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Trek Geeks #185: Star Trek Universe

THE LATEST FROM SDCC San Diego Comic-Con is one of the biggest fandom conventions on the planet, and this weekend some of the biggest news was all Star Trek related! Three different Star Trek series were represented in a giant panel named, “Star Trek Universe,” and there were surprises aplenty! We’ll review the latest details…

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Trek Geeks #184: Our Character Series Choices

CARPOOL CONVERSATION This week, while Dan and Bill are on vacation, we bring you one of our Carpool Conversations originally recorded for our Patreon subscribers. Star Trek: Picard promises a different look at Jean-Luc Picard at this phase of his life, and that got us to thinking about which other Star Trek characters we’d like…

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PoliTreks: Special Announcement

NEW HOME FOR POLITREKS! Join us as we announce our affiliation with the Trek Geeks Podcast Network with special guests Bill Smith & Dan Davidson!  

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Trek Geeks #183: Worst Case Scenario

HOLODECK GONE WRONG Star Trek has had a lot of holodeck stories where a malfunction has posed danger to the crew, but the concept rarely gets executed better than Voyager’s third season episode, “Worst Case Scenario.” A tactical training program written by Tuvok becomes entertainment for the crew, and trying to write an ending executes…

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Trek Geeks #182: Michael Burnham

WOMEN OF STAR TREK This week, we offer another in our series on the “Women of Star Trek!” One of the newest members of that group is the central figure in Star Trek: Discovery–the character of Michael Burnham. We’ll take a look at this character and why she’s so important, not just in Trek but…

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Trek Geeks Game Night #4: The Return, Part II

REVISITING SIGMA IOTIA II Part 2 of “The Return”, Hathaway and her crew come to terms with the Iotian rebellion, why is it happening, who or what was the cause? Also, the crew finds out where their next stop in there Adventures will be. “The Return, Part II” Story by D.W. Garcia Cast Captain Kell:…

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Trek Geeks #181: The People Who Made TOS Work

IT TAKES A VILLAGE No one does it alone. Not even “The Great Bird of the Galaxy.” The idea was Gene Roddenberry’s, but it took an amazing group of people to help make it a reality. This week, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Turnabout Intruder–the last episode of The Original Series–we look at The…

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Trek Geeks #180: The Voyage Home

THE ONE WITH THE WHALES It’s one of the greatest Star Trek movies of all time, and it was one that non-fans loved as much as some of Trek’s most ardent supporters. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home debuted in 1986 and found a huge mainstream audience with its wit, humor, and awareness. Sadly, today this…

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PoliTreks #24 – The PoliTreks Of: Star Trek (2009)

In this Episode, Shashank and Barry take a deep dive into the great Kelvin Universe/JJ-verse/soft-reboot/Fast And Furious In Space movie Star Trek, released in 2009 after almost half a decade of no official Trek TV or cinema. We look at our relationship to the movie, cultural perception then and now, character portrayals (both compelling and…

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Trek Geeks #179: Available Light

AUTHOR DAYTON WARD It’s the first Star Trek: The Next Generation novel in nearly two years and it picks right up with the fallout from the exposure of Section 31! “Section 31, the covert organization which has operated without accountability in the shadows for more than two centuries, has been exposed. Throughout the Federation, the…

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