Terok Noir: A Star Trek Podcast

Jul 25 2024 101 ep. 72 mins 6

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Siblings Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) share their love for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as they recap each episode of this groundbreaking series. Tune in for debates about race, religion and imperialism with super serious discussions about 90’s fashion, the power of Sisko’s goatee and Alexander Rozhenko’s absent father.

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S5E9 - "The Ascent"

Jul 25 2024 63 mins

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) make “The Ascent” as we discuss this Odd Couple of an episode featuring the pairings of Odo/Quark and Jake/Nog. We enjoy the continued dynamic between Odo and Quark, we can’t help but laugh at Odo’s Gumby-esque broken leg, we speculate that DS9 is told from Rom’s POV and we ponder if Star Trek is considered with the future anymore. Matth

S5E8 - "Things Past"

Jul 11 2024 61 mins

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) discuss “Things Past” as we take a look at a difficult moment in Odo’s past. We praise the writing and directing of the episode, we celebrate the deep character study of Odo and we analyze what the writer is saying about structures of law and justice. Matthew derails every one of Jo’s segues and Jo loves a good villain. As always, be prepa

S5E7 - "Let He Who Is Without Sin..."

Jun 27 2024 63 mins

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) “Let He Who Is Without Sin…” go to Risa as we pod about Worf and his wild antics in this episode. We talk about Worf and sports for a surprisingly long time, we argue that maybe Leeta shouldn’t have told Bashir about Rom right after breaking up with the good doctor and of course we talk about Curzon Dax dying from Snu Snu. Matthew explains

S5E6 - "Trials and Tribble-ations"

Jun 20 2024 60 mins

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) endure “Trials and Tribble-ations” as we return to the past alongside the Defiant crew. We praise the technological achievement of this episode, we indulge in the cuteness of the nostalgia and we compare the nostalgia of this episode of that of Picard S3 while having a prolonged conversation about how all IP content is anchored in nostalgia an

S5E5 - "The Assignment"

Jun 13 2024 49 mins

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) accept “The Assignment” as we crown this our favorite Keiko episode. We argue that the writing and acting from Rosalind Chao gives us the best version of Keiko and best Keiko performance, we track Rom’s ascension to the day shift and Jo has a theory about why she loves theorizing about the O’Brien polycule. Matthew asks just how rough Morn

S5E4 - "Nor the Battle to the Strong"

Jun 06 2024 58 mins

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) ask the question War, what is it good for on “Nor the Battle to the Strong”. We celebrate the acting from Cirroc Lofton and others, we appreciate the ER-esque pacing in the hospital scenes and we discuss the 1940’s era storyline and acting from guest stars as we look at what this episode is doing when it comes to military propaganda. Matthew

S5E3 - "Looking for par'Mach in all the Wrong Places"

May 23 2024 62 mins

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) are “Looking for par’Mach in all the Wrong Places” on this week’s episode. We enjoy the three different “couple” storylines in this episode, we talk about how down bad Dax was for Worf and Worf was for Grilka, and talk about the “work husband/work wife” dynamic of Miles and Kira and of course, Jo runs rampant with wild polyamorous

S5E2 - "The Ship"

May 16 2024 44 mins

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) board “The Ship” as we talk about this greatest generation-esque war episode. We speculate about which member of the DS9 is the one to go to for illegal drugs, we praise the thrilling nature of this episode and we don’t quite care for the war propaganda that is inherent in this episode. Matthew asks how much coke do surgeons do before surger

S5E1 - "Apocalypse Rising"

May 08 2024 54 mins

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) try to avoid the “Apocalypse Rising” as we dive into the season 5 premier! We talk all things Klingon, we question if there are missing scenes that would better explain the events of the episode and we debate if this was really the best episode to have as a season premier. Matthew stayed up all night in Las Vegas and Jo rants about the hubris

S4E25 - "Broken Link"

May 02 2024 63 mins

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) repair the “Broken Link” as we join Odo on his journey to the Founders home world. We chronicle recreational crimes the DS9 crew has carried out while still being in Starfleet, we compare representation as tokenism in Star Trek and Marvel vs representation as experience in books, films and other #OwnVoices media and we observe how this show su