Tex-Trek: A Star Trek Podcast

EX-TREK Mission 340: STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS S3E3 "Shuttle to Kenfori" Deep Dive Discussion

Who is ready for an interstellar road trip? Pack your travel snacks and buckle up because we are going to Kenfori. Join Fatheree, Taylor, and Joel on a high stakes mission with M'Benga and Pike.

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TEX-TREK Mission 339: STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Two Episode S3 Premiere Deep Dive Discussion

STRANGE NEW WORLDS is back! After two years, we finally sit down in the port galley for a Deep Dive Discussion of not just one, but two new episodes. Join us as we unpack both the Gorn cliffhanger resolution in "Hegemony, Part II" and stick around for someone tying the knot in "Wedding Bell Blues."

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This week on TEX-TREK, Joel returns to join Fatheree and Taylor for a lively roundtable as the crew sets their course for the upcoming third season of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS! Join us as we each reveal our personal top 4 things we'd love to see in SNW Season 3. But it’s not all hope and optimism… we also each pick one thing we most don’t want to see happen. It’s a mix of wishlists and red flags as we get ready for much ne...

This week, we’re continuing our “Back-Trekking Retrospective” series by diving into TAS once again! Joining Fatheree and Taylor is Aaron Harvey, co-author of The Official Guide to Star Trek: The Animated Series. Together, the trio explore the episode “The Practical Joker,” a surprisingly influential entry that may contain the very first appearance of holodeck technology in Star Trek. With STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 3 on the horizon—...

TEX-TREK Mission 336: STAR TREK: TOS's "Arena" Back-Trekking Retrospective

This week Dave returns to the show to join Fatheree and Taylor for a Back-Trekking Retrospective on one of the most iconic episodes of TOS—the classic showdown between Kirk and the Gorn in “Arena.” With STRANGE NEW WORLDS season 3 just around the corner—and set to kick off with a Gorn-centric story—we’re taking a close look at the original a...

TEX-TREK Mission 335: STAR TREK: TOS's "The Squire of Gothos" Back-Trekking Retrospective

Hip hip hoorah! This week, Fatheree, Taylor, and Joel reunite for another Back-Trekking Retrospective, this time turning their gaze to the classic TOS episode, “The Squire of Gothos.” Join the crew as they discuss the unforgettable debut of the mischievous and godlike Trelane, the strange deadly world he rules, and how this f...

TEX-TREK Mission 334: STAR TREK: TOS's "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" Back-Trekking Retrospective

Check out our Back-Trekking Retrospective on "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" The episode marks the first appearance of Nurse Chapel's fiancé, Roger Korby, who we are about to see more of on SNW after season 3 starts streaming next month. Whether you're a TOS purist or a casual modern Trek viewer, this episode is sure to connect the d...

TEX-TREK Mission 333: Report on Trek Long Island and TOS Set Tour

This week on TEX-TREK, we welcome back fellow Trekker and returning guest Starfleet Sohail, to receive our away mission report packed with Star Trek goodness! Fresh from attending Trek Long Island, Taylor and Fatheree are ready to share highlights from the convention floor, memorable panels, and encounters with fellow fans and Trek luminaries. But the adventure do...

TEX-TREK Mission 332: VOYAGER Documentary, "To The Journey," Reactions and Discussion

We have seen the Voyager Documentary, "To The Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager" and want to talk about it. Pull up a chair in Neelix's mess hall and enjoy our chat about the long awaited film, the latest Trek documentary from David Zappone's 455 Films.

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Next week we will be attending the Trek Long Island convention. Before we beam over to New York we are inviting Librarian and Trekkie Stefanie Gangone onto the show. Stefanie created the Trek Long Island convention three years ago as a charitable organization registered with her charity, Libraries for the Kind.

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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...