About this episode

The hosts discuss the second episode of 'Starfleet Academy', covering various themes and making connections to 'Star Trek Voyager'.

It’s the second episode of “Starfleet Academy,” and things are picking up speed. Political negotiations via college debating society! Betazoid mental shields! Many, many, many robots and aliens. But is it too much, or just enough? We break it all down, reassess “Star Trek Voyager” and complain about theme songs, and ultimately make an Important Contribution To (Head) Canon with the introduction of Whale Academy....

People in this episode

Hosts: Scott McNulty, Jason Snell

Topics covered

• Starfleet Academy
• Star Trek
• political negotiations
• Betazoid
• robots
• aliens
• theme songs

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Starfleet Academy, Star Trek Voyager

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