Star Trek Universe

Star Trek Universe

Dave discusses the latest Star Trek series and news with lifelong friend Matt and introduces longtime friend Effie to classic series for the first time!

Episodes

New Unconnected Star Trek Film + Khan Canonicity, A Sisko Tease and... Pluribus!?

December 1, 2025 • 76 mins
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Matt and Dave are discussing the death of the Kelvinverse, Paramount's aborting of Simon Kinberg's Star Trek: Origin trilogy and the development of Goldstein and Daley's new supposedly unconnected Star Trek film! We're also talking about the canonicity of the podcast Star Trek: Khan, maman, as well as a tease about Captain Sisko for Starfleet Academy, and how Strange New Worlds is reigning it ...
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Star Trek 2x24 - "The Ultimate Computer" Review

November 28, 2025 • 43 mins
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I encounter the most advanced multitronic unit of the 23rd century: Richard Daystrom’s prototype M-5 computer. Otherwise known as Dick “Defense-Ain’t-Murder” Daystrom’s Destruction Device. We’ll get into this catalyst for Kirk’s existentialist nightmare, maman, and maybe even explain how this could have been the perfect series finale.

🎙 Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek The Original Series ...
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Star Trek 2x23 - "Patterns of Force" Review

November 19, 2025 • 44 mins
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I find ourselves in another earth-history contaminated culture as a matter of course. With Space Nazis, Space Jews and Patterns of Force.
We’ll get into John Gill and his misguided attempts at introducing Nazism with benign leadership in our review of Star Trek 2x23, "Patterns of Force".

🎙 Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek The Original Series 2×23 – “Patterns of Force”

👥 Hosts:
David C. Rober...
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Star Trek 2x22 - "Return to Tomorrow" Review

November 12, 2025 • 84 mins
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I learn that sometimes it’s best to let Sargons be bygones - especially when you meet douche bags with big ball energy who like to call ya “son”! Hide your Muldaurs and hide your Spocks, maman! They're snatchin' everybody out here!

As we continue our rewatch/first-watch of The Original Series, we find ourselves face-to-face with LIGHTS IN BALLS... or rather, the now-non-corporeal enti...
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Star Trek 2x21 - "By Any Other Name" Review

November 4, 2025 • 47 mins
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and Dave learn what a sensual thing an apology can be – and that if you drink too much ya might turn green, maman! Or your drink might, anyway. As we continue our rewatch/first-watch of The Original Series, we find ourselves face-to-face with the Kelvans, desperate to make it back home to their Andromeda galaxy -- but becoming human comes with weaknesses, maman! We're talking Star Trek 2...
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Star Trek 2x20 - "A Piece of the Action" Review

October 29, 2025 • 46 mins
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and Dave beam down to Sigma Iotia II — the planet that found a book about Chicago mobsters and decided to run with it! From fedoras to tommy guns, the Iotians built an entire society modeled after 1920s gangland culture, maman. Now the warring “bosses” want the Federation to supply them with heaters for their escalating turf war. It’s one of the funniest and most iconic episodes of The O...
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Starfleet Academy NYCC Trailer, Strange New Worlds Season 4 Clip, + United Updates

October 17, 2025 • 47 mins
We’re talking Starfleet Academy casting (Tilly's back, sorta) and premiere news, Strange New Worlds season 4’s “go for broke” energy, and the Star Trek: United series that might still be. Interesting news bits abound in the world of Trek, maman!

Starfleet Academy

  • Tilly is Reportedly Only in One Episode!
  • Details on Caleb Mir and S.A.M.
  • How They Changed the S.A.M. Character for Kerrice Brooks
  • Alex Kurtzman Praises Cast
  • New Trailer for ...
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Star Trek 2x19 - "The Immunity Syndrome" Review

October 16, 2025 • 65 mins
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I find ourselves dark place drained of energy, maman – I’m not talking about seasonal depression – We’re spending some time inside of a giant amoeba as we review Star Trek 2x19, "The Immunity Syndrome"!

Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek 2x19 - "The Immunity Syndrome"

Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek...
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Star Trek 2x18 - "Obsession" Review

October 9, 2025 • 67 mins
It takes a bloodthirsty captain to kill a bloodthirsty cloud, maman! We're talking all about Jim Kirk's obsession with a vampire cloud creature who killed half his crew 11 years ago! More Moby Dick, maman! Another cloud creature! Another vampire, too. This one is a triple-threat retread, maman!

Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek 2x18 - "Obsession"

Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders

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Star Trek 2x17 - "The Gamesters of Triskelion" Review

October 1, 2025 • 50 mins
Effie and Dave fight to be vended as thralls while wearing tin foil bikinis and getting eye-effed by Galt! Lord have mercy upon us, maman! It'll be no time before we're served the old Jim Kirk peck-n-punch! Or worse, his cock-n-sock!

Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek 2x17 - "The Gamesters of Triskelion"

Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders

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Star Trek 2x16 - "A Private Little War" Review

September 24, 2025 • 57 mins
Kirk brings the crew to a spot he visited before, but he expected paradise -- not a private little war! This is an uneven-but-fun episode to talk about, maman! We got G̶u̶m̶a̶t̶o̶, er, Mugato bites, a witch with a small, deadly box, wigs, Lisa Frank stickers on foreheads and a Vietnam redux, maman! It's a wild one!

Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek 2x16 - "A Private Little War"

Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders

Note: This episode of Sta...
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News: Strange New Worlds! Year One! Legacy! Scouts! The Paramount/WBD Merger!

September 21, 2025 • 102 mins
It's our 300th episode, maman! We're getting into all sorts of news!

Strange New Worlds
  • Goldsman and Myers' Thoughts on Rewriting History in "Terrarium"

  • Taking From "The Inner Light" for the finale was Intentional

  • Batel's Loss Will Impact Pike Forever

  • Pike Can't Escape His Fate

  • Batel's Eyes Were Not a Reference to Gary Mitchell

  • They are Done with the Gorn and the Vezda

  • They Thought ...
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Strange New Worlds 3x10 - "New Life and New Civilizations" Review

September 15, 2025 • 73 mins
They finally told an original story, maman -- or they started to before they were "inspired" by an episode of The Next Generation and did that instead. Alright, fine. It was the only part that actually worked.

Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x10 - "New Life and New Civilizations" 

Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star T...
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Strange New Worlds 3x09 - " Terrarium" Review

September 8, 2025 • 54 mins
Divert power to cliché, snarky one-liners, maman! Even in the face of death, and with no one listening, it's time to get in an old yuk-yuk! But ain't nobody laughing at the end, maman. It goes from tragic story to a tragic couple of missteps in franchise continuity! What are they doing, maman? 

Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x09 - "Terrarium" 

Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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Strange New Worlds 3x08 - "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" Review

September 1, 2025 • 38 mins
Yes, we watched it, maman. We saw "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans." Our tears are bitter, maman. Our souls are thin as to be wisped away by a wayward zephyr. We weep for our bodies are malnourished; our spirits are distressed. It is a dark age, maman. We require a bonfire of the inanities.

Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x08 - "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" 

Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

Note: This episode of Star Trek U...
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Strange New Worlds 3x07 - "What is Starfleet?"

August 27, 2025 • 67 mins
Beto’s been filming on the Enterprise for weeks, maman - and the fruit of his labor is “What is Starfleet?” There were other things to talk about, maman. Starfleet probably didn't declassify that ish, maman. We’re talking about Strange New Worlds 3x07 - “What is Starfleet?” as well as a little bit of news about who Paramount has put in charge of programming at Paramount +!

Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x07 - "What...
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Strange New Worlds 3x06 - "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" Review

August 20, 2025 • 59 mins
Pelia talking about her age is getting stale while Kirk becomes the Sehlat who ate its tail. Gather your telephones, maman! It's time for a chat!

Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x06 - "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" 

Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.

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Star Trek 2x15 - "Journey to Babel" Review

August 13, 2025 • 48 mins
There’s a murderer on board, So Spock might pull the chord! You’ll hear Sarek say “My Wife! Attend!” while a Tellarite meets his end! A killer runs amok while Spock’s parents finger fuuh, oh -- uh, how about... D.C. Fontana brings more world-building to this intergalactic fable as we’re settling in for a Journey to Babel! It got dicey there for a minute, maman!

Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek 2x15 - "Journey to Babel"

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David C. Rober...
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Archer Series!? + Strange New Worlds 3x05 - "Through The Lens of Time" Review

August 9, 2025 • 97 mins
Mike Sussman and Bakula have a pitch for a President Archer series! Simon Pegg says the new head of Paramount is a huge Star Trek fan! Plus we review Strange New Worlds 3x05, "Through the Lens of Time" and love it! So many fan theories this episode, maman! It's jam-packed!

Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x05 - "Through the Lens of Time" 

Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe c...
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Strange New Worlds 3x04 - "A Space Adventure Hour" Review

August 5, 2025 • 47 mins
Things are bleak, maman. The snake has eaten it's tail so hard it's currently licking it's chin. They have ten episodes, and they've now used one to denigrate The Original Series and re-use every tired holodeck story from the 90s series all in one. We were not amused, maman. But Paul killed it with his duel performance. Hats off on that one, maman.

Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x04 - "A Space Adventure Hour" 

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