I Just Want To Talk About Star Trek

Doctors hate this! Mike went to Reno over the weekend and wanted to talk about gambling, so he picked the 2nd season TNG episode "The Royale." Too bad "The Doctor" (Kim Miller) hates this episode! But you'll love it because we double down on all the bad stuff (and there is a LOT) to hit the 21 of comedy gold ! Come on, little lady, take a chance! Whaddya got to lose! YEEEHAAAAHH!!

Well, what can we say? Mike's been bothered by this for 33 years and tonight he went ALL IN on a single line of Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock. Backing his central thesis with audio clips and research, it's either a stunning revelation, or the beginnings of Mike's Captain Garth of Izar phase. But in the end, it's his podcast, so who ya gonna call?

Mike, The Doctor and Red Shirt Jason have way too much fun taking on the original episode "A Piece of the Action" that has way too much fun. They dissect the ridiculous lengths the show took to just to get Kirk to talk like a gangster. PLUS! Kim's cat barfs! AND! A listener takes our podcast on a marathon! Sponsored by Bang! Bang! The sweetest little automatics in the world!

Lawrence Montaigne passed away today. He was a great Romulan (Decius, The Balance of Terror), Vulcan (Stonn, Amok Time) and IJWTTAST guest. We interviewed him last year and in tribute to his glorious life, we're replaying this.

Boy, the animated episode "The Practical Joker" is so bad, it's almost a troll on the audience. BUT it does feature the first appearance of an incredibly important piece of technology AND the cast drinks milk! Mike and The Doctor (who's never seen this one before) break down this weird episode to see where it broke down. PLUS! They read perhaps the best itunes review EVER!

It's our 50th episode! But Mike feels as though he hasn't podcast enough recently, so he puts himself on trial! The Doctor (Kim Miller) serves as judge and jury, listening to his sleep deprived ramblings until she renders a decision that could cancel the series! Plus! We break down the casting of Jason Iaascs as the captain of the Discovery. AND! Mike and Kim create an alternate timeline where NBC...

Mike is joined in studio (read: in his garage) by Kim "The Doctor" Miller and Jason Makiaris. It seems like a dream team of Trek talk but by minute 40 they're talking about Mike's angry letter he sent to Calvin Klein about underwear. BUT! They do talk about the new look of the Klingon's in Star Trek Discovery. AND! Kim tries to catch a big bug in Mike's office. HOW CAN'T YOU WANT TO LISTEN?!

Ameila Earhart vs. Genghis Khan! Einstein vs. Gandhi! Isaac Newton Vs. Freud! Star Trek has had a ton of historical characters as guest stars over the years, but who's the best? Mike and The Doctor assemble a "Sweet 16" of historical greats then make them duke it out until a winner is crowned! Follow Mike @MikeMcCafferty, The Doctor @FlibaDip and take the Feral survey at Feralaudio.com/survey

Mike starts off with Jason and The Doctor (Kim Miller) talking about the TNG first season episode "11001001," but in true Binar form, we lose one of them 5 minutes into the podcast! Our binary couple continue on, discussing the Binar's bad hard drive bad up strategies, Picard's French, and Mike's secret TNG crush! PLUS! another spider breaks into Mike's stronghold and YOU get to hear him deal with...

A while back Mike mentioned the DS9 episode "Move Along Home" as one of the worst of the franchise. But to give the episode a fair shake after 24 years he watches it and then discusses it in depth with DS9 gurus Kali Fontecchio and David Mikalson. There's a lot of passionate opinions here (and more explicit language than normal - we blame the lawlessness of DS9) and the conclusions might surprise...

Mike's mania for the TOS episode "The Return of the Archons" has reached it's logical conclusion when he tracks down and talks to Lev Mailer (Ralph Maurer), who played "Bilar" in the episode. Lev talks about his roles in Star Trek (he was also in "Patterns of Force!"), as well The Lucy, Mission Impossible AND The Star Wars Holiday Special (dear god, he's a national treasure!)

Mike is joined by The Doctor (Kim Miller @flibadip) and Crewman Jason (@JasonMakiaris) to discuss the highs and lows for Star Trek in 2016. Plus! Mike has a hastily assembled list of the top 7 Star Trek things for the year and you won't believe what number 1 is! AND! The Doctor loudly makes coffee for the first 8 minutes of the podcast!

Star Trek: Generations is about as close to a Christmas movie as we'll ever get from the franchises. Mike calls up friend of the pod and TNG aficionado Ryan Nagata to talk about the rather unusual 6 minute scene in the middle of the film that looks like it's out of a Charles Dickens story. They didn't like the scene back then, but 22 years later have Mike and Ryan changed from Scrooges to...uh, no...

Mike's not a big fan of the HBO series Westworld. BUT! He uses that pent up anger to look at the two Star Trek western episodes, "Spectre of the Gun," and "A Fist Full of Datas." He's joined by Star Trek newbie Jason "Hello, Friend" Makiaris, who's never seen either of them, and gives his opinions. PLUS! Jason changes recording locations midway through the podcast! Saddle up, this podcast is a DRA...

"Return of the Archons" is one of IJWTTAST's fave episodes. It's weird and ridiculous and has one of the best line readings of all time. Mike talks with episode guest star Karl Held about the episode and his career. Karl acted with Shatner on Broadway and Patrick Stewart at the Royal Shakespeare Company. PLUS! He gives Mike some good acting advice and GREAT life advice.

Mike goes solo on Thanksgiving Eve to do an in-depth pod about the 'lonely gods' that inhabit Star Trek! He talks about Q, General Trelane (retired!), Fear, Charlie X and others, trying to understand why these forlorn creatures with immense powers kept showing up in the series!

Mike goes solo for the first half of the podcast to talk a bit about the 2016 US election through the eyes of Star Trek. THEN! He's joined by Matt "Stompie" Thompson and Kim "The Doctor" Miller. They touch a little on the election and Mike's epic year of Star Trek. PLUS! Trivia contest!

With the departure Brian Fuller from the CBS Star Trek: Discovery series, Mike contemplates the unthinkable - would Star Trek be better off if it was bought by Disney? He lays out his case to "The Doctor" Kim Miller, and by the end of the podcast come to some rather stunning conclusions. PLUS! Kim talks about her Halloween experience!

Mike brings in old friend and Star Trek toy hoarder Scott Hensel to talk about the history of Star Trek toys. Starting with the Mego TOS series, to Galob, Playmates and Beyond, Scott and Mike trace the ebbs and flows of the Star Trek toy universe. PLUS! Scott talks about his daughter's funeral for her fish. AND! They recall the glory days when they both had hair!

The original series decided they wanted to do a Halloween episode. They put castles, skeletons, witches and black cats into the episode, but took out story and a logical plot! The result is a truly insane haunted house story that doesn't make a bit of sense but is a ton of fun to watch. Mike and Kim pull the show apart and find all the tricks and treats of this October Surprise.

George Edelman, friend of the Pod had a dream like the TNG episode, "Frame of Mind," with Mike in it! Mike calls him, fully intent on a rousing discussion of the mind-bending episode, only to get trapped in George's mind-bending stream of consciousness Trek talk. Somehow the two touch on Mad Men, Trump and the politics of Trek, zombie movies and George's hidden badass. PLUS! Mike makes a second co...

Gary Seven, Audience: Zero! Mike calls "The Doctor" (Kim Miller @Flibadip) to vent his frustrations over the TOS season 2 finale, "Assignment: Earth!" Fair warning, he's coming in hot on this one and has some real issues with the episode and Gene Roddenberry for dumping a failed pilot idea into the series!

Mike grabs a great interview with Lee Meriwether. In addition to playing the hauntingly tragic Losira in "That Which Survives" in Trek, she was Miss America 1955, Catwoman, in Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones (!) and a thousand other shows. PLUS! Another bizarre Trek song from Scott Hensel.

Mike goes on a rant about the lack of effort from CBS and Paramount to make the 50th anniversary something special. He's joined by "The Doctor" Kim Miller, who tries to talk him off the ledge. PLUS! Mike talks about his Star Trek Christmas special!

Robert O' Reilly redefined what it meant to be a Klingon with his amazing performance as Gowron in TNG and later DS9. Mike chats with him about how he got the role, working with the cast and life after death (of his character).