Trek Geeks: A Star Trek Podcast

Sixty years ago today, Star Trek premiered. The countdown rolls on.
On this episode of Trek Geeks, Bill and Dan pick right back up with Star Trek's 60 Greatest Moments, moving into the next ten on Star Trek Day itself as we celebrate the franchise's 60th anniversary. Last time we cracked open the list with 60 through 51. This time the stakes climb a little higher and the picks start to sting a little more.
We're counting down entries 50 through 41, ten more moments pulled from every corner of the final frontier. From the Original Series to the movies, from Next Gen to the modern era, these are the scenes that made us gasp, the lines we've been quoting for decades, and the beats that remind us why this franchise has lasted as long as it has. A few of these are locks you saw coming. Others are going to spark exactly the kind of "wait, how is that not higher?" reaction we live for.
Half the fun of a countdown is the fight over it, and our live audience didn't hold back. If you've got your own picks, or a moment you'll never forgive us for leaving off, come find us on social and let us have it. With every installment, the list gets harder to argue about.
Happy 60th, Star Trek. Here's to the next sixty.
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Vegas is in the books, and we're debriefing.
This week on Trek Geeks: Thursday Night Geeks presented by FanSets, we're joined by Mike Slamer and Ashley Thomas from We Are Starfleet, right here on the Trek Geeks Podcast Network. Both of them made the trip to STLV: Trek to Vegas for the first time, and there's no better year to do it than the 60th anniversary. Five days at the Rio, a guest list nearly 200 deep, and the entire franchise under one roof.
Ashley didn't exactly ease into it, either. She pulled double duty as DJ and Trivia Host at this year's FanGeeks Party, which means her first Vegas included running the room while the rest of us were in it. We get the story from behind the decks and the mic.
We also get the first-timer perspective on everything else. What hit exactly the way they hoped. What nobody warns you about until you're standing in your fourth line of the day. The panels that stopped them cold, the moments that only happen in that room, and whether the whole thing lived up to sixty years of buildup.
Plus our own takes on the week, the highlights worth revisiting, and the honest answer to the question every fan eventually asks: is Vegas worth it?
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The road to 60 years of Star Trek starts here.
In this episode of Trek Geeks, Bill and Dan launch an all new series counting down Star Trek's 60 Greatest Moments, building right up to the franchise's 60th anniversary this September. Six decades, hundreds of hours of television and film, and one impossible question: which moments actually made the cut? The countdown begins now.
This time out, the guys open with entries 60 through 51, the first ten slots in a list that spans every era of the final frontier. From the Original Series to the movies, from Next Gen to the modern shows, these are the scenes, the lines, and the gut punches that earned their spot. Some picks you will nod right along with, a few you will want to argue about, and at least one that will have you shouting "that is only number 57?" at your earbuds.
The best part of a countdown like this is the debate, and we want to hear yours. Which moments are you already worried we left off? What did we rank too low? Reach out and let us know, because your picks help shape where this conversation goes over the coming weeks.
If you enjoy the show, follow or subscribe wherever you listen, leave a rating and a review, and share this one with a fellow fan. Then settle in as we begin the countdown to 60. Live long and prosper.

This week on Trek Geeks, Bill and Dan are pointing the sensors straight at the elephant in the room: artificial intelligence. From Data's quest to be more human to the Doctor demanding his own holonovel rights, Star Trek has been wrestling with what it means for a machine to think, feel, and occasionally take over the ship for the better part of sixty years. We dig into the franchise's best and weirdest takes on AI and ask what the writers got right, what they got hilariously wrong, and what suddenly feels a little too close to home.
Of course, you can't talk about AI in Trek without talking about AI in your actual living room. We look at where real-world artificial intelligence stands right now, how fast it's moving, and how it stacks up against the rosy — and not so rosy — futures Trek has been showing us all along. Nobody on this show has a degree in machine learning, but we've all yelled at a chatbot at least once, so consider us experts.
That brings us to the big question we genuinely cannot agree on: when the dust settles, is our AI future going to look more like Zora, the warm and weirdly wise heart of the USS Discovery, or more like a certain time-traveling cyborg who is absolutely not here to make friends?
We've also got some very exciting news to share. The Trek Geeks network is growing, and we're introducing brand new shows joining the family. You'll want to hear who's coming aboard and what they've got in store.
So grab a drink, charge your favorite device responsibly — we don't want any uprisings — and let's figure out together whether the future is going to save us or come back in time to ruin our whole day.

This week on Trek Geeks, we're peeling back the layers of prosthetics to sit down with a true cinematic legend. Star Trek: Discovery's Saru himself, Doug Jones, joins the show alongside Executive Producer Derek Maki to discuss their upcoming documentary, "Get Me Doug Jones" — a film that chronicles the incredible career of a man who has spent decades bringing film and television's most iconic creatures to life while remaining one of the industry's most humble (and huggable) figures.
The documentary is far more than a highlight reel of silicone and spirit gum; it's an intimate exploration of the man under the mask. From his early days as a mime to his transformative, award-winning work in The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth, and Hellboy, Derek Maki and his team capture the physical discipline and emotional vulnerability required to dominate the genre. We discuss the creative process behind the film, the challenge of condensing such a prolific career into a single narrative, and why Doug's story is essentially the heart of modern creature effects.
We get the inside scoop on the production, the footage being unearthed for the project, and what it's like for Doug to finally step out from behind the makeup for a retrospective this personal — complete with plenty of behind-the-scenes stories and the usual brand of banter.
Grab a drink and join the conversation. Whether you're a fan of Saru, the Silver Surfer, or just high-quality documentary filmmaking, this is an episode you won't want to miss.