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Trekology
by Jeff Campbell-Smith
The Star Trek podcast about more than Star Trek. Join hosts Jeff and Greg as they discuss an episode of Star Trek and then talk about the themes the episode brings up - everything from money to race to marriage and everything in between!
Episodes
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S3 E26 - Data - "Brothers"
Our final episode of season 3, we're talking about our favorite android, Mr Data! We're watching the 4th season TNG episode "Brothers" and discussing family dynamics, forgiveness, and Matthew McConaughey's struggles with AI. SHOW NOTES Data | Memory Alpha | Fandom Brothers (episode) | Memory…
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S3 E25 - Worf, Son of Mogh - "Reunion"
Our pen-ultimate episode of season 3, join us to talk about our favorite Klingon, Worf, Son of Mogh. Greg and Jeff get to chat about marriage and childrearing, as well as New Years and our favorite Trek memories from 2024. SHOW NOTES Worf | Memory Alpha | Fandom Reunion (episode) | Memory Alpha |...
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S3 E24 - James T Kirk - "Arena"
We're in our top 3 characters, and #3 is none other than Captain Kirk, and we're discussing the TOS episode "Arena". Join us as we chat about Greed and Violence, as well as Greg's shopping habits. SHOW NOTES James T. Kirk | Memory Alpha | Fandom Arena (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by...
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S3 E23 - Mr. Spock - "Amok Time"
This episode, we head back to TOS for everyone's favorite Vulcan, Mr. Spock (sorry Mr Tuvok)! We're watching "Amok Time" and talking about logic vs emotion, ritual vs habit, and Greg's impulse buying SHOW NOTES Spock | Memory Alpha | Fandom Amok Time (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by...
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S3 E22 - Geordi LaForge - "Booby Trap"
We're heading back to TNG to talk about Geordi LaForge and the episode "Booby Trap"! After Greg gets to gush over LeVar Burton, we get to chat about AI, opposites attracting, and why Millennials are the greatest generation. SHOW NOTES Geordi La Forge | Memory Alpha | Fandom Booby Trap…
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S3 E21 - Chief Miles O'Brien - "Hard Time"
We've got one more DS9 character this season, and it's everyone's favorite chief - Miles O'Brien. We talk about the episode "Hard Time" and discuss prison, learning from vs forgetting seasons in life, and the role of a spouse vs a friend vs a therapist. SHOW NOTES Miles O'Brien | Memory Alpha |...
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S3 E20 - Benjamin Sisko - "In the Pale Moonlight"
We're back to DS9 talking Captain/Commander Benjamin Sisko and the legendary episode "In the Pale Moonlight". We get to chat about morality in tough scenarios as well as "leaving it at the office", in addition to Jeff's admiration for Keith David... SHOW NOTES Benjamin Sisko | Memory Alpha |…
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S3 E19 - B'Elanna Torres - "Faces"
We're on to our last Voyager character as we're talking about Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres and the episode "Faces". We talk about racial sensitivity and what part of ourselves we most struggle with, as well as baseball! SHOW NOTES B'Elanna Torres | Memory Alpha | Fandom Faces (episode) | Memory...
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S3 E18 - Dax - "Blood Oath"
This episode, we're talking Dax and the episode "Blood Oath". We talk primarily about Jadzia, with a little Ezri sprinkled in, but we also get to chat about immortality and vengeance. SHOW NOTES Blood Oath (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Jadzia Dax | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel
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S3 E17 - Kira Nerys- "Second Skin"
Join us to talk Major Kira and the 3rd season episode "Second Skin". We get to chat about our brains, memory, death, and adoption. SHOW NOTES Kira Nerys | Memory Alpha | Fandom Second Skin (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel
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S3 E16 - Quark - "Body Parts"
This episode, we're on to everyone's favorite bartender (sorry Guinan!) Quark and the DS9 episode "Body Parts". We get to chat about capitalism, what it means to succeed and the importance of community. SHOW NOTES Quark | Memory Alpha | Fandom Body Parts (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by...
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S3 E15 - Commander William T Riker - "Second Chances"
This episode we're talking Commander William T. Riker, the episode "Second Chances" from the 6th season of TNG, and what it would be like to meet our younger selves. SHOW NOTES William T. Riker | Memory Alpha | Fandom Second Chances (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel
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S3 E14 - Captain Jonathan Archer - "Judgment"
Greg is back and we're talking Archer from Enterprise and the episode "Judgement". We chat about friendship, venerating soldiers as well as universal right and wrong SHOW NOTES Kolos was played by J.G. Hertzler (not Hertzog) Judgment (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Jonathan Archer | Memory…
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S3 E13 - Dr Leonard "Bones" McCoy - "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
A Jeff solo episode! With Greg out sick, Jeff fly's solo to talk about everyone's favorite southern doctor Bones and the episode "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky". Besides being a favorite for the ridiculously long name, join Jeff to chat about comrades in arms, the joys of new...
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S3 E12 - Odo - "The Begotten"
In this episode, we're talking Odo (short for Odo Ital) from Deep Space 9 and tackling the episode "The Begotten". We get to chat about the difference between feeling something and 'being' something and how the way we parent is both influenced by how we were parented and the affect our parenting...
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S3 E11 - Beckett Mariner - "The Inner Flight" and "Old Friends, New Planets"
This episode, we're talking about Lower Decks' Becket Mariner and the 2-part finale to Season 4. We'll discuss how who our parents are shapes who we are, as well as how difficult it is to change our family culture. SHOW NOTES Beckett Mariner | Memory Alpha | Fandom The Inner Fight (episode) |...
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S3 E10 - Captain Jean Luc Picard - "Darmok"
Join us to talk about Captain Picard and the Episode "Darmok". We get to chat about language and inter-cultural relations. SHOW NOTES Jean-Luc Picard | Memory Alpha | Fandom Darmok (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom Music by Charles Michel
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S3 E09 - D'Vana Tendie - "Something Borrowed, Something Green"
This episode, we're talking about Tendie from Lower Decks and the episode "Something Borrowed, Something Green". We'll chat about parental pressures (again), as well as judging or evaluating other cultures. SHOW NOTES D'Vana Tendi | Memory Alpha | Fandom Something Borrowed, Something Green...
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S3 E08 - Kathryn Janeway - "Fair Haven"
This episode, we're diving into Captain Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager and the season 6 episode "Fair Haven". We get to chew on the nature of relationships, especially whether opposites attract, as well as diving into the nature of virtual spaces. All this, plus an update on Greg's Star...
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S3 E07 - Deanna Troi - "Ménage à Troi"
In our latest episode, we're talking counselor Deanna Troi from TNG and the episode "Ménage à Troi". Join Jeff and Greg as they chat about family pressures, the American emphasis on having a family, and what we do with that. SHOW NOTES Deanna Troi | Memory Alpha | Fandom Ménage à Troi (episode) |...
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S3 E6 - Julian Bashir - "Dr Bashir, I Presume"
For this episode, who hop to Deep Space 9 to talk about Dr Julian Bashir and the episode "Dr Bashir, I presume". After the initial confusion over which episode we're actually discussing, we dive into the concept of failure and how we interact with our children's struggles with failure as well.
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S3 E5 - Michael Burnham - "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"
In this episode, we chat about Discovery's Michael Burnham, focusing on the episode "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry". After discussing the episode's ridiculously long title, we get to dive into her style of leadership, how that works today, and what in the world "the best way to...
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S3 E4 - Nyota Uhura - "The Children of the Comet"
This episode, we're talking Uhura and the SNW episode "The Children of the Comet"! Join us to chat about people with disabilities, the problem of choice, and the virtues of the gig economy (or lack thereof)! SHOW NOTES Nyota Uhura | Memory Alpha | Fandom Children of the Comet (episode) | Memory...
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S3 E03 - The Doctor - "Living Witness"
In this episode, join us to talk about The Doctor from ST Voyager and discuss the episode "Living Witness". We get to talk about history vs truth, parental choice, and the virtues of Michael Jordan.
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S3 E02 - Hoshi Sato - "Vanishing Point"
This episode, we're talking Hoshi from Enterprise and diving into the season 2 episode "Vanishing Point". We dive into Greg's fear of the transporter, our different fears of failure, and how each of us interacts with loneliness.
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S3 E01 - Charles 'Trip' Tucker - "Unexpected"
Welcome back for season 3! This season, we're picking episodes to discuss based around our chosen characters, and we're starting with Trip from Enterprise! Join us as we discuss Trip, the episode "Unexpected", what we'd like about traveling to space, and how we fared as expectant fathers.
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Trekology update
Hey, where the heck have y'all been? Just an update folks...
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BONUS EPISODE
We're back! Well, just for a bit; join Jeff and Greg as we look back on 2 seasons, talk about the joys and struggles of podcasting, as well as look forward to season 3, coming soon! Music by Charles Michel
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S2 E26 - Subspace Rhapsody (SNW 02x09)
Our final episode of Season 2! Jeff's wife Judy returns to offer some insight on that "musical episode", "Subspace Rhapsody". Beyond analyzing the musical, scientific, and tonal qualities of the episode, Jeff, Greg, and Judy get to chew on why music affects us the way it does, what our "true...
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S2 E25 - The Elysian Kingdom (SNW 01x08)
In our second to last episode of season 2, we've finally made it to "Strange New Worlds", and we're starting with season 1's "The Elysian Kingdom" - a controversial choice (at least in Jeff's eyes). None the less, we get to dive into why adults can't be silly, how we separate out the selfish part...
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S2 E24 - The Least Dangerous Game (LD 03x02)
Another episode of Lower Decks, and this time it's "The Least Dangerous Game" from season 3! As Ensign Boimler wrestles with Bajoran dirges and Kromsapod hunters, we'll wrestle with employee/employer relations, finding our value in our work (not from our work), as well as how our many cultures…
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S2 E23 - Crisis Point (LD 1x09)
On we go to Lower Decks! And we're starting with Greg's favorite episode "Crisis Point". Join us to chat about the episode, the line between video games (and holodecks) and real life, how we deal with anger, and how family cultures affect our adult lives. SHOW NOTES Crisis Point (episode) |…
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S2 E22 - No Win Scenario (PIC 03x04)
Once more unto the breach! We're heading back to Picard, this time season 3, to talk "No Win Scenario". We get to talk about near-death experiences, fatherlessness, and if it really "takes a village" to raise a child SHOW NOTES No Win Scenario (episode) Music by Charles Michel
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S2 E21 - Nepenthe (PIC 01x07)
We're venturing hesitantly to Star Trek: Picard, starting with the episode "Nepenthe" (mostly due to our obsession with Riker's woodfire pizza). Join us to chat about that, as well as what "doing our share" means, as well as the effect of losing a child (hypothetically). SHOW NOTES Nepenthe...
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S2 E20 - An Obol for Charon (ENT 02x04)
We're sticking with Saru! Our love for Doug Jones continues as we discuss "An Obol for Charon" (whatever that means!). Really, we're using this as an excuse to delve into Fear, what it is, why is it, and what's the difference between concern, anxiety, nervousness, and fear. SHOW NOTES An Obol for...
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S2 E19 - The War Without, The War Within (ENT 01x14)
A discovery of Discovery! It's true, Greg finally gets us to watch Discovery, and we're jumping right into the end of Season 1. Most importantly, we get to talk about inter-cultural interactions, how to deal with bullies, the difference between "evangelism" and "evangelicalism", as well as the...
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S2 E18 - Similitude (ENT 03x10)
Simlitude? Simulatude? However we pronounce it, we're spending one more episode on Enterprise, this time in Season 3 with "Similitude". We'll tackle cloning, big sin/little sin, the merits of veganism, and everything in between! Join us! SHOW NOTES Similitude (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom The...
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S2 E17 - Dear Doctor (ENT 01x12)
This episode we're sticking in Enterprise Season 1 to tackle "Dear Doctor". We get to mispronounce "Valakians" every way imaginable, talk about cats versus dogs, as well as what it looks like for cultures to interact and how to have judgement without being judgemental. SHOW NOTES Phlox actor is...
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S2 E16 - The Andorian Incident (ENT - 01x07)
This week, we're boldly moving to Enterprise episodes, starting with season 1's "The Andorian Incident". We get to chat about espionage, Emannuel Kant, "The Good Place", as well as whether violence is actually ever the answer. Join us! SHOW NOTES Madagascar actually has a population of 28…
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S2 E15 - Year of Hell (VOY S04x09-10)
We're concluding our journey through Voyager this week with the two-parter "Year of Hell". We get to chat about the effect small things have on our lives, value judgements on seasons in our lives, and what makes a house a home! Plus, we get to chat about Patrick Stewarts bare chest... SHOW NOTES...
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S2 E14 - Latent Image (VOY 05x11)
We're still talking Voyager, and we're on to Season 5's 'Latent Image', which brings us somehow back to if synthetic life is really life (again?). So, we'll chat about that, but also about compassionate medicine, the importance of mental wellbeing and grief. It's a fun one! SHOW NOTES Latent…
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S2 E13 - Lineage (VOY 07x12)
Our latest episode has us moving 'boldly' onto Star Trek Voyager and tackling season 7's episode "Lineage". After we get to gripe/apologize for our feelings towards Voyager, we get to chat about genetic manipulation, childhood trauma, as well as a spoiler/teaser for when we get to Strange New...
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S2 E12 - The Wire (DS9 02x22)
Greg is back! We wrap up our 3-episode arc through DS9 by looking at Season 2's "The Wire", talking again about Communism/Community and drug addiction, while also getting to chat about Strange New Worlds and gripe about Discovery! It's a full episode, come join us! SHOW NOTES Corrections…
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S2 E11 - In The Hands of the Prophets (DS9 01x20)
Greg is off for another episode, so we're bringing in special guest stars Jackson and Matt! Together, we're diving into "In The Hands of the Prophets" from DS9's season 1 and chewing on religious fanaticism, the conflict between science and religion, and if violence is the best way to resolve...
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S2 E10 - You Are Cordially Invited (DS9 06x07)
We're off to Deep Space Nine with special guest star Judy Campbell-Smith! Join us as Jeff and Judy chat about the episode and compare it to their own wedding experience. We'll tackle Mother-in-laws, bachelor parties, and wedding planning too! Fun times! SHOW NOTES You Are Cordially Invited...
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S2 E9 - Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
We're back to tackling the movies, this time with "First Contact"! Though Jeff and Greg disagree on their admiration for the film itself, join us to wrestle with the pursuit of perfection vs being more human, as well as the cost/value of being remembered. SHOW NOTES Star Trek: First Contact |...
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S2 E8 - The Offspring (TNG 03x16)
We've got one more episode of TNG to tackle, so we picked "The Offspring" from season 3. Join us as we dive into the episode and wrestle with the gravity of "creating a new life form", as well as living vicariously through our children! SHOW NOTES The Offspring (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom...
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S2 E7 - The Outcast (TNG 05x17)
This episode we "boldly" tackle "The Outcast" from season 5 of TNG! Thankfully, we find that an episode from 1992 about sexuality has aged surprisingly well, and we have a lot to talk about. Sadly, we did have to cut the talk short (for us), but we still get to dive into the idea of gender roles...
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S2 E6 - The Inner Light (TNG 05x25)
This episode we're changing gears and heading to the Next Generation! We start with the episode "The Inner Light", and get to discuss "walking a mile in someone shoes" and if married life is actually a better life! All this, plus some reflections on Thanksgiving. Join us! NOTE: We're still…
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S2 E5 - Yesteryear (TAS 01x02)
This episode we're diving into the Animated Series! We picked on the episode "Yesteryear", but instead of talking about time travel or alternate realties, we're chewing on the Vulcan way versus the Human way and how pressures affect children growing up. Join us, wont you? NOTE: We're still…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Star Trek podcast about more than Star Trek. Join hosts Jeff and Greg as they discuss an episode of Star Trek and then talk about the themes the episode brings up - everything from money to race to marriage and everything in between!
HOSTED BY
Jeff Campbell-Smith
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The Star Trek podcast about more than Star Trek. Join hosts Jeff and Greg as they discuss an episode of Star Trek and then talk about the themes the episode brings up - everything from money to race to marriage and everything in between!
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