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Trek Geeks #178: The Inner Light

SEIZE THE TIME It’s widely regarded as one of the best hours of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and possibly of the entire franchise. “The Inner Light” changed Jean-Luc Picard and viewers forever with it’s poignant story about a civilization wiped out by its own star going nova a thousand years before. Picard lives a…

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Trek Geeks Game Night #3: The Return

A BIGGER PIECE OF THE ACTION The crew of the USS Hathaway, after accidentally discovering a dark secret from the past of a founding member of the Federation, is en route Sigma Iotia II, previously visited by the USS Enterprise and her crew almost 20 years ago. What will they find has changed since then?…

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Trek Geeks #177: Do You Wanna Build a Theme Park?

THE TREKKIEST PLACE ON EARTH! This week, Dan is on vacation in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and it seemed like a good time to discuss this particular topic! Last month on our Patreon Subscribers Feed, we talked about this topic in one of our Carpool KHAAANN-versations: one topic discussed in the time that…

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Discovering Trek Bonus Episode: Mary Chieffo

CHANCELLOR OF THE KLINGON EMPIRE In this very special bonus episode, Dan & Bill are joined by “The Mother of all Klingons,” “The Chancellor of the Klingon Empire,” the honorable L’Rell of House Mokai!!  That’s right, the one and only Mary Chieffo stops by to talk about her incredible experience playing this amazing character on…

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PoliTreks #23 – The PoliTreks Of: Into Darkness

On this episode, Shashank and Barry look into the perhaps often maligned episode of the Kelvin Universe, Star Trek: Into Darkness. This movie is ambitious and revisits major characters from movies past. We discuss it all, it’s social and political relevance and how ST:ID reflects its time period very succinctly.

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Trek Geeks Game Night #2: And So It Begins… Part II

THE MISSION CONTINUES The first mission of the USS Hathaway and her crew continues in Episode 2 of Trek Geeks Game Night! “And So It Begins, Part II” Story by D.W. Garcia Edited by C. Mumfrey Executive Producers Bill Smith Dan Davidson Cast Captain Kell: Annie Muirhead CDR Tretner: Janne Pfeiffenberger LCDR Grok Tahl: Michael…

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Trek Geeks #176: The Wrath of Khan

KHAAANN! It is the Star Trek film to which all others are invariably compared at some point or another. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan breathed new life into the Star Trek franchise in the summer of 1982, and began a string of successful films which eventually resulted in Trek returning to television. We’ll…

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Discovering Trek #214: Such Sweet Sorrow, Part II

SPOILER ALERT The final battle between Control and the USS Discovery & USS Enterprise takes place in an explosive season finale of Star Trek: Discovery!  Burnham and her team frantically work on getting the new Red Angel suit ready for a jump to the future while Captain Pike, Admiral Cornwell and the crew of the Enterprise…

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Trek Geeks #175: What You Leave Behind

DS9’s FINAL EPISODE It’s the end of an amazing Trek. Deep Space Nine wrapped shooting 20 years ago this week and it’s final episode, “What You Leave Behind,” wraps up a nine part finale and a multi-season arc that changed Star Trek forever! Bill and Dan will look at this last episode of DS9 and…

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PoliTreks #22 – Civilizations, Part II

On this episode of PoliTreks, Shashank and Barry discuss three infamous civilizations in the Star Trek Universe: the Q Continuum, The Romulan Star Empire, and The Terran Empire. We look to their connections to societies, religions, and regimes in contemporary and historical contexts.

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