A Ferengi-centric episode that lets Rom and the supporting cast carry the weight.
The Ferengi-centric episode works best when it leans into workplace friction, Quark's nonsense, and the space it gives Rom and the other supporting players.

Matt Mira and Andrew Secunda
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Podcast… the final frontier! "Star Trek: The Next Generation" devotee and authority Matt Mira leads Next Gen skeptic Andrew Secunda into the deepest reaches of the series episode by episode and beyond! Listen as they discuss, debate, and enjoy all the legendary show's strengths, failings, and innovations. Email us! [email protected] Twitter/X/TikTok/Youtube: @StarTrekTNC Web: startrektnc.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/startrektnc
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Matt Mira and Andrew Secunda pair comic digressions with exacting arguments about Deep Space Nine's characters, plots, performances, and endings.
Matt Mira and Andrew Secunda turn an episode-by-episode Deep Space Nine rewatch into a running argument about character, story logic, and the choices that survive after the credits.
A Klingon memory wipe becomes a consent debate; your DS9 rewatch may need a second opinion.
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A Ferengi-centric episode that lets Rom and the supporting cast carry the weight.
The Ferengi-centric episode works best when it leans into workplace friction, Quark's nonsense, and the space it gives Rom and the other supporting players.
A DS9 politics hangout that leans on banter, memory, and a planetwide emergency.
Matt and Andy have enough to chew on as they trace a planetwide blackout, the president's reluctance to call a state of emergency, and the plain practical problem of how Starfleet handles a world with no power.
A goofy Bond-holodeck episode, carried by Matt and Andrew's banter and the Garak-Bashir dynamic.
Star Trek The Next Conversation spends time with DS9's "Our Man Bashir" and does not try to sand down its Bond spoof awkwardness. Matt and Andrew lean into the pattern-transfer nonsense, the holodeck setup, and the Garak-Bashir dynamic, which gives the hour more bite than the…
Smart DS9 talk with jokes, detours, and a measured read on a very well-made episode.
The piece treats Star Trek The Next Conversation as a loose, easygoing DS9 discussion that still lands a clear verdict. It keeps circling back to what the hosts admire most: the episode's intelligence, the performances, and the way it pays attention to 24th-century details, from…
A sharp, messy DS9 conversation that settles on Odo's hidden depth.
Crossfire turns into an Odo-centered DS9 discussion, with Matt and Andy circling back again and again to the assassination plot and to how much the episode reveals about Odo beyond the badge.
A sharp Trek recap that turns memory wiping, honor, and consent into a lively running argument.
The recap gets its charge from how casually Bashir's memory-wipe power is treated and how quickly that opens onto consent, honor, and whether the episode's own logic really holds up.
Loose, funny DS9 talk that wanders a bit but stays lively.
Homefront gives Matt Myra and Andrew Secunda room to do what they do best: zoom in on a few sharp details, spin them out, and keep the conversation feeling like a hangout with some actual point to it.
A fun Roswell retcon that works best when the hosts lean into the nonsense.
Matt Myra and Andrew Secunda treat Little Green Men as a fun, inconsequential Roswell retcon and a 50s sci-fi spoof, and the episode sounds happiest when it lets the nonsense run.

Sharp TV arguments, faster than prestige can posture.

Star Trek commentary with the brakes off.

After the episode, inside the scene.

Classic Perry Mason, case by case.

A fannish map of Mindy’s TV universe.
Matt and Andy open with their familiar Trek riffing and a quick check-in on Patreon and Starfleet Academy coverage.
The hosts introduce and discuss the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode 'Starship Down', comparing it to a similar The Next Generation episode.
Matt and Andy discuss DS9's 'Bar Association,' focusing on the Ferengi union plot and the controversial Klingon subplot where Worf consents to his brother Kern's memory wipe.
Matt and Andy open with a botched intro, knock the sound cue loose, and laugh their way back into place.
Matt and Andy review DS9's 'The Sword of Kahless,' where Kor, Worf, and Dax hunt a legendary Klingon artifact.
They come in loud.
Matt and Andy spend this one on Sisko.
Matt and Andrew kick off with Bashir in a James Bond setup, and the conversation keeps circling back to how absurd the premise is and how much fun the episode gets out of that.
Matt and Andy open with coughs, corrections, and the usual pre-show drift.
Matt and Andy dig into the episode and quickly lock onto its strangest moral machinery.
Matt and Andy open like they always do: halfway into the bit.
Matt and Andy discuss a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, with banter and references to the series.
Matt and Andy humorously introduce their podcast about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, claiming it's the best podcast ever.
Two hosts discuss and joke about a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode involving a performance art piece.
Two hosts comically recap and analyze a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, discussing its place in the Bajoran arc.
Matt and Andy discuss and joke about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2 episode 2, including a bit about Brent Spiner's character Masaka.