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!

Allegiance (TNG) 04/02/2026

Allegiance (TNG) When Captain Picard is snatched away by an old Hewlett-Packard ScanJet Plus and a copy left in his place, Picard Prime must figure his way out of a science experiment while his copy, Duplicard, attempts to convince the crew he's the real Slim Shady. Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: Thanks to Star Trek Avatar Creation & Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/40667715

Sins of the Father (TNG) 03/26/2026

Sins of the Father (TNG) When Worf's long lost brother joins the Klingon-Starfleet Cultural Exchange Program, Worf's family honor is put on trial. But when a surprise witness threatens to reveal the truth, Worf must consider accepting dishonor to protect a more influential and powerful family. Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: Thanks to Star Trek Avatar Creation /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/40595380

The Offspring (TNG) feat. Leonard Crofoot 03/21/2026

The Offspring (TNG) feat. Leonard Crofoot Returning champ Leonard Crofoot joins us for this adventure in android parenting on TNG's "The Offspring". When Data creates a new life-form, Starfleet responds in the most Starfleet way possible: by sending a bAdmiral to confiscate the kid. Despite the legal precedent set in "The Measure of a Man", the debate over android personhood somehow starts all over again, but before it can be resolved, Data’s child dies. Learn more about Leonard Crofoot at . Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/40564445

Yesterday's Enterprise (TNG) 03/12/2026

Yesterday's Enterprise (TNG) When the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C emerges through a time rift, the future is drastically changed. In this nightmarish version of the future, the Federation is losing a long war to the Klingons, Tasha Yar is still alive, and Donald Trump was elected President -- not once, but twice! After uncovering the secret to Trump's success -- a sports almanac from the future -- Picard and Crew embark on a quest to repair the Enterprise C and restore the space-time continuum. Then, Allie and Sarah use their "Phone-a-Friend" lifeline on the Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge. Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: Thanks to Star Trek Avatar Creation /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/40360335

A Matter of Perspective (TNG) 03/05/2026

A Matter of Perspective (TNG) When Commander Riker is accused of murdering (yet another) recluse Star Trek scientist, Picard must decide if extradition is warranted. But when the holodeck recreations start showing very different ^ahem^ perspectives of the events leading up to the station's destruction... Sarah and Allie wonder, "Does this episode even have a point?" Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/40221360

Deja Q (TNG) 02/26/2026

Deja Q (TNG) Picard and Company attempt to hang a moon back in the sky of some planet when John de Lancie drops into the D -- naked and afraid. With Data as Q's humanities professor, will Q grow as a person and actually show some compassion? Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/40190655

The High Ground (TNG) 02/19/2026

The High Ground (TNG) When a group of ANTIFA separatists take Dr. Crusher hostage hoping to find a cure for what ails them, Picard and Company are forced to consider bargaining with the terrorists. But when the terrorists are revealed to only be conisdered the bad guys because they want independence from the state, we once again ask, "What, who are the good guys again?" Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/40128645

The Hunted (TNG) 02/12/2026

The Hunted (TNG) When the Enterprise visits a world seeking Federation membership, the crew is caught in the middle of a prison break. But when the "criminal" turns out to be a bioengineered soldier built for war and abandoned afterward, Star Trek delivers a brutal indictment of America’s ongoing failure to support its veterans. Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/39987380

The Defector (TNG) 02/05/2026

The Defector (TNG) When a Romulan defector claims there’s a secret military base in the DMZ—but offers no evidence—Picard must decide whether this is a genuine attempt to stop a war—or classic Romulan misdirection. When it’s revealed that Tomalak is exploiting the claim as part of a disinformation campaign to spark war, Sarah and Allie get political. Again. Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: Thanks to Star Trek Avatar Creation /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/39967460

The Vengeance Factor (TNG) 01/29/2026

The Vengeance Factor (TNG) While responding to a ransacked Federation outpost, the crew finds themselves in the middle of another civilization divided. The Acamarians are prepared to welcome home their Gatherer brethren from exile, but old clan rivalries thought to have ended long ago resurface. Can Picard negotiate a final end to the clan wars and a peaceful return home for the Gatherers? Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: Starfleet Officer maker by @marci_bloch /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/39886375

The Price (TNG) 01/22/2026

The Price (TNG) This episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation contains scenes of Sexual Assault. Listener discretion is advised. When an alien race opens an eBay auction for control of the only known stable wormhole which just happens to be in their space, Deanna Troi is swept away by a mysterious bidder named Devinoni Ral. When Ral turns out to also be Betazoid and using his abilities to win the auction, Star Trek makes us think about ethics and morality. But when Ral uses his abilities to get into Troi's bed, Allie and Sarah think about how sexual assaulty this really was. 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/39793160

The Enemy (TNG) 01/15/2026

The Enemy (TNG) A tale of two enemies: Geordi is trapped on Planet Hell with an injured Romulan crash survivor and a VISOR that doesn't work while Worf is the only person on the D who can save the life of another injured Romulan recovered from Planet Hell. Will they be able to put aside their differences to save lives? The answer may surprise you. Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Thanks to Star Trek Avatar Creation /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/39709135

Booby Trap (TNG) 01/08/2026

Booby Trap (TNG) When the D gets stuck in a booby trap while studying an Ancient Alien spaceship, Geordi conjures up a holodeck recreation of one of the designers of the Galaxy Class. But when the writers do a brotha dirty, Allie and Sarah grab their heaters and head for the transporter room. 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/39622270

The Bonding (TNG) 01/01/2026

The Bonding (TNG) When an away mission goes wrong, Spot Conlon is left without parents and has to sell newspapers to get by. But when Worf and an ancient alien compete to step into the empty space, Star Trek inspects the healing and grief process. 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/39560245

Who Watches the Watchers (TNG) 12/25/2025

Who Watches the Watchers (TNG) When a hidden observation outpost is revealed to a primitive culture who long ago abandoned their belief in the supernatural, Picard becomes a god figure and the Prime Directive gets violated deeply, OH MYYY. Will Picard choose to play god, sabotage the achievement these people have made, and send them back into the Dark Ages of superstition and ignorance and fear? 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/39511520

The Survivors (TNG) 12/18/2025

The Survivors (TNG) When the Enterprise responds to a distress call, they find an entire planet destroyed save for one 5 acre plot and a couple of elderly residents with good tea in a nice house. But when things aren't quite adding up, Picard breaks character and does some solo sluething. 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/39414885

The Ensigns of Command (TNG) 12/11/2025

The Ensigns of Command (TNG) When Commander Data is the only officer able to execute an evacuation mission, he finds the people unwilling to leave. Meanwhile, Picard pores over hundreds of treaty pages looking for a loophole. Will Data convince the settlers to leave before they're killed by the Sheliak? Will Picard convince the Sheliak to give him an extension? Just what type of batteries does a Soong-type vibrator take? 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/39327815

Evolution (TNG) 12/04/2025

Evolution (TNG) When Dr. Beverly returns to Star Trek: The Next Generation, she finds that her relationship with her son has changed in her absence. Meanwhile Wesley's science project gets loose and installs 1990's Star Trek screensavers all over the ship and yet another wild-eyed scientist obsesses over a science project of his own. 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/39230465

Shades of Gray (TNG) 11/20/2025

Shades of Gray (TNG) When Star Trek: The Next Generation runs out of money, Bill finds himself with a parasitic infection that causes him to replay scenes from earlier episodes. When Humanist Trek finds itself stuck in a clip show, what else is there to do but put a clip show in a clip show? 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/39069570

Peak Performance (TNG) 11/13/2025

Peak Performance (TNG) While the Enterprise plays a war game that Picard doesn't really want to play, Data is manipulated into playing a board game he doesn't want to play. This week we learn that there is such a thing as too much self-confidence. 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/38981560

The Emissary (TNG) 10/30/2025

The Emissary (TNG) When Worf's old flame shows up on the D, the tension gets thick. But once she gets his thicc Ds, Klingon honor bullshit insists that they're married. As several characters navigate being stuck between two different cultures, an old Klingon ship full of Japanese holdouts is about to wake up still believing they're at war. How do you even begin to bring them into the 24th Century? Well, we don't know because this episode isn't really about that. Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Thanks to: Star Trek Avatar Creation /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/38796640

Manhunt (TNG) 10/23/2025

Manhunt (TNG) When Mrs. Troi shows up in the middle of a midlife crisis, her horny attention turns to just about every man on the ship. Meanwhile, Jean-Luc hides in the holodeck while Worf schools Wesley on not judging a fish person by it's scales. Then they turn out to be assassins? What? 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/38719255

Up The Long Ladder (TNG) 10/16/2025

Up The Long Ladder (TNG) When the Enterprise stumbles upon a forgotten Earth colony whose planet is in danger, the racist Irish stereotypes get turned up to 11. The neighboring colony made up of clones needs new DNA to survive. The solution seems pretty simple, but what happens when you set up your Trump supporting, toxic manosphere, dudebro cousin with your hot socialist Bernie Bro bestie? 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/38573010

Samaritan Snare (TNG) 10/09/2025

Samaritan Snare (TNG) While Picard and Wesley take the company van to the nearest Starbase to get open heart surgery and retake the Starfleet Academy Cadet Challenge, respectively, the Enterprise responds to a distress call from a seemingly unintelligent species called the Pakleds. But when Geordi gets kidnapped and Picard's surgery takes a turn, Riker and Co have to outwit the dimwits to save them both. 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/38483715

Q Who? (TNG) 10/02/2025

Q Who? (TNG) When Q drops in for another chaotic visit, the Enterprise finds itself in an encounter with Star Trek: The Next Generation's new baddies: the Borg. Is it Picard's stubborn arrogance or distrust of Q preventing him from asking for help? Could Q have taught Picard this lesson without killing 18 UC's? And just how do Borgs procreate? Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Socials Starfleet Officer maker by Star Trek Avatar Creation /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/38398270

Pen Pals (TNG) 09/25/2025

Pen Pals (TNG) Data spends weeks communicating with a young girl on the internet and learns that her planet is destroying itself. Thankful that Chris Hansen isn't there when they arrive, Data breaks the Prime Directive and probably several Secondary Directives to save his new underage friend. Where is the line when it comes to saving lives? Why is Data more human than everyone else all of a sudden? And why is everyone so quick to perform a memory wipe on an alien child without consent? 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/38317020

The Icarus Factor (TNG) 09/18/2025

The Icarus Factor (TNG) When Riker's Dad shows up after 15 years looking to make amends, father and son must beat the shit out of each other in order to deal with their feelings. Meanwhile, Worf's going through some cultural isolation and Wesley organizes Worf's friends to watch Worf get zapped with pain sticks over and over. 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/38231025

Time Squared (TNG) 09/11/2025

Time Squared (TNG) When a giant space whirlpool sends Picard 6 hours back in time, the crew must unravel a timey wimey loop knot. But when Gene Roddenberry tells Maurice Hurley to stuff it, we're left with more questions than answers. 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/38135075

The Royale (TNG) 09/04/2025

The Royale (TNG) When the D finds some old NASA junk orbiting a strange new world, they beam down to find themselves in a shitty old novel. One long-dead astronaut later, they discover they're trapped inside this hotel and casino and only Data's ability to know when to hold 'em can break them free. 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/38052345

Fort Collins ComicCon 2025 Wrap Up 08/28/2025

Fort Collins ComicCon 2025 Wrap Up From Buccee's to butt tattoos, Sarah and Allie recap their time at Fort Collins ComicCon 2025! PLUS Exclusive clip from The Humanism in Star Trek Panel presented at FC3 2025. Access the full video version of the panel . As Mentioned On This Episode: - Melody Mobley Documentary - A Colorado Front Range Star Trek Fan Community 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/37940340

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