Earth Station Trek

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew has the pleasure of chatting with Deep Space Nine writer MARK O'CONNELL! He'll be talking about his four produced stories-- which include "Second Sight" (Season 2), "Meridian" (Season 3), "For the Cause" (Season 4) and "Who Mourns For Morn?" (Season 6) -- and maybe tell us a little about some of his other ideas he pitched for the show. Find out what it was lik...

This week the EARTH STATION CREW tackles the big questions! What is canon? Does continuity even matter in a multiverse where time travel is possible? How big does a discrepancy need to be before it is considered a different universe? We'll tackle all of that and more! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #lowerdecks #discovery #strangene...

2024 was quite a year for Star Trek with a whopping 40 episodes across three series! This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew takes a look back at all the Star Trek episodes from the past year. We each do a countdown of our Top 5 episodes, and then we reveal the overall collective scores to reveal the 100% Official EST Top 10 of 2024! How will 2024 stack up? Tune in to find out! Earth Station Trek is...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew is joined once again by Matt and Elaine Sweatman from Elaine and Matt Watch TV, this time to review Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4! Find out what our favorite and least favorite episodes of the season are, how the season stacks up against the rest of TNG and Star Trek, and who the MVP of the season is! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast N...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew is joined by special guest Nick Wright as we cross the Schrödinger possibility field to bid farewell to Star Trek: Lower Decks in our discussion the series finale, "The New Next Generation." Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #lowerdecks #thenewnextgeneration #seriesfinale #klingons #multiverse #st...

It's an action-packed week here on EARTH STATION TREK!! First, we'll be taking a detailed look at the new trailer for Star Trek: Section 31! Then, Star Trek: Lower Decks drops the first half of its explosive series finale and we'll be analyzing every second of it -- and trust us, there's a LOT to talk about! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #s...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew takes a look at the two latest installments of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Fully Dilated" and "Upper Decks." Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #lowerdecks #fullydilated #upperdecks

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew is taking a look at "Unification," the latest short film from The Roddenberry Archive and OTOY! We'll tackling the film's staggering implications for Star Trek, both in-universe and what it may portend for the future of Star Trek. We're also diving into "Of Gods and Angles," the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO...

This week we kick our show off talking about the amazing career of Tony Todd, who passed away on last week. We'll be highlighting his vaerious Star Trek roles, particularly his iconic role as Kurn, Son of Mogh. In the second half of our show, we'll be reviewing this week's episode of Lower Decks: "Starbase 80?!" Are we getting some answers to what happened to Capt Freeman in the alternate universe...

SPOILER ALERT! This week the EARTH STATION TREK CREW is scanning TWO episodes from Star Trek: Lower Decks SEASON FIVE, "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel" and "A Farewell to Farms"! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #lowerdecks #TheBestExoticNaniteHotel #AFarewelltoFarms

LOW-ER DECKS! LOW-ER DECKS! It's finally here -- the Season Premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, and we kick things off with the first two episodes, "Dos Cerritos" and "Shades of Green"! We'll be discussing all aspects of both episodes which will include spoilers, so make sure you've watched before listening! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike...

This week, while we wait for the next season of Lower Decks to begin, we take another sojourn outside of the Star Trek universe! We dock at a huge space station, 2,500,000 tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night. The year is 2258; the name of the place is Babylon 5. Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #babylon5 #PeterJurasik #And...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK takes a look at the newest fan film release from Farragut Films, entitled FARRAGUT FORWARD, which came out on October 1st! We are joined by a special guest for the discussion, FARRAGUT FORWARD cast member Victoria Avalon! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #farragutforward #victoriaavalon #fanfilm #movi...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew is joined by our good friend VANDY BETH GLENN for an investigation of the concept of subspace radio! What is it, exactly? How does it work? How has it impacted the mission of Starfleet? What are some episodes in which it plays a pivotal role in the plot? We'll answer all these questions and many more! Earth Station Trek isa part of the ESO Podcast Network, Exe...

2024 marks the 40th Anniversary of the release of STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK! On this week's show we take a deep dive on that great film and dig into its themes, its importance in the Trek canon, and why it's just so damn good! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #searchforspock #leonardnimoy #williamshatner #deforestkelley #sp...

Tonight we say "So long, pally" to the great James Darren, best known to Trekkers for playing Vic Fontaine on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. But he also played a host of other memorable characters on other shows like Time Tunnel and TJ Hooker, and films like the Gidget series. We'll be sharing our memories of his amazing career as well as taking your comments and questions. Earth Station Trek is a pa...

Officers, report to the ready room! The Senior Officers have returned from their away mission to Dragon Con, the coolest geek event in this or any other world! We will report on how the event overall went, some of the panels and special programs that we were involved in, the guests that we met, the best cosplays, and more! But first, we'll spend a few minutes talking about James Darren after his r...

This week "Past Tense" becomes PRESENT TENSE as we discuss this topical Star Trek: Deep Space Nine two-parter and look at how it relates to our current world. Did the Deep Space Nine writers get it right? What can we learn from this classic pair of episodes? Are we looking at a version of the Bell Riots in our own future? Don't worry, we also talk about temporal mechanics and chronitons! Earth Sta...

Star Trek has a long history of drawing inspiration from novels, other television shows, and especially movies! This week we're going to be delving into some of the Trekisodes (yes, that's a word now, I just coined it) that were inspired by films of all genres -- sci-fi, horror, mysteries, westerns, etc. Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #start...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew gets a preview of this year's Trek Track at Dragon Con as we're joined by our good friends Leo and Nick! We'll be talking about the MANY Trek guests that will be at the show, the special events that are planned, and some of the Star Trek panels that attendees can expect at Dragon Con 2024! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Prod...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew is joined by Matt and Elaine Sweatman of Elaine and Matt Watch TV for a discussion of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3! We will be taking a fond look back at an excellent season of Star Trek and share our perspectives -- veterans and newbies alike! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #nextgen...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK CREW has a conversation with the director and cast members of The Subspace Rhapsody Picture Show which will debut at Dragon Con 2024! We are joined by director, Sarah Rose, and cast members, Panda (Uhura) and our own Veronica Dashiell (Pelia), to discuss bringing the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode "Subspace Rhapsody" to the stage! Earth Station Trek is a par...

We just wrapped up San Diego Comic-Con 2024 where a LOT of Star Trek news and trailers were released! We're doing a special bonus show tonight where we will dig into everything that came out of SDCC over the weekend! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #sdcc #saveprodigy #savestartrekprodigy #strangenewworlds #lowerdecks #savelowerdecks...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew completes our mission to watch Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 with our review of episodes 16-20! "Ascension" part 2 "Brink" "Touch of Grey" "Ouroboros" parts 1 and 2 Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #startrekprodigy #saveprodigy #savestartrekprodigy

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew file their mission report on Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 episodes 11-15! "Last Flight of the Protostar" parts 1 and 2, "A Tribble Called Quest", "Cracked Mirror", and "Ascension" part 1. Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #startrekprodigy #saveprodigy #savestartrekprodigy