Twin Cities Trekkies

Wes' favorite episodes from both Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Enterprise. Across seven combined seasons of television—three from The Original Series and four from Enterprise —Wes has spent years revisiting, re‑evaluating, and rediscovering the episodes that shaped his love of Star Trek. With so many classics, deep cuts, and character-driven gems to choose from, narrowing down...

The eighth episode of the first season of Starfleet Academy. In this episode of Starfleet Academy, we finally get trauma addressed. With the help of Lieutenant Sylvia Tilly, the cadets finally have a chance to deal with it. For S.A.M., it is a little different, and we find out a very old pain awaits The Doctor. You can share your feedback with us on our Facebook page at facebook.com/TCTrekkiesPod...

The seventh episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy . In the seventh episode of Starfleet Academy, we get a reflective, character‑driven episode that slows the pace after the traumatic events aboard the U.S.S. Miyazaki . With the Academy closing for its first holiday break, the cadets return home—and the story shifts to themes of identity, duty, family expectations, and the weight of destiny. In t...

Episode six of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The sixth episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a training exercise... one which has been done over a hundred years and using an ancient starship. However, there are twists and turns that makes you cringe. In today's livestream audio of Sunday's live broadcast, Wes talks about the episode and other things on his mind. You can share your fee...

Celebrating five years of Twin Cities Trekkies, as well as reviewing the fifth episode of season one of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. In the fifth episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, we attempt to solve the ending of Benjamin Sisko. Do S.A.M. solve it? Also, February 17 marks the fifth anniversary of the podcast, so how does Wes celebrate it? In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes revie...

The fourth episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy . In the fourth episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , we learn the Klingon Empire's fate since the Burn, and we learn very much about Jay-Den Kraag (Karim Diane). In the livestream audio of Sunday's livestream episode, Wes talks about the episode, podcast news, etc. Any feedback you have can be submitted to the Facebook page (facebook....

"Let He Who is Without Sin" and the weather in Star Trek . In six decades of Star Trek , there have been instances where weather plays a factor in an episode. Be it from hostile alien environments with storms, or an ion storm that sends people to an alternate, evil dimension, it has seen everything imaginable and more. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes welcomes Star Trek super...

In the third episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , we learn of a new laser-tag game called Calica, but there was a missed opportunity to showcase a game mentioned numerous times in Star Trek: The Next Generation but for now, it is still hidden. In this livestream audio of Sunday (1/25)'s broadcast of Twin Cities Trekkies LIVE, Wes reviews the episode, gives podcast updates, shouts out a po...

Star Trek: Khan. Released from September to November 2025, Star Trek delved into the realm of a podcast audio drama with Star Trek: Khan . Originally developed as a miniseries by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan director Nicholas Meyer, the audio drama spans the gap between the Original Series episode "Space Seed" and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes re...

The first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Starfleet Academy premiered Jan. 15th on Paramount+, so what does Wes think about the episodes? In this livestream audio version of the tenth YouTube livestream of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes gives his reaction to the episodes, and other things on his mind. Any feedback you have can be submitted to the Facebook page (facebook.com/TCTrekkiesPod)...

Random Star Trek discussions. In 60 years of Star Trek, people have been having discussions about random Star Trek topics. Has that ever been put into podcast form? We're not sure, but on today's episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes welcomes the first guest of the new year, Linda Paiges , the co-host of both Treknopod and The Transporter Room and the two of them have random Star Trek discu...

Remembering those in the Star Trek family who passed away in 2025. In 2025, the Star Trek family lost several actors, behind-the-scenes artists, and prominent authors. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes reads obituaries for 49 people in the greater Star Trek family who have passed away in 2025. Any feedback you have can be submitted to the Facebook page (facebook.com/TCTrekkiesPod), or b...

The Borg. Retroactively foreshadowed in the first season finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation, fully realized one season later, The Borg is easily identified as the biggest nemesis associated with the franchise, and is considered among the top three non-Human alien races along with the Romulans and the Klingons. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, the penultimate - and thirteenth - part o...

"Parturition." This early second-season episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the second of three episodes directed by Jonathan Frakes, the episode was designed to end the simmering feud between Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) and Neelix (Ethan Phillips) which appeared to not be popular and not working for the viewing audience. Plus, the burgeoning love triangle between them and Kes (Jennifer...

Harry Kim. Everyone's favorite Ensign. Introduced in the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager , Harry Kim is a bright, shy and nervous Operations officer, but then throughout the course of the series, he "dies" twice, transformed into an alien and even defies Starfleet rules and regulations regarding sexual contact with an alien species. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which this episode i...

Tuvok. Introduced in the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager , and played by Tim Russ, the character becomes an integral part of the Voyager crew, the "wise old Vulcan" who other characters seek for logic. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which is the podcast's tenth part celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Star Trek: Voyager , Wes sits down with Greg Vorob, formerly the...

Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Prodigy . Two different series. Two very similar series. The two shows share DNA between them with stories and character arcs. Too bad one was shorter. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which is the ninth part of the podcast's celebration of the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: Voyager , Wes welcomes back Jodi of the Clonestar Podcast , to talk about both...

The Adventures of Captain Proton. Taking inspiration from the 1930's Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers film serials, Star Trek: Voyager showcased their version of the classic serials by doing a holographic simulation as a sociology experiment by Tom Paris. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which constitutes the eighth part of the podcast's celebration of the 30th anniversary of Star Trek...

The Doctor. Introduced in the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the character is a computer program, but eventually he becomes so much more that he becomes part of two additional series. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which marks the seventh part of the podcast's celebration of Voyager's thirtieth anniversary, Wes sits down with Keith Bliss (friends with Star Trek: The Undisco...

A tribute to Jim "Gully" Gullickson and Karen Wright. In 2014, Jim Gullickson and Karen Wright, the general and operations managers of KMSU-FM in Mankato, Minnesota, took a chance on a young adult hoping to make it for himself as a broadcaster. Throughout 2015 and early 2016, these two people would become Wes' mentors. Jim Gullickson retired in 2019, and Karen Wright will be retiring...

It's an Honorable Life. Returning for its sixth season at the Historic Mounds Theater in St. Paul, the popular Star Trek themed holiday production of It's an Honorable Life brings the classic 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life in the only tradition that Star Trek (and Klingon) fans can! In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes brings together Kelvin Hatle (Wainwright), and the directo...

The 100 th episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, live from Room 205 A & B at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Celebrating 30 Years of Star Trek: Voyager . Star Trek: Voyager debuted on January 16, 1995, and with it came a new frontier of characters to examine, new life and new civilizations to explore and to get home. However, three decades on, is it still worth celebrating? In this landmark 100t...

Celebrating the 35th anniversary of "The Best of Both Worlds." In 1990, Star Trek: The Next Generation hit its stride with its popular third season cliffhanger finale, "The Best of Both Worlds," an episode that became one of the best cliffhanger finales in television history, alongside "Who Shot J.R." from Dallas and "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" from The Simpsons. The three-month gap in new episodes, won...

"New Life and New Civilizations" in review. In the season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the Vezda return, and this time a certain character meets her fate that forces Captain Pike to make one of the most difficult decisions of his life. In this live stream audio of the latest YouTube live episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes reviews the episode. Any feedback you have can be submitted to...

"Terrarium" in review. In the penultimate episode of the third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia) faces her inner demons when she is stranded on a collapsing moon against a Gorn female. Will she and the Gorn make friends, or will they kill each other? In this livestream version of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes reviews "Terrarium" and talks about...