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!

Suddenly Human (TNG) 08/20/2026

Suddenly Human (TNG) When the D finds a human boy among aliens, the crew spends 40 minutes convincing themselves that the boy MUST be returned to his human gran. It takes a Klingon blade to the chest for Picard to consider another option. 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/42470825

Brothers (TNG) 08/13/2026

Brothers (TNG) When Data glitches out after receiving a factory recall notice, he locks everyone out of the D with a 52 character password and 2FA and drives the ship to a planet where his creator is living. Unfortunately, his brother Lore also received the recall notice and Brent on Brent on Brent shenanigans ensue. 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/42365050

Family (TNG) 08/06/2026

Family (TNG) The D returns home to Earth to decompress after the Borg attack. Picard rolls in the mud with his brother while Worf tries to keep his father from pestering O'Brien and LaForge too much. And Wes gets a special message from his dead father. 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/42310040

The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2 (TNG) 07/28/2026

The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2 (TNG) As the Borg approach Earth, prepared to assimilate errbody, Riker chooses the needs of the one and launches a covert operation to save his Captain. 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/42221960

TNG Season 4 Preview 07/23/2026

TNG Season 4 Preview HUMANIST TREK RETURNS NEXT WEEK! With our appreciation for your patience during a summer break, Allie and Sarah return to look ahead at the episode list to see what they remember from this upcoming season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/42189790

TrekFest 41 Recap 07/15/2026

TrekFest 41 Recap Sarah regales Allie with tales of TrekFest 41 (2026) in Riverside, Iowa in an effort to convince her to come next year. /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/42097180

Season Break Updates: TrekFest, Fort Collins Comic Con, and Star Trek Adventures, OH MYYY 06/22/2026

Season Break Updates: TrekFest, Fort Collins Comic Con, and Star Trek Adventures, OH MYYY Find out where you can meet us at Visit our website at Support the show at Pick up your merch at Support our show by visiting our sponsors & partners: | Socials: /episode/index/show/073034dc-ee8f-49e2-978f-95d3c34c96fb/id/41733690

The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1 (TNG) 05/28/2026

The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1 (TNG) The Federation is caught with its pants down when the Borg finally turn up on course for Earth. But when Captain Picard is chosen as Speaker of the Borg, Riker must assume command, try to stop a Borg invasion, AND attempt to rescue his friend and Captain. 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/41417115

Transfigurations (TNG) 05/21/2026

Transfigurations (TNG) The Enterprise saves an alien from death, an alien who turns out to have Space Jesus powers. But when the leaders of his world criminalize him as “a disruptive influence” threatening the natural order, Sarah and Allie recognize the familiar machinery of people in power treating marginalized identities as social contagions. 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/41342925

Ménage à Troi (TNG) feat. Susan Sackett & Fred Bronson 05/14/2026

Ménage à Troi (TNG) feat. Susan Sackett & Fred Bronson When a Ferengi falls ears over heels for Lwaxana Troi, she finds herself kidnapped along with Bill and Deanna. While Mrs. Troi distracts her captor with an earjob, Picard combines threats with Shakespeare to free her. Episode writers Susan Sackett and Fred Bronson join us for this review and discussion of “Ménage à Troi”. 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/41240770

Sarek (TNG) 05/07/2026

Sarek (TNG) When Sarek, Vulcan Ambassador of the Federation, boards the D to perform one last negotiation to cap off a lifetime of achievement, seemingly random violent outbursts begin to ravage the crew. But when Sarek is identified as the cause, Star Trek takes a big swing at mental health in aging. This episode of Humanist Trek is brought to you by Serenitol ™ 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/41144440

The Most Toys (TNG) 04/30/2026

The Most Toys (TNG) In yet another exploration of "The Cage", Kivas Fajo, possible owner of Hobby Lobby and collector of rare and valuable things, moves on from smuggling religious artefacts looted from Iraq, and Lt Cmdr Data finds himself the newest piece in his collection. Will Data's ethical programming to value all life prevent him from killing to survive? 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/41021020

Hollow Pursuits (TNG) 04/23/2026

Hollow Pursuits (TNG) When Lt. Reginald Barclay joins the crew, Geordi must learn to manage an employee with severe anxiety who hides out in the Holodeck all the time. But when mysteries start popping up all over the D, it's Barclay who must try to set aside his fears to help save the ship. 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/40944820

Tin Man (TNG) 04/16/2026

Tin Man (TNG) When the Enterprise races against the Romulans to make first contact with an Ancient Alien species, an neurospicy Betazoid and an autistic android both find their people, place, and purpose. Maybe you're just different, and maybe that's not a sin. 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/40860580

Captain's Holiday (TNG) 04/09/2026

Captain's Holiday (TNG) When Captain Picard is nudged into taking a vacation, he finds himself wrapped up in a search for an artifact from the future. With a Horga'hn in his hand and a budgie in his britches, will our Captain find Jamaharon? 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/40738875

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

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