We Are Starfleet: A Star Trek Podcast

In the latest episode of We Are Starfleet, hosts Mike Slamer & Ian Buckley discuss the eleventh episode of Star Trek: Discovery, ‘Rosetta’…HOSTED BYMike Slamer & Ian BuckleyPATREON + SUPPORT Help support the network, earn bragging rights, and more! https://www.patreon.com/wemadethis || https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the sho...

In the latest episode of We Are Starfleet, host Ian Buckley is joined by guest Ashley Thomas to discuss the tenth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, ‘The Galactic Barrier’…HOST Ian BuckleySPECIAL GUESTAshley ThomasPATREON + SUPPORT Help support the network, earn bragging rights, and more! https://www.patreon.com/wemadethis || https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer Produced by Mike Slamer Original M...

WE ARE STARFLEET has a few announcements discussing Strange New Worlds! Lots of chatter on new Star Trek content from Paramount+ Investor's Day. Discussing the latest episode of Discovery, "RUBICON" Join your hosts Ian and Mike as they unpack the new realizations of the origins of the DMA! HOSTED BYMike Slamer & Ian BuckleyPATREON + SUPPORT Help support the network, earn bragging rights, and more!...

OH WOW!Season four returns from the break with a raucous adventure to a casino barge, wherein Captain Burnham and Lt Cmdr. Owosekun engage at the dabo tables - er, sorry, not quite dabo! Heavy influences from DS9, VOY, and that other science fiction franchise abound, all to mixed results. Ian & Mike are back on the bridge to unpack all the adventure of Star Trek Discovery's latest "ALL IN." The DM...

Join Mike Slamer in this episode for a wonderful conversation with Dr. Amy H Sturgis and Writer Ashley Thomas, covering our history of science fiction, storytelling, and the Star Trek Universe. How do stories shape our lives, how our imaginations can run wild through the inspirations of science and fiction. HOSTED BYMike SlamerSPECIAL GUESTDr. Amy H Sturgis & Writer Ashley ThomasPATREON + SUPPORT...

WE ARE STARFLEET gets to take a bit of a break with the mid-season finale of "BUT TO CONNECT" - all our questions and concerns regarding Zora's sentience is immediately taken to task with David Cronenberg ready to pull the plug. An engaging episode where there are no phasers fired, but instead a classic morality play shakes out on both the Discovery and at Starfleet HQ. Join us in this episode wit...

A very happy holiday season to all those out there in the alpha quadrant and beyond! Apologies for the delay in the subspace transmission! Craig McKenzie returns to the show to chat "STORMY WEATHER" with host Mike Slamer. Discussing the implications of a starship developing a benevolent AI, both Craig and Mike surmise that this episode does a lot of great work in characterizing all involved on scr...

In this episode of WE ARE STARFLEET, Ian and Mike discuss the latest revelations of the DMA - the gravitational anomaly currently threatening a reforming Federation. Lots of ST:ENT references this season and even more theories abound on the origins of the DMA! The Discovery is tasked with evac and rescue, and the plot shakes out with a classic Star Trek ethical/moral dilemma. Does it work? Where d...

WE ARE STARFLEET welcomes back Craig McKenzie to the guest chair, to discuss their thoughts on ALL IS POSSIBLE, the fourth episode of the fourth season of STAR TREK DISCOVERY. The Federation President is definitely playing some games, but Captain Burnham is smarter than that. Captain Saru is reunited with T'Rina, and Lt. Tilly comes to the crossroads. Listen in now! HOSTED BYMike SlamerSPECIAL GUE...

WE ARE STARFLEET welcomes back the dynamic duo Ian Buckley and Mike Slamer as they jump to black alert to unpack the events of "CHOOSE TO LIVE." Mike suggests conspiracies abound surrounding the anomaly, as Ian suggests there's more than just science at work. Both hosts agree this is a classic Star Trek episode, and a welcome return to form for the series. HOSTED BYMike Slamer & Ian BuckleyPATREON...

In this episode of WE ARE STARFLEET, A STAR TREK DISCOVERY podcast, host Mike Slamer is joined by his wife Cipriana Cuevas to discuss Season Four Episode Two, "Anomaly." Captain Burnham is challenged once again, this time by Booker himself, who must face the very raw grief and trauma. Tilly struggles with her own place, Gray is presented with his own challenge, and new character dynamics are broug...

Discovery 4x01 - Episode AnalysisWelcome back to We Are Starfleet as we begin our coverage of the much anticipated fourth season of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY.Following an introduction from your regular host Mike Slamer, your guest hosting team of Luke Winch & Ashley. Thomas combine forces to discuss the season premiere, 'Kobayashi Maru'...HostMike SlamerCo-Host / EditorLuke WinchCo-HostAshley ThomasExe...

WELCOME BACK to We Are Starfleet. In anticipation of Star Trek Discovery Season four, your host Mike Slamer opens a subspace channel to chat the journalist, writer, and prolific podcaster, Ashley Thomas aka TheNerdyBlogger. A wonderful chat ensues as the duo unpack the multi-layered adventure that our ship & crew took us on in Season Three. From crash landing into trance worms, getting back to ear...

Welcome back to WE ARE STARFLEET: A Star Trek Discovery podcast and to a special run of supplementary episodes over the coming months before the premiere of Season 4In this episode, part of an occasional We Made Treks roundtable podcast series which sees many of the We Made This Star Trek podcasts come together for conversations, host Mike Slamer from We Are Starfleet is joined by Rarely Going’s C...

Welcome back to WE ARE STARFLEET: A Star Trek Discovery podcast! In this specialty episode celebrating ONE YEAR of the podcast launching, host Mike Slamer speaks with New York Times best selling author and academic, Dr. Una McCormack, about her new tie-in novel to season three of Star Trek Discovery, Wonderlands. Wonderlands is set over the course of the year between Michael Burnham arriving in th...

Welcome to this second episode in the "First Impressions" series, a mini-segment within the podcast where Mike sits down with new & old Trek fans to discuss how they felt watching Star Trek Discovery for the first time. In this segment, Mike is joined by his fellow podcaster and We Made This network member, Dan Owen. We discuss the origins of Trek fandom, how elements of DS9 and Voyager have found...

Welcome back to WE ARE STARFLEET: A STAR TREK: DISCOVERY podcast! In this episode, the first of an occasional We Made Treks roundtable podcast which sees all of the We Made This Star Trek podcasts come together for conversations, host Make It So's Kurt North is joined by Rarely Going's Craig McKenzie and We Are Starfleet's Mike Slamer & Ian Buckley. They discuss all of the new recent Star Trek tra...

In this episode, Mike and Ian are joined by Kurt North, co-founder of the We Made This podcast network to chat final thoughts on Discovery's season 3. Did "the burn" work as a mystery? What happened to the relationship with Ni'Var's president and Captain Saru? Is The Emerald Chain a truly compelling organization or just villain of the season? The trio all agrees that the faults are glaring only be...

Mike and Ian are honored to welcome special guest Noah Averbach-Katz as he drops in on comms to chat all things Star Trek. Noah talks about his time as the Andorian Ryn on the set of Discovery, hanging out with the cast and crew, auditioning for Spock, and being the “bridge” between the show and fans. We reflect on the 90s/00’s before cosplay was a known thing, and there was only “dressing up for...

Season 3 of Star Trek Discovery has come to a close with “That Hope is You, Part 2.” The theme of this episode seems to be “missed opportunities.” Join Mike and Ian as they take their time working their way through the nebula of the finale and unpacking those final moments. Doug Jones' Captain Saru carries the finale through to the finish resolving the mystery of The Burn, while also carrying the...

In our first podcast of 2021, we are joined by fellow WE MADE THIS colleague and Trek-Guest, Mr. Luke Winch (Observing The Pattern, Make It So). The trio breaks down the events of “THERE IS A TIDE.” Admiral Vance goes head to head with the leader of the Emerald Chain, Osyrra, while Burnham flexes her inner John McClane in a clear homage to that wonderful Christmas film, Die Hard. Villains have the...

Happy Holidays everyone! In a tense, well-paced episode of Star Trek Discovery, Su’Kal takes us on a journey through “some kind of …” advanced holoprogram as we are invited to investigate the source of The Burn. Mike & Ian discuss the events on the ship and whether or not XO Tilly made some right calls, and how rich it is for Burnham to suggest people shouldn’t make emotional decisions. With the s...

We’re talking Terra Firma Part Two, which gives us the first instance of a torture montage in Star Trek. Breaking down the closing of Georgiou’s arc in the mirror universe, Ian and Mike consider how the writers of Star Trek Discovery have successfully created a cruel and devastating universe out of what used to be a hokey “what if” concept. Plenty of missed opportunities within, but Georgiou seems...

Terra Firma Part One takes us on a hard left turn into the Mirror Universe, surprising everyone. Does it work? Ian and Mike both think so! Join them as they discuss the enigmatic entity Carl, Booker’s eagerness to work with the Federation, and what it means that Kelpians have stumbled across a dilithium nursery. In the Mirror Universe, things get a little crazy with a lovely theater performance, w...

Jonathan Frakes returns to direct another great episode of Star Trek Discovery in, THE SANCTUARY. Heading home to Book’s planet, the crew finally meets with the leader of The Emerald Chain, Ossyra. Adira is tasked with developing a new algorithm while they struggle with the loss of their joined symbiont’s previous hosts, and has a talk with Stamets. Captain Saru is workshopping a new phrase, while...