The Prime Subjective: A Star Trek Podcast

nd of a school year. In this episode of The Prime Subjective, our panel (Mike, Chris, Karie, Jonesy) discuss Starfleet Academy S1E9, "300th Night," and S1E10, "Rubincon." We also discuss the recent cancellation of Starfleet Academy (still with a second season in the can) and touch on the future of Trek.

A Starfleet Academy double header. In this Prime Subjective, Chris, Karie, Mike and Jonesy discuss Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1E7, "Ko'Zeine", and S1E8, "The Life of the Stars." Expect discussions about the academy during break, Khionian culture, holograms, Thornton Wilder, and more!

Come, let's talk! This episode of The Prime Subjective finds Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Mike Henley and Jonesy discussing Starfleet Academy S1E6, "Come, Let's Away." In this truly stunning episode, we discover a new alien threat, get some terrific acting, and suffer some unexpected consequences of trusting a villain too confidently. Paul Giamatti and Holly Hunter shine in this episode, and we talk all about it! Come and enjoy! First - S1E3 - "Vitus Reflux," which depicts an escalating prank war between cadets of SFA and the War College. Expect team sports and mascots and co-ed locker rooms and plant shenanigans! Then - S1E4 - "Vox in Excelso," which focuses on Jay-Den and his newfound uncertainty when he faces a family crisis that speaks directly to his troubled backstory. Expect debate teams and warrior stew and some tricky diplomatic solutions for Klingons caught in their feelings!

As Vic Fontaine once said, this one's from the heart. In this episode of "The Prime Subjective," Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Mike Henley and Jonesy discuss Starfleet Academy S1E5, "Series Acclimation Mil," which brings us as a night on the town for cadets, some delightful character development for SAM and above all a lovingly-crafted tribute to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as SAM explores the mystery of what happened to Captain Sisko. Enjoy!

Time for back to back classes! In this episode of The Prime Subjective, Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Mike Henley and Jonesy dig into two episodes of Starfleet Academy. First - S1E3 - "Vitus Reflux," which depicts an escalating prank war between cadets of SFA and the War College. Expect team sports and mascots and co-ed locker rooms and plant shenanigans! Then - S1E4 - "Vox in Excelso," which focuses on Jay-Den and his newfound uncertainty when he faces a family crisis that speaks directly to his troubled backstory. Expect debate teams and warrior stew and some tricky diplomatic solutions for Klingons caught in their feelings!

Our matriculation continues! In this episode of "The Prime Subjective", Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Mike Henley and our returning guest Jonesy dig into Starfleet Academy S1E2 - "Beta Test." Expect discussion on but not limited to: whales, opera, exocomps, bare feet on campus and the introduction of one more regular cast member.

Get to class! In this episode of The Prime Subjective, we delve into the pilot episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - "Kids These Days." Joining Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Michael Henley is our friend Jonesy (from The N Crowd improv team and SideQuest Theater here in Philly). Together, we go to school and meet the new cadets in this delightful episode!

The trek through old school TOS continues. Before we take a little break to attend Starfleet Academy, the Prime Subjective crew (Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Michael Henley) tackles TOS S1E4, "The Naked Time." Expect drunken shenanigans, Sulu fencing, Kirk off the leash, Irish folk songs, Spock crying, and the most ill-advised hot zone investigation protocols this side of [insert joke about current political landscape here]. Oh, and time travel, too! Buckle up, grab your foil, take Kathleen home (again), and enjoy our discussion on this early Trek classic!

Take a trip in the way, way back machine and go where no man has gone before! In this episode of "The Prime Subjective," Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Michael Henley discuss the second Star Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before"! (It aired third in sequence...go figure.) Join us for TOS S1E3 - "Where No Man Has Gone Before," where two officers become gods and soon find human beings puny and disposable. But how can they say that when we see the first canonical appearance of James Kirk's rugged chest?

The original Trek continues! In this episode of The Prime Subjective, Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Mike Henley discuss Star Trek: The Original Series S1E2 - "Charlie X." Expect discussions of Scottish folk songs, The Twilight Zone, and being unable to deduce the age of people photographed in the mid-20th century! Oh, and also, of course, discussing all those things in the context of a classic episode of Star Trek!

The Man Trap! In this episode of the Prime Subjective, Chris Newcomer, Mike Henley and Karie Coleman-Hinners begin a serious deep dive into classic classic Trek! In this episode we discuss the first ever aired episode of Star Trek the original series, "The Man Trap"! Salt vampires, Spock hitting people, Yeoman Rand eating Sulu's lunch... this episode has it all!

The Prime Subjective goes back in time to 1966, where we discuss two classic episodes of the ORIGINAL Star Trek, "The Menagerie, Part I," and "The Menagerie, Part II." These episodes give us a peek at the early-established backstory of Captain Pike, and give us a look at a version of Star Trek that never was. Here we discuss the production history, the lore, and also the differences between 1966 Capt. Pike and 2025 Capt. Pike. Beam aboard for a trip in the way back machine and enjoy!

It's the 100th episode of The Prime Subjective! To celebrate this very special occasion, Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Michael Henley discuss the final two episodes of Strange New Worlds, Season 3! Join us for a spirited discussion of S3E9 - "Terrarium" and S3E10 - "New Life and New Civilizations."

In this episode of "The Prime Subjective," our fearless crew (Chris Newcomer, Michael Henley, Karie Coleman-Hinners) discuss two episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - S3E7, "What is Starfleet?" and S3E8 - "Four and a Half Vulcans."

Continuing to explore Strange New Worlds! In this episode of The Prime Subjective, Chris Newcomer, Mike Henley and Karie Coleman-Hinners explore two exciting episodes -- S3E5: "Through the Lens of Time" and S3E6: "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail."

In this week's Prime Subjective, Mike Henley, Chris Newcomer and Karie Coleman Hinners discuss Strange New Worlds S3E3, "Shuttle to Kenfori" and S3E4, "A Space Adventure Hour."

Trelane, wake me up before you go-go! In this episode, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Chris Newcomer and Mike Henley discuss Strange New Worlds S3E2, "Wedding Bell Blues."

STRANGE NEW WORLDS is back! In this episode, Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Mike Henley Discuss Strange New Worlds S3E1, "Hegemony, Part II."

In this episode of The Prime Subjective, Mike Henley, Chris Newcomer and Karen Coleman Hinners discuss two Trek-adjacent episodes of beloved anthology sci-fi series Black Mirror. "USS Callister" and "USS Callister: Into Infinity!"

Here we discuss two classic Trek episodes -- TNG's "Future Imperfect" (S4E8) and Voyager's "Living Witness" (S4E23). In the one, Will Riker wakes up in the future...or does he?

Assimilate this! In honor of First Contact Day (4/5), the Prime Subjective crew discuss the second Star Trek: TNG film (and eighth Trek film overall), 1996's Star Trek: First Contact, directed by none other than Jonathan "Two Takes" Frakes!

We're back with some classic trek episodes! In this episode of The Prime Subjective, Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman Hinners and Michael Henley are joined by Bev, Philadelphia's (Drag) Queen of Comedy. In this episode they discuss two classic episodes of Next Generation: Genesis and Face of the Enemy. Their wide ranging discussion runs the gamut of wig sizes and ill fitting jumpsuits to wondering why the captain needs to go find an erstwhile photon torpedo.

It's time for one last trip through the Lower Decks! In this huge momentous episode of The Prime Subjective, Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Michael Henley go for one last ride on the Cerritos as we discuss Lower Decks Season 5 Episode 9 - "Fissure Quest", and Lower Decks Season 5 Episode 10 (and series finale!) - "The New Next Generation." We discuss Bashir/Garak, multiverses, unexpected guest stars, and ultimately close the book on Lower Decks and determine the exact flavor of its delightful, nutty legacy. Enjoy!

It's time for a Star Trek movie event! In this episode of The Prime Subjective, Chris Newcomer, Karie Coelman Hinners and Michael Henley take a break from the end of Lower Decks to discuss Section 31, the new Paramount Plus original Star Trek movie starring Michelle Yeoh. In this episode we discuss this would-be TV series turned into a movie...featuring Emperor Georgiou, Quasi, Zeph...and Rachel Garrett? It's not quite a TV pilot, not quite a feature film, but it is definitely a fun discussion regarding this divisive latest entry in the Trek family.

In this episode of The Prime Subjective, the gang explores more of Lower Decks Season 5, by discussing Episode 7, "Fully Dilated" and Episode 8, "Upper Decks." Join Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Michael Henley as they discuss flute lessons, Data's head, Halloween, how one of these titles differ from an unfortunate toilet habit, and more!

In this episode of The Prime Subjective, the gang explores the halfway point of Lower Decks Season 5, by discussing Episode 5, "Starbase 80?!" and Episode 6, "Of Gods and Angles." Join Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Michael Henley as they discuss special guest stars, weird space stations, orbs, cubes, orbs vs. cubes, cubes vs. orbs, and more!

In this episode of The Prime Subjective, the gang (Mike Henley, Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners) discuss the next two episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks ("The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel" S5E3, and "A Farewell to Farms" S5E4). Expect discussions of Apocalypse Now, old film writers, same-sex relationships as they appear on Trek, Klingons, honor, bird jokes, Paul F. Tompkins, and more!

In this episode of The Prime Subjective, the gang (Mike Henley, Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners) discuss a classic episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series ("The Pirates of Orion", S2E1) and then discuss the two first episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks ("Dos Cerritos" S5E1 and "Shades of Green" S5E2). Expect discussions of Orions, Or-ee-yuns (different!), parallel realities, duplicate characters, and plenty of fun!

It’s an all-retro episode of The Prime Subjective! We take a break from our Prodigys and our Lower Decks to discuss Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Brothers,” in which Data, Lore and Doctor Noonien Soong have a little family reunion. Mike Henley, Chris Newcomer and Karie Coleman-Hinners are joined by special guest Andy Beckerman (host of the Beginnings podcast and the Couples Therapy podcast). Install your emotion chip and enjoy!

There are six episodes left of Star Trek: Prodigy's second season, and tonight we're gonna binge! The pace is so unrelenting, the twists so twisty, the events so eventful, that the Prime Subjective crew decided we had no choice but to discuss this back part of season two altogether! Join us for Star Trek: Prodigy S2E15 and S2E16 - "Ascension Parts I & II", S2E17 - "Brink", S2E18 - "Touch of Grey", and S2E19 and S2E20 - "Ouroboros." Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Mike Henley brave the timey-wimyness of Prodigy's second season and live to tell the tale! Enjoy!

Alternate realities galore! In this exciting episode of The Prime Subjective, Chris Newcomer, Mike Henley and Karie Coleman-Hinners discuss two brand new episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy, S2E13 - "A Tribble Called Quest" and S2E14 - "Cracked Mirror." Then, we venture over to Star Trek: Voyager to discuss that time Commander Chakotay also had to deal with a ship split into multiple bizarre alternate realities, S7E10, "Shattered." Enjoy!

Let's fly! It's time for an old Star Trek tradition where we make a broken-down ship spaceworthy! In the now, in Prodigy S2E11 and E12, "Last Flight of the Protostar Parts I and II," the Prodigy gang finally meet Captain Chakotay, stranded on a distant planet. And they have no choice but to roll up their sleeves and plot an escape! Then, we take a trip into the Before for more Chakotay character study, we journey to Star Trek: Voyager S4E4, "Nemesis," where the commander is stranded and meets the Vori, an alien soldier race that harbors some secrets and enough slightly-off idiosycratic idioms that you can fathom! Grab some warm Coverings, pour yourself something Savory, and dive into some Gloried Tellings about some Trek!

It's time to discuss three action-packed episodes of Star Trek! First, we head over to the TNG universe to discuss Season 1 Episode 6, "Where No One Has Gone Before," which introduces the mysterious traveler and his interest in Wesley Crusher. Then, we jump ahead to Prodigy Season 2 Episodes 9 and 10, "The Devourer of All Things Parts I and II," where we'll meet Wesley again, now a full-fledged Traveler! Join Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman Hinners and Chris Newcomer as we travel across series, the galaxy and even time itself!

Behold! Look upon a brand new episode of The Prime Subjective! Here we discuss two episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy and a vintage episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! First, we look at Prodigy S2E7 - The Fast and the Curious (where we see the Kazon! And some wacky racers!) and Prodigy S2E8 - Is There in Beauty No Truth? (in which Zero gets an upgrade!). Then, we journey to DS9 to discuss DS9 S7E14 - Chimera (where Odo meets the one shapeshifter who's not a jerk! Or is he?). Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman Hinners and Mike Henley discuss the whys, wherefores, and incidents involving these three episodes!

Double trouble! Two more Prodigy episodes down, including a detour into existentialism when our heroes make holographic copies of themselves. Enjoy a spirited discussion of Prodigy S2E5 - "Observer's Paradox," and then S2E6 - "Imposter Syndrome." Then, we follow that thought and join a copy of the Voyager crew in the similarly-themed Voyager S5E18 - "Course: Oblivion." Join Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Mike Henley to discuss how often good things and come in twos...

The journey of Star Trek: Prodigy - Season 2 continues! We're going all timey wimey, so bust out your textbooks, be waryof paradoxes and join the Prime Subjective crew (Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Mike Henley) as we discuss Prodigy S2E3 - Who Saves the Saviors and S2E4 - Temporal Mechanics 101. Then, we journey to an alternate timeline and discuss Voyager S5E6 - Timeless, an episode featuring a destroyed Voyager, timeline hijinks, older Harry Kim, and special guest LeVar Burton as Geordi LaForge!

Star Trek: Prodigy is back! Sure, it's had a transfer to Starbase Netflix, but it's back! In this exciting episode of The Prime Subjective, Chris, Mike and Karie discuss the first two episodes of Discovery's new thrilling season. S2E1 and S2E2 - "Into the Breach, Parts 1 and 2." Ship shenanigans and timey-wimeyness await. Then, we take a detour while on Starbase Netflix to discuss all of season 1 of "The 3-Body Problem." Join us!

In this week's Prime Subjective, we take a deep breath before a plunge into a season of Star Trek: Prodigy! But since Prodigy has Voyager on the brain, so do we! And so, we take a trip down memory lane and discuss two episodes from Star Trek: Voyager's sixth season that center on the holographic Irish town of Fair Haven. First is S6E11, "Fair Haven", and then S6E17, "Spirit Folk." Enjoy!

It's not the last episode of the Prime Subjective (gosh, no). But it is time to talk about the final two episodes of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY! We discuss Discovery S05E09 - Legrange Point and Discovery S05E10 - Life Itself. Join Chris Newcomer, Michael Henley and Karie Coleman-Hinners for an off-the-cuff reaction to how this show ended, what everyone learned, and what we discovered.

As Discovery enters its final batch of episodes, the Prime Subjective crew (Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Michael Henley) discuss S5E7, "Erigah", and S5E8, "Labyrinths."

In this week's Prime Subjective, the crew (Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Michael Henley) discuss two brand new episodes of Star Trek: Discovery. First, we jump universes (and sets) in S5E05 - Mirrors. Then, we have a little stopover on a planet holding a new civilization--and a secret--in S5E06 - Whistlespeak. Enjoy!

It's time for time shenanigans! Plus a visit to Philly's 2024 Galactic D & I Con. In this episode, the Prime Subjective crew (Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Michael Henley) discuss their weekend excursion to Philly's Galactic Diversity and Inclusion Convention, including spending some quality time with the great Kate Mulgrew! Then, we discuss time travel in Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Disc 4, "Face the Strange."

Discovery takes a visit to the Trill homeworld, and together the Prime Subjective crew (Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners, Michael Henley) discuss Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 3, "Jinaal." We also discuss the imminent end of Lower Decks and also plan a visit to Philly's Galactic D and I Con!

Discovery is back for a final season! Join Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Michael Henley as they discuss the two-episode fifth season premiere, "Red Directive" and "Under the Twin Moons."

As we gear up for the return of Star Trek: Discovery, this episode finds us looking at two classic episodes of TNG, "The Survivors" and "The High Ground." Join Chris Newcomer, Mike Henley and Karie Coleman-Hinners for a spirited discussion.

Let's take a trip in the Trek wayback machine. Hosts Chris Newcomer, Michael Henley and Karie Coleman Hinners are joined this week by guest Alanna Shaffer to discuss two classic episodes of TNG: "The Emissary" (S2 E20) and "Who Watches the Watchers?" (S3 E4).

The Prime Subjective crew returns with a discussion of the ninth Star Trek feature (and third featuring the Next Generation cast), Star Trek: Insurrection! Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners and Michael Henley had a lot of fun this week discussing this classic Trek film.

In this episode of The Prime Subjective, the gang (Mike Henley, Chris Newcomer, Karie Coleman-Hinners) discuss the next two episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks ("The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel" S5E3, and "A Farewell to Farms" S5E4). Expect discussions of Apocalypse Now, old film writers, same-sex relationships as they appear on Trek, Klingons, honor, bird jokes, Paul F. Tompkins, and more!

The crew of the Prime Subjective gets into the holiday spirit and flies off course to discuss the new Hallmark Christmas movie, A Biltmore Christmas featuring Trek greats Jonathan Frakes and Robert Picardo.

The crew of the Prime Subjective is back with another double header featuring something old and some thing new from the Star Trek universe. The new on this episode is the Lower Decks Season 4 finale, S04E10 "Old Friends, New Planets" and The Next Generation's S05E19 "The First Duty." Karie, Chris, and Michael are joined by special guest Ross Weisman.