Redshirts & Runabouts: A Star Trek Podcast

It’s Been a Long Road…! getting from there to here. It’s true. We started this podcast a little over 3 years ago with the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery and our first new Star Trek on TV since the end of Enterprise. Since then, we’ve covered both season of Disco, Picard, Lower Decks, all of...

Lower Decks Ep. 8 & 9 Double Episode! Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 8 “Veritas” & Ep. 9 “Crisis Point”! Trials, fan dances, holodeck programs, and Q! Plus, Derreck is re-watching Voyager and Discovery and there’s a new movie with giant tribbles? We’ll be back each week to review all...

Lower Decks Ep. 7: Much Ado About Boimler Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 7 “Much Ado About Boimler”! Transporter accidents, temporary Captains, and freaky dogs! Plus, CBS All Access is getting rebranded in 2021! We’ll be back each week to review all 10 episodes of Lower Decks Season 1, so...

Lower Decks Ep. 6: Terminal Provocations Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 6 “Terminal Provocations”! Holodeck malfunctions, rogue computer components, and voice cameos! Plus, we talk Star Trek Day panels including the new Discovery Season 3 trailer and some nuggets from the Strange New Worlds dicussion! We’ll be back each week...

Lower Decks Ep. 5: Cupid’s Errant Arrow Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 5 “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”! Alien girlfriends, new scanners, exploding moons, and a brand new starship! Plus, we talk some Star Trek news including Blood Wine, our two new Discovery cast members that include a non-binary and a transgender...

Lower Decks Ep. 4: Moist Vessel Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 4 “Moist Vessel”! Generational ships, another California Class, ascension, and goo! We talk Mariner and Freeman’s relationship as daughter and mother, the rough tasks Mariner had to take on, as well as Tendi’s story about ascension and the great...

Lower Decks Ep. 3: Temporal Edict Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 3 “Temporal Edict”! Kirk-fu, away missions, time management, and boarding parties! Plus, watch Short Treks for free, snag the new Prime movie collection release, and the return of Wil Wheaton to the Oasis! Have an opinion about “Temporal Edict”?...

Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 2 “Envoys”! Klingons, Ferengi, and job fairs, oh my! Plus, Star Trek scripts and how to watch Lower Decks Episode 1 for free on YouTube! Have an opinion about “Envoys”? Head over to our Twitter to vote in the grade poll AND join us on...

We’re back, baby! We’ve returned and set course for the animated Star Trek universe of Lower Decks! Derreck is joined by friends of the show Rae and Zach to review Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep 1: “Second Contact”! We also reintroduce ourselves for any new listeners and talk Trek news including the Nickelodeon series, Discovery...

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of your two podcast hosts. This episode’s message, to explain to you the state of the Redshirts & Runabouts podcast and our plans moving forward, including some ideas we have for future Star Trek TV series! Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts Hey,...

This short statement is being released on all active Heroes Podcast Network podcast feeds. This week, there will be no Screen Heroes podcast. Echo Station will also released delayed, on Friday, instead of Wednesday. We do this in hopes of supporting and honoring the Black Lives Matter movement and those protesting police brutality throughout the...

We conclude our Starfleet Starship discussion by using a wormhole to travel to an alternate reality, the Kelvin Timeline! First, we kick things off with our thoughts on the newly announced Star Trek: Strange New Worlds CBS All Access series starring Anson Mount (Captain Pike), Rebecca Romijn (Number One, AKA Una), and Ethan Peck (Spock)!...

We continue our Starfleet Starship discussion by moving on to 21st century productions including Star Trek: Enterprise, Discovery, and Picard. We discuss the NX-01, Shenzhou, Crossfield Class, La Sirenna, Shenzhou, the Disco Enterprise, and more! Plus, we break down our poll about the best Enterprise bridge! Also, please note that we have moved to a...

Greg is back! And we finally touch on a topic he’s wanted to discuss since we started the show, Starship design! Derreck & Greg sit down to talk about Starfleet ship design from The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and the first 10 films. We don’t get to everything, so this...

All good things must come to an end, even Picard. Derreck is joined by recurring hosts Rae & Zach to discuss the two-part Season 1 finale of Star Trek: Picard along with our overall thoughts for the show’s premiere season. There will be spoilers, lots of emotions, and plenty of opinions. So sit back, download...

We return with an impossible box filled with broken pieces of Nepenthe. See what we did there? This week we kick things off with some news about Short Treks before diving back into the world of Star Trek: Picard! We cover episodes 6-8, also known as “The Impossible Box”, “Nepenthe”, and “Broken Pieces” as well...

Set a standard orbit for Freecloud, throw on some weird clothes, and let’s hit the club! It’s time to talk Star Trek: Picard Episode 5 “Stardust City Rag” and the long awaited return of Jeri Ryan and Seven of Nine! We kick things off with a big announcement before providing some spoiler-free thoughts. Then it’s...

We’re back, baby! It’s time to catch up on Star Trek: Picard and we do it in style! Well, we do it. We cover Episodes 2, 3, and 4… also known as “Maps and Legends”, “The End is the Beginning”, and “Absolute Candor”. We cover the general plots, along with what we like and don’t...

Star Trek: Picard is officially here on streaming services! Greg and Derreck sit down to first wrap-up their #Prepping4Picard conversation by discussing some other important moments and episodes that didn’t make the original cut. Then, it’s off to an in-depth spoiler-filled discussion on the premiere of Star Trek: Picard! Don’t worry, we’ll give you a...

Short Treks wrapped up last week with “Children of Mars”. This week, we sit down to discuss the three episodes we didn’t cover yet, “Ephraim and Dot”, “The Girl Who Made the Stars”, and “Children of Mars”. Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts What do you think of these episodes? Did...

#Prepping4Picard concludes with our 9th episode in the series! This week, we cover two Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include the two-part “Gambit” and the double length series finale, “All Good Things…”! Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts...

#Prepping4Picard continues with our 8th episode in the series! This week, we cover Part 2 of our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes includes four episodes, “Tapestry”, “Starship Mine”, “Lessons”, and “The Chase”! Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts...

#Prepping4Picard continues with our 7th episode in the series! This week, we cover Part 1 of our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes includes two two-part episodes, “Time’s Arrow” and “Chain of Command”! We also talk a bit about the sad news for...

#Prepping4Picard continues with our 6th episode in the series! This week, we cover our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include “Darmok”, the two-part Spock episode “Unification”, and “The Inner Light”! Rae returns to help Derreck discuss these Picard focused episodes. Check out...

Two episodes in one week? We’re at warp speed as we continue our Short Treks discussions with Season 2, Episode 3 “Ask Not” starring Anson Mount as Captain Pike and Amrit Kaur as Cadet Thira Sidhu! Derreck and Rae discuss this short yet intense episode along with our thoughts on the newly announced writerdirector for...

#Prepping4Picard continues with our 5th episode in the series! This week, we cover our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include the Season 3 finale and Season 4 premiere episodes “The Best of Both Worlds” as well as their conclusion, “Family” and the...

#Prepping4Picard continues with our 4th episode in the series! This week, we cover our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include “Yesterday’s Enterprise”, “Captain’s Holiday”, and “Sarek”! Plus, we talk about our first look at Admiral Picard’s uniform from the IDW comic cover...

#Prepping4Picard returns with our third episode discussion, The Next Generation Season 2’s “The Measure of a Man”. We also have a very special person taking part in this week’s episode. You just might recognize them! We also talk some Deep Space Nine rewatch thoughts and the Star Trek mod, New Horizons, for Stellaris! Don’t forget...

Two episodes in back to back weeks? Thrusters are on full as we continue our Short Treks discussions with Season 2, Episode 2 “The Trouble with Edward” starring Rosa Salazar and H. Jon Benjamin! Derreck and Rae discuss this Tribble focused episode along with the results from a personal Star Trek ship poll from Twitter....

We are clear from dry dock. Ahead 1/4 impulse power. We are back! This week, Derreck returns with guest SirynRae to talk Short Treks Season 2 opener “Q & A” along with the biggest news out of New York Comic Con including the new trailers for Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Discovery Season 3!...

Derreck returns with an important announcement and some thoughts on the state of Redshirts & Runabouts. Have questions about our announcement? Just want to talk with us? Hit us up @RedshirtsPod on Twitter! Stop by our Patreon to see what kinds of cool perks you can get for being one of our contributors: patreon.com/HeroesPodcasts Not ready...

Prepping 4 Picard continues this week with the Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 Episode, “Conspiracy”. Catch the full list in our Top 20 Quintessential Picard episodes! Derreck & Rae discuss the “Coming of Age” sequel, the impact of the plot on future Trek, and how the episode showed various sides of who Jean-Luc...

Prepping 4 Picard begins this week with Star Trek: The Next Generation’s pilot episode, “Encounter at Farpoint” and the first episode on our Top 20 Quintessential Picard episodes! Derreck & Rae discuss the introduction to Picard, the new Enterprise, the new crew, and Q. Comment below or hit us up @RedshirtsPod on Twitter! Don’t forget...

Star Trek: Picard is slated to boldly go later in 2019. With that in mind, we put together a list of the Top 20 Quintessential Picard episodes from The Next Generation. In this week’s episode, Derreck is joined by recurring guest host, Rae, to talk through all 20 episodes and why they made the cut...

We finally did it! We wrap-up Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 and talk a bit about our thoughts for Season 3! This episode is not a review of direct episodes. It includes our thoughts and feelings on overall plots, characters, actors, designs, and concepts. We talk about what we felt didn’t work, what we loved,...

Schedule change! Due to a number of scheduling issues, Derreck goes it alone this week with a short episode to discuss big news from the upcoming Picard series as well as some information, spoiler-free, on What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Deep Space Nine, a crowd funded documentary from Ira Steven Behr. We’ll be...

May 8th, 2009 marked the return of Star Trek after a long 4 year gap that started with the end of Star Trek: Enterprise. Now, 10 years later, Greg & Derreck take a walk down memory lane to discuss the state of the Kelvin timeline created in the 2009 film that includes Star Trek (2009),...

Greg and Derreck are back together to break down the two-part Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 finale, “Such Sweet Sorrow”. We talk news first, including Picard show details, more on Michelle Yeoh’s Section 31 show, and where Discovery actually starts Season 3. Then it’s off to the in-depth spoiler-filled discussion on the Disco Season 2...

I am joined by returning guest, Rae, to review two Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 episodes, “Perpetual Infinity” and “Through the Valley of Shadows”! With a double episode, there’s no time for news, so it’s spoilers abound for the last two weeks of Discovery! We focus on the Red Angel, CulberStatements, SpockBurnham, and Pike’s own...

We’ve got a special episode for you this week as Derreck & Greg are LIVE from Planet Comicon! Check out this live panel as our hosts build the Ultimate Star Trek Crew with the Planet Comicon audience! We cover characters from all 6 live action TV series (TOS, TNG, DS9, VGR, ENT, DSC). We’ll be...

Without news to cover this week, we jump right into our new segment, random Memory Alpha article before diving into the main topic this week, a discussion of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 10 “The Red Angel”! There’s spoilers abound in this week’s episode, so make sure you are caught up on Discovery before...

Without news to cover this week, we jump right into our new segment, random Memory Alpha article before diving into the main topic this week, a discussion of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 9 “Project Daedalus”! There’s spoilers abound in this week’s episode, so make sure you are caught up on Discovery before jumping...

We’ve got a ton to cover on this week’s episode! In addition to our discussion surrounding Talos IV and  Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 8 “If Memory Serves” and the return of “The Cage”, we also talk about the overall Star Trek timeline and where the events of Discovery fit in with the other...

It’s a big news week in the Trek fandom with pre-production moving along with the unnamed Picard series with news on directors, casting, and possible series titles, plus some about Discovery’s future! Then we turn our attention to the episode of the week, Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 7 “Light and Shadows” which provides...

With a light news week (yeah we know stuff came out after we recorded), your two Redshirts hosts focus on the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery “The Sound of Thunder”, the first episode to have a direct and significant connection to an episode of Short Treks, specifically “The Brightest Star”. We’ll be back next...

It’s our 60th episode and it’s a big one! This, we take on the last two episode of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, “An Obol for Charon” and “Saints of Imperfection”! That’s right, a double episode!  We also talk a bit of Trek news including the state of CBS All Access, another new animated series...

Discovery continues with Episode 3 of the new season, “Point of Light”. We finally return to L’Rell, Ash Tyler, and the Klingon Empire, learn more about Tilly’s new friend, and get a surprise visit from Vulcan! Plus, we talk news including details on the Picard series straight from Sir Patrick Stewart himself, along with details...

Discovery continues with Episode 2 of the new season, “New Eden”. This episode tells us more about the journey our crew is undertaking, what kind of commanding officer Captain Pike is, and a bit more about the Spock of this era. We discuss all of this along with the overall plot of New Eden, spoilers...

Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery is officially here with the episode “Brother”! We are finally introduced to Anson Mount’s Captain Pike, along with some new crew members! Before we kick things off with a discussion on the season premiere, we talk Trek news including a unique casting change and the state of Michelle Yeoh’s...

Greg returns to the show just in time to prep for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2! We spend the episode talking about the various Trek news including details on Lower Decks, the Picard series, more Short Treks, the fate of the next film, and the announcement of a brand new series following Michelle Yeoh’s Philippa...

We enter the future year of 2019 to discuss the final Short Treks of its first season, “The Escape Artist”. Known as the Mudd episode, “The Escape Artist” features Rainn Wilson’s Harry Mudd. Wilson also directed the Short Treks episode. Additionally, we talk about some of our hopes and concerns about Star Trek: Discovery Season...