Out of Contreks

Dec 07 2024 100 ep. 49 mins 9
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A podcast where two guys who have seen part of Star Trek try to watch all of Star Trek, in no particular order. Publishes every other Sunday.

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Ep. 150: "Star Trek III: The Search For Spock"

Dec 07 2024 71 mins  
It's an anniversary episode for Out of Contreks, which means that this time, we're tackling The Search For Spock. Join Ryan and Brady as we discuss the first Trek movie that feels like a long TV episode, some incredible '70s fashion that just happened to appear in the '80s, and how, to woo Leonard Nimoy back to the franchise, the Trek helmers allowed him to direct a movie about how

Ep. 149: "Second Sight" (DS9 S2E9)

Nov 23 2024 33 mins  
In this DS9 episode, Sisko falls in love with a figment of someone else's imagination. In this podcast, Ryan and Brady talk about that for a while and then discuss the galaxy's most overconfident scientist and how exactly we're supposed to feel about the end of the episode.

Ep. 148: "The First Duty" (TNG S5E19)

Nov 09 2024 51 mins  
In this episode, Ryan and Brady take on the one with young Tom Paris... Wait, I mean Nick Locarno! We also talk Boothby, an understated performance by Gates McFadden, and more! This episode was put together in a hurry, as Ryan is in a Shakespeare production this weekend, so sorry if the audio is maybe a bit less edited than usual.

Ep. 147: "Once More Unto The Breach" (DS9 S7E7)

Oct 27 2024 44 mins  
Ryan and Brady talk about an episode that really benefits from the long-game serialized storytelling that DS9 and 90s Trek in general did so well. Plus, we touch on more Klingon traditions and praise good old J.G. Hertzler!

Ep. 146: "The Lights of Zetar" (TOS S3E18)

Oct 13 2024 48 mins  
Can Star Trek live on aesthetics alone? Brady says no, Ryan says... maybe? Kind of? in this iffy but striking outing of the Original Series' infamous third season. Come for the comparisons to David Lynch, and stay for the boys' reminiscing on puppet-based children's entertainment (the creator of Lamb Chop wrote this episode!).

Ep. 145: "Darkling" (VOY S3E18)

Sep 29 2024 37 mins  
In which Ryan and Brady don't make a "Darkling Doc" joke and really go in on trash-talking Brannon Braga for a good long while. Also, if you like the sound of CCG card packs being opened on mic, we do that here for a while!

Ep. 144: "The Star Gazer" (PIC S2E1)

Sep 15 2024 43 mins  
Join Ryan and Brady as they discuss the premiere of what at least one of them thinks is actually the best season of Picard, if only for the sartorial choices... and then listen as they both are disappointed that this isn't the second episode, which has fun stuff like the skull of Gul Dukat. They also discuss a bit of Star Trek news that is probably about a month old at this point!

Ep. 143: "The Raven" (VOY S4E6)

Sep 01 2024 49 mins  
Ryan and Brady mull alien fashion, discuss the always-reliable Jeri Ryan, and reflect on how Neelix is just a very nice man in this surprisingly solid Borg episode of Voyager. Plus, Ryan cracks a pack of Star Trek CCG cards in the cold open! What will he find? (mostly some Hirogen commons)

Ep. 142: "Sacrifice of Angels" (DS9 S6E6)

Aug 18 2024 48 mins  
Ryan and Brady saddle up for their last "accidentally out of order" episode of the summer (for the five or so real-heads who might actually care, obviously, the episode we mention doing "next," Yesteryear, was actually our previous episode, and our real next episode is Voyager's The Raven). Regardless of the confusion, we have a good time talking about Gul Dukat, the greatest villa

Ep. 141: "Yesteryear" (TAS S1E2) with That's Not How Science Works

Aug 04 2024 78 mins  
Sorry for the late-night post, folks. Ryan just got back from Gen Con. In today's episode, Ryan and Brady are joined by frequent guests Caitlin and Nicole of That's Not How Science Works to discuss the consensus choice for the best entry of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Join us as we discuss good animation vs. "good" animation, DC Fontana knowing her stuff, and Ryan crying while