Two people watch a randomly selected episode of Star Trek and then record a podcast about it. A couple of weeks later the podcast is added to this de-randomized list of episodes.
Parallax
S01E03 • “Parallax”
Random Trek #77 •
Memory Alpha
November 12, 2015 • 43 minutes • 20MB
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Parallax
Investigating an apparent distress call, Voyager becomes trapped inside the event horizon of a quantum singularity.
Random Trek #77 with Scott McNulty
Shawn Blanc, writer, Sweet Setuper, and focused individual, joins Scott to discuss “Parallax” (VOY S1E3). Blending a crew, black holes, poorly aging special effects, and the troubling relationship between Neelix and Kes are all discussed.
Next on Random Trek: ENT’s “Dear Doctor” (S1E13).
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Time and Again
S01E04 • “Time and Again”
Random Trek #73 •
Memory Alpha
October 15, 2015 • 40 minutes • 19MB
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Time and Again
While investigating a massive explosion that destroyed all life on a planet, Janeway and Paris are swept back a day in time, where they must prevent the explosion.
Random Trek #73 with Scott McNulty
Dan Koeppel, freelance writer, banana expert, and Star Trek: TNG screenwriter (!), joins Scott to discuss “Time and Again” (VOY S1E4). Topics include the perils of having your episode share a name with a fantastic book, how the Voyager crew is like Hitler, 90’s child actors, guns that looks like guns, and tales of writing a Star Trek episode (specifically Inheritance which was covered in Random Trek episode 33).
Next on Random Trek: VOY S3E23 Distant Origin.
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Phage
S01E05 • “Phage”
Random Trek #16 •
Memory Alpha
September 11, 2014 • 45 minutes • 21MB
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Phage
Neelix's lungs are removed by a race that suffers from a deadly phage that is slowly destroying their population prompting them to harvest replacement organs and tissues from other species.
Random Trek #16 with Scott McNulty
David J. Loehr, Incomparable panelist and playwright, joins Scott to discuss Voyager’s Phage (S1E5). Neelix’s lungs are stolen, and yet he still talks too much in this episode. Good old Harry Kim scans a wall, and the crew forgets the most important rule: never split the party.
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Eye of the Needle
S01E07 • “Eye of the Needle”
Random Trek #145 •
Memory Alpha
April 20, 2017 • 37 minutes • 27MB
Eye of the Needle
Voyager makes contact with a Romulan ship through a wormhole that leads back to the Alpha Quadrant. When the crew discovers subspace emissions indicative of a wormhole, they are elated by the possibility of a way home.
Random Trek #145 with Scott McNulty
Ron Bronson, strategic designer, joins Scott to discuss VOY’s “Eye of the Needle” (S1E7). Topics include Finnish baseball, DS9, and the narrow wormhole problems we encounter in everyday life.
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Prime Factors
S01E10 • “Prime Factors”
Random Trek #71 •
Memory Alpha
October 1, 2015 • 44 minutes • 20MB
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Prime Factors
The crew of Voyager discovers a planet that has the technology to send them more than halfway along their journey home. However, the planet's inhabitants are more than reluctant to share this technology with Voyager's crew, as doing so would violate one of the society's own prime directives.
Random Trek #71 with Scott McNulty
Alyssa Favreau, writer, designer, proofreader, fact checker, and copy editor, joins Scott to discuss Prime Factors (VOY S1E10). Though, to be honest, they don’t spend that much time talking about the episode. Topics include space bros, ranking Vulcans, and the many outfits of Star Trek. Plus Harry Kim and erotic breezes.
Next on Random Trek: The TOS classic The Corbomite Maneuver.
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Faces
S01E14 • “Faces”
Random Trek #133 •
Memory Alpha
January 26, 2017 • 45 minutes • 32MB
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Faces
The Vidiians capture B'Elanna Torres and split her into two people, one fully Klingon, and one fully human.
Random Trek #133 with Scott McNulty
Duncan Barrett, author and actor, joins Scott to talk about VOY’s Faces (S1E14). An early episode of Voyager means the bad guys are the Vidiians. Body horror, coming to grips with what makes you you, and that poor red shirt are all discussed