First Flight Podcast

EP 133 BONUS - March 2026 Trek of the Month Welcome to First Flight's bimonthly Bonus Trek of the Month thematic episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and Melanie has assigned them two great episodes to discuss. This month is (March) and our episodes are (A Taste of Armageddon TOS S1 Ep 23) and (All the World's a Stage PRO S1 Ep 12).  Take a listen and hear what we love, what we question, wh...

Episode 135 - Season 4 Ep 10 Daedalus Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about heroes, transporters and loyalty. The inventor of the transporter, Doctor Emory Erickson - a friend of Archer's father - boards Enterprise with his daughter in order to test a new form of subquantum transport that would make starships and warp drive...

Episode 131- Season 4 Ep 9 Kir'Shara Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about the Shran and Soval relationship, katras and Vulcan social evolution. Archer, T'Pol and T'Pau attempt to bring the Kir'Shara — an artefact believed to contain Surak's original writings — to the Vulcan capital, as the NX-01 gets involved in a Vulcan-An...

EP 130 BONUS- Interlude #1  February 2026 Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Interludes, our bimonthly short chat about two tracks of Trek music that we love. Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, music moments to highlight and analyze.  This month of (February) we are discussing "Sleepy Space Flute" (DS9- Sanctuary), "Go Fast" (Prodigy-...

Episode 129- Season 4 Ep 8 Awakening Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Plus, this episode we have special guest Jim Moorehouse from the Trek Ranks Podcast!  Chris, Jim and Abby talk about parents, the Vulcan arc over the franchise and Soval's evolution.   Stick around after the regular episode to hear more details on Jim's experience manning the...

Episode 128- Season 4 Ep 7 The Forge Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about losing a beloved character, going to Vulcan and pets! Admiral Forrest is killed in a terrorist bombing at the Earth embassy on Vulcan. When the Vulcan High Command believes a religious group known as the "Syrranites" to be responsible, T'Pol learns he...

EP 127 BONUS- January 2026  Trek of the Month Welcome to First Flight's bimonthly Bonus Trek of the Month episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and Melanie has assigned them two great episodes to discuss. This month is (January) and our episodes are (DS9 S1 Ep 12 Vortex) and (TNG S2 Ep 15 Pen Pals).  Take a listen and hear what we love, what we question, what we find important and a Grappler...

Episode 126- BONUS  Starfleet Academy First Thoughts First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that lets Abby and Chris reflect and chat about their first thoughts on the premiere episodes of Starfleet Academy. Beware of SPOILERS ahead! Feel free to let us know your thoughts on this thread or any Porthos' Picks, Grappler Ratings, Viewscreen On picks, VAMF and Flipping Dura...

Episode 125- Star Trek: Khan Abby and Chris discuss the new audio drama Star Trek: Khan! Season 4 Format: -Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning) -Pros (analysis of episode) -Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts) -Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers) Feel free to let us know your Porthos' Picks and Grappler Ratings, VAMF Awards, Flipping Duras and/or your general thought...

Episode 124 - Season 4 Ep 6 The Augments Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about provoking the Klingons, augmented genomes and siblings. In defiance of their "father," Arik Soong's Augments devise a heinous plot against the Klingons which will surely lead to interstellar war. Season 4 Format: -Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler war...

EP 123 BONUS- Dec. 2025 Trek of the Month Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Trek of the Month thematic episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, thematic episode choices for each month.   This month of December the theme is Christmas/Solstice, and our episode picks are (The Gift VOY S4 Ep 2 and (Generations Movie TOS/TNG)  Ta...

Episode 122 - A Heart Divided: The History of the Xindi Civil War | (BONUS) As Chris and Abby worked their way through Enterprise's 3rd season, Chris was inspired to write a fictional history of the Xindi Civil War. This bonus episode serves as an audiobook version the introductory chapter of this fictional historical record of the events which led up to the Xindi Civil War and the Great Cataclysm...

Episode 121- Season 4 Ep 5 Cold Station 12 Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about Dr. Lucas, holey clothes and extremism. Arik Soong leads his band of Augments to a medical facility where hundreds of genetically enhanced embryos are still stored, intending to retrieve them and bring them to life. Season 4 Format: -Welcome & R...

Episode 120- Season 4 Ep 4 Borderland Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about the strong family genes with Soongs, genetic enhancements and more. When genetic supermen left over from the Eugenics Wars hijack a Klingon ship, Archer must rely on their creator, the criminal Dr. Arik Soong, to help hunt them down and avert an inte...

EP 119 BONUS- Nov. 2025 Trek of the Month Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Trek of the Month thematic episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, thematic episode choices for each month.   This month of November the theme is Veterans Day and/or Thanksgiving, and our episode picks are (Forget Me Not DSC S3 Ep 4) and (Under the...

Episode 118- BONUS Trek Thread Solving Problems Through Time First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that lets Abby and Chris reflect and chat about the theme of solving problems through time throughout the franchise.   The episodes discussed are: TNG- All Good Things, VOY- Shattered, VOY- Relativity, PRO- Time Amok, PRO- Shattered Mirror and DSC- Face the Strange, Feel...

Episode 117- Season 4 Ep 3 Home Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about the repercussions of going back to Earth after the Xindi War, love, trauma and family. Once the NX-01 finally returns to Earth, the weary crewmen face repercussions of their journeys, both positive and negative. Season 4 Format: -Welcome & Reed Alert (spoi...

EP 116 BONUS- October 2025 Trek of the Month Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Trek of the Month thematic episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, thematic episode choices for each month.   This month of October the theme is Halloween, and our episode picks are (Genesis TNG S7 Ep 19) and (The Haunting of Deck 12 VOY S6 Ep 25...

Episode 115 - Season 4 Ep 2 Storm Front, Part 2 Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about the surprise Space Natzis, the Temporal Cold War and costumes galore. With Silik's help, Archer hones in on, Vosk, the temporal operative who altered Earth's past and threatens to destroy all of time. Season 4 Format: -Welcome & Reed Alert...

Episode 114- Season 4 Ep 1 "Storm Front"  Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about the surprise Space Natzis, the Temporal Cold War and costumes galore. Archer and the NX-01 find themselves in Earth's past, with events of World War II altered by the Temporal Cold War. Season 4 Format: -Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning) -Ca...

EP 113 BONUS- Sept. 2025 Trek of the Month Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Trek of the Month thematic episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, thematic episode choices for each month.   This month of September the themes are Labor Day and Back to School, and our episode picks are (Into the Breach Pt 1-2 PRO S2 Ep 1-2) and...

Episode 112 - The Music of Discovery (BONUS) First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that let's Abby and Chris reflect on their recent series rewatch and chat about the music of Star Trek Discovery. We LOVE Star Trek music, and Discovery has some amazing tracks and themes that we can't get our of our heads!  We have been slowly rewatching all of Discovery over the past f...

EP 111 BONUS - August 2025 Trek of the Month Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Trek of the Month thematic episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, thematic episode choices for each month.   This month of August the themes are Heat and/or Football Season, and our episode picks are (Dessert Crossing ENT S1 Ep 24) and (Is there...

Episode 110 - Top 5 Xindi War Moments | Season 3 (BONUS) First Flight loves ALL Trek and other Trek podcasts, so today we offer an extra special crossover with Jim Moorhouse from the Trek Ranks Podcast. First Flight and Trek Ranks come together to discuss the Xindi Arc in a mashup of the two podcasts! Crossover Xindi Arc Format: Round 5- Porthos Pick- (A favorite character or relationship pick) Ro...

Episode 109- BONUS Prodigy with Progeny  S2 Abby & Chris Reflect First Flight is having our second annual Prodigy July and this time we are chatting with our children about it.  It's been about a year since Prodigy dropped Season 2 at once and we still love it!  Chris and Abby rewatched the season with their kids and discussed a multitude of thoughts and ideas that came from that.  This episode wi...