Star Trek Universe

On this episode of Star Trek Universe , we’re talking asshole aliens altruistically assaulting to test their kidnapped mute, maman! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3x08 - "The Empath" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of  Star Trek Universe  continues young Effie's first watch of  Star Trek  in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a st...

On this episode of Star Trek Universe , if you can’t face a threat that’s insidious, put on your red visors and shame a friend who’s hideous, maman. We’re talking “Is There in Truth No Beauty?” 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3x07 - "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first wat...

Effie and Dave have finally arrived at "Spock's Brain", oft-fingered as the worst episode of Star Trek ever made! Is it that? We'll get into it, maman! There sure be some rough whittlin' in this woodworkin' shop! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3x06 - "Spock's Brain" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first...

We meet an adversary so diabolical, he can teach children to control minds by pretending to use a shake weight – so powerful Kirk knows his name despite it never being uttered – so charismatic he can get away with wearing a floral-print trash bag moo-moo! We get to partake in some good, old-fashioned anti-hippie, pro-establishment rhetoric, maman! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series...

Romulans using Klingon designs!? Vulcan and Romulan finger entwined!? Kirk and Spock are looking for a cloaking device while the Romulan commander's looking for a poking so nice! It's a wild ride this episode, maman! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3x04 - "The Enterprise Incident" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young...

An ancient obelisk reveals mysteries of the Star Trek universe, and in turn robs Kirk of his memory! But was Kirk meant to lose his mind on Amerind? Effie and I have a lot of questions, maman! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3x03 - "The Paradise Syndrome" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of St...

The Dohlman of Elas is problematic as hell, maman! But that don't stop us from enjoying KIrk as her tear-stained white knight! Well, maybe it stops us a little. 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3x02 - "Elaan of Troyius" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding...

Maman, it's that time again that we jump back in to Classic Trek Watch/Rewatch! This time we're digging into the first episode of the final season: "Spectre of the Gun"! It's a rootin' shootin' cowboy adventure, maman! Nothing is O.K. at this corral! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3×01 – “Spectre of the Gun” 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star...

Long-form discussion, maman! We're digging into all your feedback, even some left about episodes 8 and 9! We're also getting incredibly distracted, maman. Long, winding trails of conversation! NOTE: This episode was recorded before Starfleet Academy was canceled! 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussin...

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is officially canceled. Season 2 will still supposedly air. Sad day, maman. 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s...

Shoot, this could have been the series finale, maman! All tied up in a bow proper! Made us cry and everything! Great season, maman! Hope you enjoyed it! 🎙 Episodes Reviewed: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x10 - "Rubincon" Review 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the l...

Maman got found, maman! Caleb and his new family are in search of his old one, but terrible danger be lurkin', maman! Matt and Dave are catching up on the penultimate episode of the season, maman! It's a good one. Jonathan Frakes directed, so you knew it probably would be. 🎙 Episodes Reviewed: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x09 - "300th Night" Review 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note...

SAM is not okay, maman. In fact, no one is. Gotta call in Tilly, maman. DO a little Our Town . Emily can't come back, but Tarima can. But what if there are two ghost girls? It's a Real Life tearjerker, maman. 🎙 Episodes Reviewed: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x08 - "The Life of the Stars" Review 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and...

Okay, maman, so Jay-Den is Darem's Ko'Zeine, but will he co-sign this Khionian lifestyle design? We also have warp slugs, altered recommendation letters, and long, lingering silences that are sure to cause rifts!  🎙 Episodes Reviewed: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x07 - "Ko'Zeine" Review 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's...

Fire up your singularity drive, maman! It's time for the tiny fireflies because there are Furies who hate being Furies and they're in pain all the time, maman. It's rough! Plus there are twists and stuff being pulled out of necks and some rough revelations about sons and the sacrifices people make along the way! Powerful episode, maman! 🎙 Episodes Reviewed: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x06 - "Com...

There are tears of the prophets and tears of some podcast hosts this week, maman! We gush and choke over S.A.M.'s journey to understanding herself and her mission through an investigation to find out what happened to Captain Benjamin Sisko! We can live with it. 🎙 Episodes Reviewed: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x05 - "Series Acclimation Mil" Review 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note:...

Talk about a voice from on high, maman! We speak the words of the angels! Fallen angels 😈. Come sit with us as we discuss this killer episode that delves into Jay-Den's tragic past! We got jokes, but we had tears, too! And lots of feedback, maman! 🎙 Episodes Reviewed: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x04 - "Vox in Excelso" Review 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star...

Ten-hut, Cadet Maman! We got war games or some such! Tally-ho! Wait, that's Trelane. Scratch that, but it's time for patience, Maman! And don't forget empathy! Watch out for the betazoid in the Mugato suit, Maman... 🎙 Episodes Reviewed: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x03 - "Vitus Reflux" Review 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and M...

Good day, Cadet Maman! It's time for your academy orientation! We'll be discussing the first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy ! Get to know your fellow students, Maman. Reacquaint yourself with an old friend. It won't be a perfect experience, but it will be pretty enriching, Maman. 🎙 Episodes Reviewed: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x01 - "Kids These Days" | 1x02 - "Beta Test" 👥 Hosts:...

Maman! Hey, Maman! I'm glad we caught you! I wanted to invite you to take a trip with Effie and myself to New York City of 1968. Specifically 811 East 68th Street, Apt 12B – a quite extraordinary apartment with an exceptional new tenant – Class 1 supervisor 194 – Codename: Gary Seven. He, his "cat" Isis and his secretary Roberta Lincoln will be taking over the season 2 finale of Star Trek – and wh...

Oh, maman... On this episode of Star Trek Universe, it’s a dash of racism,a sprinkling of imperialism, and a skosh of jingoism as Effie and I roll our eyes along to one of the absolute worst episodes of Star Trek ever produced – an episode so bad it was repeatedly rejected by the studio, from the beginning! We’re talking Roddenberry’s pet project, "The Omega Glory", maman! It ain't pretty. 🎙 Episo...

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Matt and Dave are discussing the death of the Kelvinverse, Paramount's aborting of Simon Kinberg's Star Trek: Origin trilogy and the development of Goldstein and Daley's new supposedly unconnected Star Trek film! We're also talking about the canonicity of the podcast Star Trek: Khan , maman, as well as a tease about Captain Sisko for Starfleet Academy , and h...

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I encounter the most advanced multitronic unit of the 23rd century: Richard Daystrom’s prototype M-5 computer. Otherwise known as Dick “Defense-Ain’t-Murder” Daystrom’s Destruction Device. We’ll get into this catalyst for Kirk’s existentialist nightmare, maman, and maybe even explain how this could have been the perfect series finale. 🎙 Episode Revi...

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I find ourselves in another earth-history contaminated culture as a matter of course. With Space Nazis, Space Jews and Patterns of Force. We’ll get into John Gill and his misguided attempts at introducing Nazism with benign leadership in our review of Star Trek 2x23, "Patterns of Force". 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 2×23 – “Patt...

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I learn that sometimes it’s best to let Sargons be bygones - especially when you meet douche bags with big ball energy who like to call ya “son”! Hide your Muldaurs and hide your Spocks, maman! They're snatchin' everybody out here! As we continue our rewatch/first-watch of The Original Series , we find ourselves face-to-face with LIGHTS IN BALLS......