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
An important message from StarQuest’s Dom Bettinelli
Dom Bettinelli shares an important message about the future of this podcast and all the shows at StarQuest. We need your help right now. Please listen to this brief recording and then visit sqpn.com/…
00:01:43 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
Dax (DS9)
SST108: When Dax is put on trial for a 30-year-old murder, questions of personhood and identity are raised. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha acknowledge that even apart from the scifi …
00:51:11 |
Mon 06 Jul 2020
The Offspring (TNG)
SST107: TNG’s The Offspring is a significant foundation for the Picard series. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha examine the connections and delve into questions of artificial personhoo…
00:56:58 |
Mon 29 Jun 2020
The Lorelei Signal (TAS)
SST106: When the Enterprise men hear the siren call of the Lorelei, Uhura and Christine Chapel have to take command to save them. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this animated…
00:41:08 |
Mon 22 Jun 2020
What Are Little Girls Made Of? (TOS)
SST105: When the Original Series dealt with the idea of transferring your consciousness to an android body, it came to different conclusions than modern Trek. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin discuss ho…
00:50:35 |
Mon 15 Jun 2020
Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad (DIS)
SST104: When Harry Mudd uses a time loop to steal Discovery, only Stamets is able to figure out what’s going on. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the return of Harry Mudd, the …
00:43:38 |
Mon 08 Jun 2020
Civilization (ENT)
SST103: As the Enterprise encounters a primitive world, they learn a lesson about the Prime Directive. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha the themes of respect for cultures and exploitat…
00:37:28 |
Mon 01 Jun 2020
Emanations (Voyager)
SST102: What if the afterlife was just another dimension? Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss how this Voyager story tackles questions about life, death, assisted suicide, and eut…
00:55:05 |
Mon 25 May 2020
Q-Less (DS9)
SST101: Q was an entertaining thorn in the side for Picard on TNG, but what happens when he shows up on DS9? Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha talk about Sisko’s different approach to Q…
00:37:41 |
Mon 18 May 2020
Picard: Last Best Hope
SST100: To celebrate 100 episodes, Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha take up a detour from Star Trek shows to a book, “Picard: Last Best Hope,” which is a prequel for the events of the …
01:01:09 |
Mon 11 May 2020
The Last Outpost (TNG)
SST099: When The Next Generation appeared, they were supposed to have an ominous new villain: The Ferengi. But as Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss, their first appearance in Th…
00:32:18 |
Mon 04 May 2020
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
SST098: STIV was a classic “fish out of water” story (see what we did there?) and is much loved. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the quotable lines, the philosophical question…
01:33:21 |
Mon 27 Apr 2020
Balance of Terror (TOS)
SST097: Balance of Terror is famously a WWII sub hunting story translated to outer space, but as Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss, it’s also more than that, including a poignan…
00:46:13 |
Mon 20 Apr 2020
Lethe (DIS)
SST096: When Sarek is injured on a diplomatic mission, his mental link to estranged adopted daughter Michael is his lifeline. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the selective memory and the unseen…
00:35:05 |
Mon 13 Apr 2020
Happy Easter from StarQuest
LTK092: From all of us at StarQuest, we wish you a Happy and Blessed Easter with this brief message from our chaplain, Fr. Cory Sticha.
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00:03:37 |
Sun 12 Apr 2020
Breaking the Ice (ENT)
SST095: The Enterprise crew is excited to find a comet, but the Vulcans are looking over their shoulders. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss how the crew literally break the ice …
00:40:26 |
Mon 06 Apr 2020
Star Trek: Picard Countdown
SST Special #1: A short comic book series tells the prequel story for the new Star Trek: Picard. In this Patrons-first special episode, Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discussed the s…
00:15:32 |
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2 (Picard)
SST094: The season finale raises all kinds of questions about life, death, and the afterlife, so naturally Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha dive right in. Plus they give their overall …
01:15:49 |
Mon 30 Mar 2020
Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1 (PIC)
SST093: It’s the penultimate episode and Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha talk about how evil and death enter into paradise and the way that the ongoing story arc of Picard bears much …
00:47:29 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
Broken Pieces (Picard)
SST092: The broken pieces are coming together as Picard races to its season conclusion. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the “dinner table of madness”; the revelations of plot …
00:57:40 |
Mon 16 Mar 2020
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