Shield Podulation: A Random Star Trek Podcast

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 2 episode 1 of Star Trek: Short Treks, Q&A. Spock takes the worst ever transporter. Una does the Onatopp maneuver. A Welsh engineer cannot shut up. Also, Pike likes horses. Next week we return to Lower Decks.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 5 episode 4 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Nor the Battle to the Strong. Jake Sisko wishes for a plague. Bashir enlists at a MASH unit. Ben Sisko tosses a ball around. Dax gets teary eyed. Kira is told to quit caffeine. Oh, and Odo forgets he can't turn into a condor. Next week we watch the Q&A episode of Short Treks.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season one episode sixteen of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Too Short a Season . This may be too long a season was to get to this episode. Troi gives the side eye. Jameson sells arms for hostages. Karnas performs in a melodrama. Dave falls asleep. Next week we go back to Deep Space Nine.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 1, episode 3 of Star Trek: the Original Series, Where No Man Has Gone Before . Wait. Isn't this the first episode of Star Trek? Anyhow, Gary Mitchell becomes a god. Yeoman Smith stands around Captain Kirk like she's in a David Lynch film. Everyone's wearing Christmas jumpers. No one knows what to do with their hands. S...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch Season 1 episode 6 of Star Trek: Enterprise, Terra Nova . Hoshi invades personal spaces. Trip get the con. Malcom loses a fight. Mayweather gets a job as valet. Archer risks his life. Oh, and T'Pol uses reverse psychology. Next week we go back to the Original Series with Where No Man Has Gone Before.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season three episode one of Star Trek: Lower Deck, Grounded . Broadcast news is still a thing. Boimler has a raisin farm. Dave could write twelves chapters of fan fiction regarding that scene. Mariner likes hot sauce. Tendi and Rutherford buy merch The Lower Decks crew boosts multiple ships. Space critters get it on. Finally, Captain Fre...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 3, episode 12 of Star Trek: Discovery, There is a Tide... Star Trek does a Die Hard. Vance offers Osyraa poo. Osyraa sounds like she's from Alderaan. The Discovery crew knows Morse code. Michael and Stamets have a tiff over family and duty. Tilly loses the Discovery within twelve minutes of taking command. Lots of action in th...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 3, episode 5 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Through the Lens of Time . They give us Gamble just to take him away. Pelia plays to the camera. Beto embraces AI slop. Lots of ladies are really into their boyfriends. Oh, and we visit an inter dimensional prison, so that's pretty cool. Next week, we go back to Discovery.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 5, episode 24 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Empok Nor . Quark's is under construction. Garak's written poorly. O'Brien's a hero. Nog know tools. Red shirts die off. We get a slasher movie in space. Oh, and Bashir shows up for a few minutes at the end. Next week, we return to Strange New Worlds.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 7, episode 21 of Star Trek: Voyager, Friendship One . Voyager gets sent on a fetch quest to retrieve a probe. B'Elanna is preggers, The crew splits the landing party. Harry Kim gets a box thrown at him. An alien species misuses technology. Tuvok does a Loki and gets captured. Seven of Nine has moments with a scientist. Janeway...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 7 episode 2 of Star Trek: Voyager, Imperfection . Seven malfunctions. The Doctor is cool. The episode passes the Bechdel test. Icheb does a Tale of Two Cities. Neelix is, well, Neelix. Next week, more Voyager with Friendship 1.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 5, episode 12 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Begotten . Kira and Odo have a baby, each separately. Quark deals in changeling trafficking. Sisko gets threatening. We won't forgive Dr. Mora. Oh, and we talk loads about Star Wars.

In this episode of ⁠Shield Podulation⁠ , ⁠Brandi⁠ and ⁠Dave⁠ watch season 4, episode 7 of Star Trek: Discovery, ⁠...But to Connect⁠ . Stamets has issues with Zora not giving her digits. The Federation votes on whether or not to bomb the DMA. Book and Burnham disagree over vengeance or contact. Oh, and Saru gives T'Rina a flower.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 2, episode 7 of Star Trek: The Original Series, Wolf in the Fold . The boys minus Spock and Sulu visit planet Arabia only to have the inhabitants be extra cool about Scotty evidently killing their women. It turns out the fog might just be a notorious serial killer. Oh, and everyone gets super high. Next week we watch season 4, epi...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave watch season 2, episode 13 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Armageddon Game . Dr. Bashir think talks hi way through problems. O'Brien gets sickly. Dax and Kira once again fail the Bechdel test. Keiko is poorly written. Leaders exempt themselves from murder squads. Oh, and ballerina are not perfect. A doctor would know that. Next week, more O...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave review season 3, episode 18 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Allegiance . The monolith drops a glitter bomb over Captain Picard. Temu Picard raises red flags with members of the crew. Beverly has doe eyes. Worf mutinies only if there's enough evidence that Picard is unfit for leadership. Also, Mac Tonight aliens have weird ideas regardin...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave cover season 2, episode 23 of Star Trek: Voyager, The Thaw . Dumb title. Creepy episode. Michael McKean plays a sinister AI clown. Harry Kim grows old and young like he's in 2001. The Doctor has a trustworthy face. Oh, and Janeway manages a classic double cross.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave review season 1, episode 15 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Progress . Jake and Nog play at war profiteering. Kira encounters a space boomer. Dax thinks Morn is cute. Bajor threatens eminent domain. Somehow, Dr. Bashir comes out smelling like a rose. Oh, and Kira blasts a pizza oven.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and David review season 2, episode 6 of Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine . The Enterprise encounters space Galactus, a planet eating ice cream cone. They also come across the USS Constellation and her unhinged Captain Ahab, Matt Decker and his handful of post-it notes. Also in this episode, Scotty based miracles, a laid back Kirk, a rule-following Spock...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave review season 3, episode 6 of Star Trek: The Original Series, Spectre of The Gun . The USS Enterprise skips past a flashing shake weight to knock on a door with a clear No Soliciting sign. As punishment for this trespass, Kirk and the rest of the top of the call sheet must relive the gunfight at the OK Corral on what appears to be a minimalist...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave review season 3, episode 9 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Defiant . Tom cosplays as Will Riker. Kira gets moon-eyed. Dax fails the Bechdel test. Bashir recommends gambling as a remedy for exhaustion. O'Brien bangs his head. Sisko hangs out with Dukat. Oh, and the Maquis steal the Defiant.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave review season 1, episode 5 of Star Trek: The Animated Series; More Tribbles, More Troubles . The Enterprise rescues Cyrano Jones from Klingons. They get pink tribbles in the process. Spock says "sensors." Scotty fiddles with the transporter. McCoy watches the nature channel. Kirk pushes tribbles out of the captain's chair. Oh, an...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave review season 7, episode 13 of Star Trek: Voyager, Repentance . Voyager does a capital punishment episode. Seven donates her nanothingies. The Doctor gets shot, sort of. Tom and B'Elanna go hungry. Nellie gets duped. Iko has a change of conscience. Oh, and Dave has been watching too many debate shows on YouTube and touches on most of the p...

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave review season 2, episode 6 of Star Trek: Discovery, The Sound of Thunder . Saru revisits Kaminar. Culber gets reborn. Tilly enjoys a galactic slice of pie. Airiam finds stuff. Pike sends Saru to the naughty step. The Ba'Ul are creepy. The red angel drops in. Oh, and Michael has tall hair.

In this episode of Shield Podulation , Brandi and Dave review Season 3, Episode 15 of Star Trek: Enterprise, Harbinger . Reed bruises his ego. T'Pol gets jealous. Trip lets his fingers do the walking with an Anna Kendrick look-alike. Archer yells a lot. Phlox puts his medical ethics in a corner. An alien does Shadowcat of the X-Men throughout the Enterprise. Oh, and Mayweather has great arms.