Synthaholics: A Star Trek Podcast
245 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsSynthaholics is a group for friends that love to talk about Star Trek, that started with David Duncan and Aaron O'Brian. Over time our little Star Trek podcast family has grown with the addition of Guy Davis. We look to bring you a weekly highly irreverent, somewhat comedic and yet clearly passionate take on all things Star Trek! So what are you waiting for click download for your weekly shot of Star Trek!
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Episode 185: Real Life
October 16, 2018 07:15 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBEpisode 185: Real Life This week on Synthaholics David and Aaron discuss the Star Trek Voyager episode Real Life. Unfortunately Holly was not feeling well this week and unable to join us. But before we get into the voyager episode we talk a little Discovery news and about our expectations for season two. We quickly discover that Real Life is one of Aaron least favorite episodes of Star Trek. While David doesn’t love the episode he is able to find more redeeming qualities in the episode. Af...
Episode 184: I Borg
October 09, 2018 07:39 - 1 hour - 27.4 MBEpisode 184: I Borg The three Synthaholics are back on their regular schedule and no audio issues! This week they discuss I Borg from the 5th season of Star Trek The Next Generation. Before we get into the episode discussion we have some Star Trek Discovery news. At NYCC the second trailer for Star Trek Discovery dropped and we were all pretty blown away by it. Robbie from The Nerdynomicon Podcast joins us to discuss the trailer before beaming out. The first Short Trek Runaway is out a...
Episode 183: The Muse
October 02, 2018 07:31 - 1 hour - 27.4 MBEpisode 183: The Muse Aaron, Holly, and David are back this week to discuss the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode The Muse! It’s been a month but we are all back in the recording booth again. Due to technical difficulties our news segment and the beginning of the recap are missing. Luckily the majority of the show is intact and the important philosophical discussions about long life and moderate success vs short life and mind blowing success is all there. This episode surprised us as it w...
Episode 182: Ender’s Game
September 18, 2018 07:41 - 1 hour - 39.6 MBEpisode 182: Ender’s Game Michael Vine joins Aaron O’Brian and Holly Michelle Vine to discuss the Sci-fi film and novel Ender’s Game! David was at RocCon so Aaron takes the reigns this week. Ender’s Game is the first book in a sci-fi series from the 80’s that was made into movie in 2013. Aaron and Holly break down the movie and discuss the similarities and differences between the book and the film adaptation. Michael chimes in to give his takes on the military aspects of the film. Aaron al...
Episode 181: In a Mirror, Darkly
September 04, 2018 03:59 - 1 hour - 31.7 MBEpisode 181: In a Mirror, Darkly Last week Holly had some burning questions about the Tholians, so Aaron and David join Holly and we take a look at the next time we see the Tholians “In a Mirror, Darkly”! Before we get into the episode Aaron has some news from the Star Trek Discovery cast fresh out of Fan Expo. “In a Mirror, Darkly” is a two part episode in Star Trek Enterprise’s fourth season. In this two parter we find out what happens with the Defiant after it was lost in interphasic s...
Episode 180: The Tholian Web
August 28, 2018 07:21 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBEpisode 180: The Tholian Web Aaron, Holly, and David are all together this week to talk about the TOS episode The Tholian Web. But before we get into the episode discussion Aaron has some news about how Star Trek Discovery basically plagiarized the indie video game Tardigrade. The Tholian Web has the unfortunate circumstances of being part of the third season of Star Trek. While neither a great episode or a terrible episode this episode has in a way had greatness thrust upon it. As The Tho...
Episode 179: Heroes and Demons
August 21, 2018 07:15 - 1 hour - 24.2 MBEpisode 179: Heroes and Demons As promised last week Aaron and David are back to discuss the Star Trek Voyager episode Heroes and Demons. Before we get into the episode we talk the Star Trek Discovery news that Spock has been cast and the potential names for new Star Trek shows! In Heroes and Demons the Doctor has to bravely go to the Holodeck to find out what happened to Harry, Chakotay, and Tuvok. Funny thing Aaron and David both remember this episode differently before rewatching. The e...
Episode 178: Synthaholics Short
August 14, 2018 07:28 - 39 minutes - 16.8 MBEpisode 178: Synthaholics Short Aaron is on vacation and Holly is away, David is alone but the show must go on! Holly and David recorded some audio before we recorded Episode 169 of the podcast to use on a rainy day. The rainy day has come! To supplement the unused audio David turned to a Facebook live chat to get a few ideas. So before we get to the unused audio David briefly talks about two of the topics mentioned in the chat, why are there no superheroes in Star Trek and my thoughts on ...
Episode 177: Be Right Back
August 07, 2018 09:38 - 1 hour - 32 MBEpisode 177: Be Right Back Holly Michelle is back this week to talk with Aaron and David about the Black Mirror Episode Be Right Back. Now don't turn to a different podcast just yet! We very specifically picked this episode because if you listened to last week's episode this episode fits in thematically to the discussion we had last week! Be Right Back deals with grief and what that does to a person. It also confronts what if our personalities were put into a robot and will that be eno...
Episode 176: Spotting Dax
July 31, 2018 08:01 - 56 minutes - 22.2 MBEpisode 176: Spotting Dax Who’s a character we haven't really spent a ton of time talking about? Well that would be Jadzia Dax! We feel like this character was underutilized and so our doing our first Spotting Dax Episode. This week we look briefly at the Star Trek Deep Space Nine pilot Emissary before jumping into the first Dax centric episode called…. you guessed Dax. Not really any news to talk this week but we do discuss what it may be like to live on in another body humanoid or otherw...
Episode 175: Time’s Arrow Featuring Jeff Heller
July 24, 2018 07:38 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBEpisode 175: Time’s Arrow Featuring Jeff Heller Aaron and David welcome Jeff Heller, of Film Dumpster, to the show to discuss the Star Trek TNG two parter Time’s Arrow. Before we get into the episode discussion Jeff talks to us about Film Dumpster and what they do there. San Diego Comic Con was this past week so we talk the trailers for Star Trek Discovery and The Orville season 2. Jeff is a big fan of time travel so Time’s Arrow was a great episode to talk about. In this episode the crew ...
Episode 174: Who Watches the Watchers?
July 17, 2018 21:13 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBEpisode 174: Who Watches the Watchers? David Duncan is off this week! So Aaron has the keys to the podcast. Will Aaron crash podcast into a ravine? In this thrilling ride Aaron is joined this episode with Robbie Palmer from the Nerdynomicon. Together they discuss Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Who Watches the Watchers?". Robbie & Aaron talk about their love for Twin Peaks and the actor Ray Wise. As they deconstruct this episode the topics of the Prime Directive, Ray Wise and Religi...
Episode 173: Dear Doctor
July 10, 2018 08:04 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBEpisode 173: Dear Doctor After our fun filled episode last week it’s time to get serious, Aaron and David are back to discuss the Star Trek Enterprise episode “Dear Doctor”. “Dear Doctor” is a Phlox centered episode where he is asked to create a cure for the Valakians a race dying of a genetic disease. The Valakians cohabits their planet peacefully with another humanoid race called the Menk. Phlox ends up believing the Menk should be given a chance to thrive and with cure in hand he convin...
Episode 172: Empok Nor (Featuring Dutchess and Kirk)
July 03, 2018 08:11 - 1 hour - 30.4 MBEpisode 172: Empok Nor (Featuring Dutchess and Kirk) Aaron and David welcome our friends Dutchess and Kirk to discuss the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode Empok Nor. We met Dutchess and Kirk at the Nickel City Con back in May and discovered Star Trek was a common interest. The Star Trek news we discuss this week is that Patrick Stuart is in talks to voice Picard in an animated Star Trek tv show. At hearing this news David has a change of heart about the possibilities of a potential new an...
Episode 171: The Ballad of Thomas Riker
June 26, 2018 07:54 - 1 hour - 26.3 MBEpisode 171: The Ballad of Thomas Riker What happens when transporter accidents don't kill you? Aaron and David are here to recount the ballad of Thomas Riker. Some fates are worse than death, like being stuck alone for 8 years to find out that you actually did make it out. You could also be pining for a woman for 8 years just to find out she only wants to be friends. Or you could steal the most advanced federation warship and then turn yourself over to the Cardassians to work the rest of ...
Episode 170: The Practical Joker and Emails
June 19, 2018 07:28 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBEpisode 170: The Practical Joker and Emails Aaron and David discuss the Star Trek animated series episode “The Practical Joker”. This week we also received two new emails and we read and answer both after the recap and discussion of “The Practical Joker.” But before we get to “The Practical Joker” we discuss the Star Trek Discovery news that the showrunners Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts have been fired by CBS and are now longer working on Star Trek Discovery. Alex Kurtzman will be taki...
Episode 169: Hope and Fear
June 13, 2018 08:17 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBEpisode 169: Hope and Fear Holly Michelle is back joining David and Aaron on a discussion of the Star Trek Voyager season four finale “Hope and Fear”! This week there isn’t much news but we do have a long listener email that we do read and respond to this episode. This episode is one of the few Star Trek season finales that aren't set up to be a mid season cliffhanger. In “Hope and Fear” Ray Wise guest stars as Arturis an alien who claims to be a walking universal translator. Arturis h...
Episode 168: Dixon Hill
June 06, 2018 09:00 - 53 minutes - 19.7 MBEpisode 168: Dixon Hill This week Aaron and David discuss the comings and goings of Picard’s favorite Holodeck character Dixon Hill! We were surprised to only find four times where Picard steps into the role of Dixon Hill. The first and most substantial appearance of the character was in The Next Generation season one episode “The Big Goodbye”. Dixon Hill also shows up in the season two episode “Manhunt” the season four episode “Clues” and probably makes the most memorable appearance in th...
Episode 167: Solo - A Synthanomicon Story
May 30, 2018 08:22 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBEpisode 167: Solo - A Synthanomicon Story **Warning** This episode contains spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story This week David from Synthaholics and Robbie from The Nerdynomicon team up to talk Solo A Star Wars Story. This episode will appear on both of our podcast channels we are each editing the way we normally would. But this is very much a combined episode were we do our best to merge the styles of both of our shows for you! Once we work our way through Solo we get into talking som...
Episode 166: Nickel City Con 2018
May 22, 2018 04:01 - 1 hour - 35.3 MBEpisode 166: Nickel City Con 2018 Last week we mentioned we could be at Nickel City Con and we had a fantastic time at the con this past weekend. Aaron ran the Numina Comics table and David was a roamer when he wasn't moderating panels with Barbara Eden, Frank Cho, and Lori Petty. We didn’t speak to as many guests and vendors this year as past years. David did run into Jeff who has been on past comic con episodes and our Balance of Terror episode. David also got to talk to the Angry Video ...
Episode 165: HollyMichelle on Discovery Part 2
May 15, 2018 15:57 - 2 hours - 46.5 MBEpisode 165: HollyMichelle on Discovery Part 2 HollyMichelle has finished Star Trek Discovery so it’s time for Aaron and David to get her thoughts on episodes seven through fifteen! Before we get started we wanted to let you know that Aarron and I along with some of our past guests will be doing a podcast panel at the Nickel City Con in Buffalo. Aaron will be at his Numina Comics table and David will be floating around the con. HollyMIchelle has some very fascinating thoughts on Discovery ...
Episode 165: HollyMichelle on Discovery Part 2
May 15, 2018 15:55Episode 165: HollyMichelle on Discovery Part 2 HollyMichelle has finished Star Trek Discovery so it’s time for Aaron and David to get her thoughts on episodes seven through fifteen! Before we get started we wanted to let you know that Aarron and I along with some of our past guests will be doing a podcast panel at the Nickel City Con in Buffalo. Aaron will be at his Numina Comics table and David will be floating around the con. HollyMIchelle has some very fascinating thoughts on Discovery ...
Episode 164: Demons of Terra Prime
May 08, 2018 08:51 - 1 hour - 33.5 MBEpisode 164: Demons of Terra Prime HollyMichelle is back this week joining Aaron and David to talk about the Star Trek Enterprise episodes Demons and Terra Prime. But first we talk some Star Trek Movie news and some Avengers Infinity War Spoilers so be warned! Demons and Terra Prime are the two episodes the come right before the series finale of Enterprise. In a way these episodes could of been a more satisfying ending to the show. We discuss this as well the other heavy implications the e...
Episode 163: Captain Foley’s Enterprise incident
May 01, 2018 18:45 - 1 hour - 24.3 MBEpisode 163: Captain Foley’s Enterprise incident Captain Foley of Trekyards joins Aaron and David this week to discuss the Star Trek original series episode The Enterprise Incident. Before we get into the episode breakdown and discussion we talk about the Star Trek Discovery Season 2 production video as well as the news on the Star Trek movie that has been greenlit. The Enterprise Incident is one of Captain Foley’s favorite episodes and we have a great discussion with him about it. David a...
Episode 162: HollyMichelle on Discovery Part 1
April 24, 2018 07:23 - 52 minutes - 21.1 MBEpisode 162: HollyMichelle on Discovery Part 1 Last week HollyMichelle had just one episode of Star Trek Discovery under her belt this week she has seen up to episode 6 Lethe. So David and Aaron decided to get her take on Discovery now that he has made it just over one third of the way into the show. Last week HollyMichelle posted a video along with needed words for a Star Trek Themed madlib to our Facebook Group. It hasn’t been completed yet so we did our own madlib and started the show w...
Episode 161: DS9 The House of Quark
April 17, 2018 14:52 - 1 hour - 27.6 MBEpisode 161: DS9 The House of Quark This week Holly Michelle joins Aaron and David to talk the Star Trek Deep Space Nine Episode House of Quark. Before we get into the episode we have some Star Trek Discovery news. Anson Mount Black Bolt himself has been cast as Christopher Pike for Season two of Star Trek Discovery. We also got strange news with next to no explanation that the enterprise had to be 25% due to “legal reasons”. We all found this to sound pretty suspect. Our house of Quark di...
Episode 160: The Prime Directive Part 5 VOY Era
April 03, 2018 07:27 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBSynthaholics Episode 160: The Prime Directive Part 5 VOY Era Aaron and David are back once again to discuss The Prime Directive. It's the last time we swear! (for now anyway) Before we get into the prime directive we have a listener email and we thought we’d let you know Synthaholics Podcast has just turned three years old! Thank you to those that have been with us since the beginning! Last time we started on the Voyager era of prime directive breaks and this week we finish out Star Trek V...
Episode 159: The Prime Directive Part 4 DS9/VOY Era
March 28, 2018 00:47 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBEpisode 159: The Prime Directive Part 4 DS9/VOY Era How much do you love the rules? The boys are back again to dive back into the Prime Directive. This week we move into the TNG films, Deep Space Nine, and we start on the very long list that is Voyager! But before we get into this weeks topic Aaron and David discuss the Star Trek Discover deleted scene that was revealed at Wondercon this Past weekend. Once we get into the Voyager episodes Aaron has something very important he needs to gets...
Episode 158: The Prime Directive Part 3 TNG Era
March 20, 2018 07:55 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBEpisode 158: The Prime Directive Part 3 TNG Era Are you ready for more prime directive? Well we hope the answer is yes because we are moving The Prime Directive discussion into the TNG era this week! This week we get into classic episodes such as “Justice”, “Pen Pals”, “Who Watches the Watchers”, “First Contact”, “Homeward”, and many others! For the most part we thought TNG would be much clearer examples of break or not break in The Prime Directive. But there were a few we definitely got i...
Episode 157: The Prime Directive Part 2 TOS Era
March 13, 2018 07:47 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBEpisode 157: The Prime Directive Part 2 TOS Era Aaron and David are back to once again talk about the Prime Directive.The last time we spoke about the prime directive we gave a general overview and tried to highlight some of the possible sub orders. This week we get into the specific instances of the prime directive being broken during the TOS Era. We talk about classic episodes such as “A Taste for Armageddon”, “Errand of Mercy”, “Mirror, Mirror”, and many others! We hope you enjoy our s...
Episode 156: Star Trek DS9 Visionary
March 06, 2018 08:19 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBEpisode 156: Star Trek DS9 Visionary This week on Synthaholics we discuss the Star Trek DS9 Visionary! Visionary is a third season episode that features yet again the suffering of one Chief O’Brien. Aaron and David have a great time getting into this Deep Space Nine episode that we both haven’t seen in quite a while. We love how everyone is so cool with the random time travel that happens. The O’Brien’s suffering is turned up a notch this episode as he dies 3 times! We hope you enjoy this ...
Episode 155: Larry Nemecek "Dr. Trek" Returns
February 27, 2018 08:34 - 1 hour - 40.3 MBEpisode 155: Larry Nemecek "Dr. Trek" Returns Larry Nemecek “Dr. Trek” Returns to talk some Star Trek with Aaron and David. About five weeks ago Larry started his new Star Trek Podcast the Trek Files and he gives us the low down on his new show. We discuss the current state of Star Trek and we get Larry’s take on the current hot topic Star Trek Discovery. Larry worked on Star Trek Continues and we ask him about the two part finale and his involvement towards the end of Star Trek Continues....
Episode 154: Star Trek Discovery Roundtable with Trekyards
February 20, 2018 18:25 - 1 hour - 36.7 MBEpisode 154: Star Trek Discovery Roundtable with Trekyards This week Aaron and David welcome Captain Foley and Commander Cockings of the Trekyards YouTube channel for a Star Trek Discovery Roundtable discussion! We all have had a week to digest and ponder the whole first season of Star Trek Discovery and have come together to discuss our thoughts and feelings on the show. As this episode is roundtable style its a bit more laid back and more conversational. It was great discussing the Disco...
Episode 153: Star Trek Discovery Will You Take My Hand
February 12, 2018 19:54 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBSynthaholics Episode 153: Star Trek Discovery Will You Take My Hand The end is nigh, this week Aaron and David discuss the Star Trek Discovery season finale Will You Take My Hand. This episode brings us to the close of the Klingon War in an unexpected way. Will You Take My Hand is full of some fantastic character moments and the whole cast really brings it this episode. This episode has a great surprise guest actor who’s popped up in Star Trek before, that was such a joy to see. Michaels a...
Episode 152: Star Trek Discovery The War Without, The War Within
February 05, 2018 21:30 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBEpisode 152: Star Trek Discovery The War Without, The War Within Aaron and David are back to discuss the latest Star Trek Discovery Episode The War Without, The War Within. The Discovery has jumped back from the Mirror Universe nine months into the future. The klingons are winning the war, the federation has lost one third of its fleet. So now in the federations most desperate hour it’s time to play mushroom farmville. Discovery needs it’s spores to go on an insane mission in next week's s...
Episode 151: Star Trek Discovery What’s Past Is Prologue
January 29, 2018 19:01 - 1 hour - 24.3 MBEpisode 151: Star Trek Discovery What’s Past Is Prologue Aaron and David discuss the latest Star Trek Discovery Episode What’s Past is Prologue. Mirror Lorca is free and sets his crew free so can make his move against Emperor Georgiou. The USS Discovery is warping into a trap and Michael is wanted alive by her former captain. With Stamets now awake the crew of the USS Discovery learns that the ISS Charon is what is causing damage to the mycelium network and is potential an unwitting the ul...
Synthaholics Episode 150: Star Trek Discovery Vaulting Ambition with Anjelle
January 22, 2018 22:02 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBSynthaholics Episode 150: Star Trek Discovery Vaulting Ambition with Anjelle This week our friend Anjelle joins Aaron and David to discuss Star Trek Discovery Vaulting Ambition! For our third week straight we are in the mirror universe. Vaulting Ambition was a very fun episode but It took us through a few twists some we saw coming and some that we did not see. While the jaunt to the mirror universe has been interesting both Aaron and David hope next week's episode will take us back to the ...
Episode 149: Star Trek Discovery The Wolf Inside
January 15, 2018 21:54 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBEpisode 149: Star Trek Discovery The Wolf Inside Aaron and David this week talk the latest Star Trek Discovery Episode The Wolf Inside. But first we have a bit of news first our YouTube channel has hit the 100 subscriber milestone that has us excited. Then secondly the big news is that Viacom and CBS are in talk to merge. This is an extremely exciting development and we discuss the possibilities this could open up. The Wolf Inside feels very much like a bridge episode to next week's episod...
Episode 148: Star Trek Discovery Despite Yourself with Captain Foley
January 09, 2018 18:58 - 1 hour - 24.3 MBSynthaholics Episode 148: Star Trek Discovery Despite Yourself with Captain Foley Captain Foley of Trekyards joins Aaron and David this week to discuss the latest episode Star Trek Discovery, Despite Yourself. Despite Yourself sends the crew of the USS Discovery to the Mirror Universe and things awesome. We know the wait hasn’t been that long for this episode but it really feels like it. We are so glad Captain Foley could join us for Discovery’s return because we had a feeling this would b...
Synthaholics Episode 147: USS Callister
January 02, 2018 04:19 - 1 hour - 26.7 MBSynthaholics Episode 147: USS Callister It’s 2018 and we are back. Discovery returns in less then a week, and before we jump back into that we thought it would be fun to talk about the latest homage/parody of Star Trek with USS Callister the first episode of the latest season of Black Mirror. Aaron and David are big fans for Black Mirror and so we had a great time getting to discuss a Black Mirror episode for the podcast and it’s so much fun that it is an episode with strong ties to Star T...
Synthaholics Episode 146: Knerds of the Round Table: Star Wars The Last Jedi
December 18, 2017 18:26 - 1 hour - 34.4 MBSynthaholics Episode 146: Knerds of the Round Table: Star Wars The Last Jedi The Knerds of the Round Table are back after a long break to discuss the Star Wars the Last Jedi. Warning this podcast contains MASSIVE SPOILERS for Star Wars The Last Jedi, so listen at your own risk. However we do give our non spoiler reactions first before diving into deep spoiler territory. Knerds of the Round Table a collaboration of epic proportions as members of Synthaholics, Back Issues Comic Book Podcast,...
Synthaholics Episode 145: The Prime Directive Part 1
December 11, 2017 16:37 - 1 hour - 25.9 MBSynthaholics Episode 145: The Prime Directive Part 1 After talking about Ransom and Janeway both admitted to bending the prime directive last week. Aaron pitched the idea of talking about the prime directive. We thought this was a great idea but we decided it was too big to cover in one go so we will be doing multiple episodes about the prime directive. This week we discuss the basics of what the prime directive is as well as some inconsistencies and exceptions to the rule. Specifically we...
Episode 144: Janeway, Ransom, and the Equinox
December 05, 2017 08:47 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBEpisode 144: Janeway, Ransom, and the Equinox This week we have a request to talk about the Star Trek Voyager Episode Equinox. This request came from the Synthaholics Facebook group around when Episode 4 of Star Trek Discovery aired. Comparisons were made between Captain Ransom and Lorca so we thought this would be a fun episode to touch on while Star Trek Discovery is still fresh in our minds. If you ever make contact with a green floating alien don't try to make fuel out of it! If you ar...
Episode 143: The Measure of a Man with Kipleigh Brown
November 27, 2017 21:02 - 1 hour - 35.3 MBSynthaholics Episode 143: The Measure of a Man with Kipleigh Brown Kipleigh Brown joins Aaron and David this week to talk the Star Trek The Next Generation episode The Measure of a Man. Kipleigh brings some fantastic quotes from the episode as well as some fascinating discussion points. Some of those point include deep discussion on robotics, artificial intelligence, and the double slit experiment. We hope you join us for a great discussion on one of the best episodes from the second seaso...
Synthaholics Episode 142: To Boldly Go When the Train Stops with Kipleigh Brown, Lisa Hansell and James Kerwin
November 20, 2017 16:14 - 1 hour - 23.2 MBSynthaholics Episode 142: To Boldly Go When the Train Stops with Kipleigh Brown, Lisa Hansell and James Kerwin This week we welcome Kipleigh Brown, Lisa Hansell, and James Kerwin to discus the Star Trek Continues Series finale To Boldly Go and the upcoming short film When the Train Stops! We had a great time talking with our guests about the passion and attention to detail that makes Star Trek Continues come alive, and how emotionally charged the series finale was. Last time James and Kipl...