The bridge crew of the podcast reunites to discuss their thoughts on Strange New Worlds' Season Three. With a remarkably low average scoring for this season across the episodes, the group discusses the challenges of the storytelling, what was "missing" from this season, and how season four can improve. HOSTED BY Ashley Thomas, Craig McKenzie, Ian Buckley, and Mike Slamer PATREON + SUPPORT  Help support our show, earn bragging rights, and more!  ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wearestarfleet Produced by Mike Slamer  Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo  Follow the show and join in the conversation on Blueksy at ⁠StarfleetPod.bsky.social⁠ and Instagram ⁠@StarfleetPod⁠.  All our links: www.wearestarfleetpod.com A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. ⁠FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Co-Captains Craig McKenzie, Ashley Thomas and Mike Slamer are back together for this episode of We Are Starfleet, discussing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 episode 10 "New life and New Civilizations." The duality of destiny is on display in this finale, with Captains Batel & Pike taking on an ancient evil, hellbent on ruling as Gods over a chaotic galaxy. The finale serves as a capstone to a largely underwhelming season of Trek, and we discuss the ins and outs! HOSTED BY Ashley Thomas + Mike Slamer + Craig McKenzie PATREON + SUPPORT  Help support our show earn bragging rights, and more!  ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer⁠  Produced by Mike Slamer  Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo  Follow the show and join in the conversation on Blueksy at ⁠StarfleetPod.bsky.social⁠ and Instagram ⁠@StarfleetPod⁠.  All our links: ⁠https://wearestarfleetpod.com/⁠  A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. ⁠FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Co-Captains Ashley Thomas and Mike Slamer are back together for this episode of We Are Starfleet, discussing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 episode 9 "Terrarium." Joining us for this episode is special guest, Charlynn Schmiedt, co-host of Mission Log: Prodigy, Mission Log Live, To the Journey, Star Trek and Chill, and T. P. For Your Earholes, and Sonic Shower Hygiene Technologist for Star Trek-inspired soap at BoldBubbles.com. Lt. Erica Ortegas is on a routine mission when she is stranded on a remote planet with a Gorn. Can she get past her trauma and prejudices? Will she and the Gorn make it off the planet? Is this FINALLY the #MORETEGAS content we’ve been clamoring for? You’ll have to listen to us to find out to see if you agree! …or disagree. Written by Alan B. McElroy and directed by Andrew Coutts. HOSTED BY Ashley Thomas + Mike Slamer GUEST Charlynn Schmiedt https://www.ohtheprofanity.com/ https://boldbubbles.com/ Bluesky: @ohtheprofanity.com and @boldbubbles.com PATREON + SUPPORT  Help support our show earn bragging rights, and more!  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer  Produced by Mike Slamer  Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo  Follow the show and join in the conversation on Blueksy at StarfleetPod.bsky.social and Instagram @StarfleetPod.  All our links: https://wearestarfleetpod.com/  A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

STRANGE NEW WORLDS takes some extreme liberties with long established canon surrounding Vulcans. Mike Slamer and Ian Buckley are back to discuss this episode, with special guest IAN RAMSEY, well known for his song parodies of Star Trek! Host Mike Slamer & Ian Buckley Guest Ian Ramsey https://www.youtube.com/@StarRekt Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Bluesky at StarfleetPod.bsky.social and Instagram @StarfleetPod. All our links: www.wearestarfleetpod.com A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"What is Starfleet?" Beto Ortegas asks 'What is Starfleet?' in this documentary-style episode of Strange New Worlds. Find out how well your hosts Craig Mackenzie and Ian Buckley think this episode answers that question! HOSTED BY Ian Buckley GUEST Craig Mackenzie SUPPORT Help support our show earn bragging rights, and more! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Blueksy at StarfleetPod.bsky.social and Instagram @StarfleetPod. All our links: https://beacons.ai/wearestarfleet A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew is incapacitated and Craig takes command of the ship. Can Mike help him safely win the day by covering the latest episode of STAR TREK STRANGE NEW WORLDS, "The Sehlat Who Ate It's Tail?" A strong episode that accomplishes quite a bit to establish itself as a backdoor pilot for the inevitable TOS reboot. Agree? Sound off on Blue Sky! StarfleetPod.bsky.social HOST Craig McKenzie GUEST MIke Slamer Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Bluesky at StarfleetPod.bsky.social and Instagram @StarfleetPod. All our links: www.wearestarfleetpod.com A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Released from his inter-dimensional prison, Mike Slamer returns to host this episode of WE ARE STARFLEET, chatting the Star Trek Strange New Worlds episode, "Through The Lens of Time" with Craig McKenzie. This episode returns us to Star Trek's high science fiction, but if you've ever had to undertake a "team building exercise" in an escape room... HOST Mike Slamer GUEST Craig McKenzie Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Bluesky at StarfleetPod.bsky.social and Instagram @StarfleetPod. All our links: www.wearestarfleetpod.com A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's We Are Starfleet, Ashley and Craig are joined by Mission Log: Gene-ology host and audio and technical producer Earl Green of TheLogBook.com to discuss Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 episode 4, "A Space Adventure Hour." We've got a mystery to solve, so put on your best 60s outfit, make a drink, and help us figure out who murdered whom in the holodeck with the wrench. HOSTED BY Ashley Thomas + Craig McKenzie GUEST Earl Green PATREON + SUPPORT  Help support our show earn bragging rights, and more!  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer  Produced by Mike Slamer  Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo  Follow the show and join in the conversation on Blueksy at StarfleetPod.bsky.social and Instagram @StarfleetPod.  All our links: https://wearestarfleetpod.com/ A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strange New Worlds S3E3 "Shuttle To Kenfori" Captain Pike and Doctor M'Benga go on an "off the books" mission to hopefully give Captain Batel a fighting chance to live. Is there any genre Star Trek WON'T mash up? Join your hosts Mike Slamer and Ian Buckley for this week's coverage of Strange New Worlds! HOSTED BY Mike Slamer GUEST Ian Buckley PATREON + SUPPORT Help support our show earn bragging rights, and more! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Bluesky at StarfleetPod.bsky.social and Instagram @StarfleetPod. All our links: www.wearestarfleetpod.com A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strange New Worlds S3E2 "Wedding Bell Blues" As the crew of the Enterprise gather to celebrate the Federation Centennial, a couple of unexpected arrivals force Spock to confront his feelings regarding Nurse Chapel. Join Ashley Thomas and her guest Geoff Owen as they explore their own feelings about the second episode of Strange New Worlds Season 3! HOSTED BY Ashley Thomas GUEST Geoff Owen PATREON + SUPPORT Help support our show earn bragging rights, and more! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Bluesky at StarfleetPod.bsky.social and Instagram @StarfleetPod. All our links: https://beacons.ai/wearestarfleet A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WE ARE STARFLEET is back, discussing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x01 "Hegemony, Part II." Can the Enterprise rescue our kidnapped crew members? Is Captain Batel the Monster’s Mother? Will Captain Pike’s hair get any taller? We discuss all this and more in today’s show! HOSTED BY Ashley Thomas, Craig McKenzie, and Ian Buckley ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Showrunners Talk Season 3 Premiere And “Retconning” The Gorn by Laurie Ulster PATREON + SUPPORT  Help support our show, earn bragging rights, and more!  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer  Produced by Mike Slamer  Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo  Follow the show and join in the conversation on Blueksy at StarfleetPod.bsky.social and Instagram @StarfleetPod.  All our links: https://beacons.ai/wearestarfleet  A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First Contact Day, that beautiful day of days when we set aside our differences to join the interstellar communities that await us. In this episode, we take a look at a few select episodes from across the STAR TREK franchise, from TOS, TNG, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. HOSTED BY Mike Slamer, Craig McKenzie, Ashley Thomas, & Ian Buckley Produced by Mike Slamer  Original Music "STAR TREKKING" by Anthony Fuscaldo  Follow the show and join in the conversation on BlueSky & Instagram! @StarfleetPOD  A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew of the podcast is BACK! Kicking off 2025 with a brand new Star Trek movie, "SECTION 31!" It has been sufficiently panned by audiences and critics, but is there anything redeemable? Mike, Craig, Ashley and Ian get together to discuss their collective disappoint in the premise and execution of Star Trek: Section 31, while remaining surprised at the unexplored potentials we're left with. HOSTED BY Mike Slamer, Craig McKenzie, Ashley Thomas, & Ian Buckley Produced by Mike Slamer  Original Music "STAR TREKKING" by Anthony Fuscaldo  Follow the show and join in the conversation on BlueSky & Instagram! @StarfleetPOD  A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WE ARE STARFLEET comes together to look back at Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. As an older film it may be a product of it's time, but does it hold up? It's a Trek movie, so the answer is yes, even if it's an odd numbered movie! We discuss plot holes, recurring actors, a lack of characters, and so much more. Find information about the podcast at www.beacons.ai/wearestarfleet Hosts: Ashley Thomas, Craig McKenzie, Ian Buckley, & Mike Slamer Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Twitter and Instagram! @StarfleetPOD A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WE ARE STARFLEET comes together to say goodbye to Star Trek Discovery. In this extra long episode, we chat through the episode "Life, Itself" as Burnham's quest for God comes to an end. Character arcs tied with a bow, goodbyes are shared. HOSTED BY Mike Slamer, Craig McKenzie, Ashley Thomas, Ian Buckley PATREON + SUPPORT  Help support our show earn bragging rights, and more!  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer  Produced by Mike Slamer  Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo  Follow the show and join in the conversation on Twitter and Instagram! @StarfleetPOD  A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of WE ARE STARFLEET, hosts Mike & Ian strap in to not-explore a binary super-massive black home system in STAR TREK DISCOVERY "LaGrange Point." Does it matter who the Breen are under all the helmets? A great action episode that sets up the finale. Should it have been a part one? Hosted by: Mike Slamer & Ian Buckley PATREON + SUPPORT Help support our show earn bragging rights, and more! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Bluesky, Threads, & Instagram! @StarfleetPOD A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discovery S5E8 "Labyrinths" (88) Welcome to our mind palace! Mike or Ian would have been just as annoying. In this episode of We Are Starfleet, Captain Ashley Thomas and Number One Craig McKenzie navigate the "Labyrinths" of Star Trek: Discovery 5x08. Can we find our way out? HOSTED BY Ashley Thomas + Craig McKenzie PATREON + SUPPORT  Help support our show earn bragging rights, and more!  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer  Produced by Mike Slamer  Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo  Follow the show and join in the conversation on Twitter and Instagram! @StarfleetPOD  A proud part of the Film Stories Network, which includes MAKE IT SO: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast. FilmStoriesNetwork.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WE ARE STARFLEET returns to Star Trek Discovery coverage with "ERIGAH!" And we're all here on vibes only. Considered a high water mark for the season, this podcsat invites long time listener Violet Hammond onto the show to discuss her unique perspectives on DISCOVERY, and Star Trek at large. Spore jump into your podcast player now and hit play! Hosted by Mike Slamer with special guest Violet HammondSUPPORT Help support us, earn bragging rights, and more!  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Twitter and Instagram! @StarfleetPOD Follow the show on Bluesky at @starfleetpod.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of WE ARE STARFLEET, Captain Ian Buckley and Number One Ashley Thomas are chatting "Whistlespeak" season 5, episode 6 of Star Trek: Discovery's final season. Let's go and meet the gods this week in this discussion.HOSTED BY Ian Buckley + Ashley ThomasSUPPORT Help support us, earn bragging rights, and more!  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer Produced by Mike Slamer Original Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Twitter and Instagram! @StarfleetPOD Follow the show on Bluesky at @starfleetpod.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig McKenzie and Mike Slamer take the helm for episode five of STAR TREK DISCOVERY, titled, "Mirrors." L'ak and Moll take center stage in this episode to give us their much-needed origin story. Meanwhile, Book & Burnham take a shuttle to a not-so-mysterious vessel, teased and hyped up online. The not-so-subtle episode title tells us everything we need to know. Is the payoff worth it? We say it isn't. Listen in for more! HOSTED BY Craig McKenzie & Mike SlamerPATREON + SUPPORT Help support the show, earn bragging rights, and more! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mikeslamer Produced by Mike Slamer & Craig McKenzieOriginal Music by Anthony Fuscaldo Follow the show and join in the conversation on Twitter and Instagram! @StarfleetPOD  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices