Get your hankies ready this week as we receive "The Visitor"! Author and Star Trek Adventures line editor Jim Johnson joins the show to discuss one of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's most affecting hours. An accident aboard the Defiant causes Sisko to be lost in time and Jake must struggle to overcome the loss of his father. As the years pass and Jake gets older, he sees his contentment, his family, his health, and his future being stripped away, as he contemplates a fatal solution that could bring...
Jul 17, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Put down that book and whip out your horga'hn 'cause we're talking about sex in the Star Trek universe! Alexa and Connor of the Boldly Boinking podcast join the show to talk about the REAL mystery of Star Trek: in a healthy, hangup-free humanist utopia, where's all the sex? Connor and Alexa, aka Rocketman and the Tribble, are Trek sexperts and we're going to get to the bottom of *add your own "bottom" pun here*. We talk about the dorky enthusiasm of Trek sex, Trek's presentation of non-toxic mas...
Jul 11, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Batten the hatches and hold fast this week as we try to survive "Starship Down"! New York Times bestselling author David Mack returns to the show to discuss one of two DS9 episodes he co-wrote with writing partner John J. Ordover. The Defiant is attacked by Jem'Hadar warships while on a trade mission and is critically disabled. Now, Chief O'Brien and a crew of enlisted men must keep the ship afloat in the atmosphere of a deadly gas giant . . . all while Sisko lies close to death, Bashir and Dax ...
Jul 03, 2019•1 hr 28 min
This week, Heather Rae joins the show to talk about Trek's record dealing with LGBTQ issues, seeing more gay and lesbian characters on-screen, and what the future looks like for gay characters on Trek TV! Plus, even MORE earth-shaking announcements about the future of the show! Please consider contributing to these LGBTQ charities! Human Rights Campaign https://www.hrc.org The Night Ministry https://www.thenightministry.org/get-involved-with-the-night-ministry GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders...
Jun 27, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Take a sentimental journey with us this week as we raise a glass to the days gone by and examine "Relics"! NerdsThatGeek.com editor-in-chief John Edward Betancourt joins the show this week for a look at an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that pays loving homage to both the TOS era and one of the Original Series's best characters. While answering a Federation distress call, the Enterprise-D discovers a mysterious Dyson sphere and its lone occupant: 147 year old Starfleet engineer Montgo...
Jun 19, 2019•1 hr 15 min
We beam ourselves into ourselves this week so we can relive Star Trek: Discovery Season 2! Author Dave Galanter and podcaster Aly Martinez aka the 23 Year Old Trekkie join your hosts Aaron and Ella as we look back at the highs and lows of Disco's second go around. Over the course of the episode, we discuss the way narrative storytelling has changed on TV and on Trek, revisiting and refreshing classic stories and characters, the continuing development of Michael Burnham as a new kind of Trek prot...
Jun 06, 2019•1 hr 29 min
We've got a special feature this week as we present the premiere episode of BackTrekking, the new Trek and pop culture podcast from Ka1iban and GooeyFame, the host of Existence Is Futile! Every story has to start somewhere, and each week on BackTrekking, Gooey and Kal look at the real-world inspirations for your favorite Trek episodes! This week, we're talking about the TNG episode "Starship Mine" and its gutsy, bullet-ridden forebear 1988's "Die Hard"! Yippie-ki-yay, mother Horta! WARNING: EXPL...
May 29, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Just Enough Trope's Mikanhana is back this week to help sort out the latest Trek news! We've got updates on season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery, Lower Decks, the rumored Pike series, Tarantino Trek, the Trek "Global Franchise Group", and a Killer Grandma! Plus, a review of the new Deep Space Nine documentary, What We Left Behind, and Kal's thoughts on the Star Trek: Picard trailer! AND, a special announcement about a new Star Trek enterprise! It's a podcast . . . not a ship . . . #behrsockets! Foll...
May 25, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Get your jeweler's loupe on and clutch tight your '62 Roger Maris card because we're about to play with "The Most Toys"! Writer and Forbes Magazine Associate Editor for Science and Games Alex Knapp joins the show this week for a look at an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that sees Data's humanity put on trial once again, this time as much from within as without. Remorseless collector Kivas Fajo has kidnapped Data to be part of his menagerie of priceless artifacts, and Fajo is using his...
May 15, 2019•59 min
Get ready to be disavowed and to go rogue this week as New York Times and Sunday Times best-selling author James Swallow joins the show to talk about espionage and skullduggery in the world of Trek! The Federation is an open and honorable society, but there are cracks in every seemingly perfect edifice, and that's where organizations like Starfleet Intelligence and Section 31 make their home. On this episode, we talk about the dark corners of the Federation, doing the wrong thing to achieve the ...
May 08, 2019•59 min
Your mission this week, if you choose to accept it, is to infiltrate and seduce the enemy for "The Enterprise Incident"! Editor and comics scribe Kevin Church joins the show this week for a look at an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that sees our upright heroes involved in dastardly deeds. The Romulans have improved their cloaking technology and it's up to the crew of the Enterprise to stage a space heist in the hope of obtaining military secrets. But, can Kirk keep his new ears on str...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 22 min
This week, we celebrate Avengers: Endgame and comics in general by checking out Marvel Star Trek comics! Join us for a look at Star Trek Unlimited and a quick run-through of Trek on the comic page! #saruligans Get "Captain Saru", our favorite Kelpian, on Amazon! https://amzn.to/2ZED9Ox Get your DS9 doc tickets! https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=GOAwjpQg908 Suit up with our Trek T-shirts! https://www.teepublic.com/user/justenoughtrope Join our crew on Patreon and get access to o...
Apr 28, 2019•52 min
We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Such Sweet Sorrow, Pt. 2” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation!
Apr 19, 2019•51 min
Get ready to sing some royalty-free tunes as we warm up our pipes for "Virtuoso"! Comedian, writer, and podcaster Asterios Kokkinos joins the show this week for a look at an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that explores the nature of humanity, artistic expression, and working on the railroad. The Doctor becomes a singing sensation when the crew meets a race that has never before heard music. As his fame increases and his captain expresses her reservations, the Doctor must decide if being human mea...
Apr 17, 2019•1 hr 3 min
We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Such Sweet Sorrow” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation!
Apr 12, 2019•1 hr
This week, we take a break from the grind as Mikanhana from the Just Enough Trope podcast is back to help break down the recent Trek news! We've got takes on images of the upcoming Disco finale, a beardless Spock, the theatrical release of the DS9 doc, Sonequa Martin-Greene's new movie role, and pushing a Chief O'Brien statue down the stairs! We also talk about how to spot bad Photoshop, the secret to a good Ryan Gosling impression, Shatner the Twitter Monster, #justice4keiko, we say goodbye to ...
Apr 10, 2019•47 min
We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Through the Valley of Shadows” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation!
Apr 05, 2019•47 min
Turn down your lights (where applicable) because DS9 is going noir for "Necessary Evil"! Existence is Futile hosts heelmary and Gooey Fame join the show this week for a look at an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that takes us back to the Cardassian Occupation, where talk is cheap and lives are even cheaper. Odo has been called to Terok Nor by the Prefect of Bajor, Gul Dukat, to investigate the death of a Bajoran shopkeeper under suspicious circumstances. Meanwhile on DS9, a vicious attack ...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 13 min
We can hardly believe it but it's our LAST EPISODE of The Podpadopoulos Cast and our last episode of Webster! For 6 years and 150 episodes, we've followed the adventures of Webster Long and his loving foster parents, George and Katherine Papadopoulos, but all good things must come to an end and we've reached the series finale, "Webtrek!" But the Four Tops aren't singing just yet, and we've got a bit of business to take care of before we say goodbye to George, Ma'am, and Web. We've got our Top 5 ...
Apr 01, 2019•51 min
We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Perpetual Infinity” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @soundofcosplay
Mar 29, 2019•48 min
Pull on your skant and replicate a pile of Demerol as we look at the enduring vision and appeal of TNG! Writer and "Behind the Bastards" host Robert Evans joins the show to talk about Star Trek: The Next Generation and how it still hits the spot, over 30 years past its debut. We talk about Robert's sci-fi past, the optimism at the heart of TNG and Trek, leaning into your permissive utopia vis-a-vis more sex and drugs, the themes future Treks should be covering, the state of journalism in the 24t...
Mar 28, 2019•56 min
We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “The Red Angel” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @mikanhana of @JustEnoughTrope
Mar 22, 2019•46 min
Farpoint is CANCELLED because we're being tested by "All Good Things..."! New York Times and USA Today best-selling author David R. George III is back on the show this week for a look at the finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation, a tour de force, feature-length episode that celebrates the genius and success of the series it concludes. Captain Picard is mysteriously travelling through the past, present, and future, taking him from the Enterprise-D's very first mission to the seeming last days ...
Mar 20, 2019•1 hr 18 min
We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Project Daedalus” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @bleisner
Mar 15, 2019•53 min
Get ready to jump beyond the red line as we look at the fabric of the Trek universe! Warp drive expert and "Tattooed Gravity Queen" Dr. Erin Macdonald joins the show to talk about the astrophysics of Star Trek, the power needed for warp drive (all of it), the importance of female representation in sci-fi, the "Scully effect", the resilience of relativity, the mystery of dark matter and dark energy, and Dr. Macdonald weighs in on the science behind some classic Trek episodes! Plus, we discuss why...
Mar 13, 2019•57 min
We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “If Memory Serves” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @tyranicus of @deltaflyerpod
Mar 08, 2019•56 min
Sharpen up your Zefram Cochrane statue as we take a stab at "Twilight"! Peter Aidan Byrne of Trek vs. Trek joins the show this week for our first episode about Star Trek: Enterprise, a series with a shaky reputation but a solid entry in "Twilight". Archer wakes up with a bad haircut and a Groundhog Day dilemma . . . or is that 50 First Dates? I can't remember. Meanwhile, Earth is cinders, humanity is nearly extinct, Porthos has hip dysplasia, and only one thing can put things right where they on...
Mar 06, 2019•1 hr 19 min
We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “Light and Shadows” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @mikanhana of @justenoughtrope!
Mar 01, 2019•45 min
Get ready to "U" your "topia" as we look at the evolved world of the Trek universe! Lyta Gold of Current Affairs joins the show to talk about the world of Trek, the brutality of Discovery, the self-conscious "wokeness" of the Federation, and where the "light" of Discovery is! Plus, we discuss the connection of God and Shakespeare, a spa day for Burnham, the S (ocialism) word in Trek, Section 31, the cinematic theory behind zombies and vampires, Worf's bad time on Sex Planet, just how many shower...
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr 7 min
We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “The Sound of Thunder” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @SoundOfCosplay!
Feb 22, 2019•37 min
