Hey Trekkies! Feeling down about Starfleet Academy getting cancelled? Missing the old joy of watching your favorite Trek for the first time? Me too. But my joy has been restored by listening to Starter Trek, the podcast where Tawny Newsome (Trek writer & actor who played Mariner on Lower Decks) affectionately and hilariously introduces her friend Andrew Ti to the best (and occasionally the worst) episodes of TOS, TNG, DS9, ENT, and VOY. It's paywalled but imo it's totally worth the $8. Check out Starter Trek!

#StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #TheNextGeneration #StarTrekVoyager #StarTrekEnterprise #StarTrekDS9 #AllStarTrek

Sub-Optimal Podcasts

The Optimal Place to Subscribe to Andrew and Tawny's Podcasts

Sub-Optimal Podcasts

"New Ground" is one of the most honest takes I've seen about the trials of working parents. Worf getting calls about his child from both the teacher and the doctor while he's in a meeting with his boss, and everyone telling him his priority needs to be his child but still expecting him to bear all his professional responsibilities.

#StarTrek #TheNextGeneration #parenting

"Reunification" was a perfect microcosm of #TheNextGeneration : slow, careful plotting; characters and plots that have developed over years; real (potential) consequences for the world of the show; a guest appearance from a historical figure that could have been fan service but was, in fact, so much more; a campy villain with a confused back-story; a contrived resolution in which the main characters outmaneuvered their enemies through technobabble.