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The Price (TNG)

This episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation contains scenes of Sexual Assault. Listener discretion is advised.

When an alien race opens an eBay auction for control of the only known stable wormhole which just happens to be in their space, Deanna Troi is swept away by a mysterious bidder named Devinoni Ral. When Ral turns out to also be Betazoid and using his abilities to win the auction, Star Trek makes us think about ethics and morality. But when Ral uses his abilities to get into Troi’s bed, Allie and Sarah think about how sexual assaulty this really was.

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The Price (TNG)

Released January 22, 2026

This episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation contains scenes of Sexual Assault. Listener discretion is advised. When an alien race opens an eBay auction for control of the only known stable wormhole which just happens to be in their space, Deanna Troi is swept away by a mysterious bidder named Devinoni Ral. When Ral turns out to also be Betazoid and using his abilities to win the auction, Star Trek makes us think about ethics and morality. But when Ral uses his abilities to get into Troi's bed, Allie and Sarah think about how sexual assaulty this really was.

The Enemy (TNG)

Released January 15, 2026

A tale of two enemies: Geordi is trapped on Planet Hell with an injured Romulan crash survivor and a VISOR that doesn't work while Worf is the only person on the D who can save the life of another injured Romulan recovered from Planet Hell. Will they be able to put aside their differences to save lives? The answer may surprise you.

Booby Trap (TNG)

Released January 8, 2026

When the D gets stuck in a booby trap while studying an Ancient Alien spaceship, Geordi conjures up a holodeck recreation of one of the designers of the Galaxy Class. But when the writers do a brotha dirty, Allie and Sarah grab their heaters and head for the transporter room.

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Sarah Ray

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Sarah Ray

Sarah Ray (she/her) is a transgender atheist woman. She came to humanism out of the “angry atheist” phase on seeing a need for secular communities to focus our energy into productive, positive impacts in our world. Sarah is an endorsed Humanist Celebrant and Vice President of The Humanist Society, Support Group Leader with Recovering from Religion, and co-founded the Atheist Community of Polk County (now the Humanist Community of Polk County), She has produced and hosted the “SarahTalk Podcast” since 2015 and “Freethought in Florida” from 2020-2021.

Allie Ashmead

Host

Allie Ashmead

Allie Ashmead (she/her) is a humanist who grew up in rural Virginia. She has been in the IT industry for nearly 30 years and has spent her career doing business analysis, supporting SaaS systems, and building cloud solutions to manage data. She actively supports many humanist organizations, has done volunteer work in her local community, and was co-host on the podcast and YouTube show “Freethought in Florida”. Relocated to Aurora, Colorado in recent years with her two cats, Rax and Mr. Digsby, she’s also a fluid abstract artist. She is a die-hard Star Trek fan, and sci-fi fan in general.

Becca Ray

Starfleet Academy Instructor

Becca Ray

Becca Ray (she/her) joins the show each week to stump Sarah and Allie with a trivia question about the episode.

Becca is also the Program Assistant at the American Humanist Association. Before joining the AHA, Becca was a Director and Co-Founder of The Atheist Community of Polk County, where she and her team developed various community outreach programs. She also served as an Assistant State Director for American Atheists for the state of Florida.

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a Star Trek Podcast

about the humanism of Star Trek

Latest Episode

The Price (TNG)

Humanist Trek is made possible in part by MODIPHIUS.

Modiphius is the Home of Tabletop Storytelling. A world-class creator and publisher of tabletop RPGs, wargaming, board games and card games!

Seek Out Our Latest Episodes

The Price (TNG)

The Enemy (TNG)

Booby Trap (TNG)

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Discover Our Hosts

Sarah Ray

Sarah Ray

Allie Ashmead

Allie Ashmead

Becca Ray

Becca Ray

Live Panels

Humanism in Star Trek Panel

Live at Fort Collins Comic Con 2025

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Live at Fort Collins Comic Con 2025

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Live at Denver GalactiCon 2023

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"Is There in Star Trek Podcasting No Beauty?"

Live at GalactiCon 2023

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