Trek Geeks

Trek Geeks #123: All Good Things…

TNG’s SERIES FINALE This week, we wrap up our year-long retrospective of Star Trek: The Next Generation with a look at the series finale, “All Good Things…” Airing in 1994, it was the first true finale for a Star Trek series getting a chance to do something that TOS never did. Some have called it…

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Trek Geeks #122: See It or Skip It: TNG S7

TNG’s FINAL SEASON This week, we continue to wind down our coverage of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s 30th Anniversary with our final “See It or Skip It” episode of 2017! Joining us for this fan-favorite episode is our great friend, Jason Inman of Geek History Lesson, DC All Access, and now also of the…

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Trek Geeks #120: Encounter at Farpoint

GREAT JOY AND GRATITUDE! This week, we travel back to 1987 and the episode that ushered in a brand new era for Star Trek fans! “Encounter at Farpoint” was the first brand new Star Trek on television in almost twenty years and, we didn’t know it at the time, but it was the beginning of…

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Trek Geeks #119: The Discovery Social Media Microscope

COUNTERING THE HATE This week on Your Independent Star Trek Podcast, we examine some of the most common complaints on Social Media regarding Star Trek: Discovery. DSC is the first new Star Trek series in the age of Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites and it’s been the subject of a lot of posts. We’ll…

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Trek Geeks #117: See-It or Skip-It: TNG S6

THE FAN FAVORITE MAKES A COMEBACK One of or most-requested episodes are our “See-It or Skip-It” installments where we rank each episode, and this week we continue the year-long celebration of TNG30 with Season 6 of Star Trek: The Next Generation! Joining us to referee the chaos is our friend, Ashley Victoria Robinson, from The…

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Supplemental #14: Discovery Press Conference @ NYCC

DISCOVERY BEAMS INTO NYCC! Immediately following the big New York Comic Con panel on Saturday at the historic Theater at Madison Square Garden, members of the Star Trek: Discovery cast and crew took part in a press conference with members of the media. TrekNews.net was in attendance and they’ve shared the entire Q&A with Trek Geeks for our listeners. This…

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Trek Geeks #116: Twilight

ONE OF ENTERPRISE’S BEST This week, Your Independent Star Trek Podcast returns with a look at one of the best “Reset Button” episodes ever. You know, it’s one of those episodes where things occur and then everything is taken back to an earlier time and none of the characters remembers anything that actually happened in…

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Trek Geeks #115: Workforce

A DIFFERENT LIFE FOR THE CREW Bill was watching BBC America recently and came across two Voyager episodes he’d never seen. It was the season 7 two-parter, “Workforce,” in which the crew finds themselves kidnapped by an alien race and put to work in their industrial plants.  Their memories have been altered and they have…

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Supplemental #13: Geek the Stump

TRIVIA FOR PEOPLE BAD AT TRIVIA! This week, Dan puts Bill’s Star Trek knowledge is to the test in a truly epic round of Geek the Stump! Five tough trivia questions. (Well, more like tough for “Teen Jeopardy.”) One multi-part bonus. (Weeeellll…we’ll see about that.) Bill can’t use any reference materials of any kind–he has…

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Trek Geeks #114: Captive Pursuit

PARENTAL ADVISORY The following episode of the podcast contains mature content and themes including an open and frank discussion on the topics of suicide and self-harm which may be unsuitable for younger listeners. Parental discretion is strongly advised. This week, we look at the sixth episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Captive Pursuit introduces…

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