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| The Jihad (TAS) | 29 Aug 2024 | 00:52:41 | |
Star Trek meets Mission Impossible this week as Kirk and Spock join the cast of a heist movie, "ONE OF OUR CUNEIFORM TABLETS IS MISSING!" Will they recover the lost ark and keep the peace in the Middle East? Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Eye of the Beholder (TAS) | 22 Aug 2024 | 01:26:31 | |
First, we wrap up the weekend at Fort Collins Comic Con. Then, when KSM become the zoo animals, we revisit our discussion from the very first Star Trek episode "The Cage". Are zoos a net good? What of animal autonomy? Will Becca ever recover from hitting that groundhog? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Discussed on this weeks episode:
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| The Survivor (TAS) | 20 Jun 2024 | 01:13:18 | |
When the Enterprise encounters a vulva-headed alien masquerading as a lost human, the crew are lured into a Romulan trap. Outgunned with no shields, will our heroes escape? Will the Vendor unload all of those worthless Pop Vinyls before the end of the con? Could Vulcans really just be Vendorians? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Special thanks to this week's winner, Lt Cmdr. Anders! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Introductions | 08 Sep 2022 | 00:28:45 | |
Allie & Sarah introduce themselves and talk about their connection to Star Trek, humanism, and why this podcast even exists. Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at threadless.com/humanisttrek Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Humanist Trek Promo | 07 Sep 2022 | 00:03:34 | |
Here's a little sample of our introductory episode! Episode 1 drops on #StarTrekDay 8 Sept 2022, but patrons get every episode early! We hope you'll join us on this Star Trek rewatch journey! #LLAP Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com | |||
| More Tribbles, More Troubles (TAS) | 13 Jun 2024 | 00:52:49 | |
When genetically modified tribbles send Sarah on a rant about the many misconceptions about "GMO", Allie must try to get the pod shuttle back on course while also dodging hungry tribbles and angry Klingons. Will we get to the end of the episode? Will there be no tribble at all? As mentioned in this episode: SciBabe Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Lorelei Signal (TAS) | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:50:30 | |
From new tattoos to new friends (including Star Trek's Randy James!!), Allie and Sarah had a great time as usual at RetroMania 2024 in Aurora, Colorado. Then, when the women of Star Trek are finally given the lead, will they choose a planet full of men or bears? Does this episode make up for the Enterprise stranding Melllvar in the first episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series? Can we please have more Uhura in command? As mentioned in this episode: Allegoric Art Tattoo Linnea Tanner, Author Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| One of Our Planets is Missing (TAS) | 30 May 2024 | 00:47:24 | |
When another Melllvar cloud being starts eating planets, will our heroes shoot it or try to make contact? Why do we allow human ego to drive our treatment of other life forms? Will Allie ever watch Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers? LAST CHANCE! Join our hike team or Donate at: humanisttrek.com/hike Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Yesteryear (TAS) | 23 May 2024 | 00:56:28 | |
How would you feel if you had to go back in time and watch your young self receive the worst bullying of your life all over again? How can Spock's dad stand by and watch his son endure this trauma and not intervene? Are the big expectations placed on Vulcan children healthy or harmful? Join our hike team or Donate at: humanisttrek.com/hike Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Beyond the Farthest Star (TAS) | 16 May 2024 | 00:45:57 | |
Animated Sarah and Animated Allie beam into the ST:TAS universe! Why did they leave Melllvar on that dead star? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Star Trek TOS Series Finale | 09 May 2024 | 00:48:21 | |
Patrons Sara and Russell join Sarah, Allie, and Becca for a fun game of TrekWord! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
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| Turnabout Intruder (TOS) | 02 May 2024 | 01:07:17 | |
When Kirk and an old lover get Freaky Friday body swapped, the crew must uncover the truth. Why can't women be starship captains? Why haven't you joined our team or donated to support suicide prevention yet? Join our hike team or Donate at: humanisttrek.com/hike Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| All Our Yesterdays (TOS) | 25 Apr 2024 | 00:59:43 | |
In the penultimate episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, KSM find themselves on a planet whose people have time warped into the past to escape their planet's sun going nova. Is Kirk a witch? Will Spock finally put McCoy in his place? What happens if these people fuck up the space time continuum? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Savage Curtain (TOS) | 18 Apr 2024 | 01:14:37 | |
When the Enterprise drops by Planet "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln", good and evil are put into a poorly executed experiment. Did Duane the Rock Monster learn anything today? Why is President Lincoln army crawling in his nice suit? Were Lincoln's own words used in this episode? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Slaver Weapon (TAS) | 15 Aug 2024 | 00:57:24 | |
If that time capsule your class did in 1987 was opened in a billion years, what would they think of your polaroid picture from your summer vacation to Gatorland, some poisoned raw meat, and a Bop It!? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Cloud Minders (TOS) | 11 Apr 2024 | 01:11:33 | |
James Kirk, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk walk into a bar. Speaking of, this episode of Star Trek: The Original Series sets the bar pretty high. This week, Kirk and the gang stumble into a scathing indictment on the class inequality in American and around the world. Is capitalism killing us? Are the people who are most subjugated essentially forced to become criminal to survive? Again... why haven't we eaten the rich yet? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Way to Eden (TOS) | 04 Apr 2024 | 01:16:16 | |
When the Enterprise tracks down a rogue band of Space Hippies, Star Trek gets baked out of its mind and takes a big swing at the counterculture movements of the 1960's. Why haven't we eaten the rich yet? Is the grass greener on the other religion? Do you reach, man? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Requiem for Methuselah (TOS) | 28 Mar 2024 | 01:13:47 | |
When the Enterprise finds an old recluse man with a daughter-ish/lover-ish android Real Doll, Sarah and Allie almost quit the podcast. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Lights of Zetar (TOS) | 21 Mar 2024 | 01:02:56 | |
When Shari Lewis puts down her puppets, the Enterprise bumps into a corporeal life form who just want to be where the people are so much that they're killing everyone in their path to find some bodies. Did they kill the Zetarians or are they just off terrorizing more people? Did Scotty's new love just get dropped off at the library never to be seen again? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| That Which Survives (TOS) | 14 Mar 2024 | 01:29:28 | |
When the Enterprise stumbles upon a planet whose inhabitants are long gone but who also left their Brinks Home Security System armed, crew members start dropping left and right, victims of a randy murderous mystery woman. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Mark of Gideon (TOS) | 07 Mar 2024 | 01:08:13 | |
When Star Trek takes a swing at the "overpopulation problem", Kirk is kidnapped and used to introduce a deadly STD into the population. The writers even kicked both sterilization and prophylactics past the 1960's censor goalpost. Is Earth spiraling toward overpopulation? Are we prepared to make difficult decisions for the survival of our species? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (TOS) | 22 Feb 2024 | 01:05:47 | |
When Star Trek stops hiding the humanism behind the sci-fi filter, American™ racism and hatred is put on blast. They didn't even bother hiding the mirror on this one. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Whom Gods Destroy (TOS) | 15 Feb 2024 | 01:01:53 | |
When Star Trek revisits the Plane'arium storyline, the proverbial inmates have taken over the asylum led by a shapeshifting madman. Once again questions of rehabilitation, medication, and individual rights and liberty come to the fore. What effect does this new medication have on the inmate? Do inmates have the right of refusal of "care" in Star Trek? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Elaan of Troyius (TOS) | 08 Feb 2024 | 01:13:01 | |
When Star Trek trades in Cowboy Diplomacy for Marriage Diplomacy, Sarah and Allie find themselves in a very discomforting place. Why is the Federation forcing this woman to go through with the diplomatic marriage she doesn't want? Why are the Klingons even in this episode? What even are those stones in that necklace, anyway? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Empath (TOS) | 25 Jan 2024 | 01:09:09 | |
When Kirk and the Gang find the missing scientists dead, they also discover some cousins of the bootyheads from the pilot. With a sun going nova imminent, can good ol' human emotion save a planet full of mute aliens that we only ever see one of? Did they even try saving any of the other aliens on the other planets in this system? Why don't people just ask for help? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Ambergris Element (TAS) | 08 Aug 2024 | 00:41:59 | |
When Kirk and Spock are medically converted to fish people, they discover a whole civilization of fish people in danger of quakes. The Youngs and the Olds have different ideas about a lot of things, and their solution to their differences is not something we expected from Saturday morning / after school special style television! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Wink of an Eye (TOS) | 18 Jan 2024 | 01:21:25 | |
Just how far would humans go to ensure our survival as a species? What would we kill to save ourselves, and where's that line? Why aren't we willing to try new things? What's Sarah's "clicker story"? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Plato's Stepchildren (TOS) | 11 Jan 2024 | 01:08:09 | |
Star Trek often asks the question, "What would a civilization based on 'XYZ' look like?" This week it's the ancient Greeks and KSM find themselves in the position of defending against another powerful alien species drunk on their own power. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch EDIT 1.14.24 - File replaced to correct SACC Question. | |||
| The Tholian Web (TOS) | 04 Jan 2024 | 00:54:53 | |
When Star Trek runs out of story ideas, it's time to revisit that old idea of Logic v. Emotion and how Kirk uses the best of both to be an effective leader. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (TOS) | 28 Dec 2023 | 01:07:05 | |
McCoy catches a terminal case of xenopolychlamydia, the crew stumbles upon a Truman Show asteroid ship, and Allie's back on the dating apps. Could Allie find love at first sight like McCoy? Will she avoid the dick pics and the xenopolychlamydia? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Merry Trekmas 2023 | 21 Dec 2023 | 00:33:15 | |
Snoop Claus visits the studio for the weediest Christmas ever! Thanks to everybody who sent us gifts, you're the real MVP's. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Day of the Dove (TOS) | 14 Dec 2023 | 01:21:06 | |
When a hate vampire sets the Federations and Klingons against each other, can Uhura's sweet sweet singing bring them all together? Can we identify the hate vampires active in our own lives today before it's too late? They are EVERYWHERE! Do we even have the power to stop them? Guest: X. Ho Yen - https://xhoyenauthor.com/ Author of Minimum Safe Distance and Custodians of the Future Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Spectre of the Gun (TOS) | 07 Dec 2023 | 00:49:32 | |
When Sarah and Allie are depressed and not excited about decorating for Christmas, the Ghost of Christmas Past yoinks them back to the past - 1881 in Tombstone, Arizona, to be exact. Will this stupid episode of Star Trek reignite their Christmas spirit? Not likely. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Is There In Truth No Beauty? (TOS) | 30 Nov 2023 | 01:19:31 | |
When Dr. Pulaski returns, 1960's beauty standards come under fire. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| And The Children Shall Lead (TOS) | 23 Nov 2023 | 01:21:25 | |
When a bunch of Children of the Corn on a scientific outpost cause their parents to Jim Jones themselves, they call to the guardians of the watchtowers of the East and release "he who walks behind the rows" back into the galaxy. Star Trek continues to be relevant as ever as we question whether innocent followers who don't know any better are just as liable as the evil people pulling the strings? People who aren't taught critical thinking and scientific skepticism are very susceptible to "fake news" and "stolen elections" and "vaccine disinformation"? SAY IT AIN'T SO! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Paradise Syndrome (TOS) w/ Dr. Mohamed Noor | 16 Nov 2023 | 01:54:04 | |
When Kirk suffers from amnesia, will the big Manhattan musical go on? How many awful "native American" tropes can one 1960's TV series cram into one episode? Is the transporter a killing machine? Find out this week on Humanist Trek! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all of Dr. Noor's socials, watch presentations, and more at BioTrekkie.com Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Time Trap (TAS) w/ Dr. Erin Macdonald | 01 Aug 2024 | 01:14:17 | |
When the Enterprise falls into the coat pocket of the universe, astrophysics Ph.D. Erin Macdonald beams up to debunk the junk and make us laugh! Will we successfully network a Mac and a PC? Does Scotty have a box of old cables and adapters? Will this episode of Star Trek: The Afterschool Special get us all to set aside our differences and get along already? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Enterprise Incident (TOS) | 09 Nov 2023 | 01:19:55 | |
When the Enterprise crosses into the Romulan DMZ, Spock fingers a Romulan Commander while Kirk steals a cloaking device (treaty be damned). Is it "OK" to do things during war that would otherwise violate your values? Why does this episode seem to say "yes"? Just what does a Vulcan penis look like, anyway? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Spock's Brain (TOS) | 02 Nov 2023 | 01:13:50 | |
When Spock's brain is stolen by dopey aliens, Kirk, Bones, and Scotty take RC Spock on Star Trek: The Search for Spock's Brain - Weekend at Bernie's style. Brain and brain! What is brain?! You're not high enough for this episode. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| TOS Season 2 Review | 26 Oct 2023 | 00:34:25 | |
How much do we even remember from Season 2? And what do we have to look forward to next season? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Assignment: Earth (TOS) | 19 Oct 2023 | 01:15:11 | |
What's Allie's great idea? Is Data's cat Spot canonically also a hot chick? Why do time travelers always act powerless? Will Kirk allow Marty to make sure his parents bang at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance? What are the rules of time travel anyway? How short can a miniskirt get? This episode asks more questions than it answers. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Bread and Circuses (TOS) | 12 Oct 2023 | 01:13:33 | |
The TOS writers once again explore the idea "What would have happened if 'x' hadn't fallen?" Not 1920's Chicago. Not Nazi Germany. No, this episode of Star Trek: The Original Series begs the question, "Men: How often do you think about the Roman Empire?" Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch
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| The Ultimate Computer (TOS) | 05 Oct 2023 | 01:19:22 | |
People's fear of automation operates on "Sarah's Pendulum Theory of Everything". In the 60's? Vehicle Manufacturing. Today? AI. Can AI and the like coexist with capitalism or will ChatGPT take over the starship and start torpedoing the shit out of everything? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Omega Glory (TOS) | 28 Sep 2023 | 01:07:24 | |
When the Enterprise discovers their sister ship Exeter in orbit of a planet, they find the Exeter crew has been raptured. What’s “Left Behind” is just piles of crystal meth. Meanwhile, in a different episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, some people are doing some performative jingoistic American Christian nationalism. How are these two stories connected? Very tenuously. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| By Any Other Name (TOS) | 21 Sep 2023 | 01:22:05 | |
When powerful aliens capture Kirk and the gang with another Landru device, the crew defeat them with irritation, jealousy, and boners. Roll for initiative! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Patterns of Force (TOS) | 14 Sep 2023 | 01:30:11 | |
Sarah and Allie slip on some armbands and kick march around the studio... No, I'm not doing this. I refuse to put swastikas on our cartoons and there's no good jokes to write here about this literal Nazi episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. Listen to this episode, punch a Nazi, and learn from history. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Return to Tomorrow (TOS) | 07 Sep 2023 | 01:27:11 | |
It's the 1-year Anniversary of Humanist Trek! Allie and Sarah's bodies are taken over by ancient aliens that may be our great great great grandparents, Dr. Pulaski's excited to host an alien katra, and Nurse Chapel finally gets Spock inside her. OH MYYY. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! William Shatner for Promise Margarine 1974 TV commercialVisit our website at humanisttrek.com Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch
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| The Terratin Incident (TAS) | 25 Jul 2024 | 00:51:15 | |
When "Honey, I Shrunk the Enterprise Crew" kicks off, they discover a civilization in need. What's a teeny tiny species gotta do to get some attention 'round here!? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Congrats to Anders, who joins us in "Loser Corner" this week! Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| A Private Little War (TOS) | 31 Aug 2023 | 01:25:22 | |
When Kirk and company discover the Klingons providing arms to one side of what used to be a peaceful planet, we're reminded of the many times the USA has gotten itself involved in wars across the globe. Is it right to step in and maintain equal firepower--and where does that end? You say Gumato, I say Mugato. Let's call the whole thing off. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Immunity Syndrome (TOS) | 24 Aug 2023 | 01:12:29 | |
Sarah and Allie board the Magic School Bus and shrink down to microscopic size. As the bus penetrates a giant space amoeba's boundary... actually, maybe this is all too dirty to make jokes about a kid's TV show. Join us as we blast some antimatter inside a nucleus. Seriously, did these writers know what they were doing? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||