Trek Geeks: A Star Trek Podcast

It almost seems like it was a bad dream. Last week was legimately the worst week in Star Trek fandom with the passings of Walter Koenig--Ensign Pavel Chekov from the original Star Trek--and the legendary Sir Patrick Stewart--Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Bill and Dan talk about the impact of both men on the franchise, discuss their importance in Star Trek, and remember some of their finest moments in this audio from the last Trek Geeks: Thursday Night Geeks. ========================== Walter Koenig 1936-2026 Sir Patrick Stewart 1940-2026

The countdown rolls on! Bill and Dan are back with the next installment of our 60th anniversary series, ranking Star Trek's 60 greatest moments. This time we crack the top 30, and the stakes (and the arguments) keep climbing. We're covering #30 through #21, pulling from six decades of Trek across the shows and the movies. Expect big character moments, a few gut punches, at least one "how is that not in the top 10?!" outburst, and the tangents that only happen when two Trek Geeks get a list and a microphone. Did we get it right? Did we snub your favorite? Tell us what we missed, and if you're enjoying the countdown, leave us a rating and review wherever you listen. It helps more Trek fans find the show. Live long, prosper, and stay tuned for the top 20 coming soon. 🖖

The countdown keeps climbing. This week, Bill and Dan tackle the next ten entries in Star Trek's 60 Greatest Moments, working their way through numbers 40 through 31. These are the scenes that earned their spot the hard way. Sixty years of television and film, thousands of hours of story, and only sixty slots to fill. Every moment in this batch had to beat out something you love, and the guys make the case for each one while second-guessing themselves in real time. Expect some agreement, some arguing, and at least one ranking that'll make you talk back to your headphones. That's the whole point of a list like this. Got your own picks? Join us live on Thursday nights at 8pm ET on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, where the chat is how you tell us we got one wrong. ********************************************** STAR TREK WINES Trek Geeks is proud to welcome our friends at Star Trek Wines to Trek Geeks and Thursday Night Geeks!  Visit https://trekgeeks.com/startrekwines to shop from there fantastic line of beverages--and use the special discount code TREKGEEKS10 at checkout for 10 percent off your order of $100 or more!   

Sixty years ago today, Star Trek premiered. The countdown rolls on. On this episode of Trek Geeks, Bill and Dan pick right back up with Star Trek's 60 Greatest Moments, moving into the next ten on Star Trek Day itself as we celebrate the franchise's 60th anniversary. Last time we cracked open the list with 60 through 51. This time the stakes climb a little higher and the picks start to sting a little more. We're counting down entries 50 through 41, ten more moments pulled from every corner of the final frontier. From the Original Series to the movies, from Next Gen to the modern era, these are the scenes that made us gasp, the lines we've been quoting for decades, and the beats that remind us why this franchise has lasted as long as it has. A few of these are locks you saw coming. Others are going to spark exactly the kind of "wait, how is that not higher?" reaction we live for. Half the fun of a countdown is the fight over it, and our live audience didn't hold back. If you've got your own picks, or a moment you'll never forgive us for leaving off, come find us on social and let us have it. With every installment, the list gets harder to argue about. Happy 60th, Star Trek. Here's to the next sixty. Trek Geeks: Thursday Night Geeks presented by FanSets streams live every other Thursday at 8pm ET on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Live long and prosper. 🖖

Vegas is in the books, and we're debriefing. This week on Trek Geeks: Thursday Night Geeks presented by FanSets, we're joined by Mike Slamer and Ashley Thomas from We Are Starfleet, right here on the Trek Geeks Podcast Network. Both of them made the trip to STLV: Trek to Vegas for the first time, and there's no better year to do it than the 60th anniversary. Five days at the Rio, a guest list nearly 200 deep, and the entire franchise under one roof. Ashley didn't exactly ease into it, either. She pulled double duty as DJ and Trivia Host at this year's FanGeeks Party, which means her first Vegas included running the room while the rest of us were in it. We get the story from behind the decks and the mic. We also get the first-timer perspective on everything else. What hit exactly the way they hoped. What nobody warns you about until you're standing in your fourth line of the day. The panels that stopped them cold, the moments that only happen in that room, and whether the whole thing lived up to sixty years of buildup. Plus our own takes on the week, the highlights worth revisiting, and the honest answer to the question every fan eventually asks: is Vegas worth it? Trek Geeks: Thursday Night Geeks presented by FanSets streams live every other Thursday at 8pm ET on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Smart Trek talk, every week. 🎙️