Vulcan Hello (An aftershow for new Star Trek)

Vulcan Hello (An aftershow for new Star Trek)

Scott McNulty and Jason Snell discuss brand-new live action Star Trek as episodes are released. Next up: “Starfleet Academy” and “Strange New Worlds.”

Episodes

108: "Beta Test" (Starfleet Academy S1E2)

January 18, 2026 • 48 mins
It’s the second episode of “Starfleet Academy,” and things are picking up speed. Political negotiations via college debating society! Betazoid mental shields! Many, many, many robots and aliens. But is it too much, or just enough? We break it all down, reassess “Star Trek Voyager” and complain about theme songs, and ultimately make an Important Contribution To (Head) Canon with the introduction of Whale Academy.

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107: "Kids These Days" (Starfleet Academy S1E1)

January 15, 2026 • 38 mins
A new “Star Trek” series arrives! Scott and Jason discuss their expectations for this new series, then dive in and break down their (surprising?) reactions to the first episode of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.” [We’ll cover episode 2 in a few days, in a separate episode.]

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106: "Star Trek Into Darkness"

January 14, 2026 • 27 mins
It’s almost time for “Starfleet Academy,” but before we sit down to watch the newest “Star Trek” series, we’ve got to wrap up our “Wreath of Khan” series with a look at “Star Trek Into Darkness.” Khan is in it (spoilers!), but should he be? What makes this movie work, and where does it fall apart?

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105: "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"

December 19, 2025 • 50 mins
The Wreath of Khan rolls on with part 3 of 4, as Scott and Jason spend some time discussing one of their favorite movies, “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” after having followed Khan from “Space Seed” through “Star Trek: Khan.” We don’t know how many times we can say that we love this movie, but we tried and it seems like we could do it forever.

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104: "Star Trek: Khan"

December 12, 2025 • 57 mins
The Wreath of Khan continues with our review of the “Star Trek: Khan” audio drama—available where you get podcasts.

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103: "Space Seed" (TOS S1E24)

December 5, 2025 • 44 mins
We kick off “The Wreath of Khan,” our monthlong celebration of Star Trek’s favorite mad tyrant, with a look back at where it all started: “Space Seed.” At least, after Khan wakes up 15 minutes into the episode…

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102: "New Life and New Civilizations" (SNW S3E10)

September 11, 2025 • 44 mins
A season of “Strange New Worlds” comes to an end, and so does this season of our podcast! But before we go, we have thoughts about Pike and Batel, “Doctor Who” plots, ley lines, parallel timelines, and even “Star Trek: Scouts” and “Star Trek: Khan”!

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101: "Terrarium" (SNW S3E9)

September 4, 2025 • 27 mins
Who knew that the opposite of an Arena was an Enemy Mine?

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100: "Four and a Half Vulcans" (SNW S3E8)

August 28, 2025 • 43 mins
Never before has Vulcan Hello said hello to so many Vulcans. (And a Romulan, but shh, don’t say Romulan for canonical reasons!) We discuss Trek comedy, the delightful true fan of Humanity known as Doug, the depth of Number One as played by Rebecca Romijn, the action buddy comedy starring Kirk and Scotty, Batel’s jerk Vulcan boss, and Chapel’s inability to make good Plomeek soup.

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99: "What Is Starfleet?" (SNW S3E7)

August 22, 2025 • 27 mins
“Strange New Worlds” gets the documentary treatment this week, as the Enterprise is confronted with some difficult choices that call into question some of Starfleet’s most deeply held beliiefs. The documentary has a real character arc, going from deep skepticism to a final understanding in just 40 minutes. Unfortunately, that’s not how documentaries work!

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98: "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" (SNW S3E6)

August 14, 2025 • 37 mins
Captain Kirk takes control of the USS… Farragut! While he’s facing his first crucial command decisions in an emergency situation with the help of a few familiar faces, Pike and company are repelling a monstrous boarding party. (The monsters are, in hindsight, exactly who you should have expected.)

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97: "Through the Lens of Time" (SNW S3E5)

August 7, 2025 • 43 mins
Not all red shirts wear red! (But some do!) This episode has a lot of death, an alien mystery, some questionable archaeology, a reversal of cause and effect, and multi-dimensional layering. In other words: It’s Star Trek! Also, Jason passes on a wild theory about Batel’s new Gorn-chimera lifestyle.

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96: "A Space Adventure Hour" (SNW S3E4)

August 1, 2025 • 36 mins
This week’s “Strange New Worlds” is an homage to 1960s Star Trek, 1970s murder mysteries, and all murderous holodeck stories throughout Trek history. Also, Paul Wesley gets to do his best Shatner. It’s called acting!

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95: "Shuttle to Kenfori" (SNW S3E3)

July 25, 2025 • 43 mins
This week we’re balancing Moss Zombies with Gorn Consumption as Pike and M’Benga take a “Shuttle to Kenfori!” It’s a character episode with some zombies in the background, and also one particularly grumpy Klingon. Jason looks up the Klingon word for “redshirts.” Also: Paramount finally gets bought, and there are new pictures from “Starfleet Academy!”

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94: "Wedding Bell Blues" (SNW S3E2)

July 21, 2025 • 43 mins
A nigh-omnipotent wedding planner threatens the Enterprise crew with a good time! We’re here to talk about the second new “Strange New Worlds” episode of the premiere week, in which Spock and his romantic rival must unite to find a way to bring back reality, or become dogs trying.

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93: "Hegemony, Part 2" (SNW S3E1)

July 17, 2025 • 35 mins
And now, the conclusion! “Strange New Worlds” returns with the resolution of the season 2-ending storyline involving the Gorn, including Chris Pike’s very bad day. We dive into the action after a discussion of the precarious position Paramount and Star Trek are in right now.

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92: "Section 31" and ranking Trek movies

January 25, 2025 • 70 mins
Scott and Jason review the Paramount+ original movie “Star Trek: Section 31” and then, just for fun, rank all the Star Trek movies from worst to best!

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91: "Life, Itself" (Discovery S5E10)

May 30, 2024 • 59 mins
This is it! We’re reviewing a new “Star Trek: Discovery” episode for the last time. From binary stars to binary black holes, we’ve been here through it all. This time we’re doing our usual nonsense, expressing feelings first, then discussing the specially shot series-end segment, then backing into the main core of the episode. Mind-bending corridors! Lengthy bridge discussions! Fancy dress wedding! Book’s new living room! We cover ...

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90: "Lagrange Point" (Discovery S5E9)

May 23, 2024 • 32 mins
The season-long plot nears its conclusion—but this is “Discovery,” so there’s still time for a heart-to-heart while wearing Breen helmets. Jason and Scott have an oil bath to get to, but before they do, they break down the penultimate episode! Saru’s back! Vulcan flower holders! And the most dramatic scene of a man sitting in a chair that we’ve seen in years.

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89: "Labyrinth" (Discovery S5E8)

May 16, 2024 • 35 mins
Into the space library we go! Burnham faces a mental labyrinth while on the outside, the Breen are busy doing Breen stuff—being annoying, mostly. We discuss Moll’s commitment to her husband, delight in library wardrobes, and more—but only after Jason makes strange, brief digression to discuss “Magnum, p.i.” and how it’s not connected to “Star Trek.” Except where it is.

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