Episode Archives

Trek Geeks #148: Gul Dukat

TREK’S GREATEST VILLAIN He is perhaps the greatest villain Star Trek has ever seen. Gul Dukat may only appear in 35 episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but his impact is felt through the entire series. We’ll discuss the layers and complexities of Dukat and the remarkable performance by Marc Alaimo, plus we’ll look…

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Trek Geeks #147: STLV Recap

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS… …at Star Trek Las Vegas, DEFINITELY gets talked about on Trek Geeks! There were a lot of developments at the biggest Trek Convention of the year, and we’re going to talk about all the big news–including the gigantic surprise announcement: the return of Sir Patrick Stewart to Star Trek! We were…

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PoliTreks Supplemental #2: STLV 2018

In this, our second supplemental episode, Shashank and Barry are joined by Jamie McGregor to talk about STLV 2018. This is not merely a recap – here we talk the politics of the Con itself, the actors, the shows, and the people going. We dive into contradictions we see about having the convention itself, and…

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Trek Geeks #146: A Piece of the Action

A ROYAL FIZZBIN It’s one of the all-time great comedic episodes of Star Trek and the perfect send off in to Convention Week! Tomorrow, we’re on our way to Star Trek Las Vegas but today we’re detouring at Sigma Iotia II to collect “A Piece of the Action.” One of the things that Star Trek…

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Trek Geeks #145: Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

SECRET MISSION ON ROMULUS Section 31. The clandestine shadow organization appears from time to time to protect the affairs of the United Federation of Planets. It has existed since Starfleet’s earliest beginnings, and now Luther Sloan has shown up to Deep Space Nine to recruit a new agent for a mission to Romulus… Dr. Julian…

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Discovering Trek: Season 2 Trailer Reaction

KICKING OFF SEASON 2! This past weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, the brand-new trailer for Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery was released–and was it ever amazing! We’ll examine this preview of what’s to come and tell you what we hope it all means as we kick off Discovering Trek’s second season with our Trailer…

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PoliTreks #15 – Section 25 – DS9 Dubious Characters

In this episode, Shashank and Barry continue their DS9 25th Anniversary celebration by deep diving the PoliTreks of some of the most dubious characters of the series. In no particular order, these characters offer a tonal shift in the Star Trek story as it developed through DS9’s seven seasons. Along with news, that, at time…

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Trek Geeks #144: Stump the Geek

WELCOME TO THE ROCK! It is a contest as old as Star Trek itself. OK, well maybe it’s not THAT old. Once again, Dan Davidson will attempt to tame the behemoth that is Stump the Geek! Dan will have to answer five questions of varying point values and he can’t use any reference material. No websites….

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Discovering Trek: Summer Spectacular

LOOKING AHEAD TO SEASON 2 In this bonus Summer Spectacular episode of Discovering Trek, Dan & Bill take a look at some of the news and developments ahead of Star Trek: Discovery’s second season.  Plus, we’ll review what we know about Discovery’s sophomore season and what we think it might lead to! Direct Download Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/discoveringtrek/dts01summer.mp3…

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Trek Geeks #143: The Enterprise

SHIP OF DREAMS It plays a central role in four television series and numerous films. We speak, of course, of the beloved Starship Enterprise and all her various incarnations! Boldly going where none have gone before, the Enterprise helped us to discover the farthest reaches of the galaxy, and in this week’s episode we’ll take a…

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