Starter Trek
Starter Trek
Starter Trek is a weekly podcast where Star Trek: Lower Decks’ own Tawny Newsome throws her friend Andrew Ti headfirst into some of the best, worst, most iconic, and bonkers episodes from across the franchise with absolutely no context as Andrew attempts to navigate a universe of Klingons, Tribbles, Vulcans, and haunted horny space candles. Guiding them through the chaos is producer and super-Trek…Social links:
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Ben Folds 3 (The Yo, Is This Racist? Finale)
Tawny and Andrew are joined by Matt Apodaca and Cody Ziglar for the final episode of Yo, Is This Racist! They discuss Maroon 6, what the show has meant to them and the future of this feed! Check out the crew's bonus shows at suboptimalpods.com.
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Starter Trek - Best of Quark: DS9 S2E7 - Rules of Acquisition
Enjoy this un-paywalled episode of Starter Trek in our Best of Quark mini-series. This one covers Deep Space Nine season 8 episode 7 - “Rules of Acquisition.” Check out more episodes of Starter Trek at suboptimalpods.com!
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No Episode This Week!
Hey gang! Apologies but there's no episode this week. We have a big announcement next week though so stay tuned for that!
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Too Much for Waffles (with Cody Ziglar)
Andrew and Cody Ziglar discuss the perfect pancake recipe, The Drama and a listener question. Check out the crew's bonus shows at suboptimalpods.com.
32:51
Clown for Hire, But Mostly Free (With Punam Patel)
Andrew and Punam Patel discuss young MAGA Indians, dogs in America and a listener follow up. Check out the crew's bonus shows at suboptimalpods.com.
31:38
This Episode is Chinatown (with Jessica Gao)
Andrew and beloved guest Jessica Gao discuss gambling and diversity in media. Check out the crew's bonus shows at suboptimalpods.com.
31:18
Protect Your Neighbors
Andrew discusses the importance of protecting your neighbors during this fascist state and answers a listener question. Check out the crew's bonus shows at suboptimalpods.com.
19:38
The Out of Pocket Episode With Cody Ziglar
Andrew and Zig discuss Star Trek, the BAFTAs controversy and some listener questions. Check out the crew discussing the Star Trek pilots on the Sub-Optimal Bundle at suboptimalpods.com.
35:03
Bad Bunny's Halftime Show
Andrew discuss Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime performance. Check out the crew discussing the Star Trek pilots on the Sub-Optimal Bundle at suboptimalpods.com.
20:25
Powerfully Stupid Cowards
The crew discuss ICE murdering Alex Pretti, a listener question from a teacher in Minneapolis and the misinformation war during a violent time.
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