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Humanist Trek
Humanist Trek is a weekly #StarTrek podcast about the humanism in Star Trek. Hosted by Sarah Ray 🏳️⚧️👩🏼 and Allie Ashmead ✊🏿👩🏿🦱 Available at http://www.humanisttrek.com and everywhere you replicate your podcasts!
Episodes
Humanist TrekThe Cloud Minders (TOS)
James Kirk, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk walk into a bar. Speaking of, this episode of Star Trek: The Original Series sets the bar pretty high. This week, Kirk…
Humanist TrekThe Way to Eden (TOS)
When the Enterprise tracks down a rogue band of Space Hippies, Star Trek gets baked out of its mind and takes a big swing at the counterculture movements of…
Humanist TrekRequiem for Methuselah (TOS)
When the Enterprise finds an old recluse man with a daughter-ish/lover-ish android Real Doll, Sarah and Allie almost quit the podcast. Play along with our…
Humanist TrekThe Lights of Zetar (TOS)
When Shari Lewis puts down her puppets, the Enterprise bumps into a corporeal life form who just want to be where the people are so much that they're killing…
Humanist TrekThat Which Survives (TOS)
When the Enterprise stumbles upon a planet whose inhabitants are long gone but who also left their Brinks Home Security System armed, crew members start…
Humanist TrekThe Mark of Gideon (TOS)
When Star Trek takes a swing at the "overpopulation problem", Kirk is kidnapped and used to introduce a deadly STD into the population. The writers even kicked…
Humanist TrekLet That Be Your Last Battlefield (TOS)
When Star Trek stops hiding the humanism behind the sci-fi filter, American™ racism and hatred is put on blast. They didn't even bother hiding the mirror on…
Humanist TrekWhom Gods Destroy (TOS)
When Star Trek revisits the Plane'arium storyline, the proverbial inmates have taken over the asylum led by a shapeshifting madman. Once again questions of…
Humanist TrekElaan of Troyius (TOS)
When Star Trek trades in Cowboy Diplomacy for Marriage Diplomacy, Sarah and Allie find themselves in a very discomforting place. Why is the Federation forcing…
Humanist TrekThe Empath (TOS)
When Kirk and the Gang find the missing scientists dead, they also discover some cousins of the bootyheads from the pilot. With a sun going nova imminent, can…
Humanist TrekWink of an Eye (TOS)
Just how far would humans go to ensure our survival as a species? What would we kill to save ourselves, and where's that line? Why aren't we willing to try new…
Humanist TrekPlato's Stepchildren (TOS)
Star Trek often asks the question, "What would a civilization based on 'XYZ' look like?" This week it's the ancient Greeks and KSM find themselves in the…
Humanist TrekThe Tholian Web (TOS)
When Star Trek runs out of story ideas, it's time to revisit that old idea of Logic v. Emotion and how Kirk uses the best of both to be an effective leader…
Humanist TrekFor the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (TOS)
McCoy catches a terminal case of xenopolychlamydia, the crew stumbles upon a Truman Show asteroid ship, and Allie's back on the dating apps. Could Allie find…
Humanist TrekMerry Trekmas 2023
Snoop Claus visits the studio for the weediest Christmas ever! Thanks to everybody who sent us gifts, you're the real MVP's. Play along with our Starfleet…
Humanist TrekDay of the Dove (TOS)
When a hate vampire sets the Federations and Klingons against each other, can Uhura's sweet sweet singing bring them all together? Can we identify the hate…
Humanist TrekSpectre of the Gun (TOS)
When Sarah and Allie are depressed and not excited about decorating for Christmas, the Ghost of Christmas Past yoinks them back to the past - 1881 in…
Humanist TrekIs There In Truth No Beauty? (TOS)
When Dr. Pulaski returns, 1960's beauty standards come under fire. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the…
Humanist TrekAnd The Children Shall Lead (TOS)
When a bunch of Children of the Corn on a scientific outpost cause their parents to Jim Jones themselves, they call to the guardians of the watchtowers of the…
Humanist TrekThe Paradise Syndrome (TOS) w/ Dr. Mohamed Noor
When Kirk suffers from amnesia, will the big Manhattan musical go on? How many awful "native American" tropes can one 1960's TV series cram into one episode?…
Humanist TrekThe Enterprise Incident (TOS)
When the Enterprise crosses into the Romulan DMZ, Spock fingers a Romulan Commander while Kirk steals a cloaking device (treaty be damned). Is it "OK" to do…
Humanist TrekSpock's Brain (TOS)
When Spock's brain is stolen by dopey aliens, Kirk, Bones, and Scotty take RC Spock on Star Trek: The Search for Spock's Brain - Weekend at Bernie's style…
Humanist TrekTOS Season 2 Review
How much do we even remember from Season 2? And what do we have to look forward to next season? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share…
Humanist TrekAssignment: Earth (TOS)
What's Allie's great idea? Is Data's cat Spot canonically also a hot chick? Why do time travelers always act powerless? Will Kirk allow Marty to make sure his…
Humanist TrekBread and Circuses (TOS)
The TOS writers once again explore the idea "What would have happened if 'x' hadn't fallen?" Not 1920's Chicago. Not Nazi Germany. No, this episode of Star…
Humanist TrekThe Ultimate Computer (TOS)
People's fear of automation operates on "Sarah's Pendulum Theory of Everything". In the 60's? Vehicle Manufacturing. Today? AI. Can AI and the like coexist…
Humanist TrekThe Omega Glory (TOS)
When the Enterprise discovers their sister ship Exeter in orbit of a planet, they find the Exeter crew has been raptured. What’s “Left Behind” is just piles of…
Humanist TrekBy Any Other Name (TOS)
When powerful aliens capture Kirk and the gang with another Landru device, the crew defeat them with irritation, jealousy, and boners. Roll for initiative!…
Humanist TrekPatterns of Force (TOS)
Sarah and Allie slip on some armbands and kick march around the studio... No, I'm not doing this. I refuse to put swastikas on our cartoons and there's no good…
Humanist TrekReturn to Tomorrow (TOS)
It's the 1-year Anniversary of Humanist Trek! Allie and Sarah's bodies are taken over by ancient aliens that may be our great great great grandparents, Dr…
Humanist TrekA Private Little War (TOS)
When Kirk and company discover the Klingons providing arms to one side of what used to be a peaceful planet, we're reminded of the many times the USA has…
Humanist TrekThe Immunity Syndrome (TOS)
Sarah and Allie board the Magic School Bus and shrink down to microscopic size. As the bus penetrates a giant space amoeba's boundary... actually, maybe this…
Humanist TrekA Piece of the Action (TOS)
When Allie and Sarah find themselves on a planet based on a book about 1920's Chicago mobsters, the episode encounters way more tangents and accents than…
Humanist TrekThe Gamesters of Triskelion (TOS)
When Kirk, Chekov, and Uhura find themselves captive to "Providers" and forced to fight for their amusement, slavery is put on blast in this progressive…
Humanist TrekThe Trouble With Tribbles (TOS)
When Uhura doesn't follow the young Chinese boy's instructions and gets her Tribble wet, Fred, Scoob, and the gang find themselves waist deep in a furry…
Humanist TrekWolf in the Fold (TOS)
On this episode of CSI: Argelius, Piglet investigates the suspicious murder of a dancer from the nudie bar and Scotty's the primary suspect. Play along with…
Humanist TrekObsession (TOS)
Captain Ahab encounters an old nemesis - a cloud whale that sucks blood for nourishment - and loses himself in the hunt. Will he break his little ships? Play…
Humanist TrekThe Deadly Years (TOS)
The shot clock is running to find out how to stop Kirk and the gang from rapidly aging. How many times do we let Grandpa run his starship into the neighbor's…
Humanist TrekFriday's Child (TOS)
The Enterprise arrives at a planet to sign a mining agreement to find the Klingons have beat them to the punch. Chaos ensues as the leader is murdered and his…
Humanist TrekJourney to Babel (TOS)
Tensions run high as various alien races - including Spock's parents - gather on the Enterprise for a city council meeting, but when a delegate is found…
Humanist TrekMetamorphosis (TOS)
When the Galileo Shuttlecraft is hijacked by an energy being, Kirk discovers Zefram Cochrane trapped on a planet with a jukebox that only plays Roy Orbison's…
Humanist TrekI, Mudd (TOS)
When the Enterprise is hijacked by a sketchy new crewman, Kirk is reunited with Harcourt Fenton Mudd. Would you be tempted to put your brain in a robot body?…
Humanist TrekCatspaw (TOS)
Have you ever wondered why Star Trek doesn't usually do "holiday specials"? This episode holds the answer! It's the episode that asks, "What if Star Trek did a…
Humanist TrekThe Doomsday Machine (TOS)
Chasing his planet-killing whale, Commodore Ahab makes the ultimate sacrifice in an attempt to save the Enterprise crew from a weapon so powerful, it would…
Humanist TrekThe Apple (TOS)
When the Enterprise finds yet another planet being run by a computer, our heroes must once again debate the merits of freeing a population who appears stagnant…
Humanist TrekMirror, Mirror (TOS)
A transporter malfunction sends Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura to an alternate universe filled with distrust, espionage, assassinations, and some midriff…
Humanist TrekThe Changeling (TOS)
When an old Earth probe goes on a killing spree, Kirk must play logic chess to keep from being destroyed, too. It's the episode that has nothing to do with a…
Humanist TrekWho Mourns for Adonias? (TOS)
Time to crack out those old college textbooks on Greek mythology! It's the episode that asks, "What if our idea of god(s) came from aliens?" Play along with…
Humanist TrekAmok Time (TOS)
When Spock gets the 7 year itch, Kirk must return his friend to Vulcan to marry his betrothed. But T’Pring’s been riding Stonn on the side, and the only way…
Humanist TrekEugene "Rod" Roddenberry, Jr. Interview
Allie and Sarah reflect on the first season of TOS, then Eugene Roddenberry, Jr. (aka Rod) joins us to talk about growing up in a humanist house, carrying the…
Humanist TrekOperation: Annihilate! (TOS)
When Kirk’s brother doesn’t answer the phone, the Enterprise finds an infestation of parasitic pancakes. When Spock gets inseminated by one, the crew must find…
Humanist TrekThe City on the Edge of Forever (TOS)
While investigating a strange rock donut portal, McCoy, OD'd on space molly, leaps back in time and butterfly effects the Federation's very existence away. To…
Humanist TrekThe Alternative Factor (TOS)
Star Trek writers go on a mushroom trip and forget almost everything they know about science. Do you experience turbulence in space? What exactly is the…
Humanist TrekErrand of Mercy (TOS)
When Klingons take control of Organia, a strategic planet between them and the Federation, Kirk rolls in to make the argument that while they, too, are…
Humanist TrekThe Devil in the Dark (TOS)
A mining colony of New Yorkers starts reporting mysterious deaths in the caves. When Kirk and crew arrive, Spock makes a new friend and find that sometimes…
Humanist TrekThis Side of Paradise (TOS)
While visiting Planet Disney Ranch, the crew of the Enterprise get so high on flower spores that only a good ol' fashioned Star Trek Fight will do. Are humans…
Humanist TrekA Taste of Armageddon (TOS)
Once again the Enterprise rolls up on a planet and starts calling all the shots like they own the place. Aren't we supposed to first seek to understand…
Humanist TrekSpace Seed (TOS)
The Enterprise encounters a sleeper ship full of GMO people from the eugenics wars of the 1990's. Khan and the GMOs take over the Enterprise, but in the end…
Humanist TrekThe Return of the Archons (TOS)
While investigating the disappearance of the USS Archon, the Enterprise discovers a cult of Amish-turned-Jehovah's Witnesses reenacting "The Purge". The…
Humanist TrekCourt Martial (TOS)
Kirk is marched back to #Starfleet to defend his actions that led to the apparent death of Lt Cmdr Finney. Does Kirk's prosecutor being a former fuck buddy…