The Nerd Trek Podcast

Nerds Log, Stardate 022020.13: We meet Spock's Parents! Oh yeah and they are on a diplomatic mission with subterfuge and murder. Yada, yada, yada...

Nerds Log, Stardate 022020.12: SPOILERS! Today we watched as Picard got himself a pilot and a spaceship, and took off to find the 2nd synth girl, who may or may not be "the destroyer", according to a crazy old ex-borg romulan lady. We talk pacing, story and plot developement, or lack thereof, as well as fan theories!

Nerds Log, Stardate 022020.11: We watched today as the Enterprise Shuttle, carrying Kirk, Spock,McCoy, and Federation Commissioner Nancy Hedford were pulled off course and forced to veer off course and land on an asteroid that can sustain human life. There they find Zephram Cochran, the inventor of the warp drive! How is he there, after missing for over 150 years!?!

Nerds Log, Stardate 022020.6: The Enterprise was hijacked by an android and forced to divert to a planet where Kirk and the crew find out that Mudd has escaped, and is now the king of the androids! What will they do when he informs Kirk that they can never leave???

Nerds Log, Stardate 022020.05: Come with the Nerds as they watch the 2nd episode of the epic new series, Star Trek: Picard! SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS. Also Spoiler: It's amazing!

Nerds Log, Stardate 022020.4: Things get spooooooky! The Nerds watch in equal parts horror and amazement as Spock, Kirk and McCoy beam down to a planet to get Sulu and Scotty after they fail to return, and find witches, a castle, a black cat, and the exact people they are looking for. They appear to be fine, but under the control of a strange creature! How will Kirk Seduce his way out of this one?...

Nerds Log, Stardate 012020.30: When the Enterprise receives a distress call from its sister ship, the Constellation, they investigate and find that almost all of the surrounding planets have been completely destroyed. When they find Commodore Decker, the Constellations captain, and he tells them a horrible "devil" attacked them and that it cannot be defeated, they decide to tow the defunct ship to...

SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! Nerds Log, Stardate 012020.29: Today the Nerds review the first episode of the new series "Picard", step by step. We uncover every easter egg we can think of, and even geek out a bit of having visited the location used for a major fight scene and the Federation Archives! WATCH THE EPISODE FIRST, then come check this episode out!

Nerds Log, Stardate 012020.28: Today the Nerds watched as the away team from the Enterprise beamed down to a planet that seemed to exist as an amazing paradise. Lush plants grew everywhere, and the people there never seemed to age or die. As with all things that seem to good to be true, they find out that the planet is deadly as plants start to shoot projectiles and rock begin to explode. What wil...

Nerds Log, Stardate 012020.23: When a transporter accident occurs during an ion storm, several of the crew of the Enterprise find themselves in an alternate universe. A universe that is much more cruel, where one progresses through the ranks by murdering their superiors, and the answer to all questions is to use force. How will Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura survive in this new universe and get ba...

Nerds Log, Stardate 012020.21: Today a floating tin can, a probe sent out from earth 265 years ago encountered the enterprise. The device, not dissimilar from a giant metal pepper mill, was extremely powerful, and when brought on board was revealed to have "sterilized" the entire population of the nearby Malurian system. What will the crew of the enterprise do when the device inevitably find them...

SPOILER FREE!!! Jeff made the other nerds jealous by getting into the premiere of Picard! Then we recorded as he told the Nerds all about it (without spoiling anything). Come listen to this SPOILER FREE review that has NO SPOILERS!

Nerds Log, Stardate 012020.16: A giant green hand holding the Enterprise in place? A crew member being courted by the ancient greek god, Apollo? Scotty getting his swag on? What more could be wanted from an episode of Trek? Come join the Nerds as we watch the Enterprise take on one of the ancient greek gods!

Nerds Log, Stardate 012020.14: Today we bear witness to the first instance of pon farr in the Trek universe when Spock begins to behave oddly, then requests his first shore leave immediately on Vulcan. After granting the request, Kirk and McCoy accompany him to the planet where they meet Spock's "wife" and find out Spock will have to fight someone to the death for her hand. What will happen when s...

Nerds Log, Stardate 012020.9: Today we look back at the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series and discuss what we liked, what we hated, and where we want to go from here!

Nerds Log, Stardate 012020.7: Today we witnessed as the colony at Deneva was infested with some kind of flying parasites that caused all their inhabitants to go crazy. What will happen when the crew of the Enterprise investigates and Spock is attacked by one of the creatures??

Nerds Log, Stardate 012020.2: The Nerds watch as McCoy, while tending to a patient, accidentally overdoses himself with cordrazine, goes on a manic rampage, manages to run though a portal on an uncharted planet that teleports him back to the 1930s, where he saves the life of a woman, which ends up wiping the enterprise from history! Kirk and Spock travel back as well to stop him, and have to deal...

Nerds Log, Stardate 122019.31: Today we see the Enterprise making a routine survey of a new planet, when everything seems to "blink" out and into existence again. Suddenly they pickup a life sign on the planet where there was none before, and they bring aboard Lazarus - a man claiming to be chased and fighting a monster that no one else is able to detect. Listen to the episode to find out if Lazar...

Nerds Log, Stardate 122019.26: Today the Nerds watch as the Federation and the Kingons fight over Organia, a strategically well-placed planet to both sides with a society that appears to be completely stagnated in terms of development. However, when the Enterprise away team is offering help that is being refused, and the Klingons show up to take control, we find out that the Organians are not quit...

Join the Nerds on a special episode for Christmas as they travel back in time to 1978. David will guide them as they experience the Star Wars Holiday Special for the first (and last?) time! Joined with special guest, Dyana, they take a walk through the... experience that is this special. So special, it has never been aired again! Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Nerds Log, Stardate 122019.24: Today we watched in horror as miners (not minors!) are being eaten alive on the colony of Janus Vee-One, leaving behind only bits of bone and teeth. When the away team from the Enterprise finds that this is caused by highly acidic secretions from a silicon-based creature, nearly immune to phaser fire, they embark on a mission to find and kill the creature. Listen to...

Nerds Log, Stardate 122019.19: Today we found a planet that the Enterprise visits for only one, sad reason: to catalog the complete destruction of a colony that has spent years being bombarded with deadly "berthold rays". However, when they beam down, they find the colonists alive and well! Not only this, but they all seem to have achieved a level of enlightenment and happiness that seeems unnatur...

Nerds Log, Stardate 122019.17: Today we came across the most odd of civilizations: the people of Eminiar V-11, who have been at "war" with their closest neighbors for almost 5 centuries. However, instead of fighting via traditional warfare, they play computer wargames, but with very real results. Anyone who is "killed" by these games are forced to walk into disintegration chambers to avoid a real...

Nerds Log, Stardate 122019.12: KAAAAAHHHHN!!!! Today we met Kahn: A man suspended with his crew in a cryogenic chamber that is in peak human condition due to a eugenic origin. What will happen after he manages to turn part of the crew of the Enterprise against Kirk and traps them in a room together, forced to watch their beloved captain suffocate to death?

Nerds Log, Stardate 122019.10: Today the nerds discovered a planet where the population act like zombies and obey the will of their unseen ruler, Landru. When Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and a resident sociologist named Lindstrom, they have to try and figure out what is going on and affecting people, including some members of their very own crew, before they become affected themselves!