Discovering Trek

Forget Me NotThis week on Forget Me Not - the incredibly emotional 4th episode of Star Trek Discovery - the USS Discovery heads for the Trill home world! When they arrive, Burnham and Adira go to the surface to see if the Trill can help them unlock Tals past hosts memories. After a very awkward first encounter… 9 Nov 2020
1:10:58 People of EarthThis week on People of Earth - the 3rd episode of Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 - Burnham is finally reunited with the USS Discovery and informs the crew of her research over the past year. She has discovered a 12 year old transmission from a Starfleet Admiral regarding the Federation. Newly… 2 Nov 2020
46:38 Far From HomeThis week on Far From Home - the 2nd episode of Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 - the USS Discovery and her crew arrive in the future and immediately crash land on an unknown planet. While most of the crew begin repairs on the ship, Saru and Tilly head out for a potential First Contact mission at an… 26 Oct 2020
53:54 That Hope Is You, Part 1After 18 months, we finally welcome back Star Trek: Discovery and its Season 3 premier episode That Hope Is You. Michael Burnham arrives 930 years in the future and discovers things are not what she had hoped. She has crash landed on an unknown planet, the USS Discovery is missing and she doesn't… 19 Oct 2020
42:46 No Small PartsThis week on the AMAZING Season Finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks, a familiar adversary shows up to cause havoc and destruction for the USS Solvang and USS Cerritos! Mariner and Captain Freeman appear to have started on a path towards healing, Boimler is bucking for a promotion, Tendi welcomes a new… 12 Oct 2020
49:30 Crisis PointThis week on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner is ordered by the Captain to attend counseling sessions and she is NOT happy. She ends up hijacking Boimler's holodeck program and creating an adventure where she plays the villain Vindicta and goes on a murderous rampage against the crew and Captain… 5 Oct 2020
46:50 VeritasThis week on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi and Rutherford are all called to 'testify' on the planet K'Tuevon Prime about a specific mission that they all have information on. It looks like the fate of the entire senior staff hangs in the balance, but all may not be as it seems!… 25 Sep 2020
47:06 Much Ado About BoimlerThis week on Star Trek: Lower Decks, while Tendi creates a new genetically altered pet named "The Dog", Boimler helps Rutherford with a new transporter project and things don't go as smoothly as planned. As a result, both are sent aboard the mysterious USS Osler to head to Section 14's "The Farm"… 21 Sep 2020
45:31 Terminal ProvocationsThis week on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner and Boimler have to help Ensign Fletcher get out of a huge mess he caused which threatens the entire ship! Meanwhile, Tendi and Rutherford have their own issues when a holodeck Training Assistant program turns murderous and tries to hunt them down and… 14 Sep 2020
36:58 Cupid's Errant ArrowThis week on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Boimler is very excited that he will be spending time with his girlfriend, Barb from the USS Vancouver. He is - wait - Boimler's got a GIRLFRIEND? Mariner isn't so sure and had all kinds of conspiracies as to what she really may be! Meanwhile, Tendi and… 8 Sep 2020
44:06 Moist VesselThis week on Star Trek: Lower Decks, the Cerritos is being overrun and transformed by an organic growth material! Meanwhile, the Captain and Ensign Mariner get some quality time together to work out some of their family issues. Sara, Bill, and Kasey sit down to talk about "Moist Vessel," the fourth… 31 Aug 2020
41:33 Temporal EdictThis week on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Ransom and Mariner head out on an important second contact mission which goes completely off the rails. Meanwhile on the USS Cerritos, Boimlers discussion with the Captain causes all kinds of havoc as she makes 'buffer time' a thing of the past. Dan, Sarah, Bill… 24 Aug 2020
41:00 EnvoysThis week on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Boimler and Mariner head out on an important transport mission with a high ranking Klingon General, while Rutherford tries to figure out exactly where he belongs on the USS Cerritos! Dan, Sarah, Bill and Kasey sit down to talk about "Envoys" - the second episode… 17 Aug 2020
35:50 A Conversation with Mike McMahanIt's the latest Star Trek series and the first animated series set in the Star Trek Universe in almost fifty years. In this bonus episode of Discovering Trek and Trek Geeks, Dan and Bill sit down to talk with Star Trek: Lower Decks creator and executive producer, Mike McMahan about the show, its… 14 Aug 2020
40:40 Second ContactSPOILER ALERT The newest Star Trek series has left spacedock! It is Star Trek: Lower Decks and it is the first animated Trek in almost 50 years! Meet the crew of the USS Cerritos as they barely go where noone has gone before! Mariner, Boimler, Tendi and Rutherford are part the support crew serving… 10 Aug 2020
37:15 Trek Geeks #220: Dr. Erin Teaches Science to Two IdiotsWhat happens when you take someone who is an astrophysicist and consults for the Star Trek franchise and subject her to explaining the science behind things to...well...us? We're not sure, either, but we're pretty sure that her head exploding might be a possible outcome! You might have seen her at… 17 Jun 2020
1:54:00 Strange New Worlds AnnouncementAs we remember the events of the Season 2 finale and prepare for Season 3 of Star Trek Discovery, CBS decided to give us another reason why this is the best time EVER to be a Star Trek fan! Trek Geeks Dan and Bill return to their Discovering Trek mics to discuss the bombshell announcement of… 20 May 2020
29:54 Short Treks - Children of MarsTwo young students have parents who both work at the Utopia Planetia Shipyards on Mars. Another thing they have in common is their disdain for one another. It takes an unthinkable event to bring the two together to face their special connection after their lives are shaken to their very core. Trek… 22 Jan 2020
27:26 Short Treks - The Girl Who Made the StarsWhen young Michael Burnham is scared about an approaching lightening storm in space, her father Mike tells her a wondrous story about a time when stars did not exist in the night sky and how a young girl helped her tribe overcome their fears. She was "The Girl Who Made The Stars"! Trek Geeks Dan… 23 Dec 2019
28:42 Short Treks - Ephraim and DotA tartigrade named Ephraim is ready to lay her eggs and wants to find the perfect spot to do so. What better place than the warm inviting space of the engine room of the U.S.S. Enterprise? Well, the maintenance robot DOT-7 has other ideas! Follow these two through an amazing look at the history of… 22 Dec 2019
25:00 Short Treks - Ask NotCadet Thira Sidhu is thrust into a life and death situation when Starbase 28 is attacked by Tholians and she is assigned the task of keeping an eye on a mutineer - none other that Captain Christopher Pike of the USS Enterprise. Will she follow her training or will she let a decorated captain talk… 18 Nov 2019
35:37 Short Treks - The Trouble With EdwardIn this bonus episode, Dan & Bill discuss The Trouble With Edward , the second Short Trek of the season! A familiar lifeform returns to the Star Trek universe and causes trouble for an entire ship and crew - all thanks to one very interesting member of the science staff. The Trek Geeks will talk… 11 Oct 2019
35:58 Short Treks - Q & AIn this bonus episode, Dan & Bill discuss Q & A , the first Short Trek of the season! This 15 minute mini episode focuses on Ensign Spock's first day on the Enterprise! After being greeted by Number 1, they get to know each other when they get stuck in a turbolift after a malfunction. Questions… 9 Oct 2019
34:43 Discovery Season 2 Wrap-up SpectacularIn this Bonus episode, Dan & Bill talk about their favorite and least favorite moments of Star Trek: Discovery's sophomore season. From Section 31, to Control, to Captain Pike, Mister Spock, Reno, Saru, Burnham, Talos IV and so many others, there are so many aspects of the season worthy of… 1 Oct 2019
52:52 Mary ChieffoIn this very special bonus episode, Dan & Bill are joined by "The Mother of all Klingons," "The Chancellor of the Klingon Empire," the honorable L'Rell of House Mokai!! That's right, the one and only Mary Chieffo stops by to talk about her incredible experience playing this amazing character on… 30 Apr 2019
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