Tex-Trek: A Star Trek Podcast

Alright y’all, the big day is finally here. After 23 years we go back to Deep Space Nine. Fatheree in particular has been looking forward to setting foot on Terok Nor once again. Does the trip back live up to the expectations? Sit down on the stool next to Morn, order a drink from the Ferengi, and enjoy our discussion to find out. As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Watch on...

A Rutherford episode? Okey-dokey! Our favorite cybernetically enhanced junior officer finally gets some spotlight. There are serious and game changing reveals in this episode and we have thoughts! As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Xr0Y30hyALc Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/YXPeRyQh7y Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon...

This week we explore the depths of the Cerritos on the latest LOWER DECKS. We also watch Billups, Rutherford, and the rest of engineering struggle with having a break from work. As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hOwCTHMex5Q Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/YXPeRyQh7y Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/txtrek Star Tr...

Things get trippy this week on LOWER DECKS as we visit the dreams and even the nightmares of our Lower Deckers. It’s one of those classic types of stories that makes it easy for each character to have something interesting going on but of course it has to have that LOWER DECKS twist. As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0pQ1NvJbcnI Join our...

The third season out on the funnest frontier continues this week. It’s a fun outing with a legacy character cameo, a visit to a classic "wellness-based" alien planet, and what appears to be the foundation for this season’s character arcs. How does the episode do juggling all these balls? Give us a listen and find out! As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. http://tex-trek.com/i...

New Trek is back! Fatheree is transmitting from his Trek Vegas away mission to cover the return of LOWER DECKS. Join us while we give the season 3 premiere the deep dive discussion treatment. As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LzAR0uyXxN0 Get RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3352665/episodes/feed Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.app...

We have brought another guest onboard the starship Texas this week. Fatheree sits down and chats with STAR TREK actor, Kaitlin Hopkins. Kaitlin appeared in DEEP SPACE NINE Season 5 episode 2, “The Ship” as the Vorta Kilana, and VOYAGER season 6 episode 21 “Live Fast and Prosper” as the con artist gang leader Dala. She is currently the Head of Musical Theatre at Texas State University in San Marcos...

SPACE NINE season 5, Fatheree and Dave chat with STAR TREK writer, Ethan H. Calk. Ethan is a resident of San Antonio, TX and has the story credit on DS9’s season 3 episode 17 “Visionary” and season 5 episode 22 “Children of Time.” As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QnhzslW0pS0 Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/YXPeRyQh7y Support...

Dave and Fatheree finally reach the end of season 5 of DEEP SPACE NINE. We discuss the episodes S5E19, “Ties of Blood and Water” through the S5 finale, “Call to Arms.” There is so much to talk about in between including Nagus romance in “Ferengi Love Songs,” a slice of life on a Klingon bird of prey in “Soldiers of the Empire,” and Eddington and the Maquis going down fighting in “Blaze of Glory.”...

Dave and Fatheree continue the Trek through DS9’s season 5. This week we are talking about S5E10 “Rapture” through S5E18 “Business as Usual.” Lot’s of big stuff happening in these episodes including Bashir’s secret, the Dominion making new allies, Sisko’s either most messed up or most bad ass moment depending on who you ask, and the arrival of the black and grey uniforms. As always, available in b...

Pull up a barstool at Quak’s or Ten Forward, poor up some Saurian brandy and pass it around! This marks the 200th episode of the TEX-TREK podcast and we want to celebrate with all of y’all. Join us as we reflect back on what we’ve enjoyed the most out of these last five years of modern STAR TREK with some great guest STAR TREK content creators. As always, available in both video and audio-only for...

There may be no new Trek the next few weeks but that’s okay, there is plenty of legacy content to discuss. Dave and Fatheree are picking where they left off on everyone’s favorite Cardassian space station and kicking off the first in a series of DEEP SPACE NINE season 5 discussions. This podcast episode will cover the first 9 episodes of season 5, from “Apocalypse Rising” to “The Ascent.” As alway...

Star Trek’s latest show, STRANGE NEW WORLDS, has reached the end of its maiden voyage season. The season 1 finale is perhaps the show’s most ambitious episode yet. It’s a lot to chew on but Dave and Fatheree are here to give the episode the patented Tex-Trek deep dive discussion. As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/c7Cxu7I7vv4 Join o...

Take a break from the summer heat as we venture to an icy world on this week’s STRANGE NEW WORLDS. But don’t get too comfortable as a simple rescue mission quickly turns into one of the most dangerous and deadly missions the Enterprise crew have faced. Does SNW handle a true horror episode as well as it seems to do everything else? Give us a listen and find out. As always, available in both video...

It’s time for Dr. M’Benga to take center stage on STRANGE NEW WORLDS. We get another fun outing this week and get to see the cast decked out in renfair costumes. Oh, and more Hemmer! It's about damn time! As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. YouTube: https://youtu.be/i0i4qUTj0z0 Get RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3352665/episodes/feed Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts...

Someone tell Rick Berman to put the blindfold back on the bust of Gene because it’s space pirates this week on STRANGE NEW WORLDS. There’s also been a lot of talk about guest star Jesse James Keitel. Find out what we think about their character. Oh, and one last thing, the ending of this episode made Fatheree jump up and down screaming uncontrollably with excitement so you for sure want to hear wh...

This week STRANGE NEW WORLDS attempts a return to the classic Star Trek moral quandaries of old. The Enterprise crew investigates some mysterious happenings on a planet from Pike’s past where he is reunited with an old flame. But how do the twists and reveals pay off? Let’s discuss and find out!
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Last week STRANGE NEW WORLDS was all business in the show’s darkest and deadliest story to date. This week there is a much lighter tone as the crew and the Enterprise recover at Starbase 1. The show proved it could do a serious war episode but can it do comedy just as well? Listen in and we will let you know. As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https...

Things get serious this week on STRANGE NEW WORLDS. Captain Pike and the Enterprise crew are put to a costly test against a deadly and relentless enemy. But how well does this show pivot to a darker story after carving out its territory in a brighter, more optimistic modern Trek? Dave and Fatheree are here to discuss and let you know. As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Chec...

Another week and another strange new world. This episode gives us more Hemmer, La’an, M’Benga, and especially more Number One. Dave and Fatheree have plenty to say on how it revives some of Trek’s classic horror vibes and also attempts to reiterate the morality and ethos Trek has had from the beginning. As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.b...

SNW lives up to its promise of showing us a different strange new world every episode. This week features a fun mix of science fiction concepts, humanitarian aid, cowboy diplomacy, ship action, and exploration of some of the characters that didn’t get as much screen time last week. Have a seat and join us as we take a deep look at all this and more of what “Children of the Comet” has to offer. As...

*** STRANGE NEW WORLDS talk begins at 1:06:17 *** It is possibly the biggest week EVER we’ve had on Tex-Trek in terms of new Trek content to talk about. It’s another double header show but the two episodes we are discussing are the PICARD season 2 finale and the long-awaited (going all the way back to 1964) series premiere of STRANGE NEW WORLDS. Fatheree and Dave are here to unpack it all with you...

We have a very eventful episode to discuss this week with PCIARD season 2’s penultimate outing, “Hide and Seek.” Jurati gets yet another new sexy look, we get the biggest bombshell reveal from Picard’s childhood secrets, and depending on who you ask either fun or dumb action galore! As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/po6gxHsg5PM htt...

STAR TREK: PICARD season 2 is approaching the end with this week being the third to last episode. As always, we are here to take a deep look at this episode’s happenings. Things get X-Files-y with FBI agent Wells who may or may not be what you think. Queen Jurati is still on the loose. The Soongs are back. And Teresa and Rios continue to be cute together or a blatant violation of the Temporal Prim...

STAR TREK: PICARD has never lived up to its name as much as right now as this week’s episode takes us on a journey inside to mind of Picard. Get ready for some retconned backstory for Admiral Picard as we learn some new secrets of the Picard family and the debate that is sure to spark in the fandom. As always, available in both video and audio-only formats. Check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.b...