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Captain Picard was a great Captain. Arguably the greatest (sorry Kirk fans). Or was he? Did he allow a little too much leeway with his senior staff, or was he too hard on them?

Why was Riker so drawn to pass up command after command to stay on the Enterprise? Did Picard have the perfect balance of nurturing with good order and discipline?

We will answer all this and more with some great thoughts provided by The Random Redshirt Podcast!

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Join the Crusher Convo Crew for a deep dive into “The little Ship that should” - the relationship between Jean-Luc Picard and Beverly Crusher! Hitting all the highs and lows of this beautiful and most unique friendship.

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For Captain Picard Week II, the Trek Time! team will be talking "Captain or Father? Jean-Luc & Wesley Crusher" and how Picard played a major role in Wesley's development.

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Join the SNP crew as they try to pitch the much-rumored TNG Kelvinverse film in three acts. Rhianna Herd from The Duras Sisters Podcast joins the team for this one.

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Join the EARTH STATION TREK crew for an exploration of Picard's Starfleet career when he WASN'T on the Enterprise. From the Academy to the Stargazer and from the Romulan crisis back to the Academy, Jean-Luc had a lifetime of service we didn't see onscreen!

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Although we’ve followed Picard through most of his adult life, he still remains a man of mystery. Until today.

Join Where's Bev as they answer questions they guarantee no one has ever asked about the famous captain.

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It's the final episode of SNP's best of Ferengi series! Returning to help Hawk and Julian is collective member, Jessko, who's armed to the lobes with ALL the DS9 knowledge.

"The Nagus," "The House of Quark," and "Bar Association" are just a few of the episodes the crew deep dives on their hunt for profit.

The mailbag, Strange New Loop, and much more are on episode 121 of Strange New Pod.

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With just over two weeks until the third and final season premiere of Star Trek Picard, Hawk and Julian react to and break down the final trailer, which dropped this past Sunday night.

They also pay tribute to Annie Wersching, who tragically passed away after a battle with cancer on Sunday. Annie was known to Trekkies as the Borg Queen in Picard season two and Liana in the Enterprise first season episode, "Oasis."

Plus, YOUR theories, speculation, and mailbag on the Picard trailer on this bonu...

Strange New Pod continues its best-of-species series this week with part two of the best of the Borg!

On this edition of the pod, we head to the Delta Quadrant and delve deep into Borg lore on Star Trek Voyager with help from our friend and Collective member, Emcee Frodis. From epic two-parters like "Scorpion" and "Dark Frontier," to important character-centered episodes like "The Raven," Emcee, Hawk, and Julian go through it all!

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SNP's best of species series continues this week as Hawk and Julian welcome collective member Jessko aboard to help them deep dive the Ferengi's origins on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

From their troublesome debut in "The Last Outpost" to episodes that pave the way for the Ferengi's future like "Suspicions," Jess and team try to cover it all...yes, even the Ferengi Memo.

Plus, the Strange New Loop and much more on episode 119 of Strange New Pod!

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After months of reviewing new Star Trek episodes, SNP can finally get back to their best-of-species series! In part six, the crew, hosted by Hawk this week, tackles none other than the Borg!

From their introduction in the season two Next Generation episode "Q Who," to Jean-Luc's shocking assimilation and transformation into Locutus, Hawk leads Erik and Julian down a dimly lit green path of nanoprobes, moral ambiguity, and resistance.

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On SNP's first episode of 2023, it's back to the final frontier with the team's wants and don't wants from Strange New Worlds season two. And beaming in to help Girafe, Hawk, and Julian are the fine folks from Open Pike Night, John, Cam, and Jesse!

All this and much more on episode 117 of Strange New Pod!

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It's Strange New Pod's final episode of 2022, and the show goes out with a bang with Star Trek Prodigy's season one finale, "Supernova, Part 2."

The crew welcomes very special guests, Prodigy creators and showrunners Dan and Kevin Hageman, to give their insight into the finale as well as season one as a whole...and maybe one or two morsels about season two!

Then, it's onto the crew's review and breakdown of "Supernova, Part 2." When the Protostar crew realizes the ship must be destroyed to sav...

It's the penultimate episode of Star Trek Prodigy season one, and the SNP team has their review and breakdown of what ended up being a masterpiece episode of Trek in "Supernova, Pt. 1."

What happens when the fleet opens fire on the Protostar? And what do Janeway and the Protostar crew do when the worst-case scenario is finally realized with the living construct and Asencia making contact with Starfleet channels? And which character is the first to leave us on Prodigy? Erik, Girafe, Hawk, and Ju...

This week, the SNP team reviews the final episode of Star Trek Prodigy before its epic two-part finale!

What happens when Dal and Janeway swap their minds in an attempt to communicate with each other? Is the Vindicator/Asencia able to hold her cover? The team breaks down this freaky Friday episode!

Plus, a Strange New Loop that stumps the crew, news, and much more on episode 114 of Strange New Pod

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It's holodeck episode week! Join Girafe, Hawk, and Julian as they review and break down episode 117 of Star Trek Prodigy, "Ghost in the Machine!"

What happens when the holodeck malfunctions and sends the Protostar crew on a hunt for a Skeleton Key that takes them through each of their holodeck programs? And how is Janeway and the living construct involved? The team answers these questions along with a surprise guest in the live chat!

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Join the SNP crew this week as they review this backstory-heavy episode of Star Trek Prodigy! Spoiler alert, they loved it!

In this week's episode, "Preludes," the Prodigy writer's room finally gives insight into the pasts of Rok-Tahk, Zero, and Jankom Pog. The newly revealed Vindicator also shares the story of the Vau N'Akat and Starfleet's arrival on Solum. And what actually happened to Chakotay? The Strange New Pod crew breaks it all down.

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Join the Strange New Pod crew on this special Thanksgiving edition of the show as they review Star Trek Prodigy's fifteenth episode, "Masquerade!"

What happens when Okana makes contact with a geneticist he was supposed to be doing a job for, and when we meet her, what do we finally learn about Dal? What does he do with that knowledge? Why do the Romulans want the Protostar, and who is stopping Janeway from pursuing them? Finally, what big revelation do we learn about Ensign Asencia? Erik, Giraf...

It's a divisive episode of Star Trek Prodigy this week as Erik, Girafe, Hawk, and Julian break down and review "Crossroads."

What happens when Dal and the team decide to bury the Protostar and find transport to Starfleet without it? What is the Outrageous Okana doing on a remote icy outpost? And what happens when Janeway and her crew show up at the same outpost looking for the kids and the Protostar? The teams break it all down!

Plus, a Thanksgiving edition of the Strange New Loop, the mailbag...

SNP is back live this week as the crew breakdown and review what turned out to be an amazing thirteenth episode of Star Trek Prodigy.

What happens when Dal and team come across a planet home to a people who closely resemble Starfleet? What is the reason behind their people returning to the colony, sometimes sick or not at all? What the heck is happening to Murf? So many questions! Erik, Girafe, Hawk, and Julian break down this absolute love letter of an episode.

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The SNP team is back after a quick trip to Risa! Join Girafe, Hawk, and Julian as they review episode 113 of Star Trek Prodigy, "Let Sleeping Borg Lie!"

That's right; Prodigy brings the Borg to children's television! What happens when the Protostar and her crew come across a dormant Borg Cube? What drives Dal and the crew to board said Borg drone? When Zero joins the collective, are they able to bargain with them? And finally, do the Borg offer any clues into disabling the weapon aboard the Pro...

Ten weeks have warped by as quickly as Q snaps a finger, and the SNP team has their review and breakdown of the Lower Decks season three finale, "The Stars at Night." Trek Untold's Matthew Kaplowitz lends his voice as the show's special guest for this week's finale review!

What happens when Carol challenges Admiral Buenamigo's Texas class to a second contact race with the fate of the Cali class at stake? What does Boimler do to deeply offend Shaxs? Mariner is having a BLAST, so why is her spide...

Star Trek Prodigy is back with its mid-season premiere with episode 111, "Asylum!" Join Girafe, Hawk, and Julian as they welcome the show back and break down the latest adventure onboard the Protostar!

What happens when Dal and the team rolls up on a Deep Space Relay Station and request asylum? How does the hidden weapon aboard the Protostar put everything in jeopardy? Why is Dal’s species hidden at Starfleet Command? And finally, what are the ramifications of Gwyn regaining her memories? The S...

Join the Section 31 contingent of Strange New Pod (Erik, Girafe, and Hawk) for hijinks and chaos as they review and break down the penultimate episode of Star Trek Lower Decks season three, "Trusted Sources."

What happens when a reporter from the Federation News Network comes on board the Cerritos to cover Carol’s new Second Contact checkup initiative? What does Mariner do to finally get thrown off the ship and sent to Starbase 80? And finally, after a sneak attack by the Breen, and Project Swi...