Trek Geeks Podcast Network

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...

Last week, Paramount held a screening of Star Trek Beyond for the media and hosted a press event the following day. TrekNews.net was there, and thanks to Laura Sirikul, we have the audio! You'll hear Scott Mantz from Access Hollywood moderate two panels: one with the cast of Star Trek Beyond featuring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban and others, and one with the production team including pro...

It is certainly no secret how much we love the folks over at Tricorder Transmissions, and specifically Shore Leave! Heather, Jeff and the whole team are amazing and bring listeners awesome information about conventions each and every week! As STLV gets closer and closer and the excitement continues to build, we felt this would be the perfect time to welcome Heather Barker and Jeff Hulit to the pod...

One mistake can change everything . That's the lesson learned by Ensign Harry Kim in the 100th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. This week, Dan and Bill dive in on the episode, "Timeless," and discuss some of it's finer points. Make no mistake: this is some of the best material the writers ever gave Garrett Wang, and we'll talk about why. Plus, we'll find out why this episode means so much to Dan, an...

As we in the United States celebrate Independence Day on July 4th, we thought this would be PERFECT time to discuss The Original Series episode "The Omega Glory." Bill and Dan will give a run down of the episode, discuss what works and what doesn't work, as well as what they like and don't like. Also, no discussion about TOS can go without Dan attempting to portray Captain Kirk, and this episode m...

In this week's episode, we'll take an in-depth look at the new Fan Film Guidelines released by CBS last week! These guidelines seem to change fan films as we know them--and they're all the result of one production's actions. For months, Axanar Productions has complained that there were no guidelines. Their constant complaining has prompted CBS to give them exactly what they wanted--and now all fan...

Dan and Bill pay tribute to Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin who was killed in a freak accident at his home on Sunday, June 19, 2016.

TRICORDER TRANSMISSIONS CROSS-OVER! We're back with another episode of See-It or Skip-It this week, but this time we're taking on an entire series--but this time, it's something very different! Star Trek: The Animated Series ran for 22 episodes between 1973 and 1974 on Saturday mornings, and it's one of the most debated and contested entries in the Star Trek universe. Jeff Hulit from The Tricorder...

Dan and I have just submitted our sample episode for the Parsec Awards! We decided to feature two clips: one with Vic Mignogna from Star Trek Continues discussing how Star Trek has actually saved lives--including Dan's--and one where Dan surprised me last year and announced he was going to STLV. Finalists will be announced in late July or early August! This is the clip we submitted. It could conta...

You heard us right! It's time that you all learned a little bit about your gracious co-hosts, Bill Smith and Dan Davidson! Last week we asked our followers in Camp Khitomer (our fun-filled Facebook group) to ask us anything they wanted to know about us. All questions were allowed as long as they were PG rated. Well, we had a bunch of questions come our way and we are going to share our answers wit...

SPOILER ALERT! This week we take a super-sized look at the highly anticipated sixth episode from Star Trek Continues--Come Not Between the Dragons! BE WARNED, THOUGH: This episode of our podcast is FILLED with spoilers! If you don't want to know what happens in "Come Not Between the Dragons," then stop now! We absolutely recommend watching this Star Trek Continues episode first before you listen t...