{"podcast":{"title":"Trek Marry Kill","slug":"trek-marry-kill-5783356","podcast_index_feed_id":5783356,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/trekmarrykill","website_url":"https://www.trekmarrykillpod.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b33990c8-5b85-11f0-bae0-a77d4de3a18a/image/a403fde461b55cdc34ef2637fce5e917.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Bryan Murphy","episode_count":212,"summary":"There are 967 episodes of Star Trek. Some are good, some are great, and the rest we'll still watch from time to time because, why not? Star Trek is like pizza or sex: even when it's bad, it's still kinda good. It's a Star Trek podcast that seeks to establish the pecking order for its extensive canon. Which episodes are classic examples of Star Trek or simply good (TREK), which are all-timers (MARRY), and which are episodes that are okay to watch just once and then forget about (KILL)? Hosts Bryan and Kristen and the occasional special guest ask a series of questions to arrive at a final judgment, questions like, \"What part of this story would be taught at Starfleet Academy?\" \"What's the Best Trek Trope?\" \"Could the episode have been hornier and would that have made it better?\" and many more. It's sort of like playing F***, Marry, Kill, but a lot more fun because it's about Star Trek! We're trekmarrykpod on Instagram and Bluesky, and www.trekmarrykillpod.com on the web where you can see all of our standings.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T06:17:27.331365+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trek-marry-kill-5783356"},"episode":{"title":"TNG: \"The Royale\" (s2e12) with writer Cory Marciel","slug":"tng-the-royale-s2e12-with-writer-cory-marciel","published_at":"2026-04-14T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trek-marry-kill-5783356/tng-the-royale-s2e12-with-writer-cory-marciel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trek-marry-kill-5783356","url":"https://www.trekmarrykillpod.com","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PLAS9167074184.mp3","summary":"ALIEN ANT HOTEL. Riker, Data, and Worf get caught in an alien habitat setup to mimic the story of a trashy airport novel carried by a long-dead NASA astronaut. \"Are We Sure It Was Bad?\" Month continues with this season two headscratcher from TNG. Will Bryan and guest co-host Cory give this one a TREK, MARRY, or KILL? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"ALIEN ANT HOTEL. Riker, Data, and Worf get caught in an alien habitat setup to mimic the story of a trashy airport novel carried by a long-dead NASA astro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5061,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trek-marry-kill-5783356/episodes/tng-the-royale-s2e12-with-writer-cory-marciel/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trek-marry-kill-5783356/tng-the-royale-s2e12-with-writer-cory-marciel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}