Trek Geeks: A Star Trek Podcast

This year mark's the 30th Anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation and kicking off our celebration early! We'll talk about the launch of the second Trek series--our initial thoughts when it was announced, our concerns, and we'll even confess to thinking the show would be a huge failure... We've never been so glad to be wrong in our lives--especially considering that NextGen ran for 178 episod...

This week, we give 2016 one last look and talk about the biggest Star Trek stories of 2016! Several weeks ago, we asked the members of our official Facebook group, Camp Khitomer , to vote on what they thought the biggest news items were over the last year. They've spoken, and we run down their list in this week's show! Plus, we'll catch up on some of the things that happened during our Holiday Bre...

As 2016 winds down, we thought we'd put together some special bonus content in the form of outtakes before we return with an all-new episode on January 3, 2017! Many of you know that following the end theme of every podcast episode, there is an outtake--something that we talked about either immediately before or after recording that week's show. Some of you have heard them, and some of you haven't...

As 2016 winds down, we thought we'd put together some special bonus content in the form of outtakes before we return with an all-new episode on January 3, 2017! Many of you know that following the end theme of every podcast episode, there is an outtake--something that we talked about either immediately before or after recording that week's show.  Some of you have heard them, and some of you haven'...

With Star Trek's 50th Anniversary Year coming to an end, what better way to close it out than to look at the career of one of Trek's central figures? It's undeniable that William Shatner has had an amazing career and done so many amazing things that we think he deserves his own holiday! Back in 2009, Bill declared the first-ever Shatnermas on his Facebook page and now, he and Dan have turned this...

This week, we continue with our wind down of the celebration Star Treks 50th anniversary with one of the very best episodes of them all - " The Doomsday Machine !"  As you may recall from our last episode, this one ranks #4 in Bill's all time favorite TOS episodes, while Dan had it ranked as his 3rd favorite.  Any way you slice it, it is a PHENOMENAL episode and we will discuss all aspects of this...

Well, as the 50th anniversary of the phenomenon known as Star Trek starts to wind down, we thought it would be a great idea to jump onto the "which is the best of the best" bandwagon.  So, as our special tribute to the series that started it all, this week we rank our top 10 Original Series episodes! But that's not all.  Here to help us with this special episode, is Mr. TrekRanks himself - the man...

This week, we decided to tackle our all time favorite Star Trek series, Deep Space 9 with our signature "See-It or Skip-It" extravaganza! You would think that we love every aspect of every episode, but we think you will be surprised on what we say about the first season of this completely "not Gene's vision" series. From the Battle of Wolf 359 all the way through the season ending tension with the...

This week we focus on the greatest adversary Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise ever faced! We speak, of course, of Khan Noonien Singh! We'll examine the backstory of this genetically-engineered super human, look at his appearances in Star Trek and talk about the character's evolution from Space Seed all the way to Into Darkness! Plus, we'll also discuss some of Khan's o...

They're the second in command on their respective ships, carrying out the orders of the Captain---they're the First Officers and they play a critical role in Star Trek. In this week's episode, we'll take a look at the five First Officers to date and talk about several key areas where these individuals excel and, in the end, only one will be left standing! Plus, we'll talk about the latest news in...

This week, Dan and Bill deep dive into arguably one of the very best episodes of TNG, "The Pegasus!" Riker's past comes back to haunt him in the form of his former Captain, Admiral Eric Pressman. What is the secret they are both hiding from Captain Picard? Terry O'Quinn shows us why he is one of our favorite actors with his portrayal of the admiral with questionable intentions. Was he simply a "ba...

One of the coolest ideas in Star Trek Timelines is the ability to have any single member of the Star Trek Universe as part of your crew. We are talking ANY character from any series, ship, timeline, universe, etc. That got us thinking. Who would WE pick for our ULTIMATE Crew? We break down all the main crew assignments in this "infinite possibilities episode". Heck, even waste extraction is discus...

The year was 1998. Dan and Bill were working in telephone support jobs supporting stock trading software and 56k dial-up modems ruled the day. One day at work, they got the bright idea to download the brand-new trailer for the third movie featuring the cast of The Next Generation--Star Trek: Insurrection! It took hours for the trailer to download and these two future Geeks looked forward to Decemb...

This past Spring, we asked the members of our Camp Khitomer group on Facebook to send us their questions for an " Ask Us Anything " episode! Their questions were fantastic, but there was one we thought could truly be its own episode--we were asked to pick a series and recast the characters with different actors. Challenge accepted! This week we'll recast our favorite series, Star Trek: Deep Space...

This Episode of Trek Geeks is Dedicated to the Memory of Eric Cone It quite possibly was the television event that forever changed history!  On September 8, 1966 the very first episode of Star Trek was shown on NBC.  It was " The Man Trap" and this week the Trek Geeks are ready to discuss the great Salt Vampire of M-113! Bill and Dan will discuss all the interesting and quirky things about this ep...

After a one week hiatus, the Trek Geeks are back in their podcast chairs and ready to discuss the latest amazing episode from Star Trek Continues . Episode 7 of this highly acclaimed fan production tackles a very interesting and controversial topic that began almost 50 years ago with the final episode of TOS, "Turnabout Intruder." In "Embracing the Winds," we finally find out why female officers h...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, STAR TREK! A year in the making... Last year, we began to ask listeners for their stories of the first time they ever watched Star Trek. Since then, we've been compiling stories from voice mails, SpeakPipe messages, emails, and live recordings at STLV50. Today, we present them to you as our love letter and tribute to the adventures we all love so much. We hope you'll all enjoy t...

    MAKE IT SO...OR DON'T! It's been a long time since we delved into a season of Star Trek and gave our thoughts as to whether you should See It or Skip It, so we are back with the next round of SIoSI and TNG Season 1! Will we appreciate failed Holodeck programs? Will we ridicule giant jellyfish space creatures? Tune in and find out! We are joined by our good friend and third or fourth best admin...

It seems like forever since we've sat down and recorded a standard Trek Geeks episode, and we're back with our wrap-up of the amazing 2016 Las Vegas Star Trek Convention! We met so many amazing people during the convention, one of whom was one of our favorite podcasters: Norman Lao from Trek. FM and also the Fandom Podcast Network, where he hosts Blood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast ! Norm sits do...

This will be an episode of Trek Geeks unlike any other! Why is that you ask? Well, that's because it's largely hosted by two amazing podcasters! (Well, OK... ONE amazing podcaster and also John Champion.) Return with us now to the Sunday of STLV50! Dan was off getting his DS9-themed tattoo and Bill was one of the invited panelists on the Roddenberry Stage for the Podcasting Summit, hosted by Missi...

It's been a long time coming, but this day was inevitable. We're on our way back to New England from Las Vegas, and we figured what better time to feature the return of listener favorite, "Stump the Geek!" The rules are simple: Bill has created five trivia questions for Dan to answer and each one is worth a random point value. Dan is not allowed to use any reference material at all--no internet, n...

The second of our mini-episodes from the Official 2016 Las Vegas Star Trek Convention at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino! We'll catch you up on what's been going on during our trip and talk a little bit about today's events!

It's the first of our Vegas Mini-Episodes! In today's update, we talk about our disappointment in the Leonard Nimoy panel, Dan's first ever cosplay as Guy Fieri, and the chaos of the Whoopi Goldberg appearance! Plus, don't forget to check out our Facebook page tomorrow morning for another STLV Briefing!

Our countdown has finally ticked down to zero and we're on our way to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada for Creation Entertainment's 2016 Official Star Trek Convention to celebrate the 5oth Anniversary of the franchise we all love so dearly. We're joined in this episode by our great friend, Adam Drosin, who we met at last year's STLV! We'll talk to Adam about his fandom, what made him decide to start goi...

The long wait is finally over! Star Trek Beyond debuted in theaters this past weekend and both Dan and Bill attended Thursday night IMAX 3D showings in their towns. This week's episode contains nothing but spoilers, so if you haven't seen Star Trek Beyond yet, you should skip this episode for now. After a discussion on the plot, we'll take a look at the aspects of Beyond that we really enjoyed, an...