Episode Archives

Trek Geeks #162: See It or Skip It: DS9 S6

RANKING SEASON 6 This week, we return with the highly requested See It or Skip It series, this time focusing on the penultimate season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! We’ll go through the entire season telling you which episodes you are definite must-sees, and which ones you could skip if you wanted to. Maybe….

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Discovering Trek: Short Treks – The Brightest Star

SPOILER ALERT In this bonus episode, Dan & Bill discuss The Brightest Star, the third Short Trek in a series of four!  This 15 minute mini episode focuses on fan favorite Saru and how he started his journey as a Starfleet Officer – and both hosts feel this is THE Short Trek they have been waiting…

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PoliTreks #18 – Methods Devour Themselves

In this very ambitious episode, Shashank and Barry have teamed up with our good friend Brett O’Shea from Revolutionary Left Radio, a political science/philosophy/activist podcast, to talk about the book ‘Methods Devour Themselves: A Conversation’ co-authored by Benjanun Sriduangkaew and J. Moufawad-Paul. The book itself represents a conversation between Speculative Fiction/Fantasy (SFF), which includes Sci-fi,…

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PoliTreks #18.1 – Methods Devour Themselves Raw Interviews

Being that the episode was coming on 2+ hours in length, and the fact that we could not get both interviews on the show in their entirety, we decided to release both episodes back-to-back in a separate release. This way, you dear listener, can have a chance to engage more with the authors’ points themselves….

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Trek Geeks #160: William Sadler

SECTION 31’s LUTHER SLOAN You’ve seen him in the films Die Hard 2, Iron Man 3, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, and in television shows like Roswell, The Pacific, and Power. But you’ve also seen him as the enigmatic Luther Sloan–Director of Section 31 in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! He’s the incomparable William Sadler…

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Discovering Trek: Short Treks – Calypso

SPOILER ALERT In this bonus episode, Dan & Bill discuss Calypso, the second ever Short Trek!  This 17 minute mini episode focuses on a new character, Craft (wonderfully played by Aldis Hodge) and his time on an abandoned USS Discovery set 1000 years in the future! The Trek Geeks will give their thoughts and opinions…

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Trek Geeks #159: In the Pale Moonlight

HE CAN LIVE WITH IT It is a hour of Star Trek that is filled with compromise after disastrous compromise, and hanging in the balance is Benjamin Sisko’s morality and self respect. Starfleet is losing the war against the Dominion and they need the Romulans in the fight, and Sisko does what he never expected…

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Trek Geeks #158: Podcasting 101 from Northeast Trek Con

GETTING INTO PODCASTING Dan was a bit under the weather last week, so we had to reschedule the episode we had planned for this week. We promise to bring it to you soon! As a result, we bring you the audio from our panel at Northeast Trek Con about podcasting and getting into this medium!…

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Trek Geeks #157: Take Me Out to the Holosuite

WORLD SERIES WEEK! It’s the Great American Pastime in Space! One of Deep Space Nine’s most memorable outings has to be the seventh season episode, “Take Me Out to the Holosuite.” Sisko accepts the challenge of a Vulcan nemesis in his favorite sport, putting the honor of the DS9 senior staff on the line! It’s…

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PoliTreks #17 – Section 25 – DS9 25th Anniversary Celebration (Part 3)

In this, our return from hiatus, we bring you the 25 things we love about DS9. In hour discussion, we range from small detail to major story-centric themes, and add in socio-political elements that stand out. Because it’s hard to shut up about DS9, this is one of our longest episodes yet! Enjoy!

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