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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TNG: The Dauphin - "Fuzzy Little Guys" Episodes
This week on Starter Trek, Wesley Crusher gets his first kiss, meets the girl of his dreams, and discovers her terrifying secret; she's basically a giant monster Furbies. We’re talking The Dauphin! ▶Call us at: 323-389-7223 ▶Check out the crew's bonus shows at http://suboptimalpods.com. ▶Subsc…
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TAS: More Tribbles, More Trouble - "Fuzzy Little Guys" Episodes
Andrew finally recognizes an episode and rediscovers that his childhood nostalgia survives as Star Trek brings back the Klingons, the grain, and far more tribbles than anyone requested for this animated sequel to the classic episode. ▶Call us at: 323-389-7223 ▶Check out the crew's bonus shows at …
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TOS: The Trouble With Tribbles - "Fuzzy Little Guys" Episodes
Andrew meets Star Trek’s most adorable ecological disaster as Kirk battles Klingons, poisoned grain, and an exponentially multiplying pile of purring potatoes. ▶Call us at: 323-389-7223 ▶Check out the crew's bonus shows at http://suboptimalpods.com. ▶Subscribe to the audio podcast wherever you g…
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DS9: House of Quark - "Quarkstop" Episodes
It's time for our latest Quarkstop episode, as we dive into HOUSE OF QUARK, where Quark gets caught up in some Klingon scheming while Jessie finds her true Ferengi self. ▶Coming to Trek to Vegas? Join Tawny and the Syfy Sistas at their annual Patreon Thank You Dinner. Fri Aug 7 - Reserve your sea…
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ENT: Stigma - "Trek Was Always Political" Episodes
Andrew dives into Star Trek: Enterprise's big HIV allegory episode "Stigma" as we also meet Dr. Phlox's wife and learn perhaps some... problematic things about polyamory and metaphors for minorities. ▶Coming to Trek to Vegas? Join Tawny and the Syfy Sistas at their annual Patreon Thank You Dinner…
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VOY: Author, Author - "Trek Was Always Political" Episodes
Tawny shares some horrifying robots from the past as Andrew tries to understand Starfleet copyright law as the Doctor and Paris make competing holodeck diss tracks as we watch Star Trek: Voyager's Author Author. ▶Coming to Trek to Vegas? Join Tawny and the Syfy Sistas at their annual Patreon Thank…
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DS9: Far Beyond the Stars - "Trek Was Always Political" Episodes
Tawny shares her love of Gattaca while Andrew tries to understand the magical realism of this fantastic Trek episode without any context! ▶Sign up for the Syfy Sista's Dinner - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fine-alpinist-ranch-supporter-seat-pre-reservation-tickets-1992084897554?aff=oddtdtcreator …
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TNG: The Outcast - "Trek Was Always Political" Episodes
We continue our journey through the most overtly political episodes of Trek, with The Next Generation's big episode on LGBTQ issues, "The Outcast." Riker gets a trans girlfriend, Wof wants to join a straight pride parade, and Jonathan Frakes himself gives us a quick thought about the episode! Welco…
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TOS: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield - "Trek Was Always Political" Episodes
Welcome to the first official public version of Starter Trek, where Tawny Newsome guides her friend Andrew Ti through the endless frontier of the Star Trek universe, along with their producer Jessie Earl. For our first batch of episodes, we explore some of the most overtly political episodes of Tre…
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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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