Vulcan Hello
Hosted by Scott McNulty and Jason Snell
Scott McNulty and Jason Snell discuss brand-new live action Star Trek as episodes are released. Next up: “Starfleet Academy” and “Strange New Worlds.”
105 “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”
The Wreath of Khan rolls on with part 3 of 4, as Scott and Jason spend some time discussing one of their favorite movies, “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” after having followed Khan from “Space Seed” through “Star Trek: Khan.” We don’t know how many times we can say that we love this movie, but we tried and it seems like we could do it forever.
Previous Episodes
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December 12, 2025104 “Star Trek: Khan”
The Wreath of Khan continues with our review of the “Star Trek: Khan” audio drama—available where you get podcasts.
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December 5, 2025
103 “Space Seed” (TOS S1E24)
We kick off “The Wreath of Khan,” our monthlong celebration of Star Trek’s favorite mad tyrant, with a look back at where it all started: “Space Seed.” At least, after Khan wakes up 15 minutes into the episode…
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September 11, 2025
102 “New Life and New Civilizations” (SNW S3E10)
A season of “Strange New Worlds” comes to an end, and so does this season of our podcast! But before we go, we have thoughts about Pike and Batel, “Doctor Who” plots, ley lines, parallel timelines, and even “Star Trek: Scouts” and “Star Trek: Khan”!
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September 4, 2025
101 “Terrarium” (SNW S3E9)
Who knew that the opposite of an Arena was an Enemy Mine?
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August 28, 2025
100 “Four and a Half Vulcans” (SNW S3E8)
Never before has Vulcan Hello said hello to so many Vulcans. (And a Romulan, but shh, don’t say Romulan for canonical reasons!) We discuss Trek comedy, the delightful true fan of Humanity known as Doug, the depth of Number One as played by Rebecca Romijn, the action buddy comedy starring Kirk and Scotty, Batel’s jerk Vulcan boss, and Chapel’s inability to make good Plomeek soup.
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August 22, 2025
99 “What Is Starfleet?” (SNW S3E7)
“Strange New Worlds” gets the documentary treatment this week, as the Enterprise is confronted with some difficult choices that call into question some of Starfleet’s most deeply held beliiefs. The documentary has a real character arc, going from deep skepticism to a final understanding in just 40 minutes. Unfortunately, that’s not how documentaries work!
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August 14, 2025
98 “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail” (SNW S3E6)
Captain Kirk takes control of the USS… Farragut! While he’s facing his first crucial command decisions in an emergency situation with the help of a few familiar faces, Pike and company are repelling a monstrous boarding party. (The monsters are, in hindsight, exactly who you should have expected.)
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August 7, 2025
97 “Through the Lens of Time” (SNW S3E5)
Not all red shirts wear red! (But some do!) This episode has a lot of death, an alien mystery, some questionable archaeology, a reversal of cause and effect, and multi-dimensional layering. In other words: It’s Star Trek! Also, Jason passes on a wild theory about Batel’s new Gorn-chimera lifestyle.
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July 31, 2025
96 “A Space Adventure Hour” (SNW S3E4)
This week’s “Strange New Worlds” is an homage to 1960s Star Trek, 1970s murder mysteries, and all murderous holodeck stories throughout Trek history. Also, Paul Wesley gets to do his best Shatner. It’s called acting!
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July 25, 2025
95 “Shuttle to Kenfori” (SNW S3E3)
This week we’re balancing Moss Zombies with Gorn Consumption as Pike and M’Benga take a “Shuttle to Kenfori!” It’s a character episode with some zombies in the background, and also one particularly grumpy Klingon. Jason looks up the Klingon word for “redshirts.” Also: Paramount finally gets bought, and there are new pictures from “Starfleet Academy!”