Treknobabble Psychobabble: A Star Trek Podcast

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott take a look at the psychology of Captain Christopher Pike, who occupies the earliest and latest incarnations of the franchise. Featured Trek Content: [01:36] TOS "The Menagerie" [21:54] DIS "If Memory Serves" [42:18] SNW "A Quality of Mercy" [01:01:37] On the couch [01:16:21] Conclusions BONUS: Comparison Video "Balance of Terror" vs. "A Quality of Mercy" Copyright...

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott talk about literal Nazis–that is to say, actual portrayals of historical Nazis in Star Trek, not any reptilian humanoid analogues you may be familiar with... Content Warning for Nazi and fascist imagery. Featured Trek Content: [01:50] TOS "Patterns of Force" [20:06] VOY "The Killing Game" [39:34] ENT "Storm Front" [01:00:46] On the couch [01:13:50] Conclusions Copy...

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott take advantage of being in the same location to record their first movie night, beginning with that most middle of Trek films, "Generations" (1994). Featured Trek Content: FILM: Star Trek VII "Generations" [02:30] Plot Summary [08:06] The Plot & The Nexus [20:43] Kirk's Arc [27:32] Picard's Arc [32:36] Soren's Motivations [50:13] Data's Emotions [01:06:45] Conc...

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott take a holiday to Risa, where they discuss leisure, pleasure, and casual sex. Content Warning for transphobia, homophobia, and sexual content. Featured Trek Content: [01:29] TNG "Captain's Holiday" [22:53] DS9 "Let He Who is Without Sin" [47:13] ENT "Two Days and Two Nights" [01:01:01] On the Couch [01:31:08] Conclusions Copyright 2023 Elliott Encarnacion, Elizabet...

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott talk about fear. Content Warning for PTSD. Featured Trek Content: [01:25] TNG "Night Terrors" [15:30] VOY "The Thaw" [36:22] DS9 "Nor the Battle to the Strong" [01:01:00] LD "Mining the Mind's Mines" & On the couch [01:17:36] Conclusions 

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott explore the uniquely sci-fi idea of implanted memories and their effects. Content warning for suicide and PTSD. Featured Trek Content: [01:20] TNG "The Inner Light" [17:38] DS9 "Hard Time" [39:07] VOY "Memorial" [57:22] On the couch [01:14:50] Conclusions 

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott discuss imagined realities and their revealing natures. Featured Trek Content: [01:21] TOS "The Cage" [21:15] TNG "Remember Me" [38:30] SNW "The Elysian Kingdom" [58:22] On the couch [01:13:40] Conclusions

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott wrap up their discussion of trans allegories in Star Trek (for the time being) with a little diversion away from Star Trek to "The Orville." The "Topa arc" spanning the three seasons of the sci-fi comedy, modelled lovingly after Star Trek, maps Trek's own evolution on the topic from cringe-y to beautiful. Content Warning for transphobia and suicide. Featured Conten...

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott continue their discussion of trans allegories in Star Trek. Part II focuses on examples of Trek handling the topic well, or at least better than we saw in Part I. Content Warning for transphobia. Featured Trek Content: [02:16] TNG "The Outcast" [21:12] DS9 "Blood Oath" [39:09] DIS "Forget Me Not" [55:15] On the couch & conclusions Copyright 2023 Elliott Encarna...

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott begin a discussion on trans allegories in Star Trek. Part I focuses on examples of Trek handling the topic poorly. Content Warning for transphobia. Featured Trek Content: [02:15] DS9 "Profit and Lace" [20:34] VOY "Body and Soul" [37:47] ENT "Unexpected" [55:08] On the couch [01:09:58] Conclusions Copyright 2023 Elliott Encarnacion, Elizabeth Kimble

Elizabeth and Elliott discuss dreams, fantasy and imagination. Featured materials: [01:24] TNG "Phantasms" [18:05] VOY "Doctor, Tinker, Tenor, Spy" [30:40] DS9 "Things Past" [47:48] On the couch [01:05:19] Conclusions Copyright 2023 Elliott Encarnacion, Elizabeth Kimble

In this podcast premiere, Elizabeth and Elliott discuss the psychology of A.I. Featured materials: [01:18] TOS "The Ultimate Computer" [07:31] TNG "The Measure of a Man" [17:38] VOY "Latent Image" [24:07] DIS "But to Connect..." [33:43] On the Couch [50:33] Conclusions Copyright 2023 Elliott Encarnacion, Elizabeth Kimble