Secrets of Star Trek
We explore the deeper meaning and hidden layers found in the Star Trek universe, including all TV series and movies, as well as the ancillary media.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 312
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Forget Me Not (DIS)
SST127: Everybody is stressed in the latest episode of Discovery! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha talk about the stressed out state of the Discovery crew; the rogue AI that no one see…
00:45:53 |
Mon 09 Nov 2020
People of Earth (DIS)
SST126: Discovery returns to find a very different Earth than it left. Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory talk about the distinct changes in Burnham’s character, the tropes that crop up in this story, and the …
00:34:09 |
Mon 02 Nov 2020
Far From Home (DIS)
SST125: In the second episode of the new season, Discovery shows up. Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory talk about macguffins and contrived constraints, as well as a clear homage to the spaghetti Westerns of o…
00:33:19 |
Mon 26 Oct 2020
That Hope Is You, Part 1 (DIS)
SST124: Discovery season 3 starts with a bang and 1,000 years later. Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory discuss how Burnham has become more likable, and how the fall of the Federation as a plot point creates i…
00:47:32 |
Mon 19 Oct 2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 1
SST123: The first season of the animated Trek series “Lower Decks” is complete; Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory have discussed each episode; and they’ve compiled that discussion into one Secrets of Star Tre…
03:28:53 |
Thu 15 Oct 2020
Move Along Home (DS9)
SST122: Some fans call it the worst DS9 episode, but is it really? Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory also discuss the concept of a species that values games above all else as well as the practicality and fair…
00:55:06 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
An Important Update from StarQuest’s Dom Bettinelli
An important thank you message and update from StarQuest’s Dom Bettinelli.
00:01:36 |
Thu 08 Oct 2020
Lonely Among Us (TNG)
SST121: A trip to a peace conference is delayed by an encounter with energy being. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha look at another Trek story that focuses on an encounter with a being…
00:41:05 |
Mon 05 Oct 2020
More Tribbles, More Troubles (TAS)
SST120: Tribbles are back and this time they’ve got a glommer. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli talk about the sequel to the popular TOS episode, including the cameo by writer David Gerrold and why the …
00:24:33 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Miri (TOS)
SST119: Lord of the Flies, TOS-style. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha talk about Kirk’s traditional views on child-rearing, the awkwardness of a pre-teen crush, and Dr. McCoy’s violat…
00:41:22 |
Mon 21 Sep 2020
Into the Forest I Go (DIS)
SST118: In their re-watch of the 1st season of Discovery, Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory have reached the mid-season finale, where much of the plot threads woven so far come together, and they discuss whet…
00:31:06 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Cold Front (ENT)
SST117: Enterprise’s temporal cold war plot returns for this episode. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha look at the the cold war arc, the subtle twist on what “enemies” do here, and the…
00:42:51 |
Mon 07 Sep 2020
State of Flux (VOY)
SST116: Is there a spy on board Voyager? Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory discuss the turning of Seska, the return of the Kazon and their crazy hair, and Chakotay’s vulnerability and self-doubt due to being …
00:44:13 |
Mon 31 Aug 2020
The Passenger (DS9)
SST115: The full-of-himself Julian Bashir gets his comeuppance when a criminal hijacks his brain. Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory discuss the similarities to Jekyll and Hyde and to Les Miserables, plus the …
00:50:30 |
Mon 24 Aug 2020
Where No One Has Gone Before (TNG)
SST114: The first appearance of the enigmatic Traveler starts the prodigy Wesley story arc. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the insufferable Kosinski, prickly Picard, and how …
00:42:51 |
Mon 17 Aug 2020
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
SST113: Semi-affectionately also called “The Search for God”, STV gives Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory the chance to discuss religion in Star Trek, but also marvel at the cringeworthy plot and secondary ch…
01:21:09 |
Mon 10 Aug 2020
Dagger of the Mind (TOS)
SST112: The Enterprise encounters a megalomaniac scientist … again. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha talk about how this episode deals with the question of prison reform and justice; t…
00:59:06 |
Mon 03 Aug 2020
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (DIS)
SST111: The episode’s title means, “If you want peace, prepare for war.” Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss how that applies to this episode in which the Discovery crew tries to …
00:39:39 |
Mon 27 Jul 2020
Fortunate Son (ENT)
SST110: In the early days of warp drive, slow civilian Earth ships make easy prey for pirates. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the ways it resembles the 18th century Age of Sa…
00:41:51 |
Mon 20 Jul 2020
Prime Factor (Voyager)
SST109: The Voyager crew has the tables turned when an alien species’ Prime Directive stops them from getting home faster. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the morality of the Prime Directive, t…
00:54:52 |
Mon 13 Jul 2020
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