The first season of of Star Trek: Discovery is all wrapped up: the Klingon war is over, Michael Burnham is back on top and we even treated to an encounter with the original starship Enterprise.What the Trek? Welcome to the podcast where we fa

Dancing with Devil – What the Trek? #14

Feb 7th, 2018

Sometimes a hug can be the difference between life and death - in the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery “The War Without, The War Within," Burnham hugs the emperor back to Discovery before it schlepps back to the real universe. What the

The Mirror Has Two Faces – What the Trek? #13

Jan 31st, 2018

Mirror universe plotlines on Star Trek can be a lot of fun for the fans as they get to see the actors they love pitted against each other and if one of them dies, we are ok with it because it was just the lousy mirror version them anyway. Wha

Kentucky Fried Kelpian – What the Trek? #12

Jan 24th, 2018

In the original series, Vulcans are vegetarian because eating other life forms is logically barbaric. In the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery, Emperor Georgiou goes full cannibal and gags her baby girl Michael Burnham on some Kentucky Fr

What’s Up Voq? – What the Trek? #11

Jan 17th, 2018

Ever since we first saw Ash Tyler in the Klingon prison cell we wondered if he might be a double agent in the house of love. In the latest Star Trek Discovery episode, “The Wolf Inside,” everyone’s pretending to be their mirror universe asshole

Through the Looking Glass – What the Trek? #10

Jan 15th, 2018

For science fiction and comic book writers, transporting their characters into an alternate universe is an easy trick to get the characters to boldly go where they’d never gone before.What the Trek?! Welcome to the podcast where we fabulously

Klingon Boobies – What the Trek? #9

Nov 27th, 2017

The 1968 episode of Star Trek’s “Plato’s Stepchildren” features a groundbreaking moment as television’s first scripted interracial kiss. Since then, every Star Trek series has tried to live up to the original series’ legacy of diversity, espec

I’d Like to Teach the Universe to Sing in Perfect Harmony – What the Trek? #8

Nov 7th, 2017

In the cliffhanger episode “Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum," Michael Burnham and her new boyfriend Ash have to fight Saru in order to unlock the secrets of a giant crystal antenna on a planet that lives in total harmony.What the Trek? Welcome to th

Star Trek is for Lovers – What the Trek? #7

Nov 1st, 2017

Time gets loopy in the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery- 'Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad' as space swindler Harcourt Fenton Mudd tries to steal the Discovery's secrets. What the Trek? Welcome to the podcast where we fabulously expl

Make Vulcan Great Again – What the Trek? #6

Oct 25th, 2017

In the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery, “Lathe," we get a glimpse of just how racist and deceptive Vulcans can be. Ambassador Sarek is almost killed by an undercover “logic extremist” who wants to Make Vulcan Great Again?!What the Trek?

Can’t Lick My Harry Mudd – What the Trek? #5

Oct 18th, 2017

If only the Klingons knew that all you had to do to travel through space on the Discovery is to hook up some nipple clamps to a space pig and shoot it full of fungi they wouldn't have even bothered kidnapping Captain Lorca.What the Trek? Welco

Pigs in Space – What the Trek? #4

Oct 11th, 2017

The pig monster that Michael Burnam, Cadet Tilly, red shirt and Anthony Rapp from Rent found on the ship has some magical space traveling properties. How the hell did a tardigrade get to be so big, and how is the crew of the Discovery starship

Panspermia Mania – What the Trek? #3

Oct 4th, 2017

One of the thing we love about Star Trek is how the characters break the rules in order to save the universe. Even though everything blows up, they still manage to come out on top. But, in Star Trek: Discovery, shit has hit the deflector shiel

The Vulcan School to Prison Pipeline – What the Trek? #2

Sep 28th, 2017

In Season one, episode 2 “Battle at the Binary Stars" the Federation is in a standoff with the newly united Klingon Empire.Is Commander Michael Burnham the victim of the Vulcan School to Prison Pipeline? The post The Vulcan School to Prison

We Come in Peace – What the Trek? #1

Sep 27th, 2017

The wait is over. After 12 years of having all transmissions offline, Star Trek is back on TV, for one glorious night. This time the show is going where no black woman has gone before by casting The Walking Dead’s Sonequa Martin-Green’s as firs

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