Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast

Apr 14 2024 81
Spocklight: A Star Trek Podcast artwork

Space: The Final Frontier, These are the voyages of the Podcast, ’Spocklight’. Our continuing mission: to explore the ’Star Trek’ franchise from a non-Trekkie perspective, to boldly go where many podcasts have more than likely gone before. Join your crew, Liam Dempsey, Paul Willson, Matt Brothers and Ship Mascot, Aristotle, the Axolotl, as they attempt to answer the question: Can a trio of life long non-Trekkies become a trio of Trekkers?

RSS feed Share
Copy RSS


Subscribe on Podcast Addict


Episode 60: Star Trek Lower Decks Season 4 Spoiler Special

Apr 14 2024 63 mins  
The Spocklight crew take the turbo lift down to the Lower Decks once again as we analyse the 4th Season of Star Trek’s adult animated comedy series. Liam surprises by finally being won over by the show despite the return of the dreaded Badgey, Matt makes a fateful comparison to The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy exactly 42 minutes in, while Paul basks in the glow of their recent

Episode 59: Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 2 Spoiler Special (w/ Sam Clements from the 90 Minutes or Less Film Fest Podcast)

Mar 26 2024 117 mins  
The Spocklight crew are joined by Sam Clements, host of the excellent, 90 Minutes or Less Film Fest Podcast, to celebrate the stellar sophomore season of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'. Join us as we discuss the political allegories of 'Ad Astra per Aspera' and 'Under the Cloak of War', dissect the format breaking innovations of 'Those Old Scientists' and 'Subspace Rhapsody', wond

Episode 58: Tuvix (w/ Josh Weller)

Feb 27 2024 67 mins  
We're joined by Comedian, Josh Weller, to debate one of the most controversial episodes in Star Trek history, Tuvix. As usual you can find SPOCKLIGHT on: TWITTER - @spocklightpod INSTAGRAM – @spocklightpod FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/spocklightpod/ EMAIL - [email protected] Please Follow, like, share and all that good stuff. Josh can be found at @joshwellerjoshwel

On Screen 6: T.J. Hooker

Jan 28 2024 67 mins  
They're together again, but on different sides of the law! William Shatner Vs Leonard Nimoy - it's T.J. Hooker in Vengeance is Mine! The Spocklight crew dive into Hookland to wonder if William Shatner's other iconic TV show was actually a Police Academy prequel, praise the episode's sensitive handling of sexual assault for the time, but find themselves perplexed over the bizarre to

On Screen 5: Boston Legal (w/ Eleanor Parker from Bygones: The Ally McBeal Podcast)

Dec 21 2023 83 mins  
On a special Christmas edition of the Star trek Podcast from a non-Trekkie perspective, the Spocklight crew discuss two festive episodes of Boston Legal (Hired Guns from Season 1 and Green Christmas from Season 4) starring William Shatner in his Emmy Award winning turn as Denny Crane. We're joined for this dive into David E. Kelley's legalverse by Eleanor Parker of the Bygones Podc

Spocklight At the Movies 31: L.A. Story

Dec 11 2023 62 mins  
The Spocklight Crew cover Steve Martin’s definitive City of Angels satire, L.A. Story, featuring a legendary cameo from Sir Patrick Stewart.We discuss the aftermath of Martin being the butt of a cutting joke from Dennis Pennis, if Martin’s Harris K. Telemacher’s was a TikTok pioneer, the pre-Sex & The City career of Sarah Jessica Parker, and celebrate the legacy of Martin

Episode 57: Star Trek Prodigy Season 1, Part 2 Spoiler Special (w/ David Trumble)

Oct 29 2023 97 mins  
Our resident Animation expert, David Trumble, returns to the podcast with news of the latest project he's been working on for Netflix, an adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Twits, and primarily to help us breakdown the second half of Star Trek: Prodigy's triumphant first season. We discuss the importance of having a great Star Trek show on the air that's accessible to kids, praise Kate

Episode 56: Arena (w/ Dan Thomas)

Sep 21 2023 66 mins  
Comedian, Dan Thomas (Smersh Pod) returns to the podcast to discuss Star Trek Original Series classic, Arena, as the Spocklight Crew go full Gorn! We breakdown the iconic fight between Kirk and the Gorn, discover what else was on TV the night that Arena was first broadcast in UK, debate whether a lizard man should blink, and much more. As usual you can find SPOCKLIGHT on: TWITTER -

Spocklight At the Movies Special: The Last Action Heroes (w/ Nick De Semlyen from Empire Magazine)

Aug 23 2023 95 mins  
In a very special episode, we’re joined by returning Guest, Nick De Semlyen, Editor of Empire Magazine and Author of new book, The Last Action Heroes, the behind-the-scenes story of the movie Action Heroes who ruled 1980s and ‘90s Hollywood, to talk his reasons for writing the book, what made him fall in love with Action cinema and just have a big old chat about the Action Movi

Episode 55: Star Trek Picard Season 3 Review

Jul 18 2023 90 mins  
The Spocklight Crew boldly go on one last adventure with the original TNG crew as we finally engage with the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard We discuss the huge difference that excellent writing & direction can make to an Actor's performance, praise Todd Stashwick's brilliant portrayal of Captain Shaw, debate whether Jack Crusher walked off the set of a Guy Ritchie