Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast (Kevin Yank & Rob Lloyd)
Explore every episode of Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast
| Pub. Date | Title | Duration | |
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| 16 Sep 2023 | Episode 41: Captivity (LD 4×01 Twovix & LD 4×02 I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee) | 00:48:24 | |
Kev & Rob narrowly avoid being merged in a transporter accident, and inspired by "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee", pay a visit to the menagerie of episodes in which humanity is put in a cage, including "The Eye of the Beholder" (TAS), "The Cage" (TOS), and "I, Mudd" (TOS). They also briefly discuss the first of the Very Short Treks, "Skin a Cat", as well as Star Trek Day 2023. LD 4×01 Twovix VOY 2×24 Tuvix LD 3×06 Hear All, Trust Nothing VOY Threshold VOY 2×23 The Thaw LD 4×02 I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee
TAS 1×15 The Eye of the Beholder Subspace Radio #20: Star Trek: The Animated Series Twilight Zone 2×06 Eye of the Beholder TOS 0×01 The Cage Twilight Zone 1×25 People Are Alike All Over Lost in Space 3×12 A Day at the Zoo TOS 1×15 The Menagerie, Part I TOS 2×12 I, Mudd TOS 1×03 Mudd’s Women
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 09 May 2023 | Episode 30: Big Finishes (PIC 3×10 The Last Generation) | 01:16:53 | |
Much like "The Last Generation", this Subspace Radio had about 40 minutes of footage cut out of it, and it's *still* a double-length episode! Rob & Kev comb through every morsel of the series finale of Star Trek: Picard, before turning back the clock to other finale episodes of series past, including "All Good Things…" (TNG), "What You Leave Behind" (DS9), "Endgame" (VOY) and "These Are the Voyages…" (ENT). PIC 3×10 The Last Generation PRO 1×12 Let Sleeping Borg Lie TNG 7×25/26 All Good Things… TNG 1×01/02 Encounter at Farpoint
VOY 7×25/26 Endgame ENT 4×22 These Are the Voyages… TNG 7×12 The Pegasus | |||
| 11 Sep 2022 | Episode 6: The Hunt (LD 3×02 "The Least Dangerous Game") | 00:35:32 | |
To The Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager (official) Janeway's coffee mug (Twitter) What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Memory Alpha) LD 3x02 The Least Dangerous Game (Memory Alpha) Wilhelm Scream (All That's Interesting) DS9 1x06 Captive Pursuit (Memory Alpha) Roddy McDowall (Planet of the Apes wiki) VOY 4x15 Hunters / 4x16 Prey (Memory Alpha) Kazon (Memory Alpha) Vidiians (Memory Alpha)
DIS 2×06 The Sound of Thunder (Memory Alpha) Ba'ul (Memory Alpha) Kelpien (Memory Alpha) Armus (Memory Alpha) Sontaran (TARDIS Data Core) Rutan (TARDIS Data Core) | |||
| 23 Mar 2023 | Episode 24: Swearing in Star Trek (PIC 3×04 No Win Scenario) | 00:54:54 | |
Kev & Rob are both dazzled by what may be the best episode of modern Star Trek, "No Win Scenario", and shocked by the return of 21st century expletives to the Star Trek universe. After gushing over every other aspect of this week's episode, they share their very personal perspectives and reactions to swearing in Star Trek, and reflect on its history. Highlights of the trip include "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", "City on the Edge of Forever" (TOS), "The Last Outpost" and "Elementary, Dear Data" (TNG), and "Star Trek: Generations". PIC 3×04 No Win Scenario DS9 1×01 Emissary PIC 1×07 Nepenthe TOS 1×28 The City on the Edge of Forever TNG 1×05 The Last Outpost TNG 2×04 Elementary, Dear Data | |||
| 18 Apr 2024 | Episode 51: Starships bumping into planets (DIS 5×01 Red Directive, DIS 5×02 Under the Twin Moons) | 01:12:37 | |
Kev & Rob are back to finally, unbelievably, talk about Star Trek: Discovery for the very first time! The events of "Red Directive" (DIS) see them reflecting on other times starships have "nosed down" into the unforgiving soil of a world, alien or otherwise. They discuss "Star Trek Into Darkness", "Timeless" (VOY), and "Star Trek Generations". DIS 5×01 Red Directive TNG 6×20 The Chase – see also Subspace Radio #37 Activating alien artifacts TOS 3×03 The Paradise Syndrome – see also Subspace Radio #37 Activating alien artifacts DIS 5×02 Under the Twin Moons John Harrison (John Harriman was captain of the USS Enterprise B) VOY 5×06 Timeless
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 10 Jul 2022 | Episode 0: Mixing it up (SNW 1x08 "The Elysian Kingdom") | 00:58:28 | |
TNG 5x18 Cause and Effect (Memory Alpha) DS9 7x04 Take Me Out to the Holosuite (Memory Alpha) DS9 6x13 Far Beyond the Stars (Memory Alpha) DS9 4x10 Our Man Bashir (Memory Alpha) VOY 5x23 11:59 DS9 7x15 Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (Memory Alpha) Album art: moonshines on YouTube | |||
| 10 Dec 2023 | Episode 49: Barriers in space (LD 4×10 Old Friends, New Planets) | 00:54:59 | |
Kev & Rob approach the infinitely wide, unfathomably tall, impenetrable barrier that is the end of Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season Four, "Old Friends, New Planets". Among the many tangents they explore this episode, they focus in on other barriers in space, including "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (TOS), "The Tholian Web" (TOS), "Encounter at Farpoint" (TNG), and "The Galactic Barrier" (DIS). Stay after the credits for a brief debrief on "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier". LD 4×10 Old Friends, New Planets Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Shannon Fill returns as Sito Jaxa TNG 7×15 Lower Decks TNG 5×19 The First Duty TOS 1×01 Where No Man Has Gone Before Star Trek V: The Final Frontier TOS 2×21 By Any Other Name TOS 3×07 Is There in Truth No Beauty? TOS 3×09 The Tholian Web TNG 1×01 Encounter at Farpoint TNG 1×10 Hide And Q TNG 7×25 All Good Things DIS 4×10 The Galactic Barrier
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 24 Nov 2022 | Episode 15: The Borg (PRO 1×12 Let Sleeping Borg Lie) | 00:49:50 | |
PRO 1×12 Let Sleeping Borg Lie (Memory Alpha) Star Trek: First Contact (Memory Alpha) TNG 2×16 Q Who (Memory Alpha) VOY 5×07 Infinite Regress (Memory Alpha) TNG 3×26 The Best of Both Worlds (Memory Alpha) TNG 5×23 I Borg (Memory Alpha) | |||
| 17 Jul 2022 | Episode 2: Visiting Old Episodes (SNW 1x10 "A Quality of Mercy") | 00:46:53 | |
SNW 1x10 A Quality of Mercy (Memory Alpha) TOS 1x15 The Menagerie, Part I (Memory Alpha) DS9 5x06 Trials and Tribble-ations (Memory Alpha) VOY 3x02 Flashback (Memory Alpha) Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 13 Jun 2024 | Episode 58: Into the belly of the beast (DIS 5×09 Lagrange Point) | 00:49:42 | |
Rob and Kev are inspired by "Lagrange Point" to don their Breen helmets and travel into dangerous waters with Starfleet crews who have done the same over the years. They discuss "The Immunity Syndrome" (TOS), "Apocalypse Rising" (DS9) and "Unimatrix Zero" (VOY). DIS 5×09 Lagrange Point TOS 2×18 The Immunity Syndrome TOS 2×06 The Doomsday Machine DS9 5×01 Apocalypse Rising VOY 6×26 Unimatrix Zero VOY 7×01 Unimatrix Zero, Part II Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 21 Sep 2023 | Episode 42: Lessons in Leadership (LD 4×03 In the Cradle of Vexilon) | 00:47:05 | |
Rob & Kev planned to turn this entire episode over to a friendly computer super-intelligence, but it was down for a software update, so they recorded their thoughts on "In the Cradle of Vexilon" all by themselves. Prompted by the hard lesson learned by Boimler during his first command, they explore other lessons in leadership from Star Treks past, including "The Galileo Seven" (TOS), "Good Shepherd" (VOY), "Pen Pals" (TNG), and "Valiant" (DS9). LD 4×03 In the Cradle of Vexilon TNG 6×04 Relics TNG 5×25 The Inner Light DS9 7×15 Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang DS9 5×06 Trials and Tribble-ations DS9 4×01/02 The Way of the Warrior Chula (the Alamarein game) TOS 1×13 The Galileo Seven PRO 1×13 All The World’s a Stage VOY 6×20 Good Shepherd TNG 5×05 Disaster TNG 2×15 Pen Pals TNG 2×09 The Measure of a Man Subspace Radio #32: Courtroom Dramas DS9 6×22 Valiant
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 12 Dec 2024 | Episode 67: Space Stations (LD 5×05 Starbase 80?!) | 00:32:26 | |
Kev and Rob admire the graffiti and rusty TOS-era decor of Starbase 80 in "Starbase 80?!", then revisit two of their favorite space stations from the past, Deep Space Station K-7 (from "The Trouble With Tribbles" (TOS)) and Deep Space 9 (from … Deep Space Nine!). LD 5×05 Starbase 80?! Community 2×06 Epidemiology TOS 2×13 The Trouble With Tribbles DS9 5×06 Trials and Tribble-ations TOS 1×14 Court Martial The Roddenberry Archive: Deep Space Station K-7 Deep Space 9 (aka Terok Nor) The Roddenberry Archive: Deep Space 9 The Roddenberry Archive: Deep Space Nine… The World According to Quark DS9 4×01/02 The Way of the Warrior
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 06 Nov 2024 | Episode 64: Meeting Yourself (LD 5×01-02) | 01:00:00 | |
Rob and Kev review the first two episodes of Lower Decks Season 5, "Dos Cerritos" and "Shades of Green". They then revisit past Treks that saw our characters meeting themselves in various ways unrelated to the mirror universe. They discuss "The Enemy Within" (TOS), "Second Chances" (TNG), "Star Trek Nemesis" and "Defiant" (DS9). LD 5×01 Dos Cerritos LD 5×02 Shades of Green TOS 1×04 The Enemy Within TNG 6×24 Second Chances DS9 3×09 Defiant
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 03 Jul 2023 | Episode 32: Courtroom Dramas (SNW 2×02 Ad Astra per Aspera) | 01:00:50 | |
Rob & Kev agree to overrule all objections about the trial of Una Chin-Riley in "Ad Astra per Aspera". They then explore the legal precedents for excellent courtroom dramas in Star Trek, including "Judgment" (ENT), "Court Martial" (TOS), "Dax" (DS9), and "The Measure of a Man" (TNG). Finally, they commiserate following the shock announcement that Star Trek: Prodigy has been cancelled prior to the airing of season two on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon. SNW 2×02 Ad Astra per Aspera TOS 1×24 Space Seed Courtroom dramas ENT 2×19 Judgment The Lost Star Trek Audio Commentary Tracks Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country TOS 3×10 For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky TOS 1×14 Court Martial TOS 1×15 The Menagerie DS9 1×08 Dax TNG 4×23 The Host DIS 3×04 Forget Me Not TNG 2×09 The Measure Of A Man | |||
| 07 May 2024 | Episode 54: The Mirror Universe (DIS 5×05 Mirrors) | 00:57:19 | |
Rob and Kev switch on the holographic blind on their Breen loading dock to discuss "Mirrors", which turned out not to be quite the contribution to Mirror Universe lore they were expecting. To make up for it, they revisit all the other appearances of the Mirror Universe, including "Mirror, Mirror" (TOS), "Crossover" (DS9), "Through the Looking Glass" (DS9), "Shattered Mirror" (DS9), "Resurrection" (DS9), "The Emperor's New Cloak" (DS9), and "In a Mirror, Darkly, Parts I & II" (ENT). They also briefly reflect (!) on Discovery's sojourn in the Mirror Universe in season one of that show. DIS 5×05 Mirrors The Original Series TOS 2×10 Mirror, Mirror See also Subspace Radio #4: Remembering Nichelle Nichols Deep Space Nine DS9 2×23 Crossover DS9 3×19 Through the Looking Glass DS9 4×20 Shattered Mirror DS9 6×08 Resurrection DS9 7×12 The Emperor’s New Cloak Enterprise ENT 4×18-19 In a Mirror, Darkly & In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II TOS 3×09 The Tholian Web
Discovery DIS 1×10 Despite Yourself DIS 1×11 The Wolf Inside DIS 1×12 Vaulting Ambition DIS 1x13 What’s Past Is Prologue
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 16 May 2024 | Episode 55: Technology in primitive cultures (DIS 5×06 Whistlespeak) | 00:49:24 | |
Kev and Rob whistle their way through the "fun run" on Halem’no as they discuss "Whistlespeak", but are wise enough not to step into the rain-making machine at the finish line. Instead, they revisit past instances of primitive cultures unknowingly blended with advanced technology, including "The Apple" (TOS), "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" (TOS), and "Caretaker" (VOY). DIS 5×06 Whistlespeak TOS 2×09 The Apple TOS 3×10 For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky See also Subspace Radio #11 In love with an alien VOY 1×01/02 Caretaker TOS 3×06 Spock’s Brain
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 17 Nov 2024 | Episode 65: Offscreen Breakups (LD 5×03 The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel) | 00:49:33 | |
Kev and Rob enjoy the cruise ship hijinks of "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel", then delve into other onscreen relationships that ended off screen: Scotty and Uhura (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier), Worf and Deanna Troi (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Neelix and Kes (Star Trek: Voyager) and Chakotay and Seven of Nine (Star Trek: Voyager). They also mark the passing of one of Star Trek's greatest writers, Jeri Taylor. LD 5×03 The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel Scotty / Uhura Star Trek V: The Final Frontier TNG 6×04 Relics Worf / Deanna TNG 7×11 Parallels TNG 7×25/26 All Good Things… Neelix / Kes VOY 3×13 Fair Trade VOY 3×10 Warlord VOY 4×02 The Gift VOY 6×23 Fury Chakotay / Seven of Nine VOY 7×25/26 Endgame TNG 4×21 The Drumhead
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 08 Nov 2023 | Episode 48: Aliens working together (LD 4×09 The Inner Fight) | 00:40:08 | |
Rob & Kev fend off their inner demons, take shelter from a patch of knife rain, and watch "The Inner Fight", the penultimate episode of season four of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Inspired by Mariner's ability to unite the clashing aliens trapped on Sherbal V, they discuss other conspicuous occasions of multi-species alliances in Star Trek, including "The Time Trap" (TAS), the Dominion War (DS9), "The Enemy" (TNG), "Allegiance" (TNG), and the production design of sets and locations like the Promenade (DS9). LD 4×09 The Inner Fight TNG 5×25 The Inner Light TNG 5×19 The First Duty TNG 7×15 Lower Decks Balok from TOS 1×02 The Corbobite Maneuver TAS 1×12 The Time Trap Subspace Radio #20: Star Trek: The Animated Series DS9 4×01 The Way of the Warrior DS9 6×19 In The Pale Moonlight TNG 3×07 The Enemy TNG 3×18 Allegiance Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 19 Jun 2024 | Episode 59: Hand-to-hand combat (DIS 5×10 Life, Itself) | 00:52:27 | |
Kev and Rob take stock of Star Trek: Discovery following its finale, "Life, Itself." Burnham's epic fistfight with Moll prompts them to revisit other Trek punch-ups of the past, including "The Way of the Warrior, Part II" (DS9), "The Gamesters of Triskelion" (TOS), "Tsunkatse" (VOY), "Star Trek" (2009), and "Trials and Tribble-ations". DIS 5×10 Life, Itself Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ST 1×02 Calypso Hand-to-hand combat TOS 0×01 The Cage TOS 1×01 Where No Man Has Gone Before Subspace Radio #49 Barriers in Space DS9 4×02 The Way of the Warrior, Part II DS9 4×03 The Visitor TOS 2×17 The Gamesters of Triskelion (Kev was wrong – we’ve never discussed this one!) VOY 6×15 Tsunkatse DS9 5×06 Trials and Tribble-ations TOS 2×13 The Trouble with Tribbles Top Secret underwater barfight
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 10 Jul 2022 | Episode 1: The Red Shirt Problem (SNW 1x09 "All Those Who Wander") | 00:44:07 | |
SNW 1x09 All Those Who Wander (Memory Alpha) David Marcus (Memory Alpha) Will Decker (Memory Alpha) Natasha Yar (Memory Alpha) Hugh Culber (Memory Alpha) Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 25 Dec 2022 | Episode 17: Character Flashbacks (PRO 1×15 Masquerade, PRO 1×16 Preludes) | 00:58:50 | |
PRO 1×14 Masquerade (Memory Alpha) Thadiun Okona (Memory Alpha) Arik Soong (Memory Alpha) A Spelling Mistake on Star Trek Discovery (Simultation instead of Simulation) (YouTube) [Language warning] DIS 1×15 Will You Take My Hand? (Memory Alpha) Romulan Neutral Zone (Memory Alpha) Maquis (Memory Alpha) PRO 1×15 Preludes (Memory Alpha) Vau N’Akat (Memory Alpha) Drednok (Memory Alpha) Adreek-Hu (Memory Alpha) Migleemo (Memory Alpha) Kazon (Memory Alpha) Kes (Memory Alpha) Episode 2: Visiting Old Episodes (SNW 1×10 “A Quality of Mercy”) (Subspace Radio) ENT 2×02 Carbon Creek (Memory Alpha) TNG 5×12 Violations (Memory Alpha) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Memory Alpha) TNG 6×15 Tapestry (Memory Alpha) Starfleet uniform (late 2270s-2350s) (Memory Alpha) DS9 2×08 Necessary Evil (Memory Alpha) Terok Nor (Memory Alpha) Dukat (Memory Alpha) DS9 6×19 In the Pale Moonlight (Memory Alpha) Elim Garak (Memory Alpha) | |||
| 09 Nov 2022 | Episode 14: Evil Admirals (LD 3×10 The Stars At Night) | 00:36:48 | |
LD 3×10 The Stars At Night (Memory Alpha) TOS 2×24 The Ultimate Computer (Memory Alpha) TNG 4×21 The Drumhead (Memory Alpha) Norah Satie (Memory Alpha) Star Trek: Insurrection (Memory Alpha) Dougherty (Memory Alpha) Star Trek Into Darkness (Memory Alpha) Alexander Marcus (Memory Alpha) Section 31 (Memory Alpha) Badgey (Memory Alpha) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Memory Alpha) Cartwright (Memory Alpha) Valeris (Memory Alpha) | |||
| 02 Feb 2025 | Episode 71: Kim & T'Pol (LD 5×09 Fissure Quest) | 01:07:37 | |
Kev and Rob leap from universe to universe in search of wacky versions of people from history to crew their swanky starship in "Fissure Quest". They then revisit two characters brought into the spotlight for arguably their strongest outings in this episode. For Harry Kim they discuss "Non Sequitur" (VOY) and "Nightingale" (VOY). For T'Pol they discuss "Stigma" (ENT) and "Home" (ENT). LD 5×09 Fissure Quest DS9 3×25 Facets LD 3×08 Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus Harry Kim VOY 5×06 Timeless Subspace Radio #51 Staships bumping into planets VOY 2×05 Non Sequitur VOY 3×03 The Chute VOY 7×08 Nightingale T’Pol ENT 1×17 Fusion, ENT 2×14 Stigma ENT 4×03 Home TNG 4×02 Family ENT 4×07 The Forge ENT 3×08 Twilight
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 08 Sep 2022 | Episode 5: What it says on the tin (LD 3x01 "Grounded") | 00:40:46 | |
Star Trek: Lower Decks (Memory Alpha) LD 3×01 Grounded (Memory Alpha) TNG 6×04 Relics (Memory Alpha) DS9 2×10 Sanctuary (Memory Alpha) VOY 1×10 Prime Factors (Memory Alpha) SNW 1×06 Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach (Memory Alpha) | |||
| 30 Aug 2023 | Episode 40: Zero G (SNW 2×10 Hegemony) | 00:36:21 | |
Rob & Kev float through the highlights of the season two finale of Strange New Worlds, "Hegemony", before seeking out other instances of our characters floating in zero gravity, including "Star Trek: First Contact", "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country", and the Enterprise NX-01's "sweet spot". SNW 2×10 Hegemony TOS 1×19 Arena Re-Uses of the Vasquez Rocks Location SNW 1×09 All Those Who Wander TNG 3×26 The Best of Both Worlds SNW 1×10 A Quality of Mercy “I know this ship like the back of my hand.” SNW 1×04 Momento Mori TOS 1×12 The Conscience of the King First Contact Production: The Deflector Dish Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ENT 1×01 Broken Bow ENT 2×20 Horizon
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 03 Aug 2024 | Episode 61: Too-good-to-be-true planets (PRO 2×06-10) | 00:46:35 | |
Kev and Rob learn that there's no such thing as paradise in Star Trek – no matter how many scantily clad natives you throw into the mix. After a brief discussion of Star Trek: Prodigy season two episodes six through ten, they discuss "This Side of Paradise" (TOS), "Paradise" (DS9), "Justice" (TNG), and "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach" (SNW). PRO 2×06 Imposter Syndrome PRO 2×07 The Fast and the Curious PRO 2×08 Is There in Beauty No Truth? PRO 2×09 The Devourer of All Things, Part I PRO 2×10 The Devourer of All Things, Part II Doctor Who 1×08: Father’s Day PRO 1×18 Mindwalk Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Red Dwarf 32 Legion TOS 2×26 Assignment: Earth TOS 1×25 This Side of Paradise DS9 2×15 Paradise TNG 1×08 Justice SNW 1×06 Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 27 Sep 2023 | Episode 43: Wedding traditions (LD 4×04 Something Borrowed, Something Green) | 00:28:46 | |
Kev & Rob are swept away in the romance (and the repeated stabbings) of "Something Borrowed, Something Green", and narrowly avoid the "hump dungeon" on their way to exploring other wedding traditions in Star Trek, including "Data's Day" (TNG) and "You Are Cordially Invited" (DS9). LD 4×04 Something Borrowed, Something Green TOS 2×05 Amok Time LD 2×03 We’ll Always Have Tom Paris ENT 4×04 Borderland ENT 4×17 Bound TAS 2×01 The Pirates of Orion TOS 0×01 The Cage TOS 1×16 The Menagerie, Part II TNG 5×26 Time's Arrow TNG 3×18 Allegiance TNG 4×11 Data’s Day DS9 6×07 You Are Cordially Invited DIS 3×04 Forget Me Not TNG 1×11 Haven
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 16 Jul 2023 | Episode 34: Memory Loss (SNW 2×04 Among The Lotus Eaters) | 00:27:30 | |
Rob & Kev nearly lose themselves in their analysis of "Among the Lotus Eaters", before dipping into other instances of our lead characters losing their memories, in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", "The Changeling" (TOS), and "Conundrum" (TNG). SNW 2×04 Among the Lotus Eaters TOS 2×08 The Changeling TNG 5×14 Conundrum Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind TNG 4×14 Clues
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 30 Apr 2023 | Episode 29: DNA Shenanigans (PIC 3×09 Võx) | 01:03:39 | |
Rob & Kev sequence the genome of "Võx", the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Picard. Then, agreeing the Changleing plot to re-sequence the DNA of every member of Starfleet was a lot to take in, they set out to trace the twin helix of DNA as a plot point in Star Trek. They discuss "Genesis" (TNG), the Jem'Hadar (DS9), "Threshold" (VOY), and "Vaulting Ambition" (DIS). PIC 3×09 Võx Will Wheaton touring the bridge of the Enterprise D TNG 7×19 Genesis VOY 2×15 Threshold DIS 1×12 Vaulting Ambition
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 10 Oct 2023 | Episode 44: Crews going crazy! (LD4×05 Empathological Fallacies) | 00:34:30 | |
Rob & Kev lose control of their emotions and, after breaking down the highlights of "Empathological Fallacies", cannot resist their powerful urges to revisit two classic episodes of The Original Series, "The Naked Time" (TOS) and "Day of the Dove" (TOS). LD 4×05 Empathological Fallacies TOS 1×04 The Naked Time TOS 0×01 The Cage TNG 1×03 The Naked Now Subspace Radio #8: Sex in Star Trek Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan VOY 2×24 Tuvix LD 4×01 Twovix TOS 3×11 Day of the Dove These Are The Voyages: Season Three DS9 2×19 Blood Oath TOS 3×15 Let That Be Your Last Battlefield Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 28 Feb 2023 | Episode 21: Star-crossed Lovers (PIC 3×01 The Next Generation) | 00:48:12 | |
Rob & Kev greet the season three premiere of Star Trek: Picard with cautious optimism, then notice the number of broken romances strewn about the place in a single episode. They take the opportunity to revisit other loves lost from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, In Theory (TNG), Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Enterprise. PIC 3×01 The Next Generation TNG 4×25 In Theory Kira & Odo in DS9 7×25/26 What You Leave Behind | |||
| 01 Sep 2024 | Episode 63: Kids (PRO 2×16-20) | 01:09:37 | |
Kev and Rob farewell the newly-formed Prodigy crew in episodes 16-20 of season two, then take the opportunity to revisit past instances of children in Star Trek, both stories about children including "Miri" (TOS), "And the Children Shall Lead" (TOS), and "When the Bough Breaks" (TNG), as well as fully-formed characters who are kids including Wesley Crusher, Jake Sisko, Nog, Alexander Rozhenko, Molly O'Brien, Naomi Wildman and Icheb. Finally, they look ahead briefly to the upcoming Starfleet Academy series. PRO 2×16 Acension, Part II PRO 2×17 Brink PRO 2×18 Touch of Grey PRO 2×19 Ouroboros, Part I PRO 2×20 Ouroboros, Part II Stories about kids TOS 1×11 Miri TOS 3×05 And the Children Shall Lead TNG 1×16 When the Bough Breaks Kid characters Naomi Wildman VOY 5×05 Once Upon a Time Star Trek Voyager: Every Time Seven Says "Naomi Wildman" VOY 7×11 Shattered DS9 6×24 Time’s Orphan
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 26 Oct 2022 | Episode 12: Not actually dead (LD 3×08 "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus") | 00:40:11 | |
LD 3×08 Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus (Memory Alpha) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Memory Alpha) Philippa Georgiou (Memory Alpha) TNG 7×15 Lower Decks (Memory Alpha) DS9 6×12 Who Mourns for Morn (Memory Alpha) | |||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Episode 52: Joined Trill (DIS 5×03 Jinaal) | 00:54:44 | |
After defeating the cloak-bees of the dimly-lit rock quarries of Trill, Rob and Kev take a stroll down the lane (or a swim up the milky river?) of Trill history, discussing all of the joined Trill that they have encountered in their travels. They discuss "Facets" (DS9), "Rejoined" (DS9) and "The Host" (TNG). DIS 5×03 Jinaal DIS 3×04 Forget Me Not DS9 3×25 Facets DIS 4×03 Choose to Live TAS 1×02 Yesteryear Matt’s So-Cast Pod: A podcast about My So-Called Life DS9 3×25 Facets DS9 4x10 Our Man Bashir DS9 7x15 Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang DS9 6x13 Far Beyond the Stars – see also Subspace Radio #0 Mixing it Up DS9 7×13 Field of Fire DS9 3×04 Equilibrium DS9 2×17 Playing God DS9 4×06 Rejoined TNG 4×23 The Host See also Subspace Radio #33 Canon retcons DS9 2×04 Invasive Procedures DS9 5×22 Children of Time
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 21 Jan 2023 | Episode 19: Hero Ship Sacrifices (PRO 1×19-20 Supernova, Parts 1 & 2) | 00:53:54 | |
PRO 1×19 Supernova, Part 1 (Memory Alpha) PRO 1×20 Supernova, Part 2 (Memory Alpha) Locating Starfleet Buildings in San Francisco (Ex Astris Scientia) Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Memory Alpha) TOS 3×15 Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (Memory Alpha) TOS 2×06 The Doomsday Machine (Memory Alpha) TNG 3×05 Yesterday’s Enterprise (Memory Alpha) VOY 2×21 Deadlock (Memory Alpha) VOY 5×18 Course: Oblivion (Memory Alpha)
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| 02 Jun 2024 | Episode 57: Captains on their own (DIS 5×08 Labyrinths) | 00:59:41 | |
Kev and Rob are trapped in their separate mindscapes, with only a cryptic librarian version of the other for company. To pass the time, they consider how "Labyrinths" compares to other times starship captain have had to work solo, without their ship or crew. They discuss "Arena" (TOS), "Starship Mine" (TNG), "The Inner Light" (TNG), and "Resistance" (VOY). DIS 5×08 Labyrinths TNG 5×25 The Inner Light Community S2E14 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons David Ayala Enters The Ready Room Captain on their own Subspace Radio #31: When the Captain’s Away DS9 6×11 Waltz Subspace Radio #47: Cave episodes DS9 6×19 In the Pale Moonlight TOS 1×18 Arena TAS 1×15 The Eye of the Beholder TOS 1×15 The Menagerie, Part I TNG 6×18 Starship Mine
TNG 5×25 The Inner Light TNG 6×19 Lessons VOY 2×12 Resistance
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 26 Jul 2023 | Episode 35: Vulcans are Jerks (SNW 2×05 Charades) | 00:40:47 | |
Kev & Rob gush at the one-two punch of comedy and heartbreak delivered by "Charades" before breaking down the several different ways in which Vulcans are such jerks, revisiting "The Forge", "Awakening" and "Kir'Shara" (ENT), "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" (DS9), and "Journey to Babel" (TOS). SNW 2×05 Charades Doctor Who: The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances SNW 1×05 Spock Amok Mia Kirshner as Amanda Grayson TOS 1×09 What Are Little Girls Made Of? TOS 2×05 Amok Time Subspace Radio #8: Sex in Star Trek Vulcans are Jerks Remembering Manny Coto, 1961-2023 ENT 4×07-09 The Forge / Awakening / Kir’Shara ENT 1×01-02 Broken Bow DS9 7×04 Take Me Out to the Holosuite See also Subspace Radio #0: Mixing it up and Subspace Radio #18: The Holodeck TOS 2×15 Journey to Babel TNG 3×23 Sarek
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 26 Oct 2023 | Episode 47: Cave episodes (LD 4×08 Caves) | 00:36:16 | |
Kev & Rob get stuck in a cave and are forced to pass the time awaiting rescue discussing "Caves". As their supplies dwindle, they plumb the hidden depths of other cave-based episodes from Star Trek history, including "The Devil in the Dark" (TOS), "Heart of Stone" (DS9), "Final Mission" (TNG), and "Waltz" (DS9). LD 4×08 Caves Vendorians in TAS 1×06 The Survivor LD 1×01 Second Contact TOS 1×26 The Devil in the Dark DS9 3×14 Heart of Stone TNG 4×09 Final Mission TNG 1×23 Skin of Evil TNG 2×17 Samaritan Snare DS9 6×11 Waltz TNG 1×07 Lonely Among Us TNG 5×26 Time’s Arrow DS9 1×19 Duet
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 10 Aug 2023 | Episode 38: War stories (SNW 2×08 Under the Cloak of War) | 00:31:37 | |
Rob & Kev need a sonic shower after the slow march through the Federation-Klingon war and its ugly consequences that was "Under the Cloak of War". Reflecting on the Federation at war, they look back at "Yesterday's Enterprise" (TNG) and "The Siege of AR-558" (DS9). SNW 2×07 Under the Cloak of War SNW 2×01 The Broken Circle TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s Enterprise DS9 6×19 In The Pale Moonlight DS9 7×08 The Siege of AR-558 Subspace Radio #27: Taken Over MASH 10×17 Where There’s a Will, There’s a War
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 20 Jun 2023 | Episode 31: When the Captain's Away (SNW 2×01 The Broken Circle) | 00:41:31 | |
Kev & Rob celebrate the return of Strange New Worlds by punching a corridor full of Klingons before sitting down to share their thoughts about "The Broken Circle". They then explore other notable examples of crews operating without their Captain (or station Commander, as the case may be!) in "The Tholian Web" (TOS), "Family Business" (DS9), "Little Green Men" (DS9), "Two Days and Two Nights" (ENT), and "The Quickening" (DS9). SNW 2×01 The Broken Circle TOS 3×09 The Tholian Web DS9 3×23 Family Business DS9 4×08 Little Green Men TNG 6×10 Chain of Command TNG 3×19 Captain’s Holiday Star Trek INtakes: Let Sleeping Doctors Lie DS9 4×24 The Quickening | |||
| 01 Oct 2022 | Episode 8: Sex in Star Trek (LD 3×04 "Room for Growth") | 00:37:48 | |
Promo: Shakespeare Aliens (Melbourne Fringe) LD 3×04 Room for Growth (Memory Alpha) TOS 3×13 Wink of an Eye (Memory Alpha) Sex is weird/dangerous/evil TNG 1×03 The Naked Now (Memory Alpha) Sexuality vs Sensuality TNG 2×09 The Measure Of A Man (Memory Alpha) Star Trek: First Contact (Memory Alpha) DS9 5×03 Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places (Memory Alpha) Pairing off on Voyager VOY 6×11 Fair Haven (Memory Alpha) Watch: Dr. Bashir & Garak Express Their Love In Fanfic Performed By Alexander Siddig & Andrew Robinson (TrekMovie) | |||
| 15 Apr 2023 | Episode 27: Taken Over (PIC 3×07 Dominion) | 00:49:00 | |
Rob & Kev are getting some distinctly cybernetic vibes about Crusher & Picard's son Jack as they contemplate Section 31's worst plan yet in "Dominion". Vadic's commandeering of the Titan prompts them to revisit other times our Starfleet heroes lost control of their ships (and space stations) to the opposition, in "Star Trek: First Contact", "Rascals" (TNG), "Call to Arms" (DS9), and "Basics, Part I & II" (VOY). PIC 3×07 Dominion DS8 7×08 The Siege of AR-558 TNG 6×07 Rascals Star Trek III: The Search for Spock DS9 5×26 Call to Arms DS9 6×06 Sacrifice of Angels VOY 2×26 Basics, Part I
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 17 Mar 2023 | Episode 23: Best Worf moments (PIC 3×03 Seventeen Seconds) | 00:50:16 | |
Rob & Kev agree that "Seventeen Seconds" was an episode written specifically for Rob, thanks to its loving embrace of Deep Space Nine as a core contributor to Star Trek history. Speaking of history, they take the opportunity of Worf's return to our screens to reflect on the journey of everyone's favourite son of Mogh. They touch on Redemption (TNG), Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places (DS9), Parallels (TNG), and Tacking Into the Wind (DS9). PIC 3×03 Seventeen Seconds TNG 4×20 Qpid
DS9 5×03 Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places TNG 7×24 Parallels DS9 7×22 Tacking Into the Wind | |||
| 22 Apr 2023 | Episode 28: We Hardly Knew Ye (PIC 3×08 Surrender) | 00:54:38 | |
Kev & Rob find a lot to talk about in "Surrender", an episode where relatively little happened. Vadic's sudden decision to phaser a member of the bridge crew whose name we hadn't even heard before leads them to contemplate other times background characters made the ultimate sacrifice and made an impression (or didn't) in the process. From Voyager they discuss Hogan ("Basics, Part II"), Pete Durst ("Faces"), and Joe Carey ("Friendship One"). Then they bemoan the wasted opportunity of that was Discovery's Airiam ("Project Daedalus"). PIC 3×08 Surrender Minor Character Deaths
VOY 3×01 Basics, Part II VOY 3×23 Distant Origin VOY 1×13 Cathexis VOY 1×14 Faces VOY 7×24 Friendship One DIS 2×09 Project Daedalus
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 15 Oct 2023 | Episode 45: Best Ferengi episodes (LD 4×06 Parth Ferengi's Heart Place) | 00:37:51 | |
Kev & Rob back up their truck of gold pressed latinum to Uncle Quark's Youth Casino in "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place", then stay for the haggling at the Museum of Gambling (and the gambling at the Museum of Haggling), and compare their picks for the best Ferengi-centric episode, "Ménage à Troi" (TNG) and "The Magnificent Ferengi" (DS9). Also stick around at the end for their thoughts on the recently-completed run of Very Short Treks! LD 4×06 Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place LD 3×06 Hear All, Trust Nothing “They don’t know that we know they know.” TNG 3×24 Ménage à Troi TNG 1×05 The Last Outpost DS9 6×10 The Magnificent Ferengi DS9 7×15 Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang The Magnificent Seven (1960) Seven Samurai (1954) Star Trek: The Experience (special feature) Bonus: Very Short Treks
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 22 Jan 2025 | Episode 70: Unseen crews (LD 5×08 Upper Decks) | 00:48:16 | |
Rob and Kev step out of the limelight to make way for some junior podcasters to talk about them behind their backs as they discuss "Upper Decks". They then revisit two other episodes where previously-unseen groups of crew members are the stars of the show, "Learning Curve" (VOY) and "Lower Decks" (TNG). LD 5×08 Upper Decks TNG 7×15 Lower Decks SNW 2×09 Subspace Rhapsody TNG 1×24 We’ll Always Have Paris VOY 6×20 Good Shepherd Subspace Radio #42 Lessons in leadership VOY 1×16 Learning Curve TNG 5×08 Lower Decks Subspace Radio #12: Not actually dead TNG 5×19 The First Duty
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 22 Aug 2024 | Episode 62: Captains broken by tragedy (PRO 2×11-15) | 01:03:32 | |
Rob and Kev pass the time sailing on an ocean of vapour in episodes 11-15 of Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 by discussing other instances of captains bent and broken by tragedy. They discuss "The Doomsday Machine" (TOS), "The Omega Glory" (TOS), "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", "The Wounded" (TNG), "Equinox" (VOY) and the fundamental tragedies at the heart of captains Christopher Pike and Jean-Luc Picard. PRO 2×11 Last Flight of the Protostar, Part I PRO 2×12 Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II PRO 2×13 A Tribble Called Quest PRO 2×14 Cracked Mirror PRO 2×15 Ascension, Part I Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ENT 2×19 Judgment VOY 7×11 Shattered PRO 1×13 All the World’s a Stage TNG 3×26 The Best of Both Worlds VOY 7×25/26 Endgame Captains after tragedy TOS 2×06 The Doomsday Machine Subspace Radio #19: Hero ship sacrifices Escape from the Planet of the Apes TOS 2×25 The Omega Glory TOS 1×10 Dagger of the Mind Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan TNG 5×02 Darmok TOS 1×15 The Menagerie, Part I TNG 4×12 The Wounded VOY 5×26 Equinox
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 01 May 2024 | Episode 53: Trapped in time (DIS 5×04 Face the Strange) | 00:46:22 | |
Kev and Rob are unfazed by the time-travel shenanigans this week in "Face the Strange", accustomed as they are to weaving their way through the history of the Star Trek Universe. Inspired to revisit other times our characters became stuck revisiting other times, they discuss "Time Squared" (TNG), "The Visitor" (DS9), "Timescape" (TNG), and "Shattered" (VOY). DIS 5×04 Face the Strange TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s Enterprise DIS 1×07 Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad ST 1×02 Calypso Firefly 1×08 Out of Gas Trapped in time TOS 3×13 Wink of an Eye TOS 3×23 All Our Yesterdays TNG 2×13 Time Squared TNG 5×18 Cause and Effect (see also Subspace Radio #0) DS9 4×03 The Visitor VOY 5×06 Timeless TNG 6×25 Timescape VOY 7×11 Shattered PIC 1×05 Stardust City Rag
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 21 Aug 2022 | Episode 4: Remembering Nichelle Nichols | 00:30:46 | |
Nichelle Nichols (Memory Alpha) TOS 2×10 Mirror, Mirror (Memory Alpha) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Memory Alpha) Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (Memory Alpha) Star Trev IV: The Voyage Home (Memory Alpha) Rapid Round: Guest Column: Nichelle Nichols Inspired Black Women to Dream Big For the Future (Hollywood Reporter) | |||
| 05 Aug 2023 | Episode 37: Activating alien artifacts (SNW 2×07 Those Old Scientists) | 00:36:32 | |
Kev & Rob would happily give several kilograms of heronium to get to see "Those Old Scientists" again for the first time. They talk through this crossover episode that had no business being as good as it was, before seeking out other examples of alien artifacts whose activation (or difficulty in activating) is a key point in an episode, including "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" (DIS) and "The Paradise Syndrome" (TOS). TOS 2×07 Those Old Scientists DS9 5×06 Trials and Tribble-ations TNG 4×05 Remember Me DIS 1×07 Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad DIS 1×05 Choose Your Pain DIS 2×12 Through the Valley of Shadows TOS 3×03 The Paradise Syndrome Subspace Radio #37: Memory Loss TNG 6×20 The Chase
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 13 Feb 2025 | Episode 72: Unreasonable Klingon Ships (LD 5×10 The New Next Generation) | 00:50:41 | |
Rob and Kev surf the waves of the multiverse, dodging Klingon death barges in "The New Next Generation". They then look to the past for other examples of unreasonable Klingon ships, and find the overlooked classic, "A Matter of Honor" (TNG). LD 5×10 The New Next Generation ST 1×02 Calypso Unreasonable Klingon Ships ENT 2×19 Judgment / ENT 2×25 Bounty / ENT 2×26 The Expanse TNG 2×08 A Matter of Honor
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 18 Sep 2022 | Episode 7: It started with science (LD 3×03 "Mining the Mind's Mines") | 00:33:20 | |
LD 3×03 Mining the Mind's Mines (Memory Alpha) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Memory Alpha) TNG 3×04 Who Watches The Watchers (Memory Alpha) DS9 5×22 Children of Time (Memory Alpha) TNG 6×19 Lessons (Memory Alpha) Star Trek Day 2022: Carol Kane joins cast of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 (Star Trek) | |||
| 27 Nov 2024 | Episode 66: Farms (LD 5×04 A Farewell to Farms) | 00:54:03 | |
Rob and Kev return to the land on Qo'noS in "A Farewell to Farms", then stay there by visiting some other prominent farming episodes, "This Side of Paradise" (TOS) and "Progress" (DS9). LD 5×04 A Farewell to Farms Farms DS9 2×15 Paradise ENT 1×01/02 Broken Bow TOS 1×25 This Side of Paradise Subspace Radio #61 Too-good-to-be-true planets DS9 1×15 Progress Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 03 Nov 2022 | Episode 13: Journalism (LD 3×09 Trusted Sources) | 00:43:41 | |
LD 3×09 Trusted Sources (Memory Alpha) TNG 1×22 Symbiosis (Memory Alpha) PIC 1×01 Remembrance (Memory Alpha)
DS9 4×03 The Visitor (Memory Alpha) DS9 5×26 Call To Arms (Memory Alpha) DS9 6×01 A Time To Stand (Memory Alpha) Live on Bowen S2 E6.4: Jeffrey Combs (YouTube) ENT 1×13 Dear Doctor (Memory Alpha) Star Trek #1 (IDW Publishing) Star Trek #1 (Amazon)
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| 23 Dec 2024 | Episode 68: Non-humanoid life (LD 5×06 Of Gods and Angles) | 00:39:31 | |
Rob and Kev dodge floating cubes, spheres, and squishy lightning bolts in "Of Gods and Angles", then reflect on other non-humanoid species in "The Savage Curtain" (TOS), "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", "Star Trek Generations", "Where Silence Has Lease" (TNG), and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". LD 5×06 Of Gods and Angles TOS 2×04 Who Mourns for Adonais? Non-humanoid life Subspace Radio #36: Understanding Non-humanoid Life TOS 3×22 The Savage Curtain TNG 2×02 Where Silence Has Lease Star Trek: Deep Space Nine DS9 1×01/02 Emissary DS9 5×12 The Begotten DS9 5×22 Children of Time Star Trek: Prodigy | |||
| 17 Oct 2022 | Episode 11: In love with an alien (LD 3×07 "A Mathematically Perfect Redemption") with Jason Snell | 00:36:55 | |
LD 3×07 A Mathematically Perfect Redemption (Memory Alpha) TOS 3×21 Requiem for Methuselah (Memory Alpha) TOS 3×10 For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (Memory Alpha) TOS Season 3 lightning round: TNG 4×23 The Host (Memory Alpha) TNG 7×14 Sub Rosa (Memory Alpha) Honourable mentions: Jason Snell: | |||
| 07 Apr 2023 | Episode 26: Sneaking In (PIC 3×06 The Bounty) | 00:57:37 | |
Kev & Rob both wish that the production of Star Trek: Picard Season 3 could have afforded just one more set this week as a very special Klingon Bird-of-Prey makes its return to the screen in "The Bounty". After watching a small team infiltrate Daystrom Station, they reflect on other times our intrepid crews have sneaked in where they didn't belong, including "Chain Of Command, Part I" (TNG), "By Inferno's Light" (DS9), "Change Of Heart" (DS9), and "Extreme Measures" (DS9). PIC 3×06 The Bounty Data’s crow: TNG 6×16 Birthright, Part I Moriarty: TNG 2×03 Elementary, Dear Data & TNG 6×12 Ship in a Bottle Data whistling: TNG 1×01 Encounter at Farpoint USS Enterprise A (Constitution Class) HMS Bounty (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) Kronos One (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
DS9 5×15 By Inferno's Light DS9 6×16 Change of Heart DS9 7×23 Extreme Measures
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 07 Mar 2023 | Episode 22: Scenery-chewing Villains (PIC 3×02 Disengage) | 00:51:00 | |
Kev & Rob are only momentarily distracted by the parentage of one Jack Crusher before latching onto Amanda Plummer's performance as Vadic in Star Trek: Picard season three, episode two, "Disengage". They then count down their favourite scenery-chewing villains from Star Trek canon, including Weyoun (DS9), General Chang (ST6), Khan (ST2), and Evil Kirk (TOS: The Enemy Within). PIC 3×02 Disengage Live on Bowen S2 E6.4: Jeffrey Combs (YouTube) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan TOS 1×24 Space Seed Honourable mentions: Evil Captain Kirk TOS 1×04 The Enemy Within | |||
| 08 Jan 2024 | Episode 50: Star Trek V commentary | 01:58:55 | |
To celebrate our fiftieth episode, we break from our usual format to record an audio commentary for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, arguably the least successful Star Trek film, but not without its charms (and an especially charming Vulcan!). We'll return with more Subspace Radio when new Trek returns to our screens in April for Star Trek: Discovery's final season. Until then, see you 'round the galaxy!
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 22 Oct 2023 | Episode 46: Evil computers & AIs (LD 4×07 A Few Badgeys More) | 00:48:19 | |
Rob & Kev consult their robotic overlord for its opinion on "A Few Badgeys More", before discussing other episodes where the forces of evil aligned against our heroes were artificial in nature: "The Return of the Archons" (TOS), "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", "The Ultimate Computer" (TOS) and "Prototype" (VOY). Stay after the music for their thoughts on Prodigy's new lease on life on Netflix! LD 4×07 A Few Badgeys More TNG 6×08 A Fistful of Datas TNG 1×15 11001001 LD 1×01 Second Contact TOS 1×22 The Return of the Archons TOS 2×08 The Changeling TOS 2×24 The Ultimate Computer VOY 2×13 Prototype Bonus: Star Trek: Prodigy to stream on Netflix
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 16 Jul 2024 | Episode 60: Dads (PRO 2×01-05) | 00:55:39 | |
Rob and Kev plunge into Season 2 of Star Trek: Prodigy like Rok-Tahk and Murf jumping into Gillian's tank! They share their thoughts on "Into the Breach, Part I & II", "Who Saves the Saviours", "Temporal Mechanics 101", and "Observer's Paradox", before focusing on fathers in Star Trek, including "The Icarus Factor" (TNG) and the relationships between Joseph, Benjamin and Jake Sisko (DS9). PRO 2×01 Into the Breach, Part I PRO 2×02 Into the Breach, Part II PRO 2×03 Who Saves the Saviors PRO 2×04 Temporal Mechanics 101 PRO 2×05 Observer’s Paradox Our review Starfleet Academy entrance exam TNG 2×14 The Icarus Factor TOS 2×05 Amok Time The Sisko Boys Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country DS9 7×01 Image in the Sand DS9 6×01 A Time to Stand
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 30 Jul 2022 | Episode 3: Remembering David Warner | 00:26:33 | |
David Warner (Wikipedia) Paul Sorvino (Memory Alpha) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Memory Alpha) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Memory Alpha) TNG 6x11 Chain of Command, Part II (Memory Alpha) | |||
| 20 Aug 2023 | Episode 39: Camp Trek (SNW 2×09 Subspace Rhapsody) | 00:36:20 | |
Kev & Rob agree that "Subspace Rhapsody" had its charms, but didn't quite live up to the hype, and that its best moment was a scene without a song at all! Taking the cue of this musical episode, they both agree that "Bride of Chaotica!" (VOY) is the last time going over the top into silliness was the point of an episode, and they talk through its highlights in detail. Finally, as a bonus, Rob re-watched Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and was surprised by how much he enjoyed it! SNW 2×09 Subspace Rhapsody Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, with Feeling The Flash: Duet The Magicians musical episodes Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan TOS 1×15 The Menagerie, Part I DS9 7×08 The Siege of AR-558 VOY 5×12 Bride of Chaotica! DS9 4×10 Our Man Bashir VOY 6×11 Fair Haven Other camp episodes TOS 3×20 The Way to Eden TOS 2×13 The Trouble with Tribbles DS9 7×04 Take Me Out to the Holosuite Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 02 Aug 2023 | Episode 36: Understanding non-humanoid life (SNW 2×06 Lost in Translation) | 00:27:32 | |
Rob & Kev squint but fail to spot the USS Farragut in "Lost in Translation", despite its soon-to-be first officer hanging around the Enterprise like he knows he's going to work there someday! After a quick debrief on this week's episode, they consider two other prominent instances of communication difficulties when encountering non-humanoid life: "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", and "Home Soil" (TNG). SNW 2×06 Lost in Translation How Long Can Captain Kirk Stay On Strange New Worlds? Star Trek: First Contact – Millennium Falcon SNW 2×04 Among the Lotus Eaters LD 1×01 Second Contact TNG 1×18 Home Soil
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 14 Oct 2022 | Episode 10: Fly-bys (LD 3×06 "Hear All, Trust Nothing") | 00:35:54 | |
Promo: Shakespeare Aliens (Melbourne Fringe) LD 3×06 Hear All, Trust Nothing (Memory Alpha) Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Memory Alpha) Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Memory Alpha) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Memory Alpha) TNG 6×16 Birthright, Part I (Memory Alpha) Star Trek: Voyager opening title sequence (Memory Alpha) | |||
| 11 Jan 2025 | Episode 69: Going undercover (LD 5×07 Fully Dilated) | 00:42:42 | |
Kev and Rob don their fake antennae and pose as local yokels as they spend twelve months trapped on a primitive planet watching "Fully Dilated". They then explore other times our Starfleet crews have hidden in plain sight, disguised as members of an alien world, including "The Enterprise Incident" (TOS), "In the Flesh" (VOY), "First Contact" (TNG) and "Face of the Enemy" (TNG). LD 5×07 Fully Dilated TNG 5×25 The Inner Light TNG 5×26 Time’s Arrow DS9 5×01 Apocalypse Rising Subspace Radio #58: Into the belly of the beast (DIS 5×09 Lagrange Point) DS9 2×19 Blood Oath TOS 3×02 The Enterprise Incident VOY 5×04 In the Flesh TNG 4×15 First Contact TNG 6×14 Face Of The Enemy DS9 3×05 Second Skin
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 07 Oct 2022 | Episode 9: Hidden character origins (LD 3×05 "Reflections") | 00:42:23 | |
Promo: Shakespeare Aliens (Melbourne Fringe) LD 3×05 Reflections (Memory Alpha) Lieutenant Commander Data (Memory Alpha) Doctor Julian Bashir (Memory Alpha) Seven of Nine (Memory Alpha) Commander Una Chin-Riley (Memory Alpha) Louise Fletcher (Memory Alpha) | |||
| 11 Dec 2022 | Episode 16: Contaminated Cultures (PRO 1×13 All the World's a Stage, PRO 1×14 Crossroads) | 00:41:24 | |
Cultural contamination (Memory Alpha) PRO 1×13 All the World's a Stage (Memory Alpha) David Garrovick (Memory Alpha) TOS 2×18 Obsession (Memory Alpha) PRO 1×14 Crossroads (Memory Alpha) TNG 2×04 The Outrageous Okona (Memory Alpha) TOS 2×20 A Piece of the Action (Memory Alpha) ENT 2×20 Horizon (Memory Alpha) ENT 2×08 The Communicator (Memory Alpha) Star Trek: Year Five #3 (League of Comic Geeks) VOY 3×05 False Profits (Memory Alpha) TNG 3×08 The Price (Memory Alpha) Remembering Leslie Jordan: A Lifetime of Laughter & Loving Service (Matt Baume, YouTube) | |||
| 22 May 2024 | Episode 56: Big ships (DIS 5×07 Erigah) | 00:41:55 | |
Rob and Kev were actually standing on the bridge of Federation HQ in "Erigah"; you just couldn't see them for all the Breen! While they were there, they debated whether or not the Breen Dreadnought was the biggest starship we've seen to date. Other big ships they discussed: the Fesarius (TOS), the Narada (Star Trek 2009), the Romulan Warbird (TNG), the Jem'Hadar Battleship (DS9), the Enterprise-J (ENT), the Borg cube (TNG) and the USS Vengeance (Star Trek Into Darkness). DIS 5×07 Erigah Starship size comparison charts TOS 1×02 The Corbomite Maneuver TOS 2×13 The Trouble with Tribbles TOS 1×28 The City on the Edge of Forever TNG 1×26 The Neutral Zone DS9 6×22 Valiant ENT 3×18 Azati Prime TNG 2×16 Q Who Constitution class (Kelvinverse)
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 06 Jan 2023 | Episode 18: The Holodeck (PRO 1×17 Ghost in the Machine, PRO 1×18 Mindwalk) | 01:00:39 | |
Cellar Door Society (Memory Alpha) PRO 1×17 Ghost in the Machine (Memory Alpha) DS9 7×04 Take Me Out to the Holosuite (Memory Alpha) Red Dwarf 5×06 Back to Reality (Tongue Tied) PRO 1×18 Mindwalk (Memory Alpha) SNW 1×05 Spock Amok (Memory Alpha) Best of Bruce McAvaney (YouTube) Tex Avery (Wikipedia) Robert McKimson (Wikipedia) Bob Clampett (Wikipedia) Chuck Jones (Wikipedia) Kate Mulgrew as Red Claw (Batman: The Animated Series wiki) TNG 2×03 Elementary, Dear Data (Memory Alpha) TNG 1×12 The Big Goodbye (Memory Alpha) TNG 6×12 Ship in a Bottle (Memory Alpha) TNG 5×18 Cause and Effect (Memory Alpha) DS9 6×20 His Way (Memory Alpha) Vic Fontaine (Memory Alpha) DS9 7×15 Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (Memory Alpha) TNG 2×04 The Outrageous Okona (Memory Alpha) DS9 7×10 It’s Only a Paper Moon (Memory Alpha) DS9 7×08 The Siege of AR-558 (Memory Alpha) TNG 3×06 Booby Trap (Memory Alpha) VOY 5×08 Nothing Human (Memory Alpha) Blade Runner enhance photo scene (YouTube)
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| 09 Jul 2023 | Episode 33: Canon Retcons (SNW 2×03 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow) | 00:47:49 | |
Kev & Rob are surprisingly okay with "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"'s revelations about where exactly in the timeline certain ill-fated experiments took place. In celebration, they explore two other significant rewritings, or retrospective continuity changes (retcons) that Star Trek has indulged in in the past, including "Affliction" and "Divergence" (ENT), and "The Host" (TNG). SNW 2×03 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow TOS 3×23 All Our Yesterdays Doctor Who 6×06 A Good Man Goes to War TOS 1×28 The City on the Edge of Forever ENT 4×15-16 Affliction & Divergence DS9 5×06 Trials & Tribble-ations ENT 4× Borderland, Cold Station 12, The Augments TNG 4×23 The Host DIS 3×04 Forget Me Not DS9 1×08 Dax VOY 2×15 Threshold | |||
| 01 Apr 2023 | Episode 25: Ro Laren / Michelle Forbes (PIC 3×05 Imposters) | 00:40:07 | |
Rob & Kev come from opposite ends of the spectrum of Ro Laren familiarity, but they both loved Michelle Forbes's return to Star Trek in "Imposters". Rob introduces Kevin to some of Forbes's other roles in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "True Blood", then Kevin talks through the highlights of Ro's appearances in Star Trek: The Next Generation, including "Ensign Ro", "Preemptive Strike", and "The Next Phase". PIC 3×05 Imposters TOS 3×07 Is There in Truth No Beauty? TOS 7×24 Preemptive Strike TNG 5×03 Ensign Ro TNG 5×03 Cause and Effect Michelle Forbes Julianna Cox, Homicide: Life on the Street Maryann Forrester, True Blood Ro Laren TNG 7×24 Preemptive Strike TNG 5×03 Ensign Ro TNG 6×07 Rascals TNG The Next Phase
Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley | |||
| 18 Feb 2023 | Episode 20: Star Trek: The Animated Series | 01:32:14 | |
Kev & Rob pass the time before Star Trek: Picard season three by doing a full watch-through of Star Trek: The Animated Series for their first time. They discuss the creation of this historical curiosity, run down all twenty-two episodes picking their best and worst, and then finally grapple with the ultimate question: is it worth watching The Animated Series today? LD 3×03 Mining the Mind's Mines The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorised Oral History of Star Trek TAS 1×01 Beyond the Farthest Star TAS 1×02 Yesteryear TOS 1×28 City on the Edge of Forever TAS 1×03 One of Our Planets is Missing TOS 2×19 The Immunity Syndrome TOS 1×26 The Devil in the Dark Subspace Radio Episode 19: Hero Ship Sacrifices TAS 1×04 The Lorelei Signal Subspace Radio Episode 4: Remembering Nichelle Nichols TAS 1×05 More Tribbles, More Troubles TAS 1×06 The Survivor TAS 1×07 The Infinite Vulcan TAS 1×08 The Magicks of Megas-tu TAS 1×09 Once Upon a Planet TOS 1×17 Shore Leave TAS 1×10 Mudd's Passion TAS 1×11 The Terratin Incident TAS 1×12 The Time Trap TAS 1×13 The Ambergris Incident TAS 1×14 The Slaver Weapon TAS 1×15 Eye of the Beholder TAS 1×16 The Jihad TAS 2×01 The Pirates of Orion TAS 2×02 Bem TAS 2×03 The Practical Joker TAS 2×04 Albatross TAS 2×05 How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth TAS 2×06 The Counter-Clock Incident SNW 1×01 Strange New Worlds | |||
