{"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":"VOY: \"The Thaw\"  (s2e23) with James Thorpey of The Monster Rally Podcast","slug":"voy-the-thaw-s2e23-with-james-thorpey-of-the-monster-rally-podcast","published_at":"2026-04-28T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trek-marry-kill-5783356/voy-the-thaw-s2e23-with-james-thorpey-of-the-monster-rally-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trek-marry-kill-5783356","url":"https://www.trekmarrykillpod.com","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PLAS8720586481.mp3","summary":"WHAT FEAR WANTS is to keep itself alive and only Captain Janeway is clever enough to outwit a computer program that's become the embodiment of that extreme emotion. Are We Sure It Was Bad? Month concludes with the episode of Star Trek: Voyager where This Is Spinal Tap's and Better Call Saul's Michael McKean guest stars as a killer clown. Joining Bryan to decide if it's a TREK, MARRY, or KILL is James Thorpey, one of the hosts of Geekscape's Monster Rally Podcast. Check out James's show here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-monster-rally-podcast/id1553516144 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"WHAT FEAR WANTS is to keep itself alive and only Captain Janeway is clever enough to outwit a computer program that's become the embodiment of that extrem…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trek-marry-kill-5783356/episodes/voy-the-thaw-s2e23-with-james-thorpey-of-the-monster-rally-podcast/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/voy-the-thaw-s2e23-with-james-thorpey-of-the-monster-rally-podcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}