Humanist Trek

Humanist Trek is a weekly #StarTrek podcast about the humanism in Star Trek. Hosted by Sarah Ray 🏳️‍⚧️👩🏼 and Allie Ashmead ✊🏿👩🏿‍🦱 Available at http://www.humanisttrek.com and everywhere you replicate your podcasts!

HT.092 The Infinite Vulcan (TAS) 06/27/2024

HT.092 The Infinite Vulcan (TAS) When the Enterprise finds itself in the "Little Shop of Horrors" universe, Sarah and Allie create a new Pokémon and take on racial supremacy. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Special thanks to this week's winner, Lt Cmdr. Anders! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/31875117

HT.091 The Survivor (TAS) 06/20/2024

HT.091 The Survivor (TAS) When the Enterprise encounters a vulva-headed alien masquerading as a lost human, the crew are lured into a Romulan trap. Outgunned with no shields, will our heroes escape? Will the Vendor unload all of those worthless Pop Vinyls before the end of the con? Could Vulcans really just be Vendorians? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Special thanks to this week's winner, Lt Cmdr. Anders! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/31758925

HT.090 More Tribbles, More Troubles (TAS) 06/13/2024

HT.090 More Tribbles, More Troubles (TAS) When genetically modified tribbles send Sarah on a rant about the many misconceptions about "GMO", Allie must try to get the pod shuttle back on course while also dodging hungry tribbles and angry Klingons. Will we get to the end of the episode? Will there be no tribble at all? As mentioned in this episode: SciBabe Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/31637967

HT.089 The Lorelei Signal (TAS) 06/06/2024

HT.089 The Lorelei Signal (TAS) From new tattoos to new friends (including Star Trek's Randy James!!), Allie and Sarah had a great time as usual at RetroMania 2024 in Aurora, Colorado. Then, when the women of Star Trek are finally given the lead, will they choose a planet full of men or bears? Does this episode make up for the Enterprise stranding Melllvar in the first episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series? Can we please have more Uhura in command? As mentioned in this episode: Allegoric Art Tattoo Nick - Jes - Linnea Tanner, Author Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/31563272

HT.088 One of Our Planets is Missing (TAS) 05/30/2024

HT.088 One of Our Planets is Missing (TAS) When another Melllvar cloud being starts eating planets, will our heroes shoot it or try to make contact? Why do we allow human ego to drive our treatment of other life forms? Will Allie ever watch Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers? LAST CHANCE! Join our hike team or Donate at: Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/31483867

HT.087 Yesteryear (TAS) 05/23/2024

HT.087 Yesteryear (TAS) How would you feel if you had to go back in time and watch your young self receive the worst bullying of your life all over again? How can Spock's dad stand by and watch his son endure this trauma and not intervene? Are the big expectations placed on Vulcan children healthy or harmful? Join our hike team or Donate at: Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/31390092

HT.086 Beyond the Farthest Star (TAS) 05/16/2024

HT.086 Beyond the Farthest Star (TAS) Animated Sarah and Animated Allie beam into the ST:TAS universe! Why did they leave Melllvar on that dead star? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/31298622

HT.085 Star Trek TOS Series Finale 05/09/2024

HT.085 Star Trek TOS Series Finale Patrons Sara and Russell join Sarah, Allie, and Becca for a fun game of TrekWord! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/bingo-crazy License code: PECEC1BMQXOB7SLE /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/31131628

HT.084 Turnabout Intruder (TOS) 05/02/2024

HT.084 Turnabout Intruder (TOS) When Kirk and an old lover get Freaky Friday body swapped, the crew must uncover the truth. Why can't women be starship captains? Why haven't you joined our team or donated to support suicide prevention yet? Join our hike team or Donate at: Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/31058653

HT.083 All Our Yesterdays (TOS) 04/25/2024

HT.083 All Our Yesterdays (TOS) In the penultimate episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, KSM find themselves on a planet whose people have time warped into the past to escape their planet's sun going nova. Is Kirk a witch? Will Spock finally put McCoy in his place? What happens if these people fuck up the space time continuum? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/30915263

HT.082 The Savage Curtain (TOS) 04/18/2024

HT.082 The Savage Curtain (TOS) When the Enterprise drops by Planet "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln", good and evil are put into a poorly executed experiment. Did Duane the Rock Monster learn anything today? Why is President Lincoln army crawling in his nice suit? Were Lincoln's own words used in this episode? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/30836083

HT.081 The Cloud Minders (TOS) 04/11/2024

HT.081 The Cloud Minders (TOS) James Kirk, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk walk into a bar. Speaking of, this episode of Star Trek: The Original Series sets the bar pretty high. This week, Kirk and the gang stumble into a scathing indictment on the class inequality in American and around the world. Is capitalism killing us? Are the people who are most subjugated essentially forced to become criminal to survive? Again... why haven't we eaten the rich yet? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/30721768

HT.080 The Way to Eden (TOS) 04/04/2024

HT.080 The Way to Eden (TOS) When the Enterprise tracks down a rogue band of Space Hippies, Star Trek gets baked out of its mind and takes a big swing at the counterculture movements of the 1960's. Why haven't we eaten the rich yet? Is the grass greener on the other religion? Do you reach, man? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/30634358

HT.079 Requiem for Methuselah (TOS) 03/28/2024

HT.079 Requiem for Methuselah (TOS) When the Enterprise finds an old recluse man with a daughter-ish/lover-ish android Real Doll, Sarah and Allie almost quit the podcast. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/30538638

HT.078 The Lights of Zetar (TOS) 03/21/2024

HT.078 The Lights of Zetar (TOS) When Shari Lewis puts down her puppets, the Enterprise bumps into a corporeal life form who just want to be where the people are so much that they're killing everyone in their path to find some bodies. Did they kill the Zetarians or are they just off terrorizing more people? Did Scotty's new love just get dropped off at the library never to be seen again? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/30428343

HT.077 That Which Survives (TOS) 03/14/2024

HT.077 That Which Survives (TOS) When the Enterprise stumbles upon a planet whose inhabitants are long gone but who also left their Brinks Home Security System armed, crew members start dropping left and right, victims of a randy murderous mystery woman. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/30328943

HT.076 The Mark of Gideon (TOS) 03/07/2024

HT.076 The Mark of Gideon (TOS) When Star Trek takes a swing at the "overpopulation problem", Kirk is kidnapped and used to introduce a deadly STD into the population. The writers even kicked both sterilization and prophylactics past the 1960's censor goalpost. Is Earth spiraling toward overpopulation? Are we prepared to make difficult decisions for the survival of our species? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/30230283

HT.075 Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (TOS) 02/22/2024

HT.075 Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (TOS) When Star Trek stops hiding the humanism behind the sci-fi filter, American™ racism and hatred is put on blast. They didn't even bother hiding the mirror on this one. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/29979403

HT.074 Whom Gods Destroy (TOS) 02/15/2024

HT.074 Whom Gods Destroy (TOS) When Star Trek revisits the Plane'arium storyline, the proverbial inmates have taken over the asylum led by a shapeshifting madman. Once again questions of rehabilitation, medication, and individual rights and liberty come to the fore. What effect does this new medication have on the inmate? Do inmates have the right of refusal of "care" in Star Trek? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/29908603

HT.073 Elaan of Troyius (TOS) 02/08/2024

HT.073 Elaan of Troyius (TOS) When Star Trek trades in Cowboy Diplomacy for Marriage Diplomacy, Sarah and Allie find themselves in a very discomforting place. Why is the Federation forcing this woman to go through with the diplomatic marriage she doesn't want? Why are the Klingons even in this episode? What even are those stones in that necklace, anyway? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/29807133

HT.072 The Empath (TOS) 01/25/2024

HT.072 The Empath (TOS) When Kirk and the Gang find the missing scientists dead, they also discover some cousins of the bootyheads from the pilot. With a sun going nova imminent, can good ol' human emotion save a planet full of mute aliens that we only ever see one of? Did they even try saving any of the other aliens on the other planets in this system? Why don't people just ask for help? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/29598933

HT.071 Wink of an Eye (TOS) 01/18/2024

HT.071 Wink of an Eye (TOS) Just how far would humans go to ensure our survival as a species? What would we kill to save ourselves, and where's that line? Why aren't we willing to try new things? What's Sarah's "clicker story"? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/29502868

HT.070 Plato's Stepchildren (TOS) 01/11/2024

HT.070 Plato's Stepchildren (TOS) Star Trek often asks the question, "What would a civilization based on 'XYZ' look like?" This week it's the ancient Greeks and KSM find themselves in the position of defending against another powerful alien species drunk on their own power. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch EDIT 1.14.24 - File replaced to correct SACC Question. /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/29397263

HT.069 The Tholian Web (TOS) 01/04/2024

HT.069 The Tholian Web (TOS) When Star Trek runs out of story ideas, it's time to revisit that old idea of Logic v. Emotion and how Kirk uses the best of both to be an effective leader. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/29299998

HT.068 For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (TOS) 12/28/2023

HT.068 For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (TOS) McCoy catches a terminal case of xenopolychlamydia, the crew stumbles upon a Truman Show asteroid ship, and Allie's back on the dating apps. Could Allie find love at first sight like McCoy? Will she avoid the dick pics and the xenopolychlamydia? Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/29235223

HT.067 Merry Trekmas 2023 12/21/2023

HT.067 Merry Trekmas 2023 Snoop Claus visits the studio for the weediest Christmas ever! Thanks to everybody who sent us gifts, you're the real MVP's. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/29138413

HT.066 Day of the Dove (TOS) 12/14/2023

HT.066 Day of the Dove (TOS) When a hate vampire sets the Federations and Klingons against each other, can Uhura's sweet sweet singing bring them all together? Can we identify the hate vampires active in our own lives today before it's too late? They are EVERYWHERE! Do we even have the power to stop them? Guest: X. Ho Yen - Author of Minimum Safe Distance and Custodians of the Future Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/29025573

HT.065 Spectre of the Gun (TOS) 12/07/2023

HT.065 Spectre of the Gun (TOS) When Sarah and Allie are depressed and not excited about decorating for Christmas, the Ghost of Christmas Past yoinks them back to the past - 1881 in Tombstone, Arizona, to be exact. Will this stupid episode of Star Trek reignite their Christmas spirit? Not likely. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/28928978

HT.064 Is There In Truth No Beauty? (TOS) 11/30/2023

HT.064 Is There In Truth No Beauty? (TOS) When Dr. Pulaski returns, 1960's beauty standards come under fire. Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/28837218

HT.063 And The Children Shall Lead (TOS) 11/23/2023

HT.063 And The Children Shall Lead (TOS) When a bunch of Children of the Corn on a scientific outpost cause their parents to Jim Jones themselves, they call to the guardians of the watchtowers of the East and release "he who walks behind the rows" back into the galaxy. Star Trek continues to be relevant as ever as we question whether innocent followers who don't know any better are just as liable as the evil people pulling the strings? People who aren't taught critical thinking and scientific skepticism are very susceptible to "fake news" and "stolen elections" and "vaccine disinformation"? SAY IT AIN'T SO! Play along with our Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge -- Share this episode using the hashtag #StarfleetChallenge on social media! Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/28708843

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