Trek Politics with Mary L. Trump and Bob Cesca

This week, we discuss "The Menagerie Part I" and how it skillfully incorporates the first Star Trek pilot into a completely new story about Spock, mutiny, and the death penalty. We'll talk about Part II next week! Stick around for #Bobservations -- and #Maryservations ! Help us out by giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re hearing this show. Follow Trek Politi...

This week it's the riveting courtroom drama "Court Martial" and one of the greatest lines ever spoken in an episode of Star Trek ("Humanity fading in the shadow of the Machine" -Sam Cogley). Stick around for #Bobservations ! Help us out by giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re hearing this show. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and Instagram . See Privac...

This week it's "Charlie X" from season one: another cautionary tale about the dangers of...children. And abuse of power. And be sure to stick around for #Bobservations. Help us out by giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re hearing this show. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and Instagram . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...

This week, it's the flamboyant shenanigans of Trelane in "The Squire of Gothos"! Check out whether we loved or hated this one, and how it relates to current politics. And be sure to stick around for #Bobservations. Help us out by giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re hearing this show. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and Instagram . See Privacy Policy a...

Star Trek predicts AI, authoritarianism, and religious cults in "The Return of the Archons" from season one. Plus, two of our favorite Trek tropes are featured in this one. Join us and stick around for #Bobservations ! Help us out by giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re hearing this show. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and Instagram . See Privacy Poli...

This week, it's the season one episode "Miri" about a mysterious plague and a group of feral children who try to "BONK BONK!" Captain Kirk on the head. Join us and stick around for #Bobservations ! Help us out by giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re hearing this show. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and Instagram . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c...

We dig into the introduction of KHAAAAAANN! in "Space Seed" -- a fateful episode in the Star Trek saga that will go on to have a profound impact on Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise crew. Stick around for Bob's nitpicks in our #Bobservations segment. Help us out by giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re hearing this show. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , an...

This week it's "The Tholian Web" from season three and what it says about leadership during a crisis. Stick around for Bob's nitpicks in our #Bobservations segment. Help us out by giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re hearing this show. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and Instagram . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

This week, it's Matt Decker and "The Doomsday Machine"! A gigantic ice cream cone threatens to devour the galaxy while an incapacitated, Ahab-esque Starfleet officer seizes control of the Enterprise. Stick around for our #Bobservations segment. Help us out by giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you're hearing this show. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and In...

It's a frustrating but very important episode of the original series. The first appearance of the Klingons, and an historic political climax. Stick around for #Bobservations ! Help us out by liking and sharing at trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , an...

This week it's "Dagger of the Mind" (TOS) and its take on some of psychology's more barbaric treatments. Stick around for #Bobservations ! Help us out by liking and sharing at trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and Instagram . See Privacy Policy at h...

Mary and Bob discuss the blindingly weird season one finale of the original series and its pandemic of Space Ravioli! Stick around for #Bobservations ! Help us out by liking and sharing at trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and Instagram . See Privac...

This week, Mary Trump and Bob discuss the kneejerk fascism, despotism, and mustache-twirling of "Mirror, Mirror" -- one of the greatest episodes of the original series. Stick around for #Bobservations ! Help us out by liking and sharing at trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Trek P...

Mary and Bob review and analyze arguably the greatest episode of the original series. Would you save Edith or let her be killed? Stick around for #Bobservations ! Help us out by liking and sharing at trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and Instagram ....

This week, it's "The Enemy Within" from season one of the original series. Good Kirk vs. Evil Rapist Kirk. One of the all time great -- and very woke -- episodes...until the final scene. Stick around for #Bobservations ! Help us out by liking and sharing at trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podca...

Recorded in 2023, Star Trek icon Jeri Ryan sits down with Mary Trump and Bob Cesca and sounds the alarm on MAGA brainwashing, cult politics, and America’s divide. A powerful conversation about propaganda, empathy, and the fight for a better future. Help us out by liking and sharing at trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and...

This week on #TrekPolitics it's "I, Mudd" -- another problematic and, frankly, gross Harry Mudd episode in which we learn he's been having sex with 500 female androids somehow. Mary and Bob break it all down. Stick around for #Bobservations ! Help us out by liking and sharing at trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and where...

"Mudd's Women" could've been a decent early episode of the original series, but instead it forgave Mudd for enslaving women, keeping them addicted to a drug, and then selling them to gross lithium miners. Stick around for #BOBSERVATIONS. Help us out by liking and sharing at trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and wherever y...

This week, Star Trek predicted AI six decades before its arrival. We also get into the billionaires who are exploiting their technology to make themselves wealthier at the expense of the middle class. Stick around for #BOBSERVATIONS. Help us out by liking and sharing at trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and wherever you g...

Mary and Bob discuss the greatest episode of Star Trek (original series) and one of the greatest episodes of any Star Trek series. Utterly suspenseful, with extremely high stakes, human drama, and pointed statements about racism. Stick around for Bobservations! Help us out by liking and subscribing on YouTube via trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and...

It's the one with the interracial kiss. Beyond the groundbreaking kiss, Mary and Bob try to make sense of the vast weirdness of this episode and discover several redeeming qualities including the performances of Nichelle Nichols and Michael Dunn. Stick around for #BOBSERVATIONS, with a new jingle by listener Chris Kolling! Help us out by liking and subscribing on YouTube via trekpolitics.com , and...

Mary and Bob discuss one of the best known episodes of the original series and all of its commentary on racism, slavery, civil rights, Jim Crow, and the Lost Cause myth. Help us out by liking and subscribing on YouTube via trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesk...

Mary and Bob review the first two episodes of Starfleet Academy and discuss the MAGA backlash to Star Trek's 60 history of wokeness. Stick around for Bobservations! By the way, we'll return to original series analysis next week. Eventually, we'll hit the movies, TNG, DS9, and onward through the chronology of the saga. Help us out by liking and subscribing on YouTube via trekpolitics.com , and if y...

Mary Trump and Bob Cesca unravel the mystery of the Horta monster in an allegory about industry versus the environment and, by extension, the climate crisis. Help us out by liking and subscribing on YouTube via trekpolitics.com , and if you dig the show, consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and...

Mary Trump and I discuss arguably the most sexist episode of Star Trek (TOS) called “Turnabout Intruder.” And don't forget to like and subscribe , and if you dig the show consider giving us a five star rating and review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Follow Trek Politics on Bluesky , X , and Instagram . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...