I Just Want To Talk About Star Trek

205: Picard Season 3 Review

204: Remembering Nichelle

203: Paramount Calls Shatner with an Offer

Paramount Group president Bob Bakish calls William Shatner with a new offer for him to be in the franchise...

202: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season Review!

Mike gives his overall impressions to the first season of the new Star Trek series, Strange New Worlds. 

201: Star Trek Picard: A Burial

Mike is joined by Ryan Nagata and George Edelman to discuss the second season of Star Trek Picard. 

200: A Strange New Show

Mike talks about the first episode of the new Trek series, Strange New Worlds.

199: TWoK Deep Dive - The COMEDY of Khan!

Mike dissects the comedy of THE GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME!

198: TWoK Deep Dive - Space Seed!

Continuing on his deep dive of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Mike goes back to original series episode "Space Seed" to try to find out why Khan is so enduring and the movie so powerful. 

197: Shatner in Space (Now on Amazon!!)

Mike watches the Amazon show Shatner in space and finds proof of life. 

196: The Wrath of Khan (Part 1) - Everything WRONG with the movie!

Mike starts his 6 part series on the GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME by examining some of the things that the movie could have done better. 

195: Star Trek: Prodigy Thoughts

Mike has watched the first three episodes of a show called "Star Trek: Prodigy."

194: Bill Shatner in Space

Mike talks about William Shatner's trip on the BLue Origins rocket, man. 

193: Star Trek Lyrics - A Deep Dive

Mike breaks down the lyrics to the original series theme song. 

192: Convention Report and Mike in the Void

Mike explains why he's not been podcasting lately. Plus! The non-Star Trek convention he visited!

191: Best Trek: The RPG ' "Tale's End"

The stunning conclusion to our first season RPG!

190: Jerry Books a Conference Room for the Xindi at the Ramada Inn

Mike watched the Season 3 Episode of Enterprise "The Xinidi" and had a lot of questions about the person who had to book a meeting room that needed a viewing tank!

189: TOS Episode - "The Gamesters of Triskellion"!

Mike and The Doctor (Kim Miller) are transported to a trinary star system to talk about this second season episode! 

188: TOS episode - "The Ultimate Computer"

Mike and The Doctor (Kim Miller) examine the height differences between William Shatner and William Marshall in this classic Trek episode!

187: Best Trek: The RPG - "The Fishbowl Connection"

The marooned crew of the valiant USS Somerville must attempt survival on a mostly water planet. But it is not on what is on the surface that is their biggest problem...

186: Best Trek: The RPG - "The Hibachi Maru"

The crew of the USS Somerville is attacked by a strange creature. Our heroes are presented with the horrible choices of who lives and dies. PLUS! The Doctor© (Kim Miller) sits in for this episode!

185: Star Trek: Discard - A Mike Rant about Picard!

Mike gets riled up (again), this time over a Hollywood Reporter interview with Star Trek Picard and Strange New Worlds writer, Akiva Goldman. 

184: Trek RPG - Romulan Restrooms!

The RPG quest on the Dragon's Tail continues! What happens when the crew discovers a Romulan Space Station?

183: Star Trek RPG - "Save Us"

Another FANTASTIC episode of the Best Trek© RPG system. This week the crew of the Somerville encounter a strange distress signal from a Federation ship lost years ago! But when they arrive, they find a strange Earth street with the crew of the ship, scared for their lives of "The Code!"

182: RPG ep4 - Memory Beta

The BEST Star Trek Role Play Game Continues! The steadfast crew of the USS Somerville continue their mission to the end of "The Dragon's Tail." But when they find themselves on a planet where memories are key to success, find themselves redefining who they are, they were, and will be!

180: All Stop! A Star Trek Mini Mystery!

Mike zeroes in on one character from the TNG episode "Redemption, Part 2" and discovers a startling connection between helmsman!

181: Our Star Trek RPG: "Thereby Hangs the Tail!"

The Human (RPG) Adventure is Just Begining!  Mike Trek Masters another episode of the hugely popular Best Trek RPG that HE created. Our four ensigns find themselves with a choice of assignments. Will they pick the right one?!

179: Star Trek RPG Finale!

The stunning (?) conclusion of our amazing (!) Role Playing Game! "To Know Not What We May Be!"

178: Mike Makes a Star Trek RPG! No, really!

Mike decides to rope friends of the pod Jason, Tony, Duncan and Kitt into a Star Trek Role Playing Game of his own creation! It's as is Q was really into saving throws!

177: Where No Mike has gone Before!

Mike celebrates (??) his 177th episode (longer than TNG) by driving around the valley in his Kia Soul, on a prolonged rant. 

176: Oh, Shit! - A Discovery scene Deep Dive!

Mike unpacks one scene from the Discovery episode, "There is a Tide..."  Warning! Lots of shit goes down in this one!

175: Pike's Paramount Plus Promo (Plus Picard)!!

Mike does a DEEP DIVE into the new Paramount+ commercials, featuring Captain Pike, Mr. Spock, and Dora the Explorer. 

174: Disco Season 3, Eps 6 & 7!

Mike is joined by Friends of the Pod Andy Lowe and Aaron Moles to discuss Discovery episodes 6, "Scavengers" and 7, "Unification III" 

173: Disco Season 3, Eps 3, 4, & 5!! Mega Review!

Mike is joined by Temporal Agent Tony Caselli to help him catch up to the season. They breakdown their thoughts on episode 3, "People of Earth," 4, "Forget me Not" and then do a deeper dive on ep 5, "Die Trying"

172: Disco Season 3, Ep2 - "Spider-man: Far From Home"

Mike tries something different this episode, recapping it BACKWARDS. He starts at the end and works his way to the start. WILL IT WORK?!!

171: Disco Season 3, Ep 1 - "That Hope is You"

Mike, Andy Lowe, Jason, and Matt "Stompie" Thompson reflect on the return of Discovery. 

170: Why "These Are the Voyages," is actually the BEST Trek episode...EVER!

Mike explores the controversial Enterprise series finale and in ripping it apart makes a startling discovery!

169: Star Trek 4: Cancelled! Mike's Plan to Save it!

Paramount is denying that they've killed all of the potential Star Trek movies, but Mike has a BOLD idea on how to save the franchise!

168: Deep Dive - Return to Tomorrow

"Risk is our business!" Mike takes a look at the second season TOS episode that hosts one of the most iconic speeches in Star Trek. Does it hold up? 

167: The Tholian Web

Mike tackles an entire universe, plunging himself into interphasic space for his deep dive on "The Tholian Web." This episode can also be watched on our fabulous Facebook page!

166: Return to Iowa!

Mike and Duncan reminisce about their epic trip 4 years ago to Riverside, Iowa the future birthplace of James T. Kirk. Note: Mike and Duncan check out a lot of photos and videos. If you want to watch the Zoom recording, head over to our Facebook page. 

165: Devil in the Dark

Mike digs into this classic episode in a time when the unknown seems a constant threat.

164: TNG - The Neutral Zone

Mike takes on the slightly schizophrenic first season finale, "The Neutral Zone."  

163: Operation - Annihilate! Deep Dive!

Let's shine a light on this episode!

162: Star Trek Memories

In the midst of a lockdown, Mike thinks back on his favorite Star Trek moments in his life. 

161: Picard's Finale

Mike, The Doctor (Kim Miller) and Matt Stompie Thompson hold a Zoom session to go over their thoughts of this season of Picard. 

160: Picard - "Nepenthe" or Burnt Tomatoes!

Mike finds his new favorite line of the entire franchise. 

159: Picard - "The Impossible Box"

Mike dissects episode #6 of Star Trek: "The Impossible Box." He also makes several dubious assertions about himself, and the show. 

158: Picard eps 4-5, from Las Vegas!

Mike and his son Kiernan break down episodes four "Absolute Candor" and five, "Stardust City Rag." Kiernan goes on the offensive with many issues with the show, while Mike takes a more leisurely view. PLUS! Mike and Kiernan visit the remains of the Star Trek Experience at the Westgate hotel. Check out the Star Trek Experience video on our Facebook Page!

157: Picard eps 1-2: Some Learned Musings...

While the entire Pod Team tackled Star Trek: Picard's first two episodes on a live Facebook broadcast, Mike separates the saucer section to add a few deeper dives. Check out our DOPE ASS FACEBOOK PAGE!

156: I, Borg. I Reconsider.

With the return of Hugh the Borg on the new Picard Series, Mike watches the divisive TNG episode "I, Borg" to see if he's changed his opinion about it, 28 years later. Check out our dope Facebook page!