Strange New Takes

Pike teases us with a cooking episode, Dr. Aspen helps Spock explore his identity, and the crew of the Enterprise must figure out how to outsmart the crew of the Serene Squall. Nach, Bill, Emily, and Adam put on catsuits of their own as they try to figure why Strange New Worlds is so good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strange New Worlds decides to lean into the unhappy ending with a troubling moral dilemma. Nach and Adam come together to recap 'Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach' and lift you where Strange New Takes can reach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's like Trading Spaces, but with people's souls in this week's episode of Strange New Worlds. Nach, Bill, Rudy, Emily, and Adam discuss and dare you to critique the adaptive noise canceling we use on our recordings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strange New Worlds goes full submarine as the Gorn ambush the Enterprise. Nach and Emily come in this week to recap the episode and share their Strange New Takes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We learn a lot about Number One in what might be one of the most meaningful episodes of Star Trek we've seen in quite a while. Adam, Emily, and Rudy discuss before deleting their log entries at the end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Uhura sings away the Enterprise's troubles as we get deeper into her backstory. Emily, Rudy and Nach recap the second episode of Strange New Takes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our life's purpose is fulfilled as we discuss the first episode of Strange New Worlds on the 100th episode of this podcast! Emily, Adam, and Nach give their takes on this this week's episode, as Pike and his crew set out to rescue their Number One and establish First Contact. Thanks for everyone who has been listening to us so far <3. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Picard gives the Q-Picard bromance a beautiful epitaph as Season 2 draws to a close. Nach, Emily and Adam recap the episode and season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ST:Picard starts tying up loose ends. Jurati's Borg Queen unleashes her drones on the Chateau as Jean-luc starts to unlock more memories. A villainous Soong tries to kill JL while Raffi and Seven race to stop the queen. Nach, Emily and Bill recap the latest episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Traumatized by an encounter with Vulcans back when he was the kid on The Andy Griffith Show, Special Agent Wells takes out his fears and fustrations on Picard and Guinan. Meanwhile, Jurati gets a taste for batteries. Nach and Adam discuss this latest episode and then go on yet another tangent about Mass Effect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bill and Nach go on an excellent adventure down memory lane reminiscing about Battlestar Galactica and Bob Newhart as James Callis gets added to the Star Trek canon. We recap the episode where Picard reassess his father and share our Strange New Takes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party goes on as Picard and the gang try to prevent Renee Picard from skipping the Europa mission while Dr. Soong decides to stop them with a Tesla. Bill, Emily and Nach have the recap and their Strange New Takes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While Picard tries to solve the mystery of the the timeline divergence, the Borg Queen hatches her own plan. Join Adam and Emily as they relive the good ol' days when they just talked about Star Trek without hitting Record, and they try to figure out just what's going on in this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Picard introduces a new Guinan, a new Picard and maybe a very old character? Nach, Adam, Bill and Emily muse on the identity of the Watcher and recap the episode with our Strange NewTakes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Discovery crew only has a few hours to convince the Ten-C to deactivate the DMA before it destroys Earth, Ni'Var, and the colony we all really care about: Titan. They have even less time to stop Ruon Tarka from destroying just about everyone in his plan to reunite with Oros. Instead of discussing who is Hot or Not, Adam, Rudy, Emily, Bill, and Nach discuss who should and who shouldn't have died in this Season Finale of Discovery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Poor no-name magistrate. Doesn't even get to go back in time before he's vaporized. This week Picard and his wiley band go back to the far future, 2024, to set the past right. Nach, Emily, Adam, Bill and Rudy recap this episode and share their Strange New Takes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discovery finds its stride just in time for the finale. Tig Notaro and the groundbreaking Species 10-C stand out in this fantastic episode. Emily, Rudy and Nach get together for the recap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Picard smacks us with in the face with a whole new universe. Picard gathers the crew as we learn their backstories in the world that has a "Confederation of Planets" led by humans who want to destroy all other species.Emily, Rudy and Nach come together to recap this episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Book and Tarka sneak onto the Discovery as Burnham takes an away team down to examine ruins on the homeworld of Species 10-C. Adam, Nach, Emily, and Bill do their best to make every transition as clunky as possible as they discuss the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While the writers were busy killing a character off-screen, a spark has kindled between Picard and Laris. Emily, Adam, and Bill try to figure out if Nach has taken a little too much LDS when they hear his opinion of The Voyage Home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While the Discovery crew try to pierce the galactic barrier without anyone on the crew becoming gods, Tarka takes Book to an Emerald Chain prison camp to learn some backstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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After the thrilling cliffhanger from Episode 7, Burnham is desperate to stop Book and Tarka from using a banned isolytic weapon against Species 10-C, but ends up having a casino episode instead. Adam and Nach share their feelings about this episode of Discovery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam and Nach get together to recap the Prodigy mid-season finale. This episode was really three different episodes in one and was much faster paced that previous Prodigy outings. Did it work? Listen and find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Diviner delivers an ultimatum, and our crew must face their fears to do what's right. Emily, Rudy, Nach, and Adam try to figure out if the ninth episode just might break the streak of Prodigy's winning streak of excellent episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prodigy brings us the most popular of Star Trek recurring plot devices: Time Travel, and it does it in a way very reminiscent of Voyager. Nach, Adam and Emily recap 'Time Amok' and try their hardest not to mistake it for 'Amok Time'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Star Trek recycles yet another title as the crew of the Prodigy learns the consequences of their actions. Emily, Nach, and Adam consider launching a sister podcast—Star Trek: Hot or Not? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prodigy knocks another one out of the park with its return from hiatus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zora's newfound sentience starts causing problems when she refuses to help find the origin of the DMA. Meanwhile, President Rillak hosts a speech-off to determine the next course of action against Species 10–C. Adam, Emily, Rudy, and Bill recap this week's episode of Star Trek Discovery! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discovery goes old school with a sci-fi plot that would be at home on TNG or TOS. We also get tidbits from Book's past and the rest of the show's ensemble also get a chance to shine in their own stories. Emily, Adam, Nach and Bill recap this week's Star Trek Discovery episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nach, Emily, Adam and Rudy get together to recap 'The Examples' from Star Trek Discovery and share their Strange New Takes on whether they enjoyed the return of the DMA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discovery goes with three storylines in 4x04 and we've got three of us on the pod for this recap! Nach, Bill and Rudy discuss 'All is Posibble' and tell you what they thought of the diplomacy, cadet training and psychotherapy we saw on the screen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discovery's upward trend continues with another strong showing. Adam, Emily and Nach recap 'Choose to Live' and tell you what they enjoyed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discovery gives us a much stronger sophomore episode in season 4. Adam, Emily and Nach recap 'Anomaly' and share why this episode is a significant improvement and what they enjoyed about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's baaack! And it's....a little awkward. Just like the new uniforms. Adam, Nach and Rudy discuss the season 4 premiere of Discovery and fair warning that they've got mixed feelings. There's potential but it's being hampered by poor writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prodigy continues to amaze and goes into hiatus with a bang! Nach returns and tells Adam why he thinks Prodigy is the best new Trek since Voyager. That plus many more Strange New Takes on this recap of 'Terror Firma'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prodigy goes to the Hirogen system! Adam, Emily and Rudy recap the latest from Star Trek Prodigy and tell you what they thought of 'Dreamcatcher'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Janeway introduces utopia to a skeptical group of kids and mayhem ensues. Adam, Emily and Rudy discuss the latest episode of Prodigy and share their Strange New Takes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A SECOND ANIMATED TREK! Prodigy hits screens and we're here to give you our first impressions of the two-part premiere. Adam, Bill and Rudy watched the first episode and can't wait to share their Strange New Takes with you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The best Season 2 of Star Trek EVER?! That's a pretty loaded claim but Adam, Emily and Nach look into whether we can justify it. That plus a recap of the character development we've seen and the larger themes in Season 2! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lower Decks ends on a high note (a dolphin call) as the Cerritos crew comes together to save a fellow federation starship. Emily, Adam, Rudy and Nach take you through their Strange New Takes on the season 2 finale. Stay after the credits for bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We finally discover the sinister power behind the Pakled plot to destroy earth and also get introduced to a likely new Vulcan regular character. Listen now as Bill, Emily, Adam, Rudy and Nach recap the latest episode of Star Trek Lower Decks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The jokes come hard and heavy in I, Excretus with references galore, Emily, Adam, Bill and Nach go through our Strange New Takes on the Cerritos' drills and how much we laughed at Naked Time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lower Decks dips its toes into fantasy by introducing to the "magical" Hyperians. And Boimler finally shows himself to be Mariner's equal by outwitting a murderous supercomputer. Nach, Emily and Adam dip into a new Lower Decks episode with our Strange New Takes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Cerritos is entertaining a Pakled spy as Boimler discovers his inner captain. Nach, Bill and Adam recap the latest episode of Lower Decks and share their Strange New Takes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Careful now. If you say embarassing things about this episode, we'll have to duplicate and make two for next week!An Embarassment of Dooplers returned Star Trek to its roots with a hilarious, original alien of the week. Bill, Emily and Nach recapped the episode and also shared their Strange New Takes on the Star Trek day reveals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You say Mugato, I say Gumato, William Shatner says Mugutu. Lower Decks is at its comedic best when it takes a piece of TOS lore and fleshes it out. Mugato, Gumato is filled with laughs and manages to throw in some polarizing, salacious content. Listen in as Nach, Rudy, Adam and Emily recap the episode and give you their Strange New Takes on this episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Paris becomes the third Voyager main character to revisit our screens! On this week's pod, Nach and the crew recap the newest Lower Decks episode 'We'll Always Have Tom Paris'! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lower Decks introduces its new security offer, the eponymous Kayshon, and Boimler finds his way back to the Cerritos. And he also stays on the Titan too... Nach, Bill and Rudy recap "Kayshon, His Eyes Open" and share our Strange New Takes on the episode. Listen now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Una McCormack penned a novel that covers the year between Michael Burnham's entry into the future and the arrival of Discovery. It fills the space between the first and second episode of Discovery Season 3. We review the book, Wonderlands, and share our Strange New Takes on the whether it was worth the read.*NOTE: An earlier version of this episode was published with the wrong audio. It has now been fixed.* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.