Promenade Merchants: A Star Trek Podcast

Jan 27 2025 89 ep. 48 mins 36

Promenade Merchants: A Star Trek Podcast artwork

All about what's Old, New, and Upcoming in the world of Star Trek. Brought to you with a raktajino by your hosts David Majors and Heather Kirby.

Copy RSS

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

Promenade Merchants #94: Star Trek Section 31 Reaction & Review

Jan 27 2025 56 mins

We have received our orders from Control, and we have executed the game plan. Heather & David talk about what brought the brand new movie “Star Trek: Section 31” to fruition, from its original concept from Deep Space Nine to its premiere on Paramount+ on Januar 24. We give our review and reaction on the much, much, MUCH discussed film. The good, the bad and the ‘meh’. W

Promenade Merchants 93: A Farewell To Lower Decks, and a look to a (hopeful?) Star Trek future

Dec 26 2024 49 mins

We’ve had a rough spell recently. But we are back. Promenade Merchants Podcast lives. David has a new Trekkie adventure up in his future, and he can’t wait to go boldly. Later, we say our farewell to Lower Decks. We talk about our feelings on the crew of the USS Cerritos and five years of the wildest of missions across the Alpha Quadrant. All Hands, Brace For Weird! But what do

Promenade Merchants #90: Star Trek Prodigy Season 2 Wrap-Up. We Are Not Going Back

Sep 25 2024 55 mins

(Production Note: David here. We recorded this before Geeks and Nerds for Harris and Walz. I was fighting with my webhosting company for a bit. Apologies for the temporal anomaly.) If you had control of the Star Trek franchise for the next ten years, what would you do? Heather and David go over their wishlists if Alex Kurtzman were to give them the book. We wrap up our discussion o

Promenade Merchants Podcast #89: Star Trek Prodigy S2 Episodes 13-16

Aug 27 2024 44 mins

The crew of the USS Protostar deal with Tribbles of varying sizes, and David finally comes to appreciate Jankem Pog for good. A moment in the mirror universe gave Heather a touch of the ick, and we both wonder how a kid’s show is doing so much stuff like this. But Star Trek Prodigy is so much more than a kid’s show.

Promenade Merchants Podcast #88: Star Trek Prodigy S2, Episodes 9-12

Aug 27 2024 32 mins

We continue our non-binged discussion of Season 2 of Star Trek Prodigy. And we finally come to an episode that David was waiting for Heather to see. Coincidentally right after the Intergalactic Friendship Day at San Diego Comic Con.

Promenade Merchants Podcast #87: Star Trek Prodigy S2, Eps 5-8, and San Diego Comic Con

Jul 30 2024 65 mins

Heather’s 8 episodes through Season 2 of Star Trek Prodigy, and business is beginning to pick up. Plus, all the Star Trek news from San Diego Comic Con 2024, and yes. We WILL be talking about the Strange New Worlds trailer, both Heather and David have opinions.

Promenade Merchants Podcast #86, Star Trek Prodigy S2, Episodes 1-4

Jul 17 2024 42 mins

Heather and David (sans one microphone) are back. Star Trek Prodigy Season 2 is out on Netflix and has taken Trekkies by storm. We do a mostly spoiler-free talk about Season 2, but go through the first four episodes. In Upcoming Business, David mentions a couple of the stories about San Diego Comic Con, but does not give Heather any spoilers. Or tries not to.

Promenade Merchants Podcast #85, Star Trek Discovery Flies Home

Jun 11 2024 70 mins

Star Trek Discovery’s fifth and final season has concluded. And we celebrate them as they deserve. We give one final big send off to the catalyst of our modern Latinum Age of Star Trek. But not without someone who knows Star Trek Discovery in and out! So, we welcomed noted Trekkie podcast guest Jordan La Fordan for our 85th episode. For Old Business, we talk about the final seaso

Promenade Merchants Podcast #83: The Cancellation of Star Trek Lower Decks

Apr 22 2024 46 mins

It’s not exactly super happy fun Star Trek time this episode of Promenade Merchants. The news of the cancellation of Star Trek Lower Decks after its 5th season had David heated. Rant incoming. We also go through episodes “Jinaal” and “Face the Strange” from Star Trek Discovery, and do our standard old business.

Promenade Merchants Podcast #82 The Last Disco Bash

Apr 08 2024 46 mins

We’re officially back! And so is Star Trek. The fifth and final season of Star Trek Discovery is under way. Captain Michael Burnham and her crew are on a treasure hunt, and all good things must come to an end. Heather and David talk about “The Red Directive” and “Under the Twin Moons” after their premiere on Paramount+. In Old Business, we celebrate Wrestlemania and celeb