Prepare your ears, humans. Happy, sad, confused, begins now.

Today on Happy, Sad Confused, it's a start-track the next generation reunion with Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorne, and Jonathan Freaks.

Hey guys, I'm Josh Horowitz, and welcome to another edition of Happy, Sad Confused. I'm your fearless leader, Mr. Josh Horowitz.

You don't have to call me Mr. Doge. Call me Josh if you see me.

And I'm seeing more and more of you at all these live events. And this is another one today.

But it's not just another one, guys. Oh my God, I was dying about this one. This is for season three of Star Trek Picard, a full-on reunion for much of the crew of the USS Enterprise.

What can I say? I am a big-time Star Trek nerd, went to the conventions as a kid, and to get the opportunity to sit down with Patrick Stewart,

his third time on the podcast, guys. How was this my life? Plus his next gen co-stars, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorne, and Jonathan Freaks on the occasion of the new season of Star Trek Picard.

Well, I was in Star Trek, Nirvana. This was a live event at the 92 and why. It was a sold-out event, 800 plus Trekkies, Trekkers, whatever you want to call yourselves were with me. And now it's here for you guys.

There's more in that in just a second. Other things I want to mention. I've been mentioning this in recent weeks, but I want to remind you guys, I don't know how you're listening to the podcast if it's on Spotify or overcast, or whatever the platform.

But I do want to mention, if you haven't tried Spotify, a cool new thing they're doing over there that I was unaware of is you can actually listen and watch the podcasts, including mine, on Spotify.

So if you are Spotify listener and watcher, give happy, sad, confused a try on that platform. And if you're not, that's okay. Watch on YouTube, listen on whatever app you use. I don't care, but I did want to mention that because Spotify is offering that as a new feature. And it's really cool.

We don't have any new live events that I can mention just yet, but we're working on a bunch. There will be more to come. Trust me. And if you want to get in on those live events and be the first to know and get your tickets and get discount codes, go over to patreon.com slash happy sec.

You get confused, not only do you get that stuff, you get merch, you get early access to all the episodes, audio and video, and a lot of fun with the surprises along the way. And for the executive producers at the lofty executive producer level, you get some really cool special stuff, including autograph posters, meeting grates with me, all the bells and whistles, I'll even follow you on your social media platform of choice.

I'm just here for you guys. This is a service industry and I'm serving you.

And my service to you for the week is this episode. This was, as I said, it was a live event. And it was a magical night in New York City. It was, you know, a real like, it was one of those things that I, you know, I could never have imagined happening. I don't think anybody could imagine it happening. This is 35 years after next generation premiered.

I was all of 11 years old when that show came around and I was obsessed from the start guys. But it's been a long while since these folks have gathered for a project.

20, about 20 years or so, I think a little over 20 since Star Trek Nemesis that are last big screen outing. And now on season three of Picard, they have reunited.

And I don't know if I mentioned this in the podcast recently, but I've watched six episodes of this show. And I've had my issues with other seasons of the new Trek shows. I'll be honest.

This one made me so happy. So happy. And if you're next-gen fan, if you're, say, a nine-fan, if you're a Voyager fan, if you have any of the old shows, there's a lot here for you.

A lot of delicious surprises and rewards. It was very satisfying. And again, I've only seen the first six of 10.

So the show is out on Paramount Plus right now. By the time you listen to this, the first episode is out. I think they're rolling them out one at a time.

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