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Star Trek Universe

Matthew Carroll and David C. Roberson and Effie Ophelders

Star Trek news, reviews, and episode discussions across the entire franchise.David C. Roberson breaks down the latest news and Star Trek series with lifelong friend Matthew Carroll and introduces longtime friend Effie Ophelders to classic Trek for the very first time.From Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy to The Original Series, The Next Generation, and everything in between, we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time!

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140:43

Starfleet Academy Finale Feedback

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/03/27

Long-form discussion, maman! We're digging into all your feedback, even some left about episodes 8 and 9! We're also getting incredibly distracted, maman. Long, winding trails of conversation!NOTE: This episode was recorded before Starfleet Academy was canceled!👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.🖖 Listen & Subscribe:🌐 StarTrekUcast.com🍎 Apple

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27:34

Starfleet Academy Canceled | News

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/03/24

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is officially canceled. Season 2 will still supposedly air. Sad day, maman.👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.🖖 Listen & Subscribe:🌐 StarTrekUcast.com🍎 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify📡 Spreaker✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

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75:05

Starfleet Academy 1x10 - "Rubincon" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/03/18

Shoot, this could have been the series finale, maman! All tied up in a bow proper! Made us cry and everything! Great season, maman! Hope you enjoyed it!🎙 Episodes Reviewed:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x10 - "Rubincon" Review👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.🖖 Listen & Subscribe:🌐 StarTrekUcast.com🍎 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify📡 Spreaker✍️ David C

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59:07

Starfleet Academy 1x09 - "300th Night" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/03/06

Maman got found, maman! Caleb and his new family are in search of his old one, but terrible danger be lurkin', maman! Matt and Dave are catching up on the penultimate episode of the season, maman! It's a good one. Jonathan Frakes directed, so you knew it probably would be.🎙 Episodes Reviewed:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x09 - "300th Night" Review👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they

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63:32

Starfleet Academy 1x08 - "The Life of Stars" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/03/01

SAM is not okay, maman. In fact, no one is. Gotta call in Tilly, maman. DO a little Our Town. Emily can't come back, but Tarima can. But what if there are two ghost girls? It's a Real Life tearjerker, maman.🎙 Episodes Reviewed:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x08 - "The Life of the Stars" Review👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.🖖 Listen & Subscribe:🌐

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33:51

Starfleet Academy 1x07 - "Ko'Zeine" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/02/25

Okay, maman, so Jay-Den is Darem's Ko'Zeine, but will he co-sign this Khionian lifestyle design? We also have warp slugs, altered recommendation letters, and long, lingering silences that are sure to cause rifts! 🎙 Episodes Reviewed:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x07 - "Ko'Zeine" Review👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.🖖 Listen & Subscribe:🌐

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55:12

Starfleet Academy 1x06 - "Come, Let's Away" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/02/13

Fire up your singularity drive, maman! It's time for the tiny fireflies because there are Furies who hate being Furies and they're in pain all the time, maman. It's rough! Plus there are twists and stuff being pulled out of necks and some rough revelations about sons and the sacrifices people make along the way! Powerful episode, maman!🎙 Episodes Reviewed:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x06 - "Come, Let's Away" Review👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe

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78:15

Starfleet Academy 1x05 - "Series Acclimation Mil" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/02/06

There are tears of the prophets and tears of some podcast hosts this week, maman! We gush and choke over S.A.M.'s journey to understanding herself and her mission through an investigation to find out what happened to Captain Benjamin Sisko! We can live with it.🎙 Episodes Reviewed:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x05 - "Series Acclimation Mil" Review👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they

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65:07

Starfleet Academy 1x04 - "Vox in Excelso" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/02/02

Talk about a voice from on high, maman! We speak the words of the angels! Fallen angels 😈. Come sit with us as we discuss this killer episode that delves into Jay-Den's tragic past! We got jokes, but we had tears, too! And lots of feedback, maman!🎙 Episodes Reviewed:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x04 - "Vox in Excelso" Review👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late

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76:27

Starfleet Academy 1x03 - "Vitus Reflux" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/01/23

Ten-hut, Cadet Maman! We got war games or some such! Tally-ho! Wait, that's Trelane. Scratch that, but it's time for patience, Maman! And don't forget empathy! Watch out for the betazoid in the Mugato suit, Maman...🎙 Episodes Reviewed:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x03 - "Vitus Reflux" Review👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.🖖 Listen & Subscribe:🌐

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101:54

Starfleet Academy 1x01 - "Kids These Days" | 1x02 -...

Star Trek Universe ·

2026/01/16

Good day, Cadet Maman! It's time for your academy orientation! We'll be discussing the first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy! Get to know your fellow students, Maman. Reacquaint yourself with an old friend. It won't be a perfect experience, but it will be pretty enriching, Maman.🎙 Episodes Reviewed:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x01 - "Kids These Days" | 1x02 - "Beta Test"👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonMatthew CarrollNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing

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41:27

Star Trek 2x26 - "Assignment: Earth" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2025/12/16

Maman! Hey, Maman! I'm glad we caught you! I wanted to invite you to take a trip with Effie and myself to New York City of 1968. Specifically 811 East 68th Street, Apt 12B – a quite extraordinary apartment with an exceptional new tenant – Class 1 supervisor 194 – Codename: Gary Seven. He, his "cat" Isis and his secretary Roberta Lincoln will be taking over the season 2 finale of Star Trek – and while they were making it, they may have even thought it would the series finale. Crazy times call for

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48:40

Star Trek 2x25 - "The Omega Glory" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2025/12/10

Oh, maman... On this episode of Star Trek Universe, it’s a dash of racism,a sprinkling of imperialism, and a skosh of jingoism as Effie and I roll our eyes along to one of the absolute worst episodes of Star Trek ever produced – an episode so bad it was repeatedly rejected by the studio, from the beginning! We’re talking Roddenberry’s pet project, "The Omega Glory", maman! It ain't pretty.🎙 Episode Reviewed:Star Trek The Original Series 2×25 – “The Omega Glory”👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonEffie

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76:48

New Unconnected Star Trek Film + Khan Canonicity, A...

Star Trek Universe ·

2025/12/01

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Matt and Dave are discussing the death of the Kelvinverse, Paramount's aborting of Simon Kinberg's Star Trek: Origin trilogy and the development of Goldstein and Daley's new supposedly unconnected Star Trek film! We're also talking about the canonicity of the podcast Star Trek: Khan, maman, as well as a tease about Captain Sisko for Starfleet Academy, and how Strange New Worlds is reigning it in for the wrap-up! All that and so much more, maman! It's wild. We

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43:54

Star Trek 2x24 - "The Ultimate Computer" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2025/11/28

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I encounter the most advanced multitronic unit of the 23rd century: Richard Daystrom’s prototype M-5 computer. Otherwise known as Dick “Defense-Ain’t-Murder” Daystrom’s Destruction Device. We’ll get into this catalyst for Kirk’s existentialist nightmare, maman, and maybe even explain how this could have been the perfect series finale.🎙 Episode Reviewed:Star Trek The Original Series 2×24 – “The Ultimate Computer”👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonEffie

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44:51

Star Trek 2x23 - "Patterns of Force" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2025/11/19

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I find ourselves in another earth-history contaminated culture as a matter of course. With Space Nazis, Space Jews and Patterns of Force.We’ll get into John Gill and his misguided attempts at introducing Nazism with benign leadership in our review of Star Trek 2x23, "Patterns of Force".🎙 Episode Reviewed:Star Trek The Original Series 2×23 – “Patterns of Force”👥 Hosts:David C. RobersonEffie OpheldersNote: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues

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84:37

Star Trek 2x22 - "Return to Tomorrow" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2025/11/12

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I learn that sometimes it’s best to let Sargons be bygones - especially when you meet douche bags with big ball energy who like to call ya “son”! Hide your Muldaurs and hide your Spocks, maman! They're snatchin' everybody out here!As we continue our rewatch/first-watch of The Original Series, we find ourselves face-to-face with LIGHTS IN BALLS... or rather, the now-non-corporeal entities who used to be humans millennia ago, desperate to make it back

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47:39

Star Trek 2x21 - "By Any Other Name" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2025/11/04

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and Dave learn what a sensual thing an apology can be – and that if you drink too much ya might turn green, maman! Or your drink might, anyway. As we continue our rewatch/first-watch of The Original Series, we find ourselves face-to-face with the Kelvans, desperate to make it back home to their Andromeda galaxy -- but becoming human comes with weaknesses, maman! We're talking Star Trek 2x21, “By Any Other Name.”🎙 Episode Reviewed:Star Trek The Original

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46:29

Star Trek 2x20 - "A Piece of the Action" Review

Star Trek Universe ·

2025/10/29

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and Dave beam down to Sigma Iotia II — the planet that found a book about Chicago mobsters and decided to run with it! From fedoras to tommy guns, the Iotians built an entire society modeled after 1920s gangland culture, maman. Now the warring “bosses” want the Federation to supply them with heaters for their escalating turf war. It’s one of the funniest and most iconic episodes of The Original Series, blending sci-fi satire with pulpy gangster style

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47:32

Starfleet Academy NYCC Trailer, Strange New Worlds...

Star Trek Universe ·

2025/10/17

We’re talking Starfleet Academy casting (Tilly's back, sorta) and premiere news, Strange New Worlds season 4’s “go for broke” energy, and the Star Trek: United series that might still be. Interesting news bits abound in the world of Trek, maman!Starfleet AcademyTilly is Reportedly Only in One Episode!Details on Caleb Mir and S.A.M.How They Changed the S.A.M. Character for Kerrice BrooksAlex Kurtzman Praises CastNew Trailer for Star Trek: Starfleet AcademyStephen Colbert to Play Digital Dean of

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