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BackTrekking is the podcast where hosts Ka1iban and GooeyFame look back at the real-world inspirations of classic Trek episodes!

BackTrekking


    • Dec 22, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 39m AVG DURATION
    • 91 EPISODES


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    BT 90: Assassin's Creed and Concerning Flight

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 137:13


    Prepare to take one giant leap with us as we synchronize with the historical sci-fi adventure of the Assassin's Creed game series and the Renaissance misadventure of the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Concerning Flight"!Do Japanese people know about George Takei?Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Check out our adventures on Twitch!http://www.twitch.tv/justenoughtropeJoin the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 89: To Catch a Thief and Two Days and Two Nights

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 92:13


    Grab your jewels and get ready for new experiences as we sample the romantic thrills of the Alfred Hitchcock classic "To Catch a Thief" and the Enterprise episode "Two Days and Two Nights"!It's a fun horny time!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 88: Star Trek is Horatio Hornblower Fic

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 94:04


    We've circumnavigated the Trek sphere this week as we voyage into one of Trek's first and oldest inspirations: the classic character Horatio Hornblower and the novel "Beat to Quarters"!All hail La Suprema!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 87: 2001: A Space Odyssey and "...But to Connect"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 126:38


    Open those pod bay doors because we've got to talk about two stories about ships named "Discovery" and self-aware computers: the 1968 sci-fi gargantua "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the Star Trek: Discovery episode "...But to Connect"!Is Space Baby good?Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 86: "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" and Wolf in the Fold

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 96:47


    Cover up your belly-buttons because our examination of the spooky side of Star Trek continues this week with two tales about the enduring myth of Jack the Ripper: Robert Bloch's 1943 short story "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" and the Original Series episode "Wolf in the Fold"!It's Christine but with a dude!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 85: Christine and Alice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 120:33


    We're revving up this week for our month of spooky subjects by tackling the 1983 John Carpenter chiller "Christine" and the Star Trek: Voyager episode it inspired: "Alice"!What if car but evil?Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 84: The Red Badge of Courage and Nor the Battle to the Strong

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 102:26


    It's all war and no peace this week as we confront two moving tales of combat and cowardice: it's the classic American war novel The Red Badge of Courage and the DS9 episode "Nor the Battle to the Strong"!Squirrel reasons don't cut it!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 83: Laura and Aquiel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 87:52


    Love and murder are on our minds this week as we investigate the stories of two mononymous and mysterious women: the 1944 film noir classic "Laura" and the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Aquiel"!We got a TRIPLE Backtrekking!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 82: Bliss and Dreamcatcher/Terror Firma

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 85:57


    Starfleet crews go from "on course" to "main course" this week as we talk about two Trek tales where the crew is almost eaten by hungry aliens: the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Bliss" and the Star Trek: Prodigy episodes "Dreamcatcher" and "Terror Firma"!Seven and Naomi are cool dorks!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 81: The Man From Earth and Requiem For Methuselah

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 111:20


    We're tracking the evolution of a concept this week as we discuss a novel sci-fi premise and the Star Trek episode that begat it: Jerome Bixby's 2007 film "The Man From Earth" and the Original Series episode "Requiem For Methuselah"!FIRE BAD!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 80: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas and Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 119:43


    We're whatever you need to imagine this week as we discuss a classic sci-fi story and the Strange New Worlds episode it inspired: Ursula K. LeGuin's Hugo Award-winning short story "The One Who Walk Away From Omelas" and "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach"!If imagining an orgy helps you, go ahead.Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 79: MF DOOM is a Trekkie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 88:00


    This week, Backtrekking returns once again to the world of music and hip-hop to talk about an MC who is a not-so-secret Trekkie! MF DOOM is your "favorite rapper's rapper", an MC that came from tragedy and obscurity to be one of the weirdest, most talented, and most respected names in the game. And that name is spelled in ALL CAPS, btw.On the show, we talk about DOOM's origins in '90s hip hop, the tragic death of his brother and bandmate, his reinvention as Metal Face, the way he subverts hip hop trends, his incredible collaborations with industry players, his mysterious and tragic departure, and of course, his endless use of sci-fi and Star Trek references in his songs!The roach was never dead!Check out RockLobster18's MF DOOM/Trek Spotify playlist!https://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/khfk2t/for_any_mf_doom_fans_out_there/Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 78: The Final Countdown (1980) and Yesterday's Enterprise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 106:52


    Cult Film June comes to a close this week as we loop back to the '80s to compare two stories of time-travel and dire consequences: 1980's "The Final Countdown" and the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise"!We have warp ships!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 77: Dark Star (1974) and Warhead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 102:06


    Cult Film June is in full swing this week as we look at two stories concerning bombs too smart for their own good: the 1974 cult John Carpenter flick "Dark Star" and the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Warhead"!We are Hard Sci-Fi Elephants!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 76: Moby Dick (1998) and Star Trek: First Contact

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 117:30


    We're hunting two giant whales this week as we take on two epic tales of vengeance and desperation: the 1998 Patrick Stewart-led "Moby Dick" and the 1996 TNG smash film "First Contact"!Worf has an arc!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 75: Explorers (1985) and The Squire of Gothos

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 98:21


    We're not kidding this week as we talk about two tales of out-of-control alien children: the 1985 Joe Dante film "Explorers" and the TOS episode "The Squire of Gothos"!'60s Face is a real affliction.Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 74: The Final Problem and Elementary, Dear Data

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 95:27


    Dust off your deerstalker and dress up your Klingon 'cause we're headed to the holodeck to investigate two tales about Holmes and Moriarty: the Arthur Conan Doyle short story "The Final Problem" and the TNG episode "Elementary, Dear Data"!Put Dracula in Star Trek!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 73: Ocean's 11 and Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 111:00


    It's Vegas, baby, as we're ring-a-ding-dinging two stories of high-stakes heists: the Rat Pack classic "Ocean's 11" and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang!" This hard eight new shooter has a come hand!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 72: The Soft Weapon and The Slaver Weapon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 102:06


    We're seeing the ultimate unboxing this week as we tear into Larry Niven's short story "The Soft Weapon" and the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode it inspired, "The Slaver Weapon"!Give me that juicy plot meat!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 71: Aniara (2018) and Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 109:06


    We dare to interface with infinity this week as we compare the 2018 Swedish sci-fi film "Aniara" with the Voyager 5th season opener "Night"!In space, no one can hear you. Period.Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 70: Hamlet (2009) and The Conscience of the King

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 115:32


    We've got FIE on it this week as we study the text of two Shakespearean dramas: the 2009 David Tennant "Hamlet" and the TOS episode "The Conscience of the King"!Be to or not be to, the question that is, mm-hmm.Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 69: The Maltese Falcon and The Big Goodbye

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 121:18


    This week, we're joining the hunt for the black bird as we investigate two tales of noirish thrills: 1941's "The Maltese Falcon" and the TNG episode "The Big Goodbye"!I just need a few more chimpanzees!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 68: Roxanne and Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 91:12


    We ain't afraid of no worms this week as we compare two tales of love, lies, and lyricism: the Steve Martin comedy "Roxanne" and the DS9 episode "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"!LOVE SQUARE, BABY!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 67: The Matrix Resurrections and Remembrance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 131:40


    The kung-fu hoedown is on as we pit together two tales of long-dead franchise revivals: The Matrix Resurrections and the Star Trek: Picard episode "Remembrance"!Surf's Up, Dracula!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/8xA2UJE4

    BT 66: A Christmas Story and 11:59

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 100:45


    We're closing out 2021 with a look at two stories of subverted holiday nostalgia: the 1983 cult classic "A Christmas Story" and the Star Trek: Voyager episode "11:59"!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/23ShBumC

    BT 65: The Manchurian Candidate and The Mind's Eye

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 88:11


    This week, we're passing the time by playing games with a pair of political thrillers: the 1962 Cold War classic "The Manchurian Candidate" and the Next Generation episode "The Mind's Eye"!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918Join the Just Enough Trope Discord!https://discord.gg/MTHnQH3w

    BT 64: La Belle et la Bête and Exile

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 92:37


    Be our guest this week as we explore the magic behind two fairy tale stories: the 1946 Cocteau masterpiece La Belle et la Bête and the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Exile"!Give us a review on iTunes!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtrekking/id1464298918

    BT 63: Planes, Trains & Automobiles and The Ascent

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 100:03


    It's all about the journey and not the destination this week as we look at two tales of perilous trips: the 1987 John Hughes classic "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" and the Deep Space Nine episode "The Ascent"!

    BT 62: The Day the Earth Stood Still and First Contact

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 102:28


    This week, we're pleading with you to give us a chance as we encounter two tales of fateful encounters: the 1951 sci-fi classic "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and the TNG episode "First Contact"!

    BT 61: Train to Busan and Impulse

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 90:16


    All aboard the Spooky Train this week for our look at two tales of paranoia and the undead: Train to Busan and Enterprise's "Impulse"!

    BT 60: Timecop and Relativity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 105:29


    You have the right to remain in your own timeframe this week as we signup for the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme flick "Timecop" and the Voyager episode "Relativity"!

    BT 59: The Drumhead and Veritas

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 99:46


    We're back to Trek vs. Trek this week as we put a pair of episodes on trial: TNG's "The Drumhead" and Lower Decks' "Veritas"!

    BT 58: It and The Thaw

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 99:06


    We get ready to float this week as we're pitting the 1990 mini-series It against the Voyager episode "The Thaw!"Thanks to Starwolf Oakley for the episode suggestion!

    BT 57: 50 First Dates and Twilight

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 85:05


    We're racking our brains this week trying to remember the parallels between "50 First Dates" and the Enterprise episode "Twilight"!It's pretty smart for a walrus barf movie!

    BT 56: Escape from Sobibor and Scavengers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 98:13


    We're going over the wall this week as we examine two stories of daring escape: the 1987 film "Escape from Sobibor" and the Star Trek: Discovery episode "Scavengers"!Psst...it's Free Cinema!

    BT 55: F9 and Star Trek V

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 123:16


    It's a battle of secret brothers as we put the high-octane thrills of the new film "F9" up against the rock-climbin', God-findin' adventure of "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"!Never say no to Vin!

    BT 54: First Blood and The Hunted

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 96:30


    We're giving you a podcast like you won't believe this week as we compare two tales of neglected veterans of unpopular wars: 1982's sleeper smash "First Blood" and the TNG episode "The Hunted!"You don't listen to Rambo...he listens to you!

    BT 53: Rio Grande and Sons and Daughters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 97:55


    Saddle up, pilgrim, because we're going to war with daddy issues as we compare the 1950 John Ford classic "Rio Grande" with the DS9 episode "Sons and Daughters"!Horses are the cars of animals.

    BT 52: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 107:23


    We're going native this week as we compare "The City on the Edge of Forever" with a comic mini-series based on Harlan Ellison's original draft of the episode!#ReleaseTheEllisonCut

    BT 51: The Best of Both Worlds, pts. 1&2 and The Impossible Box

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 106:24


    It's Borgs all the way down this week as we assimilate "The Best of Both Worlds" and the Picard episode "The Impossible Box"!#pizzadaddy

    BT 50: Flatliners (1990) and Barge of the Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 68:57


    It is a good day to die on purpose this week as we explore the 1990 Joel Schumacher thriller Flatliners and the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Barge of the Dead"!Let's do it, man! Let's flatline!

    BT 49: The Boys From Brazil and The Infinite Vulcan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 93:57


    We're seeing double this week as we hunt for the similarities in the 1978 film "The Boys From Brazil" and the classic TAS episode "The Infinite Vulcan"!Not the Gute!

    BT 48: Hard Target and Captive Pursuit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 94:19


    We're playing the most dangerous game this week as we hunt down two stories of desperate struggle, Hard Target and DS9's "Captive Pursuit"!#ReleasetheWooCut

    BT 47: Far and Away and Up the Long Ladder

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 84:05


    OK, Boomers and Sooners...we're celebrating St. Patrick's Day by comparing the 1992 Irish immigrant epic Far and Away and the breathtakingly dated TNG episode, "Up the Long Ladder"!I, for one, welcome our big, dumb overlords...

    BT 46: The Vision and Real Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 93:18


    And you may find yourself listening to our latest episode, where we compare the dark domesticity of Tom King's Marvel mini-series "The Vision" with the Voyager episode "Real Life"!Frankensteins having Frankensteins...

    BT 45: 10 Things I Hate About You and Elaan of Troyius

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 104:31


    There's small choice in rotten apples and yet we're back to try and tame two tales of questionable love, 10 Things I Hate About You and the TOS episode "Elaan of Troyius"!It's all about the DiLi, baby!

    BT 44: Bill and Ted and The Savage Curtain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 102:30


    Celebrate President's Day by listening to our latest episode in which we salute the similarities between Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and the TOS episode "The Savage Curtain"!God gave rock and roll to you, but the very next day you gave it away.

    BT 43: Wonder Woman 1984 and Rivals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 114:04


    We're back with an all new year of BackTrekking! This week, we shun the short path to talk at length about Wonder Woman 1984, the DS9 episode "Rivals", and their common inspiration, "The Monkey's Paw"!When hearts are in sympathy, time collapses!

    BT 42: A Christmas Carol (1999) and Tapestry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 100:40


    Just in time for Christmas, we've got a look at Patrick Stewart in two similar tales of embracing your blessings and living life to the fullest, 1999's A Christmas Carol and the TNG classic "Tapestry"!Q bless us, everyone!

    BT 41: The Ol' Ball Game (Fame) and Take Me Out to the Holosuite

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 109:39


    Replicate some peanuts and cracker jack 'cause we're taking the field to talk about baseball in the 1980s and the 2480s!Everyone's a gamer in the future!

    BT 40: The Cage and If Memory Serves

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 105:58


    Trek begets Trek this week as we reflect on the history of the franchise from "The Cage" to "If Memory Serves"!It's all about the mind!

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