Beyond Trek Podcast

What do you do when you have a Mexican American actor playing a Native American character and want to have the portrayal be accurate to Native American customs and beliefs? You hire a man with Jewish ancestry from Los Angeles, California who doesn't know a thing about Native Americans.

What do you get when you combine Star Trek and a director that doesn't know jack squat about Star Trek? You get Star Trek: Nemesis

Love boat Love, exciting and new Come aboard. we're expecting you. Love, life's sweetest reward. Let it flow, it floats back to you. The love boat soon will be making another run The love boat promises something for everyone Set a course for adventure, Your mind on a new romance. Love won't hurt anymore It's an open smile on a friendly shore.   The love boat soon will be making another run Th...

Fire up the grill, I'm going to talk about the Star Trek Insurrection movie we could have had if Sir Patrick Stewart would've just been cool, kept his yapper shut and played ball.

Take this interesting premise: a ship lost 70,000 lightyears away from home, limited resources, clothes on their backs, dangerous and un-known aliens around every corner. Now throw all of that away and what do you have left? Star Trek: Voyager. Grab an extra plate for this beef.

If you're looking for a good 'YAWN', here's some more not news on a Star Trek movie whose chances of happening are lower than student loan debt forgiveness

Suzanne, Renzo, and Dag bring you back to back TO BACK reviews of Prodigy episodes 11, 12, & 13! First Up, Protostar arrives at a Federation Communications relay - and gets a taste of the threat the Diviner warned about. Next: To try and neutralize the Diviner's weapon, the Prodigies approach THE BORG! And, finally: Responding to a distress call, the Prodigies arrive at a Cargo Cult patterned afte...

Got your seasoning? BigJ is serving up the beef on how the animated series Rick and Morty Lower Decks, I mean Star Trek Lower Decks, is getting beat by the kid's cartoon Star Trek: Prodigy

BigJ brings out the grill for some beef on the paltry appearance of Star Trek merchandise

We're bringin' you not 1 but TWO reviews slammed together. Big J, Renzo & Dag go hand over fist to reflect on Lower Decks Season 3 episodes 9 and 10 and reveal what the finale really might have in store for us next season. Subscribe and Enjoy!

Big J, Renzo, & Dag bring you every. single. detail. this episode holds. Featuring stand out performances and plot and character development for Boimler and Tendi, Paradoxus brings an insane amount of deep cuts, laughter, and chaos to an already wild series. Follow Us on Twitter: Beyond Trek Renzo Dag Suzanne Big J

IT'S OUR BIGGEST EPISODE EVER!   BTP joins forces with Trek the Vote to galvanize support for Scrutineers, a team of election security and transparency  experts dedicated to making sure our elections are safe, secure, and legitimate. This episode features Scrutineers Founder Emily Levy, Transparent Elections NC Founder Lynn Bernstein, and Shelby County Tennessee Election Commissioner Ben...

For a bird episode, there's so much beef we have to unpack. Get with Big J, Renzo, Suzanne, and Dag to learn just how much love and despair we have for this episode, featuring the most loathed villain in Star Trek: Peanut Hamper. Follow Dag Follow Suzanne Follow Beyond Trek Follow Big J Follow Renzo

Big J, Suzanne, and Dag have it out about math, metal, Mesk in the latest installment, covering Star Trek: Lower Decks "Hear All, Trust Nothing." DO YOU LIKE JUICY CAMEOS BECAUSE THERE ARE JUICY CAMEOS! Sign up for the FREE TIM RUSS event at https://scrutineers.org/events/tim-russ-event/ Get involved in keeping our Elections safe and secure at https://www.trekthe.vote/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Prepare for strange as the BTP crew engages, yet again, another giddy late night recording sesh. Star Trek: Lower Decks, S3E05 "Reflections" bring shome a whole lot of deep cuts but, wait, what's this? Big J's Beef stirs some wholesome discussions about what Trek means to each of us. Tune in!

Big J, Renzo, and Dag knock it out of the park yet again! In an episode packed with bat'leth-armed Klingon Clowns, Borg Snakes shooting basketballs and a really, *REALLY* hot Andorian werewolf, we manage to find something great to talk about. What is that? You'll have to listen to find out. Follow Dag Follow Suzanne Follow Beyond Trek Follow Big J Follow Renzo

Dag & Suzanne get to hang out with Miranda, better known in the cosplay circle as "Bollywood Bev" - the Doctor Crusher cosplayer! Learn all about how Miranda was inspired by Star Trek and Doctor Crusher to make the world a better place around her. Also, there's a lot of rainbows and glitter in this episode, which is probably the most wholesome episode of Trek we've ever produced. Follow Miranda Fo...

Dag, Big J, Renzo, and Suzanne are back in the chairs ripping up the latest Lower Decks lessons available in "The Least Dangerous Game." Delivering the deepest of deep cuts this go around, some of our secrets about how we do what we do are shared. Don't miss a minute!

Big J, Renzo, Suzanne and Dag get back together just like Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, & Rutherford. It's basically Star Trek 3 meets Star Trek 8 proving, once again, that our Lower Decking Loves are, indeed, the offscreen sideshow. What does that mean? You'll just have to tune in an Boldly Go with Beyond Trek Podcast! Follow Dag Follow Suzanne Follow Big J Follow Renzo Follow Beyond Trek Watch this o...

Tune in & Find Out!   Ryan C Britt joins the BTP gang to chat about Saavik as Spock's BabyMama, Nichelle Nichols role in NASA, and PHASERS ON STUN, his latest book that makes our regular deep dives look like belly flops.    Follow Ryan Follow us Follow Dag   BUY PHASERS ON STUN! LISTEN TO PHASERS ON STUN! (he read his own book!?!) Like & Subscribe for more exclusive Star Trek c...

Famous words, said by Spock to McCoy in The Balance of Terror, on which today's show is based - The Quality of Mercy doesn't do anyone any favors - at least, if you're Romulan. Join Big J, Renzo, and Dag as we explore Star Trek's version of What If - by putting Pike in the hot seat that Kirk should have had. Like and Subscribe and find us on Twitter: @BeyondTrekPod @TrekNexus @Hawkshark Drop a dim...

We've had one Lord of the Rings reference, yes - What about second Lord of the Rings reference? Your wait is over - Catch Dag, Renzo, & Suzanne right now for the wildest hot takes on #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds "All Those Who Wander" Check us out on Youtube: Patreon: Don't forget to Like and Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

Big J, Renzo, and Dag are back with OH MY GOD THE COSTUMES! THE FUCKING COSTUMES. Also, there's some trivia, some explosive reveals about the nature of Star Trek, and then we get into D&D and single-father parenting. All aboard, because where this train's going, we don't need roads.

DAG WAS RIGHT! But that's besides the point. The Serene Squall introduces us to our first super-hot non-binary villain and we are here for it! Tack on to that, Vulcan Sex Positivity, a Mutiny, Chapel going full John McClane, and our 4th episode in a row without Hemmer! #BringBackBlue Like, Subscribe, and check us out on youtube!

Pivoting off of Ursula K LeGuin, Strange New Worlds masterfully subverts the time honored Vulcan adage "The Needs of the Many" by placing a thoughtful, intelligent, sensitive child in the role of the few or the one.  The BTP crew wastes no time digging into the ethics and morals of this dilemma, and ends up much like Captain Pike does - having to deal with a reality we can't fix.