Trekology

Our final episode of season 3, we're talking about our favorite android, Mr Data! We're watching the 4th season TNG episode "Brothers" and discussing family dynamics, forgiveness, and Matthew McConaughey's struggles with AI. SHOW NOTES Data | Memory Alpha | Fandom Brothers (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

Our pen-ultimate episode of season 3, join us to talk about our favorite Klingon, Worf, Son of Mogh. Greg and Jeff get to chat about marriage and childrearing, as well as New Years and our favorite Trek memories from 2024. SHOW NOTES Worf | Memory Alpha | Fandom Reunion (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

We're in our top 3 characters, and #3 is none other than Captain Kirk, and we're discussing the TOS episode "Arena". Join us as we chat about Greed and Violence, as well as Greg's shopping habits. SHOW NOTES James T. Kirk | Memory Alpha | Fandom Arena (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by ⁠Charles Michel⁠

This episode, we head back to TOS for everyone's favorite Vulcan, Mr. Spock (sorry Mr Tuvok)! We're watching "Amok Time" and talking about logic vs emotion, ritual vs habit, and Greg's impulse buying SHOW NOTES Spock | Memory Alpha | Fandom Amok Time (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by ⁠Charles Michel⁠

We're heading back to TNG to talk about Geordi LaForge and the episode "Booby Trap"! After Greg gets to gush over LeVar Burton, we get to chat about AI, opposites attracting, and why Millennials are the greatest generation. SHOW NOTES ⁠Geordi La Forge | Memory Alpha | Fandom⁠ ⁠Booby Trap (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom⁠ Music by ⁠Charles Michel⁠

We've got one more DS9 character this season, and it's everyone's favorite chief - Miles O'Brien. We talk about the episode "Hard Time" and discuss prison, learning from vs forgetting seasons in life, and the role of a spouse vs a friend vs a therapist. SHOW NOTES Miles O'Brien | Memory Alpha | Fandom Hard Time (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

We're back to DS9 talking Captain/Commander Benjamin Sisko and the legendary episode "In the Pale Moonlight". We get to chat about morality in tough scenarios as well as "leaving it at the office", in addition to Jeff's admiration for Keith David... SHOW NOTES Benjamin Sisko | Memory Alpha | Fandom In the Pale Moonlight (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

We're on to our last Voyager character as we're talking about Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres and the episode "Faces". We talk about racial sensitivity and what part of ourselves we most struggle with, as well as baseball! SHOW NOTES B'Elanna Torres | Memory Alpha | Fandom Faces (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

This episode, we're talking Dax and the episode "Blood Oath". We talk primarily about Jadzia, with a little Ezri sprinkled in, but we also get to chat about immortality and vengeance. SHOW NOTES Blood Oath (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Jadzia Dax | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

Join us to talk Major Kira and the 3rd season episode "Second Skin". We get to chat about our brains, memory, death, and adoption. SHOW NOTES Kira Nerys | Memory Alpha | Fandom Second Skin (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

This episode, we're on to everyone's favorite bartender (sorry Guinan!) Quark and the DS9 episode "Body Parts". We get to chat about capitalism, what it means to succeed and the importance of community. SHOW NOTES Quark | Memory Alpha | Fandom Body Parts (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

This episode we're talking Commander William T. Riker, the episode "Second Chances" from the 6th season of TNG, and what it would be like to meet our younger selves. SHOW NOTES William T. Riker | Memory Alpha | Fandom Second Chances (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

Greg is back and we're talking Archer from Enterprise and the episode "Judgement". We chat about friendship, venerating soldiers as well as universal right and wrong SHOW NOTES Kolos was played by J.G. Hertzler (not Hertzog) Judgment (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Jonathan Archer | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

A Jeff solo episode! With Greg out sick, Jeff fly's solo to talk about everyone's favorite southern doctor Bones and the episode "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky". Besides being a favorite for the ridiculously long name, join Jeff to chat about comrades in arms, the joys of new love, and if we do really "hold truth so dear". SHOW NOTES Leonard McCoy F...

In this episode, we're talking Odo (short for Odo Ital) from Deep Space 9 and tackling the episode "The Begotten". We get to chat about the difference between feeling something and 'being' something and how the way we parent is both influenced by how we were parented and the affect our parenting has on our children. SHOW NOTES Odo | Memory Alpha | Fandom The Begotten (episode...

This episode, we're talking about Lower Decks' Becket Mariner and the 2-part finale to Season 4. We'll discuss how who our parents are shapes who we are, as well as how difficult it is to change our family culture. SHOW NOTES Beckett Mariner | Memory Alpha | Fandom The Inner Fight (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

Join us to talk about Captain Picard and the Episode "Darmok". We get to chat about language and inter-cultural relations. SHOW NOTES Jean-Luc Picard | Memory Alpha | Fandom Darmok (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

This episode, we're talking about Tendie from Lower Decks and the episode "Something Borrowed, Something Green". We'll chat about parental pressures (again), as well as judging or evaluating other cultures. SHOW NOTES D'Vana Tendi | Memory Alpha | Fandom Something Borrowed, Something Green (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

This episode, we're diving into Captain Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager and the season 6 episode "Fair Haven". We get to chew on the nature of relationships, especially whether opposites attract, as well as diving into the nature of virtual spaces. All this, plus an update on Greg's Star Trek party! SHOW NOTES Kathryn Janeway | Memory Alpha | Fandom Fair Haven (episode) |...

In our latest episode, we're talking counselor Deanna Troi from TNG and the episode "Ménage à Troi". Join Jeff and Greg as they chat about family pressures, the American emphasis on having a family, and what we do with that. SHOW NOTES Deanna Troi | Memory Alpha | Fandom Ménage à Troi (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

For this episode, who hop to Deep Space 9 to talk about Dr Julian Bashir and the episode "Dr Bashir, I presume". After the initial confusion over which episode we're actually discussing, we dive into the concept of failure and how we interact with our children's struggles with failure as well.

In this episode, we chat about Discovery's Michael Burnham, focusing on the episode "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry". After discussing the episode's ridiculously long title, we get to dive into her style of leadership, how that works today, and what in the world "the best way to know yourself is to know others" means.

This episode, we're talking Uhura and the SNW episode "The Children of the Comet"! Join us to chat about people with disabilities, the problem of choice, and the virtues of the gig economy (or lack thereof)! SHOW NOTES Nyota Uhura | Memory Alpha | Fandom Children of the Comet (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel

In this episode, join us to talk about The Doctor from ST Voyager and discuss the episode "Living Witness". We get to talk about history vs truth, parental choice, and the virtues of Michael Jordan.

This episode, we're talking Hoshi from Enterprise and diving into the season 2 episode "Vanishing Point". We dive into Greg's fear of the transporter, our different fears of failure, and how each of us interacts with loneliness.