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| Episode 101: Fragile Connections (SNW 4×10 Tomorrow's Enterprise) | 04 oct. 2026 | 01:34:29 | |
Kevin and Rob are barely audible to each other on account of being separated by a wormhole and a year of time displacement. Nevertheless, Kevin is able to share his experience of visiting the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga, NY before they dive in to “Tomorrow’s Enterprise” (SNW), as well as two other episodes featuring fragile comms links: “Pen Pals” (TNG) and “Eye of the Needle” (VOY). SNW 4×10 Tomorrow's Enterprise Star Trek: The Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga, NY TNG 2×15 Pen Pals VOY 1×07 Eye of the Needle
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| Episode 100: Pets (SNW 4×09 Once La'an a Time) | 24 sept. 2026 | 00:51:33 | |
Rob and Kevin discover their respective dogs are magical doppelgangers of each other, and decide to merge their personalities into a potion that makes you a dragon or grants you peace and happiness or something. Deciding not to dwell on these events, they turn their attention to other Star Trek pets, including Porthos in “A Night in Sickbay” (ENT) and Spot in “Genesis” (TNG). SNW 4×09 Once La’an a Time ENT 2×05 A Night in Sickbay TNG 7×19 Genesis Star Trek Original Series Set Tour
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| Episode 99: Mutiny (SNW 4×08 Orders of Magnitude) | 16 sept. 2026 | 00:47:34 | |
Kevin and Rob refuse to follow each other’s orders at a critical moment that permits the escape of a cloaked ship, which gives them plenty of time to discuss “Orders of Magnitude” (SNW). To ward off future such misadventures, they review some past occurrences of mutiny in “Turnabout Intruder” (TOS) and “Worst Case Scenario” (VOY). SNW 4×08 Orders of Magnitude TOS 3×24 Turnabout Intruder VOY 3×25 Worst Case Scenario SNW 1×08 The Elysian Kingdom
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| Episode 98: Stunt Casting (SNW 4×07 Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass) | 06 sept. 2026 | 00:47:22 | |
Rob and Kevin encounter … several … dramatic … pauses this week as they explore “Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass” (SNW), before remarking on other examples of actors being cast in roles that echo what they are best known for, including “What Are Little Girls Made Of?” (TOS), “Tsunkatse” (VOY), and “Detained” (ENT). SNW 4×07 Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass Stunt Casting TOS 1×08 What Are Little Girls Made Of? VOY 6×15 Tsunkatse ENT 1×21 Detained
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| Episode 97: CMO Careers (SNW 4×06 Off-Hour) | 02 sept. 2026 | 01:08:14 | |
Kevin and Rob argue over which of them is most likely to quit the podcast first as the ship’s chronometer counts down to the start of “Off-Hour” (SNW). Afterward, they trace the career paths of each of the Enterprise’s Chief Medical Officers, with stops for “Encounter at Farpoint” (TNG), “Disaster” (TNG), “Unnatural Selection” (TNG), “Virtuoso” (VOY), and “Dear Doctor” (ENT). SNW 4×06 Off-Hour Leonard McCoy Beverly Crusher Katherine Pulaski Julian Bashir The Doctor Phlox
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| Episode 96: Asphyxiation (SNW 4×05 Level-Five Transporter Accident) | 23 août 2026 | 00:42:24 | |
Rob and Kevin manage to work the audio equipment with their puppet fingers to share their reactions to “Level-Five Transporter Accident” (SNW), then are inspired by the crew’s solution to their Orion problem to revisit other instances of crews being a little short of breath in “Space Seed” (TOS), “Disaster” (TNG), and “Civil Defense” (DS9). SNW 4×05 Level-Five Transporter Accident TOS 1×23 Space Seed TNG 5×05 Disaster DS9 3×07 Civil Defense
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| Episode 95: Occupations (SNW 4×04 A Case of Chiaroscuro) | 19 août 2026 | 00:45:48 | |
Kevin and Rob take the zeppelin to Chinatown (or was it the shuttle to Mat'Aar XII?) and do their best to blend in while they discuss “A Case of Chiaroscuro” (SNW). After banishing the local occupying force with the power of song, they consider other occupations throughout Star Trek history, including “Errand of Mercy” (TOS) and “Things Past” (DS9). Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 SNW 4×04 A Case of Chiaroscuro TOS 1×27 Errand of Mercy DS9 5×08 Things Past
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| Episode 94: Holiday Planets (SNW 4×03 Human Best Friend) | 17 août 2026 | 00:26:29 | |
Rob and Kevin take the week off. Actually, it was meant to be just a long weekend, but in the haze that was “Human Best Friend”, time sort of got away from them. While chilling by the pool, they reflect on other occasions where crews took a well-deserved break, including “Shore Leave” (TOS) and “Let He Who Is Without Sin…” (DS9). SNW 4×03 Human Best Friend TOS 1×17 Shore Leave DS9 5×07 Let He Who Is Without Sin…
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| Episode 93: Lost Starships (SNW 4×02 The Griffin Incident) | 02 août 2026 | 00:34:38 | |
Kevin and Rob follow a spectral figure into a dark corner to discuss “The Griffin Incident” (SNW) before looking back on other lost Starfleet ships in “The Time Trap” (TAS), “The Pegasus” (TNG), and “Star Trek Beyond”. SNW 4×02 The Griffin Incident Lost starships TAS 1×12 The Time Trap TNG 7×12 The Pegasus Star Trek Beyond
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| Episode 92: Bootstrap Paradoxes (SNW 4×01 Valles Marineris) | 26 juil. 2026 | 00:56:22 | |
Rob and Kevin return from 65 million years in Earth's past on a conspicuous chunk of iridium-rich rock to discuss "Valles Marineris" (SNW) before examining other closed-loop time puzzles that are best not to over-think. They consider the Bell Riots of "Past Tense" (DS9), the subspace fractures of "Time and Again" (VOY), and the Ed Begley Juniors of "Future's End" (VOY). TOS 1×06 The Naked Time TOS 2×13 The Trouble with Tribbles TOS 1×31 Tomorrow is Yesterday SNW 4×01 Valles Marineris TNG 7×25/26 All Good Things… VOY 3×23 Distant Origin Bootstrap Paradoxes Subspace Radio 53: Trapped in Time DS9 3×11-12 Past Tense, Part I & II VOY 1×04 Time and Again VOY 3×08-09 Future’s End & Future’s End, Part 2
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 91: Mothers (SA 1×10 Rubincon) | 18 mars 2026 | 01:00:59 | |
Kevin and Rob tear their recording studio apart to stage a show trial for the future of the Star Trek franchise as they discuss "Rubincon" (SA), before looking back on a couple of past episodes dealing with mothers and motherhood, "Dark Page" (TNG) and "Shattered Mirror" (DS9). Finally, before signing off for the hiatus, they briefly discuss the future of the Star Trek franchise and their hopes for what it may look like. DS 1×10 Rubincon Mothers TNG 7×07 Dark Page DS9 4×20 Shattered Mirror DS9 4×03 The Visitor DS9 6×08 Resurrection DS9 7×12 The Emperor’s New Cloak Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 90: Saucer Separation (SA 1×09 300th Night) | 10 mars 2026 | 00:50:17 | |
Rob and Kevin agree to split up and record two separate podcasts about "300th Night" (SA), before reuniting for a manual docking at Farpoint Station to discuss other appearances of saucer separation in "Encounter at Farpoint" (TNG), "The Arsenal of Freedom" (TNG), "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" (TNG), and "Star Trek Generations". SA 1×09 300th Night TNG 1×01 Encounter at Farpoint Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan TNG 1×21 The Arsenal of Freedom TNG 4×01 The Best of Both Worlds, Part II
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 89: Theatre (SA 1×08 The Life of the Stars) | 02 mars 2026 | 00:55:04 | |
Kev and Rob decide to stage this week's episode of the podcast, discussing "The Life of the Stars" (SA) as a piece of amateur theatre in a spare conference room on board the ship. They then reflect on other adventures upon the stage from episodes past, "The Conscience of the King" (TOS) and "Frame of Mind" (TNG). SA 1×08 The Life of the Stars Our Town Theatre TOS 1×12 The Conscience of the King James T. Kirk TNG 6×21 Frame of Mind Every Good Boy Deserves Favor PRO 1×13 All the World’s a Stage
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 88: Alone on the Bridge (SA 1×07 Ko'Zeine) | 25 févr. 2026 | 00:46:36 | |
Kev and Rob agree to be each other's best men to pass the time while reflecting on the somewhat uneven (and uneventful) outing that was “Ko'Zeine” (SA). To ward off the hallucinations caused by warp slug, they discuss past episodes where characters found themselves alone on the bridge of a starship: "The Mark of Gideon" (TOS), “One” (VOY), “Relics” (TNG), and “Singularity” (ENT). SA 1×07 Ko’Zeine TOS 3×17 The Mark of Gideon TOS 1×25 This Side of Paradise VOY 4×25 One SNW 3×09 Terrarium TNG 6×04 Relics Montgomery Scott ENT 2×09 Singularity TNG 7×19 Genesis
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 87: Sentient starship computers (SA 1×06 Come, Let's Away) | 16 févr. 2026 | 01:02:33 | |
Rob and Kev take a completely uneventful field trip that goes 100% according to plan as they discuss “Come, Let's Away” (SA), then look back on other episodes where the ship's computer developed a personality and apparent consciousness of its own. They discuss “Tomorrow is Yesterday” (TOS), “The Practical Joker” (TAS), “Emergence” (TNG), and “…But to Connect” (DIS). SA 1×06 Come, Let’s Away TOS 1×21 Tomorrow is Yesterday TAS 2×03 The Practical Joker TNG 7×23 Emergence DIS 4×07 …But to Connect TNG 4×02 Family
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 86: Benjamin Sisko (SA 1×05 Series Acclimation Mil) | 09 févr. 2026 | 01:04:30 | |
Kev and Rob take one more turn around the pylons, and manage to do it without vomiting glitter as they consider “Series Acclimation Mil” (SA). They then look back on the character of Benjamin Sisko, as portrayed by Avery Brooks, including memorable outings in “In the Pale Moonlight” (DS9), “The Emissary” (DS9), “Sacrifice of Angels” (DS9) and “Rapture” (DS9). SA 1×05 Series Acclimation Mil LD 3×06 Hear All, Trust Nothing DS9 4×03 The Visitor DS9 7×25 What You Leave Behind DS9 6×19 In the Pale Moonlight
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 85: Understanding Klingons (SA 1×04 Vox In Excelso) | 01 févr. 2026 | 01:10:42 | |
Rob and Kev at first refused to appear in this episode because they both suspected the other was doing them a favour, but they had a debate competition about it and agreed enough blood had been spilled for the show to go on. While searching for ways to understand Klingons, they revisit "Errand of Mercy" (TOS), "Sins of the Father" (TNG), "Reunion" (TNG), "Redemption" (TNG), and "Redemption II" (TNG), as well as "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country". SA 1×04 Vox In Excelso Antaak in ENT 4×15 Affliction, ENT 4×16 Divergence TOS 1×27 Errand of Mercy TOS 2×13 The Trouble with Tribbles TNG 2×08 A Matter of Honor TNG 3×17 Sins of the Father TNG 2×08 A Matter of Honor TNG 4×07 Reunion TNG 4×26 Redemption TNG 5×01 Redemption II TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s Enterprise Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 84: Future Sports (SA 1×03 Vitus Reflux) | 27 janv. 2026 | 00:49:04 | |
Kev and Rob steal each other's deltas and end up as mascots on opposing Calica teams. At halftime, they discuss "Vitus Reflux" (SA), before being transported into the shallow pond of other futuristic sports seen throughout Star Trek history: Anbo-jyutsu (TNG), Springball (DS9), Parrises Squares (TNG, VOY, PRO), and Velocity (VOY). SA 1×03 Vitus Reflux Future Sports DS9 7×04 Take Me Out to the Holosuite TNG 2×14 The Icarus Factor Gladiators (1995 Australian TV series) Some good images of the Anbo-jyutsu outfits DS9 4×22 For the Cause DS9 2×11 Rivals PRO 2×08 Is There In Beauty No Truth? TNG 1×15 11001001 TNG 5×19 The First Duty VOY 3×22 Real Life VOY 4×26 Hope and Fear Springball scorecard props for sale
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 83: Starfleet Academy (SA 1×01-02) | 21 janv. 2026 | 01:09:30 | |
Rob and Kev emerge from regulation appearance arches, ready to fit right in among the first class of cadets to train at Starfleet Academy since the Burn. After taking in their surroundings, they discuss the recent audio drama series, “Star Trek: Khan”, and the premiere episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, “Kids These Days” and “Beta Test”. They then hit the books, studying up on past appearances of the Academy grounds in “The First Duty” (TNG), “Homefront” (DS9), “In the Flesh” (VOY), "Star Trek” (2009), and “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”. SA 1×01 Kids These Days & SA 1×02 Beta Test VOY 7×09/10 Flesh and Blood TNG 3×20 Tin Man TNG 5×19 The First Duty Tillman Water Reclamation Plant (website) TNG 1×08 Justice DS9 4×11 Homefront Locating Starfleet Buildings in San Francisco VOY 5×04 In The Flesh Subspace Radio 69: Going Undercover Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Designing The Wrath of Khan’s Sets: Starfleet Headquarters Looking ahead
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 82: Pure Evil (SNW 3×10 New Life and New Civilizations) | 22 sept. 2025 | 00:56:53 | |
Kev and Rob agree the "log cabin timeline" is a nicer place to live than the rest of the Strange New Worlds season three finale, "New Life and New Civilizations" (SNW). On the bright side, perhaps it will be the last time that "pure evil" is used as a plot device for awhile. We can only hope. Taking this last opportunity, they revisit other examples of evil in its purest form: "Skin of Evil" (TNG) and "The Most Toys" (TNG). SNW 3×10 New Life and New Civilizations Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country TNG 5×25 The Inner Light TNG 1×23 Skin of Evil Denise Crosby waves goodbye in “Symbiosis” TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s Enterprise TOS 1×04 The Enemy Within TNG 3×22 The Most Toys
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 81: Hostile Environments (SNW 3×09 Terrarium) | 18 sept. 2025 | 00:31:55 | |
Rob and Kev argue over who will cook the worm they found in a hole on the other side of a wormhole, then huddle by the light of a camp stove to discuss "Terrarium" (SNW). While they await their rescue-slash-murder, they compare notes on other instances of crashed enemies finding common ground in "Darmok" (TNG) and "Dawn" (ENT). SNW 3×09 Terrarium TOS 2×06 The Doomsday Machine Christopher Pike: Tragic near-fate Hostile Environments TNG 5×02 Darmok Casual duty attire: Captain’s variant Casual duty attire: Wraparound tunic ENT 2×13 Dawn
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 80: Exes (SNW 3×08 Four-and-a-Half Vulcans) | 04 sept. 2025 | 00:47:48 | |
Rob and Kevin play cartoon versions of Vulcan versions of themselves with the help of their exes in "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" (SNW). They then revisit past episodes where post-relationship relationships figured prominently in the stories of Starfleet officers, including "Haven" (TNG) and "Rejoined" (DS9). SNW 3×08 Four-and-a-Half Vulcans SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet? SNW 3×05 The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail Exes The Wonderful Masculinity of Commander Riker (Rowan J Coleman) TNG 1×11 Haven TNG 1×01/02 Encounter at Farpoint TOS 2×05 Amok Time DS9 4×05 Rejoined DS9 6×26 Tears of the Prophets
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 79: Giant Space Creatures (SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet?) | 27 août 2025 | 00:46:21 | |
Kevin and Rob dodge oddly insistent questions about what it's like to kill a person in order to discuss the relative merits of "What is Starfleet?" (SNW). Inspired by this episode's "space dragon", they revisit a couple of other giant space creatures of episodes past, in "Datalore" and "Silicon Avatar" (TNG), and "Tin Man" (TNG). SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet? Giant space creatures TNG 1×01/02 Encounter at Farpoint TNG 1×13 Datalore TNG 5×04 Silicon Avatar TNG 3×20 Tin Man Ron Jones’ score for Datalore on Apple Music TOS 2×19 The Immunity Syndrome TOS 2×18 Obsession
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 78: Using Ancient Technology (SNW 3×06 The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail) | 21 août 2025 | 00:40:32 | |
Rob and Kev record their entire conversation about "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" (SNW) over copper wires with pink telephone receivers. They then visit two previous uses of "ancient" technology in Trek adventures, "Spectre of the Gun" (TOS) and "Vis à Vis" (VOY). SNW 3×06 The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail TOS 2×18 Obsession (the tragedy where Kirk, as a Lieutenant, blamed himself for the deaths of half the Farragut crew) “Risk is our business” (and an extended cut!) SNW 2×06 Lost in Translation (clip of Kirk/Spock/Uhura first drink) Using Ancient Technology TOS 3×06 Spectre of the Gun VOY 4×20 Vis à Vis VOY 2×15 Threshold VOY 6×05 Alice
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 77: Body Possession (SNW 3×05 Through the Lens of Time) | 20 août 2025 | 00:51:07 | |
Kev and Rob are possessed by two entirely different manifestations of pure evil and have a knock-down, drag-out fistfight in sickbay over the slightly confusing but gratifyingly adventurous events of "Through the Lens of Time" (SNW). Having regained their senses, they investigate other instances of body possession in "Return to Tomorrow" (TOS), "Power Play" (TNG), and "Tears of the Prophets" (DS9). SNW 3×05 Through the Lens of Time SNW 3×06 Those Old Scientists Roger Korby TOS 1×09 What Are Little Girls Made Of? SNW 3×01 Hegemony, Part II Body possession TOS 2×20 Return to Tomorrow TOS 1×24 Space Seed Diana Muldaur (as Ann Mulhall) TOS 3×07 Is There in Truth No Beauty? TNG 3×26 The Best of Both Worlds TNG 5×15 Power Play DS9 6×26 Tears of the Prophets TOS 1×19 Arena
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 76: Holodecks, Part II (SNW 3×04 A Space Adventure Hour) | 06 août 2025 | 00:42:26 | |
Rob and Kev sneak onto a Holodeck that shouldn't be invented for eighty years or so to question characters playing parodies of past podcast hosts you might recognize. Also they talk about "A Space Adventure Hour" (SNW). Inspired by its surprise appearance in this era, they return to holodeck episodes past for a second time, reflecting on "The Big Goodbye" (TNG), "Hollow Pursuits" (TNG), "Fair Haven" (VOY) and "Spirit Folk" (VOY). SNW 3×04 A Space Adventure Hour Star Trek: The Last Voyage (Saturday Night Live parody) Star Trek: The Wrath of Farrakhan (In Living Color parody) DS9 4×10 Our Man Bashir More Holodeck episodes PRO 1×13 All The World’s A Stage TNG 1×12 The Big Goodbye TNG 1×01/02 Encounter at Farpoint TNG 3×21 Hollow Pursuits VOY 6×11 Fair Haven & 6×17 Spirit Folk
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 75: Horror (SNW 3×03 Shuttle to Kenfori) | 30 juil. 2025 | 00:42:30 | |
Kev and Rob creep through a suspiciously silent science lab to discuss "Shuttle to Kenfori" (SNW), and agree that it wasn't the scariest episode of Star Trek ever. After all, there was "Conspiracy" (TNG) and "Empok Nor" (DS9). To shake off the scares, they take a few minutes to discuss Jim Henson's Creature Shop coming to a starship bridge near you. SNW 3×03 Shuttle to Kenfori TNG 1×25 Conspiracy TNG 1×19 Coming of Age Subspace Radio #14: Evil Admirals DS9 5×24 Empok Nor VOY 1×14 Faces SNW 1×09 All Those Who Wander Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 SDCC Surprise SNW 2×09 Subspace Rhapsody
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 74: Bartenders (SNW 3×01-02) | 23 juil. 2025 | 00:53:33 | |
Rob and Kev are back to visit Strange New Worlds, some of which look suspiciously like episodes of a TV show from the 60s. After sharing highlights from "Hegemony, Part II" and "Wedding Bell Blues", they pull up a stool and talk about their favourite bartenders … one of whom you probably can't guess! TNG 4×01 The Best of Both Worlds, Part II TOS 1×09 What Are Little Girls Made Of? Bartenders DS9 4×01-02 The Way of the Warrior TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s Enterprise The bartender from Deep Space Station K-7 TOS 2×13 The Trouble with Tribbles
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 73: Moles (Star Trek: Section 31) | 10 mars 2025 | 01:26:40 | |
Kev and Rob beat around the bush a bit before discussing some of the brights spots in "Star Trek: Section 31", which was otherwise a not very good Star Trek movie. They take the opportunity to discuss moles – what does or does not quality as a mole – and revisit some Deep Space Nine highlights including the abduction and replacement of Julian Bashir, "Homefront" (DS9) and "Paradise Lost" (DS9), and "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" (DS9). DIS 3×09 Terra Firma, Part 1 DIS 3×10 Terra Firma, Part 2 TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s Enterprise DIS 1×02 Battle at the Binary Stars TNG 6×11 Chain of Command, Part II TNG 1×21 The Arsenal of Freedom TOS 1×28 The City on the Edge of Forever Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Star Trek V: The Final Frontier DS9 5×10 Rapture DS9 5×11 The Darkness and the Light DS9 5×12 The Begotten DS9 5×13 For the Uniform DS9 5×14 In Purgatory’s Shadow DS9 4×11 Homefront / DS9 4×12 Paradise Lost DS9 7×16 Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges DS9 6×19 In the Pale Moonlight
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 72: Unreasonable Klingon Ships (LD 5×10 The New Next Generation) | 13 févr. 2025 | 00:50:41 | |
Rob and Kev surf the waves of the multiverse, dodging Klingon death barges in "The New Next Generation". They then look to the past for other examples of unreasonable Klingon ships, and find the overlooked classic, "A Matter of Honor" (TNG). LD 5×10 The New Next Generation ST 1×02 Calypso Unreasonable Klingon Ships ENT 2×19 Judgment / ENT 2×25 Bounty / ENT 2×26 The Expanse TNG 2×08 A Matter of Honor
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 71: Kim & T'Pol (LD 5×09 Fissure Quest) | 02 févr. 2025 | 01:07:37 | |
Kev and Rob leap from universe to universe in search of wacky versions of people from history to crew their swanky starship in "Fissure Quest". They then revisit two characters brought into the spotlight for arguably their strongest outings in this episode. For Harry Kim they discuss "Non Sequitur" (VOY) and "Nightingale" (VOY). For T'Pol they discuss "Stigma" (ENT) and "Home" (ENT). LD 5×09 Fissure Quest DS9 3×25 Facets LD 3×08 Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus Harry Kim VOY 5×06 Timeless Subspace Radio #51 Staships bumping into planets VOY 2×05 Non Sequitur VOY 3×03 The Chute VOY 7×08 Nightingale T’Pol ENT 1×17 Fusion, ENT 2×14 Stigma ENT 4×03 Home TNG 4×02 Family ENT 4×07 The Forge ENT 3×08 Twilight
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 70: Unseen crews (LD 5×08 Upper Decks) | 22 janv. 2025 | 00:48:16 | |
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 SNW 2×09 Subspace Rhapsody TNG 1×24 We’ll Always Have Paris VOY 6×20 Good Shepherd Subspace Radio #42 Lessons in leadership VOY 1×16 Learning Curve TNG 5×08 Lower Decks Subspace Radio #12: Not actually dead TNG 5×19 The First Duty
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 69: Going undercover (LD 5×07 Fully Dilated) | 11 janv. 2025 | 00:42:42 | |
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 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 TNG 6×14 Face Of The Enemy DS9 3×05 Second Skin
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 68: Non-humanoid life (LD 5×06 Of Gods and Angles) | 23 déc. 2024 | 00:39:31 | |
Rob and Kev dodge floating cubes, spheres, and squishy lightning bolts in "Of Gods and Angles", then reflect on other non-humanoid species in "The Savage Curtain" (TOS), "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", "Star Trek Generations", "Where Silence Has Lease" (TNG), and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". LD 5×06 Of Gods and Angles TOS 2×04 Who Mourns for Adonais? Non-humanoid life Subspace Radio #36: Understanding Non-humanoid Life TOS 3×22 The Savage Curtain TNG 2×02 Where Silence Has Lease Star Trek: Deep Space Nine DS9 1×01/02 Emissary DS9 5×12 The Begotten DS9 5×22 Children of Time Star Trek: Prodigy | |||
| Episode 67: Space Stations (LD 5×05 Starbase 80?!) | 12 déc. 2024 | 00:32:26 | |
Kev and Rob admire the graffiti and rusty TOS-era decor of Starbase 80 in "Starbase 80?!", then revisit two of their favorite space stations from the past, Deep Space Station K-7 (from "The Trouble With Tribbles" (TOS)) and Deep Space 9 (from … Deep Space Nine!). LD 5×05 Starbase 80?! Community 2×06 Epidemiology TOS 2×13 The Trouble With Tribbles DS9 5×06 Trials and Tribble-ations TOS 1×14 Court Martial The Roddenberry Archive: Deep Space Station K-7 Deep Space 9 (aka Terok Nor) The Roddenberry Archive: Deep Space 9 The Roddenberry Archive: Deep Space Nine… The World According to Quark DS9 4×01/02 The Way of the Warrior
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 66: Farms (LD 5×04 A Farewell to Farms) | 27 nov. 2024 | 00:54:03 | |
Rob and Kev return to the land on Qo'noS in "A Farewell to Farms", then stay there by visiting some other prominent farming episodes, "This Side of Paradise" (TOS) and "Progress" (DS9). LD 5×04 A Farewell to Farms Farms DS9 2×15 Paradise ENT 1×01/02 Broken Bow TOS 1×25 This Side of Paradise Subspace Radio #61 Too-good-to-be-true planets DS9 1×15 Progress Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 65: Offscreen Breakups (LD 5×03 The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel) | 17 nov. 2024 | 00:49:33 | |
Kev and Rob enjoy the cruise ship hijinks of "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel", then delve into other onscreen relationships that ended off screen: Scotty and Uhura (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier), Worf and Deanna Troi (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Neelix and Kes (Star Trek: Voyager) and Chakotay and Seven of Nine (Star Trek: Voyager). They also mark the passing of one of Star Trek's greatest writers, Jeri Taylor. LD 5×03 The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel Scotty / Uhura Star Trek V: The Final Frontier TNG 6×04 Relics Worf / Deanna TNG 7×11 Parallels TNG 7×25/26 All Good Things… Neelix / Kes VOY 3×13 Fair Trade VOY 3×10 Warlord VOY 4×02 The Gift VOY 6×23 Fury Chakotay / Seven of Nine VOY 7×25/26 Endgame TNG 4×21 The Drumhead
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 64: Meeting Yourself (LD 5×01-02) | 06 nov. 2024 | 01:00:00 | |
Rob and Kev review the first two episodes of Lower Decks Season 5, "Dos Cerritos" and "Shades of Green". They then revisit past Treks that saw our characters meeting themselves in various ways unrelated to the mirror universe. They discuss "The Enemy Within" (TOS), "Second Chances" (TNG), "Star Trek Nemesis" and "Defiant" (DS9). LD 5×01 Dos Cerritos LD 5×02 Shades of Green TOS 1×04 The Enemy Within TNG 6×24 Second Chances DS9 3×09 Defiant
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 63: Kids (PRO 2×16-20) | 01 sept. 2024 | 01:09:37 | |
Kev and Rob farewell the newly-formed Prodigy crew in episodes 16-20 of season two, then take the opportunity to revisit past instances of children in Star Trek, both stories about children including "Miri" (TOS), "And the Children Shall Lead" (TOS), and "When the Bough Breaks" (TNG), as well as fully-formed characters who are kids including Wesley Crusher, Jake Sisko, Nog, Alexander Rozhenko, Molly O'Brien, Naomi Wildman and Icheb. Finally, they look ahead briefly to the upcoming Starfleet Academy series. PRO 2×16 Acension, Part II PRO 2×17 Brink PRO 2×18 Touch of Grey PRO 2×19 Ouroboros, Part I PRO 2×20 Ouroboros, Part II Stories about kids TOS 1×11 Miri TOS 3×05 And the Children Shall Lead TNG 1×16 When the Bough Breaks Kid characters Naomi Wildman VOY 5×05 Once Upon a Time Star Trek Voyager: Every Time Seven Says "Naomi Wildman" VOY 7×11 Shattered DS9 6×24 Time’s Orphan
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 62: Captains broken by tragedy (PRO 2×11-15) | 22 août 2024 | 01:03:32 | |
Rob and Kev pass the time sailing on an ocean of vapour in episodes 11-15 of Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 by discussing other instances of captains bent and broken by tragedy. They discuss "The Doomsday Machine" (TOS), "The Omega Glory" (TOS), "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", "The Wounded" (TNG), "Equinox" (VOY) and the fundamental tragedies at the heart of captains Christopher Pike and Jean-Luc Picard. PRO 2×11 Last Flight of the Protostar, Part I PRO 2×12 Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II PRO 2×13 A Tribble Called Quest PRO 2×14 Cracked Mirror PRO 2×15 Ascension, Part I Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ENT 2×19 Judgment VOY 7×11 Shattered PRO 1×13 All the World’s a Stage TNG 3×26 The Best of Both Worlds VOY 7×25/26 Endgame Captains after tragedy TOS 2×06 The Doomsday Machine Subspace Radio #19: Hero ship sacrifices Escape from the Planet of the Apes TOS 2×25 The Omega Glory TOS 1×10 Dagger of the Mind Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan TNG 5×02 Darmok TOS 1×15 The Menagerie, Part I TNG 4×12 The Wounded VOY 5×26 Equinox
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 61: Too-good-to-be-true planets (PRO 2×06-10) | 03 août 2024 | 00:46:35 | |
Kev and Rob learn that there's no such thing as paradise in Star Trek – no matter how many scantily clad natives you throw into the mix. After a brief discussion of Star Trek: Prodigy season two episodes six through ten, they discuss "This Side of Paradise" (TOS), "Paradise" (DS9), "Justice" (TNG), and "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach" (SNW). PRO 2×06 Imposter Syndrome PRO 2×07 The Fast and the Curious PRO 2×08 Is There in Beauty No Truth? PRO 2×09 The Devourer of All Things, Part I PRO 2×10 The Devourer of All Things, Part II Doctor Who 1×08: Father’s Day PRO 1×18 Mindwalk Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Red Dwarf 32 Legion TOS 2×26 Assignment: Earth TOS 1×25 This Side of Paradise DS9 2×15 Paradise TNG 1×08 Justice SNW 1×06 Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 60: Dads (PRO 2×01-05) | 16 juil. 2024 | 00:55:39 | |
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 PRO 2×02 Into the Breach, Part II PRO 2×03 Who Saves the Saviors PRO 2×04 Temporal Mechanics 101 PRO 2×05 Observer’s Paradox Our review Starfleet Academy entrance exam TNG 2×14 The Icarus Factor TOS 2×05 Amok Time The Sisko Boys Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country DS9 7×01 Image in the Sand DS9 6×01 A Time to Stand
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 59: Hand-to-hand combat (DIS 5×10 Life, Itself) | 19 juin 2024 | 00:52:27 | |
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 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 DS9 4×03 The Visitor TOS 2×17 The Gamesters of Triskelion (Kev was wrong – we’ve never discussed this one!) VOY 6×15 Tsunkatse DS9 5×06 Trials and Tribble-ations TOS 2×13 The Trouble with Tribbles Top Secret underwater barfight
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 58: Into the belly of the beast (DIS 5×09 Lagrange Point) | 13 juin 2024 | 00:49:42 | |
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 TOS 2×18 The Immunity Syndrome TOS 2×06 The Doomsday Machine DS9 5×01 Apocalypse Rising VOY 6×26 Unimatrix Zero VOY 7×01 Unimatrix Zero, Part II Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 57: Captains on their own (DIS 5×08 Labyrinths) | 02 juin 2024 | 00:59:41 | |
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 TNG 5×25 The Inner Light 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 DS9 6×19 In the Pale Moonlight TOS 1×18 Arena TAS 1×15 The Eye of the Beholder TOS 1×15 The Menagerie, Part I TNG 6×18 Starship Mine
TNG 5×25 The Inner Light TNG 6×19 Lessons VOY 2×12 Resistance
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 56: Big ships (DIS 5×07 Erigah) | 22 mai 2024 | 00:41:55 | |
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 TNG 1×26 The Neutral Zone DS9 6×22 Valiant ENT 3×18 Azati Prime TNG 2×16 Q Who Constitution class (Kelvinverse)
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 55: Technology in primitive cultures (DIS 5×06 Whistlespeak) | 16 mai 2024 | 00:49:24 | |
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 TOS 2×09 The Apple 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 TOS 3×06 Spock’s Brain
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 54: The Mirror Universe (DIS 5×05 Mirrors) | 07 mai 2024 | 00:57:19 | |
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 The Original Series TOS 2×10 Mirror, Mirror See also Subspace Radio #4: Remembering Nichelle Nichols Deep Space Nine DS9 2×23 Crossover DS9 3×19 Through the Looking Glass DS9 4×20 Shattered Mirror DS9 6×08 Resurrection DS9 7×12 The Emperor’s New Cloak Enterprise ENT 4×18-19 In a Mirror, Darkly & In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II TOS 3×09 The Tholian Web
Discovery DIS 1×10 Despite Yourself DIS 1×11 The Wolf Inside DIS 1×12 Vaulting Ambition DIS 1x13 What’s Past Is Prologue
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 53: Trapped in time (DIS 5×04 Face the Strange) | 01 mai 2024 | 00:46:22 | |
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 TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s Enterprise DIS 1×07 Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad ST 1×02 Calypso Firefly 1×08 Out of Gas Trapped in time 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 PIC 1×05 Stardust City Rag
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| Episode 52: Joined Trill (DIS 5×03 Jinaal) | 24 avr. 2024 | 00:54:44 | |
After defeating the cloak-bees of the dimly-lit rock quarries of Trill, Rob and Kev take a stroll down the lane (or a swim up the milky river?) of Trill history, discussing all of the joined Trill that they have encountered in their travels. They discuss "Facets" (DS9), "Rejoined" (DS9) and "The Host" (TNG). DIS 5×03 Jinaal DIS 3×04 Forget Me Not DS9 3×25 Facets DIS 4×03 Choose to Live TAS 1×02 Yesteryear Matt’s So-Cast Pod: A podcast about My So-Called Life DS9 3×25 Facets DS9 4x10 Our Man Bashir DS9 7x15 Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang DS9 6x13 Far Beyond the Stars – see also Subspace Radio #0 Mixing it Up DS9 7×13 Field of Fire DS9 3×04 Equilibrium DS9 2×17 Playing God DS9 4×06 Rejoined TNG 4×23 The Host See also Subspace Radio #33 Canon retcons DS9 2×04 Invasive Procedures DS9 5×22 Children of Time
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||