Episodes

  • Starfleet Academy 1x04 - "Vox in Excelso" Review

    Starfleet Academy 1x04 - "Vox in Excelso" Review
    Feb 2 2026
    Talk about a voice from on high, maman! We speak the words of the angels! Fallen angels 😈. Come sit with us as we discuss this killer episode that delves into Jay-Den's tragic past! We got jokes, but we had tears, too! And lots of feedback, maman!

    🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x04 - "Vox in Excelso" Review

    👥 Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Matthew Carroll

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Starfleet Academy 1x03 - "Vitus Reflux" Review

    Starfleet Academy 1x03 - "Vitus Reflux" Review
    Jan 23 2026
    Ten-hut, Cadet Maman! We got war games or some such! Tally-ho! Wait, that's Trelane. Scratch that, but it's time for patience, Maman! And don't forget empathy! Watch out for the betazoid in the Mugato suit, Maman...

    🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x03 - "Vitus Reflux" Review

    👥 Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Matthew Carroll

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Starfleet Academy 1x01 - "Kids These Days" | 1x02 - "Beta Test" Review

    Starfleet Academy 1x01 - "Kids These Days" | 1x02 - "Beta Test" Review
    Jan 16 2026
    Good day, Cadet Maman! It's time for your academy orientation! We'll be discussing the first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy! Get to know your fellow students, Maman. Reacquaint yourself with an old friend. It won't be a perfect experience, but it will be pretty enriching, Maman.

    🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x01 - "Kids These Days" | 1x02 - "Beta Test"

    👥 Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Matthew Carroll

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.

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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Star Trek 2x26 - "Assignment: Earth" Review

    Star Trek 2x26 - "Assignment: Earth" Review
    Dec 16 2025
    Maman! Hey, Maman! I'm glad we caught you! I wanted to invite you to take a trip with Effie and myself to New York City of 1968. Specifically 811 East 68th Street, Apt 12B – a quite extraordinary apartment with an exceptional new tenant – Class 1 supervisor 194 – Codename: Gary Seven. He, his "cat" Isis and his secretary Roberta Lincoln will be taking over the season 2 finale of Star Trek – and while they were making it, they may have even thought it would the series finale. Crazy times call for crazy parachutes, Maman.

    🎙 Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek The Original Series 2×26 – “Assignment: Earth”

    👥 Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

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    41 mins
  • Star Trek 2x25 - "The Omega Glory" Review

    Star Trek 2x25 - "The Omega Glory" Review
    Dec 10 2025
    Oh, maman... On this episode of Star Trek Universe, it’s a dash of racism,a sprinkling of imperialism, and a skosh of jingoism as Effie and I roll our eyes along to one of the absolute worst episodes of Star Trek ever produced – an episode so bad it was repeatedly rejected by the studio, from the beginning! We’re talking Roddenberry’s pet project, "The Omega Glory", maman! It ain't pretty.

    🎙 Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek The Original Series 2×25 – “The Omega Glory”

    👥 Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

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    49 mins
  • New Unconnected Star Trek Film + Khan Canonicity, A Sisko Tease and... Pluribus!?

    New Unconnected Star Trek Film + Khan Canonicity, A Sisko Tease and... Pluribus!?
    Dec 1 2025
    On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Matt and Dave are discussing the death of the Kelvinverse, Paramount's aborting of Simon Kinberg's Star Trek: Origin trilogy and the development of Goldstein and Daley's new supposedly unconnected Star Trek film! We're also talking about the canonicity of the podcast Star Trek: Khan, maman, as well as a tease about Captain Sisko for Starfleet Academy, and how Strange New Worlds is reigning it in for the wrap-up! All that and so much more, maman! It's wild. We even get into a spoilery section on Pluribus for those keeping up with that Apple TV series!

    The Movies

    • The Kelvinverse is Dead!
    • Simon Kinberg's Star Trek: Origin Trilogy Abandoned!
    • Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley Tapped For Unconnected Star Trek Film!
    Starfleet Academy

    • Brit Marling Cast as Ship's Computer Voice
    • Noga Landau Teases Resolution to Sisko Mystery
    • Who is Deidre Hall Playing?
    Strange New Worlds
    • Akiva Goldsman Says SNW Will Have Fewer "Outliers" As Series Wraps
    Khan
    • Kirsten Beyer and David Mack on Canonicity of Khan
    • There Are Hopes For More Star Trek Podcasts
    Spoiler-Filled Discussion of Apple TV's Pluribus


    Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Matthew Carroll

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Star Trek 2x24 - "The Ultimate Computer" Review

    Star Trek 2x24 - "The Ultimate Computer" Review
    Nov 28 2025
    On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I encounter the most advanced multitronic unit of the 23rd century: Richard Daystrom’s prototype M-5 computer. Otherwise known as Dick “Defense-Ain’t-Murder” Daystrom’s Destruction Device. We’ll get into this catalyst for Kirk’s existentialist nightmare, maman, and maybe even explain how this could have been the perfect series finale.

    🎙 Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek The Original Series 2×24 – “The Ultimate Computer”

    👥 Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

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    44 mins
  • Star Trek 2x23 - "Patterns of Force" Review

    Star Trek 2x23 - "Patterns of Force" Review
    Nov 19 2025
    On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I find ourselves in another earth-history contaminated culture as a matter of course. With Space Nazis, Space Jews and Patterns of Force.
    We’ll get into John Gill and his misguided attempts at introducing Nazism with benign leadership in our review of Star Trek 2x23, "Patterns of Force".

    🎙 Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek The Original Series 2×23 – “Patterns of Force”

    👥 Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

    🖖 Listen & Subscribe:
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    ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter
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    45 mins