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Discovering Trek: Short Treks – Children of Mars

ENEMIES BECOME FRIENDS Two young students have parents who both work at the Utopia Planetia Shipyards on Mars.  Another thing they have in common is their disdain for one another.  It takes an unthinkable event to bring the two together to face their special connection after their lives are shaken to their very core. Trek…

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Trek Geeks #203: René Auberjonois (1940-2019)

IN MEMORIAM This week, we return to our microphones to pause and reflect on the passing of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s René Auberjonois who died last month at the age of 79. SPECIAL THANKS: to Mike Rittenhouse for his performance of the Deep Space Nine theme on acoustic guitar.

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Trek Geeks: Picard LIVE!: Introduction (Beta Test)

INTRODUCING PICARD: LIVE! In this introductory episode of Trek Geeks: Picard LIVE!, we’ll look at the Short Treks episode, “Children of Mars” and what it might mean for Star Trek: Picard. We’ll also introduce the format for Picard LIVE! in future episodes. In this episode, Barry is joined by guests Bill Smith and Dan Davidson…

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Reserve Activation Clause

Back before there was ever a Trek Geeks Podcast, there was a blog that was Trek Geeks. Perhaps it’s better stated as an attempt at a blog. I registered the Trek Geeks domain about 12 or 13 years ago and just held on to it, I knew it would be a platform for Dan and…

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Five Year Mission #009: A Conversation with John Billingsley

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE’S DR. PHLOX!                 This week we sat down with actor, philanthropist and book lover John Billingsley to talk about books, politics, religion and a little bit of Star Trek. NOTE TO LISTENERS: If those topics aren’t for you, we have many other episodes to listen…

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Trek Geeks #202: 2019 Outtakes Special #2

THE YEAR IN OUTTAKES, PART DEUX! After the end music of every episode of Trek Geeks, Bill and Dan have an outtake–a bit of their conversation before the actual podcast recording. Last year, we didn’t do an Outtakes Special and we heard from a lot of people. So, back by popular demand, it’s the return…

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Five Year Mission #008: Deep Space Nine Is Better Than You Think

BAD DAD PRUNE JUICE Whether you’ve never watched it, never gave it a shot or maybe just want to do a re-watch, this is our argument for why you should love DS9. This week Mike and Fark are joined by Jacob Williams of the Punisher Body Count podcast to discuss DS9 episodes and characters. You…

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Trek Geeks #201: 2019 Outtakes Special #1

THE YEAR IN OUTTAKES! After the end music of every episode of Trek Geeks, Bill and Dan have an outtake–a bit of their conversation before the actual podcast recording. Last year, we didn’t do an Outtakes Special and we heard from a lot of people. So, back by popular demand, it’s the return of our…

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Discovering Trek: Short Treks – The Girl Who Made the Stars

OVERCOMING YOUR FEARS When young Michael Burnham is scared about an approaching lightening storm in space, her father Mike tells her a wondrous story about a time when stars did not exist in the night sky and how a young girl helped her tribe overcome their fears.  She was “The Girl Who Made The Stars”!…

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Discovering Trek: Short Treks – Ephraim and Dot

THE RETURN OF ANIMATED TREK! A tartigrade named Ephraim is ready to lay her eggs and wants to find the perfect spot to do so.  What better place than the warm inviting space of the engine room of the U.S.S. Enterprise?  Well, the maintenance robot DOT-7 has other ideas!  Follow these two through an amazing…

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