The strike is over! After what seems like a lifetime, the 2023 writers strike came to an end and with it the request podcasts not do promotional work. Which means we can get back to talking about movies! We’re really excited, but also it’s been

Lower Decks Season 2 and "Prime Directive"

Jul 6th, 2023

We’re back! We’ve watched more Lower Decks and it’s fantastic, while reading a pretty interesting early Reeves-Stevens book that gives us the crunchy look at bad Starfleet beauracracy that we love.If you would like to get exclusive podcasts ple

Lower Decks season 1 and "To Brave the Storm"

Dec 11th, 2022

We slide in under the closing Engineering door of the year to talk about Star Trek’s second foray into animation and the end (for now) of our Enterprise coverage as the Earth-Romulan war ends with a 600 page whimper. That was the thing we were

Beneath the Raptor's Wing

Aug 15th, 2022

We’re back to the past past with the next in the line of Enterprise relaunch books but also in the more present past of modern trek as we watched all of season 1 of Strange New Worlds and talk briefly about what it’s like to have new Star Trek

The 34th Rule

Feb 7th, 2022

We’re back with an infamous book written in part by Armin Shimerman about how he had wished DS9 had addressed the way people treat the Ferengi in Star Trek. Absolutely a thing someone should have done. Does this book manage to tackle it with co

Kobayashi Maru

Jul 18th, 2021

We’re back with another Enterprise book, but also Em’s been digging into some other parts of the Star Trek universe so look forward to a quick run down of the TNG relaunch books on this wild adventure into the nightmare world of space politics,

The Good That Men Do

Jan 10th, 2021

Nobody can say when the intrepid Trek fans returned to history, but that is really the question we’ve come to discuss. Who has constructed this history, and for what purposes? What if Section 31 is actually not that bad? What if Andorians truly

Last Full Measure

Jul 13th, 2020

Pulled out of mothballs for one last mission, the intrepid crew of this ramshackle podcast are back to talk about an Enterprise book and the show as a whole. No other Trek news, but enjoy this microcosm of the whole show over the course of an h

Star Trek Into Darkness

Oct 9th, 2019

We’re back after a long hiatus to … enjoy the worst Star Trek movie ever made! Join us as we take the trek into darkness and come out the other side confused as to why you’d even build a warp core like that, why Khan is even a bad guy in this u

Discovery S02E14 "Such Sweet Sorrow" part ii

Apr 20th, 2019

Star Trek Discovery is finished (for now), and so are we (for now). Of all the souls we have met in our journeys, this was the most television.

Discovery S02E13 "Such Sweet Sorrow" part i

Apr 14th, 2019

In the penultimate episode of Discovery season 2, Tilly’s girlfriend returns, everyone gets a goodbye, everyone gets another goodbye, and nothing really happens. Sorry for a downer one, it will be over soon.The article about the design of the E

Discovery S02E12 "Through the Valley of Shadows"

Apr 9th, 2019

We’re so very, very tired in this, the prepenultimate episode of Discovery season 2. Live long and prosper.

Discovery S02E11 "Perpetual Infinity"

Mar 31st, 2019

Finally Discovery rights itself and we have what we both consider to just be a good episode of Star Trek. Given that it involves forgetting major character motivations and making one of the characters a literal terminator, are we perhaps just f

Discovery S02E10 "The Red Angel"

Mar 24th, 2019

The Discovery solves several mysteries as another giant one opens before them in this episode that splits us in two on what exactly we want or are willing to accept from modern Star Trek. One thing’s for sure, Georgiou would NEVER sleep with St

Discovery S02E09 "Project Daedalus"

Mar 17th, 2019

Wasted potential and piss poor writing does not a good episode make, but we do our best to talk through exactly why this episode of Discovery set a new low for this show. Sorry for the downer one, folks, hopefully next week picks back up!

Discovery S02E08 "If Memory Serves"

Mar 11th, 2019

We’re back to the very beginning as Spock and Burnham go to Talos IV, Christopher Pike actually gets a character arc 50 years later, and Saru reveals that he might never actually be fit for command now that he’s evolved. All this and more as we

Discovery S02E07 "Light and Shadows"

Mar 3rd, 2019

We finally spend most of the episode talking about the actual episode of Star Trek, which means Sarek must be involved! But don’t worry, we get a little bit of time to yell about Enterprise, as is our wont. Also, a shocking revelation about the

Discovery S02E06 "The Sounds of Thunder"

Feb 23rd, 2019

The only thing better than good Star Trek is bad Star Trek.- Gene Roddenberry, 1961

Discovery S02E05 "Saints of Imperfection"

Feb 18th, 2019

Light spoilers for a bunch of DS9 and Enterprise in this episode.What happens when Discovery has its most dramatic story yet? We find time to talk about everything but the actual events of this episode. Combadges, tachyon particles, hair choice

Discovery S02E04 "An Obol for Charon"

Feb 11th, 2019

Saru gets sick, Number One gets a burg, and Stamets gets high af in our fourth episode of Discovery season 2! We cover the ups and downs of this episode, and finally get around to disagreeing on Discovery for maybe the first time? Please enjoy

Discovery S02E03 "Point of Light"

Feb 5th, 2019

It’s time for the Klingons! What does it mean for Star Trek to be bad when there’s so much interesting stuff to talk about? We find out in this amazing mess of an episode!

Discovery S02E02 "New Eden"

Jan 27th, 2019

Discovery gets down and dirty with discussions of religion and the prime dir-oh, excuse me, General Order One, as we delve into the true joys of episodic Star Trek television. This episode isn’t our longest, but it might be our happiest. Please

Discovery S02E01 "Brother"

Jan 21st, 2019

Discovery is back, and so are we! With the Enterprise out of commission, King Cop himself Christopher Pike is here to usher in a new era of fun space adventure. Does he succeed? Well, it’s only the pilot, but so far we’ve definitely ruffled a f

Short Treks 2

Jan 14th, 2019

Short Treks are back! This is the week Discovery season 2 starts! The train never stops and we’re climbing on and not letting go. Please enjoy as we talk about the best and worst of Star Trek short films this week, and prep for the weeks ahead.

Fear Itself

Jan 8th, 2019

The ramp up to Discovery season 2 continues as we take on the third Discovery book and discover that the boy is all right as we spend a very bad day with everyone’s scared anxiety friend Saru! Tholians, imperialism, racial dynamics of the Feder