If you haven’t heard the news (where have you been, under a Jeffries Tube?) Sulu in Star Trek: Beyond is a big gay, George Takei is not happy about this, and Simon Pegg is not happy that George Takei is not happy about this. Having trouble keeping it all… straight? Don’t worry, the preeminent gay Star …
In honor of women everywhere ruining the childhoods’ of whiny idiots, we’re covering the three Ghostbusters movies. One is a classic, one is a mess, and one is… well, we don’t know yet! Welcome to Trekabout Presents Ghostbusters. iTunes RSS
“Let He Who Is Without Sin…” has a reputation as one of the worst episodes of Star Trek ever, but is it really? Later, in “Things Past”, the show repeats “Necessary Evil”, to mixed results. iTunes Google Play RSS
Lost in Translation is a melancholy meditation on loneliness and alienation, so what better movie to start off our Ghostbusters season! Come join us in Tokyo, wander the city, and have adventures. Welcome to Trekabout Presents Lost in Translation. iTunes RSS
It’s total coincidence that the 200th episode of Trekabout coincides with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s 30th Anniversary episode, but what a wonderful coincidence it is! First up: “The Assignment”, which introduces another element of Bajoran religious mythology while also being a first-rate “Let’s Torture O’Brien” episode. Then, it’s “Trials and Tribble-ations”, which, do we …
Have you been wondering what’s been up with Grilka, Quark’s Klingon ex-wife? Well, this is your moment, because she returns in another comedy of manners, in “Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places”. Have you been wondering what’s up with Jake Sisko? Well, this is also your moment, because he has some growing up …
Like all of you, we were saddened and shocked to hear of the passing of Anton Yelchin who played Chekov in the recent Star Trek movies. It’s always heartbreaking when one of the Star Trek cast dies, particularly when it’s someone so young and talented. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to his family …
In “Apocalypse Rising”, Sisko, Odo, O’Brien, and Worf head to the Klingon Empire to uncover a Changeling. In “The Ship”, Sisko, Dax, Worf, and Odo get into an Alamo situation with a crashed Dominion ship. In Trekabout Episode 198, Eric and Richard have fun! iTunes Google Play RSS
Hey, it’s time to check in with our old friends from Star Trek: The Next Generation! Watch Picard as he freaks out over the Borg for some reason! Watch Zefram Cochrane as he invents warp drive with no materials or staff in the middle of a mining camp in post-war Montana! Listen as Trekabout’s affection for …
As a companion piece to this week’s Star Trek: First Contact podcast, for the June patron special, we discuss the novel Federation by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, an alternate take on the Zefram Cochrane/post-World War III Earth, which may or may not be better than the “canon” version–and you know you want to find out …