It's Got Star Trek

Join your jocular hosts as they discuss audience nominations for the most and least funny attempts at humor in the Star Trek franchise. Beware some mild spoilers for the Original Series, TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, Short Treks, and Picard! Thanks to everyone who sent in their thoughts, except for the one racist fellow (pro-tip: if you have to state "I'm not racist" then you may be a racist). Ne...

Spock chats with a cloud and Uhura saves the day. Join your cartoonish hosts as they revel in the camp and creativity of the first animated Trek series, discuss the pluses and minuses of the animated format, and analyze the struggle between feminist and patriarchal messaging in old school Trek. Next week: In preparation for our coverage of Lower Decks, we will be discussing the use of humor (succe...

Data saves the day by stabbing Troi. Join your dreamy hosts as they debate the merits of Freudian psychoanalysis, discuss Patrick Stewart's deft direction, and try to guess the flavor of cellular peptide cake (with mint frosting). Next week: Kirk and crew encounter scary clouds and even scarier women in ‘One of Our Planets Is Missing’ and 'The Lorelei Signal' – the third and fourth episodes of Sta...

A fast lass covets Kirk's "space seed" while Spock saves the day with a little inspiration from Dark Helmet. Join your easily-confused hosts as they discuss the threshold for immoral action when your entire species is in danger, lament the general slip in writing-quality during TOS' third season, and inquire as to precisely how long Kirk spent hanging out with Deela in his quarters. Next week: Dat...

Archer teaches Trip the importance of full bellies and sweaty backs when navigating novel foreign policy scenarios. Join your mildly-aroused hosts as they discuss the seeds of the Prime Directive, the dicey nature of first contact with divided societies, and how far we've advanced over the past 18 years of Western society with regard to the consumption of testicles. Next week: We join Captain Kirk...

Janeway and the gang goof up a planet, but everything works out in the end. Join your time-zone-agnostic hosts as they discuss the often tricky-to-navigate chasm between the ideal of the Prime Directive and the practical realities faced by Starfleet crews, the problem of fiction relying on disproven tropes about cultural evolution, and the fact that The Doctor seemed more agitated by sports roster...

Commander Riker has a particularly bad week. Join your totally-not-insane hosts as they consider the ramifications of not trusting your own brain, the positives and negatives of episodic storytelling, and the inherent contradiction of spiny lobefish. Next week: We fast-forward through cultural evolution in 'Blink of an Eye' - episode 12 of Star Trek: Voyager's sixth season. Note that this and all...

Dr. Crusher saves the day using poker, deduction, and fragile stemware. Join your thrupling hosts as they discuss the curious mechanics of looping through time, the value of unwavering trust in your senior staff, and exactly how long a way it is to the bottom of the warp core. Next week: We root for Commander Riker as he tries to maneuver himself out of a mental prison in 'Frame of Mind' - episode...

Sisko, Dax, and Bashir get a taste of our potential future when they travel back in time and witness the culmination of centuries of inequitable public policy. Join your increasingly radicalized hosts as they discuss the social, political, and cultural drivers of oppression, the danger of willful ignorance, and the value of fiction for inspiring change in this, the 28th episode of It's Got Star Tr...

Captain Sisko teams up with Garak to troll the Romulans. Join your morally-conflicted hosts as they discuss the ethical complexities of galactic warfare, the brilliance of Avery Brooks and Andrew Robinson, and the creepiness of one Mr. Grathon Tolar on this, the 27th episode of It's Got Star Trek! Also, we announce the winners of the free T-Shirt contest! Next week: We go with the social flow and...

Michael Burnham overcomes her social anxiety with the help of a wayward space whale, a rascally con man, and a genetically-modified friend. Join your time-agnostic hosts as they discuss the value of disrupted routines, curiously contemporary music, and the logic of love on this, the 26th episode of It's Got Star Trek! Next week: We debate the complex moral minefields of interstellar war and peace...

Need a concrete example for why the prime directive is so important? Alternatively, looking for any sort of contrivance to watch Captain Kirk and Commander Spock dress up as sexy gangsters? Whichever is your pleasure you will get served nicely in 'A Piece of the Action,' episode 17 of the original Star Trek's second season. Join your fawning fedora fan hosts as they debate the morality of interste...

Captain Archer is an explorer at heart, though he may not have expected to explore himself! Join your increasingly wacky hosts as they discuss sexy flatworms, unusual pigs, and the transitional vibe of Enterprise straddling the pre- and post-9/11 world. We'd also like to thank the fine folks at Feedspot for adding the It's Got Star Trek podcast to their list of the Top 60 Star Trek podcasts . We h...

Constable Odo reluctantly confronts his past while trying desperately to keep his nosy friends out of it. Join your masked and disinfected hosts as they discuss the uniquely intense style of Changeling psychotherapy, the brilliant subtly of Kurtwood Smith's acting, and Quark's mastery of casual condescension on this, the 23rd episode of It's Got Star Trek! Next week: We travel back to pre-Federati...

Have you ever been in a situation where you wish the year you were enduring would simply reset and allow you to start over while avoiding all the horribleness? Well then this episode is for you! Join your reality-fatigued hosts as they discuss Voyager's fourth season two-parter, 'Year of Hell.' Is it genocide if the people never existed? Is manipulating the timeline any different than contemporary...

Our old buddy Data has gone an caught a bad case of amneezy, landing himself and a bunch of medieval villagers in a boatload of trouble! Meanwhile, Counselor Troi discovers that career advancement can be tricky business, especially when your boss is your on-and-off again Imzadi. Distract yourselves from current events by enjoying a fun tale about science being ignored by hoards of ignorant lunatic...

If you thought Picard liked Shakespeare, wait till you get a load of these Klingons! Join your nostalgic hosts as they discuss the excellence of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, a film whose plot and themes remain strikingly relevant to today's crazy mixed-up world. We also, of course, discuss knee-balls. Next week: Who knows? It'll be something about Star Trek though! Check out @ItsGotStar...

Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard is over, but we aren't quite done yet! Join your stir-crazy hosts as they unpack the first season storyline, discuss the best bits (and where there is room for improvement), and, most importantly, ponder the enduring mystery of Captain Crandall. Next week: Fire up your old Constitution-class starships, arm the gas-detecting photon torpedoes, and set a course for our d...

Holy death and resurrection, Batman! Join your homebound hosts as they discuss the impact of mythology on decisionmaking, the connection between mortality and meaning, and the enduring, aggressive sensuality of the "Riker Lean." Next week: We discuss our overall thoughts on season one of Star Trek: Picard and where we think the story might go in season two. Subscribe to the It's Got Star Trek Podc...

Things are getting down to the wire as JL and the gang encounter a rascally band of 1980's-themed androids. With Jesse on an away mission, Dan and Patrick fumble their way through ruminations on the nature of identity, the somewhat bizarre Star Trek tradition of pretending colleagues didn't murder people, and who we think might show up if Sutra and A.I. Soong manage to activate that beacon! We ver...

The corona virus may be raging out in the real world, but that won't stop fictional hero Jean-Luc Picard from completing his mission! Join your socially-distanced hosts as they discuss Medusan masturbation techniques, Romulan methods of Borg disposal, and popular, if peculiar, misconceptions about the nature of post-scarcity societies on this, the 16th episode of It's Got Star Trek! Subscribe to t...

This week your increasingly sloppy hosts raid Raffi's snakeleaf stash and delve into the most nostalgic episode of Star Trek: Picard thus far.  Special guest Jimmy joins Patrick, Dan, and Jesse as they discuss android mucus, puny pizza portions, and the most tactful way to get someone to stop talking about your dead son. Welcome to the 15th episode of It's Got Star Trek! Subscribe to the It's Got...

Things are heating up as our old friend Jean-Luc takes a tour of The Artifact in search of Soji while learning some personal lessons along the way.  Your drone-curious hosts discuss post-murder horniness, impossible boxes, and Picard's continued strategy of showing up at friend's house's asking for favors.  Please to be enjoying this, the 14th episode of It's Got Star Trek! Subscribe to the It's G...

Join your overly-chatty hosts as they negotiate their way through the wild, wicked world of Freecloud on this, the 13th episode of the It's Got Star Trek Podcast.  Jean-Luc finally gets to be himself, 7 of 9 enjoys the more Shakespearean aspects of her regained humanity, and Elnor learns how to fit in by blankly staring off into the distance.  This episode also includes the first volley of custom...

If you thought JL had finished assembling his rag-tag team of android hunters last week, boy, were you largely incorrect!  In the 12th episode of the It's Got Star Trek podcast, your hosts and their sexy holographic counterparts banter about the baking prowess of the Qowat Milat, how to manipulate young orphan boys into being your own personal Qalankhkai, and the virtues of being booked on the hig...