Treks and Tangents
A weekly Star Trek watch along podcast, cohosted by a Star Trek newbie who likes to trek off on tangents and a Star Trek expert whose job it is to get the tangents back on trek.
Episodes
19 episodes
The Squire of Gothos (Star Trek TOS - S1E18)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]Greetings and felicitations! Quite the quirky, quizzical quadrant of Treks and Tangents this week, as we quietly queue up questions, quandaries, and quality commentary from the episode "The Sq...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:18:56
The Galileo Seven (Star Trek TOS - S1E17)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]This week on Treks and Tangents, we divert to explore the episode "The Galileo Seven". We discuss how a stupid decision to send the top members of your crew out to explore a space quasar in a tin can will always...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:17:11
Shore Leave (Star Trek TOS - S1E16)
[Hailing Frequencies]This week on Treks and Tangents, it’s "Shore Leave": the episode where the Enterprise goes on vacation, no one questions anything, and everyone has fun (eventually).Between imaginary tigers, fairy-tale princes...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:22:11
Balance of Terror (Star Trek TOS - S1E15)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]In this episode of Treks and Tangents, we’re diving deep into "Balance of Terror"—aka the moment Star Trek basically reinvented Submarine Battles in Space!We struggle to explain how the Enterprise and the...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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51:19
The Conscience of the King (Star Trek TOS - S1E14)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]This week: our Star Trek newbie and resident Trek expert dive head-first into Shakespearean drama, a murder mystery in space, and one very suspicious guy with a metal mask. Is he a brilliant thespian… or a genocida...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:04:41
The Menagerie Part 2 (Star Trek TOS - S1E13)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]Trapped in a chair, trapped in Talosian mind games, and trapped listening to Spock explain himself again. This week we wrap up The Menagerie, Part 2 where illusions run wild, Starfleet rules get ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:11:55
The Menagerie Part 1 (Star Trek TOS - S1E12)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]This week on Treks and Tangents we’re "reopening the cage" and exploring The Menagerie, Part 1. Together we'll unpack if Morse Code still exists, court-martial chaos, and exactly how much l...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:10:37
The Corbomite Maneuver (Star Trek TOS - S1E11)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]This week on Treks and Tangents, we’re testing nerves, egos, and bluffing skills with The Corbomite Maneuver, the episode that asks: what if your greatest weapon is confidence? Our co-hosts react...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:14:28
Dagger of the Mind (Star Trek TOS - S1E10)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]Strap in for a mind-bending trip to Tantalus V as Treks and Tangents tackles Dagger of the Mind. Kirk and Dr. Helen Noel visit a “therapeutic” penal colony that promises peace, love, and zero vio...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:13:04
Miri (Star Trek TOS - S1E09)
[Hailing Frequencies Open] In this week’s episode, we boldly go where puberty has gone horribly wrong. Join us as Kirk, Spock, Janice and McCoy beam down to a planet full of kids who haven’t aged in 300 years—but still some...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:07:46
What Are Little Girls Made Of? (Star Trek TOS - S1E08)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]On this episode, we discuss Star Trek’s most dysfunctional robot family drama: Andrea pines, Ruk looms, and Kirk tries very hard not to get turned into a glorified action figure.[End Transmission]
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:18:36
Mudd's Women (Star Trek TOS - S1E07)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]Harry Mudd: A man of fake chest hair, many fashions, and even more accents. A fantastic villain is introduced to Star Trek, but unfortunately under the umbrella of a problematic episode. [End Transmi...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:24:21
The Enemy Within (Star Trek TOS - S1E06)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]Are we all half good and half evil, or are the two sides of the coin more complicated? Tough topics to trek through, and unicorn dogs to distract us on tangents.[End Transmission]
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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59:43
The Naked Time (Star Trek TOS - S1E05)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]99 Bottle of Polywater on the wall,99 Bottles of Polywater,You take one down,Pass it around,Shower with your clothes on now![End Transmission]
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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57:34
Where No Man Has Gone Before (Star Trek TOS - S1E04)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]What are the eyes a window to... if the person they belong to has no soul because they are a God?[End Transmission]
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:09:02
Charlie X (Star Trek TOS - S1E03)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]Socially awkward teen? Sex pest? What exactly is Charlie?[End Transmission]
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:26:08
The Man Trap (Star Trek TOS - S1E02)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]Hang on to your salt, or that Salt Vampire is gonna get ya![End Transmission]
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:13:43
The Cage (Star Trek TOS - S1E01)
[Hailing Frequencies Open]Our journey begins... with an episode that took 20 years to see the light of day! Welcome to Treks & Tangents, our Star Trek Watch Along Podcast, thanks for joining us, and we hope you have fun![End Transmi...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:21:57