Interphase: A Star Trek Universe Podcast

Interphase is a Star Trek Universe podcast from Trek.fm covering all aspects of the franchise, from the newest series such as Lower Decks, Picard, and Discovery to the classics that have made generations of fans fall in love with Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future.

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Bonus Picard: The Artificial Tango 1: We’ll Always Have Laris

“The Star Gazer” Following the events of Season 1, Picard returns to his life in France with the flame of love unexpectedly flickering in the vineyard. But when his connection to the Romulan Laris comes up against internal defenses, and Starfleet presents him with a mystery, Picard sets out on a journey of personal exploration that leads him to encounters with old friends. In this episode of The Artificial Tango, our rebranded dedicated Star Trek: Picard podcast that carries forward the flame fr...

Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 4

3: The Iliad vs. The Odyssey

Serialization in Star Trek. When it comes to discussion of serialization in Star Trek, Deep Space Nine is the go-to series—at least prior to Discovery and Picard. The Original Series was famously episodic, and The Next Generation, for the most part, followed that same pattern. DS9 itself barely moved away from the model in its first season, but then things started to change. By the time Voyager came along, the winds of serialization were blowing. But how do these two Next Generation spinoffs com...

Oct 11, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 3

2: Through Fresh Eyes

Watching TOS for the first time, in 2020. For many of us, the five-year mission of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and the crew of the USS Enterprise is what hooked us on Star Trek and made us lifelong fans. But there are many who have never seen The Original Series, and still others who are just now finding Star Trek itself for the first time. What is it like to watch those episodes from the 1960s with modern eyes and sensibilities, without decades of seeing the mythos be built layer by layer, and the appr...

Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 2

1: What Color Is Romulan Zima?

Lower Decks pre-launch speculation. Starfleet is preparing to become animated once again in the new CBS All Access series Star Trek: Lower Decks. Mike McMahan, writer and producer of the Cartoon Network animated comedy series Rick and Morty and creator of the Hulu animated series Solar Opposites, is introducing us to the people who really make a starship run. Apart from two 2019 installments of Short Treks—“Ephraim and Dot” and “The Girl Who Made the Stars”—Lower Decks marks the first “cartoon” ...

Aug 06, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 1

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