Married Trekkie couple, Joe & Nicole, start off the new year with their ultimate ranking of all the Star Trek series! We break down 12 entries into the franchise (all 11 current shows + the Kelvin films) and, in an effort to try and be a bit objective, rate them based on 5 categories: Characters, Storytelling, Diversity, Boldly Going/Impact, and Raillery. 

***Special shout out to Steve Combs for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.

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References:

Scientists Build a Teeny Tiny Tractor Beam - Universe Today

For Annie's Boys - GoFundMe to support the family of Annie Wersching

After 30 Years Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Holds Up Now More Than Ever - Twin Cities Geek

Sisko and Worf: Single Fathers of Starfleet - Women at Warp

Married Trekkie couple, Joe & Nicole, change up the format for a very special episode. This month, we welcome actor, director, musician, and Mr. Tuvok himself, Tim Russ, to the podcast to chat about all kinds of things from space science and citizen astronomy, to creating Star Trek fan films! Follow Tim on Twitter @timruss2.

***Special shout out to ⁠Steve Combs⁠ for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.

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References:

Star Trek's Tim Russ Brings a Life of Stargazing to NASA's Lucy Mission - Twin Cities Geek

Rodenberry on Patrol (short film)

Slayer (trailer - film directed by Tim Russ)

5th Passenger (trailer - sci-fi film starring Tim Russ & other Star Trek alums)

Lead Me Home (music video)

WE (music video)

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men

Star Trek: Renegades

Renegades: Ominara (new sci-fi film directed by Tim Russ)

Married Trekkie couple, Joe & Nicole, are back with a 'spooky season' favorite: the infamous "Sub Rosa" (episode 14 from TNG's 7th season)! For this chat, we're joined by comedian, producer, writer, co-host of Frankenstein's Podcast, and longtime friend, Kalid Hussein aka Nappy Gilmore!

***Special shout out to Steve Combs for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.

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Married Trekkie couple, Joe & Nicole get strange with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds! The love story in question this episode is the romance between Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the Majalan minister, Alora (Lindy Booth) from the 6th episode of season 1, "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach."

***Special shout out to Steve Combs for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.

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References:

"The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" - Ursula Le Guin

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Married Trekkie couple, Nicole & Joe, take a trip to Deep Space Nine! Specifically, we dive into the 17th episode of Season 1, "The Forsaken," and chat about the relationship that develops between the station's security chief, Odo (Rene Auberjonois) and Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett). 

***Special shout out to Steve Combs for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.

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Married Trekkie couple, Nicole & Joe, take a return trip to the U.S.S. Discovery! In this episode we first introduce a new segment, Trek Check, in which we break down our thoughts on current Trek episodes and news and updates in the Trek world. Then, we dig into the budding romance between Doug Jones' Captain Saru and Tara Rosling's T'Rina, the president of Ni'Var!

***Special shout out to Steve Combs for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.

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References:

Doug Jones of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Talks Saru, Conventions, and Vulcan Love - Heavy.com

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Married Trekkie Couple, Nicole & Joe, are back after a bit of a hiatus with some love in Star Trek: Voyager! This episode, focused on the 6th season episode, "Alice," we dig into what makes a space ship sentient, what toxic manipulation can look like in Star Trek, and how one might fall in love with said sentient space ship by way of said toxic manipulation. 

***Special shout out to Steve Combs for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.

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Married Trekkie Couple, Nicole & Joe, are joined by the ever cool & insightful Reina Carrión of the Black Alert Podcast! The crew dig into Star Trek: Discovery's 3rd season - specifically, the season-long budding-romance/sustained relationship of Micheal Burnham and Cleveland Booker (Sonequa Martin-Green and David Ajala).

***Special shout out to Steve Combs for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.

Joe's Twin Cities Geek review of Star Trek: Discovery season 3 can be found here.

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Married Trekkie couple, Nicole & Joe, trek back to early TNG. Specifically, season 2 episode 10, "The Dauphin." Along the way, we chat about the relationship between Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) and the enigmatic Salia (Jaime Hubbard), what use energy beings have for a starship, shapeshifting monster suits, and vegan banana peanut-putter cup ice cream.

***Special shout out to Steve Combs for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.

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Married Trekkies, Nicole & Joe, are joined by actor, activist, and dungeon master, Noah Averbach-Katz (Ryn in Star Trek: Discovery), to dig into some Enterprise! The crew chat about Season 2 episode 14, "Stigma," and discuss a myriad of topics including (but not limited to) workplace harassment, polyamory, microscopes, perspectives on intimacy, and fargans. Follow Noah over on Twitter @N_A_K, check out his new Twitch channel, and please check out and consider supporting T1International's #insulin4all campaign.

***Special shout out to Steve Combs for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.

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