Explore every episode of the podcast Humanist Trek
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| The Survivors (TNG) | 18 Dec 2025 | 00:56:52 | |
When the Enterprise responds to a distress call, they find an entire planet destroyed save for one 5 acre plot and a couple of elderly residents with good tea in a nice house. But when things aren't quite adding up, Picard breaks character and does some solo sluething. Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Bluesky Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Ensigns of Command (TNG) | 11 Dec 2025 | 01:03:38 | |
When Commander Data is the only officer able to execute an evacuation mission, he finds the people unwilling to leave. Meanwhile, Picard pores over hundreds of treaty pages looking for a loophole. Will Data convince the settlers to leave before they're killed by the Sheliak? Will Picard convince the Sheliak to give him an extension? Just what type of batteries does a Soong-type vibrator take? Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Bluesky Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Pen Pals (TNG) | 25 Sep 2025 | 01:10:01 | |
Data spends weeks communicating with a young girl on the internet and learns that her planet is destroying itself. Thankful that Chris Hansen isn't there when they arrive, Data breaks the Prime Directive and probably several Secondary Directives to save his new underage friend. Where is the line when it comes to saving lives? Why is Data more human than everyone else all of a sudden? And why is everyone so quick to perform a memory wipe on an alien child without consent? Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Bluesky 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 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 | |||
| The Icarus Factor (TNG) | 18 Sep 2025 | 01:00:42 | |
When Riker's Dad shows up after 15 years looking to make amends, father and son must beat the shit out of each other in order to deal with their feelings. Meanwhile, Worf's going through some cultural isolation and Wesley organizes Worf's friends to watch Worf get zapped with pain sticks over and over. Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Bluesky 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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| 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 | |||
| A Piece of the Action (TOS) | 17 Aug 2023 | 01:25:52 | |
When Allie and Sarah find themselves on a planet based on a book about 1920's Chicago mobsters, the episode encounters way more tangents and accents than usual. What might happen to a culture if a people came along and just dropped off a book? Ask Africa. And Haiti. And... 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 Gamesters of Triskelion (TOS) | 10 Aug 2023 | 01:17:23 | |
When Kirk, Chekov, and Uhura find themselves captive to "Providers" and forced to fight for their amusement, slavery is put on blast in this progressive episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. 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 Trouble With Tribbles (TOS) | 03 Aug 2023 | 01:13:07 | |
When Uhura doesn't follow the young Chinese boy's instructions and gets her Tribble wet, Fred, Scoob, and the gang find themselves waist deep in a furry mystery! 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 | |||
| Wolf in the Fold (TOS) | 20 Jul 2023 | 01:08:10 | |
On this episode of CSI: Argelius, Piglet investigates the suspicious murder of a dancer from the nudie bar and Scotty's the primary suspect. 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 | |||
| Obsession (TOS) | 13 Jul 2023 | 01:07:30 | |
Captain Ahab encounters an old nemesis - a cloud whale that sucks blood for nourishment - and loses himself in the hunt. Will he break his little ships? 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 Deadly Years (TOS) | 06 Jul 2023 | 01:15:54 | |
The shot clock is running to find out how to stop Kirk and the gang from rapidly aging. How many times do we let Grandpa run his starship into the neighbor's mailbox before we take away his car keys? Is American Capitalism to blame for our lack of respect for the elderly? 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 | |||
| Friday's Child (TOS) | 29 Jun 2023 | 01:08:22 | |
The Enterprise arrives at a planet to sign a mining agreement to find the Klingons have beat them to the punch. Chaos ensues as the leader is murdered and his very pregnant wife appoints McCoy as the new baby daddy. 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 | |||
| Time Squared (TNG) | 11 Sep 2025 | 00:54:33 | |
When a giant space whirlpool sends Picard 6 hours back in time, the crew must unravel a timey wimey loop knot. But when Gene Roddenberry tells Maurice Hurley to stuff it, we're left with more questions than answers. Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Bluesky Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Journey to Babel (TOS) | 22 Jun 2023 | 01:33:20 | |
Tensions run high as various alien races - including Spock's parents - gather on the Enterprise for a city council meeting, but when a delegate is found murdered, Fred, Scoob, and the gang have a mystery to solve. 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 | |||
| Metamorphosis (TOS) | 15 Jun 2023 | 00:53:42 | |
When the Galileo Shuttlecraft is hijacked by an energy being, Kirk discovers Zefram Cochrane trapped on a planet with a jukebox that only plays Roy Orbison's "Ooby Dooby". Will our heroes be able to rescue this historical hero? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| I, Mudd (TOS) | 08 Jun 2023 | 00:59:28 | |
When the Enterprise is hijacked by a sketchy new crewman, Kirk is reunited with Harcourt Fenton Mudd. Would you be tempted to put your brain in a robot body? Just how many different versions of one woman do you actually need? Which model of robot is into butt stuff? We're tackling all the hard questions on this episode! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Catspaw (TOS) | 01 Jun 2023 | 01:07:13 | |
Have you ever wondered why Star Trek doesn't usually do "holiday specials"? This episode holds the answer! It's the episode that asks, "What if Star Trek did a Halloween episode?" The answer is not great. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Doomsday Machine (TOS) | 25 May 2023 | 00:50:54 | |
Chasing his planet-killing whale, Commodore Ahab makes the ultimate sacrifice in an attempt to save the Enterprise crew from a weapon so powerful, it would destroy all sides in a war. Sometimes Star Trek doesn't hide it's themes in sci-fi. Occasionally they come right out and say it. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Apple (TOS) | 18 May 2023 | 01:16:50 | |
When the Enterprise finds yet another planet being run by a computer, our heroes must once again debate the merits of freeing a population who appears stagnant by human standards against the merits of allowing a culture to make their own choices and develop as they see fit. It's the episode that asks, "What would happen if we destroyed this people's god?" but never answers it. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Mirror, Mirror (TOS) | 11 May 2023 | 01:14:06 | |
A transporter malfunction sends Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura to an alternate universe filled with distrust, espionage, assassinations, and some midriff uniforms. Spock is consistently logical and Uhura is a total badass in any universe! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Changeling (TOS) | 04 May 2023 | 00:56:17 | |
When an old Earth probe goes on a killing spree, Kirk must play logic chess to keep from being destroyed, too. It's the episode that has nothing to do with a changeling despite being titled "The Changeling". Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Who Mourns for Adonias? (TOS) | 27 Apr 2023 | 01:03:20 | |
Time to crack out those old college textbooks on Greek mythology! It's the episode that asks, "What if our idea of god(s) came from aliens?" Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Amok Time (TOS) | 20 Apr 2023 | 01:03:36 | |
When Spock gets the 7 year itch, Kirk must return his friend to Vulcan to marry his betrothed. But T'Pring's been riding Stonn on the side, and the only way out of the engagement is to make Kirk and Spock fight to the death? I'm glad my first marriage wasn't so hard to get out of! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Royale (TNG) | 04 Sep 2025 | 00:57:46 | |
When the D finds some old NASA junk orbiting a strange new world, they beam down to find themselves in a shitty old novel. One long-dead astronaut later, they discover they're trapped inside this hotel and casino and only Data's ability to know when to hold 'em can break them free. Visit our website at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Bluesky Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry, Jr. Interview | 13 Apr 2023 | 01:31:50 | |
Allie and Sarah reflect on the first season of TOS, then Eugene Roddenberry, Jr. (aka Rod) joins us to talk about growing up in a humanist house, carrying the Star Trek legacy, respecting viewpoint diversity and breaking down silos, and even wokeness. Find all things Rod at Roddenberry.com Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Operation: Annihilate! (TOS) | 06 Apr 2023 | 00:59:28 | |
When Kirk's brother doesn't answer the phone, the Enterprise finds an infestation of parasitic pancakes. When Spock gets inseminated by one, the crew must find a way to … genocide a whole species? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The City on the Edge of Forever (TOS) | 30 Mar 2023 | 01:09:28 | |
While investigating a strange rock donut portal, McCoy, OD'd on space molly, leaps back in time and butterfly effects the Federation's very existence away. To put things right, Kirk and Spock go back in time to stop McCoy from getting the Sports Almanac and ruining the future. It's the episode that puts Roddenberry's hopeful vision of the future front and center in stark contrast with 1930's Depression-era New York. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Alternative Factor (TOS) | 23 Mar 2023 | 00:53:46 | |
Star Trek writers go on a mushroom trip and forget almost everything they know about science. Do you experience turbulence in space? What exactly is the scientific definition of "winking out"? It's the episode that sends Captain Ahab across universes to catch his… other… Captain Ahab. This one is weird, y'all. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Errand of Mercy (TOS) | 16 Mar 2023 | 01:00:34 | |
When Klingons take control of Organia, a strategic planet between them and the Federation, Kirk rolls in to make the argument that while they, too, are basically colonizers, they're not as bad as those other colonizers. Does the Federation's lack of effort around trying to understand both the Organians and Klingons make war too easy? Shouldn't war be the last resort? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Devil in the Dark (TOS) | 09 Mar 2023 | 00:53:14 | |
A mining colony of New Yorkers starts reporting mysterious deaths in the caves. When Kirk and crew arrive, Spock makes a new friend and find that sometimes killers aren't necessarily devils after all? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| This Side of Paradise (TOS) | 02 Mar 2023 | 01:06:58 | |
While visiting Planet Disney Ranch, the crew of the Enterprise get so high on flower spores that only a good ol' fashioned Star Trek Fight will do. Are humans destined to work toward paradise forever? And why does this show spend so much energy on this "paradise" narrative? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com
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| A Taste of Armageddon (TOS) | 26 Feb 2023 | 00:54:31 | |
Once again the Enterprise rolls up on a planet and starts calling all the shots like they own the place. Aren't we supposed to first seek to understand different cultures and build an approach based on compassion and empathy? We're not sure they got this one quite right. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Space Seed (TOS) | 16 Feb 2023 | 01:03:32 | |
The Enterprise encounters a sleeper ship full of GMO people from the eugenics wars of the 1990's. Khan and the GMOs take over the Enterprise, but in the end Kirk dumps them on Ceti Alpha V. Is this wild west cowboy diplomacy out of place in 2267? Why all the admiration for GMO people anyway? And how does Khan remember Chekov in #TWOK if Chekov wasn't even part of the cast yet? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| The Return of the Archons (TOS) | 09 Feb 2023 | 01:10:41 | |
While investigating the disappearance of the USS Archon, the Enterprise discovers a cult of Amish-turned-Jehovah's Witnesses reenacting "The Purge". The introduction of the Prime Directive doesn't stop Kirk from making some questionable decisions. Don't join a cult, kids! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Fort Collins ComicCon 2025 Wrap Up | 28 Aug 2025 | 00:35:16 | |
From Buccee's to butt tattoos, Sarah and Allie recap their time at Fort Collins ComicCon 2025! PLUS Exclusive clip from The Humanism in Star Trek Panel presented at FC3 2025. Access the full video version of the panel here. As Mentioned On This Episode:
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| Court Martial (TOS) | 02 Feb 2023 | 01:20:08 | |
Kirk is marched back to #Starfleet to defend his actions that led to the apparent death of Lt Cmdr Finney. Does Kirk's prosecutor being a former fuck buddy create a conflict of interest? What's a pod, where is it, what does it do, and why would you eject it? Why is Spock fucking off playing chess again? Why are there buttons & switches on the command chair anyway? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Tomorrow is Yesterday (TOS) | 26 Jan 2023 | 00:49:25 | |
This good ol' fashioned "what if we went back in time" time travel story was played more for entertainment than it was for the consequentialism of time travel. They can't all be overwhelmingly philosophical! But don't worry - even if your life turns out to make little to no impact in the world, perhaps your children will. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.com Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||
| Arena (TOS) | 19 Jan 2023 | 00:56:47 | |
Kirk & crew drop in to an isolated Earth outpost only to find it bombed out. Later, in what felt like a completely different episode, GORNS! The Metrons force Captains Kirk and Sleestack to work their shit out with a good ol' Star Trek fight instead of talking it out because #WagonTrainToTheStars. Did Star Trek predict Winamp visualizations? Are the Metrons really as advanced as they claim to be? Is Kirk a micromanager? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Find all our socials at humanisttrek.comSupport the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch | |||