Tex-Trek: A Star Trek Podcast

Another season of Trek is in the books. This week we discuss the LOWER DECKS season 2 finale, “First First Contact.” Hear our thoughts on the culmination of arcs, Mike McMahan keeping his promises, and a legacy character you wouldn't expect to see again (unless you heard about it already). As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Cy95ngX0...

Greetings Tex-Trekkers! We are flying towards the end of LOWER DECKS season 2 at warp speed! This week we are talking about our second to last episode of the year, ““wej Duj.” Spoiler alert, that means “three ships” in Klingon. But the Klingons are not the only familiar Trek race to show up this week. And how does this position the show for next week’s finale? Pull up a chair at the Cerritos bar a...

This is not a drill! We got a new episode of LOWER DECKS to discuss this week and we are ready to score it for our official report to Starfleet. There is a lot to talk about including another big TAS callback, a more honest conversation about the dynamics between the lower deckers and the senior officers, and a delightful surprise inclusion of another legacy Trek character/actor. As always, availa...

This week we are once again gathering to discuss a brand new episode of LOWER DECKS. Pull up a chair and listen as we talk about the return of Jeffrey comb to the franchise, evil computers, and the juicy revelations about Chief Engineer Andy Billups. 
As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3qPsF6Nek7Y

Welcome back to the starship Texas! This week we cross over into the second half of LOWER DECK’s second season with “The Spy Humongous.” Will the back half of season 2 be as incredible as the back half of season 1? Check this week’s show to find out what we think! 
 As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iWwNajc3Nm8

Welcome back to the starship Texas for another dose of weekly LOWER DECKS coverage This time we are discussing the fifth episode of the show’s second season. 
As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mrSeul85rgI

Mugatos are back at last in this week’s episode of LOWER DECKS. Join us as we discuss the latest animated adventures of the USS Cerritos junior officers. 
As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_9U-LAxBtuM

This weeks it’s all about girl trip, throwback to 1990s Franklin Mint commemorative plates, and unexplained resurrections in the latest episode of LOWER DECKS. Join us as give “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris” the traditional Tex-Trek deep dive. 
As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZokdM2huDSY

Our eyes are open as we see the long overdue return of the Tamarians and this week’s new LOWER DECKS episode “Kayshon, His Eyes Open.” 
As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FSlNkDe2W7A

New Trek has returned! This week Fatheree, Brian and Starfleet Boy reunite to discuss Lower Deck’s Season 2 opener, “Strange Energies.” 
As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oVg7rMs8LZ4

This week we get ready for the return of LOWER DECKS by discussing the top 3 things each of us are hoping to see in season 2. 
As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1VpXjq7n4hY

This week Fatheree and Dave report on all the breaking Trek news coming out of SDCC. Paramount + is proudly showing off the current animated Treks as part of its “Peak” Animation panel. 
As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZmaOjo5uosc

his week Fatheree and Dave are very happy to beam not one, but two special guests aboard the Starship Texas. We are joined by Trek writers Toni Marberry Jack Treviño who are from right down road in San Antonio. They received the ‘story by’ credits on both of the DEEP SPACE NINE episodes “Indiscretion” and “Little Green Men.” The pair of them gave us a lot of insight not just into those two stories...

We have at long last completed our journey through the fourth season of DEEP SPACE NINE. In this podcast Dave, watching the show for the first time, and Fatheree, watching for the 47th time, discuss the final 8 episodes of season four. This covers “Hard Time” through “Broken Link.” 
 As always, available in both video and audio-only formats.

The DS9 binge continues this week as we discuss some more of DEEP SPACE NINE’s fourth season. In this podcast we cover the nine episodes from the James Bond-inspired holosuite adventure, “Our Man, Bashir” to the Klingon courtroom drama “Rules of Engagement. As tradition Dave is watching for the first time and Fatheree watching for the 47th time making for some real fun conversation. 
As always, av...

We are back on track this week with more DS9 talk coming your way. We kick off season 4 with part 1 of our 3 part series of season 4 discussions. Join Dave, watching for the first time, and Fatheree, watching for the 47th time, as they discuss the episodes

 "The Way of the Warrior" through "The Sword of Kahless." As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube:...

This week we are taking a departure from our typical focus on the fictional Star Trek Universe. Instead we are talking about real life Trek Legend Nichelle Nichols and the documentary “WOMAN IN MOTION.” The doc tells the story of the Uhura actor’s work with real space travel at NASA and continuing Gene Roddenberry’s vision of Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.

As always, available in bo...

We finally come to an end of our voyage through DEEP SPACE NINE’s third season, first time for Dave and 47th time for Fatheree. As we bring the season to a close we witness some thrilling espionage action in the “Improbable Cause”/“The Die is Cast” two-parter. Things get timey wimey in season 3’s O’Brien’s must suffer episode “Vissionary.” Ben and Jake Sisko do some father/son bonding in “Explorer...

TEX-TREK Mission 142: DEEP SPACE NINE’s “Past Tense” with Will Nguyen, the Star Trek Communist As Fatheree and Dave continue to work through season 3 of DEEP SPACE NINE we invite friend of the podcast Will Nguyen, the Star Trek Communist, back aboard for a special spotlight on the episodes “Past Tense” parts 1 and 2. It’s a story both set in and sadly topical in the 2020s.
 As always, available in...

This week Dave and Fatheree get back together once again to take a trip to everyone’s favorite Cardassian space station. That’s right, DS9 talk has resumed and we are tacking the first half of season 3. We discuss season 3 episodes 1 through 10 and episode 13. We are saving episodes 11 and 12 for a whole podcast with a special guest next week so we can take a deeper look at the timely “Past Tense”...

This was a huge week for Trek news. We have assembled an all-star panel to unpack all the new info that hit during the 2021 First Contact Day festivities. From Q appearing on PICARD and LOWER DECKS season 2 release date to our first look at yet another Starfleet uniform in DISCO season 4 and a glimpse of animated Janeway in PRODIGY. We cover it all! Hear us report on the following panels from the...

Dave and Fatheree continue where they left off talking DS9. This is the second of two separate podcast episodes dedicated to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s second season. Here we discuss season episodes 14-26.
 As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZCjlndPtJWQ

Dave and Fatheree finally get back to talking DS9. This is the firsts of two separate podcast episodes dedicated to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s second season. Here we discuss season episodes 1-13.
 As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. YouTube: https://youtu.be/Vgd8ZRJYmR0

This week we have an special guest visit, YouTube’s Jessie Gender. Jessie, Fatheree, and Dave discuss the LGBTQ representation in Star Trek, both in older shows, as well as in Discovery, Lower Decks, and Picard.
 As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GuUto_4OJbM

This week we have even more breaking news, this time on the movie side of the STAR TREK franchise. Deadline has reported that DISCOVERY and SHORT TREKS writer Kalinda Vazquez has been hired to wright a new TREK movie. The film is to be produced by Bad Robot.

We also have some updates on the Voyager Doc, Paramount +, and some special Tex-Trek news. As always, available in both video and audio-only...