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Animals
X-Treks - November 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hourDoes your favorite sci-fi show have an episode where mankind struggles with it's relationship to other animals whether they be invisible, alien, or intangible? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Arena" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episodes "Fearful Symmetry". Tigers...
Toxic Masculinity
X-Treks - November 12, 2021 11:00 - 1 hourDoes your favorite sci-fi show have an episode where the men are just like... the worst? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Is The In Truth No Beauty?" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Mulder And Scully Meet The Weremonster." Join Stella and Erin as they UGH and BL...
Body Swap
X-Treks - October 29, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourDoes your favorite sci-fi show have an episode where characters undergo a mental transference and trade physical forms with someone else? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Return To Tomorrow," and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episodes "Dreamland 1 & 2." For real this time!...
Ret-Con-A-Rama!
X-Treks - October 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourDoes your favorite sci-fi show have an episode that attempts to retroactively fix something within it's universe's continuity, or create an issue that needs to be fixed later? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Errand Of Mercy" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episodes "Jo...
Ghosts!
X-Treks - October 01, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourDoes your favorite sci-fi show have an episode where spectral entities or unseen forces haunt and taunt the main characters? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "The Tholian Web," and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "How The Ghosts Stole Christmas." Join Stella and Erin ...
Shapeshifter
X-Treks - September 17, 2021 10:30 - 1 hourDoes your favorite sci-fi show have an episode where villains use tricks of the eye or change their physical forms to fool the unsuspecting heroes? For Stella Cheeks, it's (kind of) the Star Trek TOS episode "Mudd's Women," and for Erin Cline, it's (maybe) the X-Files episodes "Terms Of Endearm...
Eugenics!
X-Treks - September 03, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourDoes your favorite sci-fi show have an episode where doctors or dictators dabble in DNA debauchery? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Space Seed," and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Eve." It's season 2 of X-Treks, and it starts with two tales of ribosomal rumbles! ...
Unofficial Channels
X-Treks - September 01, 2021 12:24 - 51 minutesPlease enjoy the first episode of our very real, totally not a joke, podcast - Unofficial Channels. As a result of X-Treks, Stella has a new tsunami level thirst for Mitch Pileggi. Unfortunately, he's not in every X-Files episode they watch, so consider Unofficial Channels a thirst triage! Nor...
X-Treks Season Two Trailer
X-Treks - August 22, 2021 05:00 - 3 minutesErin Cline & Stella Cheeks are back for X-Treks season two. The beliefs are bolder, the truth is seekier and the ships are PROUD and LOUD. Buckle up and bring a friend. It's going to be a wild ride! --- About the podcast: Erin Cline and Stella Cheeks have been friends for over a decade...
X-Treks X-Tra: X-Files Season One
X-Treks - August 13, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutesWhat's it like to watch an entire season of a show in order after you've only ever seen 20 random episodes? Will it change your perspective of the show? Or is your gut instinct right? For this between season X-Treks X-Tra episode, Erin and Bobby gave Stella the green light to watch X-Files sea...
X-Treks X-Tra: Star Trek (2009)
X-Treks - July 16, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourWhat's the worst version of your favorite tv show, and how can you convince your friend to hate it with you? For this between season X-Treks X-Tra episode, Erin and Stella watch the movie Star Trek (2009) and discuss how something as clever as an alternate Star Trek TOS universe could have gon...
Season 1 Wrap-Up!
X-Treks - June 11, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourIt's our season 1 retrospective episode! Join Erin, Stella, and Bobby as we look back on our journey through season 1 of X-Treks in which two old friends share their favorite sci-fi shows with one another for the first time ever! We reminisce over all we've seen and learned while hinting t...
The Favorite
X-Treks - May 28, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourWhat's your FAVORITE episode of your favorite sci-fi TV show (that your friend hasn't seen yet)? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "A Piece Of The Action," and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "The Goldberg Variation." Grab your heater and count yourself lucky with ...
Surprise Siblings
X-Treks - May 14, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourDoes your favorite sci-fi show have an episode where one of the main characters gets reunited with a long-lost or even a previously unknown sibling? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Operation -- Annihilate!" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episodes "Colony" and "Endgame"...
Alternate Universe
X-Treks - April 30, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourDoes your favorite TV show have an episode that takes it's characters into a parallel dimension where everything you thought you knew has changed? For Stella Cheeks, that's the Star Trek TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "The Lost Art of The Forehead Sw...
It's Magic!
X-Treks - April 16, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourWhat episode of your favorite sci-fi TV show also brings in an element of the mystical, fantastical, or just blatantly theatrical art of magic to the forefront? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Catspaw," and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "The Amazing Maleeni." C...
War Is Bad!
X-Treks - April 02, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourWhat episode of your favorite sci-fi TV show properly illustrates the horrors of humanoid military conflict? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "A Taste of Armageddon" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Kitten." Lopsided in title, yes, but not in social commentary! ...
Through The Looking Glass
X-Treks - March 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourWhich episode from your favorite TV show gives a sense of altered reality and perspective? (Or just references Alice In Wonderland directly and also rules?) For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Shore Leave" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Monday." It's two top-t...
NASA Sh*t
X-Treks - March 05, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourSpace...the final frontier... it's out there. Which episode of your favorite show depicts the exploration and impact of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "The Changeling" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Space." (...
Complete Mayhem!
X-Treks - February 19, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourWhat's the episode of your favorite show in which EVERYTHING goes completely batcrap crazy? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "The Naked Time" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Fight Club." Swords, songs, sewers, and submissions! Grab an extra scoop of ice cream ...
That Didn't Age Well
X-Treks - February 05, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourHave an episode of your favorite show that doesn't quite stand the test of time or societal progress? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "The Paradise Syndrome," and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Excelsis Dei." Can the X-Trekkers find the joy and love in these tr...
I Ship It
X-Treks - January 22, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourWhat episode of your favorite TV show shows your One True Pairing truly pairing? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Amok Time" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Triangle." It's ships on ships on spaceships and sea ships! Subtitle: (Men Grunting) ...
GIF Pick
X-Treks - January 08, 2021 05:30 - 1 hourEven seen a gif from a tv show your friend loves and wondered about the context? For Stella Cheeks, it's Mulder falling off his chair from the X-Files episode "Small Potatoes," and for Erin Cline, it's Captain Kirk's wide-eyed surprise face from Star Trek TOS episode "Turnabout Intruder." Wh...
Underrated
X-Treks - December 25, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourWhich episode of your favorite TV show would you say is underrated to the whole of it's fandom? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "The Galileo Seven" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Sunshine Days" Will these oft overlook episodes prove charming to a new viewer...
Underrated
X-Treks - December 25, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourWhich episode of your favorite TV show would you say is an undiscovered gem? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "The Galileo Seven" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Sunshine Days." Will these oft overlook episodes prove charming to a new viewer, or will they fly ...
Heavy-Handed Philosophy
X-Treks - December 11, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourWhat episode of your favorite TV show gets way too deep? Weighty ideas and sci-fi go hand-in-hand; it's so hard to choose just one! For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Musings Of A Cigarette Smokin...
Treat Yo Self!
X-Treks - November 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourWhat episode of your favorite TV show do you watch when you want a sweet sci-fi treat? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "The Trouble With Tribbles" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Hollywood A.D." Will the X-Trekkers enjoy one another's offerings for this self...
Banned & Controversial
X-Treks - November 13, 2020 06:30 - 1 hourDoes your favorite TV show have an episode that was notable for being banned from being re-run because of it's content? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Plato's Stepchildren" and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Home." Will the X-Trekkers flee in the face of these ...
Misunderstood Monsters
X-Treks - October 30, 2020 05:30 - 1 hourYour favorite sci-fi series probably has a ton of cool scary monsters and aliumbs, and sure, most of them are evil incarnate, but what about the misunderstood ones? The monsters that just need a little human compassion? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Horta in the Star Trek TOS episode "The Devil ...
The Worst
X-Treks - October 16, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourWhat's the WORST episode of your favorite TV show? For Stella Cheeks, it's the Star Trek TOS episode "Miri," and for Erin Cline, it's the X-Files episode "Gender Bender." Join our X-Trekkers in discussing the biggest missteps in these beloved franchises as they work to better understand what...
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