Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

Kevin Yank & Rob Lloyd

Kevin Yank and Rob Lloyd explore the intersecting wormholes that permeate Star Trek canon, inspired by each new episode to hit the subspace relays.

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Episode 32: Courtroom Dramas (SNW 2×02 Ad Astra per Aspera)

Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

07/03/23 • 60 min

Rob & Kev agree to overrule all objections about the trial of Una Chin-Riley in "Ad Astra per Aspera". They then explore the legal precedents for excellent courtroom dramas in Star Trek, including "Judgment" (ENT), "Court Martial" (TOS), "Dax" (DS9), and "The Measure of a Man" (TNG). Finally, they commiserate following the shock announcement that Star Trek: Prodigy has been cancelled prior to the airing of season two on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon.

SNW 2×02 Ad Astra per Aspera

Yetide Badaki as Neera Ketoul

Robert April

Julian Bashir

Eugenics Wars

TOS 1×24 Space Seed

Courtroom dramas

ENT 2×19 Judgment

The Lost Star Trek Audio Commentary Tracks

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Martok

J.G. Hertzler

Xenopolycythemia

TOS 3×10 For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky

Rura Penthe

TOS 1×14 Court Martial

TOS 1×15 The Menagerie

DS9 1×08 Dax

TNG 4×23 The Host

Trill

DIS 3×04 Forget Me Not

TNG 2×09 The Measure Of A Man

Bruce Maddox

Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley

Episode 63: Kids (PRO 2×16-20)

Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

09/01/24 • 69 min

Kev and Rob farewell the newly-formed Prodigy crew in episodes 16-20 of season two, then take the opportunity to revisit past instances of children in Star Trek, both stories about children including "Miri" (TOS), "And the Children Shall Lead" (TOS), and "When the Bough Breaks" (TNG), as well as fully-formed characters who are kids including Wesley Crusher, Jake Sisko, Nog, Alexander Rozhenko, Molly O'Brien, Naomi Wildman and Icheb. Finally, they look ahead briefly to the upcoming Starfleet Academy series.

PRO 2×16 Acension, Part II

PRO 2×17 Brink

PRO 2×18 Touch of Grey

PRO 2×19 Ouroboros, Part I

PRO 2×20 Ouroboros, Part II

Utopia Planitia

Stories about kids

TOS 1×11 Miri

TOS 3×05 And the Children Shall Lead

Melvin Belli

TNG 1×16 When the Bough Breaks

Kid characters

Naomi Wildman

VOY 5×05 Once Upon a Time

Star Trek Voyager: Every Time Seven Says "Naomi Wildman"

VOY 7×11 Shattered

Molly O’Brien

DS9 6×24 Time’s Orphan

Icheb

(00:00) - Episode 63: Kids (PRO 2×16-20)
(02:17) - Plot recap
(05:07) - Our review
(39:23) - Kids
(40:39) - TOS 1×11 Miri
(41:58) - TOS 3×05 And the Children Shall Lead
(43:53) - TNG 1×16 When the Bough Breaks
(45:34) - Wesley Crusher
(48:02) - Jake and Nog
(50:24) - Alexander
(51:15) - Naomi Wildman
(58:08) - Molly O'Brien
(01:07:20) - Looking ahead to Starfleet Academy

Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley

Episode 52: Joined Trill (DIS 5×03 Jinaal)

Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

04/24/24 • 54 min

After defeating the cloak-bees of the dimly-lit rock quarries of Trill, Rob and Kev take a stroll down the lane (or a swim up the milky river?) of Trill history, discussing all of the joined Trill that they have encountered in their travels. They discuss "Facets" (DS9), "Rejoined" (DS9) and "The Host" (TNG).

DIS 5×03 Jinaal

DIS 3×04 Forget Me Not

Zhian'tara ritual

DS9 3×25 Facets

DIS 4×03 Choose to Live

Gray Tal

TAS 1×02 Yesteryear

Matt’s So-Cast Pod: A podcast about My So-Called Life

DS9 3×25 Facets

DS9 4x10 Our Man Bashir

DS9 7x15 Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang

DS9 6x13 Far Beyond the Stars – see also Subspace Radio #0 Mixing it Up

DS9 7×13 Field of Fire

DS9 3×04 Equilibrium

Curzon Dax

DS9 2×17 Playing God

Jadzia Dax

Ezri Dax

DS9 4×06 Rejoined

Lenara Kahn

Nilani Kahn

TNG 4×23 The Host

See also Subspace Radio #33 Canon retcons

Verad

DS9 2×04 Invasive Procedures

Tuvix

Yedrin Dax

DS9 5×22 Children of Time

(00:00) - Episode 52: Joined Trill (DIS 5×03 Jinaal)
(00:16) - DIS 5×03 Jinaal
(27:09) - Joined Trill
(29:44) - DS9 3×25 Facets
(40:19) - DS9 4×06 Rejoined
(46:27) - TNG 4×23 The Host
(52:04) - Outro

Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley

Episode 1: The Red Shirt Problem (SNW 1x09 "All Those Who Wander")

Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

07/10/22 • 44 min

SNW 1x09 All Those Who Wander (Memory Alpha)

David Marcus (Memory Alpha)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Memory Alpha)

Will Decker (Memory Alpha)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Memory Alpha)

Natasha Yar (Memory Alpha)
TNG 1x23 Skin of Evil (Memory Alpha)

Hugh Culber (Memory Alpha)
DIS 1x10 Despite Yourself (Memory Alpha)

Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley
Album art: moonshines on YouTube

Episode 0: Mixing it up (SNW 1x08 "The Elysian Kingdom")

Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

07/10/22 • 58 min

TNG 5x18 Cause and Effect (Memory Alpha)
Worf solves Cause and Effect (YouTube)

DS9 7x04 Take Me Out to the Holosuite (Memory Alpha)

DS9 6x13 Far Beyond the Stars (Memory Alpha)

DS9 4x10 Our Man Bashir (Memory Alpha)

VOY 5x23 11:59

DS9 7x15 Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (Memory Alpha)

Album art: moonshines on YouTube

Episode 2: Visiting Old Episodes (SNW 1x10 "A Quality of Mercy")

Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

07/17/22 • 46 min

SNW 1x10 A Quality of Mercy (Memory Alpha)
TOS 1x08 Balance of Terror (Memory Alpha)

TOS 1x15 The Menagerie, Part I (Memory Alpha)
TOS 1x16 The Menagerie, Part II (Memory Alpha)
TOS 0x01 The Cage (Memory Alpha)

DS9 5x06 Trials and Tribble-ations (Memory Alpha)
TOS 2x13 The Trouble With Tribbles (Memory Alpha)

VOY 3x02 Flashback (Memory Alpha)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Memory Alpha)
ENT 4x22 These Are The Voyages... (Memory Alpha)

Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley
Album art: Trekkietar

Episode 72: Unreasonable Klingon Ships (LD 5×10 The New Next Generation)

Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

02/13/25 • 50 min

Rob and Kev surf the waves of the multiverse, dodging Klingon death barges in "The New Next Generation". They then look to the past for other examples of unreasonable Klingon ships, and find the overlooked classic, "A Matter of Honor" (TNG).

LD 5×10 The New Next Generation

ST 1×02 Calypso

Unreasonable Klingon Ships

ENT 2×19 Judgment / ENT 2×25 Bounty / ENT 2×26 The Expanse

TNG 2×08 A Matter of Honor

Star Trek: Section 31

(00:00) - Episode 72: Unreasonable Klingon Ships (LD 5×10 The New Next Generation)
(00:40) - LD 5×10 The New Next Generation
(25:38) - Unreasonable Klingon Ships
(48:01) - Looking forward to Section 31

Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley

Episode 71: Kim & T'Pol (LD 5×09 Fissure Quest)

Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

02/02/25 • 67 min

Kev and Rob leap from universe to universe in search of wacky versions of people from history to crew their swanky starship in "Fissure Quest". They then revisit two characters brought into the spotlight for arguably their strongest outings in this episode. For Harry Kim they discuss "Non Sequitur" (VOY) and "Nightingale" (VOY). For T'Pol they discuss "Stigma" (ENT) and "Home" (ENT).

LD 5×09 Fissure Quest

Sliders

DS9 3×25 Facets

William Boimler

LD 3×08 Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus

USS Enterprise (XCV 330)

The Delta Flyers podcast

Harry Kim

VOY 5×06 Timeless

Subspace Radio #51 Staships bumping into planets

VOY 2×05 Non Sequitur

VOY 3×03 The Chute

VOY 7×08 Nightingale

Icheb

T’Pol

ENT 1×17 Fusion, ENT 2×14 Stigma

Pa’nar syndrome

ENT 4×03 Home

TNG 4×02 Family

ENT 4×07 The Forge

Koss

ENT 3×08 Twilight

(00:00) - Episode 71: Kim & T'Pol (LD 5×09 Fissure Quest)
(02:43) - LD 5×09 Fissure Quest
(26:49) - Harry Kim
(32:52) - VOY 2×05 Non Sequitur
(40:48) - VOY 7×08 Nightingale
(50:00) - T'Pol
(53:41) - ENT 1×17 Fusion & ENT 2×14 Stigma
(58:48) - ENT 4×03 Home

Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley

Episode 70: Unseen crews (LD 5×08 Upper Decks)

Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

01/22/25 • 48 min

Rob and Kev step out of the limelight to make way for some junior podcasters to talk about them behind their backs as they discuss "Upper Decks". They then revisit two other episodes where previously-unseen groups of crew members are the stars of the show, "Learning Curve" (VOY) and "Lower Decks" (TNG).

LD 5×08 Upper Decks

TNG 7×15 Lower Decks

Charlotte Nicdao

Westlake

SNW 2×09 Subspace Rhapsody

Andarithio “Andy” Billups

TNG 1×24 We’ll Always Have Paris

VOY 6×20 Good Shepherd

Subspace Radio #42 Lessons in leadership

VOY 1×16 Learning Curve

Winger Bingston, Jr.

TNG 5×08 Lower Decks

Subspace Radio #12: Not actually dead

Sito Jaxa

TNG 5×19 The First Duty

Nick Locarno

Alyssa Ogawa

Ben

(00:00) - Episode 70: Unseen crews (LD 5×08 Upper Decks)
(00:37) - LD 5×08 Upper Decks
(14:31) - Unseen crews
(15:34) - VOY 1×16 Learning Curve
(25:27) - TNG 5×08 Lower Decks

Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley

Episode 35: Vulcans are Jerks (SNW 2×05 Charades)

Subspace Radio: a Star Trek podcast

07/26/23 • 40 min

Kev & Rob gush at the one-two punch of comedy and heartbreak delivered by "Charades" before breaking down the several different ways in which Vulcans are such jerks, revisiting "The Forge", "Awakening" and "Kir'Shara" (ENT), "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" (DS9), and "Journey to Babel" (TOS).

SNW 2×05 Charades

Doctor Who: The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances

SNW 1×05 Spock Amok

Star Trek Generations

Mia Kirshner as Amanda Grayson

Exotica

Love & Human Remains

The Crow: City of Angels

The L Word

Roger Korby

TOS 1×09 What Are Little Girls Made Of?

TOS 2×05 Amok Time