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Spring Break for Starfleet Academy means desert weddings, warp slugs, forged transcripts, and a brand-new word entering the Trek lexicon: Ko'Zeine. After our spoiler-heavy review on Mission Log: Reactor, it was your turn to take the mic. On this week's Mission Log Live, callers weighed in on tonal whiplash, Darem's royal detour, Genesis' risky shortcut to command, and whether Caleb is the hero we're meant to root for… or the cadet we most need to yell at. Is "Ko'Zeine" a welcome breather after the Miyazaki disaster? Did the Khionian wedding work for you? Are we shipping the right couples? And what does it mean when Starfleet Academy swings from trauma to rom-com in a single jump? From Klingon bonding rituals to desert couture, you brought sharp insight, strong opinions, and just the right amount of chaos. If you caught our initial review on Mission Log: Reactor, this is the next step, the community conversation. If you didn't, you can always start there for our first impressions before diving into the live debate. Watch Mission Log: Reactor on YouTube youtube.com/@MissionLogPodcasts (Patreon members get Reactor a day early!) Join us Mondays for Mission Log Live Our audience call-in talkback show covering each new episode Streaming FREE every Monday at 7pm PT / 10pm ET on Patreon: patreon.com/missionlog For more Star Trek podcasts, videos, and discussion: missionlogpodcast.com
We're back with a fresh recap & review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1, Episode 7, "Ko'Zeine." Spring Break hits Starfleet Academy, and while some cadets plan a quiet getaway, others get swept into royal weddings, questionable science experiments, and decisions that could derail a pre-command future. Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion unpack the cultural clash on the Khionian "sunset moon," the consequence of cutting corners on the USS Athena, and what this episode has to say about truth and accountability. It's a spoiler-heavy discussion as we break down the latest chapter of this new Trek series' the hits, the head-scratchers, and the character turns that may shape the rest of the season. Prefer to watch? Mission Log: Reactor premieres weekly on YouTube: youtube.com/@MissionLogPodcasts Want it early? Patreon members get Mission Log: Reactor a day before the public release — for as little as $1: patreon.com/missionlog And join us Mondays at 7PM PT / 10PM ET for Mission Log Live, our audience call-in talkback show — streaming FREE on Patreon: patreon.com/missionlog For more Star Trek podcasts, videos, and discussion: missionlogpodcast.com
After our Mission Log Reactor recap of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 6, "Come, Let's Away," we opened the channel, and our Star Trek Pals delivered. This week's live discussion dives deep into the moral calculus of trusting Nus Braka (again), whether Starfleet's diplomacy still works in a fractured galaxy, and if the Federation's reputation for paternalism is something it simply can't shake. Callers unpack Ake's choices, debate whether letting the villain monologue is negotiation or naïveté, and question whether Starfleet has truly learned to meet other cultures where they are. Along the way, we get sharp psychological analysis, comparisons to Janeway and the Borg, musings on Shakespeare references, comic book lore in a post-Burn galaxy, and the eternal question: how much premise-swallowing is too much premise-swallowing? This is Mission Log Live: thoughtful disagreement, sharp insight, a few laughs, and space to wrestle with the bigger ideas behind the action. Watch our initial reactions on Mission Log: Reactor: youtube.com/@MissionLogPodcasts (Patreon members get Reactor a day early!) Join us Mondays for Mission Log Live, our audience call-in talkback show. Streaming FREE every Monday at 7pm PT / 10pm ET on Patreon: patreon.com/missionlog (Audio-only versions drop immediately after the live show.) For more Star Trek podcasts, videos, and discussion, visit: missionlogpodcast.com
We're back with a fresh recap & review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1, Episode 6, "Come, Let's Away"! Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion get out of the classroom and take a field trip into danger, with Nus Braka as a guest lecturer. Hope you studied up, there'll be tests. So. many. tests. Join us for a spoiler-heavy Star Trek podcast as we break down all the latest from this exciting new television series. Also! Join us Mondays at 7PM PT/10PM ET for our live talkback for each episode, FREE on Patreon. We'll hear your thoughts and questions as we embark on this journey together! https://www.patreon.com/missionlog/events/150616376 This is the audio-only podcast version of Mission Log: Reactor. If you'd like to watch the conversation, the full video edition is available on YouTube: Mission Log: Reactor on YouTube youtube.com/@MissionLogPodcasts (Patreon members get Reactor a day early!) Join us Mondays for Mission Log Live — our audience call-in talkback show covering each new episode. Streaming FREE every Monday at 7pm PT / 10pm ET on Patreon: patreon.com/missionlog For more Star Trek podcasts, videos, and discussion, visit: missionlogpodcast.com
Mission Log Live is all about the conversation. Following our Mission Log Reactor discussion of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 5, "Series Acclimation Mil,"we open the channel to our listeners for a wide-ranging call-in discussion that explores SAM's journey, manufactured intelligence, and what it means to "understand" humanity at all. Callers bring deeply personal reactions to SAM's story, comparisons to Data and "Data's Day," reflections on Benjamin and Jake Sisko, and thoughtful debate over whether this episode is a sincere exploration of identity or an uneven mix of whimsy, fan service, and big ideas. We hear perspectives shaped by love of Deep Space Nine, fresh eyes new to DS9, and everything in between, with space for minds to change and opinions to clash respectfully. This is Mission Log Live at its core: a welcoming space for thoughtful disagreement and shared curiosity about Star Trek's message. Watch our initial reactions on Mission Log Reactor: youtube.com/@MissionLogPodcasts (Patreon members get Reactor a day early!) Join us for Mission Log Live every Monday night — our audience call-in talkback show, FREE for everyone at: patreon.com/missionlog (Audio-only versions drop after the live show.) For more Star Trek podcasts, videos, and discussion, visit: missionlogpodcast.com
We're back with a fresh spoiler-heavy recap and review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Season 1, Episode 5, "Series Acclimation Mil." Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion enroll in a class on the unknowable, following SAM as she tries to understand organic life and the legacy of Benjamin Sisko. Along the way, we dig into big questions about identity, predestination, and whether learning can ever really be quantified. Plus: holographic hangovers, blobfish, and just how much whimsy is too much whimsy. This is the audio-only podcast version of Mission Log: Reactor. If you'd like to watch the conversation, the full video edition is available on YouTube: Mission Log: Reactor on YouTube youtube.com/@MissionLogPodcasts (Patreon members get Reactor a day early!) Join us Mondays for Mission Log Live — our audience call-in talkback show covering each new episode. Streaming FREE every Monday at 7pm PT / 10pm ET on Patreon: patreon.com/missionlog For more Star Trek podcasts, videos, and discussion, visit: missionlogpodcast.com
Mission Log Live puts the spotlight on you. Following our Mission Log Reactor discussion of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 4, "Vox In Excelso," we open the channel to our listeners for a wide-ranging conversation about Klingon identity, family, myth, debate, and what Star Trek is, and can be, right now. Callers bring everything from joyful tears to thoughtful critique. We hear deeply personal reactions to Jay-Den Kraag's story, discussions of chosen family and queer representation, debates over how truth is framed versus discovered, and even speculation about whether Caleb might be hiding something more than exceptional talent. Along the way, we wrestle with empathy versus charity, cultural self-determination, and the power of storytelling to shape identity. This is Mission Log Live at its best: respectful disagreement, unexpected insights, and a reminder that Star Trek works most powerfully when it invites conversation rather than closing it down.
SPECIAL RELEASE Before we return to our regular release schedule, here's the second—and final— specialaudio drop from our Patreon-exclusive Mission Log Live discussions. This episode focuses on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 3, "Vitus Reflux." The rivalry between Starfleet cadets and the War College heats up, culminating in a competitive game of Calica (laser tag of the future), a full-blown prank war, and a fast-growing, mockery-spouting fungus at the center of it all. As always, Mission Log Live is driven by you. Callers weighed in with reactions ranging from unabashed enjoyment to a resounding "meh," sparking a wide-ranging conversation about tone, tropes, and what this episode is really trying to say. To help put some of the criticism into perspective, we're joined by special guest Larry Nemecek (aka Dr. Trek) for additional context and critique.
Mission Log Live: Starfleet Academy Episodes 1 & 2 SPECIAL RELEASE You asked, and we listened. To make sure no version of Mission Log Live is missed, we're releasing the audio from our Patreon-exclusive live chats into the main podcast feed. In this first special release, we dive into the opening two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — "Kids These Days" and "Beta Test." From early reactions to cadet romances and clashing personalities, to over-the-top villains and big thematic swings, this is where the conversation really starts. Hear your comments, questions, and takes as Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion unpack what's working, what's raising eyebrows, and what these episodes might be setting up for the future of the series.
Episode 4 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has daddy issues that could decide the fate of the Klingon Empire, to be resolved only in reasoned debate or an interplanetary pillow fight! Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion discuss "Vox In Excelso," which lets us in on how the Burn affected the Klingons, and gives us Jay-Den Kraag's origin story. Enjoy our honest-to-goodness, SPOILER HEAVY review and chime in with YOUR thoughts in the comments. Also! Join us Mondays at 7PM PT/10PM ET for our live talkback for each episode, FREE on Patreon. We'll hear your thoughts and questions as we embark on this journey together!
Episode 3 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy answers the age old question, is it like laser tag? Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion discuss "Vitus Reflux," where the war college and Starfleet academy go head to head. Not gonna lie, Calica looks fun. Enjoy our honest-to-goodness, SPOILER HEAVY review and chime in with YOUR thoughts in the comments. Also! Join us Mondays at 7PM PT/10PM ET for our live talkback for each episode, FREE on Patreon. We'll hear your thoughts and questions as we embark on this journey together!
Welcome, Cadets, to Episodes 1 & 2 of Paramount's newest Star Trek series, Starfleet Academy! Did you know Mission Log Patrons get this video a day early!? patreon.com/missionlog Roddenberry Podcasts very own Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion deliver their honest-to-goodness SPOILER HEAVY review for the first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, "Kids These Days" and "Beta Test." We discuss what worked! What doesn't. What has potential! And what's concerning… Join us Mondays at 7PM PT/10PM ET for our live talkback for each episode, FREE on Patreon patreon.com/missionlog. We'll hear your thoughts and questions as we embark on this journey together! For more Trek content, visit https://www.missionlogpodcast.com/ #Roddenberry #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy #GeneRoddenberry #review #spoilers
Just because #StarTrek is off our screens for a while doesn't mean the story is over - Kirsten Beyer drops by to talk about the #StarTrekKhan audio series and hear some questions from Mission Log Live's callers.
Capping off our discussion of the third season of #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds is a discussion with Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry on his own reactions to the show's third year, and its future - and, of course, questions from Mission Log Live's callers!
Our callers have made their hot takes known about each episode in real time - but what about their takes-up-the-whole-widescreen-main-viewer opinion of the season as a whole? Mission Log Live's callers carried on a lively conversation (and ended on a song!).
It's a battle between two ancient forces that defy description. It's also a Wonderful Life. It's the season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Mission Log Live's callers definitely had thoughts about it.
Ever had one of those slumber parties where there wasn't any pizza or soda, just board games and a wormhole and a crashed shuttle and a gas giant and a combustible atmosphere and oversized space centipedes and, oh yeah, a large intelligent lizard that looks a lot like a large intelligent lizard that tried to disembowel you that one time? No? Well, maybe you're like Mission Log Live's callers, and you had thoughts on the latest episode of Strange New Worlds instead.
When the crew needs a little more logic to solve a crisis, going Vulcan seems like a good idea...until it doesn't. Was it logical for everyone's brand new Vulcan dogma to chase their katra? Mission Log Live's callers let us know if they found it illogical, or if they dug it.
A documentary maker with an agenda collides with a crew on edge during a mission where nothing goes as planned, leading to a single question: "What Is Starfleet?" Mission Log Live's callers might just have the answer - or they might have a lot to say about this unconventional episode of Strange New Worlds.
Ever get just what you wanted and then found out there were terms and conditions? James T. Kirk takes the captain's chair in a crisis for the first time, and Mission Log Live's hosts and callers have plenty of notes for him on his first real command.
Korby and Chapel lead a landing party into ancient alien ruins to search for the secret of immortality. By the time it's all over, they may wish they'd just taken everyone out for pizza instead. The Enterprise crews takes a peek "Through The Lens Of Time", and Mission Log Live's callers weigh in on whether or not this episode will live forever.
Space, the last frontier. La'an gets to alpha-test new Starfleet technology that has a lot of promise and a lot of bugs, and maybe a safety issue or two. Will this "holodeck" thing ever catch on, or is it just murder on the ship's systems? What are the odds? Hear what Mission Log Live's callers had to say about "A Space Adventure Hour".
Sometimes you've just gotta drop everything and get flowers for your significant other. But for Captain Pike, doing so is the only way to keep her alive. But there's a catch! Actually, a lot of catches. With lots of teeth. Climb aboard the Shuttle To Kenfori to hear what Mission Log Live's callers had to say.
It's a season premiere double-header as Mission Log Live covers the conclusion of Hegemony and the more light-hearted Wedding Bell Blues. What will Mission Log Live's callers make of this unlikely pairing?
An invasion is imminent, and Pike and his crew find themselves trapped behind the front lines. Personal issues collide with orders from Starfleet to avoid a war at all costs. Mission Log Live's callers are Gorn'a have a few things to say about the season two finale.
With a spring in our step, a song in our hearts, and episode co-writers Bill Wolkoff and Dana Horgan on our show, Mission Log Live welcomes callers to vocalize their thoughts on the Strange New Worlds musical, Subspace Rhapsody.
Behind every war story or war statistic, there are war wounds, some of which can't be seen - or healed. Mission Log Live's callers had lots of thoughts on the controversial episode Under The Cloak Of War.
Whether our callers were from the 23rd or 24th century (or just the 21st), everyone's got opinions on the Strange New Worlds / Lower Decks crossover episode Those Old Scientists.
Mission Log Live goes behind the scenes of Strange New Worlds' iconic 23rd century props! Learn about the design and build of the gadgets that bring Pike's Enterprise to life with prop master Jim Murray and our guests from Factory Entertainment! Then, Heather and John dive into Lost in Translation. Bruce's "Boldly Going" campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/boldly-going-documentary#/
Today, we prepare for Strange New Worlds season 3 and welcome special guest, Bruce Horak, to discuss his time on the show as Hemmer, and much more! Bruce's "Boldly Going" campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/boldly-going-documentary#/
With five seasons of #StarTrekLowerDecks in the rear view mirror, Chris Prynoski (President of Titmouse, Inc.) and managing director Barry Kelly drop by Mission Log Live to discuss the making of the series and answer callers' questions.
It's a wrap and it's a warp! Mission Log Live's hosts take YOUR calls to sum up five seasons of Star Trek: Lower Decks adventures aboard the Cerritos.
All hands, brace for weird! The hosts of Mission Log Live and plenty of callers discuss whether or not the crew of the Cerritos stuck the landing in the Star Trek: Lower Decks series finale, "The New Next Generation".
Sick of the multiverse? Don't freak out about it - the hosts and callers of Mission Log Live didn't! Hear their thoughts on the star-studded latest Star Trek: Lower Decks episode, "Fissure Quest" - and a surprise visit from Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan!
Inside you there are two Shaxs - and a whole other bunch of weirdos - and Mission Log Live's called in to share their thoughts on the latest #StarTrekLowerDecks, "Upper Decks"... unless they were stuck at work in a tube.
Is everything just a shade more purple this week? Join the hosts and callers of Mission Log Live to compare notes on this week's episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks while sipping micheladas. Don't spill them!
Did the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks have you bent out of shape? Hear what the hosts and callers of Mission Log Live had to say, and get squared away.
Has that vague feeling of being cursed got you down? Let the hosts of Mission Log Live give you the guided tour of "Starbase 80?!", the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Try the corn dogs, they're a local delicacy.
Join Mission Log Live for some positively gizzulent conversation about the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "A Farewell To Farms", and you don't even have to be a chef of the mind to join in!
When it comes to the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, the silent treatment won't do. Fortunately, Mission Log Live's callers aren't known for keeping it quiet. Book a suite at "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel"!
The first two episodes of the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks have dropped, and we have thoughts. And so did Mission Log Live's callers! Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
Star Trek: Lower Decks returns this week! What do Mission Log Live's viewers and listeners want from the final ten episodes? Get hyped for the final flight of the Cerritos with our Season 5 pre-show. Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
We're looking back at Star Trek: Discovery as Holly and John and Mission Log Live's callers wrap up the first streaming-era series and discuss its legacy. Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
It all comes down to this: the final episode of #StarTrekDiscovery. What did Mission Log Live's callers think of the final adventure? Join John and Holly to discuss "Life, Itself". Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
Join John, Holly, and Mission Log Live's callers as they discuss the finer points of this week's #StarTrekDiscovery episode, "LaGrange Point". Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
Norman and Holly present their theories about the latest episode of #StarTrekDiscovery and then let Mission Log Live's a-maze-ing callers tackle the "Labyrinths". Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
John and Holly and Mission Log Live's callers are Breen-ging their A-game to analyzing the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery - "Erigah"! Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
Mission Log Live's callers join Holly and Norman and speak their piece about the #StarTrekDiscovery episode "Whistlespeak". Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
John, Holly and Mission Log Live's callers reflect on the latest #StarTrekDiscovery episode, "Mirrors"! Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
Join Holly, Norman, and Mission Log Live callers past and present to discuss "Face The Strange". Learn more about PanCan and PurpleStride here: PanCan.org / PurpleStride.org Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
Join John and Holly and our callers to unpack the Trills and spills in "Jinaal", the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery. Be sure to join us live! We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern
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