Highly Logical: A Star Trek Podcast

In episode 31, Angelo and Nicole break down "Stardust City Rag" and "The Impossible Box," episodes 5 and 6 of Star Trek: Picard. Topics include: violence, lowbrow Trek, addiction, trauma, and Seven of Nine's now canonical queerness.

In episode 30, Angelo and Nicole break down "The End is the Beginning" and "Absolute Candor," episodes 3 and 4 of Star Trek: Picard. Topics include: Picard as an aloof mentor; class strife in the future; objects, books, and ephemera; and Romulan lore

In episode 29, Nicole and Angelo break down "Maps and Legends," episode 2 of Star Trek: Picard. They explore speciesist arguments against artificial life forms, skepticism toward Starfleet bureaucracy, and Star Trek's depiction of age-related illness and disability

In episode 28, Angelo and Nicole break down the series premiere of Star Trek: Picard, exploring Star Trek's fascination with artificial intelligence and synthetic life, considering Picard as an intergenerational figurehead, and unpacking the show's critique of Starfleet's neoliberalism

In episode 27, Angelo and Nicole take a look at What We Left Behind, a retrospective documentary about Deep Space Nine, co-directed by Ira Steven Behr and David Zappone. We share our thoughts on the film, and interview Behr, Andrew Robinson (who played Garak), and Nana Visitor (who played Kira Nerys).

In episode 26, Nicole and Angelo link part 2 of the Star Trek: Discovery season two finale with the Star Trek: Voyager season 4 episode “Relativity.” This week we tackle time travel as ctrl+alt+delete, messianism, and Discovery's far-flung future.

In episode 25, Nicole and Angelo link part 1 of the Star Trek: Discovery season two finale, "Such Sweet Sorrow” with the Star Trek: Enterprise season 3 episode “Twilight.” This week we tackle disabled captains, Starfleet speciesism, destructive spheres, and letters to home.

In episode 24, Angelo and Nicole link Star Trek: Discovery 2x12, "Through the Valley of Shadows” with the Original Series two-parter “The Menagerie.” This week we tackle Pike, disability, and the future. (With apologies for Nicole's clapping and Angelo mangling the title "Trials and Tribble-ations")

In episode 23, Angelo and Nicole look at the Star Trek trope of the depressive time-traveller, linking Star Trek: Discovery 2x11, “Perpetual Infinity” with the Star Trek: Voyager season four two-parter “Year of Hell.” Topics include: time travel as academic mastery, the scientific method, Chakotay’s authority issues, Control as messianic proto-Borg, and the evolution of sadboi Tyler.

In episode 22, Nicole and Angelo explore Star Trek's fascination with time-travelling tricksters, linking Star Trek: Discovery 2x10, “The Red Angel” with Star Trek: The Next Generation’s classic Borg introduction, "Q Who." Topics include: time travel, disability and body mods, pansexuality in the Mirror Universe, and the Borg.