. This is the 5th and final episode of Rich Masters' Any Universe But This One Collection! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons. Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodcast And/or fo...
Aug 19, 2020•1 hr 30 min
Time traveling messages from the far flung alphabetical future, toiletry troubles, heartwarming family time, John Larroquette Fun Facts taken care of FOR US, and to top it all off another episode in the non-season of TNG that Rich "Master of the Written Word" Masters has so graciously dropped on our collective galactic doorsteps! This is a DANG GOOD ONE, folks! This is a companion piece to Episode 83 - Children of Time (DS9) M-CLASS IS NOW ON PATREON! Support us with your Gold-Press Latinum Here...
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 27 min
What if you could sacrifice yourself to save thousands of imaginary future people who don't really exist yet except they're not imaginary because you're hanging out with them and planting rutabagas and whatnot? Would you do it? The sacrifice thing, not the rutabagas. Ok, also the rutabagas. LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE TO FIND OUT IF YOU WOULD OR NOT!! This is the 4th episode of Rich Masters' Any Universe But This One Collection! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons. Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 56 min
uckle up for another excited, mind-expanding episode of M-Class E-Mail! On this edition we hear from longtime listener few-times mailer Sam Linstrom, find out about an entire universe where mind-altering drugs are as prevalent as the water in our own "narc universe", and WE GET A NEW E-MAIL FROM RICH MASTERS?! What could it be?! All this... AND MORE!! This is a companion piece to Episode 82 - Parallels (TNG) M-CLASS IS NOW ON PATREON! Support us with your Gold-Press Latinum Here: www.patreon.com...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Worf is sad he didn't win a big trophy so the entire fabric of space-time continuum is in danger!! We discuss Brannon Braga a lil bit in this episode so if you're don't like gross weirdos this episode might be a toughie but we DO have a great time talking about how awesome Worf is! This is the 3rd episode of Rich Masters' Any Universe But This One Collection! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons. Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodcast And/or follow our p...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 36 min
A ton of shameless promotion, a return to Hitch It, Skitch it, or Ditch it from Desrath, and Jeff tries his damndest to do a Georgia accent after forgetting how to do any! It's a GREAT, albiet extremely short, episode of M-Class E-Mail! blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ This is a companion piece to Episode 81 - Yesterday's Enterprise (TNG) M-CLASS IS NOW ON PATREON! Support us with your Gold-Press Latinum Here: www.patreon.com/mclasspodcast As always patrons at the $5 or higher level have gotten this ...
Jul 15, 2020•40 min
Our intrepid Trek Bois travel into the SLIGHTLY DARKER MORE EVIL(?) UNIVERSE to discover true romance with Shooter McGavin and true horror with just letting a couple hundred people die without knowing whats gonna happen. Join them in this very episode! This is the 2nd episode of Rich Masters' Any Universe But This One Collection! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons. Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodcast And/or follow our personal accounts: @_JeffPennin...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 21 min
Dog questions, mirror universe tirades, and threats to the most sensitive parts of the human anatomy all make up this brand-new episode of M-Class E-Mail! We hear from longtime listeners this time around and finally get a little bit of closure from a fellow who may have given us ONLY FOUR STARS OUT OF FIVE?!? HOW DARE!! It's also a shorter one on e-mails so we tangent off for a TON of fun stuff! blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ This is a companion piece to Episode 80 - Mirror, Mirror (TOS) M-CLASS IS...
Jul 01, 2020•56 min
We're finally talking about the episode that originated the either much maligned or much loved Mirror Universe of Star Trek, depending on who you ask. Is this a great episode worthy of spawning and entire series of sequels or WHAT? We'll discuss it, at least! In this episode. We talk about it. In this one. This is the first episode of Rich Masters' Any Universe But This One Collection! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons. Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClass...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 47 min
What are our unpopular favorites? What do we eat when we're sad? Do we spend over half of this episode talking about the Black Lives Matter movement and getting angry about systemic racism and police brutality? Find out on this exciting new installment of M-Class E-Mail!! https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ This is a companion piece to Episode 79 - Time's Arrow pt. 2 (TNG) M-CLASS IS NOW ON PATREON! Support us with your Gold-Press Latinum Here: www.patreon.com/mclasspodcast As always patrons at ...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 28 min
NOTE: Please listen for an EXTREMELY special message after we sign off in this ep! The mystery of Data's gross severed head is solved but Mark Twain is a giant jerk and becomes a straight-up villain so what can our heroes do?! Well they maybe make some missteps but we'll be the judge of that! This is the final episode of Pizzaman's Western Collectern! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons. Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodcast And/or follow our personal ...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 51 min
This is a companion piece to Episode 78 - Time's Arrow pt. 1 (TNG) M-CLASS IS NOW ON PATREON! Support us with your Gold-Press Latinum Here: www.patreon.com/mclasspodcast As always patrons at the $5 or higher level have gotten this episode a week early - as it is written in the book of BLOOD. Thanks for your support! Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodcast
Jun 03, 2020•55 min
Data's head has been found in a smelly old cave and our heroes are OUT TO FIND OUT WHY! Specifically they do the exact things that will set these events into motion like doing a checklist and we make fun of it but also dig on the story a lot. This episode has just as much of Josh doing a Mark Twain impression as you've always wanted and I guarantee that! This is the 4th episode of Pizzaman's Western Collectern! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons. Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Fol...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 44 min
On this incredible episode of E-Mail we talk TOYS baby! It's basically a J&JStS about TOYS!! We also answer all your most burning questions about crossovers, our ideas for Trek series, skip over some pitch-it-or-ditch-its which were probably super great but we're big ol' jerks, and have a laugh riot of a good time for YOU! This is a companion piece to Episode 77 - North Star (ENT) M-CLASS IS NOW ON PATREON! Support us with your Gold-Press Latinum Here: www.patreon.com/mclasspodcast As always...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 5 min
The Wild West hijinks continue with...a lynching? Oh jeez. A stumbling metaphorical tale set on a Wild West planet that at least makes more sense than TOS' leaves us scratching our heads and making excuses for a good writer but what's our ACTUAL OPINION? Find out on this episode right now by listening to it! Currently! This is the 3rd episode of Pizzaman's Western Collectern! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons. Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodcast An...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 45 min
Programming Note: Due to the audio problems we had while recording the podcast proper, Kevin Cole does not appear in this episode of E-Mail. We were all sad to see him get sucked into that Superman 2 phantom zone void in the internet but we wish him a happy and productive new life with his fellow Kryptonian prisoners. A lot of people make me do a bunch of southern accents, we talk XCom and Trek Bois, we place ourselves in the wild wild west (and what we'd ACTUALLY be doing), and we finally get t...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 34 min
This week we're joined by SPECIAL GUEST KEVIN COLE!! We're discussing the shootinest, darn-tootinest episode of TNG we could find - A Fistful of Datas! Can bad parenting be made up for by great wild west action? Alexander sure hopes so - and Worf definitely doesn't want to even try. Also, Brent Spiner gets to emote! Oh boy! This is the 2nd episode of Pizzaman's Western Collectern! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons. Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @MClassPodca...
Apr 29, 2020•2 hr 4 min
Several attempts at bettering Voyager, 24/7 Star Trek television, Empire Inquistions, David S. gets his e-mail read finally, AND the first in the two-part season finale of Rich Master's Alternate Star Trek Picard! This episode of E-Mail is so incredibly fun that you're gonna go nut! YEEEEEE DOGGIES!! (it's the Western Collectern still) This is a companion piece to Episode 75 - The Spectre of the Gun (TOS) M-CLASS IS NOW ON PATREON! Support us with your Gold-Press Latinum Here: www.patreon.com/mc...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Well howdy pardner! This town ain't big enough for the buncha Trek podcasts out there so it's time for M-Class to get rootin' and tootin' and slap some leather on these varmints. This time us cowpokes sit down to discuss Spectre of the Gun from TOS, the only episode ever where that greenhorn Checkov gets a filly. And of course it's all imaginary. This is the 1st episode of Pizzaman's Western Collectern! Chosen by and voted on by our patrons. Send us an e-mail at mclassemail@gmail.com Follow us o...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 35 min