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.
S05E10 • “Counterpoint”
Random Trek #150 •
Memory Alpha
June 1, 2017 • 45 minutes • 31MB
Voyager smuggles telepathic refugees through Devore space. Voyager is passing through Devore space, where telepathy is illegal and telepaths are sent to relocation centers. Devore warships are far larger and more powerful than Voyager, so the ship is subject to frequent and random inspections to check for telepaths, complete with rough treatment of the crew and their equipment. Knowing the drill, Voyager and its crew are once again standing by to be boarded by Devore inspection teams and...
Mikah Sargent, podcaster extraordinaire, joins Scott to discuss VOY’s “Counterpoint” (S5E10). Topics include the many talents of Capt. Janeway, how you can’t trust charming men, and what the heck happened to Tuvok anyway?
S05E14 • “Bliss”
Random Trek #119 •
Memory Alpha
October 20, 2016 • 47 minutes • 33MB
Voyager finds a wormhole that leads directly back to Earth, but Seven of Nine suspects that it may not be what it appears.
Jean MacDonald, founder of App Camp for Girls, joins Scott to talk about Voyager’s Bliss (S5E14). Topics include the perils of watching a show in random order, how Gene Roddenberry might have been a jerk, and how this episode is a kind of throwback to TOS.
Jean’s favorite podcasts include:
S05E23 • “11:59”
Random Trek #10 •
Memory Alpha
July 31, 2014 • 45 minutes • 21MB
Kathryn Janeway discovers the truth about one of her famed ancestors, Shannon O'Donnel, realizing that who Shannon was differs vastly from what Janeway had believed all her life.
Ged Maheux, of the Icon Factory and Gedblog, joins Scott to discuss Voyager’s “11:59”. Why does everyone in the Year 2000 drive cars from the 1970’s? Will they or won’t they? Do we care?
Email everyone in a 100 mile radius because this episode of Voyager is perplexing.