Earth Station Trek

Earth Station Trek is your weekly escape into the Final Frontier.

Join your hosts Charles Kelso, Alan Siler, Keith Johnson and Veronica Dashiell for all things Trek. Do you want episode reviews? You got ‘em. All the latest news from across the quadrant? You’ll find it here. Explorations of themes and characters? That’s here too. Our mission reports cover the full gamut of Star Trek, from the groundbreaking 1966 original series and on into the future of the franchise on Paramount+. Join Earth Station Trek for your regular escape into the Trekverse!

Charles Kelso
Veronica Dashiell

Starfleet Academy in Star Trek – Earth Station Trek – Episode 244

In anticipation of the upcoming debut of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the EARTH STATION TREK crew is taking a look at the portrayals of Starfleet Academy in legacy Star Trek! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #starfleetacademy #originalseries #nextgeneration #deepspacenine

Book Launch LIVE! – Earth Station Trek – BONUS

We have a special treat for you this week, the very first EARTH STATION TREK live panel! Join us for a flashback to the launch of the Earth Station Trek Guide to Star Trek, recorded live at Stellar Fest 2025! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast

BONUS: Infinite Realities of Star Trek LIVE! – Earth Station Trek

The cast and crew of Earth Station Trek Podcast appeared at Infinite Realities: Comics, Games & More to do a LIVE podcast recording and book signing! The topic of the show, appropriately enough, was “The Infinite Realities of Star Trek“. The topic covered everything from parallel worlds to alternate dimensions

Best Klingon Episodes – Earth Station Trek – Episode 243

It’s our final show of 2025! So we bring to you, you puny petaQ, a special holiday present: a countdown of our favorite Klingon episodes ever! So draw your targ close to you, dish up a healthy helping of live gagh, and settle in as we do battle with Star

Starfleet Academy First Clip – Earth Station Trek – Episode 242

Last week, a teaser scene from the first episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy was released! This week on Earth Station Trek we’re going to be analyzing that clip to see what we can find in it. What looks good? What surprised us? Does this scene make us more excited

Ask Us Anything – Earth Station Trek – Episode 241

Officers Kelso and Dashiell will be on an away mission, so it’ll just be Keith and Alan crewing the ship! We will be relying on YOU for our topic tonight! Give us a question — thoughtful, insightful, irreverent, off-the-wall, silly, etc — and we’ll answer it LIVE. Do you want

Space Westerns – Earth Station Trek – Episode 240

Saddle up your targs, Pardners! This week the EST Crew moseys on over to the Wild West! We’ll be talking about all the ways Westerns have been done in various Trek series and beyond! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek

AI From Present to Future – Earth Station Trek – Episode 239

How will AI evolve from where it is now to what we see in Star Trek? We’ll talk about the ways AI is depicted across the different series, how realistic the portrayal is (or isn’t), whether the franchise is anti-AI, etc. We’ll discuss some of the ways that AI could

Star Trek Khan – Earth Station Trek – Episode 238

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew will beam down to Ceti Alpha V to discuss the first Official Star Trek dramatic podcast, Star Trek: Khan! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #khan #fullcastaudio #podcast

Star Trek Costumes – Earth Station Trek – Episode 237

It’s Halloween! Time to break out your costumes and get dressed up as devils, witches, aliens, pirates, superheroes, etc. Tonight we’ll be highlighting some of our favorite wardrobe and costumes in the TREKVERSE! Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #startrek #costumes

Star Trek Command Styles – Earth Station Trek – Episode 236

This week we are joined by our good friend Wayne Badie for a discussion analyzing the different command styles we see in Star Trek, primarily of the various ship and station captains that our favorite shows focus on. How different would it be to serve under Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway,

NYCC 2025 Star Trek News! – Earth Station Trek – Episode 235

This week we will be covering all the news that came out of New York Comic Con this past weekend — primarily a new “first look” at Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 and a brand new trailer for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy! But first we’ll be sharing what

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