Prime Directive discussion. Over the course of the franchise, the main character of a Star Trek series has to deal with an ethical and moral dilemmas that test their character. In this episode of The Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast, host Wes Huntington is joined by Clara Cook from Trek FM's Primitive Culture to talk about instances in all of the series from Star Trek: Enterprise all the way through Star Trek: Discovery.

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Star Trek Nemesis discussion. The tenth film in the franchise is often considered a disappointment. But it has served its purpose as a branching point for the new Picard series. In this episode of The Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast, host Wes Huntington is joined by Brian Meloche from The Star Trek Discovery Podcast and Charlie Carden from the Secret Friends Unite Podcast to discuss the film, the Picard series and things in between.

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Aly Martinez interview. If you don't know who she is, you certainly know her by her Twitter and her Towel Talk Tuesdays. In this episode of the Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast, host Wes Huntington talks with Aly Martinez talking about their Trek stories, their views on sexualization in Star Trek and cyberbullying.

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"Calypso" Short Trek review. The second Short Trek, "Calypso" was released on CBS All Access and Space on Thursday, Nov. 8th, and on CraveTV the day after. Like the last one, Netflix decided to not air these Short Treks. The episode, written by now-current Executive Producer of the Picard series, Michael Chabon, the episode centers around Craft, played by Aldis Hodge. In this episode of the Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast, host Wes Huntington reviews the episode, and reads some fan feedback.

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Thoughts about the potential spinoff series starring Michelle Yeoh. Michelle Yeoh was one of the bright spots of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery, appearing as the Prime Universe version of Philippa Georgiou in the first two episodes, unfortunately dying at the hands of T'Kuvma. She later appeared in the final five episodes of the first season as Emperor Georgiou of the Terran Empire who is transported to our universe by Michael Burnham. In this episode of The Star Trek Nerd Podcast, host Wes Huntington puts his own two cents on the report that Yeoh will be starring in her own Star Trek series.

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Star Trek quiz episode. The Star Trek franchise has come up with amazing trivia questions to test fans for the past 52 years. In this very special episode of The Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast, host Wes Huntington is joined by his non-Trekkie fiancee Hollie Christensen to test Wes' knowledge of the franchise.

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Hatred of Star Trek: Discovery began almost immediately after it was announced on November 2, 2015. Why? Some claim it was against Roddenberry's vision, some claim that it is an social justice warrior show. In this Opinion Supplemental Episode of The Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast, host Wes Huntington gives a perspective on the hate.

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"Lower Decks" first impressions. First announced via CBS on October 25, 2018, Star Trek: Lower Decks is the first animated series for the Star Trek franchise since the end of the Animated Series in 1974. Developed by Alex Kurtzman in conjunction with Emmy Award winning writer Mike McMahan, the series is supposed to be set on a less important ship. In this episode of the Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast, host Wes Huntington gives his own two cents on the announced series.

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The Next Next Generation Podcast interview. Podcasting about Trek can be difficult, and even being a guest of another can be difficult. In this episode of The Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast, host Wes Huntington interviews Charles, one half of The Next Next Generation Podcast, a recently available Star Trek podcast hosted by two millennials talking and geeking out about Trek. Apologies for the interview - Zoom was having issues.

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Six-month anniversary episode. On Tuesday, October 23rd, The Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast turns six months old. In this love letter-type of episode of The Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast, host Wes Huntington is kicking back, mellowing out and says a heartfelt thank you to all of the support you've given him since he began this journey back in April.

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