Humanist Trek

First, we wrap up the weekend at Fort Collins Comic Con. Then, when KSM become the zoo animals, we revisit our discussion from the very first Star Trek episode "The Cage". Are zoos a net good? What of animal autonomy? Will Becca ever recover from hitting that groundhog? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media...

If that time capsule your class did in 1987 was opened in a billion years, what would they think of your polaroid picture from your summer vacation to Gatorland, some poisoned raw meat, and a Bop It!? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!   Visit our  website  at  humanisttrek.com Support  the show at  pat...

When Kirk and Spock are medically converted to fish people, they discover a whole civilization of fish people in danger of quakes. The Youngs and the Olds have different ideas about a lot of things, and their solution to their differences is not something we expected from Saturday morning / after school special style television! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this e...

When the Enterprise falls into the coat pocket of the universe, astrophysics Ph. D. Erin Macdonald beams up to debunk the junk and make us laugh! Will we successfully network a Mac and a PC? Does Scotty have a box of old cables and adapters? Will this episode of Star Trek: The Afterschool Special get us all to set aside our differences and get along already? Play along with our Starfleet Academy C...

When "Honey, I Shrunk the Enterprise Crew" kicks off, they discover a civilization in need. What's a teeny tiny species gotta do to get some attention 'round here!? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Congrats to Anders, who joins us in "Loser Corner" this week!   Visit our  website  at  humanisttrek.com...

When Harry Mudd shows back up with a love potion, will Spock and Chapel finally hook up? Isn't it somewhat frightening how much like a certain former US President Mudd is like? What crazy scheme will he cook up next? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!   Visit our  website  at  humanisttrek.com Support  ...

When the Enterprise returns to the Shore Leave planet to find its caretaker dead and the computer not on the fritz but seemingly sentient, will the crew strand Landru-Sphinctertron 3000 on the planet or help it reach its freedom? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!   Visit our  website  at  humanisttrek....

This week Star Trek asks, "What if what humans thought were witches and devils were actually aliens?" If some people are simply innately driven and motivated by fear, how do we leverage our own humanism to meet them where they are and drive society forward instead of backward? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on socia...

When the Enterprise finds itself in the "Little Shop of Horrors" universe, Sarah and Allie create a new Pokémon and take on racial supremacy. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Special thanks to this week's winner, Lt Cmdr. Anders!   Visit our  website  at  humanisttrek.com Support  the show at  patreon...

When the Enterprise encounters a vulva-headed alien masquerading as a lost human, the crew are lured into a Romulan trap. Outgunned with no shields, will our heroes escape? Will the Vendor unload all of those worthless Pop Vinyls before the end of the con? Could Vulcans really just be Vendorians? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #Starfle...

When genetically modified tribbles send Sarah on a rant about the many misconceptions about "GMO", Allie must try to get the pod shuttle back on course while also dodging hungry tribbles and angry Klingons. Will we get to the end of the episode? Will there be no tribble at all? As mentioned in this episode: SciBabe https://scibabe.com/ Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share...

From new tattoos to new friends (including Star Trek's Randy James!!), Allie and Sarah had a great time as usual at RetroMania 2024 in Aurora, Colorado. Then, when the women of Star Trek are finally given the lead, will they choose a planet full of men or bears? Does this episode make up for the Enterprise stranding Melllvar in the first episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series? Can we please hav...

When another Melllvar cloud being starts eating planets, will our heroes shoot it or try to make contact? Why do we allow human ego to drive our treatment of other life forms? Will Allie ever watch Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers? LAST CHANCE!  Join our hike team or Donate at:  humanisttrek.com/hike Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #Starf...

How would you feel if you had to go back in time and watch your young self receive the worst bullying of your life all over again? How can Spock's dad stand by and watch his son endure this trauma and not intervene? Are the big expectations placed on Vulcan children healthy or harmful? Join our hike team or Donate at: humanisttrek.com/hike Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- S...

Animated Sarah and Animated Allie beam into the ST:TAS universe! Why did they leave Melllvar on that dead star? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!   Visit our  website  at  humanisttrek.com Support  the show at  patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your  merch at  humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Fac...

Patrons Sara and Russell join Sarah, Allie, and Becca for a fun game of TrekWord! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!   Visit our  website  at  humanisttrek.com Support  the show at  patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your  merch at  humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Mastodon Facebook Instagram Threads Bluesk...

When Kirk and an old lover get Freaky Friday body swapped, the crew must uncover the truth. Why can't women be starship captains? Why haven't you joined our team or donated to support suicide prevention yet? Join our hike team or Donate at: humanisttrek.com/hike Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!   Visi...

In the penultimate episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, KSM find themselves on a planet whose people have time warped into the past to escape their planet's sun going nova. Is Kirk a witch? Will Spock finally put McCoy in his place? What happens if these people fuck up the space time continuum? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #Sta...

When the Enterprise drops by Planet "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln", good and evil are put into a poorly executed experiment. Did Duane the Rock Monster learn anything today? Why is President Lincoln army crawling in his nice suit? Were Lincoln's own words used in this episode? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on soc...

James Kirk, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk walk into a bar. Speaking of, this episode of Star Trek: The Original Series sets the bar pretty high. This week, Kirk and the gang stumble into a scathing indictment on the class inequality in American and around the world. Is capitalism killing us? Are the people who are most subjugated essentially forced to become criminal to survive? Again... why haven't w...

When the Enterprise tracks down a rogue band of Space Hippies, Star Trek gets baked out of its mind and takes a big swing at the counterculture movements of the 1960's. Why haven't we eaten the rich yet? Is the grass greener on the other religion? Do you reach, man? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!  ...

When the Enterprise finds an old recluse man with a daughter-ish/lover-ish android Real Doll, Sarah and Allie almost quit the podcast. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!   Visit our  website  at  humanisttrek.com Support  the show at  patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your  merch at  humanisttrek.com/mer...

When Shari Lewis puts down her puppets, the Enterprise bumps into a corporeal life form who just want to be where the people are so much that they're killing everyone in their path to find some bodies. Did they kill the Zetarians or are they just off terrorizing more people? Did Scotty's new love just get dropped off at the library never to be seen again? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cade...

When the Enterprise stumbles upon a planet whose inhabitants are long gone but who also left their Brinks Home Security System armed, crew members start dropping left and right, victims of a randy murderous mystery woman. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media!   Visit our  website  at  humanisttrek.com Supp...

When Star Trek takes a swing at the "overpopulation problem", Kirk is kidnapped and used to introduce a deadly STD into the population. The writers even kicked both sterilization and prophylactics past the 1960's censor goalpost. Is Earth spiraling toward overpopulation? Are we prepared to make difficult decisions for the survival of our species?   Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Chall...