Past Trekkie Talks
(Each entry includes Trekkie Talk date, link to audio described MP3 file episode, season#, episode#, air date, short synopsis and link to Trekkie Talk discussion group):
July 19, 2018: That Which Survives S3, Ep17 (Jan 24, 1969)
After the Enterprise landing party beams down to investigate a geologically interesting planet, their ship is hurled across the galaxy. Kirk and company find a deserted outpost guarded by the deadly image of a beautiful woman.
June 21, 2018: The Mark of Gideon S3, Ep16 (Jan 17, 1969)
Kirk beams down to the planet Gideon and appears to find himself trapped on a deserted Enterprise. Spock on the real Enterprise must use his diplomatic skills to deal with the uncooperative inhabitants of Gideon and find the Captain.
June 7, 2018: Let That be Your Last Battlefield S3, Ep15 (Jan 10, 1969) The Enterprise encounters two duo-chromatic and mutually belligerent aliens who put the ship in the middle of their old conflict. Trekkie Talk #76
May 17, 2018: Whom Gods Destroy S3, Ep14 (Jan 3, 1969)
Kirk and Spock are taken prisoners by a former starship captain named Garth, who now resides at, and has taken over, a high security asylum for the criminally insane
May 3, 2018: Elaan of Troyius S3, Ep13 (Dec 20, 1968)
While transporting an arrogant, demanding princess for a political marriage, Captain Kirk must cope both with her biochemical ability to force him to love her and sabotage on his ship.
April 19, 2018: The Empath S3, Ep12 (Dec 6, 1968)
Trapped in an alien laboratory, Kirk, Spock and McCoy meet an empath and are involved in a series of experiments.
March 15, 2018: S3, Ep11 (Nov 29, 1968) Wink of an Eye
A group of aliens who exist in a state of incredible acceleration invade the Enterprise and abduct Capt. Kirk.
March 1, 2018: S3, Ep10 (Nov 22, 1968) Plato's Stepchildren After Dr. McCoy helps the leader of a planet populated by people with powerful psionic abilities, they decide to force him to stay by torturing his comrades until he submits.
February 15, 2018: S3, Ep9 (Nov 15, 1968) The Tholian Web With Capt. Kirk and the derelict USS Defiant apparently lost, the Enterprise grapples with an insanity causing plague and an attack by the Tholians. Trekkie Talk #70
February 1, 2018: S3, Ep8 (Nov 8, 1968) For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky The Enterprise discovers an apparent asteroid that is on a collision course with a planet is actually an ancient populated generation ship. Trekkie Talk #69
January 4, 2018: S3, Ep6 (Oct 25, 1968) As punishment for ignoring their warning and trespassing on their planet, the Melkot condemn Capt. Kirk and his landing party to the losing side of a surreal recreation of the 1881 historic gunfight at the OK Corral. Spectre of the Gun Trekkie Talk #67
December 21, 2017: S3, Ep5 (Oct 18, 1968) Lovely telepath Miranda is aide to Ambassador Kollos, in a box to stop insanity when humans see Medusans. She rejects Larry, a designer of Enterprise, and senses murderous intent nearby.Is There in Truth No Beauty? Trekkie Talk #66
December 7, 2017: S3, Ep4 (Oct 11, 1968) The Enterprise reaches a Federation colony where the adults have all killed themselves but the children play without care. S3, Ep4 (Oct 11, 1968) The Enterprise reaches a Federation colony where the adults have all killed themselves but the children play without care. Trekkie Talk #65
And the Children Shall Lead November 16, 2017: S3, Ep3 (Oct 4, 1968) Trapped on a planet whose inhabitants are descended from Northwestern American Indians, Kirk loses his memory and is proclaimed a God while the crippled Enterprise races back to the planet before it is destroyed by an asteroid. Trekkie Talk #64
The Paradise Syndrome November 2, 2017: The Enterprise Incident S3, Ep2 (Sep 27, 1968) An apparently insane Capt. Kirk has the Enterprise deliberately enter the Romulan Neutral Zone where the ship is immediately captured by the enemy. Trekkie Talk #63
September 21, 2017: Spock's Brain S3, Ep1 (Sep 20, 1968) The crew of the Enterprise pursues a mysterious woman who has abducted Spock's brain. Trekkie Talk #62
September 7, 2017: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1984) To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales. (119 mins.) Trekkie Talk #61
August 17, 2017: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis planet to recover Spock's body. (105 mins.) Trekkie Talk #60
August 3, 2017: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon. (113 mins.) Trekkie Talk #59
July 20, 2017: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine and hopefully stop the intruder. (132 mins.) Trekkie Talk #58
July 6, 2017: Assignment: Earth S2, Ep26 (Mar 29, 1968) While back in time observing Earth in 1968, the Enterprise crew encounters the mysterious Gary Seven who has his own agenda on the planet. Trekkie Talk #57
June 22, 2017: Bread and Circuses S2, Ep25 (Mar 15, 1968) The Enterprise crew investigates the disappearance of a ship's crew on a planet that is a modern version of the Roman Empire.
June 1, 2017: S2, Ep24 (Mar 8, 1968) The Enterprise crew investigates the disappearance of a ship's crew on a planet that is a modern version of the Roman Empire. The Ultimate Computer Trekkie Talk #55
May 18, 2017: The Omega Glory S2, Ep23 (Mar 1, 1968) Responding to a distress signal, Kirk finds Captain Tracey of the U.S.S. Exeter violating the prime directive and interfering with a war between the Yangs and the Kohms to find the secret of their longevity. Trekkie Talk #54
May 4, 2017: By Any Other Name S2, Ep22 (Feb 23, 1968) Galactic alien scouts capture the Enterprise for a return voyage and a prelude to invasion. Kirk's one advantage - they're not used to their adopted human form. Trekkie Talk #53
April 27, 2017: Patterns of Force S2, Ep21 (Feb 16, 1968) Looking for a missing Federation cultural observer, Kirk and Spock find themselves on a planet whose culture has been completely patterned after Earth's 1944 Nazi society. Trekkie Talk #52
April 6, 2017: Return to Tomorrow S2, Ep20 (Feb 9, 1968) The Enterprise is guided to a distant, long-dead world where survivors of an extremely ancient race - existing only as disembodied energy - desiring the bodies of Kirk, Spock and astro-biologist Ann Mulhall so that they may live again. Trekkie Talk #51
March 16, 2017: A Private Little War S2, Ep19 (Feb 2, 1968) Peaceful, primitive peoples get caught up in the struggle between superpowers, with Kirk unhappily trying to restore the balance of power disrupted by the Klingons. Trekkie Talk #50
March 2, 2017: The Immunity Syndrome S2, Ep18 (Jan 19, 1968) The Enterprise encounters a gigantic energy draining space organism that threatens the galaxy. Trekkie Talk #49
February 2, 2017: A Piece of the Action S2, Ep17 (Jan 12, 1968) The crew of Enterprise struggles to cope with a planet of imitative people who have modeled their society on 1920's gangsters.
January 19, 2017: The Gamesters of Triskellion S2, Ep16 (Jan 5, 1968) Kirk, Uhura and Chekov are trapped on a planet where abducted aliens are enslaved and trained to perform as gladiators for the amusement of bored, faceless aliens
January 5, 2017: The Trouble with Tribbles S2, Ep15 (Dec 29, 1967) To protect a space station with a vital grain shipment, Kirk must deal with Federation bureaucrats, a Klingon battle cruiser and a peddler who sells furry, purring, hungry little creatures as pets
December 1, 2016: Wolf in the Fold S2, Ep14 (Dec 22, 1967) Kirk and the Enterprise Computer become detectives after Scotty is accused of murdering women on a pleasure planet.
November 17, 2016: Obsession S2, Ep13 (Dec 15, 1967) Capt. Kirk obsessively hunts for a mysterious cloud creature he encountered in his youth.
November 3, 2016: The Deadly Years S2, Ep12 (Dec 8, 1967) A landing party from the Enterprise is exposed to strange form of radiation which rapidly ages them.
October 20, 2016: Friday's Child S2, Ep11 (Dec 1, 1967) The Federation clashes with the Klingon Empire over mining rights to Capella IV. A sudden coup between its warrior-minded inhabitants forces Kirk's party to flee with the now dead leader's pregnant wife.
October 6, 2016: Journey to Babel S2, Ep10 (Nov 17, 1967) The Enterprise hosts a number of quarrelling diplomats, including Spock's father, but someone on board has murder in mind.
September 29, 2016: Metamorphosis S2, Ep9 (Nov 10, 1967) While returning to the Enterprise aboard the shuttlecraft, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and a seriously ill Federation diplomat find themselves kidnapped by an energized cloud.
September 1, 2016: I, Mudd S2, Ep8 (Nov 3, 1967) Harry Mudd returns with a plot to take over the Enterprise by stranding the crew on a planet populated by androids under his command.
August 18, 2016: Catspaw S2, Ep7 (Oct 27, 1967) Very alien visitors to our galaxy attempt to connect with human consciousness but miss, winding up tapping into the regions of human nightmares instead.
August 4, 2016: The Doomsday Machine S2, Ep6 (Oct 20, 1967) The USS Enterprise encounters the wrecked USS Constellation and its distraught captain who's determined to stop the giant planet-destroying robot ship that killed his crew.
July 21, 2016: The Apple S2, Ep5 (Oct 13, 1967) Primitive inhabitants of Gamma Trianguli VI worship a God who orders them to kill visitors, from the Enterprise.
July 7, 2016: Mirror, Mirror S2, Ep4 (Oct 6, 1967) A transporter accident places Capt. Kirk's landing party in an alternate universe, where the Federation is a barbarically brutal empire.
June 16, 2016: The Changeling S2, Ep3 (Sep 29, 1967) A powerful artificially intelligent Earth probe, with a murderously twisted imperative, comes aboard the Enterprise and confuses Capt. Kirk as his creator.
June 2, 2016: Who Mourns for Adonais S2, Ep2 (Sep 22, 1967) A powerful being claiming to be the Greek god Apollo appears and demands that the crew of the Enterprise disembark onto his planet to worship him.
May 19, 2016: Amok Time S2, Ep1 (Sep 15, 1967) In the throes of his Pon Farr mating period, Spock must return to Vulcan to meet his intended future wife, betrothed from childhood.
May 12, 2016: Operation -- Annihilate S1, Ep29 (Apr 13, 1967) The Enterprise crew attempts to stop a plague of amoeba-like creatures from possessing human hosts and spreading throughout the galaxy.
April 21, 2016: The City on the Edge of Forever S1, Ep28 (Apr 6, 1967) When a temporarily insane Dr. McCoy accidentally changes history and destroys his time, Kirk and Spock follow him to prevent the disaster, but the price to do so is high.
April 7, 2016: The Alternative Factor S1, Ep27 (Mar 30, 1967) Existence itself comes under threat from a man's power-struggle with his alternate self, with the Enterprise's strained dilithium crystals presenting his key to a final solution.
March 17, 2016: Errand of Mercy S1, Ep26 (Mar 23, 1967) Captain Kirk and his crew find and inadvertently revive a genetically augmented world conqueror and his compatriots from Earth's 20th century.
March 3, 2016: The Devil in the Dark S1, Ep25 (Mar 9, 1967) Seeking the answer to a century-old mystery, Kirk and crew encounter a vacantly peaceful society under a 6000-year autocratic rule that kills all those it can't absorb.
February 25, 2016: This Side of Paradise S1, Ep24 (Mar 2, 1967) The Enterprise investigates a planet whose colonists should be dead, but are not.
February 4, 2016: A Taste of Armageddon S1, Ep23 (Feb 23, 1967) Kirk and Spock must save their ship's crew when they are declared all killed in action in a bizarre computer simulated war where the actual deaths must occur to continue.
January 21, 2016: Space Seed S1, Ep22 (Feb 16, 1967) Captain Kirk and his crew find and inadvertently revive a genetically augmented world conqueror and his compatriots from Earth's 20th century.
January 7, 2016: The Return of the Archons S1, Ep21 (Feb 9, 1967) Seeking the answer to a century-old mystery, Kirk and crew encounter a vacantly peaceful society under a 6000-year autocratic rule that kills all those it can't absorb. Trekkie Talk #023
December 15, 2015: Court Martial S1, Ep20 (Feb 2, 1967) Kirk draws a court martial in the negligent death of a crewman. Trekkie Talk #022
December 1, 2015: Tomorrow is Yesterday S1, Ep19 (Jan 26, 1967) The Enterprise is thrown back in time to 1960s Earth.
November 17, 2015: Arena, S1, Ep18 (Jan 19, 1967) For bringing hostility into their solar system, a superior alien race pits Captain Kirk in single combat against the murderous reptilian captain of an alien ship he was pursuing.
November 3, 2015: The Squire of Gothos, S1, Ep17 (Jan 12, 1967) A being that controls matter and creates planets wants to play with the Enterprise crew.
October 20, 2015: The Galileo Seven, S1, Ep16 (Jan 5, 1967) The Galileo, under Spock's command, crash-lands on a hostile planet. As the Enterprise races against time to find the shuttlecraft, Spock's strictly logical leadership clashes with the fear and resentment of his crew.
October 6, 2015: Shore Leave, S1, Ep15 (Dec 29, 1966) The past three months has left the crew of the Enterprise exhausted and in desperate need of a break, but does this explain McCoy's encounter with a human-sized white rabbit or Kirk crossing paths with the prankster who plagued his days at Starfleet Academy?
September 15, 2015: The Balance of Terror, S1, Ep14 (Dec 15, 1966) The Enterprise must decide on its response when a Romulan ship makes a destructively hostile armed probe of Federation territory.
September 1, 2015: The Conscience of the King, S1, Ep13 (Dec 8, 1966) While Captain Kirk investigates whether an actor is actually a presumed dead mass murderer, a mysterious assailant is killing the people who could identify the fugitive.
August 18, 2015: The Menagerie: Part II, S1, Ep12 (Nov 24, 1966) At Spock's court martial, he explains himself with mysterious footage about when Capt. Pike was kidnapped by powerful illusion casting aliens.
August 4, 2015: The Menagerie: Part I, S1, Ep11 (Nov 17, 1966) Spock kidnaps the crippled Capt. Pike, hijacks the Enterprise and then surrenders for court martial.
July 28, 2015: The Corbomite Maneuver, S1, Ep10 (Nov 10, 1966) After the Enterprise is forced to destroy a dangerous marker buoy, a gigantic alien ship arrives to capture and condemn the crew as trespassers. Trekkie Talk #012
July 14, 2015: Dagger of the Mind, S1, Ep9 (Nov 3, 1966) Kirk and psychiatrist Helen Noel are trapped on a maximum security penal colony that experiments with mind control and Spock must use the Vulcan mind-meld to find a way to save them. Trekkie Talk #011
June 16, 2015: Miri, S1, Ep8 (Oct 27, 1966) The Enterprise discovers a planet exactly like Earth, but the only inhabitants are children who contract a fatal disease upon entering puberty. Trekkie Talk #010
June 2, 2015: What are Little Girls Made Of, S1, Ep7 (Oct 20, 1966) Nurse Chapel is reunited with her fiancé; but his new obsession leads him to make an android duplicate of Captain Kirk. Trekkie Talk #009
May 19, 2015: Mudd's Women, S1, Ep6 (Oct 13, 1966) The crew is infected with a mysterious disease that removes people's emotional inhibitions to a dangerous degree. Trekkie Talk #008
May 5, 2015: The Enemy Within, S1, Ep5 (Oct 6, 1966) A transporter malfunction splits Captain Kirk into two halves: one meek and indecisive, the other violent and ill tempered. The remaining crew members stranded on the planet cannot be beamed up to the ship until a the problem is fixed. Trekkie Talk #007
April 21, 2015: The Naked Time, S1, Ep4 (Sep 29, 1966) The crew is infected with a mysterious disease that removes people's emotional inhibitions to a dangerous degree. Trekkie Talk #006
April 7, 2015: Where No Man Has Gone Before, S1, Ep3 (Sep 22, 1966) The flight recorder of the 200-year-old U.S.S. Valiant relays a tale of terror--a magnetic storm at the edge of the galaxy! Trekkie Talk #005
March 17, 2015: A special evening with Scott Arthur, a 45 year veteran of Radio and Television and a member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. During his years as a broadcast personality he was fortunate enough to interview and socialize with a number of members of the original Star Trek cast including William Shatner (Kirk) , George Takei (Sulu), Nichelle Nichols(Uhura), James Doohan (Scotty), Mark Lenard (Sarek - Spock's Father) and Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Number One, Nurse Chapel, Computer Voice). Scott's 1973 interview with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry can be heard on You Tube (see link at the bottom of the Trekkie Talk web page. Trekkie Talk #004
Scott Arthur's Lost 1973 Gene Roddenberry Interview about Star Trek and Beyond
March 3, 2015: Charlie X, S1, Ep2 (Sep 15, 1966) Captain Kirk must learn the limits to the power of a 17-year-old boy with the psychic ability to create anything and destroy anyone. Trekkie Talk #003
February 17, 2015: The Man Trap, S1, Ep1 (Sep 8, 1966) Dr. McCoy discovers his old flame is not what she seems after crew members begin dying from a sudden lack of salt in their bodies. Trekkie Talk #002
February 3, 2015: The Cage, S1, Ep0, pilot (Dec 24, 1988) Capt. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to project incredibly lifelike illusions. Trekkie Talk #001