Twin Cities Trekkies

Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Prodigy . Two different series. Two very similar series. The two shows share DNA between them with stories and character arcs. Too bad one was shorter. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which is the ninth part of the podcast's celebration of the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: Voyager , Wes welcomes back Jodi of the Clonestar Podcast , to talk about both...

The Adventures of Captain Proton. Taking inspiration from the 1930's Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers film serials, Star Trek: Voyager showcased their version of the classic serials by doing a holographic simulation as a sociology experiment by Tom Paris. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which constitutes the eighth part of the podcast's celebration of the 30th anniversary of Star Trek...

The Doctor. Introduced in the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the character is a computer program, but eventually he becomes so much more that he becomes part of two additional series. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which marks the seventh part of the podcast's celebration of Voyager's thirtieth anniversary, Wes sits down with Keith Bliss (friends with Star Trek: The Undisco...

A tribute to Jim "Gully" Gullickson and Karen Wright. In 2014, Jim Gullickson and Karen Wright, the general and operations managers of KMSU-FM in Mankato, Minnesota, took a chance on a young adult hoping to make it for himself as a broadcaster. Throughout 2015 and early 2016, these two people would become Wes' mentors. Jim Gullickson retired in 2019, and Karen Wright will be retiring...

It's an Honorable Life. Returning for its sixth season at the Historic Mounds Theater in St. Paul, the popular Star Trek themed holiday production of It's an Honorable Life brings the classic 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life in the only tradition that Star Trek (and Klingon) fans can! In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes brings together Kelvin Hatle (Wainwright), and the directo...

The 100 th episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, live from Room 205 A & B at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Celebrating 30 Years of Star Trek: Voyager . Star Trek: Voyager debuted on January 16, 1995, and with it came a new frontier of characters to examine, new life and new civilizations to explore and to get home. However, three decades on, is it still worth celebrating? In this landmark 100t...

Celebrating the 35th anniversary of "The Best of Both Worlds." In 1990, Star Trek: The Next Generation hit its stride with its popular third season cliffhanger finale, "The Best of Both Worlds," an episode that became one of the best cliffhanger finales in television history, alongside "Who Shot J.R." from Dallas and "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" from The Simpsons. The three-month gap in new episodes, won...

"New Life and New Civilizations" in review. In the season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the Vezda return, and this time a certain character meets her fate that forces Captain Pike to make one of the most difficult decisions of his life. In this live stream audio of the latest YouTube live episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes reviews the episode. Any feedback you have can be submitted to...

"Terrarium" in review. In the penultimate episode of the third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia) faces her inner demons when she is stranded on a collapsing moon against a Gorn female. Will she and the Gorn make friends, or will they kill each other? In this livestream version of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes reviews "Terrarium" and talks about...

An episode review of SNW 3x07: "What is Starfleet?" and the future of Star Trek past Strange New Worlds. In the seventh episode of the third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , "What is Starfleet?" a documentary by Beto Ortegas has been made available for viewing regarding a recent mission of the Enterprise. Also, what are we to get for Star Trek after Strange New Worlds...

"Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" in review. In the eighth episode of the third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans," Captain Pike, Ensign Uhura, Lieutenant La'an Noonien Singh, and Nurse Christine Chapel turn into Vulcans to repair equipment on a primitive planet, however, once returning to the ship they start to exhibit behavior that is... illogical...

"The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" in review. In the sixth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season Three, we finally get a taste of what James T. Kirk is like with his command when he is thrust into commanding his ship, the Farragut to rescue the Enterprise when it is swallowed up by a giant space creature. He is hesitant and not as confident. In this fifth live episode of Twin Cities...

"Through the Lens of Time" In the fifth episode of Season Three of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , a discovery on a planet finds ancient beings capable of so much destruction. When Ensign Dana Gamble (Chris Myers) encounters one, he becomes a part of this alien species that appear to be ancient enemies of the Gorn as evidenced by a triggering of an instinct inside Captain Marie Batel (Me...

"A Space Adventure Hour." In the fourth episode of the third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , we get to know a version of a technology that later shows take for granted: the Holodeck. In this holodeck-gone-haywire episode, La'An Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) gets more than what she bargains for as she tries to solve a murder mystery story involving production staff and cas...

"Shuttle to Kenfori" + the San Diego Comic Con news. In the third episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ' third season, Captain Christopher Pike and Doctor M'Benga travel to Kenfori for a Chimera plant to hopefully help Captain Marie Batel from a recurrence of the Gorn eggs. However, on the planet, Pike and M'Benga discover that there is a plot for revenge. In this second...

The best and worst video game adaptations and writing science fiction. Video game adaptations for films have been a hit and miss since the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film; others have been enormous successes while others fail. Writing sci-fi can be tricky, but do you want some advice? In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which is the last of the three episodes dedicated to CONVergence 2025: That&#...

A Live Episode about "Hegemony, Part II" and "Wedding Bell Blues." After almost two years, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds came back to our screens with the dramatic conclusion of last season's "Hegemony" and offered up a light hearted affair as well with a known villain from The Original Series. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which was the second attempt...

The Brady Bunch and comfort media. During the first couple of panels that Wes attended at CONvergence 2025: That's How We Roll, there were interesting discussions about the 1969-1974 television series The Brady Bunch and its spinoff projects, and comfort media and appeals of long-lived franchises. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes shares two panel recordings from the early part of CONve...

This year's Year in New Trek panel at CONvergence 2025: That's How We Roll. From July 3, 2025, to July 6, 2025, Twin Cities Trekkies returned to CONvergence, a sci-fi and fantasy convention at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis. Unlike last year, we now have recordings of panels that Wes was on! In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which was the fourth of five panels Wes was on thi...

Jack Crusher and Jason Vigo. How are they the same? How are they different? Do they look at their hairline the same way again? In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which is a rebroadcast of Crusher Convo (with permission given by its host, Jessi), Wes and Jessi dissect the two sons of Picard, one of which is and one which is not. Any feedback you have can be submitted to the Facebook page (fac...

Piotr Michael Interview. PLEASE NOTE: this episode was put together in July 2024 - before the strike. In 2023, a new video game sprang on to the scene, Star Trek: Resurgence. It was a third-person adventure game, with its plot a follow-up to the first season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Last Outpost." It included the voice of Jonathan Frakes as William Riker, however, one of the oth...

Unpopular opinions/theories about Star Trek. The future of Star Trek - at least in the United States - is, what Wes believes is in jeopardy thanks to the man in charge of the country. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes tells everyone why he believes this, and brings up a couple of other unpopular (or popular opinions). NOTE: These are strictly Wes' opinions, and no one else's. Any feedba...

"These Are the Voyages..." two decades later and the expanded literary universe of Star Trek: Enterprise . On May 13, 2005, Star Trek: Enterprise aired its controversial series finale "These Are the Voyages..." and with its airing ended a then-18-year run of new Star Trek on television and film. However, in the two decades since its airing, fans have enjoyed the adventures of Captain Archer and th...

A potential crossover scenario between Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and SpongeBob SquarePants. On April 24, 2025, Paramount+ released a brand-new advertisement for the streamer, combining two long-running franchises that have been in Paramount's portfolio - Star Trek and SpongeBob SquarePants . The ad had several actors from the Strange New Worlds cast interacting with several characters and voic...

Una McCormack's The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway . During the seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager , we got to know Kathryn Janeway very well. We knew who she was like, a little bit about her history before Voyager and how she was a strong and capable starship commander. But in all that time, have we heard about her background before Voyager , in her own words? In this episode of Twin Citie...