PoliTreks: A Star Trek Podcast

Hosted ByBarry DeFord & Shashank Avvaru

FORTNIGHTLY ON WEDNESDAYS

PoliTreks! Barry DeFord and Shashank Avvaru talk politics, religion, and society around the replicator. Along with special guests, we choose to Boldly Go straight into the social, political, and sometimes spiritual underpinnings at the core of Star Trek. In this podcast, we aim to seek out new perspectives, and discover the ways Trek - past and present - can help us better understand the world as it is, and us as we are. We travel at warp speed through worlds, timelines, and dimensions with one mission: make sense of our reality!


All Episodes

PoliTreks #041: SPOOKY TREKS: The Borg

A discussion about perhaps the scariest species in all of Star Trek: The Borg PoliTreks is gearing up for the spooky season! Special guest Felicity Pickens a.k.a RadMissFliss jumps...

PoliTreks #040: Diseases in Star Trek, Part II

Plagues, ills, viruses, and diseases in the Star Trek Universe PoliTreks closes out the discussion on diseases in Star Trek with guest host Che. They discuss the DS9 episodes...

PoliTreks #039: Diseases in Star Trek: Part 1

A discussion around the plagues, ills, viruses and diseases in the Star Trek universe While much of the developed world begins a slow path toward recovery from COVID-19, the...

PoliTreks #038: POLI TREK: INSURRECTION

We’re still here, and so is Democracy! Co-hosts Barry and Shashank return to PoliTreks after an extended hiatus. They discuss their reasons for being away and jump straight to...

PoliTreks #037: Indigenous Representation in Star Trek

PUSHING THE ENVELOPE OF REPRESENTATION IN SCI-FI PoliTreks is back with a very candid interview with our friend Bryson to talk about representation of Indigenous People throughout the life...

PoliTreks #036: Engaging with Star Trek: Picard – Broken Pieces

FEAR OF DEATH, FEAR OF KILLING PoliTreks returns for the continuing analysis/review series of each episode of Star Trek: Picard! Shashank and a guest host break down in detail...

PoliTreks #035: Engaging with Star Trek: Picard – Nepenthe

NOT YOU…HUGH PoliTreks returns for the continuing analysis/review series of each episode of Star Trek: Picard! Shashank and a guest host break down in detail every scene of the...

PoliTreks #034: Amrit Kaur

OUR FIRST TREK ACTOR ON THE SHOW! Barry and Shashank get to chat with the talented and engaging Amrit Kaur, Indian-Canadian Actor who played Cadet Thira Sidhu in Star...

PoliTreks #033: Engaging with Star Trek: Picard – The Impossible Box

PINOCCHIO IS BROKEN PoliTreks returns for the continuing analysis/review series of each episode of Star Trek: Picard! Shashank and a guest host break down in detail every scene of...