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A Discovery Home Companion is an unfiltered look at Star Trek: Discovery, a new  Star Trek for a new era of television, set in an older era before Kirk and Spock.  Will it be great, or will it be disappointing? Three close friends will approach the show with open hearts and critical minds. Oh, and it turns out we'll end up yelling at each other sometimes.

Check out our ongoing exploration of another Star Trek and “Prequel to the Golden Age of Television,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in our other podcast, The Rules of Acquisition

Sep 29, 2017

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In this episode we talk to Adam P....


Sep 25, 2017

Well, it finally happened. Star Trek is back on the air!  
Does it feel like Star Trek? Who cares?  More importantly... IS IT ANY GOOD?
We actually liked it, thank goodness, but that's not stopping us from breaking down some pros and cons from the first 2 episodes of Star Trek: Discovery.
SPOILERS for EPISODE 2 reside...


Sep 23, 2017

Two days before the airdate, Wade gathered up James and Hugh to reflect on what we've said about Star Trek Discovery in the past, talk about what we've since learned, and share just how excited we are about the show we'll be watching.

This is what happened instead...


Sep 22, 2017

Does Garth of Izar have anything to do with Discovery? A call from Keith takes us to task for what we don't know about the Axanar story, and we talk about the fan film and what it might or might not have to do with the new show.


Sep 21, 2017

In this quick episode we hear a phone call from Tom from Cleveland, who has some concerns after watching the trailer.  How close to their chest are they keeping character details?  Are they more concerned with action, or are they trying to keep the big reveals from spoiled? Will this be as filled with empty mysteries as...