Kevin Yank

Subspace Radio #101: Fragile Connections

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:20:00 +0000

In Subspace Radio #101, Robert Lloyd and I are separated by a wormhole and a year of time displacement, but still manage to talk Star Trek. After my visit to the Original Series set tour in Ticonderoga, we discuss “Tomorrow’s Enterprise” (SNW) and two more episodes with fragile communications links: “Pen Pals” (TNG) and “Eye of the Needle” (VOY).

Subspace Radio #100: Pets

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:41:00 +0000

In Subspace Radio #100, Robert Lloyd and I discover our respective dogs are magical doppelgangers of each other, and decide to merge their personalities into a potion that makes you a dragon or grants you peace and happiness or something. Deciding not to dwell on these events, we turn our attention to other Star Trek pets, including Porthos in “A Night in Sickbay” (ENT) and Spot in “Genesis” (TNG).

Subspace Radio #99: Mutiny

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:10:00 +0000

In Subspace Radio #99, Robert Lloyd and I refuse to follow each other’s orders at a critical moment that permits the escape of a cloaked ship, which gives us plenty of time to discuss “Orders of Magnitude” (SNW). To ward off future such misadventures, we review some past occurrences of mutiny in “Turnabout Intruder” (TOS) and “Worst Case Scenario” (VOY).

Subspace Radio #98: Stunt Casting

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:38:40 +0000

In Subspace Radio #98, Robert Lloyd and I encounter … several … dramatic … pauses this week as we explore “Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass” (SNW), before remarking on other examples of actors being cast in roles that echo what they are best known for, including “What Are Little Girls Made Of?” (TOS), “Tsunkatse” (VOY), and “Detained” (ENT).

Subspace Radio #97: CMO Careers

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:09:00 +0000

In Subspace Radio #97, Robert Lloyd and I argue over which of us is most likely to quit the podcast first as the ship’s chronometer counts down to the start of “Off-Hour” (SNW). Afterward, we trace the career paths of each of the Enterprise’s Chief Medical Officers, with stops for “Encounter at Farpoint” (TNG), “Disaster” (TNG), “Unnatural Selection” (TNG), “Virtuoso” (VOY), and “Dear Doctor” (ENT).

Subspace Radio #96: Asphyxiation

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 02:21:00 +0000

In Subspace Radio #96, Robert Lloyd and I manage to work the audio equipment with our puppet fingers to share our reactions to “Level-Five Transporter Accident” (SNW), then are inspired by the crew’s solution to their Orion problem to revisit other instances of crews being a little short of breath in “Space Seed” (TOS), “Disaster” (TNG), and “Civil Defense” (DS9).

Subspace Radio #95: Occupations

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:26:00 +0000

In Subspace Radio #95, Robert Lloyd and I take the zeppelin to Chinatown (or was it the shuttle to Mat’Aar XII?) and do our best to blend in while we discuss “A Case of Chiaroscuro” (SNW). After banishing the local occupying force with the power of song, we consider other occupations throughout Star Trek history, including “Errand of Mercy” (TOS) and “Things Past” (DS9).

Subspace Radio #94: Holiday Planets

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0000

In Subspace Radio #94, Robert Lloyd and I take the week off. Actually, it was meant to be just a long weekend, but in the haze that was “Human Best Friend”, time sort of got away from us. While chilling by the pool, we reflect on other occasions where crews took a well-deserved break, including “Shore Leave” (TOS) and “Let He Who Is Without Sin…” (DS9).

Subspace Radio #93: Lost Starships

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:44:00 +0000

In Subspace Radio #93, Rob and I follow a spectral figure into a dark corner to discuss “The Griffin Incident” (SNW) before looking back on other lost Starfleet ships in “The Time Trap” (TAS), “The Pegasus” (TNG), and “Star Trek Beyond”.

Subspace Radio #92: Bootstrap Paradoxes

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:40:00 +0000

In Subspace Radio #92, Rob and I return from 65 million years in Earth’s past on a conspicuous chunk of iridium-rich rock to discuss “Valles Marineris” (SNW) before examining other closed-loop time puzzles that are best not to over-think. We consider the Bell Riots of “Past Tense” (DS9), the subspace fractures of “Time and Again” (VOY), and the Ed Begley Juniors of “Future’s End” (VOY).