Hugo Award-winner Frank Wu comes back to the podcast to talk about another big story featuring the Borg Queen. We discuss the merits of Seven’s love interest, the advisability of getting assimilated on purpose, and (our favorite subject) why Ha

Bad Dad of the Dark Frontier (The Two Parters)

Apr 24th, 2022 52m 21s

In the latest of our two-part Voyager stories, we spend quality time with the Borg Queen and returning podcast guest Tammy Coron. We discuss about Seven’s childhood and why the promise of connection in the collective would be so seductive. And

Klingon Neelix Is Killing It (The Two-Parters)

Apr 7th, 2022 52m 1s

Jeff Gamet, tech journalist, podcaster, and big fan of Star Trek, returns to Voyager Revisited to discuss The Killing Game, a two-part story from Season 4 that lets us really get to know those scary Delta Quadrant bad guys, the Hirogen. It’s an

Year of Hell Revisited (The Two-Parters)

Oct 30th, 2021 52m 1s

Don’t be alarmed! This is not a temporal incursion. Year of Hell is one of the most admired episodes of Voyager. One year ago, on episode 19 of this podcast, software developer and podcaster Tammy Coron was our guest. We were six months into th

Scorpion's True Nature (The Two-Parters)

Oct 18th, 2021 48m 3s

John Chidgey, engineer, podcaster, and big fan of Seven of Nine, returns to Voyager Revisited to discuss Scorpion, the two-part story that concludes Season 3 and opens Season 4. Scorpion is best known for the introduction of Seven, but on this

The Future Never Ends (The Two Parters)

Oct 3rd, 2021 49m 33s

We are covering all the two-part stories in Voyager. They are all excellent. The Voyager crew return to Earth.🎉 But wait, it’s 1996 Earth. 🤦‍♀️ It’s Future’s End, and if it weren’t such fun, time travel would give us a headache. We get to

Back to Basics (The Two Parters)

Aug 30th, 2021 55m 19s

We are covering all the two-part stories in Voyager. They are all excellent. We’ve already done Caretaker (“Invitation to a Holographic Hoedown”). Next up is Basics, in which the Kazon, under Seska’s treacherous leadership, take over Voyager,

The Rediscovered Vulcan

Apr 10th, 2021 51m 16s

We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country this week on The Incomparable network. Have a listen to not one but two panels, on the mothership episode and on Random Trek. Then come back here for the two podcast

The Dark Night of Janeway's Soul

Feb 27th, 2021 55m 19s

Psychotherapist and host of a weekly tech and culture show, Georgia Dow talks about the mental health consequences for the Voyager crew as they travel through a large swath of space empty of stars, planets, and other ships. In “Night,” Janeway

Little House on the Class M Planet

Feb 13th, 2021 36m 39s

Podcaster and comic con host Moisés Chiullán returns to the podcast for a romance-themed episode inspired by Valentine’s Day. We watch the classic episode “Resolutions” which finds Janeway and Chakotay stranded on a planet together, possibly fo

Resistance is Futile: Talking Voyager with Dad

Feb 1st, 2021 34m 40s

This episode’s guest is Bob MacDonald Sr., self-proclaimed 85-year-old codger, retired teacher, and the man who bought our family a color TV so we could watch Star Trek when it first aired in 1966. We talk about space mission launches we witnes

Organics Are So Revolting

Jan 9th, 2021 54m 18s

Shelly Brisbin is the latest guest. She’s a fan of B’Elanna Torres and The Doctor, so we chose Revulsion (S4E5) for our homework. The story of the lonely hologram, stranded on a ship by himself, is one of the best Voyager episodes, with Torres

Voyager's Lower Decks

Nov 30th, 2020 50m 1s

Star Trek is giving some attention to the junior crew this year in Lower Decks, the animated series available on CBS All Access. In this episode of Voyager Revisited, our homework was to watch Good Shepherd (S6E20), in which Janeway gives some

Leading Your Crew Through A Year Of Hell

Oct 29th, 2020 50m 43s

Tammy Coron, software developer, author and podcaster, comes back to Voyager Revisited to discuss Janeway again. Tammy appeared on our second episode, “What Would Janeway Do?” We continue to take lessons from Voyager’s captain, this time examin

Neelix Has Had It With Your Condescending Attitude

Oct 12th, 2020 54m 52s

James Dempsey returns to Voyager Revisited to chat about our favorite Talaxian, Neelix. This week’s homework, Rise (S3E19), gives us a chance to appreciate the challenges that Neelix has overcome, making his characteristic sunny disposition eve

Pheromones Defeat Death Ray!

Sep 26th, 2020 53m 34s

Playwright David J. Loehr, fellow podcaster on The Incomparable network, discusses one of his favorite episodes of Star Trek ever: Bride of Chaotica! (Yes, the title has an exclamation point.) David has a deep love of the 1930s serial adventur

Challenge Testing the Phage Vaccine

Sep 6th, 2020 55m 55s

Frank Wu is back! Besides being a Hugo Award winning artist, Frank holds a Ph.D. in Bacterial Genetics. He’s the perfect guest to analyze—and criticize—the Vidiian scientists and their method for finding a cure for that debilitating and disfigu

Paris in Lockdown

Aug 1st, 2020 56m 16s

We finally set our sights on Tom Paris. I admit that gingers are my weakness, so I’ve always had a bit of a crush on Paris. Jeff Gamet of Smile Software and former editor at The MacObserver (who happens to be a ginger) is this episode’s guest a

B'Elanna Torres: 50% Klingon, 100% Engineer

May 1st, 2020 46m 3s

Miraz Jordan, a writer, educator, and longtime Mac nerd who lives in New Zealand joins Jean to talk about one of our favorite crew members, B’Elanna Torres. The homework for this episode is to watch Dreadnought, a brilliant showcase of B’Elann

The Picard Support Group Is Now In Session

Apr 3rd, 2020 31m 54s

STAR TREK: PICARD SPOILERS ABOUND! On a special episode of Voyager Revisited, Brianna Wu returns to discuss the new Picard series, which just wrapped, from Voyager fan point of view. Of course we talk about Seven Of Nine’s new incarnation a

Janeway vs. the Three-Armed Jellyfish

Mar 23rd, 2020 34m 14s

Why spend all our time watching a virus on the news when we could watch a virus on Voyager? A virus that mutates and grows to be huge. Bonus: our Captain really kicks virus ass. If only we had antigen bombs in the 21st century. Joe Rosensteel i

Captain Harry Kim On The Bridge

Dec 22nd, 2019 55m 23s

In the latest of our character-focused episodes, Frank Wu joins Jean to talk about Harry Kim. Frank is a four-time Hugo Award winning artist, who recently designed the bookcover for the Klingon translation of The Art of War. He is a super enthu

Commander Chakotay and The Kazon Kid

Dec 7th, 2019 48m 16s

Podcaster and comic con host Moisés Chiullán joins Jean to talk about Star Trek’s first Native American main character and a great first officer, Chakotay. We also chose to focus on the episode “Initiations,” in which Chakotay is ensnared in a

Tuvok Defying Gravity

Oct 18th, 2019 40m 36s

Our guest this week is prolific podcaster from Trek.fm, Justin Oser, who co-hosts Earl Grey and The Line, the latter focused on the new Picard series. Given Seven Of Nine’s return in Picard, Justin’s been rewatching Voyager and recently watched

A Conspiracy of One

Oct 2nd, 2019 29m 56s

Photonic fleas, be free! In this episode, Australian engineer and podcaster John Chidgey comes aboard to make the case for The Voyager Conspiracy (S6E9) as one of the must-watch Voyager episodes on Jean’s Voyager Viewer’s Guide. He argues that