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
Initiations (VOY)
SST303: A-koo-chee-moya! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this Chakotay story featuring guest star Aron Eisenberg, including themes of fatherhood and cultural identity, as well…
00:42:09 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
Starship Down (DS9)
SST302: Up periscope! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this story of the USS Defiant in a submarine-like battle. They discuss Kyra’s faith, Quark’s business acumen, and Worf’s …
00:54:59 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
Booby Trap (TNG)
SST301: Poor Geordi. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this TNG story that combines a ticking clock story with Geordi’s awkward romantic track record and a strange holodeck enco…
00:42:24 |
Mon 19 Feb 2024
The Best Star Trek Episodes Ever
SST300: To celebrate their 300th episode, Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha give their lists of the best episodes in each of the Star Trek series, from The Original Series to Strange Ne…
01:22:04 |
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Mudd’s Passion (TAS)
SST299: Mudd’s back. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin discuss the animated return of con man Harry Mudd, including the eyebrow-raising content for a kid’s cartoon, the ethical problems of love potions a…
00:23:17 |
Mon 05 Feb 2024
A Taste of Armageddon (TOS)
SST298: Death by computer. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this story’s moral implications and real-world parallels with themes of war’s human cost, technology’s role in confl…
00:47:09 |
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Vox Sola (ENT)
SST297: Psychic goo alien! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the Enterprise’s encounter with an unusual lifeform where they have to discern motive and morality and debate the et…
00:34:24 |
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Nemesis (VOY)
SST296: Nullified! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this Chakotay story in all its weird alien word choice, its “don’t judge a book by its cover” morale, and the themes of cour…
00:30:46 |
Mon 15 Jan 2024
Progress (DS9)
SST295: Eminent domain! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss DS9’s “Progress,” including themes of societal good vs. individual rights; the limits of governmental authority, and Ki…
00:31:56 |
Mon 08 Jan 2024
The Big Goodbye (TNG)
SST294: It was a dimly-lit, smoke-filled backroom where Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha crack open the case of “The Big Goodbye.” In a tale as old as the stars, it’s a classic yarn of…
00:36:50 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Star Trek: Insurrection
SST293: Twenty-five years after its release, Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the highs and lows of this TNG movie, the ethical quandaries of forced relocation, and the allure …
00:48:55 |
Mon 11 Dec 2023
A special message from StarQuest CEO Dom Bettinelli
StarQuest CEO Dom Bettinelli has a special message for listeners as we approach the Christmas season. We need to hear from you this Advent and Christmas at sqpn.com/give
00:02:38 |
Thu 07 Dec 2023
The Return of the Archons (TOS)
SST292: Are you of the Body? Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this story of a computer-controlled society suppressing free will and individuality for peace and tranquility, inc…
01:11:13 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
Detained (ENT)
SST291: Al! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the stunt casting of Dean Stockwell as a guest on this episode; the story’s analogy to WW2 internment camps for Japanese-Americans;…
00:38:29 |
Mon 27 Nov 2023
The 37’s (VOY)
SST290: Meet your heroes! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this story that has Janeway meet her hero, Amelia Earhart, and other alien abductees. They also look at the show’s ai…
00:42:42 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
Rejoined (DS9)
SST289: Dax’s past shows up. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss this story of Trill taboos; the plot’s predictability and manufactured controversy; the portrayal of Sisko as a good friend; and how…
00:41:55 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
Old Friends, New Planets (LD)
SST288: Season finale! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this fun season ender that brings some great cameos, pays homage to the best Star Trek movie, and leaves us with a chara…
00:55:11 |
Mon 06 Nov 2023
The Inner Fight (LD)
SST287: What’s going on with Mariner? Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the self-destructiveness of Beckett and her surprising admission involving a TNG character, plus the retu…
00:41:00 |
Mon 30 Oct 2023
Caves (LD)
SST286: Ever notice how many Star Trek episodes involve caves? So did the Lower Decks writers. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss this not-a-clip show that pays homages and pokes fun at all those …
00:37:29 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
A Few Badgeys More (LD)
SST285: Badgey returns! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this story of these three homocidal megalomaniacal AIs from previous stories and their redemption arcs through love and…
00:34:56 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
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