Well Happy Frakkin Friday folks! The time has finally come, after twenty years of friendship, Steve has finally gotten Chester, famous for the "History Loves Company" podcast and Visions of the Outside World, to sit down and watch the sci-fi "classic" Battlestar Galactica '04, and then act it out! Everyone knows you cannot just sit two theatre majors down to watch a tv show without them turning it into an audition reel. Enjoy!

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Chester's other Podcast "History Loves Company" https://open.spotify.com/show/0IhMt7kVuAfi5GEmNBeZgR

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Battlestar Galacticast https://open.spotify.com/show/4mXHKhohVDqkounD6kEZy1

Greenshirt: A Newbie's Trek Through the Next Generation https://greenshirt.buzzsprout.com/

"Be Pre-PAAAAAAAIRED!" for another episode of Battlestage Theatrica where Steve takes Chester on his first journey through 2004's reimagined Battlestar Galactica after he's watched it several dozen times.

This week the boys are drinking beer out of the Galactica Top Gun Stein itself and reveling in their personal victories.

Speaking of personal victories, this Sunday I'll be setting up another booth at an artisan market Wallflowr Market LA, at All Season Brewing in downtown Los Angeles. Once a Firestone Tire shop, it has been converted into a craft brewery and a skeeball joint. Come on out Sunday Aug 31 from 12 to 5 and se what all the fuss is about.

Obviously we couldn't decide between a Leelock Holmes title or a Law and Order: BSG title... so we did both.

Happy Frakkin Friday folks, as you'll soon hear, we had to watch Black Market twice. Somehow, our original recording was lost to the ether; maybe a cylon virus wiped it out? Either way, we had to watch the most downtrodden episode twice, its usually one I skip on a rewatch, and you know what.... I had a great frakkin time! So I hope you do to. The proof is in the pudding, given its our longest episode to date because we were having too much damn fun!

Yeah... you heard me. This week we get into an episode called The Farm, where Starbuck is shot in the street, abducted from her loved ones who have no idea what happened to her or if she's even alive, taken to an unknown holding facility, and held without her consent because reasons. Oh, I suppose from the Cylon point of view, she's a criminal who invaded their home illegally even though they now occupy it by means of genocide.

Wow! Good thing this is fiction, right? Frakking hell.

Anyway, and LA listeners that would like to come out and meet us, I'll have a booth for my art and woodworking via ART IN THE ALLEY on Sunday, June 22nd at Enegren Brewing.  444 Zachary St # 120, Moorpark, CA 93021 enegrenbrewing.com⁠ and on June 28th I'll have another booth with the Wallflower Market in Glendale. 10% of all vendor profits from that market go to charity, specifically those effected by ICE.

Happy Frakkin Friday Folks! Are you ready to get your frak on? Because while LA is burning through its own Resistance (Seriously, Frak ICE, deplorable sons of whores), Battlestar Galactica had its own Resistance on multiple fronts. From fighting and frakking toasters, to resisting martial law (Good gods, how is it this episode came out during this time? we recorded this in February! There's no intentional correlation! what the ever loving frak?!?!)

**sigh** this week on Battlestage Theatrica, I continue walking Chester through the show I should have made him watch when we were in our formative years. Its okay, we're still young! Though after covid, the strikes, the fires, and now The Bell Riots (yeah, I frakking said it!!) I really am starting too feel old. I shouldn't feel this old!

That's right folks, this Frakkin Friday Chester learns that Starbuck and Bo Katan are in fact played by the same actress, Katte Sackhoff, who ironically is not even this fine episode of television. Unlike Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars is something Chester watched all on his own! So he should have known better.... send your hate mail to battlestagetheatrica@gmail.com to express your profound disappointment in him!

Happy Frakkin Friday Folks! Season Two continues in this part 2 of a To Be Continued... Probably didn't need to specify that, but who cares? I'm running on no sleep!

This week we tackle Valley Of Darkness which is basically Die Hard in space only the villains have no brilliant dialogue! You hear that Jesse from Open Pike Nite... Die Hard! **mic drop**

Any Los Angeles locals listening, tomorrow, 5/30/2025, I will have a booth of all my nerdy woodworking and art set up at the Old Agoura Flea Market in the AM and the 818 Night Market in the (you guessed it) PM! come on by, mention the podcast and I'll award you with a FREE piece of BSG woodworking! just a little thank you for listening and supporting! So Say We All!!!

Happy Frakkin Friday folks! The wait is over! Commander Adama is not dead... but hes not quite back yet either. Lets see how well Colonel Tigh steers the ship and how Chester handles seeing Scatterbrained for the first time! we're back for season 2 and all I can say is Buckle Up

for my local listeners, next weekend May 31, 2025 I'll have a booth with all my woodworking and artsy wares at the Old Agoura Flea Market (in the high school parking lot) so swing by, meet us, and support small business.

also, correction, I ended up on the Nemesis episode of Greenshirt, which was still a lot of fun, but instead of singing my praises for Insurrection, I tore Nemesis apart.

"Life here began out there!" This line of dialogue transcends the generations, as it is quoted by two men who portrayed Commander Adama, Edward James Olmos and Lorne Greene.

Today, we put a spin on that quote, for our podcast here began back then. While we let Commander Adama recover from Kobol's Last Gleaming, join us on a look back at Battlestar Galactica 1978, with a special twist. Unlike most episodes that Steve has scene a dozen times, this one is just as new since he hasn't seen it since he was a kid!

If you tried listening on Friday, there was a sound issue... that I have now fixed! please carry on with your listening pleasure

You know what's better than one episode of Battlestar Galactica? TWO EPISODES OF BATTLESTAR GALACTICA... and subsequently, only one episode of Battlestage Theatrica.

Happy Frakkin Friday you fine frakkin folks, this show about remembering the past 20 years takes a slightly more fresh turn as we remember last December and the splitting hangover's we had and all the family we had the next day. Therefore, you get a double feature episode (it'll be the last one, I promise).

Join me as I watch Chester watch Boomer SHOOT COMMANDER ADAMA IN THE CHEST and then cut to black! This is like the Walking Dead all over again... well, technically TWD was BSG all over again... you get the point.

To let this scene marinate, next week we'll have a special episode where we take Chester back in time to 1978 and watch the original Battlestar Galactica 1978! stay tuned

Welcome back to Battlestage Theatrica folks, and Happy Frakkin Friday! As if their weren't enough politics in your life, here's two guys talking about fake politics. No, this isn't Fox News, this is Battlestar Galactica '04's 11 episode, COLONIAL DAY!

You know the drill!

Happy Frakkin Friday, Fans of Battlestage Theatrica, we're back with some ACTION! Battlestar Galactica 04's "Hand of God" puts the fear of the gods into the toasters this week as the Galactica goes on the offensive. While they're doing that, Chester and I take to the stage, we see it, put it on our 3-9 line, fire countermeasures, turn hard into it... and pray!

Join us here for the laughs, speculate if Baltar has an angel on his shoulder or a monkey... no wait, the monkey on the shoulder is out of the bottle and down our throats!

Tune in to Chester's other podcast, History Loves Company https://open.spotify.com/episode/47E0VjkbvNwATxU3iw6yps

follow that up with Frak This Podcast, https://councilofgeeks.libsyn.com/, by the Council of Geeks, a group of likeminded individuals who share our format of exposing a new person to BSG.... and that's where the similarities stop... in a good way!

big thanks as usual to the Big Damn Heroes for the use of their song So Say We All https://open.spotify.com/track/7bTSGoiTgc3ThcYt4bUFWr for our theme.

Check out my store SineCera Carpentry etsy.com/shop/sineceracarpentry for my new enamel pins

SO SAY WE ALL

Happy Frakkin Friday Battlestage Theatrica fans! We've finally done it, we've brought you the funniest episode of Battlestar Galactica to date! Directed by Edward James Olmos himself, things go from Donner Party through the Stars to Sitcom through the Donner Party! Stay tuned for ambroisia fueled highjinks!

Friendly reminder to check out Chester's other podcast, History Loves Company https://open.spotify.com/show/0IhMt7kVuAfi5GEmNBeZgR

and my woodworking shop SineCera Carpentry https://www.etsy.com/shop/sineceracarpentry

As usual, big thanks to the Big Damn Heroes for thse use of their song "So Say We All" https://open.spotify.com/track/7bTSGoiTgc3ThcYt4bUFWr

Happy Frakkin Friday Folks! Come one, come all, get Dr. Gaius Baltar's Cure For Cancer! But wait, there's more... buy two cures and get the second one free!

All joking aside, FRAK CANCER! Personally, I've lost serval family members and a few friends to cancer in the past few years alone, and some friends are still battling through it! So FRAK CANCER! If the Family Guy Conspiracy theory is true that the rich and powerful are sitting on stockpiles of cancer cure... I might lose it.

Hopefully that wasn't too frakkin dark, but hey, the show is pretty frakkin dark, yet we still enjoy it and enjoy revisiting it.

Thanks for listening

Frak Cancer

Happy Frakkin Friday Friends! do we have a special treat for you! Trek Culture's very own Sean Ferrick stopped by the stage to chat about one of his favorite episodes, Flesh and Bone. Guess what, we talked about everything else too... to the point that I had to cut an hour and half into 45 minutes. No easy feat! The whole interview will be available, uncut, on our patreon. https://www.patreon.com/c/BattlestageTheatrica?redirect=true

I tried to edit out most of the spoilers, but if you're watching BSG for the first time like our very own Chester, after the preamble, skip ahead to the 1 hour mark. SPOILER WARNING!

catch more of Sean over on Trek Culture and What Culture

https://whatculture.com/videos/10-most-notorious-battlestar-galactica-urban-legends

https://whatculture.com/author/sean-ferrick

History Loves Company https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fUCqA7avU0NriRo2Gqo8L

Open Pike Night with Jonathon Frakes https://openpike.com/episode/jonathan-frakes-on-the-open-pike-night-stage

Theme song by Big Damn Heroes "So Say We All" https://open.spotify.com/track/7bTSGoiTgc3ThcYt4bUFWr

Happy Frakkin Friday, Folks! Its time for another episode of Battlestage Theatrica... without the stage. Sorry, I kinda dropped the ball on writing the scripts. Copying the scripts, whatever. It won't happen again... unless Chester and I are too hungover.

This week on Battlesar Galactica, we're watching Six Degrees of Separation, guest starring Not Kevin Bacon, and we're sending out a PSA to check your partner's spine for glowing red lights. If it does, well, there's endless copies of your partner... naked ones. You get the picture. Enjoy

Send in your stage presence to battlestagetheatrica@gmail.com

History Loves Company : King Arthur https://open.spotify.com/episode/64NntTyfRfsdmZLkRTTgjE

Open Pike Night https://openpike.com/

New Battlestar Galactica themed art at SineCera! https://www.etsy.com/shop/sineceracarpentry

music by Big Damn Heroes https://open.spotify.com/artist/6JmuJ8nr8dfndCfCcd71UK

Happy Frakkin Friday, folks. Chester and I are back from our Athenian sojourn. Still a little jet lagged, but not hungover... because we never stopped drinking. Despite that, no one performs Colonel Tigh in this episode. ... LITMUS. Chester was right last week, folks of the fleet now know that Cylons can resemble human beings... and they're not taking it too well. Stay tuned.

Also, Happy Birthdays to my brother Sam, my cousin Cathy, and my Captain, Nathan Fillion.

If you want to hear more about Greece, check out Chester's show, History Loves Company https://open.spotify.com/show/0IhMt7kVuAfi5GEmNBeZgR

If you're not tired of my voice, check out my guest appearances on Open Pike Night https://open.spotify.com/show/0IhMt7kVuAfi5GEmNBeZgR and their upcoming episode with legendary Jonathon Frakes and Greenshirt https://greenshirt.buzzsprout.com/ where I recently provided the voice over for their new intro... assuming you're not already tired of my voice.

Just kidding about the musical, we just improvise a few songs at the end, but such improvisations inspired us to rewrite our theme song, which we will encourage our fans to participate in.

This week Chester and I are in Greece with my wife, but that doesn't mean you can't have your Frakkin Friday Fix of Battlestage Theatrica! This week we get into some scotch, some songs, the five stages of grief, a little bit of Battlestar Galactica 1978, and a little trash talk about Galactica 1980.

If you're not tired of my voice, recently you can hear me guest and call in on Open Pike Nite https://openpike.com/ and Greenshirt A Newbies Trek Through TNG https://greenshirt.buzzsprout.com/

"My Mother Told Me" by Colm McGuinness https://open.spotify.com/track/4NIY7kAQlGZk5AFFTUrapI

History Loves Company Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/0IhMt7kVuAfi5GEmNBeZgR

SineCera Carpentry https://www.etsy.com/shop/sineceracarpentry

Happy Frakkin Friday, Folks! You know what's exciting? Battlestar Galactica and it's continuing mission to toss Chester's emotions around like an earthquake.

You know what else is exciting...a Frakkin EARTHQUAKE right in the middle of recording! Good times!

Before we go off to Athens and Delphi in search of the Arrow of Apollo, Chester and I re-recorded the episode Act of Contrition because the original audio sounded like Cylons popping out of a toaster! Thankfully, we managed to capture the original essence of the recording. Big shout out to producer John T. Bolds and Cameron Harrison of Open Pike Nite (You too, Jesse, just for being so handsome) for trying to sort out the audio issues. If our political leaders put in half the effort they did.... need I so say more?

Follow us on Instagram @battle_stage_theatrica and Bluesky, however the frak that handle format works

if you'd like to see me art, head over etsy.com/shop/sineceracarpentry and my other instagram @tee_up_cycle to see the wierd art I make out of secondhand shirts

Greenshirt Podcast https://greenshirt.buzzsprout.com/

Star Trek Generations re-edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqCvQzPX5Ko (not the actual video I was talking about, but the point is the same)

History Loves Company https://open.spotify.com/show/0IhMt7kVuAfi5GEmNBeZgR

Big Damn Heroes https://open.spotify.com/artist/6JmuJ8nr8dfndCfCcd71UK

Happy Frakkin Friday Folks! As we continue our Donner Party through the stars we take a little time to remember Richard Hatch (1945-2017) from Battlestar Galactica (1978) and the first time he guest starred on Battlestar Galactica (2004). That's right! It's Apollo versus Apollo in this epic prison yard showdown.

While Chester watches the episode, I took a little time to catch up with my good friend, Vivi Thai, who co-starred with Richard Hatch in one of his final projects, Personal Space (2018). We wax philosophical and get into our love of science fiction, specifically how we need it to save the human race.

So Say We All

Personal Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkTV-np3DJk

Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oUkkBQkSzo

"Old Friends" https://www.stubhub.com/stephen-sondheim-s-old-friends-los-angeles-tickets-3-6-2025/event/156557356/

Dear Earth, I'm Really Sorry https://open.spotify.com/show/6A4vhDX8HTjqhSg7WPV544

Sudden But Inevitable Rewatch https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/firefly-serenity-pilot-jarring-and-two-thousandy/id1548317467?i=1000505655851

History Loves Company https://open.spotify.com/show/0IhMt7kVuAfi5GEmNBeZgR

SineCera Carpentry

etsy.com/shop/sineceracarpentry

Need a way to stay hydrated? No better way than this weeks episode of Battlestage Theatrica! We've got water, whiskey, beer, sweat, tears... Steve is mostly handling the booze while Chester continues to sweat and cry for this Donner Party through the stars!

Music by Big Damn Heroes "So Say We All"

History Loves Company https://open.spotify.com/show/0IhMt7kVuAfi5GEmNBeZgR

SineCera Carpentry

https://www.etsy.com/shop/sineceracarpentry

Happy Frakkin' Friday folks, been a little under the weather so only a little late getting this out... 33 hours late? no, but certainly more than 33 minutes late.

Join Chester and Steve this week as they tackle 33, one of the most acclaimed episodes of the series! We'll have you jumping out of your seats!

History Loves Company https://open.spotify.com/show/0IhMt7kVuAfi5GEmNBeZgR

SineCeraCarpentry

etsy.com/shop/sineceracarpentry

send in audio recordings of your own Battlestar Galactica voice acting and I'll put them in the episode!

Apparently, Chester shouts at people driving a Jeep Rubicon in Italian whenever he sees one. Somehow I don't think that will work out as advertising for Battlestage Theatrica, the podcast that revisits Battlestar Galactica 04.

So Stay Tuned We All

If you're not tired of my voice after an hour, tune into Open Pike Night and here me call in regularly about Star Trek Strange New Worlds... the hosts and other callers also have cool things to say... but we all know why you're listening.

Sorry I'm late to this Frakkin Friday, fine folks, I broke a finger this week and I'm a little delayed. Painkillers won't stop me from publishing my show, juts delay it a while... and make it harder to type.

A very Happy Frakkin Friday to you all! Well, its here! The start to probably my favorite arc of Season 2 (and a front runner for favorite arc of the series)... Pegasus has arrived! No spoilers, just start listening, is too awesome!

Wallflower Market this weekend at All Season Brewing

(800 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles) featuring my two side hustles, SineCera and Tee-Cycling, will have a booth! 10% of all our profits are donated to CHIRLA, The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, chirla.org

Flight of the Phoenix... not Flight of the Blackbird... even though The Blackbird takes flight. All the pieces are there.

That's Showbiz! Happy Frakkin Friday folks, and welcome to Battlestage Theatrica. This week we're tackling The Office... No, Access... NO! Final Cut! That's it! Yeah, its one of those, which are usually pretty bad... but we like this one! Enjoy

CHIRLA https://www.chirla.org/

This has nothing to do with the episode, but having just celebrated the Fourth of July here in the States... Isn't it ironic that the majority of US Citizens today, who are advocating for the deportation of immigrants of a certain origin, get together and celebrate the victories and sacrifices of an army comprised mostly of immigrants who won their freedom from an oppressive regime and over taxation?

Weird.

Well, hopefully we can "re-unite the fleet" some day, but right now, as proud as I am to be an American and a Veteran, I think we're losing sight of what that means.

Yeah I said it... Frak ICE! Come and get me. A few years ago those folks were all anti mask... now they're marching into my neighborhood, masked up, and kidnapping people without warrants.

What does that have to do with this episode of Battlestar Galactica? It's literally called Home, and my home is under duress, and I'm pissed.

Now what can I do about it? Not much, I deliver clean energy by day and artwork by night. Hopefully together they can amount to something. If art is your idea of helping out, come out to the Wallflower Market on Saturday, June 28th, 2025, at 131 N Artsakh Ave. 10% of all proceeds from each artist is donated to CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights). Honestly fraking weird to me that in 2025 immigrants need a special subsection of humane rights... The whole point is we all have them...this shouldn't have to exist... but it does, so please come out and support it and local art.