It's Got Star Trek
by It's Got Everything Media
The It's Got Star Trek podcast offers a weekly, irreverent, and in-depth dive into all the various corners of the Star Trek franchise. Revel in ribald discussion of episodes and movies plucked from across time and space, including The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, and Prodigy, as well as full coverage of Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, and Strange New Worlds!
Episodes
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#362 - "Breaking the Ice" Enterprise S1E08
Trip and T'Pol chat for a bit without any massages at all. Join your chilly hosts as they discuss silly Vulcans, silly humans, pecan pie, Connor Trinneer's consistently brilliant delivery, Mayweather messing up his legs all the time, drug use, the Pizza Hut commercial that played before TMNT 1990...
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#361 - "Invasive Procedures" DS9 S2E04
Some fella shows up and totally janks Jadzia's worm bits. Join your evacuated hosts as they discuss one of the more memorable worm-heists in Star Trek history. We have things to say about this Verad guy, he seems kinda lame. Quark is fun. Hmmm, it's a relatively straightforward and enjoyable...
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#360 - "Homestead" Voyager S7E23
Tuvok and Janeway conspire to finally get Neelix off the ship. Join your Neelixed hosts as they discuss a controversial character's final goodbye. This is a fun episode of the podcast, with lots of goofy gags and clever comments! The episode did not provide fodder for any of Dan's games, however,...
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#359 - "Yesterday's Enterprise" TNG S3E15
A reinvigorated Tasha Yar goes on a wild new adventure! Join your slightly-altered hosts as they discuss this classic-making combination of straightforward and largely logical time travel plot, clever production design, subtle adjustments to characterization, and Shooter McGavin. Also, Tasha Yar!...
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#358 - "Tomorrow's Enterprise" SNW S4E10
Uhura and Uhura take care of business. Join your time-shifted hosts as they discuss the fourth season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. This discussion includes all sorts of things. Clever things! It is a long episode. We could frame that as being a cool bonus thing but we know our…
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#357 - "Once La'An a Time" SNW S4E09
La'An resolves her internal conflict with a little help from her imaginary friends. Join your fae hosts as they discuss an episode that leverages fairytale tropes and D&D logic to produce a richly produced, beautifully acted, and deliciously fun story of character growth and tomfoolery. We also...
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#356 - "Orders of Magnitude" SNW S4E08
Badmiral madness almost costs Kirk his head. Join your groovy hosts as they discuss solid plotting, excellent acting, and old-school episode structure. Also, there is talk of menses that avoided any connection or reference to the movie Crimson Tide! There is some minor reference to German poop...
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#355 - "Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass" SNW S4E07
A goofy premise accommodates intense character growth. Join your melodramatic hosts as they discuss a controversial premise, seemingly missing scenes, engaging production design and acting, and, of course, space madness! Also, we talk about German poop shelves - rather aggressively, actually....
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#354 - "Off-Hour" SNW S4E06
Things go crazy on the Enterprise - and in the podcast studio. That's right folks - this is the "It's Got Star Trek battles a wicked summer storm" episode! Join your frightened hosts as they discuss cool things in this episode, and some other things that maybe weren't as cool but still not a big...
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#353 - "Level-Five Transporter Accident" SNW S4E05
A whimsical narrative device enables fun character development. Join your marionette-like hosts as they discuss intense fan reactions, big swings, engaging direction and choreography, and no doubt a bunch of other super interesting stuff. Also, goofy gamez and totally relevant asides that help…
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#352 - "A Case of Chiaroscuro" SNW S4E04
The crew of the Enterprise think they are in a noir but they ain't. Join your lugubrious hosts as they discuss missed opportunities and the confusing amalgamation of varied and largely incompatible traditional plot structures, production design elements, and writing choices. We also discuss…
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#351 - "Human Best Friend" SNW S4E03
This is one of those "Oops, everyone's high!" episodes. Join your psychedelic hosts as they discuss being stoned, Lower Decks-style hi jinx, being high, actors getting to have some fun with their characters, chasing the dragon, and also some stuff about feet. There are some doody or no doodies…
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#350 - "The Griffin Incident" SNW S4E02
Dr. William Weir joins a mission to salvage the Event Horizon. Join your spooked hosts as they discuss ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and all sorts of other creepy things in this body-horror-filled, character-development driven episode of Solaris. Also, Dan provides new evidence with regard to the...
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#349 - "Valles Marineris" SNW S4E01
Captain Pike permits genocide but it's ok 'cause it's one of those good genocides somehow. Join your entertained but slightly befuddled hosts as they discuss big swings, breath-taking production design, muddled themes, pretty but superfluous scenes, Saffron Burrows, Scotty and Ortega's dance of...
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#348 - "Family" TNG S4E02
Picard is all sorts of f*cked up, like, for real though. Join your familiar hosts (minus one) as they discuss a real corker of an episode. We make very many touching and insightful points, and also goof around a little bit. Note: we actually mostly talk about Star Trek this episode! Any minor...
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#347 - "The Alternative Factor" TOS S1E27
Kirk and Spock just can't figure out what's even going on! Join your psychedelic self-hating hosts as they discuss weird beards, confusing plots, strange absences, odd-acting regulars, beefy-looking extras, and how all of that still seems to add up to an entertaining, if perhaps exasperating...
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#346 - "Fusion" Enterprise S1E17
Some whacky Vulcans show up and cause a ruckus. Join your emotional hosts as they (eventually) discuss rapey Vulcans and a lot of other nonsense that is informative and entertaining but not always on topic. This episode meets all the legal and regulatory definitions for a podcast, so you don't...
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#345 - "Alliances" Voyager S2E14
Janeway makes various choices and Neelix is useful(ish). Join your allied hosts as they discuss how this episode more closely matches the original narrative conceit of the show as compared to most of the series. The hosts also discuss a gross story about Elvis Presley. Come to think of it…
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#344 - "Fascination" DS9 S3E10
A visit from Lwaxana Troi upends everyone's plans. Join your infatuated hosts as they discuss this middling but fun episode of DS9 - that is, we eventually get to discussing it after discussing some other things. But those other things will be of keen interest to you, our lovely listeners. This…
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Trek n' Booze
Dan is on vacation so Jesse and Patrick decided to do a bonus episode. We somehow landed on the topic of alcohol as represented in Star Trek. We then decided, thoughtfully, that this was a good excuse to drink to some small degree of excess while recording this discussion. This is the resulting...
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#343 - "The Schizoid Man" TNG S2E06
A smart fellow learns a hard lesson after dying for a bit. Join your observant hosts as they discuss an episode that somehow remains engaging despite being rather obtusely constructed. We'll make all sorts of clever points and this and that, and some other things might be discussed or stated....
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#342 - "The Lights of Zetar" TOS S3E18
Kirk, Spock, Scotty, and some non-corporeal aliens keep referring to a respected officer as "girl". Join your confused hosts as they discuss poor writing, missed opportunities, and slap-dash production in relation to some engaging (if nonsensical) camera work and intriguing (if unfulfilled)...
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Jesse's Questions Episode #3
We are on vacation, so in lieu of a formal episode this week we are providing you with two (two!?) pieces of certified audio content: a re-release of a classic bonus episode and a brand new, never-before-heard-by-mere-mortal-ears episode of "Jesse's Questions"!!! In this episode, Jesse challenges...
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Star Trek by (the) Numbers (Re-Release)
We are on vacation, so in lieu of a formal episode this week we are providing you with two (two!?) pieces of certified audio content: a re-release of a classic bonus episode and a brand new, never-before-heard-by-mere-mortal-ears episode of "Jesse's Questions"!!! In this episode, Dan challenges...
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#341 - "Exile" Enterprise S3E06
Hoshi deals with various unhelpful men. Join your creeped-out hosts as they discuss Roxann Dawson's excellent direction, Linda Park's fantastic acting, and then some other less kind stuff about a strange yet never boring chapter in the adventures of the NX-01 crew. Also, Patrick has a few things…
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#340 - "Unforgettable" Voyager S4E22
A nice lady says that she fell in love with Chakotay which makes everyone suspicious. Join your forgetful hosts as they discuss what can fairly be described as an episode of Star Trek. The podcast is good though, give it a listen! Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of…
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#339 - "Rules of Acquisition" DS9 S2E07
Quark and a new friend get down to business. Join your tulaberry-curious hosts as they discuss wrinkly Ferengi penises, early 1990s alien bedroom farces, and all manor of lobes (including Lisa!). Also, Dan's got a few lists, Patrick presents the latest round of "Where the Hell Have I Heard That...
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#338 - "A Fistful of Datas" TNG S6E08
Worf, Alexandar, and Deanna face off against Data and Data and Data and Mexican Data. Join your Eastern-minded hosts and special guest Izaak as they discuss an extremely silly episode of TNG. Tune in to hear Dan's thoughts on the TV show Sidekicks, Amy's thoughts on Dan's thoughts on "Where the...
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#337 - "Errand of Mercy" TOS S1E26
Kirk and Kor compete to exploit people they arrogantly underestimate. Join your geopolitically-weary hosts as they discuss an extremely well-written, produced, and performed story that continues to resonate strongly to this day. A story that also includes Spock wearing a hilarious cape, Kirk...
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#336 - "Vox Sola" Enterprise S1E22
Space semen creates a sticky situation for Archer and his pals. Join your extremely mature hosts as they discuss an interesting, if low-stakes, spin on the pitfalls of first contact in the 22nd century, the physicality with which Captain Archer expresses his love of water polo, and T'Pol's…
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#335 - "Eye of the Needle" Voyager S1E07
Seemingly exciting events are presented in a very calm and relaxed fashion. Join your slightly bored hosts as they discuss the somewhat perplexing disconnect between important character arc moments and early season one hope for the crew getting home and the very low-energy way this story was…
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#334 - "Babel" DS9 S1E05
The crew starts speaking funny, which turns out to not be funny at all! Join your gabble-friendly hosts as they discuss early season one characterizations that stand the test of time and also a bunch of other stuff that is sure to interest and entertain you. If you don't believe us prove us wrong...
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#333 - "When the Bough Breaks" TNG S1E17
Aliens steal some kids from the Enterprise-D and everyone gets all mad about it. Join your maternal hosts as they discuss a goofily-presented story undergirded by solid writing and plot structure. Plus, Dan revisits the views he expressed about women on last week's episode, a new tongue twister…
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#332 - "Rubincon" SFA S1E10
Lessons are learned and then swiftly and effectively applied. Join your bittersweet hosts as they discuss an excellent conclusion to an excellent first season of Star Trek. Also, Patrick reads an overlong quote from Greek literature, Dan has a few things to say about women, and Jesse makes a…
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#331 - "300th Night" SFA S1E09
Caleb finally finds his mom just as Nustopher's plan comes to fruition. Join your celebratory hosts as they discuss gritty alien trading posts, penultimatums, and Harry and the Hendersons. Also, some arcade video game madness, brotherly ball talk, and another thrilling game of Where The Hell Have…
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#330 - "The Life of the Stars" SFA S1E08
Just about everyone learns a valuable lesson during the events of this episode. Join your playful hosts as they discuss theater as therapy, the welcome return of Tilly, and the many brilliant performances throughout this episode. Also, Jesse and Patrick grind Dan's gears, Max Headroom makes an...
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#329 - "Ko'Zeine" SFA S1E07
Jay-Den composes an impactful best man speech while Caleb and Genesis scamper, plot, and pout. Join your holiday-break hosts as they discuss physical and metaphorical litheness, the tricky balance between tradition and self-actualization, and the venerable tradition of following up a…
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#328 - "Come, Let's Away" SFA S1E06
A training mission goes horribly awry. Join your comic-accurate hosts as they discuss a rocking episode about teamwork, sacrifice, and subterfuge! Also, we play a dangerous game of Muffin Mouth, discover some audio hilarity live on air, and Tariq provides a trivia tidbit about last week's "Where...
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#327 - "Series Acclimation Mil" SFA S1E05
SAM digs into the past - with surprising results! Join your photonic hosts as they discuss an excellent episode of Star Trek. Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, so if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next...
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#326 - "Vox In Excelso" SFA S1E04
Klingons will as Klingons do. Join your argumentative hosts as they discuss the welcome return to episodic foci on specific characters, an interesting expansion to Klingon lore, and the continued excellence of this cast's performances. We also have an amusing technical error, another brilliant...
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#325 - "Vitus Reflux" SFA S1E03
A prank war serves as the perfect vehicle for imparting valuable life lessons. Join your botanically-inclined hosts as they discuss the long-desired return to lower-stakes storytelling, this show's propensity for combining naturalistic interactions with cleverly-structured plots, and how focusing...
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#324 - "Kids These Days" & "Beta Test" SFA S1E01 & 02
We meet a whole new crew that is going back to school! Join your tittering hosts as they discuss the first and second episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's first season. We cover characters, and writing, and direction, and performances, and all sorts of other weird whacky and wild things!...
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#323 - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
This Khan fellow is hard to shake! Join your vengeful hosts as they discuss, at some length, this classic Trek film. We include all the regular fun It's Got Star Trek fun, along with some perhaps surprising insights and novel features. Note that we incorporate information from the Star Trek: Khan...
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#322 - "Eternity's Face" Khan S1E09
Tuvok figures it all out in the end. Join your satisfied hosts as they discuss the thrilling conclusion to the Star Trek: Khan podcast! Also, all sorts of games and shenanigans and thoughts on audio podcasts as a format and some Back to the Future references and just a whole heck of a lot to…
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#321 - "Original Sin" Khan S1E08
Khan pulls a fast one on just about everybody. Join your Shakespearean hosts as they discuss the increasingly intense machinations and manipulations of Khan Noonien-Singh in the penultimate episode of his titular podcast. We also play a brand new game testing our host's knowledge of Star Trek and...
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#320 - "I Am Marla" Khan S1E07
Implied nudity leads to explicit tragedy. Join your hot-spring-enjoying hosts as they discuss the impressive storytelling, engaging acting, and expertly-navigated tension of this impactful entry in the Star Trek: Khan podcast. They also ruminate on the peculiar (and increasingly aggravating)…
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#319 - "The Good of All" Khan S1E06
Many bones get crunched. Join your cavernous hosts as they discuss Khan's persistent confusion about the value of being nice, the motivations for Captain Sulu's suspicions of Dr. Lear, and yet more examples that demonstrate that perhaps these folk's genetically engineered "superior intelligence"...
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#318 - "Imagination's Limits" Khan S1E05
THAT was Ceti Alpha 6. Join your telepathic hosts as they discuss Khan's inability to take good advice, the surprise introduction of a new and totally mental friend, and the very strong inference that Khan likes to playfully flap his penis at those he loves. All this and a digression about math…
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#317 - "Magical Thinking" Khan S1E04
Two funerals and a wedding. Join your phaser-wielding hosts as they discuss bug hunts, continued clever mirroring of Kirk and Khan, and just what sorts of indelicate things Ensign Tuvok might get up on the Excelsior. Also, Patrick introduces an all-new weekly listener-engagement feature called...
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#316 - "Do Your Worst" Khan S1E03
Serpents literal and figurative lurk upon Ceti Alpha 5. Join your hissing hosts as they discuss moving the goal posts, sneaky snakes, upsetting and engaging soundscapes, and a great deal more! Also, Patrick makes one or two good points, while Dan and Jesse sneak in some relatable anecdotes.…
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About this show
The It's Got Star Trek podcast offers a weekly, irreverent, and in-depth dive into all the various corners of the Star Trek franchise. Revel in ribald discussion of episodes and movies plucked from across time and space, including The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, and Prodigy, as well as full coverage of Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, and Strange New Worlds!
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It's Got Everything Media