Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Rob and Kev step out of the limelight to make way for some junior podcasters to talk about them behind their backs as they discuss "Upper Decks". They then revisit two other episodes where previously-unseen groups of crew members are the stars of the show, "Learning Curve" (VOY) and "Lower Decks" (TNG).

LD 5×08 Upper Decks

TNG 7×15 Lower Decks

Charlotte Nicdao

Westlake

SNW 2×09 Subspace Rhapsody

Andarithio “Andy” Billups

TNG 1×24 We’ll Always Have Paris

VOY 6×20 Good Shepherd

Subspace Radio #42 Lessons in leadership

VOY 1×16 Learning Curve

Winger Bingston, Jr.

TNG 5×08 Lower Decks

Subspace Radio #12: Not actually dead

Sito Jaxa

TNG 5×19 The First Duty

Nick Locarno

Alyssa Ogawa

Ben

• (00:00) - Episode 70: Unseen crews (LD 5×08 Upper Decks)
• (00:37) - LD 5×08 Upper Decks
• (14:31) - Unseen crews
• (15:34) - VOY 1×16 Learning Curve
• (25:27) - TNG 5×08 Lower Decks

Kev and Rob don their fake antennae and pose as local yokels as they spend twelve months trapped on a primitive planet watching "Fully Dilated". They then explore other times our Starfleet crews have hidden in plain sight, disguised as members of an alien world, including "The Enterprise Incident" (TOS), "In the Flesh" (VOY), "First Contact" (TNG) and "Face of the Enemy" (TNG).

LD 5×07 Fully Dilated

Subspace Radio #11: In love with an alien (LD 3×07 “A Mathematically Perfect Redemption”) with Jason Snell

TNG 5×25 The Inner Light

TNG 5×26 Time’s Arrow

DS9 5×01 Apocalypse Rising

Subspace Radio #58: Into the belly of the beast (DIS 5×09 Lagrange Point)

DS9 2×19 Blood Oath

TOS 3×02 The Enterprise Incident

VOY 5×04 In the Flesh

TNG 4×15 First Contact

Bebe Neuwirth

Carolyn Seymour

TNG 6×14 Face Of The Enemy

DS9 3×05 Second Skin

• (00:00) - Episode 69: Going undercover (LD 5×07 Fully Dilated)
• (01:22) - LD 5×07 Fully Dilated
• (12:25) - Going undercover
• (13:51) - TOS 3×02 The Enterprise Incident
• (21:26) - VOY 5×04 In the Flesh
• (33:19) - TNG 4×15 First Contact
• (36:22) - TNG 6×14 Face Of The Enemy

Rob and Kev plunge into Season 2 of Star Trek: Prodigy like Rok-Tahk and Murf jumping into Gillian's tank! They share their thoughts on "Into the Breach, Part I & II", "Who Saves the Saviours", "Temporal Mechanics 101", and "Observer's Paradox", before focusing on fathers in Star Trek, including "The Icarus Factor" (TNG) and the relationships between Joseph, Benjamin and Jake Sisko (DS9).

PRO 2×01 Into the Breach, Part I

USS Voyager-A

The Doctor

Kathryn Janeway

Chakotay

PRO 2×02 Into the Breach, Part II

Asencia

Gwyndala

Solum

Maj’el

Delta Squadron

Infinity

PRO 2×03 Who Saves the Saviors

USS Protostar

PRO 2×04 Temporal Mechanics 101

Erin Macdonald

PRO 2×05 Observer’s Paradox

Our review

USS Cerritos

The Doctor

Robert Picardo

Kate Mulgrew

John Noble

Majel Barrett Roddenberry

USS Enterprise-E

Murf

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Gillian Taylor

Wesley Crusher

Starfleet Academy entrance exam

The Diviner

Frequency

Back to the Future

Avengers: Endgame

Erin Macdonald

TNG 2×14 The Icarus Factor

Kyle Riker

Owen Paris

Katherine Pulaski

Grosse Pointe Blank

High Fidelity

Liar Liar

Anbo-jyutsu

TOS 2×05 Amok Time

The Sisko Boys

The Mandalorian

The Last of Us

God of War

Joseph Sisko

Benjamin Sisko

Jake Sisko

Sarek

Spock

Nog

Rom

Kasidy Yates-Sisko

Brock Peters

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

DS9 7×01 Image in the Sand

DS9 6×01 A Time to Stand

Avery Brooks

Cirroc Lofton

Ira Steven Behr

• (00:00) - Episode 60: Dads (PRO 2×01-05)
• (05:48) - Plot recap
• (08:28) - Our review
• (34:11) - TNG 2×14 The Icarus Factor
• (44:17) - The Sisko Boys
• (53:06) - Outro

Kev and Rob take stock of Star Trek: Discovery following its finale, "Life, Itself." Burnham's epic fistfight with Moll prompts them to revisit other Trek punch-ups of the past, including "The Way of the Warrior, Part II" (DS9), "The Gamesters of Triskelion" (TOS), "Tsunkatse" (VOY), "Star Trek" (2009), and "Trials and Tribble-ations".

DIS 5×10 Life, Itself

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Daniels

Samuel Beckett

ST 1×02 Calypso

Hand-to-hand combat

TOS 0×01 The Cage

TOS 1×01 Where No Man Has Gone Before

Subspace Radio #49 Barriers in Space

DS9 4×02 The Way of the Warrior, Part II

Worf

DS9 4×03 The Visitor

Martok

Gowron

A Man Called Hawk

TOS 2×17 The Gamesters of Triskelion

(Kev was wrong – we’ve never discussed this one!)

VOY 6×15 Tsunkatse

Star Trek (2009)

DS9 5×06 Trials and Tribble-ations

TOS 2×13 The Trouble with Tribbles

Top Secret underwater barfight

Robert Picardo

• (00:00) - Episode 59: Hand-to-hand combat (DIS 5×10 Life, Itself)
• (02:23) - DIS 5×10 Life, Itself
• (27:51) - Hand-to-hand combat
• (42:12) - TOS 2×17 The Gamesters of Triskelion
• (43:47) - VOY 6×15 Tsunkatse
• (44:58) - Star Trek (2009)
• (45:30) - DS9 5×06 Trials and Tribble-ations
• (48:55) - Looking forward to Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2

Rob and Kev are inspired by "Lagrange Point" to don their Breen helmets and travel into dangerous waters with Starfleet crews who have done the same over the years. They discuss "The Immunity Syndrome" (TOS), "Apocalypse Rising" (DS9) and "Unimatrix Zero" (VOY).

DIS 5×09 Lagrange Point

Michael Giaccino

Marvel’s Werewolf by Night

TOS 2×18 The Immunity Syndrome

TOS 2×06 The Doomsday Machine

DS9 5×01 Apocalypse Rising

Gowron

Martok

VOY 6×26 Unimatrix Zero

VOY 7×01 Unimatrix Zero, Part II

Borg Queen

Lenara Kahn

Tactical Cube 138

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

• (00:00) - Episode 58: Into the belly of the beast (DIS 5×09 Lagrange Point)
• (00:39) - DIS 5×09 Lagrange Point
• (19:05) - Into the belly of the beast
• (20:19) - TOS 2×18 The Immunity Syndrome
• (30:21) - DS9 5×01 Apocalypse Rising
• (39:36) - VOY 6×26/7×01 Unimatrix Zero

Kev and Rob are trapped in their separate mindscapes, with only a cryptic librarian version of the other for company. To pass the time, they consider how "Labyrinths" compares to other times starship captain have had to work solo, without their ship or crew. They discuss "Arena" (TOS), "Starship Mine" (TNG), "The Inner Light" (TNG), and "Resistance" (VOY).

DIS 5×08 Labyrinths

Betazoid

Badlands

Efrosian

Efrosian President, c. 2293

Breen

Moll

TNG 5×25 The Inner Light

Nucleonic beam

Gen Rhys

Community S2E14 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

David Ayala Enters The Ready Room

Captain on their own

Subspace Radio #31: When the Captain’s Away

DS9 6×11 Waltz

Subspace Radio #47: Cave episodes

Marc Alaimo

DS9 6×19 In the Pale Moonlight

TOS 1×18 Arena

Gorn

Metron

TAS 1×15 The Eye of the Beholder

Vasquez Rocks

TOS 1×15 The Menagerie, Part I

TNG 6×18 Starship Mine

Remmler Array

Baryon sweep

Mot

Tim Russ

Tuvok

Vulcan neck pinch

TNG 5×25 The Inner Light

Batai

Kamin

TNG 6×19 Lessons

Nella Daren

Star Trek Generations

Frère Jacques

VOY 2×12 Resistance

• (00:00) - Episode 58: Captains on their own (DIS 5×08 Labyrinths)
• (00:13) - DIS 5×08 Labyrinths
• (15:00) - Captains on their own
• (18:09) - TOS 1×18 Arena
• (33:00) - TNG 6×18 Starship Mine
• (39:20) - TNG 5×25 The Inner Light
• (50:15) - VOY 2×12 Resistance
• (57:30) - Outro

Rob and Kev were actually standing on the bridge of Federation HQ in "Erigah"; you just couldn't see them for all the Breen! While they were there, they debated whether or not the Breen Dreadnought was the biggest starship we've seen to date. Other big ships they discussed: the Fesarius (TOS), the Narada (Star Trek 2009), the Romulan Warbird (TNG), the Jem'Hadar Battleship (DS9), the Enterprise-J (ENT), the Borg cube (TNG) and the USS Vengeance (Star Trek Into Darkness).

DIS 5×07 Erigah

Starship size comparison charts

TOS 1×02 The Corbomite Maneuver

TOS 2×13 The Trouble with Tribbles

TOS 1×28 The City on the Edge of Forever

Fesarius

Tranya

Clint Howard

Star Trek (2009)

Narada

TNG 1×26 The Neutral Zone

D’deridex class warbird

Tebok

DS9 6×22 Valiant

Jem’Hadar Bat tleship

ENT 3×18 Azati Prime

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-J

Universe class

TNG 2×16 Q Who

Borg cube

Star Trek Into Darkness

USS Vengeance

Alexander Marcus

Constitution class (Kelvinverse)

• (00:00) - Episode 56: Big ships (DIS 5×07 Erigah)
• (00:48) - DIS 5×07 Erigah
• (11:37) - Big ships
• (14:06) - TOS 1×02 The Corbomite Maneuver - Fesarius
• (19:11) - Star Trek (2009) - Narada
• (23:40) - TNG 1×26 The Neutral Zone - D'deridex class warbird
• (27:53) - DS9 6×22 Valiant - Jem'Hadar Battleship
• (33:27) - ENT 3×18 Azati Prime - USS Enterprise-J
• (37:27) - TNG 2×16 Q Who - Borg cube
• (37:38) - Star Trek Into Darkness - USS Vengeance

Kev and Rob whistle their way through the "fun run" on Halem’no as they discuss "Whistlespeak", but are wise enough not to step into the rain-making machine at the finish line. Instead, they revisit past instances of primitive cultures unknowingly blended with advanced technology, including "The Apple" (TOS), "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" (TOS), and "Caretaker" (VOY).

DIS 5×06 Whistlespeak

Prime directive

Hugh Culber

TOS 2×09 The Apple

Vaal

TOS 3×10 For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky

See also Subspace Radio #11 In love with an alien

VOY 1×01/02 Caretaker

Ocampa

Kes 

TOS 3×06 Spock’s Brain

• (00:00) - Episode 55: Technology in primitive cultures (DIS 5×06 Whistlespeak)
• (00:30) - DIS 5×06 Whistlespeak
• (14:17) - Technology in primitive culturesa
• (15:37) - TOS 2×09 The Apple
• (26:21) - TOS 3×10 For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
• (37:04) - VOY 1×01/02 Caretaker
• (47:15) - Outro
• (48:56) - Bonus

Rob and Kev switch on the holographic blind on their Breen loading dock to discuss "Mirrors", which turned out not to be quite the contribution to Mirror Universe lore they were expecting. To make up for it, they revisit all the other appearances of the Mirror Universe, including "Mirror, Mirror" (TOS), "Crossover" (DS9), "Through the Looking Glass" (DS9), "Shattered Mirror" (DS9), "Resurrection" (DS9), "The Emperor's New Cloak" (DS9), and "In a Mirror, Darkly, Parts I & II" (ENT). They also briefly reflect (!) on Discovery's sojourn in the Mirror Universe in season one of that show.

DIS 5×05 Mirrors

Moll

L’ak

ISS Enterprise

Carmen Cho

Vellek

Joann Owosekun

Keyla Detmer

Gen Rhys

Breen

Cleveland Booker (namesake)

Curzon Dax

The Original Series

TOS 2×10 Mirror, Mirror

See also Subspace Radio #4: Remembering Nichelle Nichols

Deep Space Nine

DS9 2×23 Crossover

Jennifer Sisko (mirror)

Kira Nerys (mirror)

DS9 3×19 Through the Looking Glass

DS9 4×20 Shattered Mirror

Worf (mirror)

DS9 6×08 Resurrection

Bareil Antos (mirror)

DS9 7×12 The Emperor’s New Cloak

Brunt (mirror)

Enterprise

ENT 4×18-19 In a Mirror, Darkly & In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II

TOS 3×09 The Tholian Web

USS Defiant (NCC-1764)

Gorn

Discovery

DIS 1×10 Despite Yourself

DIS 1×11 The Wolf Inside

DIS 1×12 Vaulting Ambition

DIS 1x13 What’s Past Is Prologue

Gabriel Lorca (mirror)

• (00:00) - Episode 54: The Mirror Universe (DIS 5×05 Mirrors)
• (01:37) - DIS 5×05 Mirrors
• (24:07) - TOS 2×10 Mirror, Mirror
• (29:01) - DS9 2×23 Crossover
• (36:02) - DS9 3×19 Through the Looking Glass
• (37:37) - DS9 4×20 Shattered Mirror
• (38:34) - DS9 6×08 Resurrection
• (39:19) - DS9 7×12 The Emperor's New Cloak
• (42:25) - ENT 4×18-19 In a Mirror, Darkly
• (53:01) - Discovery Season One
• (56:09) - Wrap Up

Kev and Rob are unfazed by the time-travel shenanigans this week in "Face the Strange", accustomed as they are to weaving their way through the history of the Star Trek Universe. Inspired to revisit other times our characters became stuck revisiting other times, they discuss "Time Squared" (TNG), "The Visitor" (DS9), "Timescape" (TNG), and "Shattered" (VOY).

DIS 5×04 Face the Strange

Airiam

TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s Enterprise

Nilsson

DIS 1×07 Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

ST 1×02 Calypso

Firefly 1×08 Out of Gas

Trapped in time

Brannon Braga

TOS 3×13 Wink of an Eye

TOS 3×23 All Our Yesterdays

TNG 2×13 Time Squared

TNG 5×18 Cause and Effect (see also Subspace Radio #0)

DS9 4×03 The Visitor

VOY 5×06 Timeless

TNG 6×25 Timescape

VOY 7×11 Shattered

Icheb

PIC 1×05 Stardust City Rag

• (00:00) - Episode 53: Trapped in time (DIS 5×04 Face the Strange)
• (00:57) - DIS 5×04 Face the Strange
• (13:29) - Trapped in time
• (21:56) - DS9 4×03 The Visitor
• (28:59) - TNG 6×25 Timescape
• (34:48) - VOY 7×11 Shattered