Trek Politics with Mary L. Trump and Bob Cesca Podcast
1) Star Trek’s Most Sexist Episode—Explained | "Turnabout Intruder" (TOS)
Mary Trump and I discuss arguably the most sexist episode of Star Trek (TOS) called “Turnabout Intruder.” And don't forget to like and subscribe, and if you dig the show consider giving us a five star...Show More
2) Our Top Three Favorite Episodes of Star Trek (TOS)
To kick off the 60th anniversary year of Star Trek, Mary Trump and Bob Cesca discuss their top three favorite original series episodes. Make sure to add your top three faves in the comments under the ...Show More
3) Star Trek's Trippy Take on Empathy in the Face of Cruelty | "The Empath" (TOS)
This week, Mary Trump and I deconstruct the original series episode "The Empath." Kirk, Spock, and Bones encounter an Empath who's being forced to sacrifice herself to save her species. Torture, murde...Show More
Star Trek's Trippy Take on Empathy in the Face of Cruelty | "The Empath" (TOS)
34:34 | Dec 29th, 2025
4) Captain Kirk's Mercy vs Donald Trump’s Cruelty | "Arena" (TOS)
Mary Trump and Bob Cesca discuss the classic TOS series "Arena" about the Enterprise's confrontation with the Gorn and the Metrons. Captain Kirk's mercy after wounding the Gorn captain is a lesson Don...Show More
5) Class Warfare and Torture in "The Cloud Minders" (TOS)
Mary Trump and Bob Cesca discuss the season 3 episode of the original series, "The Cloud Minders" about class warfare, income inequality, anti-masking, eugenics, and more. And don't forget to stick ar...Show More
6) The Political Murder Mystery of "Journey to Babel" (TOS)
This week, Mary Trump and Bob Cesca discuss the amazing original seriees episode JOURNEY TO BABEL, complete with its political intrigue, Federation world building, false flag murder mystery, family dr...Show More
7) Endless War and "A Taste of Armageddon" (TOS)
In this week's episode of Trek Politics, we discuss the original series episode "A Taste of Armageddon" in which Captain Kirk attempts to broker piece between two planets at war, only to discover that...Show More
8) A Private Little War: When Star Trek Took On America’s War Crimes
Mary Trump and Bob Cesca dig into the original series episode "A Private Little War" and it's Vietnam War allegory. What did Gene Roddenberry and the crew of the USS Enterprise conclude about the ques...Show More
9) Star Trek's Most Poweful Episode with Actor Spencer Garrett
This week's Trek Politics is a companion to our previous podcast about the Next Generation episode "The Drumhead". Bob talks with actor Spencer Garrett who played Crewman Simon Tarses, who's caught up...Show More
10) It's The One With The Nazis
Mary and Bob discuss the S2E23 original series episode "Patterns of Force," in which Kirk and Spock attempt to rescue a history professor who accidentally brings the Third Reich to an alien planet, le...Show More