It's Got Star Trek

Michael Burnham overcomes her social anxiety with the help of a wayward space whale, a rascally con man, and a genetically-modified friend. Join your time-agnostic hosts as they discuss the value of disrupted routines, curiously contemporary music, and the logic of love on this, the 26th episode of It's Got Star Trek! Next week: We debate the complex moral minefields of interstellar war and peace...

Need a concrete example for why the prime directive is so important? Alternatively, looking for any sort of contrivance to watch Captain Kirk and Commander Spock dress up as sexy gangsters? Whichever is your pleasure you will get served nicely in 'A Piece of the Action,' episode 17 of the original Star Trek's second season. Join your fawning fedora fan hosts as they debate the morality of interste...

Captain Archer is an explorer at heart, though he may not have expected to explore himself! Join your increasingly wacky hosts as they discuss sexy flatworms, unusual pigs, and the transitional vibe of Enterprise straddling the pre- and post-9/11 world. We'd also like to thank the fine folks at Feedspot for adding the It's Got Star Trek podcast to their list of the Top 60 Star Trek podcasts . We h...

Constable Odo reluctantly confronts his past while trying desperately to keep his nosy friends out of it. Join your masked and disinfected hosts as they discuss the uniquely intense style of Changeling psychotherapy, the brilliant subtly of Kurtwood Smith's acting, and Quark's mastery of casual condescension on this, the 23rd episode of It's Got Star Trek! Next week: We travel back to pre-Federati...

Have you ever been in a situation where you wish the year you were enduring would simply reset and allow you to start over while avoiding all the horribleness? Well then this episode is for you! Join your reality-fatigued hosts as they discuss Voyager's fourth season two-parter, 'Year of Hell.' Is it genocide if the people never existed? Is manipulating the timeline any different than contemporary...

Our old buddy Data has gone an caught a bad case of amneezy, landing himself and a bunch of medieval villagers in a boatload of trouble! Meanwhile, Counselor Troi discovers that career advancement can be tricky business, especially when your boss is your on-and-off again Imzadi. Distract yourselves from current events by enjoying a fun tale about science being ignored by hoards of ignorant lunatic...

If you thought Picard liked Shakespeare, wait till you get a load of these Klingons! Join your nostalgic hosts as they discuss the excellence of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, a film whose plot and themes remain strikingly relevant to today's crazy mixed-up world. We also, of course, discuss knee-balls. Next week: Who knows? It'll be something about Star Trek though! Check out @ItsGotStar...

Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard is over, but we aren't quite done yet! Join your stir-crazy hosts as they unpack the first season storyline, discuss the best bits (and where there is room for improvement), and, most importantly, ponder the enduring mystery of Captain Crandall. Next week: Fire up your old Constitution-class starships, arm the gas-detecting photon torpedoes, and set a course for our d...

Holy death and resurrection, Batman! Join your homebound hosts as they discuss the impact of mythology on decisionmaking, the connection between mortality and meaning, and the enduring, aggressive sensuality of the "Riker Lean." Next week: We discuss our overall thoughts on season one of Star Trek: Picard and where we think the story might go in season two. Subscribe to the It's Got Star Trek Podc...

Things are getting down to the wire as JL and the gang encounter a rascally band of 1980's-themed androids. With Jesse on an away mission, Dan and Patrick fumble their way through ruminations on the nature of identity, the somewhat bizarre Star Trek tradition of pretending colleagues didn't murder people, and who we think might show up if Sutra and A.I. Soong manage to activate that beacon! We ver...

The corona virus may be raging out in the real world, but that won't stop fictional hero Jean-Luc Picard from completing his mission! Join your socially-distanced hosts as they discuss Medusan masturbation techniques, Romulan methods of Borg disposal, and popular, if peculiar, misconceptions about the nature of post-scarcity societies on this, the 16th episode of It's Got Star Trek! Subscribe to t...

This week your increasingly sloppy hosts raid Raffi's snakeleaf stash and delve into the most nostalgic episode of Star Trek: Picard thus far.  Special guest Jimmy joins Patrick, Dan, and Jesse as they discuss android mucus, puny pizza portions, and the most tactful way to get someone to stop talking about your dead son. Welcome to the 15th episode of It's Got Star Trek! Subscribe to the It's Got...

Things are heating up as our old friend Jean-Luc takes a tour of The Artifact in search of Soji while learning some personal lessons along the way.  Your drone-curious hosts discuss post-murder horniness, impossible boxes, and Picard's continued strategy of showing up at friend's house's asking for favors.  Please to be enjoying this, the 14th episode of It's Got Star Trek! Subscribe to the It's G...

Join your overly-chatty hosts as they negotiate their way through the wild, wicked world of Freecloud on this, the 13th episode of the It's Got Star Trek Podcast.  Jean-Luc finally gets to be himself, 7 of 9 enjoys the more Shakespearean aspects of her regained humanity, and Elnor learns how to fit in by blankly staring off into the distance.  This episode also includes the first volley of custom...

If you thought JL had finished assembling his rag-tag team of android hunters last week, boy, were you largely incorrect!  In the 12th episode of the It's Got Star Trek podcast, your hosts and their sexy holographic counterparts banter about the baking prowess of the Qowat Milat, how to manipulate young orphan boys into being your own personal Qalankhkai, and the virtues of being booked on the hig...

After a few weeks of gathering clues and dodging disruptors, Admiral Picard has assembled the party that will join him on his quest to avoid helping Zhaban and Laris with the harvest.  Try to follow along as your snakeleaf-muddled hosts examine fatal code errors, disordered Borg, and increasingly-hard-to-ignore hints of Romulan incest. There is a lot going on in the world today - take the opportun...

Holy targnation, what an episode! Sexy Romulans, violent synths, and the ever-present threat of pinot-thirsty spittlebugs! Your anything but lugubrious hosts revel in the expanding mystery surrounding Soji, Narek, and the rest of the gang. What secret are the Zhat Vash hiding? Will Raffi help Picard or just drink his wine? Why hasn't mall escalator technology advanced further by the turn of the 25...

Oooooweee! The long wait is finally over as your chaotically neutral hosts delve deeply and lovingly into our old friend, Jean-Luc. We analyze the pilot episode of Star Trek: Picard, 'Remembrance,' in the fashion of fresh young school boys excited about a shipment of pristine marbles. There is a lot to cover in this one, so our advice to you is to get started listening - straight away now, no dodd...

While the fandom collectively waits to see the first episode of Star Trek: Picard, your jive-talking hosts take a look back at the first two episodes of Star Trek: The Animated series, 'Beyond the Farthest Star' and 'Yesteryear.' We discuss the broadened visual scope the animated format affords the production team (made up of many of the key players from The Original Series), the peculiar (and oft...

In the newest episode of the It's Got Star Trek podcast, your distractable hosts discuss King of the Hill, Benson, Star Trek II, Star Trek Phase II, Lake Geneva, masturbation croissants, The Expanse, The Orville, Fried Green Tomatoes, a cat meowing, Too Close for Comfort, swiss chard, suspension of disbelief shattered by errant trombone slide positions, TNG bloopers, tips for picking wineberries,...

Would you believe it?  Another week, and another new episode of the It's Got Star Trek podcast!  In this new entry to our rapidly-expanding library of insightful, irreverent (and ultimately irrelevant) audio recordings, your hosts discuss the first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery, 'The Vulcan Hello' and 'Battle at the Binary Stars.'  There will be praise, there will be frustration, and, most...

In this, the newest installment of the It's Got Star Trek podcast, your gradually aging hosts analyze the pilot episode of (Star Trek:) Enterprise, 'Broken Bow.'  We praise the writing and acting, question the inclusion of the "sexy" decontamination scene (while cheering on the "sexy" alien frog-tongued girls), and generally swoon over the hottness of Scott Bakula. Subscribe to the It's Got Star T...

You are invited to enjoy the newest episode of It's Got Star Trek, in which your beleaguered hosts wrestle with the fact that they like, but don't love, 'Caretaker,' the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager.  We discuss Tom Paris' presumptions, Captain Janeway's shady (and short-lived) senior staff, and confusing interpretations of the Prime Directive.  Also, Neelix.  Subscribe today at your neares...

This week your hosts fawn over their favorite (spoiler!) of the Star Trek pilot episodes, Deep Space Nine's 'Emissary.' Joined again by guest TNG expert Daniel H. Johnson (who is a dab hand at DS9 as well), Patrick, Dan, and Jesse praise the tight writing, efficient world-building, and distinctive atmosphere present right from the start of what is arguably the best Star Trek series to date. Oh, we...

In this installment of the It's Got Star Trek podcast, Patrick, Dan, and Jesse continue their quest to discuss all the Star Trek pilots with 'Encounter at Farpoint,' the episode that introduced the world to the gentle wisdom of Jean-Luc Picard, the aggressive charm of William Riker, and the understated sensuality that is a brace of space-faring jellyfish.  Your hosts are joined by one of the world...