Treknobabble Psychobabble: A Star Trek Podcast

Dec 14 2023 37 ep. 77 mins 2

Treknobabble Psychobabble: A Star Trek Podcast artwork

Where art, music, politics, philosophy and especially psychology meet far beyond the stars and where few have gone before. Resident Trek nerd Elliott and humanoid psychology student Elizabeth discuss how the Star Trek franchise intersects with different themes across its various incarnations. Be sure to check out the pod on YouTube!

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Green Animal Women

Dec 14 2023 67 mins

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott unravel the lore around Star Trek’s go-to pirate folk, the alluring and mysterious Orions.Featured Trek Content:[01:28] TOS "Whom Gods Destroy"[17:26] ENT "Bound"[36:33] LD "Something Borrowed, Something Green"[49:04] On the couch[01:04:06] ConclusionsCopyright 2023 Elliott Encarnacion, Elizabeth Kimble

Trek Devils

Nov 02 2023 83 mins

This week, …Happy Hallowe’en! Elizabeth and I are taking Beelzebub to task. The Devil is in the details.Featured Trek Content:[01:25] TAS "The Magicks of Megas-Tu"[13:39] TNG "Devil's Due"[36:43] VOY "Barge of the Dead"[01:00:29] On the couch[01:19:27] ConclusionsCopyright 2023 Elliott Encarnacion, Elizabeth Kimble

Star Trek Psychos

Oct 19 2023 87 mins

This week, Elizabeth corrects Elliott's diagnoses of three infamous psychopaths from the canon.Featured Trek Content:[01:32] TOS "Space Seed"[27:31] VOY "Meld"[54:03] DS9 "Field of Fire"[01:07:30] On the couch[01:25:27] ConclusionsCopyright 2023 Elliott Encarnacion, Elizabeth Kimble

Neurodivergent Niners

Oct 05 2023 96 mins

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott are taking a look at the human mutants from a trilogy of DS9 episodes. The Eugenics Wars may be over, but the Federation definitely isn’t over it.Featured Trek Content:Star Trek Deep Space Nine[01:32] "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"[27:23] "Statistical Probabilities"[56:17] "Chrysalis"[01:11:02] On the couch[01:32:56] ConclusionsCopyright 2023 Elliott

Resurrection Woes

Sep 21 2023 84 mins

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott discuss characters coming back to life. For a Space United Nations full of atheists, this sure does happen a lot around here. Featured Trek Content:[02:41] DS9 "Resurrection"[24:15] PIC "Et in Arcadia Ego"[50:30] LD "We'll Always Have Tom Paris"[59:17] On the couch[01:22:41] ConclusionsCopyright 2023 Elliott Encarnacion, Elizabeth Kimble

Tribbles & Tuvoks

Sep 07 2023 79 mins

This week, Elizabeth and Elliott take a very serious look at the most fearsome foe in the galaxy, the mighty and terrible tribble. They’re celebrating 30 episodes of Treknobabble Psychobabble by looking at Trek’s mid-90s 30th Anniversary broadcast celebration.Featured Trek Content:[03:06] VOY "Flashback"[23:15] TOS "The Trouble with Tribbles"[41:56] DS9 "Trials and Tribble-atio

Movie Night 3: VI The Undiscovered Country

Aug 26 2023 60 mins

Elizabeth and Elliott are celebrating having broadcast 30 episodes by spending a couple weeks looking at how Star Trek celebrated its own 30th anniversary. To set that up, they’re delighted to be doing movie night again to have a chat about Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.[01:45] Summary[06:51] A flawed protagonist[24:22] The Cold War[39:58] Shakespeare![53:54] Conclusions

Space Scapegoats

Aug 11 2023 56 mins

Elizabeth and Elliott have a look at scapegoats. The word has its roots in the ancient practice during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, wherein the community would figuratively lay their sins on the back of a goat and then literally send the goat off into the wilderness, carrying their sins with it. Featured Trek Content:[01:40] TNG: “Sins of the Father”[17:18] ENT: “Sh

Les Maquis du Star Trek V: FALLOUT

Jul 23 2023 80 mins

Elizabeth and I wrap up their 5-part series on the Maquis by taking some time to look at the aftermath of the insurrection. Content Warning for discussions of self-harmSpoiler Warning for Star Trek: Picard season 3Featured Trek Content:[01:45] VOY: “Hunters”[14:04] VOY: “Extreme Risk”[40:28] PIC: “Imposters”[58:03] On the couch[01:12:00] ConclusionsCopyright 2023 Elliot

Les Maquis du Star Trek IV: Michael Eddington

Jun 17 2023 73 mins

Elizabeth and Elliott continue their deep dive into the Maquis with a character spotlight on Michael Eddington, the self-styled Val Jean to Ben Sisko’s Javert.Featured Trek Content:Star Trek Deep Space Nine[01:52] “For the Cause”[24:20] “For the Uniform”[40:59] “Blaze of Glory”[58:09] On the couch[01:07:57] ConclusionsCopyright 2023 Elliott Encarnacion, Elizabeth Kimb