Damnit Jim - A Star Trek: TOS Podcast
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Star Trek recaps with the safeties off.
Dana Smith and Dan Calzaretta work through Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Starfleet Academy, and occasional movie trailers with loose, joke-heavy commentary. Plot beats matter, but so do fake universities, food regrets, listener calls, and whatever tangent derails the bridge.
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Damnit Jim! The Podcast is a Star Trek review show where recap and derailment share the captain's chair. Dana Smith and Dan Calzaretta move through Strange New Worlds, Starfleet Academy, and occasional movie-trailer episodes with the comfort of people who have been doing the bit for years. The format is recognizable. An episode gets summarized, a scene gets judged, a character choice gets questioned, and then a stray line opens a side tunnel into fake science, food trouble, bodily mishap, or imaginary campus life at Damn It, Jim University. The show likes Trek enough to keep coming back. It also likes teasing Trek enough to make the affection feel lived-in instead of glossy. Pike, Spock, Chapel, Una, Sam, Jim, Pellia, the Gorn, Supergirl trailers, refinery sabotage, sibling rivalry, and Starfleet Academy angst all become material. Some moments get sincere attention. Others get immediately interrupted by jokes about bars, mimes, beer, bad fast food, alien breeding planets, or whether a name is going to get them sued. The comic engine is the relationship between the two speakers. One sets up the scene, the other swerves, and the conversation keeps building until the recap has become a sketch. It is brisk. It is not tidy. That looseness is the point. Listener participation also matters, from hotline calls to social media discussion to the recurring sense that the audience knows the show's running nonsense. The tone is often irreverent, sometimes crude in subject matter, but generally more mischievous than mean. It can be sentimental too, especially when real life briefly breaks through the joking. The show works best for Star Trek viewers who enjoy opinionated coverage that does not confuse reverence with silence. It is for fans who want someone to remember the plot and then make fun of the weird parts. Damnit Jim! The Podcast feels less like a formal review desk than a standing conversation after the credits roll.
Made for: Best for Star Trek viewers who enjoy Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy commentary with fast banter, blunt opinions, and recurring inside jokes. It also fits casual fans who prefer loose comic recap over careful franchise scholarship.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by letting recap, listener interaction, fake lore, food stories, and crude-adjacent tangents collide without losing the episode thread. Its value is the chemistry between Dana Smith and Dan Calzaretta as much as the Trek analysis.
Join Dana and Dan every Friday as they review episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The guys provide a reverent, and often irreverent, look at Star Trek. Whether you are a Star Trek nerd (like Dana and Dan) or a newbie, you are sure to find something interesting in Damnit Jim! Feel free to contact us at [email protected], or leave a message on the Damnit Jim Hotline, 509-676-6298.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed Star Trek recaps become lively arguments about character growth, continuity, story logic, and the stray absurdities Dana Smith and Dan Calzaretta notice.
Damnit Jim! The Podcast follows Star Trek television scene by scene, with Dana Smith and Dan Calzaretta moving between plot recap, character judgment, continuity questions, and a steady run of irreverent jokes.
Kirk's mustache becomes a promotion theory, and your Star Trek recap has found its detour.
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A loose Supergirl trailer chat that ends with a skip.
Dammit Jim Goes to the Movies comes back from a short break after the death of a close friend, and Dana Smith and Dan Calzaretta settle into the same loose, joking rhythm that gives the show its shape.
A loose Trek recap where banter, Gorn talk, and episode beats keep colliding.
Dammit Jim! spends this hour on "All Who Wander" with a recap that keeps drifting into jokes, side questions, and loose banter. Dana and Dan still track the missing girl, Singh pushing Mabenga's daughter, the no-anomalies reading, and the Gorn breeding-planet talk, so the…
A loose Trek recap where sibling rivalry, sabotage, and quantum cat jokes all get airtime.
Dammit Jim! spends most of its time with Strange New Worlds, and that gives the episode room to bounce between sibling tension, romantic unease, and plain old shipboard irritation.
A loose, funny Starfleet Academy recap that favors banter, but keeps the story moving.
Dana Smith and Dan Calzaretta keep this Starfleet Academy recap moving. Caleb is digging through two years of messages, Sam helps him crack Ashani, and the reveal about his mother, stranded on a planet threatened by the Venari Raal, gives the episode its main hook.
A loose Strange New Worlds check-in that cares as much about the crew as the canon.
Dammit Jim! reads like a loose, funny check-in on Strange New Worlds, with Dana Smith and Dan Calzaretta moving quickly from recap to character talk and then off into side remarks. The result feels lived-in instead of packaged, and that drift is part of the charm.
Marvel TV reviews with pub-quiz energy.
Dammit Jim Goes to the Movies is back after a couple weeks off.
Season one is almost over.
Dammit Jim!
The hosts discuss personal updates including a beer and Girl Scout cookie tasting event and a trip to Orlando for a nephew's birthday, while introducing their podcast about Starfleet Academy.
The co-hosts discuss the final episode of season one of Starfleet Academy while sharing personal anecdotes about Irish cream drinks.
Dana Smith and Dan Calzaretta open with the kind of medical and bodily detour that makes their show feel instantly familiar.
Dana and Dan banter about a sty and a carbuncle before reviewing a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode.
Dana and Dan banter about Taco Bell heartburn before beginning their review of a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode.
Dana and Dan review episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with humor and insight.
Dana and Dan humorously recap and discuss the fifth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, including character analysis and inside jokes.
Dana and Dan discuss upcoming Thanksgiving plans and tease interesting news about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Hosts Dana and Dan review episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with humor and insight.
Dana and Dan review episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with humor and insight.
Dana and Dan humorously review episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, discussing plot points and sharing personal anecdotes.
Dana and Dan humorously review episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, mixing reverence and irreverence for the franchise.
Dana and Dan discuss their podcast's longevity and reminisce about calculators and the year 2000 before diving into Star Trek.
Dana and Dan introduce the new season of their podcast, discussing their demoted ranks and sharing holiday experiences before diving into Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Dana and Dan introduce their podcast about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, banter about ranks and a vacation, and prepare to discuss the show.
Dana and Dan humorously review episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, discussing plot points and sharing personal anecdotes.
Dana and Dan review episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with humor and reverence.
Dana and Dan humorously recap and discuss episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, mixing reverence with irreverence.
Dana and Dan banter about their absence and introduce their podcast reviewing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Dana and Dan review episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with a mix of reverence and irreverence.
Dana and Dan discuss their approach to reviewing Star Trek movies and share Fourth of July plans.
Dana and Dan review episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with humor and insight.
The hosts introduce their podcast Dammit Jim, discussing the Star Trek show Strange New Worlds and sharing personal anecdotes about beer judging and the Tulip Festival in Seattle.
Dana Smith and Dan Calzaretta review Strange New Worlds with the kind of loose banter that makes a recap feel more like a hangout.
The hosts discuss personal anecdotes about tattoos, family quirks, and their shared enthusiasm for Star Trek: The Original Series.
The hosts introduce their Star Trek podcast episode about Strange New Worlds while casually discussing beer brewing and personal updates.
The hosts discuss Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, share personal anecdotes, and respond to a listener's comment about a previous episode's dark themes.