Let's Talk About Treks: A Star Trek Podcast

[PS305] Who doesn’t love Star Trek: Picard season three??? It’s wonderous, it’s full of heart, action, has a great plot, and jaQ’ and Earl can barely stop raving about the amazing work Terry Matalas has done. We did cut this down from its original four hours to bring you the sweetest two hours of the LTAT juice, and hope it brings some joy to your commute! Although we&#8217...

[PS304] “No Win Scenario” was thoroughly enjoyed by jaQ’ & Earl and we hope you were enthralled by it also. Delve into the changeling adventure aboard the USS Titan and journey with LTAT’s “The Boys” in their intensive examination of what seems to be just about every moment of this episode. Believe me; we go deep for this one. Let us know what you think of t...

[PS303 / PIC303] Dude, what? jaQ and Earl are shocked by the return of The Federation’s goopiest enemy, and enthralled by the Beverly/Jean-Luc scenes and rolling in the aisles over the Raffi/Worf scenes. Strangely, we stay largely on topic this episode — it’s so packed that we had very little room to wiggle and stay under two hours this episode. You wouldn’t believe what&#8...

[PIC302] / [PS302] Everyone’s favorite Worf has finally returned! Join jaQ` and Earl as they celebrate the return of the big guy, and welcome to the fam-fam of Jack Crusher. Herein are poll results from last week, and a discussion of polls to come, and we slalom through the various story points as we work to more finely tune the definition of “easter egg” and make some connection...

[PIC301] It’s HERE!!! We can’t be more excited about this new season of Star Trek: The Previous Generation. We pore through a lot of this episode, and we reintroduce a bit of audience interaction a la our Star Trek: Strange New Worlds style of poddingcast. You’ll find our polls on Twitter, retweeted by @TreksTalkers, originally posted by our producer, @AstralArgonaut. We hope you...

[DSC313b] We spent a great deal of time last episode focusing on the meat of the Discovery season three finale’s story, so this episode we round out with a little more respect for your time. This episode features the full worldwide podcast introduction of Gallifrey to the world. He pops in toward the end of this episode to christen this season of Discovery as complete, and to look forward wi...

[DSC313] Part One of Two jaQ’ and Earl are finally rounding out this home stretch of Star Trek: Discovery season three. There’s much talk of holos, praise for the cgi team, a brief discussion involving Doug Jones singing about a circumcision, we take a little jaunt through the turbo/tardiscape, delve into an examination of what “quarantine” means — and really actually...

[DSC312] We cover some of the episode, and discuss many unrelated things. This episode was recorded while we were in quarantine, and you may be able to tell how stir crazy jaQ’ has become. We wonder about the no-helmet baddie, pontificate on Zora, and certainly couldn’t let that bit about the replicators slip by quietly. There’s far too much casual profanity for us to bleep out t...

[DSC311] How does warp drive actually work? How do naming conventions work across the face of The Federation? Why all the cat voice work? Why is Risa covered in post-it residue? Join jaQ’ and Earl for their coverage of Star Trek: Discovery season one, episode 11, Su’Kal . We’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on all this and more, and you can email us at email@letstalkabout...

[DSC310] This episode jaQ’ and Earl journey into the mirror with Star Trek: Discovery season three episode ten, Terra Firma, Part Two . We run through some thoughts about Trelane, the artistry of the tardislift shafts, anthropomorphize wormholes, examine the Terran condition, ponder what happened to Prime Lorca, delve into the fate of the Consititution class starship Defiant, lament the nepo...

[DSC309] This week LTAT goes back in time to early 2021, when a younger, more innocent and even more unpolished pair of podcasters called jaQ` Darino & Earl Grey, recorded their review of Star Trek Discovery , season three, episode nine, Terra Firma, Part One . We delve into alternate history and parallel worlds, stumble through the Georgiou/Burnham bookend hikes, gloss over a tripping Worf an...

**Warning** If you listen with children present, please start this podcast about eight minutes in. It gets wild right up front. We apologize; listen with caution. [DSC308] This episode finds jaQ and Earl in the 31st or 32nd Century; they’re N’iVar sure which. It’s an older recording, presented for your listening pleasure during this gap week of new episodes of Star Trek, and we&#...

[PRO120] jaQ` and Earl drop their walk through of the season finale of the first season of Star Trek: Prodigy! We pace our way through the episode, falling on discussions about augments, the true destiny of Solumn, and a healthy dose of hope for the future! Join us as we bid a fond farewell to the first season of Star Trek in two decades to have a normal number of episodes! We take a jaunt through...

[PRO119] jaQ’ and Earl are back in the Prodigy era, and have just come upon the Supernova rounding out the first season of Star Trek: Prodigy. This episode walks us through more concerns about Starfleet command coding, the horrorshow Star Trek has presented us in time for Christmas 2022, and Prodigy’s place in the timeline of Star Trek History. Once or twice we may have said: let us kn...

[DSC307] Earl is still conducting his away mission, so we’ve gone back to the trunkful of past reviews we have yet to release, and take it back to Star Trek: Discovery season three episode seven, the famed “ Unification Three “. We’ll be back next week with Star Trek: Prodigy ‘s Supernova ! Let us know what you think of the show; what you like, what you don’t like, wh...

[PRO118] Earl’s off visiting a Federation scientist relative in the Neutral Zone, but don’t tell anyone and blow his cover. Izaak, BFF of the Pod, who also produces Unplaaanned Trek, joins jaQ’ Darino this episode to cover the Mindwalk that is Star Trek: Prodigy , season one, episode 18! There are a few off-course slipstreams in this episode, including some detours through Star T...

[PRO117] jaQ’ and Earl surprise themselves with so very much to say about Star Trek: Prodigy episode seventeen, Ghost in the Machin e. There has always been a lot of fun nuance with this show, and j&E are here to find as much of it as they hope you’ll have time for. Within two infinities wrapped on Zero, jaQ` and Earl revisit the UFP founders, marvel at the singing Murf, recall anc...

[PRO116] jaQ’ and Earl have theories flowing right out of the consoles this episode. There’s so much story and so many stories packed into Star Trek: Prodigy season one, episode sixteen, Preludes that they can hardly figure out where to include everything. Preludes seems to provide two questions for every question answered. We’ve also included one Chopin prelude (in numbered orde...

[PRO115] jaQ’ and Earl have been watching and gleaning, and invite you to listen in on our musings about what exactly is going on with Star Trek Prodigy as we walk through season one, episode fifteen, Masquerade . The intensity has deepened and the twists are coming with just about every episode. We’re not flummoxed, and we have something to tell you about Chakotay. Well actually what...

[PRO114] Star Trek: Prodigy season one, episode fourteen has brought us yet another appearance of Captain Thadiun Okona, portrayed a mere 34 years hence by the redoubtable Billy Campbell. This week jaQ’ and Earl bring you their discussion on the episode Crossroads , newest under the Prodigy belt. There are questions, there is praise, and there are a plethora of Dad jokes. Somehow the guys ke...

[PRO113] jaQ’ and Earl meander through Star Trek: Prodigy season one, episode thirteen, better known as All the World’s A Stage , and on their path they cross through not only Star Trek , but also Star Trek: Voyager , Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Discovery , with a little dip into the Kelvin Universe. The discussion turns trekformative™ with discussions on transporters...

[PRO112] We’re still not sure about what number episode this is, but we’re certain that Star Trek: Prodigy is picking up and becoming one of the most compelling and layered Treks we’ve seen thus far. Join jaQ’ & Earl as they walk through season one, episode twelve, Let Sleeping Borg Lie . We may have mentioned this once or twice, but please let us know what you think of...

[PRO010] This episode, jaQ’ and Earl seek Asylum , covering the mid-season first season opener of Star Trek: Prodigy . There are discussions of Star Trek royalty, the deftness of Aaron Waltke, and the melding of the Protostar crew. Also … where is Chakotay?? Oh, he’s in this episode! Enjoy the show 🙂 We’ve said it before and we’ll keep on saying it: please let us know what you t...

[LDS310] Ending a wondrous third season of Star Trek: Lower Decks , jaQ’ and Earl take a journey to fend off the insidious machinations of the starship Aledo and Admiral Buenamigo’s big reveal in The Stars at Night . Somehow we also veer off and touch on some other treks, such as  Star Trek: The Next Generation  and Star Trek: Voyager . We’ve said it before and we&#8217...

[LDS309] Earl and jaQ’ cover Star Trek: Lower Decks ‘s penultimate episode for season three, Trusted Sources . This may be our longest episode yet (all apologies), weighing in at just over two hours. Strangely, the guys stay largely on topic, with of course the requisite veer to other treks, such as Symbiosis from Star Trek: The Next Generation and a brief examination of the Breen from...