Greatest Trek: New Star Trek Reviewed - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Sometimes a show prompts you to leave a good review (it helps!) and sometimes one of the hosts makes a ridiculous comparison in a Star Trek podcast between the relative longevities of Slug-o-Cola and the Zildjian companies and you realize you’ve found your home and you should have left a good review ages ago. This is definitely the latter. The show is good. The hosts are lovely, funny dweebs with Mariana’s Trench-depths of knowledge and humor. If you’re a Star Trek fan and you’re not listening, you’re missing out.

I look forward to each week where I can listen to these two comedians, who love Star Trek, but don’t take themselves or the show too seriously. They oscillate between high brow and low brow humor using their vast knowledge of industry jargon. It almost doesn’t matter what they’re reviewing, it’s just fun listening to them talk.

Two guys talking about Star Trek episodes. Why is it so great? Maybe some nostalgia from youth when you might discuss a recent episode with friends that happened to see it during its one broadcast during the season, and if you wanted to see it again, tough luck, maybe you’d catch it in summer reruns, so the only way to savor the experience was to go through the episode with good friends, debating and discussing and laughing. Ok, that’s my experience because I’m old enough to remember times before VCRs, but not quite old enough to have seen TOS in the original broadcasts. Anyways, Ben and Adam bring thoughtful commentary, humor, and an astonishing amount of humanity to a simple comedic concept.

It has been two whole years since I recommended this podcast to a coworker without realizing how much of the content is highly unsuitable for work. I have spent many waking hours sweating bullets waiting for the email instructing me to sign on for a zoom meeting with Human Resources. In my haste to share my love of Trek with that coworker, I forgot how much Ben and Adam talk about cranks, dongs, the gore setting, illicit substances, petty theft, and other subjects not suitable for the workplace. My delight over how much this podcast makes me laugh and enjoy new Trek overrode my instincts for self-preservation. Whatever you do, DO NOT RECOMMEND TO YOUR COWORKERS! Recommend to your friends, loved ones, and your mother, but do yourself a favor and keep Greatest Trek and Greatest Generation out of the workplace!