About this podcast
An irreverent roast and celebration of everything Star Trek, The Greatest Generation is the most listened to and highest rated Star Trek podcast in the world. For ten years Ben and Adam have laughed their way through TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT watch-throughs, and now we’re rewatching them all over again. What's different ten years in? How have we changed? How have the costumes stayed so tight in the crotch area? Listen every Monday as we laugh our way through the best television show ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 666 episodes
- Me Too, But Good (TNG S2E3) · 1 h 11 min · Episode 650When the Entrepreneur arrives early and there’s time to kill on the holodeck, Data’s encyclopedic knowledge of Sherlock Holmes leaves something to be desired in solving the…
- Escher Caravaggio (TNG S2E2) · 1 h 8 min · Episode 649When the Entrepreneur finds a space hole that no ship has ever not seen before, they decide to move closer and end up getting sucked right in. But after things inside aren’t…
- RSVP Patrick Stewart · 19 minWhen a couple of podcast hosts think back on the life of one of their idols, it's hard to put into words what he meant to so many people. Support the production of The Greatest…
- IBIC (TNG S2E1) · 1 h 24 min · Episode 648When a glowing purple light comes aboard and knocks up Counselor Troi, she decides to keep the baby as the Entrepreneur handles a delicate milk run. But after Ian starts…
- Plant the Scoop (TNG S1E26) · 1 h 10 min · Episode 647When Data finds some popsicles and brings them aboard the ship, Dr. Crusher thaws them out just as Picard orders the Entrepreneur into the Neutral Zone. But after the crew starts…
- The Protein of the Future (TNG S1E25) · 1 h 14 min · Episode 646When a Code47 surfaces a vague threat of conspiracy, Captain Picard orders the Entrepreneur straight to Starfleet Command. But after Admiral Quinn comes aboard and starts a high…
- Time Nut (TNG S1E24) · 1 h 6 min · Episode 645When the Entrepreneur experiences a time loop on their way to some well-deserved shore leave, Captain Picard answers a distress call and finds the one who got away living on a…
- That Slick Thicc (TNG S1E23) · 1 h 17 min · Episode 644When Counselor Troi’s shuttle crashes on Vagra II, the Entrepreneur sends a rescue team down to find a highly-flammable entity made of Metamucil and printer ink. But after…
- A Billion Cold Turkeys (TNG S1E22) · 1 h 11 min · Episode 643When the Entrepreneur’s mission is to study an exploding star, a distress signal from a nearby freighter leads to an emergency beam out. But after learning that the Brekkians are…
- Factory Seconds Preview: Psychosomatic Bone · 21 minWhen Bill and Rob tag along for a trip to The Factory, Adam and Ben drive them deep into the outskirts of Las Vegas. But when Cheesecake Factory puts the “rough” in “roughage”…
- Ronco Run Amok (TNG S1E21) · 1 h 6 min · Episode 642When a weapons salesman’s demonstration threatens the Entrepreneur and crew, it creates a (w)hole lot of trouble both above and below the ship. But after Geordi’s leadership is…
- Double Neutered (TNG S1E20) · 1 h 1 min · Episode 641When there’s a disturbance in the Neutral Zone and the Entrepreneur is sent to investigate, a derelict ship carrying Klingon passengers explodes during an emergency beam out. But…
- Infinite Roundhouse (TNG S1E19) · 1 h 11 min · Episode 640When Admiral Quinn comes aboard with an attack dog investigator, Remmick puts the crew on edge looking for evidence of a conspiracy. But after Wesley ends up in second place at…
- Uncle Silicon (TNG S1E18) · 1 h 10 min · Episode 639When a terrible workplace accident kills a guy on a terraforming station, it’s easy to blame the coworker that looks like Joe Exotic. But after the investigation reveals the true…
- Embarrassment Miners (TNG S1E17) · 1 h 18 min · Episode 638When a group of children are taken from Enterprise, the crew is obligated to get them back for some reason. But when the kidnappers give them an offer they can’t refuse, it will…
- The Ascent of Beeping Chair (TNG S1E16) · 1 h 10 min · Episode 637When a dusty old Admiral is rushed to Mordan IV to negotiate a hostage release, it’s revealed he was into trading arms for hostages before it went mainstream. But when he reveals…
- Cuck Quest (TNG S1E15) · 1 h 14 min · Episode 636When the Entrepreneur goes into spacedock for a tune-up and some enhancements, the Bynars take things too far by forcing an evacuation and stealing the ship. But after Picard and…
- The Arms of the Martyr (TNG S1E14) · 1 h 12 min · Episode 635When the Entrepreneur finds a shipwreck with its escape pods deployed, an away team visits the nearest matriarchal planet while the crew begins to get sick on the ship. But after…
- Stunt Butt (TNG S1E13) · 1 h 17 min · Episode 634When the Entrepreneur pulls over for a pit stop at Data’s home planet, the colonist are gone and everything is dead. But after opening a gassy chamber of robot parts and putting…
- Diction Hill (TNG S1E12) · 1 h 12 min · Episode 633When Captain Picard is prescribed a study break, he chooses the holodeck as a place to relax. But after he becomes trapped there when (real) bullets start flying, he discovers…
- Leper Colony Make-A-Wish (TNG S1E11) · 1 h 12 min · Episode 632When the Entrepreneur arrives at a planet of legends, it looks like Troi might be leaving the show to get married. But when a ship carrying a deadly disease arrives in system…
- Girthy Eyeballs (TNG S1E10) · 1 h 9 min · Episode 631When Q interrupts the Entrepreneur on the way to an urgent rescue mission, the crew is taken off the ship and Captain Picard is left alone on the bridge. But after Riker becomes…
- Boksketball (TNG S1E9) · 1 h 10 min · Episode 630When Captain Picard’s headache is courtesy of a Ferengi obsessed with rewenge, his gift of the Stargazer starts to worry the crew. But after beaming off the Entrepreneur and…
- Negative Inseam (TNG S1E8) · 1 h 10 min · Episode 629When the crew needs shore leave and the Entrepreneur finds a paradise planet, their first contact with some sexy humanoids leads to a second away team beaming down. But after…
- Dead Men Fix No Engines (TNG S1E7) · 1 h 23 min · Episode 628When the Entrepreneur’s Uber mission involves helping two species squash their beef, the ship flies through a purple cloud and crew members start blacking out. But after the…
- The USS Curious (TNG S1E6) · 1 h 14 min · Episode 627When a Starfleet propulsion expert comes aboard with an alien assistant, Commander Riker isn’t buying any of their bullshit. But after his experiment goes wrong and the…
- Career Suicide by Jet Ski (TNG S1E5) · 1 h 17 min · Episode 626When the Entrepreneur chases a ship that’s really dragin’ a wagon, nobody thinks to try hailing before acts of violence are attempted. But when Riker expresses a little too much…
- Ethnicity Band-Aid (TNG S1E4) · 1 h 10 min · Episode 625When Ligon II has a rare vaccine and the Federation needs it bad, Picard welcomes Luton aboard only for him to abduct Lt. Yar with a side hug. But after she’s challenged to a…
- His Dick Looks Like a Pine Cone (TNG S1E3) · 1 h 11 min · Episode 624When something goes terribly wrong on the SS Tsiolkovsky, an away team beams over and brings a lot of sweaty drunkeness back aboard. But after Wesley takes control of the ship…
- The Hood Doesn’t Get Bangers (TNG S1E1-2) · 1 h 38 min · Episode 623When Captain Picard sets off on the D’s maiden voyage, his mission to open trade negotiations with the Bandi gets interrupted by the Q. But after Commander Riker realizes that…
- Bespoke Squeegee (Q&A with Ben & Adam) · 1 h 1 min · Episode 622When we’ve reached the end of an era and only three packages remain, their contribution to the show’s well-documented problems makes it clear it’s time to turn off auto-renew…
- Serious Funny Business (Greatest Gen 10 Interview with Cyrus Farivar) · 54 min · Episode 621When Greatest Gen’s biggest fan returns for an anniversary interview, everyone can agree that a rewatch is just part of loving Star Trek. But after 10 years of growth and change…
- He Had Some Good Ideas Also (ENT Series Wrap) · 57 min · Episode 620When it’s time to wrap-up coverage of the series no one watched on TV, looking back at the show’s characters reveals an endearing crew and a capable cast. But after realizing…
- Sympathetic Epilepsy (ENT S4E22) · 1 h 18 min · Episode 619When Commander Riker is working his way through some deleted scenes of a TNG episode, he skips ahead to the good part on the holodeck where Shran shows up to ask for Captain…
- Cupboard Purity (ENT S4E21) · 1 h 10 min · Episode 618When Paxton’s ultimatum puts a lot of aliens on edge, Samuels insists there’s only one way to be sure he won’t fire the array. But after an away team makes it to the polar region…
- Through the Prism of Water Ice (ENT S4E20) · 1 h 6 min · Episode 617When two scary character actors and a baby threaten a newly-formed coalition of planets, Trip and T’Pol go undercover to learn more about Terra Prime. But after Mayweather’s love…
- Sex Doctor (ENT S4E19) · 1 h 17 min · Episode 616When Mirror Archer discovers a lizard puppet aboard the USS Defiant, he gets a pep talk from imaginary Prime Archer and goes to waste the Gorns himself. But after T’Pol gets…
- Constipation Ray (ENT S4E18) · 1 h 2 min · Episode 615When Commander Archer stages a mutiny aboard the ISS Enterprise, Captain Forrest gets thrown in the brig and T’Pol gets promoted to first officer. But after a Tholian warp…
- Four-Shaft Rotation (ENT S4E17) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 614When the Entrepreneur encounters an Orion ship, its captain makes an offer that the crew can’t refuse. But after Archer figures out who’s really in charge, Tucker and T’Pol use…
- Gagh Wednesday (ENT S4E16) · 1 h 6 min · Episode 613When the Entrepreneur is stuck at top speed and Commander Tucker is the only person who can help, Reed gets sprung from the brig to tether him over from the Columbia. But after a…
- Loaf Death (ENT S4E15) · 1 h 3 min · Episode 612When some Klingons start experimenting with augment DNA, they start a pandemic and kidnap Dr. Phlox to find a cure. But after Hoshi gets melded and Reed gets thrown in the brig…
- Celebrity Pipes (ENT S4E14) · 1 h 10 min · Episode 611When evidence reveals the drone pilot to be a white Andorian, Archer and Shran beam down to the polar region looking for the Aenar. But after building a telepresence chair right…
- Rom Rods (ENT S4E13) · 1 h 14 min · Episode 610When Shran’s girlfriend dies at a Tellarite’s hand, the avenging of her death could ruin their alliance so Archer cuts in to end the duel honorably. But after Trip and Reed get…
- Our Time of Uncool Death (ENT S4E12) · 1 h 13 min · Episode 609When Shran’s ship gets blown up and the Entrepreneur is nearby to help, the mutual distrust between Tellarites and Andorians simmers over before trade talks can begin. But after…
- Creamsman of the Night (ENT S4E11) · 1 h 5 min · Episode 608When Hoshi and Trip return from a Klingon garbage dump with a life-threatening illness, Reed and Mayweather start acting like aliens while Captain Archer and Dr. Phlox try to…
- His Name Was Ensign Burrows (ENT S4E10) · 1 h 8 min · Episode 607When Captain Archer reunites with his retconned second family, the experiment set up by Dr. Erickson is a both a charade and a danger to the crew. But after Ensign Burrows is…
- Boot Tire (ENT S4E9) · 1 h 16 min · Episode 606When V’Las is still warmongering at the Vulcan tactics table, Archer and T’Pau insist they must deliver the Kir’Shara to the High Command personally. But after Shran kidnaps…
- Home-Defense Mug (Holiday Party 2025) · 39 minWhen the Uxbridge-Shimoda company holds its first annual holiday party, everyone is invited and attendance is not optional. But after sharing a festive cocktail and suggesting…
- Wine Dad Drunk (ENT S4E8) · 1 h 3 min · Episode 605When Archer and T’Pol find the Syrannites in the caves, they reunite with Mrs. T and learn T’Pau wasn’t the United Earth Embassy bomber. But after Archer tells the Syrannites…
- Ass-Riding Centipede (ENT S4E7) · 1 h 24 min · Episode 604When the United Earth Embassy gets blown up on Vulcan, an investigation begins and Dr. Phlox sniffs out the fake evidence right away. But after Archer and T’Pol go into danger…
