I Just Want To Talk About Star Trek

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Mixing the deep dive facts with absurd comedy, Mike McCafferty is relentless in his quest to talk about all things Star Trek with super fans, people who have worked on a series, or just a random person he meets on the street. Q’plah!

Mike McCafferty


    • Apr 21, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 58m AVG DURATION
    • 205 EPISODES

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    The I Just Want To Talk About Star Trek podcast is an absolute gem for fans of the Star Trek franchise. Hosted by Mike McCafferty and featuring guests like The Doctor and Kieran, this podcast is not only funny but also incredibly knowledgeable about all things Star Trek. Whether you're a fan of the original series, The Next Generation, or any other iteration of the show, this podcast has something for everyone.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the humor. Mike and his guests have a great rapport and never fail to deliver laughs throughout each episode. Their witty banter and comedic timing make for an entertaining listen, especially when they go off on unexpected tangents or throw in surprise appearances by man-eating spiders or puking cats. Additionally, their passion for Star Trek shines through in every episode, making it contagious and intoxicating for listeners who share that same love for the show.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is the depth of knowledge displayed by Mike and his guests. They are well-versed in all aspects of Star Trek lore and provide insightful analysis and commentary on each episode or topic they discuss. Whether they're diving into a classic episode or discussing the impact of certain characters or storylines, their expertise adds another layer of enjoyment to the podcast.

    However, one possible downside to this podcast is that it may not be suitable for casual fans or those who are not familiar with Star Trek. The inside jokes and deep dives into specific episodes or characters may occasionally alienate listeners who are not as well-versed in the material. Additionally, some episodes may feel a bit chaotic or off-topic at times, which could detract from the overall cohesiveness of the podcast.

    In conclusion, The I Just Want To Talk About Star Trek podcast is a must-listen for anyone remotely interested in Star Trek. The combination of humor, knowledge, and passion displayed by host Mike McCafferty and his guests make for an incredibly enjoyable and entertaining podcast experience. Despite a few minor drawbacks, this podcast is a true treasure for Star Trek fans and deserves all the praise it receives.



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    206: "These were the voyages..."

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 23:30


    It's been a long road, but all good things must come to an end, friends. Thank you, and see you...out there! 

    205: Picard Season 3 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2023 39:13


    204: Remembering Nichelle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 29:13


    203: Paramount Calls Shatner with an Offer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2022 14:21


    Paramount Group president Bob Bakish calls William Shatner with a new offer for him to be in the franchise...

    202: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season Review!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2022 33:22


    Mike gives his overall impressions to the first season of the new Star Trek series, Strange New Worlds. 

    201: Star Trek Picard: A Burial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 91:31


    Mike is joined by Ryan Nagata and George Edelman to discuss the second season of Star Trek Picard. 

    200: A Strange New Show

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2022 26:07


    Mike talks about the first episode of the new Trek series, Strange New Worlds.

    199: TWoK Deep Dive - The COMEDY of Khan!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 43:32


    Mike dissects the comedy of THE GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME!

    198: TWoK Deep Dive - Space Seed!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 55:56


    Continuing on his deep dive of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Mike goes back to original series episode "Space Seed" to try to find out why Khan is so enduring and the movie so powerful. 

    197: Shatner in Space (Now on Amazon!!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2022 30:27


    Mike watches the Amazon show Shatner in space and finds proof of life. 

    196: The Wrath of Khan (Part 1) - Everything WRONG with the movie!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2021 54:24


    Mike starts his 6 part series on the GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME by examining some of the things that the movie could have done better. 

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    195: Star Trek: Prodigy Thoughts

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 17:24


    Mike has watched the first three episodes of a show called "Star Trek: Prodigy."

    194: Bill Shatner in Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 14:48


    Mike talks about William Shatner's trip on the BLue Origins rocket, man. 

    193: Star Trek Lyrics - A Deep Dive

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 22:33


    Mike breaks down the lyrics to the original series theme song. 

    192: Convention Report and Mike in the Void

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 32:52


    Mike explains why he's not been podcasting lately. Plus! The non-Star Trek convention he visited!

    191: Best Trek: The RPG ' "Tale's End"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 164:13


    The stunning conclusion to our first season RPG!

    190: Jerry Books a Conference Room for the Xindi at the Ramada Inn

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 12:07


    Mike watched the Season 3 Episode of Enterprise "The Xinidi" and had a lot of questions about the person who had to book a meeting room that needed a viewing tank!

    189: TOS Episode - "The Gamesters of Triskellion"!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 119:41


    Mike and The Doctor (Kim Miller) are transported to a trinary star system to talk about this second season episode! 

    188: TOS episode - "The Ultimate Computer"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 107:17


    Mike and The Doctor (Kim Miller) examine the height differences between William Shatner and William Marshall in this classic Trek episode!

    187: Best Trek: The RPG - "The Fishbowl Connection"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 130:47


    The marooned crew of the valiant USS Somerville must attempt survival on a mostly water planet. But it is not on what is on the surface that is their biggest problem...

    186: Best Trek: The RPG - "The Hibachi Maru"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 151:55


    The crew of the USS Somerville is attacked by a strange creature. Our heroes are presented with the horrible choices of who lives and dies.PLUS! The Doctor© (Kim Miller) sits in for this episode!

    185: Star Trek: Discard - A Mike Rant about Picard!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 25:25


    Mike gets riled up (again), this time over a Hollywood Reporter interview with Star Trek Picard and Strange New Worlds writer, Akiva Goldman. 

    184: Trek RPG - Romulan Restrooms!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 147:26


    The RPG quest on the Dragon's Tail continues! What happens when the crew discovers a Romulan Space Station?

    183: Star Trek RPG - "Save Us"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 147:26


    Another FANTASTIC episode of the Best Trek© RPG system. This week the crew of the Somerville encounter a strange distress signal from a Federation ship lost years ago! But when they arrive, they find a strange Earth street with the crew of the ship, scared for their lives of "The Code!"

    182: RPG ep4 - Memory Beta

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 116:43


    The BEST Star Trek Role Play Game Continues! The steadfast crew of the USS Somerville continue their mission to the end of "The Dragon's Tail." But when they find themselves on a planet where memories are key to success, find themselves redefining who they are, they were, and will be!

    180: All Stop! A Star Trek Mini Mystery!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 17:53


    Mike zeroes in on one character from the TNG episode "Redemption, Part 2" and discovers a startling connection between helmsman!

    181: Our Star Trek RPG: "Thereby Hangs the Tail!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 88:08


    The Human (RPG) Adventure is Just Begining!  Mike Trek Masters another episode of the hugely popular Best Trek RPG that HE created. Our four ensigns find themselves with a choice of assignments. Will they pick the right one?!

    179: Star Trek RPG Finale!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2021 43:58


    The stunning (?) conclusion of our amazing (!) Role Playing Game! "To Know Not What We May Be!"

    178: Mike Makes a Star Trek RPG! No, really!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 69:31


    Mike decides to rope friends of the pod Jason, Tony, Duncan and Kitt into a Star Trek Role Playing Game of his own creation! It's as is Q was really into saving throws!

    177: Where No Mike has gone Before!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 25:01


    Mike celebrates (??) his 177th episode (longer than TNG) by driving around the valley in his Kia Soul, on a prolonged rant. 

    176: Oh, Shit! - A Discovery scene Deep Dive!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2021 31:27


    Mike unpacks one scene from the Discovery episode, "There is a Tide..."  Warning! Lots of shit goes down in this one!

    175: Pike's Paramount Plus Promo (Plus Picard)!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 25:47


    Mike does a DEEP DIVE into the new Paramount+ commercials, featuring Captain Pike, Mr. Spock, and Dora the Explorer. 

    174: Disco Season 3, Eps 6 & 7!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 81:29


    Mike is joined by Friends of the Pod Andy Lowe and Aaron Moles to discuss Discovery episodes 6, "Scavengers" and 7, "Unification III" 

    173: Disco Season 3, Eps 3, 4, & 5!! Mega Review!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 67:50


    Mike is joined by Temporal Agent Tony Caselli to help him catch up to the season. They breakdown their thoughts on episode 3, "People of Earth," 4, "Forget me Not" and then do a deeper dive on ep 5, "Die Trying"

    172: Disco Season 3, Ep2 - "Spider-man: Far From Home"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 26:13


    Mike tries something different this episode, recapping it BACKWARDS. He starts at the end and works his way to the start. WILL IT WORK?!!

    171: Disco Season 3, Ep 1 - "That Hope is You"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 67:21


    Mike, Andy Lowe, Jason, and Matt "Stompie" Thompson reflect on the return of Discovery. 

    170: Why "These Are the Voyages," is actually the BEST Trek episode...EVER!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 51:38


    Mike explores the controversial Enterprise series finale and in ripping it apart makes a startling discovery!

    169: Star Trek 4: Cancelled! Mike's Plan to Save it!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 20:39


    Paramount is denying that they've killed all of the potential Star Trek movies, but Mike has a BOLD idea on how to save the franchise!

    168: Deep Dive - Return to Tomorrow

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 73:37


    "Risk is our business!" Mike takes a look at the second season TOS episode that hosts one of the most iconic speeches in Star Trek. Does it hold up? 

    167: The Tholian Web

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2020 64:11


    Mike tackles an entire universe, plunging himself into interphasic space for his deep dive on "The Tholian Web." This episode can also be watched on our fabulous Facebook page! (https://www.facebook.com/IJWTTAST)

    166: Return to Iowa!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 36:55


    Mike and Duncan reminisce about their epic trip 4 years ago to Riverside, Iowa the future birthplace of James T. Kirk. Note: Mike and Duncan check out a lot of photos and videos. If you want to watch the Zoom recording, head over to our Facebook page.  (https://www.facebook.com/IJWTTAST)

    165: Devil in the Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 49:15


    Mike digs into this classic episode in a time when the unknown seems a constant threat.

    164: TNG - The Neutral Zone

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 40:55


    Mike takes on the slightly schizophrenic first season finale, "The Neutral Zone."  

    163: Operation - Annihilate! Deep Dive!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 60:50


    Let's shine a light on this episode!

    162: Star Trek Memories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 26:15


    In the midst of a lockdown, Mike thinks back on his favorite Star Trek moments in his life. 

    161: Picard's Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2020 38:24


    Mike, The Doctor (Kim Miller) and Matt Stompie Thompson hold a Zoom session to go over their thoughts of this season of Picard. 

    160: Picard - "Nepenthe" or Burnt Tomatoes!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 25:36


    Mike finds his new favorite line of the entire franchise. 

    159: Picard - "The Impossible Box"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 30:36


    Mike dissects episode #6 of Star Trek: "The Impossible Box." He also makes several dubious assertions about himself, and the show. 

    158: Picard eps 4-5, from Las Vegas!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2020 45:56


    Mike and his son Kiernan break down episodes four "Absolute Candor" and five, "Stardust City Rag." Kiernan goes on the offensive with many issues with the show, while Mike takes a more leisurely view. PLUS! Mike and Kiernan visit the remains of the Star Trek Experience at the Westgate hotel. Check out the Star Trek Experience video on our Facebook Page! (https://www.facebook.com/IJWTTAST)

    157: Picard eps 1-2: Some Learned Musings...

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 24:55


    While the entire Pod Team tackled Star Trek: Picard's first two episodes on a live Facebook broadcast, Mike separates the saucer section to add a few deeper dives. Check out our DOPE ASS FACEBOOK PAGE (https://www.facebook.com/IJWTTAST) !

    156: I, Borg. I Reconsider.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2020 53:33


    With the return of Hugh the Borg on the new Picard Series, Mike watches the divisive TNG episode "I, Borg" to see if he's changed his opinion about it, 28 years later. Check out our dope Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/IJWTTAST/) ! 

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