Highly Logical: A Star Trek Podcast

In episode 31, Angelo and Nicole break down "Stardust City Rag" and "The Impossible Box," episodes 5 and 6 of Star Trek: Picard. Topics include: violence, lowbrow Trek, addiction, trauma, and Seven of Nine's now canonical queerness.

In episode 30, Angelo and Nicole break down "The End is the Beginning" and "Absolute Candor," episodes 3 and 4 of Star Trek: Picard. Topics include: Picard as an aloof mentor; class strife in the future; objects, books, and ephemera; and Romulan lore

In episode 29, Nicole and Angelo break down "Maps and Legends," episode 2 of Star Trek: Picard. They explore speciesist arguments against artificial life forms, skepticism toward Starfleet bureaucracy, and Star Trek's depiction of age-related illness and disability

In episode 28, Angelo and Nicole break down the series premiere of Star Trek: Picard, exploring Star Trek's fascination with artificial intelligence and synthetic life, considering Picard as an intergenerational figurehead, and unpacking the show's critique of Starfleet's neoliberalism

In episode 27, Angelo and Nicole take a look at What We Left Behind, a retrospective documentary about Deep Space Nine, co-directed by Ira Steven Behr and David Zappone. We share our thoughts on the film, and interview Behr, Andrew Robinson (who played Garak), and Nana Visitor (who played Kira Nerys).

In episode 26, Nicole and Angelo link part 2 of the Star Trek: Discovery season two finale with the Star Trek: Voyager season 4 episode “Relativity.” This week we tackle time travel as ctrl+alt+delete, messianism, and Discovery's far-flung future.

In episode 25, Nicole and Angelo link part 1 of the Star Trek: Discovery season two finale, "Such Sweet Sorrow” with the Star Trek: Enterprise season 3 episode “Twilight.” This week we tackle disabled captains, Starfleet speciesism, destructive spheres, and letters to home.

In episode 24, Angelo and Nicole link Star Trek: Discovery 2x12, "Through the Valley of Shadows” with the Original Series two-parter “The Menagerie.” This week we tackle Pike, disability, and the future. (With apologies for Nicole's clapping and Angelo mangling the title "Trials and Tribble-ations")

In episode 23, Angelo and Nicole look at the Star Trek trope of the depressive time-traveller, linking Star Trek: Discovery 2x11, “Perpetual Infinity” with the Star Trek: Voyager season four two-parter “Year of Hell.” Topics include: time travel as academic mastery, the scientific method, Chakotay’s authority issues, Control as messianic proto-Borg, and the evolution of sadboi Tyler.

In episode 22, Nicole and Angelo explore Star Trek's fascination with time-travelling tricksters, linking Star Trek: Discovery 2x10, “The Red Angel” with Star Trek: The Next Generation’s classic Borg introduction, "Q Who." Topics include: time travel, disability and body mods, pansexuality in the Mirror Universe, and the Borg.

In episode 21, Angelo and Nicole detect something rotten in the state of Starfleet, linking Star Trek: Discovery 2x09, “Project Daedalus” with Star Trek: The Next Generation’s season 1 classic “Conspiracy.” Topics include: bodysnatcher admirals, AI run amok, the Borg and their antecedents/descendants, character deaths past and present, body horror, and Michael Burnham as centre-of-the-universe.

For their 20th episode, Nicole and Angelo head back to Talos IV, linking Star Trek: Discovery 2x08, "If Memory Serves," with Star Trek's original pilot "The Cage." Topics include: Star Trek's history of progress and regress, characters in transition, and the trope of facial disfigurement, plus an ode to Number One.

In Episode 19, Angelo and Nicole look at DISCOVERY 2x07 and VOYAGER's classic hundredth episode "Timeless," directed by LeVar Burton. They talk about time paradoxes, unethical technological innovations, and anti-Klingon prejudice, and yearn for a Geordi La Forge/Harry Kim buddy comedy.

This week, Angelo and Nicole explore STAR TREK: DISCOVERY 2x06, "The Sounds of Thunder," and DEEP SPACE NINE's "Second Skin." Topics include: inter-species conflict, alien as other, life under occupation, religion and agnosticism in Star Trek, and the great Garak.

This week, Nicole and Angelo explore STAR TREK: DISCOVERY 2x05, "Saints of Imperfection," and ENTERPRISE 2x10, "Vanishing Point." Topics include: Star Trek resurrections, transporter accidents as trauma narratives, and the stodgy white captain tradition.

Angelo and Nicole pair DISCOVERY 2x04, ""An Obol for Charon," with THE NEXT GENERATION's season 7 episode "Force of Nature." Topics discussed include: space travel, the ethics of warp, the evolutionary potential of Kelpiens, and accessibility in space, including a discussion of a recent DGC panel on design in STAR TREK: DISCOVERY.

Nicole and Angelo pair DISCOVERY 2x03, "Point of Light," with THE NEXT GENERATION's season 7 episode "Thine Own Self." Topics discussed include: Starfleet sexism, Klingon palace intrigue, Vulcan family psychodrama, command training, and Star Trek's history of between-season course correction.

Angelo and Nicole tackle DISCOVERY 2x02, "New Eden," and the Original Series episode "The Apple." Topics discussed include: Starfleet's history of colonial intervention, the Prime Directive, and away team hijinks. #startrek #startrekdiscovery

Angelo and Nicole return with a look at Star Trek Discovery's Season 2 premiere "Brother" and The Animated Series gem "Yesteryear." Topics discussed include: Discovery's evolving aesthetics, the captain as daddy, the new redshirts, and Sarek's unorthodox parenting. #startrek #startrekdiscovery

Nicole and Angelo delve into Star Trek's relationship to science, focusing on The Next Generation's "Timescape" and Voyager's "Scientific Method." Topics discussed include: the scientific method, eugenics, sexism in science, Data as control sample, utopian vs. dystopian scientific experiments, and Star Trek as inspiration to scientists,

Angelo and Nicole recap the last two episodes of Star Trek Discovery's first season, looking forward to things to come and comparing Disco's first mission to previous series' maiden voyages.

Angelo and Nicole recap episodes 12 and 13 of Star Trek: Discovery, then dive into The Next Generation's "Yesterday's Enterprise" and DS9's "Crossover." Topics include: Terran politics, white supremacist fears of diversity, the Mirror Universe as actors' playground, bisexual camp, and Star Trek's history of resurrecting old cast members.

Nicole and Angelo return from their hiatus to break down Discovery's midseason return and the Star Trek: Enterprise two-parter "In a Mirror, Darkly." Topics include: the Mirror Universe as progressive sandbox/regressive taboo zone, burying/exhuming your gays, and Federation diversity versus Terran fascism.

Angelo and Nicole break down Star Trek: Discovery's midseason finale "Into the Forest I Go" and compare it to the Deep Space Nine classic "Hard Time." Topics discussed include: Discovery so far, humanism and animal nature, the endless suffering of Miles O'Brien, and PTSD and mental health in Star Trek.

Nicole and Angelo welcome film critics, podcasters, and Beverly Crusher fans Tina Hassannia and Mallory Andrews to discuss Star Trek: Discovery 1x08, "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum," and the TNG classic "Darmok." Topics discussed include: the tyranny of prestige TV, the ethics of first contact, the challenges and rewards of communicating with others, Rodenberry's humanism, and how to have a conversation entirely through Gilgamesh references.

Nicole and Angelo dive into Star Trek: Discovery 1x07, "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" and Star Trek: The Next Generation 5x18, "Cause and Effect." Topics include: bad romance, time loops, déjà vu, and disability in science fiction.

Angelo and Nicole welcome cultural critic, scholar, and Twitter royalty Anthony Oliveira to discuss Star Trek: Discovery 1x06, "Lethe," and three classic episodes about Sarek: TOS's "Journey to Babel," and TNG's "Sarek" and "Unification." Topics discussed include: Vulcan purity politics, illness and diplomacy, bad dads, MAGA in space, and Federation integrationism.

Join Nicole and Angelo as they break down Star Trek: Discovery 1x05, "Choose Your Pain," and revisit Star Trek: Enterprise 3x10, "Similitude." Topics include: experimental science, utopianism, LGBTQ representation in science fiction, and situational ethics.

Join Angelo and Nicole as they discuss space-faring earth creatures, species and human diversity, and diplomacy with monsters on this week's episode of Highly Logical. We focus in on Episode 4 of Discovery: "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" and a classic Original Series episode, "The Devil in the Dark."

This week Highly Logical podcast discusses the third episode of Star Trek: Discovery and the classic Voyager episode "The Omega Directive."

Join Angelo and Nicole as they recap and discuss the Star Trek: Discovery premiere and an old favourite episode from the Deep Space Nine archives in their new podcast Highly Logical.