We Are Starfleet: A Star Trek Podcast
WE ARE STARFLEET is a podcast dedicated to Star Trek: Discovery, Strange New Worlds and soon Starfleet Academy, hosted by Mike Slamer, Ian Buckley, Craig McKenzie & Ashley Thomas with a host of Trekkie guests.
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30. Star Trek: Discovery 4x01 - Kobayashi Maru
Discovery 4x01 - Episode Analysis
Welcome back to We Are Starfleet as we begin our coverage of the much anticipated fourth season of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY.
Following an introduction from your regular host Mike Slamer, your guest hosting team of...
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29. Season Three Recap w/ Ashley Thomas
WELCOME BACK to We Are Starfleet.
In anticipation of Star Trek Discovery Season four, your host Mike Slamer opens a subspace channel to chat the journalist, writer, and prolific podcaster, Ashley Thomas aka TheNerdyBlogger.
A wonderful chat...
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28. We Made Treks Roundtable #2: Star Trek Day ...
Welcome back to WE ARE STARFLEET: A Star Trek Discovery podcast and to a special run of supplementary episodes over the coming months before the premiere of Season 4
In this episode, part of an occasional We Made Treks roundtable podcast series which...
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27. Interview: Dr. Una McCormack on Star Trek D...
Welcome back to WE ARE STARFLEET: A Star Trek Discovery podcast!
In this specialty episode celebrating ONE YEAR of the podcast launching, host Mike Slamer speaks with New York Times best selling author and academic, Dr. Una McCormack, about her...
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26. First Impressions with Dan Owen
Welcome to this second episode in the "First Impressions" series, a mini-segment within the podcast where Mike sits down with new & old Trek fans to discuss how they felt watching Star Trek Discovery for the first time. In this segment, Mike is joined...
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25. We Made Treks Roundtable #1: 2021-2022 New ...
Welcome back to WE ARE STARFLEET: A STAR TREK: DISCOVERY podcast!
In this episode, the first of an occasional We Made Treks roundtable podcast which sees all of the We Made This Star Trek podcasts come together for conversations, host Make It So's...
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24. Discovery: S3 Retrospective w/ Kurt North
In this episode, Mike and Ian are joined by Kurt North, co-founder of the We Made This podcast network to chat final thoughts on Discovery's season 3.
Did "the burn" work as a mystery? What happened to the relationship with Ni'Var's president and...
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23. Conversation with Noah Averbach-Katz
Mike and Ian are honored to welcome special guest Noah Averbach-Katz as he drops in on comms to chat all things Star Trek.
Noah talks about his time as the Andorian Ryn on the set of Discovery, hanging out with the cast and crew, auditioning for...
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22. Discovery: 3x13 "That Hope Is You, Part 2."
Season 3 of Star Trek Discovery has come to a close with “That Hope is You, Part 2.”
The theme of this episode seems to be “missed opportunities.” Join Mike and Ian as they take their time working their way through the nebula of the finale and...
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21. Discovery: 3x12 "There Is A Tide" w. Luke W...
In our first podcast of 2021, we are joined by fellow WE MADE THIS colleague and Trek-Guest, Mr. Luke Winch (Observing The Pattern, Make It So).
The trio breaks down the events of “THERE IS A TIDE.” Admiral Vance goes head to head with the leader...
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20. Discovery: 3x11 "Su'Kal"
Happy Holidays everyone!
In a tense, well-paced episode of Star Trek Discovery, Su’Kal takes us on a journey through “some kind of …” advanced holoprogram as we are invited to investigate the source of The Burn. Mike & Ian discuss the events on...
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19. Discovery: 3x10 "Terra Firma Pt. 2"
We’re talking Terra Firma Part Two, which gives us the first instance of a torture montage in Star Trek.
Breaking down the closing of Georgiou’s arc in the mirror universe, Ian and Mike consider how the writers of Star Trek Discovery have...
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18. Discovery: 3x09 "Terra Firma Pt. 1"
Terra Firma Part One takes us on a hard left turn into the Mirror Universe, surprising everyone.
Does it work? Ian and Mike both think so! Join them as they discuss the enigmatic entity Carl, Booker’s eagerness to work with the Federation, and what...
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17. Discovery: 3x08 "The Sanctuary" w. Craig Mc...
Jonathan Frakes returns to direct another great episode of Star Trek Discovery in, THE SANCTUARY.
Heading home to Book’s planet, the crew finally meets with the leader of The Emerald Chain, Ossyra. Adira is tasked with developing a new algorithm...
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16. Discovery: 3x07 "Unification III" w. Oyin O...
Unification III gives us some closure on the Romulan-Vulcan reunification efforts started by Ambassador Spock in the late 24th century.
Burnham has her own reunification with a long lost family member, and an emotional reunification with...
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15. Discovery: 3x06 "Scavengers"
It’s time for a worker’s revolt/prison break/treasure hunt adventure of Star Trek Discovery, with Burnham and Georgiou taking off on an unsanctioned mission.
Are we getting closer to discovering the origins of The Burn? The Emerald Chain shows...
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14. Discovery: 3x05 "Die Trying"
Alright, it’s official. Star Trek Discovery has officially grown it’s beard... er, braids!
Episode 5, “Die Trying” finally gets the DISCOVERY home to Starfleet Headquarters, where we’re greeted to some far future starship design, great nods to...
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13. Discovery: 3x04 "Forget Me Not"
The theme of this episode is Growth as a result of Trauma.
Tackling mental health straight on is a challenging effort for a television show, but with Culber taking center stage, it feels like we’re all in good hands. Burnham takes a shuttle down...
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12. Discovery: 3x03 "People of Earth"
Season Three continues to grow the beard for Star Trek Discovery, as both Ian and Mike agree that “People of Earth” continues the streak of high quality Trek TV.
The Discovery is at a massive tactical disadvantage, they must manage their resources...
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11. Discovery: 3x02 "Far From Home"
“FAR FROM HOME” features Discovery’s arrival into the future, but this is no Spider-Man crossover episode.
Saru takes center stage against the first “villain of the week” with great character moments along the way. A return to Star Trek's western...
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10. Discovery: 3x01 "That Hope Is You"
With Season 3 finally under way, there is a lot to talk about!
Mike and Ian review and recap the premiere episode, looking at every detail. Opening this podcast episode with a brief follow up on Star Trek Lower Deck's fulfilling the promise of...
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9. Bored Michael Burnham
In the run up to Star Trek Discovery Season Three premiering on October 15th, Mike brings back Ian from the season two recap episodes to talk about what we can expect from the crew of the Discovery's adventures into the 32nd Century.
Ian dreams...
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8. Battle of the Binary Stars
Alexander the Great. T'Kuvma. Kahless the Unforgettable. Michael Burnham. James Kirk. The Battle of the Binary Stars was both the end and beginning of the Federation-Klingon relationship.
Join Mike as he breaks down why T'Kuvma is ultimately...
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7. F1rst 1mpressions w/ Jason Melendez
F1rst 1mpressions is a series within the podcast where Mike sits down with new & old Trek fans to discuss how they felt watching Star Trek Discovery for the first time.
In this segment, Mike is joined by his friend Jason to talk Mirror Universes,...
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6. The Mike and Mike Show
Mike is joined by Mike to discuss the season three trailer plus the newly released footage as part of the “23 Weeks of Trek” ad including Lower Decks. Does the Dax symbiote return? Is Starfleet in hiding? Will Georgiou make a big play?
HOST: Mike...
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