Captain's Pod: A Star Trek Companion

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian and Deneé joined by Star Trek writer Fred  Bronson! They discuss Fred’s contributions to the Trek universe including Robert April, Ferengi ear massages, and a certain poetry reading from our favorite French Captain of the Enterprise.   1) Ten Forward (1:57) - An extended chat with Fred coverin...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian, Deneé, and Aaron attempt to replicate Vulcan limbs, brush up on their TOS knowledge, and, in general, be completely blown away by the fantastic season finale to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! -...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian, Deneé, and Aaron discuss the remake of Alien 1979, get exposed to some hardcore Gornography, and rejoice at the return of Hemmer… briefly.   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (7:13)   2)  Engineering - ReSINstance is Futile: Ev...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian, Deneé, and Aaron mourn the existence of a dog that never was, become far too preoccupied with Ortegas’ head wound, and get positively explosive as they argue about how this episode SHOULD have ended.   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the ai...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   Guess who’s coming to dinner! This week sees Ian and Deneé surprised with an inspection from Fleet Commander Jeremy Scott! Join them as they damn near fly the pod apart, dissect the logic of a Shakespeare-quoting Klingon, and debate the functional flappy-ness of Starfleet uniforms.    1) Ten Forward - Thoughts o...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian, Deneé, and Aaron ponder the most efficient way for a Vulcan to research porn, Deneé bargains for a Trek or Tricktion prize, and, most importantly; WHERE THE HELL IS HEMMER?!   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (4:25)   2)  Engi...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian, Deneé, and Aaron contemplate the sheer charismatic pull of Captain Pike’s mighty quiff, accidentally predict the plot of this week’s episode, and Deneé shares her recent experience in the Sinterprise’s sickbay.    1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can g...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian, Deneé, and Aaron make the stunning discovery that Deneé may be a Vulcan, the Captain’s stardate system comes under threat of auditors, and the Ferengi steal the Enterprise D.   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (8:59)   2)  Eng...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian, Deneé, and Aaron debate the practicalities of shoulder lamps, Deneé experiences her first mindmeld, and the merits of “Honey I Shrunk the Shuttlecraft” are discussed in Trek or Tricktion.   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (6:...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian, Deneé, and Aaron debate the true meaning behind the SNW opening credits, the practicalities of hiding your offspring in a transporter buffer, and an episode of Star Trek described so blandly that it has to be fake… right?   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian, Deneé, and Aaron discuss the questionable merits of Star Trek V, whether one should or should not touch a musical space egg, and Deneé’s personal theme music is finally revealed!   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (2:45)   2) ...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian and Deneé joined by a Strange New crew member; Aaron Dicer! The crew review the pilot of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, debate the most ingenious weapons in Trek history, and attempt to uncover the browser history of our Ambassador's replicator.     1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian and Deneé conclude the Sinterprise's second mission with the finale of Star Trek: Picard Season 2! Predictions are revisited, omnipotent beings are cuddled, and shield bubbles are bubbled.   Join us next week as we kick off with the premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!     1) Ten For...

Trigger Warning: We have a discussion about the suicide that takes place in this episode of Star Trek: Picard. The conversation starts at 22:50 and ends at 39:00.   Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian and Deneé discuss deadly dematerializations, Ian’s favorite transporter sound effect, and a stunning prediction for next week’s f...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian and Deneé open with a very sincere apology from the captain, Deneé takes command of the Sinterprise, and season 2 of Picard creates another 48 minutes of an increasingly sinful TV show.   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (8:02)...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian and Deneé delve into Picard’s brain, digest some more fan predictions, and ponder some highly questionable temporal violations.   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (6:43)   2)  Engineering - ReSINstance is Futile: Everything Wro...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Ian and Deneé recap the first-ever Captain’s Pod live show, unveil the newly commissioned Starship Sinterprise, and… oh yeah, they eventually talk about S2E6 of Picard…orders are orders!   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (7:43)  ...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees the crew confused by a time-traveling cat, the return of everyone's favorite android daddy, and all the wombs are readied!   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (10:34)   2)  Engineering - ReSINstance is Futile: Everything Wrong W...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees the launch of Captain’s Pod Twitter from drydock, the launch of the crew’s patience from a speeding cop car, and the launch of Data’s head into the 20th Century.   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (5:28)   2) Engineering - ReSINsta...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees the rare occasion where our Captain is the second most excited person in the room as a VERY happy Ambassador gushes over her favorite episode of Picard so far! Meanwhile, Picard’s nipples are revealed, Deneé’s clairvoyance is unleashed, and Ian finally admits to valuing fictional Starships more th...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees the return of the mighty Q and with that, of course, brings more squealing from a very excitable Captain Ian. Also, this exposition heavy episode naturally presents the perfect opportunity to poorly explain the plot of Star Trek IV: The One With The Whales to a very confused Ambassador.     1) Ten...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   We’re back! The Ambassador has been reassigned to the Sinterprise for another round of reviewing, sinning, and predicting. This week, Ian screams about everything, Deneé forgets about Elnor, and they both sing the TNG theme… what a surprise!     1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love an...

Captain's Pod Season 2 is coming soon! Crewed by Captain Ian Whittington and Ambassador Deneé Hughes, the USS Sinterprise is back and with new orders; to boldy review Picard Season 2! New episodes drop out of warp on Tuesdays for members of the Sinclub and Wednesdays everywhere else in the galaxy! The show’s hailing frequencies are always open by email at captainspod@cinemasins.com   Find the...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   All Good Things. This week Ian and Deneé wrap up Season 1 of Picard, share their feelings about their maiden voyage, and talk about possible future missions from Sinfleet Command.   Thank you all for crewing the Starship Sinterprise! Captain’s Pod WILL return!   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week Ian and Deneé stumble across a planet of androids, a sudden Borg Cube, and… space lilies?   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the team love and what can go out the airlock! - (2:42)   2)  Engineering - ReSINstance is Futile: Everything Wrong With Star Trek in Q minutes or less. (33:48)...