Dmnit Jim The Podcast

Dmnit Jim The Podcast

A fun and fascinating look at Star Trek, the original series that aired from 1966 - 1969.

Hosted by Dan Calzaretta and Dana Smith we take you on a journey from the very first episode to the last, with insights, fun facts and fascinating trivia.

01/07/2024

Played Damnit Jim the Podcast - THE GAME
with friends this weekend!
I actually won the first game.

28/06/2024

Listen in today as The Damnit Jim Podcast wraps up discussions on The Original Series. Who's the best love interest? What was the best story? What percentage of the time did crewman die? There's a lot here to unpack, so listen in before we start our discussions on the movies with the TOS characters (which starts next week!).

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27/06/2024

We're wrapping up our take on Season 3 and all of The Original Series. Listen in this Friday as Dan and Dana take a deep dive into what worked and what didn't with TOS over it's 3 year run. We also take time to thank everyone who supported us over the last couple of years as we went episode by episode through this fantastic series we all love.

Find us on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. Remember, it's not too late to become a fan of a podcast people have called: "Extremely funny", "Dangerous to listen to while driving", "Witty", "Hugely entertaining", "Spot on", "Clever" and "a much appreciated take on my favorite series".

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14/06/2024

It's here! "Turnabout Intruder", Dan and Dana discuss the last episode of the Original Series. We talk about the sexism in this episode and the way Dr. Lester/Capt. Kirk loses the crew. There's a trial where Scotty becomes a prosecutor, Chekov speaks out against the death penalty and neither Dan or Dana can do a Russian accent this week. Plus, we received a board game based on our podcast. We talk to our friend Pam who created the game and thank her profusely! And we finally let everyone know what are plans are now that the Original Series is over.

You gotta listen in! Find Damnit Jim the Podcast on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube!

13/06/2024

It's almost here... Season 3: Episode 24 - "Turnabout Intruder", the last episode from the Original Series. Dan and Dana discuss this much maligned episode this Friday. We'll talk about Shatner's acting (the good and the over-the-top) as well as Spock's stoic stance and McCoy's insistence that Kirk keeps his shirt off. There's Chapel's new hair color and Uhura is missing from her station plus Dan and Dana receive the coolest gift ever!

Listen in tomorrow on your favorite Podcast App or on YouTube.

Photos from Dmnit Jim The Podcast's post 12/06/2024

We finished our review of the last episode of Star Trek The Original Series last night.
One of our friends sent us this board game she created as a gift for making her laugh. We don't make money from the podcast, everything we've earned we turn around and find ways to spend it to thank our listeners. This is the greatest "payment" we could have gotten.

10/06/2024

If you listened in to the podcast this weekend, you heard Dan and I disagree on whether or not there was a violation of the Prime Directive in "All Our Yesterdays".
We're leaving it up to our listeners to decide if Kirk and Spock violated the Prime Directive. If you have thoughts on this, please share here on FaceBook or you can call and leave a message on the Damnit Jim phone line: 509-676-6298.

07/06/2024

Listen in today as we discuss "All Our Yesterdays". Dan and Dana discuss the plight of Spock eating animal flesh and we both confess to having been vegetarians at some point in time. McCoy gets surly with Spock and nearly gets choked to death. Dana wonders how Zarabeth got all these nice amenities and Dan thinks sword fighting is something they teach at Starfleet Academy.

Listen in as we discuss all the twists and turns in this exciting episode. Find us on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube, but find us as there are only 2 episodes left!

06/06/2024

This Friday, we discuss Episode 23, of season 3: "All Our Yesterdays". Dan and Dana believe this might be one of the best Star Trek episodes of season 3. We talk a little about time travel and CDs and Laser Discs, the pick-pocket who (or is it "whom") Dan can't understand a word she says and then there's Spock reverting to ancestors barbaric ways.... As always, there's something for everyone.

Listen in this Friday on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. Join the fun and listen in and don't forget to call or drop us a line and we'll play your message on the air.

31/05/2024

It's here! The Damnit Jim Podcast discussion of "The Savage Curtain". The guys wonder why, once again, an alien race wants to pit the Enterprise against some bad guys to see how things turn out. We get philosophy from an ancient Vulcan, wisdom from Abe Lincoln and a smoldering pile of lava rocks that is hoping to learn something about humans. There's something here for everyone.

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30/05/2024

A talking rock and Abe Lincoln...

3 Episodes left! This week, Dan and Dana discuss, "THE SAVAGE CURTAIN". Kirk and Spock meet their heroes thanks to a animated, talking rock who pits them against some serious baddies. The Enterprise is put in peril and Kirk and company must win to save save the ship and their lives!

Listen in this Friday on you your favorite Podcast app or, on YouTube. We've got listener comments and all kinds of interesting information you'll definitely want to hear.

30/05/2024

3 Episodes left! This week, Dan and Dana discuss, "THE SAVAGE CURTAIN". Kirk and Spock meet their heroes thanks to a animated, talking rock who pits them against some serious baddies. The Enterprise is put in peril and Kirk and company must win to save save the ship and their lives!

Listen in this Friday on you your favorite Podcast app or, on YouTube. We've got listener comments and all kinds of interesting information you'll definitely want to hear.

24/05/2024

Listen in today as Dan and Dana discuss, "THE CLOUD MINDERS". Kirk and crew are in a race against time to save another planet facing a plague, but naturally, they get involved in a class struggle. Kirk gets in a couple of scrapes, while Spock becomes enchanted with a sc****ly clad cloud dweller. Somehow we get on the topic of Chia Pets and Pet Rocks, but try not to stray too far off the show.

Listen in on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. We read your comments and play listener's phone calls and we have great time relating the storyline. There's only 3 episodes left after this one. Don't miss out!

23/05/2024

We're counting down the last episodes of the original series... This Friday, we discuss, "The Cloud Minders". Dan and Dana wonder why Spock spills the beans on Pon Farr so easily and why the non-violent society thinks torture is not a form of violence. The guys find plenty of reasons to laugh, but still plenty to applaud for in this episode.

Find us on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube! After this episode there are only 3 left... you're going to want to stay tuned to see what we'll tackle next.

17/05/2024

We're replaying our discussion on "Friday's Child." Thanks to long-time listener Pam McClung for the suggestion! The guys share listener comments, including one from a guy who took us up on the "wife attend" challenge! Another listener sent us a recipe for a famous sandwich in Philadelphia called the Schmitter. Here is the . The guys also wonder if McCoy is the father of an alien child, how Kirk and Spock can make bows and arrows so quickly, and why Dana is so enthralled with the guest actress Julie Newmar, who is still alive -- and we would love to get her on the show!

Find us on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube!

12/05/2024

Happy Mother’s Day from the Damnit Jim Podcast.

08/05/2024

This Friday we're discussing "The Way to Eden". Kirk and crew have an encounter with space hippies that throws Kirk off and brings back an old flame for Chekov. Spock seems to be able to "connect" with the free-thinkers, and even finds time to jam with them. Don't be a Herbert and miss this amazing episode. Listen in as we lay down some cool vibes... as only the Damnit Jim Podcast can do! Do you reach?

03/05/2024

Today, Dana and Dan discuss "Requiem for Methuselah." Kirk and his team visit a supposedly uninhabited planet in search of an antidote for Rigelian fever. They find an old, cranky guy and a beautiful young woman who Kirk gets a different kind of fever for. Of course, there is some rambling in this episode, as well as more talk about Lamb Chop and the English professor who corrected our grammar several episodes ago, yet we still manage to discuss this intriguing episode.

Find us on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. This is definitely an episode you don't want to miss!

02/05/2024

Tomorrow we discuss "Requiem for Methuselah". Listen in as we talk about Kirk's huge crush, McCoy's love for Brandy and Spock's impossibly immense knowledge of Brahms, da Vinci and other great old Earth artists. Is this one of the best episodes of Season 3? Listen in and find out how we rate it.

Find us on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube! We're closing in on the end of Season 3 and you don't want to miss any of these conversations!

25/04/2024

On Friday, April 26, we replay one of our most popular podcast episodes and arguably the most popular Star Trek episode of all time, The City on the Edge of Forever. Don't miss this fan favorite by listening on your favorite podcast app, or by clicking here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3qyvg3iSlnFgpBGnpoICp7?uid=969dae227ccf0652906f&uri=spotify%3Aepisode%3A4Hnh2sreYtJXG1kJoQZwL8

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25/04/2024

Due to technical problems... we'll be delaying the next podcast until May 3rd. Sorry for this delay. We will be releasing one of our previous episodes this Friday.

19/04/2024

It's here! Listen in today as we discuss, "The Lights of Zetar". A new Lieutenant gets her brainwaves altered by some aliens (Dan gets his brainwaves altered by this episode), and Scotty fears he'll lose his new found love, while Kirk and Spock try to figure out how to stop the alien from destroying everyone. We get the ramble jar out as we talk about different types of salad and how Dana almost died riding in the back of a convertible... There's something here for everyone.

Listen in on your favorite Podcast app or on YouTube. You can follow this link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/226Eh4kozgXvzW7Mb0rBEF

18/04/2024

Tomorrow, the guys discuss "The Lights of Zetar". Listen in as we talk about Scotty being in love, McCoy's love for giving hypos and the cool concept of Memory Alpha. Of course there's some rambling in between all this and questions about the aliens and the use of the pressure chamber.

All this and more when you tune into the Damnit Jim Podcast this Friday on your favorite podcast app or you can find us on YouTube!

12/04/2024

Season 3: Episode 17 - "That Which Survives". Listen in today as Dan and Dana discus the highs and lows of this episode. The ramble jar gets brought out as we cover everything from Geologists to Anthropologists and which pizza's we like best and still find plenty of time to talk about a new phaser setting for digging a grave and how Scotty is well aware of the time crunch he's working under.

Find us today on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. Only 7 episodes left.

11/04/2024

Tomorrow we're discussing, "That Which Survives". We get dead crewmen, a beautiful alien, a smart-aleck Spock and a very frustrated Scotty, not to mention we get into some detail about pizzas. There are lots of questions and occasionally we provide some answers and some humor along the way.

Find us on your favorite podcast app (apple, google, spotify... there are plenty of them) or find us on YouTube, but be sure to find us!

05/04/2024

This week Dana and Dan discuss "The Mark of Gideon." The guys talk about how Kirk seems to disappear while beaming down to the planet Gideon, but ends up on what seems to be an empty Enterprise. Naturally, he runs into a beautiful woman and sparks fly as they ponder what the empty ship can mean. The guys also read listener comments, play some phone calls, and Dan rails against the "grammar police."

Don't forget you can get a free Damnit Jim the Podcast Polo shirt just by calling in and leaving us a message on the Damnit Jim hotline: 509-676-6298.

If nothing else, find us on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube!

01/04/2024

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29/03/2024

This week Dana and Dan discuss "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield." The guys talk about how the Enterprise is on its way to decontaminate a planet when they are suddenly hijacked by a strange alien. Everything is not as black and white as it seems. This is the first time Kirk gives the destruct code. And the guys ramble about toll roads, frozen peas, and talking during live theater performances.

Find us on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. We'll also tell you how to get a free Damnit Jim Podcast polo shirt. Be sure to listen in!

21/03/2024

This week, we're replaying a fan favorite, "What Are Little Girls Made Of". Be sure to listen in tomorrow as we discuss the finer aspects of Androids and Stalactites and add to the dead crewman count (which always makes Dan happy). Nurse Chapel plays a big role in this, but can she overcome the fact that her fiancé has been cooped up with a beautiful Android for several years? There's more to this story than meets the eye.

Find us on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube. If you've been wanting to check us out, this is a great episode to start with.

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