In this episode of The Next Trek, Kate, Chris, and Tyler are all pleasantly surprised and now optimistically hopeful about the next few Short Treks and the upcoming second season of Star Trek: Discovery. They also talk about the developing Captain Picard series and the theorectically announced Georgiou Spy Thriller spinoff. There's a lot of Star Trek all packed into this short episode!

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In our newest installment of the Geek Card Check, Tyler hadn't seen Joss Whedon's Serenity, so Chris and Kate make him watch it. They discuss Firefly's impact on the 21st Century Science Fiction landscape and how we're longing for more amazing shows like it.

Chris and Tyler break down the long-lasting legacy of John Carpenter’s genre-defining classic: Halloween (1978), and then talk about David Gordon Green’s newest installment in the long-running franchise. They talk about horror films, the impact of the Halloween series, and whether or not the messages and meanings of these films hold up. And of course they geek out about John Carpenter's scores for the films.

Because Kate hasn’t seen them, she, Chris, and Tyler venture into the territory of Xenomorphs and Colonial Marines to discuss Alien and Aliens. This discussion gets intense, delving deep into the genre and the films’ disparate effects on the film landscapes, even into a debate on what makes a true horror movie (Tyler even compares Alien to Jason X...yeah).

This week, Chris and Tyler break down the first of the Star Trek: Short Treks, which features Tilly, and then they look ahead hopefully to a brighter future in season 2 of Discovery.

This week, Chris advocates for Starship Troopers being an essential part of our geek cards. It’s got deep themes, lots of gore, and Kate and Tyler seem suspicious of its place in Geekdom.

Kate and Tyler sit down with Daniel Abraham, one half of the pseudonym James S.A. Corey, to discuss the inception of the book series The Expanse, its transition into the TV series, and the deeper themes the authors and show are trying to explore.

In the first episode of a new series, Chris and Tyler decide to dust off their Geek Cards and make sure they’re still valid. They’re joined by Daniel (@howatdk on Twitter) from the Screeners Podcast to answer the question: Does Westworld check all the boxes to be required Geek viewing?

Once again with the help of the ever-wise Kate (@ALibraryGeek on Twitter), Chris and Tyler gush over the amazing third season of The Expanse. It’s a deep discussion filled with lots of love and criticism, and of course, connections to Star Trek.

In the first of two episodes, Chris and Tyler, joined by returning guest Kate (@ALibraryGeek on Twitter), discuss the first two seasons of the SyFy-turned-Amazon show The Expanse. They debate the themes, characters, and worldbuilding, even digging into the novels by James S.A. Corey.