Tex-Trek: A Star Trek Podcast
Star Trek talk and fandom from deep in the heart of Texas! Join us as we discuss all things Trek including episode by episode coverage of current Star Trek as well as returns to the classics.
Episodes
We are getting animated again this week on TEX-TREK with on of TAS's most bizarre episodes. You are summoned by the Vedala to join us to discuss "The Jihad," when Kirk and Spock are thrown into an intergalactic quest alongside a colorful team of alien specialists to recover a sacred artifact and prevent a galaxy-wide war.
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TEX-TREK Mission 329: STAR TREK: DS9's "The Assignment" Back-Trekking Retrospective
This week we are diving back into the shadows of DS9 for a Keiko-centric thriller! The season 5 episode, "The Assignment," doesn't get talked about much, but it has a lot to offer. Join us as we discuss the eerie dynamics of Rosalind Chao playing her own hostage, the ominous reveal of the Pah-wraiths, O'Brien's...
This week we're diving into one of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s most iconic and thought-provoking episodes, Season 5’s “I, Borg.” In this Back-Trekking Retrospective, Fatheree and Taylor are joined by Starfleet Sohail to revisit the story that challenged the Federation’s ethics and gave a face, and a name, to the enemy. We’ll explore the moral dilemmas surrounding Hugh, discuss the episode’s legacy within Trek canon, and re...
Dave returns to the show this week as we set course back to TOS for a Back-Trekking Retrospective on one of the most iconic episodes in all of Trek, “Balance of Terror.” We’ll explore the episode’s Cold War allegory, its powerful themes of prejudice and duty, and how it introduced both the Romulans and Mark Lenard to the franchise. Get ready for a deadly game of starship cat-and-mouse across the Neutral Zone!
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This week, we’re taking a detour from Starfleet to dive into something a little different… but still very Trek-adjacent! Joel and Fatheree beam into the long-awaited sequel to Black Mirror's fan-favorite episode “USS Callister” with “USS Callister: Into Infinity.”
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TEX-TREK Mission 325: STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE's "Carbon Creek" Back-Trekking Retrospective
This week Joel joins Fatheree and Taylor as we continue our Back-Trekking Retrospective series and dive back into the past—both literally and figuratively—with an away mission to "Carbon Creek." Set in 1957 Pennsylvania, "Carbon Creek" offers a charming detour from typical Trek tales, exploring the crash-lan...
Can y'all handle a Lwaxana episode Back-Trekking Retrospective? That's right, this week we are taking a closer look at the TNG's "Dark Page." (It's the one with little kid Kirsten Dunst in it!) Join Fatheree and Taylor along with guest of the week, Rachel, as we explore this emotional and deeply personal story about Lwaxana Troi, family secrets, the power of memory, and one of Majel Barrett’s most compelli...
In another Back-Trekking retrospective, Fatheree, Taylor, and Aaron take on one of VOYAGER’s most fascinating and high-concept episodes, "Blink of an Eye" (Season 6, Episode 12). When the USS Voyager becomes trapped in orbit around a planet with accelerated time, the crew watches as an entire civilization evolves in mere hours. From its unique storytelling structure to its thought-provoking exploration of time dilation, c...
Join us for a Back-Trekking Retrospective on one of the wildest episodes of STAR TREK ever, TAS's "The Magicks of Megas-tu!" Taylor and Fatheree will be joined by Joel as they dive into this satanic, psychedelic trip through space, where the Enterprise crew encounters a reality ruled by magic and meet the devil himself. According to metalhead Fatheree, this is the most metal Star Trek ever gets—a cosmic fever dream st...
We have another Back-Trekking Retrospective this week and Ambassador Dave is onboard! Join Fatheree, Taylor, and Dave in a return to TNG season 1 for that show's first true Klingon episode, "Heart of Glory."
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Welcome to the first of our "Back-Trekking Retrospectives," a new series of TEX-TREK podcasts in which we will explore past episodes from various Legacy Trek shows. Brandi Jackola beams back onboard TEX-TREK for our first back-Trekking outing, a discussion of the classic, infamous, "Spock's Brain."
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We have Miss Taylor all caught up on Trek! This week she is telling us her reactions to finishing all five modern STAR TREK shows, DISCOVERY, PICARD, LOWER DECKS, PRODIGY, and STRANGE NEW WORLDS.
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TEX-TREK Mission 318: Taylor's First Time Trek Takes on the Berman Era
Howdy howdy! Now that Taylors has seen it all, let's ask her about her thoughts on Berman Era Trek.
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TEX-TREK Mission 317: STAR TREK's Best and Worst Romances Valentine's Day Special
Happy Valentine's Day, y'all. Fatheree and Taylor are celebrating by disusing the couples they think are the best and worst romances from every Trek show ever. Give us a listen and be sure to reply back and let us know who you think are the best and worst romances in STAR TREK.
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TEX-TREK Mission 316: STAR TREK: SECTION 31 Movie Deep Dive Discussion
Joel and Fatheree are here to breakdown and discuss Paramount +'s first made-for-streaming Trek film, SECTION 31. It seems to have caused quite a stir in the fandom but where do we land on it? What impact does this have on the canon of Trek? How do we think this will affect future P+ Trek projects? Give us a listen and find out!
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The long-awaited SECTION 31 movie starring Michelle Yeoh is almost here. In the meantime, Fatheree has prepared a Section 31 history lesson recapping the existing onscreen history of 31.
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TEX-TREK Mission 314: The Top 3 Things we Want and the 1 Thing We DON'T Want in SECTION 31
We are sitting down to discuss what we hoe we see and what we hope we avoid in the Michelle Yeoh SECTION 31 made-for-streaming movie coming later this month. We have intel suggestions Ambassador Dave might be making his return to the show for this podcast episode.
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...Welcome to a supplemental installment of the TEX-TREK podcast. Fatheree, Joel, and Aaron sit down with LOWER DECKS creator and showrunner, Mike McMahan, to discuss the final season of the show. As always, available in both video and audio-only formats.
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We are not done with the Cerritos crew quite yet! Now that season 5 has all been released and we took some time off over Christmas and New Years to reflect on it, please join us for a look back on the completed final season of LOWER DECKS.
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...Mike McMahan and company's five year mission reaches its conclusion this week with the series finale of LOWER DECKS. Meet us on the Cerritos bar one last time to talk about the final episode.
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