Episode 1: Mirror Universe Series
Are we closer to the utopian version of Starfleet or the Mirror universe in the 21st century? What is Mirror Kirk really like? How does the cycle of power keep the Empire functioning? Who is closest to their mirror counterpart? Why does Spock find the “flower of humanity” so refreshing?
Join sisters, Ashlyn and Rhianna as we discuss the episode “Mirror Mirror”  in The Original Series. 

SPOILER ALERT: All of the Original Series. 

This is the first episode of our Mirror Series, where Ashlyn and Rhianna talk about all the episodes that take place in every Star Trek show, from The Original Series to Strange New Worlds.

Find an Ion Storm, jump in the agony booth, and hang out with us next week as we discuss all the Mirror Episodes in The Deep Space Nine. 

DISCLAIMER: We do not own any of the rights to Star Trek or its affiliations. This content is for review only. 

Our intro and outro is written by Jerry Goldsmith.

Rule of Acquisition #55: “Take joy from profit. Take Profit from joy.”
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TOS: Where’s Your Beard?!

Episode 1: The Art Trek Series

Is Spock an expert on old Earth art? What is on Kahn’s bookshelf? Was Kirk a theater nerd? Would Sybok do therapeutic ballet? Why do Klingons love Shakespeare? Join Ashlyn and Rhianna as we discuss the art aspects of the Original Series.

SPOILER ALERT: The Original Series 

This is the first episode of our Art Trek series, where Ashlyn and Rhianna talk about the art aspects of every Star Trek show, starting with the Original Series and ending with Picard. 

Grab your dancing shoes and prepare for next week’s episode, Art in the Next Generation.

DISCLAIMER: We do not own any of the rights to Star Trek or its affiliations. This content is for review only.  

Our intro and outro is by Jerry Goldsmith.

Rule of Acquisition #3: “Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.”
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TOS: Shatner and the Shakespeare Swagger

Episode 1: Caves

How does Star Trek use caves as metaphors? What is the role reversal with Kirk and Spock in “Devil in the Dark”? What are the masculinity dynamics down in the mines? What is TOS trying to say about motherhood in “Friday’s Child”? What did the Cave represent in “Friday’s Child”? Join Ashlyn and Rhianna as we discuss these questions and more in this Caves Original Series episode. 

This is the first episode of the Caves series, where Ashlyn and Rhianna talk about the caves episode in every Star Trek show, discussing every Star Trek series. 

SPOILER WARNING: TOS: “Devil in the Dark” and “Friday’s Child” 

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Violence from and against women 

Next week, we’ll return to the Original Series to review the rest of the Caves episodes.
 
DISCLAIMER: We do not own any of the rights to Star Trek or its affiliations. This content is for review only.  

Our intro and outro is by Jerry Goldsmith.

Rule of Acquisition #203: “New customers are like razor-toothed gree-worms. They can be succulent, but sometimes they bite back.”
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TOS Part I: Mother of the House of Silicon (With Guest, Austin Smith)

The Duras Sisters Podcast is all about honoring the fantastic characters and storylines in the Star Trek Universes. Two sisters, Ashlyn and Rhianna Herd, join the House of Duras and partake in weekly discussions about every series of Star Trek through a philosophical lens and Series Theme. 

Each series will feature a theme and every new episode will travel from the Original Series to Prodigy, diving deeply into each detail of this epic franchise. We have covered these series: Pilot, Family, Love and Affection, Time Travel, Villains, Movies, Feminism, Death Fake Outs, First Officers, and the current Spooky series. 

This podcast is the Star Trek fix you didn't know you needed, brought to you by the sisters who are as close as Lursa and B'etor themselves… except we survived Generations.

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