Star Trek Universe
Matthew Carroll and David C. Roberson and Effie Ophelders
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Matthew Carroll and David C. Roberson and Effie Ophelders
▶ WebplayerStar Trek news, reviews, and episode discussions across the entire franchise.David C. Roberson breaks down the latest news and Star Trek series with lifelong friend Matthew Carroll and introduces longtime friend Effie Ophelders to classic Trek for the very first time.From Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy to The Original Series, The Next Generation, and everything in between, we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time!
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Sep 28, 2026 · 1:42:56
Let’s steal away to temporal frays – though the stakes are soft and hornless! Aye, tis time to close this gimcrack group of gimmicks gormless! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek:…
Sep 20, 2026 · 1:17:41
Strange New Worlds has gimmicked their way to gimcrack! We're reviewing the gorgeous, mostly well-acted (but ultimately nonsensical) bit of uselessness that is the penultimate…
Sep 14, 2026 · 1:14:57
Strange New Worlds finally got back around to making Star Trek for a second! There was a badmiral, tough choices to make, and ol tricky Kirk provin' his command worth! Pop-pop!…
Sep 5, 2026 · 1:10:27
Strange New Worlds used this week's insufferable gimmick for good rather than evil, but it was still a whole lot. We're here with our thoughts, a couple of tears, and a whole lot…
Aug 29, 2026 · 50:55
Strange New Worlds is still gimmicking, but this time they're augmenting who they are instead of replacing it. We have thoughts, and they aren't all positive, but we have some…
Aug 22, 2026 · 1:28:39
Strange New Worlds tries to pull a smile, but does it succeed? If you enjoyed this episode, we're happy for you, but we're getting into our thoughts no punches pulled and no…
Aug 16, 2026 · 50:38
Why does Strange New Worlds seem to have a problem understanding the, ahem, Kor of pre-established characters? Why are they failing to make compelling television week-after-week?…
Aug 8, 2026 · 1:05:23
How do you manage to fumble Dave Foley? We're talking one of the worst episodes in the history of the franchise, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x03, "Human Best Friend". 🎙…
Aug 4, 2026 · 1:52:32
On this episode of Star Trek Universe , we’re talking Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , 4x02, where there are lots of jump scares, ghost sumsuches, and ear clippers! EAR CLIPPERS!…
Jul 23, 2026 · 46:18
On this episode of Star Trek Universe , we’re talking the season four premiere episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, punching dinosaurs, and kicking bootstrap paradoxes in…
Jun 9, 2026 · 50:13
On this episode of Star Trek Universe , we’re talking asshole aliens altruistically assaulting to test their kidnapped mute, maman! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original…
Jun 2, 2026 · 1:16:15
On this episode of Star Trek Universe , if you can’t face a threat that’s insidious, put on your red visors and shame a friend who’s hideous, maman. We’re talking “Is There in…
May 26, 2026 · 43:54
Effie and Dave have finally arrived at "Spock's Brain", oft-fingered as the worst episode of Star Trek ever made! Is it that? We'll get into it, maman! There sure be some rough…
May 19, 2026 · 1:01:56
We meet an adversary so diabolical, he can teach children to control minds by pretending to use a shake weight – so powerful Kirk knows his name despite it never being uttered –…
May 12, 2026 · 53:37
Romulans using Klingon designs!? Vulcan and Romulan finger entwined!? Kirk and Spock are looking for a cloaking device while the Romulan commander's looking for a poking so nice!…
May 4, 2026 · 1:23:43
An ancient obelisk reveals mysteries of the Star Trek universe, and in turn robs Kirk of his memory! But was Kirk meant to lose his mind on Amerind? Effie and I have a lot of…
Apr 27, 2026 · 51:41
The Dohlman of Elas is problematic as hell, maman! But that don't stop us from enjoying KIrk as her tear-stained white knight! Well, maybe it stops us a little. 🎙 Episode…
Apr 20, 2026 · 1:07:29
Maman, it's that time again that we jump back in to Classic Trek Watch/Rewatch! This time we're digging into the first episode of the final season: "Spectre of the Gun"! It's a…
Mar 27, 2026 · 2:20:43
Long-form discussion, maman! We're digging into all your feedback, even some left about episodes 8 and 9! We're also getting incredibly distracted, maman. Long, winding trails of…
Mar 24, 2026 · 27:34
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is officially canceled. Season 2 will still supposedly air. Sad day, maman. 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star…
Mar 18, 2026 · 1:15:05
Shoot, this could have been the series finale, maman! All tied up in a bow proper! Made us cry and everything! Great season, maman! Hope you enjoyed it! 🎙 Episodes Reviewed:…
Mar 6, 2026 · 59:07
Maman got found, maman! Caleb and his new family are in search of his old one, but terrible danger be lurkin', maman! Matt and Dave are catching up on the penultimate episode of…
Mar 1, 2026 · 1:03:32
SAM is not okay, maman. In fact, no one is. Gotta call in Tilly, maman. DO a little Our Town . Emily can't come back, but Tarima can. But what if there are two ghost girls? It's…
Feb 25, 2026 · 33:51
Okay, maman, so Jay-Den is Darem's Ko'Zeine, but will he co-sign this Khionian lifestyle design? We also have warp slugs, altered recommendation letters, and long, lingering…
Feb 13, 2026 · 55:12
Fire up your singularity drive, maman! It's time for the tiny fireflies because there are Furies who hate being Furies and they're in pain all the time, maman. It's rough! Plus…
Feb 6, 2026 · 1:18:15
There are tears of the prophets and tears of some podcast hosts this week, maman! We gush and choke over S.A.M.'s journey to understanding herself and her mission through an…
Feb 2, 2026 · 1:05:07
Talk about a voice from on high, maman! We speak the words of the angels! Fallen angels 😈. Come sit with us as we discuss this killer episode that delves into Jay-Den's tragic…
Jan 23, 2026 · 1:16:27
Ten-hut, Cadet Maman! We got war games or some such! Tally-ho! Wait, that's Trelane. Scratch that, but it's time for patience, Maman! And don't forget empathy! Watch out for the…
Jan 16, 2026 · 1:41:54
Good day, Cadet Maman! It's time for your academy orientation! We'll be discussing the first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy ! Get to know your fellow students,…
Dec 16, 2025 · 41:27
Maman! Hey, Maman! I'm glad we caught you! I wanted to invite you to take a trip with Effie and myself to New York City of 1968. Specifically 811 East 68th Street, Apt 12B – a…
Dec 10, 2025 · 48:40
Oh, maman... On this episode of Star Trek Universe, it’s a dash of racism,a sprinkling of imperialism, and a skosh of jingoism as Effie and I roll our eyes along to one of the…
Dec 1, 2025 · 1:16:48
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Matt and Dave are discussing the death of the Kelvinverse, Paramount's aborting of Simon Kinberg's Star Trek: Origin trilogy and the…
Nov 28, 2025 · 43:54
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I encounter the most advanced multitronic unit of the 23rd century: Richard Daystrom’s prototype M-5 computer. Otherwise known as…
Nov 19, 2025 · 44:51
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I find ourselves in another earth-history contaminated culture as a matter of course. With Space Nazis, Space Jews and Patterns…
Nov 12, 2025 · 1:24:37
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I learn that sometimes it’s best to let Sargons be bygones - especially when you meet douche bags with big ball energy who like…
Nov 4, 2025 · 47:39
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and Dave learn what a sensual thing an apology can be – and that if you drink too much ya might turn green, maman! Or your drink…
Oct 29, 2025 · 46:29
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and Dave beam down to Sigma Iotia II — the planet that found a book about Chicago mobsters and decided to run with it ! From fedoras…
Oct 17, 2025 · 47:32
We’re talking Starfleet Academy casting (Tilly's back, sorta) and premiere news, Strange New Worlds season 4’s “go for broke” energy, and the Star Trek: United series that might…
Oct 16, 2025 · 1:05:53
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I find ourselves dark place drained of energy, maman – I’m not talking about seasonal depression – We’re spending some time…
Oct 9, 2025 · 1:07:21
It takes a bloodthirsty captain to kill a bloodthirsty cloud, maman! We're talking all about Jim Kirk's obsession with a vampire cloud creature who killed half his crew 11 years…
Oct 1, 2025 · 50:35
Effie and Dave fight to be vended as thralls while wearing tin foil bikinis and getting eye-effed by Galt! Lord have mercy upon us, maman! It'll be no time before we're served…
Sep 24, 2025 · 57:52
Kirk brings the crew to a spot he visited before, but he expected paradise -- not a private little war! This is an uneven-but-fun episode to talk about, maman! We got…
Sep 21, 2025 · 1:42:24
It's our 300th episode, maman! We're getting into all sorts of news! Strange New Worlds Goldsman and Myers' Thoughts on Rewriting History in "Terrarium" Taking From "The Inner…
Sep 15, 2025 · 1:13:31
They finally told an original story, maman -- or they started to before they were "inspired" by an episode of The Next Generation and did that instead. Alright, fine. It was the…
Sep 8, 2025 · 54:59
Divert power to cliché, snarky one-liners, maman! Even in the face of death, and with no one listening, it's time to get in an old yuk-yuk! But ain't nobody laughing at the end,…
Sep 1, 2025 · 38:06
Yes, we watched it, maman. We saw "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans." Our tears are bitter, maman. Our souls are thin as to be wisped away by a wayward zephyr. We weep for our bodies are…
Aug 27, 2025 · 1:07:30
Beto’s been filming on the Enterprise for weeks, maman - and the fruit of his labor is “What is Starfleet?” There were other things to talk about, maman. Starfleet probably…
Aug 20, 2025 · 59:58
Pelia talking about her age is getting stale while Kirk becomes the Sehlat who ate its tail. Gather your telephones, maman! It's time for a chat! Episode Reviewed: Star Trek:…
Aug 13, 2025 · 48:41
There’s a murderer on board, So Spock might pull the chord! You’ll hear Sarek say “My Wife! Attend!” while a Tellarite meets his end! A killer runs amok while Spock’s parents…
Aug 10, 2025 · 1:37:34
Mike Sussman and Bakula have a pitch for a President Archer series! Simon Pegg says the new head of Paramount is a huge Star Trek fan! Plus we review Strange New Worlds 3x05,…
Aug 5, 2025 · 47:35
Things are bleak, maman. The snake has eaten it's tail so hard it's currently licking it's chin. They have ten episodes, and they've now used one to denigrate The Original Series…
Jul 31, 2025 · 42:52
To get Captain Batel out of her bed, Pike and M'Benga must fight the undead! It's a rough time for the crew! Zombies, revenge plots, Erica gets in trouble with Number One who has…
Jul 29, 2025 · 35:00
SDCC 2025 has hit, and it has brough some trailers and teasers, maman! We got thoughts! Here's what we're talking about: Khan ‘Star Trek: Khan’ Audio Series To Feature George…
Jul 21, 2025 · 34:13
As we bypass strange new worlds for familiar old ground, the Star Trek universe continues to get smaller, maman. What used to feel like endless possibility now feels like a…
Jul 18, 2025 · 43:54
Strange New Worlds is back, and so are we – discussing part two of Hegemony! Let's see how the crew of the Enterprise gets out of this crazy mess, maman! I believe in them! Lord…
Jun 13, 2025 · 34:31
In an unsurprising move, Paramount Plus has decided to end Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with a six-episode fifth season! We talk about our feelings regarding this announcement…
Jun 12, 2025 · 1:29:44
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, we’re discussing that Strange New Worlds season 3 trailer , maman... plus talking about the posters they've recently released, season 3…
Jun 6, 2025 · 1:21:40
Get ready for gladiators and glad penis, maman! As McCoy and Spock fight for their lives in an arena, Kirk claps cheeks and pleases his weenah! Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 2x12 -…
Apr 25, 2025 · 1:23:08
Dave and Matt are back in the saddle, maman! We got thoughts on the "Strange New Worlds" season 3 trailer, "Starfleet Academy" News and more franchise rumblings! STRANGE NEW…
Feb 11, 2025 · 37:44
We have Federation officials and klingons who like to quibble, but they ain’t no trouble like the trouble with tribbles, maman! We’re heading to Deep Space Station K7 to have a…
Jan 26, 2025 · 53:42
Georgiou is back, but the film’s getting flack, maman! Is it as bad as you’ve heard, or is the hate undeserved? We’ll be bringing you our spoiler-free thoughts, followed by our…
Jan 7, 2025 · 25:24
Gather, ye subjects and pledge purpose to his royal Mudd the first! The non-human Norman done hijacked the Enterprise, maman! He took us to a world of safety, technology beyond…
Dec 27, 2024 · 1:05:47
Saying goodbye to Lower Decks sucks, maman. Hopefully we'll get more from these characters somewhere in the future. Time for our final review of Lower Decks, maman. They set so…
Dec 9, 2024 · 46:07
Catching up on two more episode of Lower Decks, maman. We got a purple Data head and tales of the upper decks, maman. Lurks and clicking jerks. Something's happening, maman.…
Nov 27, 2024 · 1:03:32
It's a double review this round, maman! We're catching up on the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks! We're taking a trip to Starbase 80 and retreading over some…
Nov 23, 2024 · 29:10
"765874 - Unification" isn't just the return of William Shatner as James Kirk, it's also the return of Robin Curtis as Saavik and Gary Lockwood as Gary Mitchell. But what does it…
Nov 11, 2024 · 34:53
Break out the Bengay, slip on your nicest track suit, and ready your angry ageism e-mails for next week’s feedback, maman! The nights are warm and the days are young, but the…
Nov 8, 2024 · 38:45
We're talking Star Trek: Lower Decks 5x04 - "A Farewell to Farms", maman! Time for some Ma'ah and Migleemo maman! Klingons and Klowahkans! AND MORE. SPACIAL. RIFTS. Hosts: David…
Nov 4, 2024 · 37:55
Show off those guns, bare that midriff and break out your most hipsterish beard wax to give that goatee the shine it deserves, maman. We’re taking a look at the iconic,…
Nov 1, 2024 · 39:10
We're talking Star Trek: Lower Decks 5x03 - "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel", maman! Mariner and Jennifer finally get closure! Boimler is thrown into danger for being wiry! Tendi…
Oct 25, 2024 · 44:24
It's a fresh beginning for the end of a beloved series, maman! A cosmic fissure leaves the crew of the Cerritos in a position of crappy self-reflection as they're forced to face…
Sep 18, 2024 · 49:45
An apple a day keeps the serpent at bay, maman! Kirk continues his mission to kill gods and disrupt paradise while we continue our watch/rewatch of classic Star Trek! Stop…
Sep 11, 2024 · 33:16
We’re going where NOMAD’S gone before, maman! Cause we're gonna rub nubs with Nomad, a carbon unit-nullifying nuts-and-bolts type. Be careful, maman -- the utopia-seeking, string…
Sep 4, 2024 · 33:22
We’re tradin’ in our chevy for a Redjac-ac-ac-ac-ac! You outta know by now, maman…It's time to savor a scintillating slice of who-dunnit cheesecake. Take your sedatives, and find…
Aug 28, 2024 · 47:03
On this episode of Star Trek Universe, we engage with a HORN OF BUTCHERY, maman -- a regular CORNUCOPIA of CARNAGE… OTHERWISE known as THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE! Come lay with me…
Aug 10, 2024 · 43:12
Spock's flag is at full-mast, and the only cure is some good old fashioned killin', maman! It ain't logical, but his log said kill. That was real dumb, maman. Real dumb. Episode…
Aug 2, 2024 · 1:31:16
Maybe it's like self check-out, maman. If we're the ones promoting and begging for what we want, they can spend less on marketing. But I'm so tired of begging, maman. We have a…
Jul 25, 2024 · 48:37
Maman, you were right. The time is passed. There is no room for gods, maman. Forgive me, maman. Take me... Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 2x04 - "Who Mourns for Adonais?" Hosts:…
Jul 14, 2024 · 1:09:41
Here it is, maman. Don't let the beginning fool ya. We loved us some Prodigy season 2. There were some bumps, but this is some of the best Trek of the last seven years! If you…
Jul 4, 2024 · 38:27
Dr. McCoy slaps Catwoman, and as a result, only he is allowed to touch her kitty, maman! Somebody mixed Klingons with my Capellans, and now there's civil unrest, babies in caves,…
Jul 2, 2024 · 2:35
We're gonna have a single review for all of Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, maman. It's not ideal, but Netflix fingered our fünf on this release, maman. Look for it in a couple of…
Jun 28, 2024 · 1:08:34
We're catching up on news -- castings, character announcements, sad cancellations, wonderful renewals, and a silly conspiracy that could be cool if they did it right! It's a…
Jun 26, 2024 · 47:25
Aww, maman! Some hot stuff heatin' up in Zefram Cochrane's innards as Kirk and his companions find out he been lettin' his companion all up in them guts! Energy clouds are…
Jun 18, 2024 · 48:27
Black castles, black cats and the blackest of intentions, maman! At least we think. Not really sure what these bad guys wanted in the first place, but Sylvia grew to want a lil…
Jun 11, 2024 · 27:21
Watch your back, maman! Literally! We’re beaming down to the Deneva colony which has been overrun by ketchup-covered pancake parasites from another galaxy! Also, giant future…
Jun 3, 2024 · 1:43:08
Black alert, maman! Discovery discovers no more. Time to wrap it all up, maman. What's the deal with the Progenitor's tech? Who is Kovich really? How can it sync up with Craft…
May 25, 2024 · 47:27
It's time for another episode of Mighty Morphin' Jello Rangers, maman. Everybody wants to be the Green Ranger, too. Just like the '90s. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Discovery…
May 22, 2024 · 1:22:47
A sprawling library maze and a guide who looks like Book. Not a terrible test, maman. But they need to call an electrician, cause the lights keep going out. Can't read in the…
May 11, 2024 · 46:36
This one's a pretty good one, maman. Not much to dook on here! Maybe the best episode of the season so far! Not lookin' good for L'ak, maman. Good bluffs, good politics, scary…
May 6, 2024 · 56:16
On some planets they whistlespeak, maman. Then they got mortar and pestles and stop grinding avocado long enough to do the sound cure, but whistlespeakin and sound curin don't…
May 2, 2024 · 1:03:02
The Mirrorverse Enterprise is hidin' in some kinda extradimensional something, maman. We're looking with glassy eyes at Spock's console and gettin' closer to Book again. Also we…
Apr 26, 2024 · 52:48
Jump through the time hole, but beware policemen and mechanical rice pickers, maman! McCoy's gone mad, but Kirk is madly in love with Edith Keeler -- too bad she has to die to…
Apr 23, 2024 · 1:27:11
Krenim chronophage, maman. Time bug. Time for a romp through a clip show, maman. Face our past, ourselves, and the strange. Poignant doo-doo, maman. This was a good one. Episode…
Apr 15, 2024 · 43:24
Thrills with Trills while unraveling a mystery, maman! This was certainly a thing a we watched and recorded a review about. Make no mistake. A show was on and we talked about it.…
Apr 12, 2024 · 1:13:06
We're picking up a decades-old mystery, maman! It's the 32nd century and it's finally time to find out what this Progenitor mess is all about! It's a Red Directive and some…
Apr 8, 2024 · 56:51
We watch corporealized non-corporeal beings smile condescendingly at two galactic powers slap fighting in the playground, maman. It's a sight to behold -- Plus, we meet the…
Mar 28, 2024 · 23:19
It's time to hunt a Horta, maman! We're going deep on a molten heap as we review the classic Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark"! Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x27 - "The…
Mar 19, 2024 · 26:39
Some alien flowers blow their loads into our faces and it makes us feel real nice, maman. This thiccy makin' us climb trees, maman. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x26 - "This Side…
Mar 12, 2024 · 34:12
Effie and Dave stumble upon a derelict sleeper ship from 1996. Waiting within: the last dictator of the Eugenics Wars–a super human known as Khan. He's got a magnetism, maman.…
Feb 27, 2024 · 1:11:34
We’re talking about the Star Trek Discovery Season 5 trailer, maman. Also there are some updates for Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds, Section 31 and Legacy plus a whole lot…
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