Treks and Tangents

The Apple (Star Trek TOS - S2E05)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530767/fan_mail/new] [Hailing Frequencies Open] On this week's episode of Treks and Tangents, Brian and Jaci beam down to The Apple and discover a planet that looks like paradise but is somehow packed with killer flowers, exploding rocks, weather-based murder, and a giant dragon-headed machine that runs on fruit. Naturally, the Enterprise crew immediately decides this is a great place to take a relaxing vacation. Along the way, we debate whether Vaal is a god, a computer, or just the galaxy's most demanding produce-powered appliance. We also tackle the episode's obsession with explaining romance to a society that has never heard of kissing, wonder where all the children are supposed to come from, and ask the important question: did Kirk liberate an entire civilization... or accidentally break the only thing keeping it running? Expect Oompa Loompa comparisons, Garden of Eden jokes, exploding security officers, and more questions than answers as we trek through one of the strangest episodes of The Original Series. [End Transmission] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/cw/TreksAndTangents] Treks and Tangents - A Star Trek Watchalong Podcast Patreon: Patreon.com/TreksAndTangents [https://www.patreon.com/TreksAndTangents] X: X.com/Treks_Tangents [https://x.com/Treks_Tangents] Instagram: Instagram.com/TreksAndTangents [https://www.instagram.com/treksandtangents] BlueSky: TreksAndTangents.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/treksandtangents.bsky.social] Co-Host Jaci Instagram: Instagram.com/Jibboom [https://www.instagram.com/jibboom] WhatNot: WhatNot.com/GlitterBowBoutique [https://whatnot.com/s/4bOQutSJ] Co-Host Brian Twitch: Twitch.tv/PiratePoundTown [https://www.twitch.tv/piratepoundtown] YouTube Main: Youtube.com/@PiratePoundTown [https://www.youtube.com/@PiratePoundTown] YouTube Second: Youtube.com/@PirateTreasureHunting [https://www.youtube.com/@PirateTreasureHunting] Blue Sky: PiratePoundTown.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/piratepoundtown.bsky.social] Instagram: Instagram.com/PineappleCannibal [https://www.instagram.com/pineapplecannibal]

The Changeling (Star Trek TOS - S2E03)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530767/fan_mail/new] [Hailing Frequencies Open] This week on Treks and Tangents, our co-hosts tackle “The Changeling”, an episode featuring a homicidal floating space probe that somehow convinces Kirk to invite it aboard the Enterprise after it wipes out four billion people. What follows is a chaotic mess of bad science, killer robot logic, exploding computers, and Kirk desperately trying to out-argue what might be the galaxy’s angriest Roomba. Along the way, the crew debates whether Nomad is terrifying or just deeply confused, questions why the Enterprise security team keeps charging at a murder machine one guy at a time, and watches Uhura get turned into a college freshman again after having her brain wiped. Brian spirals into increasingly passionate complaints about warp speed math and Vulcan mind melds with machines, while Jaci tries to survive one of the most confusing episodes of TOS so far. [End Transmission] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/cw/TreksAndTangents] Treks and Tangents - A Star Trek Watchalong Podcast Patreon: Patreon.com/TreksAndTangents [https://www.patreon.com/TreksAndTangents] X: X.com/Treks_Tangents [https://x.com/Treks_Tangents] Instagram: Instagram.com/TreksAndTangents [https://www.instagram.com/treksandtangents] BlueSky: TreksAndTangents.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/treksandtangents.bsky.social] Co-Host Jaci Instagram: Instagram.com/Jibboom [https://www.instagram.com/jibboom] WhatNot: WhatNot.com/GlitterBowBoutique [https://whatnot.com/s/4bOQutSJ] Co-Host Brian Twitch: Twitch.tv/PiratePoundTown [https://www.twitch.tv/piratepoundtown] YouTube Main: Youtube.com/@PiratePoundTown [https://www.youtube.com/@PiratePoundTown] YouTube Second: Youtube.com/@PirateTreasureHunting [https://www.youtube.com/@PirateTreasureHunting] Blue Sky: PiratePoundTown.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/piratepoundtown.bsky.social] Instagram: Instagram.com/PineappleCannibal [https://www.instagram.com/pineapplecannibal]

Mirror Mirror (Star Trek TOS - S2E04)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530767/fan_mail/new] [Hailing Frequencies Open] In this week's episode of Treks and Tangents, we're stepping through the transporter and into the Mirror Universe for Star Trek: The Original Series' iconic episode, Mirror, Mirror. What happens when Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura find themselves aboard an Enterprise where promotions are earned through murder, loyalty is optional, and everyone seems way too comfortable carrying knives? Join Brian and Jaci as they dive into evil Spock's beard, Sulu's surprisingly ambitious career plans, Kirk's struggle to survive in a universe full of backstabbing coworkers, and the question that may determine the fate of an empire: can logic defeat tyranny, or does it take something more? [End Transmission] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/cw/TreksAndTangents] Treks and Tangents - A Star Trek Watchalong Podcast Patreon: Patreon.com/TreksAndTangents [https://www.patreon.com/TreksAndTangents] X: X.com/Treks_Tangents [https://x.com/Treks_Tangents] Instagram: Instagram.com/TreksAndTangents [https://www.instagram.com/treksandtangents] BlueSky: TreksAndTangents.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/treksandtangents.bsky.social] Co-Host Jaci Instagram: Instagram.com/Jibboom [https://www.instagram.com/jibboom] WhatNot: WhatNot.com/GlitterBowBoutique [https://whatnot.com/s/4bOQutSJ] Co-Host Brian Twitch: Twitch.tv/PiratePoundTown [https://www.twitch.tv/piratepoundtown] YouTube Main: Youtube.com/@PiratePoundTown [https://www.youtube.com/@PiratePoundTown] YouTube Second: Youtube.com/@PirateTreasureHunting [https://www.youtube.com/@PirateTreasureHunting] Blue Sky: PiratePoundTown.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/piratepoundtown.bsky.social] Instagram: Instagram.com/PineappleCannibal [https://www.instagram.com/pineapplecannibal]

Who Mourns for Adonais? (Star Trek TOS - S2E02)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530767/fan_mail/new] [Hailing Frequencies Open] Apollo’s got abs, a lightning machine, and the emotional stability of a guy who just got left on read. This week on Treks and Tangents, our co-hosts tackle Who Mourns for Adonais?; the episode where the Enterprise gets grabbed by a giant glowing green hand and held hostage by a Space Greek God.  Between Scotty getting repeatedly electrocuted over his crush, Lieutenant Palamas falling for the galaxy’s shiniest red flag, and Kirk refusing to gather even a single ceremonial leaf, the crew debates whether Apollo was truly a forgotten god… or just the universe’s loneliest theater kid.  Plus: sideways nipples, Greek mythology tangents, thunderbolt tantrums, and Jaci questioning why every female scientist in Star Trek keeps getting hypnotized by emotionally unstable. [End Transmission] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/cw/TreksAndTangents] Treks and Tangents - A Star Trek Watchalong Podcast Patreon: Patreon.com/TreksAndTangents [https://www.patreon.com/TreksAndTangents] X: X.com/Treks_Tangents [https://x.com/Treks_Tangents] Instagram: Instagram.com/TreksAndTangents [https://www.instagram.com/treksandtangents] BlueSky: TreksAndTangents.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/treksandtangents.bsky.social] Co-Host Jaci Instagram: Instagram.com/Jibboom [https://www.instagram.com/jibboom] WhatNot: WhatNot.com/GlitterBowBoutique [https://whatnot.com/s/4bOQutSJ] Co-Host Brian Twitch: Twitch.tv/PiratePoundTown [https://www.twitch.tv/piratepoundtown] YouTube Main: Youtube.com/@PiratePoundTown [https://www.youtube.com/@PiratePoundTown] YouTube Second: Youtube.com/@PirateTreasureHunting [https://www.youtube.com/@PirateTreasureHunting] Blue Sky: PiratePoundTown.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/piratepoundtown.bsky.social] Instagram: Instagram.com/PineappleCannibal [https://www.instagram.com/pineapplecannibal]

Amok Time (Star Trek TOS - S2E01)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530767/fan_mail/new] [Hailing Frequencies Open] Spock is dying. The cure? Apparently: getting married and fighting Kirk with a giant Vulcan salad fork. This week on Treks and Tangents, we dive into Amok Time: the episode where Vulcan mating rituals somehow involve desert death matches, psychic engagement bonds, and absolutely zero emotional communication. Honestly, the Vulcans could have solved half their problems with one awkward conversation. We discuss: • Vulcan marriage customs making less sense the longer you think about them • Kirk dramatically risking his life because his best friend is terminally horny • T’Pring’s galaxy-brain manipulation tactics • And why this episode is somehow both iconic and completely ridiculous One of us left with serious questions about Vulcan society. The other left wondering how this species survived long enough to invent space travel. [End Transmission] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/cw/TreksAndTangents] Treks and Tangents - A Star Trek Watchalong Podcast Patreon: Patreon.com/TreksAndTangents [https://www.patreon.com/TreksAndTangents] X: X.com/Treks_Tangents [https://x.com/Treks_Tangents] Instagram: Instagram.com/TreksAndTangents [https://www.instagram.com/treksandtangents] BlueSky: TreksAndTangents.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/treksandtangents.bsky.social] Co-Host Jaci Instagram: Instagram.com/Jibboom [https://www.instagram.com/jibboom] WhatNot: WhatNot.com/GlitterBowBoutique [https://whatnot.com/s/4bOQutSJ] Co-Host Brian Twitch: Twitch.tv/PiratePoundTown [https://www.twitch.tv/piratepoundtown] YouTube Main: Youtube.com/@PiratePoundTown [https://www.youtube.com/@PiratePoundTown] YouTube Second: Youtube.com/@PirateTreasureHunting [https://www.youtube.com/@PirateTreasureHunting] Blue Sky: PiratePoundTown.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/piratepoundtown.bsky.social] Instagram: Instagram.com/PineappleCannibal [https://www.instagram.com/pineapplecannibal]