Twin Cities Trekkies

Star Trek actors in other roles.  Star Trek can be a jumping-off point for other roles for the actors in the franchise to take part in.  Some got their start on Trek, others had roles prior to it, or roles came during their time with the franchise.  In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about actors who have played other Trek rol...

The final Twin Cities Trekkies episode of 2021.  2021 is nearing a close, and it is time to look back.  In this special New Year's Eve episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about the past year has gone for them, and for the podcast as well. Any feedback you have can be submitted to the Facebook page (facebook.com/TCTrekkiesPod), the YouTube C...

The holidays of Star Trek.    When it comes to holidays in Star Trek, many different celebrations have occurred - such as Christmas, the Gratitude Festival and The Day of Honor.  In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about the holidays in the Star Trek franchise, and how they have decided to learn to be grateful with what they ha...

Lower Decks Season Two in Review.    The second season of Star Trek: Lower Decks featured bigger and better than things than the first season. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about the highly explosive, highly hilarious and action-packed season of Lower Decks. Any feedback you have can be submitted to the Facebook page ( faceboo...

Predictions for Picard Season Three, Discovery Season Four and Prodigy (so far).   There are a lot to go through with the news and other things.  In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about Discovery Season Four (including the controversial news regarding its distribution), Picard Season Two and how they feel about Star Trek: Prodigy...

Franchise Fatigue.   With so much Star Trek lately, are we in danger of another instance of franchise fatigue possible? In this mini-episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, host Wes Huntington gives his answer to this very question.  Any feedback you have can be submitted to the Facebook page (facebook.com/TCTrekkiesPod), the YouTube Channel or by emailing them at tctrekkiespodcast@gmail.com. &...

Wes' recollections and a history lesson of where Star Trek aired in the Twin Cities.   Star Trek has been hopping from channel to channel in the Twin Cities since the original Star Trek in 1966.  In this first mini-episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, host Wes Huntington informs listeners of the history of Star Trek on Twin Cities television.  Any audio is purely used for educational pu...

Benjamin Sisko.   Introduced in the very first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Benjamin Sisko is a broken man but by the end of the series he fulfills his destiny.  In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about Benjamin Sisko, talking about his choices he's made and everything in between. Any feedback you have can be submitted to...

The Star Trek Day News, plus Lower Decks (so far).   Twin Cities Trekkies has returned from its month-long unintended hiatus, and it could not come at a better time.  In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about all of the Star Trek Day news, plus talking about the episodes from Star Trek: Lower Decks Season Two released so far. Any fe...

You may notice that there is no Episode 29 in your podcast feeds this week.  In this special announcement made by Twin Cities Trekkies' Wes Huntington, he explains why there is no episode 29 (yet).   Hear this announcement, and stay tuned for brand new episodes of Twin Cities Trekkies, coming soon to a podcast feed near you.

Time Travel. One of the tried-and-true story tropes of Star Trek is the use of time travel. Sometimes the various crews use it to go to the future, and other times they use it to travel to the past to correct a mistake made in the future. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about the time travel aspect of Star Trek, from talking about episode...

Metrics of Star Trek. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger welcome planetary geoscientist Dr. Birko-Katarina Ruzicka to the podcast to talk about her metric articles for Star Trek: Voyager ( https://github.com/BirkoRuzicka/Star-Trek-Voyager-IMDb-ratings ) and gender of Star Trek ( https://github.com/BirkoRuzicka/Star-Trek-Dialogue-Analysis ) and ho...

The Mirror Universe. First introduced in The Original Series, the Mirror Universe is a dark and crazy realm where the human race became ruthless and conquered alien species… until the human race became the conquered race themselves. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies (temporarily calling it Twin Cities Terrans), the Emperor’s two right hand people Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger subje...

Speculation of what could have been. Throughout the 55 years of Star Trek, there have been false starts, cast members leaving the series, original casting choices not going the way producers want to go in, etc. It’s fun to speculate what could have been. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about the things that might have occurred in the Star...

The foods and drinks of Star Trek. Since the original Star Trek, food and drink has been had by many characters and very different species. Some have tickled fans’ fancy and made their versions of the foods and drinks. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about the food and drink of the Star Trek universe. Thanks to Beyond the Pen, The Living...

The people behind Star Trek’s success. The success of Star Trek over the past 55 years can be attributed to a handful of people. These people have brought the franchise unparalleled success. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about a handful of people who they feel contributed the best of the best of the Star Trek franchise. Any feedback you...

Captain Kirk (Prime Timeline) analysis. When people think of Star Trek, the main character of the Original Series, Captain James T. Kirk immediately comes to mind. The actor who portrayed him for over 25 years also comes to mind, William Shatner. Some say Kirk is a swashbuckler hero, others say he is a father figure to his crew.  In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington a...

More Star Trek: Picard Season Two predictions. Just in time for Captain Picard Day (June 16), Paramount+ decided to entice fans with a brand-new teaser trailer and a teaser poster to whet the fans’ appetite for the 2022 return of Star Trek: Picard. We finally got to see John de Lancie returning as Q in the flesh for the first time since 2001’s “Q2” on Voyager, and we got a sense of where the story...

Underrated episodes of Star Trek. Whenever fans are rewatching episodes of Star Trek, there are episodes that fly underneath the rewatch radar screens that are generally regarded as decent but not a classic. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger list off underrated episodes of Trek, and most are from a particular Star Trek series. Any feedback you h...

Weird episodes of Star Trek. Ask any fan what’s your favorite episode, episodes from The Original Series and The Next Generation come to mind. However, there are those episodes that make you think “what in the world were they thinking?” and are classified as “weird episodes.” In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about the weird episodes of Sta...

Fathers and father-like figures of Trek. Compared to the mothers of Star Trek, the fathers have been written really badly on Trek, with the exception of Benjamin Sisko. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies that celebrates Father’s Day, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about the fathers of Trek, both the good and the bad. Any feedback you have can be submitted to the Facebook p...

LGBT representation in Star Trek. Since Star Trek: Discovery introduced the first same-sex couple in the characters of Lieutenant Commander Paul Stamets and Dr. Hugh Culber in 2017, LGBTQ fans of Star Trek finally got a couple they cared about and finally got accepted for who they were. But the discussions of LGBTQ-friendly storylines in Star Trek go far back as 1987, during the first season of St...

Predictions about Star Trek: Picard Season Two. Picard Season Two has begun production, the third such production in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The season isn’t expected to launch on Paramount+ until 2022, however some set photos have been leaked, and speculation about the next season of Picard has begun. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flicking...

Characters who should have stayed and who overstayed their welcome. There have been characters that should have been fleshed out in the history of Star Trek, and there have been characters that overstayed their welcome. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about the characters that they feel should have stuck around and those who should have g...

The Mothers of Trek. Star Trek has had mother or mother-like figures throughout its history. They can be caregivers to other characters or become surrogate ones themselves that they grow attached to. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies that celebrates Mother’s Day, hosts Wes Huntington and MacKenzie Flickinger talk about the mothers and mother like figures of Trek. Any feedback you have can be...