Trek Geeks Podcast Network

Is it REEEEEEAL or is it a FAAAAAAKE? Mike and Fark take turns trying to stump each other with real and made up Star Trek facts. Tune in to learn something or maybe just groan at bad jokes.

This week, we examine what is quite possibly the best Deanna Troi episode in all of Star Trek: The Next Generation!  Romulans...intrigue...defectors...kidnapping...and a surgically altered Deanna?! "Face of the Enemy" debuted in 1993 and it instantly became a favorite of fans everywhere. Counselor Troi is kidnapped by Romulans and her appearance is changed so she can assume the identity of a Tal'S...

In this preview episode of Rewind: A Star Trek Podcast , hosts Haley and Sara discuss their Star Trek fandom and the mission of this brand new podcast, including giving a fair amount of grief to Bill and Dan from Trek Geeks for all their "Skip Its!" Plus, there may or may not be references to Forensic Files, Riker's Trombone, and smacking Wesley. Allegedly. Rewind will be debuting on the Trek Geek...

In this episode, Shashank and Barry discuss Star Trek Discovery: Season 2. We cover some of the main characters (Pike and Burnham especially), discussing their motivations and permutations, along with the stories told in this season and how they shape and connect to Trek as a whole. We take a constructive look at elements of the season that worked and may not have worked as well. This takes us thr...

We had the incredible good fortune to attend this year's Trekonderoga convention in Ticonderoga, New York--home of the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour! Featuring Star Trek luminaries like Terry Farrell, Robin Curtis, Ethan Peck, JG Hertzler, and David Frankham, Trekonderoga had a fantastic track of Star Trek content.  At the heart of it, the amazing recreation of the sets from Star Trek--loving...

Welcome to Episode 1 of Five Year Mission: The Podcast! If you’ve come this far, congratulations. You made it. Thanks to Bill and Dan over at Trek Geeks for giving us the bandwidth to put our voices in your ears every 2 weeks for a discussion about Star Trek, our band and a few jokes here and there. On the first episode, Chris, Fark, Mike and Noah focus on how we individually discovered and came t...

Our Women of Trek spotlight series continues this week as we take a look at one of Star Trek's original contributors. She was an absolute force of nature, and in this episode we'll examine the roles played by Majel Barrett Roddenberry in front of the camera, behind the scenes, and in fandom itself. Number One, Christine Chapel, Lwaxana Troi...even the Enterprise Computer, Majel left an indelible m...

In this special trailer episode of Five Year Mission: The Podcast, we learn about the brand new Five Year Mission: The Podcast! Hear from Mike, Chris, Patrick, Noah, and Fark on the beginnings of their Star Trek fandom and what we might expect in future episodes. Plus, there's an exclusive FanSets discount code, so get this in your ears and get ready for Episode 1, dropping soon!

We had an amazing time at Star Trek Las Vegas and the biggest Trek convention on the planet. We saw a lot of old friends, made some new ones, and experienced a great celebration of this franchise we all love so deeply. This week, we'll look at the state of the Star Trek franchise and discuss everything the states of fandom, the convention, and even the franchise itself! We'll also announce the win...

On this episode, Shashank and Barry discuss the political, historical, and social aspects of Season One of Discovery.  On the news, we discuss a corruption scandal involving a government-appointed anti-corruption firm. Obvious connections to Cardassian tactics of deceit. The next news item is a farewell to Peter Allan Fields who passed away while we were on hiatus. Our main topic is a tad top-heav...

What better way to kick off the week of STLV than to focus on some high stakes gambling! This week we look at the classic TOS episode, The Gamesters of Triskelion! Drill Thralls, pain collars, Providers, and lots of wagering highlight this second season installment. It's an episode we've been watching as kids, but in this episode of The Biggest Little Show, we'll examine what makes this episode cl...

San Diego Comic-Con is one of the biggest fandom conventions on the planet, and this weekend some of the biggest news was all Star Trek related! Three different Star Trek series were represented in a giant panel named, "Star Trek Universe," and there were surprises aplenty! We'll review the latest details on "Star Trek: Discovery," chat about the newly-introduced characters of the second animated...

This week, while Dan and Bill are on vacation, we bring you one of our Carpool Conversations originally recorded for our Patreon subscribers. Star Trek: Picard promises a different look at Jean-Luc Picard at this phase of his life, and that got us to thinking about which other Star Trek characters we'd like to see examined in their own theoretical spin-off series!  We'll discuss our spontaneous ch...

Join us as we announce our affiliation with the Trek Geeks Podcast Network with special guests Bill Smith & Dan Davidson!

This week, we are excited and proud to welcome Barry DeFord and Shashank Avvaru to Trek Geeks to officially announce the Trek Geeks Podcast Network as the new home of PoliTreks: A Star Trek Podcast ! PoliTreks! Barry DeFord and Shashank Avvaru talk politics, religion, and society around the replicator. Along with special guests, we choose to Boldly Go straight into the social, political, and somet...

Star Trek has had a lot of holodeck stories where a malfunction has posed danger to the crew, but the concept rarely gets executed better than Voyager's third season episode, "Worst Case Scenario." A tactical training program written by Tuvok becomes entertainment for the crew, and trying to write an ending executes potentially deadly subroutines left behind by Seska. We'll discuss this great take...

  This week, we offer another in our series on the "Women of Star Trek!" One of the newest members of that group is the central figure in Star Trek: Discovery--the character of Michael Burnham. We'll take a look at this character and why she's so important, not just in Trek but in this day and age. Plus, we're joined by Andy Fark of Five Year Mission for a special announcement! There's also news a...

No one does it alone. Not even "The Great Bird of the Galaxy." The idea was Gene Roddenberry's, but it took an amazing group of people to help make it a reality. This week, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Turnabout Intruder--the last episode of The Original Series--we look at The People Who Made TOS Work to shed some light on some names you may or may not know, and why their contributions t...

It's one of the greatest Star Trek movies of all time, and it was one that non-fans loved as much as some of Trek's most ardent supporters. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home debuted in 1986 and found a huge mainstream audience with its wit, humor, and awareness. Sadly, today this film seems more relevant than ever. We'll look at some of the best moments of this film and discuss why it's so important i...

In this Episode, Shashank and Barry take a deep dive into the great Kelvin Universe/JJ-verse/soft-reboot/Fast And Furious In Space movie Star Trek, released in 2009 after almost half a decade of no official Trek TV or cinema. We look at our relationship to the movie, cultural perception then and now, character portrayals (both compelling and uncanny), and how for some of us, brought Trek back into...

It's the first Star Trek: The Next Generation novel in nearly two years and it picks right up with the fallout from the exposure of Section 31! "Section 31, the covert organization which has operated without accountability in the shadows for more than two centuries, has been exposed. Throughout the Federation, the rogue group’s agents and leaders are being taken into custody as the sheer scope of...

It's widely regarded as one of the best hours of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and possibly of the entire franchise. "The Inner Light" changed Jean-Luc Picard and viewers forever with it's poignant story about a civilization wiped out by its own star going nova a thousand years before. Picard lives a lifetime in the course of twenty five minutes in an episode that tugs at your heartstrings. We'l...

We are proud to introduce Trek Geeks Game Night --the Star Trek Adventures game play podcast! Meet the crew of the USS Hathaway, the ship exploring the galaxy and boldly going in search of strange new worlds, new lifeforms, and new civilizations.  They'll introduce themselves in this special audio introduction and Game Master, Dan Garcia, will introduce their mission! See all the latest Trek Geeks...

This week, Dan is on vacation in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and it seemed like a good time to discuss this particular topic! Last month on our Patreon Subscribers Feed , we talked about this topic in one of our Carpool KHAAANN-versations: one topic discussed in the time that it takes us to get to work commuting down Route 3 between Southern New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts.   W...

This week, we bring you a special bonus episode of Discovering Trek! CHANCELLOR OF THE KLINGON EMPIRE! In this very special bonus episode, Dan & Bill are joined by "The Mother of all Klingons," "The Chancellor of the Klingon Empire," the honorable L'Rell of House Mokai!!  That's right, the one and only Mary Chieffo stops by to talk about her incredible experience playing this amazing character on...