Voyager and Deep Space Nine, in order, argued through
Longtime Trek fans talk their way through every episode and film, one at a time, jumping between Voyager and Deep Space Nine because that is how the shows originally aired. The conversation is loose and argumentative in the friendly way, full of trivia detours, memory checks, and opinions delivered with offhand certainty.
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Star Trek rewatch podcasts are not scarce. This one earns its place by refusing the easy path. Instead of finishing one series before starting another, the hosts watch in chronological broadcast order, alternating Voyager and Deep Space Nine, holding roughly sixty episodes in sequence at once. They know it is harder. They mention it, with some pride, when people ask how they are doing it. The payoff shows up in episodes like 'Indiscretion,' where a Deep Space Nine shuttle crash and cave sequence lands right beside a Voyager story with the same ingredients, and the pairing becomes the actual conversation. The format is conversational, and the pacing is quick and unpolished. Thoughts start, stall, get restated, then finally click. Trivia surfaces mid-argument. Actor credits, directors, and whether a scene was shot on a sound stage or on location all get pulled in. Memories get cross-checked and gently corrected. Comparisons to other Trek eras, other franchises, and older pop culture serve as shorthand rather than showing off. Opinions arrive casually and land firmly. 'Starship Down' produces genuine warmth about O'Brien and the engineers who never went to the Academy, sharpened by one host's career alongside engineers in the utility industry. 'Little Green Men' spirals into whether Ferengi comedy works, how the distorted human voices reframed the joke, and why Lower Decks managed to make more of it welcome. 'Cold Fire' gets read as a bundle of interesting ideas left unexamined, though they still find value in what it opens up about Kes, the Ocampa, and abilities the species may have lost. 'Tattoo' produces a casting wish list nobody asked for and a small meditation on why older, cheaper Trek sometimes feels homier than the well-resourced later shows. The show is part of the It's All Been Done Radio Hour orbit, with a Patreon offering video and bonus content between seasons, and an active Facebook presence full of memes and jokes aimed as much at the hosts as at Star Trek. Ad breaks are frequent and unhidden. For anyone who wants a rewatch companion that argues rather than recaps, this is the right frequency.
Made for: Star Trek fans deep enough to have opinions about Ocampa biology and O'Brien's rank, especially those doing a rewatch of their own. Best suited to listeners who enjoy banter, trivia detours, and disagreement over tidy episode recaps.
What sets it apart: The strict chronological order across Voyager and Deep Space Nine is the structural hook, letting the hosts catch echoes and collisions between the two shows that series-by-series podcasts miss entirely. The talk is unscripted and self-correcting, closer to friends arguing at a table than a produced review.
It's All Been Trekked Before is a Star Trek rewatch podcast from the midwestern entertainment network. We discuss each episode and film individually, as well as do larger-scale reviews. Join us on our universe journey!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Chronological Star Trek reviews connect character work, screen craft, and continuity across Deep Space Nine and Voyager.
It's All Been Trekked Before treats Star Trek as a continuing conversation, moving through Deep Space Nine and Voyager in broadcast order while reviewing individual episodes.
A chronological Trek rewatch keeps switching ships; your inner continuity clerk can clock in.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A thoughtful Voyager review about Kes, Ocampa potential, and the strange ideas Cold Fire leaves unresolved.
Cold Fire opens up Kes's story by looking past the immediate plot and toward the dormant potential of the Ocampa. The review follows that thread into Voyager's larger questions about history, dependency, and what might have been lost after the Caretaker pushed the species…
A lively Trek time-travel review finds sharp comedy in distorted voices, head-slapping, and fifties performance style.
Deep Space Nine's "Little Green Men" gives Steven and Olivia James a compact time-travel story to turn over from several useful angles: the return to Earth, the links to TOS's "Tomorrow's Yesterday" and "Assignment Earth," and the episode's playful lean into fifties B-movie…
A wary Voyager rewatch finds its easiest charm in the Doctor's story and its friction in Chakotay's.
Voyager's "Tattoo" gives the hosts a knotty episode to sort through, with the early focus landing on its cultural framing and the young Chakotay material.
A character-first DS9 discussion finds craft, pressure, and camaraderie inside Starship Down's engineering crisis.
Starship Down gives Deep Space Nine's working professionals room to lead, and It's All Been Trekked Before follows that thread through O'Brien and the engineers around him.
A loose, lively Trek discussion finds fresh tension in DS9's uneasy pairing and Dukat's unexpected complication.
DS9's "Indiscretion" gives the panel a clean pressure point: an uneasy pairing, Dukat's surprise presence, and the arrival of his daughter as the thing that changes the whole temperature.
A loose, lore-minded discussion finds connective tissue in a rushed Star Trek sequel.
The Search, Part II gets a brisk second look from hosts who keep circling its rushed, compressed feel. They test whether the sequel holds together, then use its changeling material to open out into earlier Star Trek ideas about Nomad, V'ger, creators, and Voyager's caretaker,…
A Star Trek card-game review where tactical hindsight turns into a Kobayashi Maru what-if.
Star Trek Fluxx gives the regular hosts a compact game to talk through, moving from player count and Creeper cards into the strategies that open up once the rules start to feel familiar.
Pub trivia with the brakes cut.
Sharp RPG talk for working GMs.
Custom Magic cards, tested out loud.
Audio escape rooms with real puzzle brains.
A podcast crew discusses the Deep Space Nine episode 'Explorers' and its genre influences.
The hosts of 'It's All Been Checked Before' introduce and discuss their initial impressions of the Star Trek: Voyager episode 'Cathexis'.
The hosts discuss the DS9 episode 'Equilibrium', focusing on its exploration of Trill lore and character development for Dax.
A podcast review of the Star Trek Voyager episode 'Elogium', discussing its themes of reproduction and fraternization.
Stephen and Keith review Star Trek Flux, a card game based on the original series.
The hosts of 'It's All Been Trekked Before' review 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' episode 'The Search, Part II'.
Stephen and Olivia James review Voyager's Cold Fire, starting with the title as an oxymoron, a 10-month callback to the pilot, and Majel Barrett's return as the recap voice.
Steven and Olivia James review Deep Space Nine's "Little Green Men," where Quark, Rom, and Nog get pulled into 1947 Roswell.
Steven and Olivia James treat Voyager's 'Tattoo' as a mixed episode that is less bad than expected but still dull in the Chakotay material.
It's All Been Trek Before covers Deep Space Nine's "Starship Down" with Steven, Olivia, James, and returning guest Sean, and they keep comparing it to "Balance of Terror" and Das Boot.
A Star Trek Voyager podcast episode that promotes a charity event and discusses the episode 'Persistence of Vision'.
A Kira-Dukat road trip turns into a discussion of occupation, a buried Bajoran ship, and a hidden family tie.
The hosts review the Star Trek Fluxx card game, discussing their gameplay experience and strategy.