The Prime Detective

Grayson | The Prime Detective

True crimes, strange coincidences, and cultural controversies collide with the Final Frontier.

Episodes

  1. 12/30/2025

    Happy New Year! So say we all!

    This week: A special preview episode from Let’s Talk About Treks, a weekly Star Trek podcast hosted by the enigmatic Earl Grey and jaQ` Darino (aka David Moody). Their tagline is “an episodic review of today’s visions of the future,” and most weeks, they’re doing exactly that — breaking down new episodes of Star Trek as they air. From Strange New Worlds to Star Trek Scouts and everything in between. They have been incredibly supportive of The Prime Detective. David, for example, was instrumental in guiding me through all the back end podcasting shenanigans, and they’ve trusted me with this abbreviated preview from a show that normally lives behind a paywall. It’s called Segment 31 — a looser, more conversational series where David and Earl wander off the bridge and talk about whatever’s on their minds: Comic books, politics, dog shows, time travel… and occasionally, science fiction fandom itself. Today’s episode comes from that Patreon-only feed. This particular Segment 31 centers on David’s trip with his partner Chris to Chicago in 2024 for a Battlestar Galactica convention — and the genuinely wonderful way he chose to commemorate it. See the image David had signed at the con here. “Let’s Talk About Treks” is available at letstalkabouttreks.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. Credits:This episode of “The Prime Detective” was produced and hosted by Grayson Thagard.Music for “The Prime Detective” is composed by Ben Wise: https://benwise.bandcamp.com/ Website and publishing support thanks to David Moody, Producer: “Let’s Talk About Treks” The Podcast. “The Prime Detective” logo was created by Julie Hendrickson. Buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/theprimedetective

    35 min
  2. 12/23/2025

    A Holmes for the holidays

    A stolen jewel, a Christmas goose, and the galaxy’s most logical half-Vulcan walk into a mystery… and somehow the trail leads straight to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.This holiday special unpacks one of Star Trek’s strangest canonical quirks: Spock casually claiming Sherlock Holmes as an “ancestor.” Was he talking about the fictional detective? The real-life author who created Holmes? Or neither?From The Blue Carbuncle, to The Great Keinplatz Experiment, we follow the breadcrumbs Doyle left through Victorian literature, Trek canon repairs, Vulcan body-swaps, and a family tree with more dead ends than a London cul-de-sac.Pour some cocoa and join us as we unwrap how Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Mr. Spock end up exchanging gifts across two centuries and one imaginary cosmos. Special thanks to:Open Pike Night – Watch their full interview with writers Dana Horgan & Kathryn Lyn here: Strange New Words: A Space Adventure HourJason Usry – Listen to his delightful audio drama “Santa Maybe, a Criminal” on your favorite podcast player. Credits:This episode of “The Prime Detective” was produced and hosted by Grayson Thagard.Music for “The Prime Detective” is composed by Ben Wise: https://benwise.bandcamp.com/ Website and publishing support thanks to David Moody, Producer: “Let’s Talk About Treks” The Podcast. “The Prime Detective” logo was created by Julie Hendrickson. Buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/theprimedetective

    8 min

Ratings & Reviews

5
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True crimes, strange coincidences, and cultural controversies collide with the Final Frontier.