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Xenobiology meets Fight Club. Thanks to the awesome Patreon supporter who nominated this episode! If you would like to purchase a nomination or a bonus episode of your own, email the show at ClaytempleMedia.@gmail.com. Support the show and gain access to over three dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough science-fiction and fantasy in your life? Join us on The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast! Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks! Neil Gaiman fan? Love comics? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Check out Glenn's medieval history podcast Agnus! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Follow Claytemple Media on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for our newsletter. Follow Glenn on Facebook and Twitter. Check out Glenn's weird fiction story "Goodbye to All That" on the Tales to Terrify Podcast. Next time: Sandkings by George R.R. Martin - Discussion Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

Join two Star Wars podcasters as they seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no Star Wars fans have gone before! Peter is a lifelong Star Trek fan, and Mike is not familiar with Star Trek at all. In this limited series, Peter will choose class Star Trek episodes for Mike to watch, hoping to introduce him to this classic sci-fi universe. We are reviewing the premiere of Star Trek Prodigy, the new animated series, and Lower Decks, the adult comedy series set in the TNG era. We then discuss the future of Star Trek, all the other new series and rumors, and we get Mike's verdict. Is he a Star Trek fan!?!? Tune in to find out. You can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter, at @rebelsrebelspod, or email the show at RebelsRebelsPod@gmail.com. Subscribe on any app, or connect with us on all social media by visiting http://smarturl.it/rebelsrebels.  Our new theme music is by Peter's band, Sore Thumb. Hear all their music and get more info at www.sorethumbband.com

In our 8th supplemental episode of our series: "The Collector's Corner," we are privileged to be joined by Brian Volk-Weiss, who is the CEO and Founder of The Nacelle Company. The Nacelle Company develops, produces, and distributes feature and documentary films as well as TV Shows. They are behind many of the great comedy specials out there and wonderful documentaries such as: "The Toys That Made Us" and "The Movies That Made Us." But, what we are extremely excited to talk to Brian about is the recently released History Channel docu-series entitled: "The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek. Brian highlights some behind the scenes moments from the series and gives us some insights on how and why he developed it. He also highlights some key contributions from Narrator and Executive-Producer, Gates McFadden. Brian also let's us in on some collectibles that will be coming our way in the near future. Please check out their website at http://www.nacellecompany.com and watch "The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek" on the History Channel. If you would like to be featured on The Divine Treasury, reach out to us on: - Twitter: @divine_treasury - Instagram: @divine_treasury You can also find video of the collections of our guests and reveals of our new items by subscribing to the Trek Geeks Podcast Network on YouTube.

More Lower Decks Hello lovely listeners! Hope you've had a good holiday season, apologies for the delays, hopefully we'll get our schedules sorted for 2022! So here's our 2nd part of the LowerDecks season 2 discussion, to finish off 2021. Hope you enjoy and Happy New Year! Stay safe and we'll see you in 2022 for more Trek talking!

Executive meddling means we've come to the very sudden end of "Voyager" season one! First up, we learn more about Neelix and his people when the designer of a super-weapon that devastated a Talaxian moon drops by for a visit in "Jetrel". After that, get the cheese to sickbay and brace yourself for a crappier version of TNG's "Lower Decks" in "Learning Curve". Also this week: rappin' "Trek", the Eddington sniff, and season 1 tops and bottoms! [timestamps: Jetrel: 1:21; Learning Curve: 34:57; S.1 wrap: 1:08:24] [S.1 Wrap Blog: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/671939064893718528/a-surprisingly-good-showing-for-neelix-in-season-1]

Hosts Cam Smith and Tyler Orton bid farewell to 2021 in true Q style by gazing into the rearview mirror and reflecting on their past year of podcasting. In addition to highlighting their favourite moments, episodes and bloopers, the duo discuss this year's Discovery, Lower Decks and Prodigy outputs, and ponder what delights the Trek universe could bring in 2022. Happy holidays everyone, and have a fantastic New Year!Right-click to download.Read more »

Number One Fan, Xavier Kuehlein, joins us as co-host this week. We review Star Trek: Discovery S04E06 Stormy Weather. Vote for the 2021 Spockies Awards (polls open until Thursday 10:30 pm EST) The Flintstones – Theme Song Lyrics Introducing podcast ratings: An easy way to make a good first impression—and draw in new listeners – News – Spotify for Podcasters On Spotify - Spockcast - a Star Trek Discovery, Picard, & Lower Decks podcast On Apple Podcasts - ‎Spockcast - a Star Trek Discovery, Picard, & Lower Decks podcast on Apple Podcasts Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Is Taking a Break... to Make Way for More Star Trek Spockcast T-Shirts on TeeSpring Holographic Stickers Spider-Man: No Way Home web slings into top box office spot Batman icon Michael Keaton joins Batgirl All Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies, Ranked By Tomatometer Huge Games Company Embracer Group Buys Dark Horse Comics - IGN Bbc Documentary 2015 Dancing in The Dark The End Of Physics BBC iPlayer - YMMV The Matrix Resurrections – Official Trailer 1 Slugfest | Official Trailer | The Roku Channel Star Wars The Book of Boba Fett Official Trailer 3 | Disney+ The Grand Tour Presents: Carnage A Trois | Official Trailer THE CENTER SEAT: 55 YEARS OF STAR TREK (Official Trailer) Yelling About Star Trek podcast - Chris Fox

Who would have believed that a nonchalant fangirl post on the SyFy Sistas Muthaship Facebook group could lead to an actual squeal before letting the Fabulous One into the zoom room. The best Anniversary present ever! Dr. Michelle Thaller - American Astronomer and research scientist for NASA Assistant Director for Science Communication at NASA's Goodard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Dr.Tara Brach - www.tarabrach.com - Psychologist, Author, Teacher, Meditation Jess Zimmerman - www.jesszimmerman.com - “Women and Other Monsters” Nana Visitor aka “Mama Nana” on Instagram: @visitornana The Star Trek Cruise - www.startrekthecruise.com Rosetta Y. Burke, Major General (retired) A special thank you to Bill and Dan from Trek Geeks for getting us in touch with Ms. Visitor. This is our First Year Anniversary (December 24th) show Season 2; Episode 1 We give a special shout out to our sound engineer DoS, the Anonymous. Find him at dostheanonymous1@gmail.com or on Instagram @ dos_theanonymous_1 You can find the SyFy Sistas online at syfysistas.com - Facebook @SyFy Sistas - Twitter: @Syfy Sistas - Instagram: @syfy.sistas - And of course, trekgeeks.com/syfysistas

And we're finally back to talking about the force of nature that is the gravitational anomaly... only to learn that it's artificial DUM DUM DUM. Shocker. Mike and Johnson deliberate the facts and figures of "The Examples," which has us caring less about the actual examples and more about Culber and his C-level storyline. In other news - Michael Burnham and Book have a lot of gut wrenching to do over some typical Star Trek tropes, while Mike wants to shove our Risian guest star out of an airlock (TRIGGER WARNING!). As much as we love Star Trek, we can't help but gush about some of the other sci-fi we're watching right now, including The Witcher and The Expanse, in some scattered but well-intentioned off topic coverage.

Hey, dies ist mein Jahresrückblick 2021 mit Danksagung, Top-Liste der Veröffentlichungszahlen und natürlich ein bisschen Werbung für all meine Podcastproduktionen. Ich möchte mich in diesem Jahr für alle bisherigen Jahre und Podcasts bedanken, weil ich das noch nie auf diese Weise gemacht habe. Los geht's. Dankeschön, Kai Daniel Du, dass du mit mir Platz 11. ENT Every Needful Thing 2015 gemacht hast. Ich hatte viel Spaß daran, vor allem an der Geschichte über den French-Press-Kaffeebereiter. https://compendion.net/everyneedfulthing Ohne Platz 10. FLY Fireflycast 2014-2018 hätte ich Bastian Wölfle und Alexander Waschkau nicht so kennengelernt wie ich sie jetzt kenne. Dafür bin ich besonders dankbar, denn daraus sind großartige Freundschaften und weitere sehr schöne Projekte entstanden. https://compendion.net/fireflycast Ohne Felix Kling hätte ich Platz 9. UGI Und gut is' 2020 nicht gemacht und nie gewusst, wie nett das ist, einen täglichen Podcast zu machen und auch nicht, wie anstrengend, den jeden Tag mühsam händisch zu produzieren. Danke für dieses Erlebnis! https://compendion.net/undgutis Wow. Bei Platz 8. MWM Minutenweise Matrix 2018-2020 weiß ich gar nicht, wo ich anfangen soll mit meinem Dank. Jeden Werktag zwei Stunden Podcast zu produzieren war nicht nur für mich eine Belastung, sondern auch für meine Familie. Vielen Dank, dass ihr das mitgemacht habt. Und vielen Dank natürlich auch an alle Beteiligten, die bereit waren, als Gast und Gästin mitzumachen. Danke euch lieben Hörys, fürs Hören, für all euer Feedback und die Hinweise auf technische Schwierigkeiten, danke für eure Unterstützung! Und danke natürlich auch an Basti und Alexander für den Mumm, das mit mir durchzuziehen. https://compendion.net/minutenweisematrix Eine Weltreise zu machen ist megaschön. Ich durfte dank Holger Krupp quasi live hautnah mit Platz 7. HIAN Hier is' auch nett 2019-2020 dabei sein. Vielen Dank für die vielen Impressionen und das auditiv vermittelte Gefühl von Urlaub. https://hierisauch.net/ Platz 6. AGS Arnes Geheimschrank 2020-X (2 Episoden 2021). Ich danke dem Beteiligten, dass er diesen und die vielen anderen Podcasts macht, denn ohne über Dinge zu sprechen, wären sie nicht so viel wert und ohne die Co-Moderatorys wäre sein Leben ein Stück ärmer. https://compendion.net/arnesgeheimschrank Unbeabsichtigt eskaliert in jeder einzelnen Aufnahme Platz 5. WGJC Werkgetreu James Cameron 2019-X (7 Episoden 2021). Danke an Basti und Alexander, dass ihr nach zweieinhalb anderen Projekten noch immer Lust habt, mit mir in Mikrofone zu sprechen und dabei auch noch einigermaßen unterhaltsam seid, insbesondere in den Outtakes(vgl. Ende dieser Sendung). https://compendion.net/werkgetreujamescameron Lower Decks ist ja schon toll, aber Platz 4. VUD Vier unter Deck 2021-X (8 Episoden 2021) mit Daniela, Boris und Tanja setzt dem ganzen die Krone auf. Danke euch für die vielen Details und Feinheiten, Einsichten und Ideen zu dieser tollen Star-Trek-Serie. https://compendion.net/vierunterdeck Zugegebenermaßen hätte ich nicht noch einen Podcast beginnen müssen, aber ich WOLLTE so gern, und dann noch Platz 3. OTO Offenbar the Orville 2020-X (10 Episoden 2021) mit Alexa Waschkau und Alexander. Danke euch, dass ihr mir diese Serie so nahegebracht habt, dass ich sie inzwischen noch viel mehr zu schätzen weiß. https://compendion.net/offenbartheorville Ohne Nils' Beharrlichkeit wäre Platz 2. GHU Gestern Heute Übermorgen 2019-X (17 Episoden 2021) vermutlich nicht zustande gekommen. Nils, du planst und machst Shownotes und bereitest 20 handgeschriebene A4-Blätter zu jeder Episode vor. Frank, du beeindruckst mich immer wieder mit abstrusem Wissen, das aus der Zukunft zu kommen scheint. Danke euch beiden für die monatlichen Therapiestunden mit Star-Trek-Kontext. https://compendion.net/gesternheuteuebermorgen Ohne Holger Krupp hätte ich vermutlich meine Podcasts nicht begonnen. Mit Platz 1. DML Dirty Minutes Left 2011-X (47 Episoden 2021) haben wir damals gestartet und seitdem mit einigen kürzeren Pausen und nur einer Unterbrechung durchgängig zusammen diesen Podcast gemacht. Ich würde ihn nicht missen wollen, danke dafür. https://compendion.net/dirtyminutesleft Wenn ihr noch Fragen habt, Anmerkungen, Wünsche, Kritik, schreibt mir doch zu den entsprechenden Episoden einen Kommentar oder kommt auf den Discord-Server oder schreibt mir bei Twitter @codenaga. Ich hoffe, ich habe euch ein bisschen Lust gegeben, meine anderen Produktionen anzuhören und euch gefällt da die eine oder andere von. Abgesehen von DML ist das meiste meiner Podcasts zeitlos und dürfte auch nach etlichen Jahren noch unterhaltsam sein. Lasst mich doch wissen, ob ich euch mit meinen Podcasts ein bisschen eurer teuren Freizeit stehlen durfte! Euer Arne Discord: https://discord.gg/uQYt8R5YP4 Twitter: https://twitter.com/codenaga Website: https://compendion.net

This week (Not So) Live from Asteroid G takes a revisit to Star Trek for a look at it's funnier side. We go from THe Orville to Lower Decks and see all the things they're doing right (while Picard gets it so very wrong).

JJ and Andy finished Season 2 of Lower Decks a little while back.

This week, Dan, Bill, Sara, and Kasey take on Star Trek Discovery's "The Examples".  During an rescue mission on an old Emerald Chain settlement, Burnham and Book work to save a group of prisoners who were left behind during the evacuation and face certain death from the DMA.  Meanwhile on the Discovery, Federation scientist and all around know it all Ruon Tarka comes aboard and works with Stamets to gather more information on the DMA. With the help of Saru and Reno, they come up with a dangerous plan to create a mini DMA to test some theories and gain additional data. Plus, Culber is obviously feeling the stress as ships counselor.  He reaches out to an unexpected source of help to figure out what he needs to do - namely Dr. Kovich!  How did we feel about this episode? Do you agree that this weeks guests stars were as amazing as we thought they were? Listen now and find out! FIVE YEAR MISSION Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series! Plus, check out their podcast right here on the Trek Geeks Podcast Network! Find out more and download all 6 of their current albums at FiveYearMission.net

Gene Wolfe's Ray Bradbury story. Pages 152 - 169. Support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon. Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks! Neil Gaiman fan? Love comics? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Check out Glenn's medieval history podcast Agnus! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Follow Claytemple Media on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for our newsletter. Follow Glenn on Facebook and Twitter. Check out Glenn's weird fiction story "Goodbye to All That" on the Tales to Terrify Podcast. Next time: Chapter Three - Part III: Pages 169 - 180

Welcome to the latest episode of our pod-within-a-pod series: 'Shuttle Scuttle'! In this episode, Brandon and Robbie are still live in-person on Starbase 33 (aka Dublin, Ireland) to continue their chat during their visit together - this time talking about ships that appear in animated shows, including Lower Decks and Prodigy. All patrons of Ship-Talking's Patreon gain access to new episodes of 'Shuttle Scuttle' one week before their wide release here! Hailing frequencies are always open at www.shiptalkingpod.com or email hello@shiptalkingpod.com.

Okay so this is the episode where both Mike and Johnson can BOTH agree that at the very least, Michael Burnham is written well, and less aggravating than usual - though that doesn't stop Johnson from having some strong points of feedback. That being said, we loved the episode "All is Possible" as a whole, where we get some awesome character moments. And who else is on this Saru and T'Rina ship!?!?! We also say a bittersweet farewell to Tilly, at least for now. Here's hoping she isn't a stranger, and if she is indeed going to get her own Starfleet Academy show that Mary Wiseman lets us know first!!

Star Trek: Enterprise paved a lot of ground in its first season, creating characters and a history of Starfleet. However, it also dared to bring a regular cast member from another Star Trek series on board as a guest star, playing a character completely unrelated. We all know that the amazing René Auberjonois played Constable Odo for seven seasons on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but many people forget he also played Ezral in the first season Enterprise episode, "Oasis." For the second anniversary of his passing, we'll consider this episode and what René brings to it specifically. Plus, we have a winner of some FanSets pins! We've got one more brand-new episode in 2021 after this, so we hope you'll join us for this episode of The Flagship.

Mark and Amy discuss the ENTIRE Star Trek Animated Universe! From the 1970's Animated Series to 2021's Prodigy and everything in between!Join us in the Federation Council Chambers on Facebook.Find us on Twitter:The Network: @UFPEarthThe Show: @AllGoodPodAmy: @MissAmyNelsonMark: @MarkWhite207United Federation of Podcasts is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help produce the podcast! David WillettJustin OserTim CooperCasey PettittChrissie De Clerck-SzilagyiMahendran RadhakrishnanJim McMahonVictor GamboaVera BibleTom Van ScotterGreg MolumbyKevin ScharfAlexander GatesVanessa VaughanWilliam J. JacksonPeter HongLori KickingerJim StoffelTom ElliotThad HaitAnn MarieJoe MignoneJosh Brewington You can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/ufpearth

Happy Holidays from Sara and Haley! We are back to breakdown the madness that is the TNG episode, Ship in a Bottle. It's got holodecks, Barclay, Sherlock Holmes?! You bet it does. Haley and Sara also talk their usual trash talk about life, food....and laugh all the way through it. We hope you enjoy! Cheers!

This week, the whole gang is back for the first time this season as Dan, Bill, Sara, and Kasey take on Star Trek Discovery's "All Is Possible".  After an enlightening conversation with the mysterious Dr. Kovich about the reformed Starfleet Academy, Tilly takes command of a group of new cadets and Adira on an away mission  that goes horribly wrong.  With time running out she must find a way to make her team work together or face certain death! Meanwhile, during the ceremony to welcome back Ni'Var to the Federation, Saru and Burnham are thrust into a political firestorm as President T'Rina drops a bombshell on President Rillak that throws the entire proceedings into doubt!   How did we feel about this episode? What are our thoughts on saying goodbye to a beloved character?  And how do we think Dr. Culber is doing as ships counselor? Listen now and find out! FIVE YEAR MISSION Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series! Plus, check out their podcast right here on the Trek Geeks Podcast Network! Find out more and download all 6 of their current albums at FiveYearMission.net

Favorite stories, themes and motifs, writing lessons, and more!!!! Thanks to the awesome Patreon supporter who nominated this episode! If you would like to purchase a nomination or a bonus episode of your own, email the show at ClaytempleMedia.@gmail.com. Support the show and gain access to over three dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough science-fiction and fantasy in your life? Join us on The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast! Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks! Neil Gaiman fan? Love comics? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Check out Glenn's medieval history podcast Agnus! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Follow Claytemple Media on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for our newsletter. Follow Glenn on Facebook and Twitter. Check out Glenn's weird fiction story "Goodbye to All That" on the Tales to Terrify Podcast. Next time: Sandkings by George R.R. Martin Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

This is one of those episodes where Mike and Johnson end up talking WAY too much and then it's like "OH MY [insert George Takei GIF] would you look at the time!?" This week, we celebrate (briefly) Star Trek VI's 30th anniversary, before getting into the Discovery episode "Choose to Live." And oh look surprise surprise - there's a heated debate about the character of Michael Burnham. SHOCKING. But at least we all understand and recognize that Tilly is a delight! We then drop by Deanna's office and do some sharing - Mike is just trying to catch up and make sure his dog Hamish doesn't poop everywhere, while Johnson contemplates turning 40 and how he's going to manage to live for another 40-50 years. Choose to live indeed!

In a podcast exclusive, Mike and Emilie have the chance this week to have a conversation with Dan & Kevin Hageman, the creators of Star Trek: Prodigy! The conversation includes how they began their writing careers, what it takes to create an animated series from scratch and what it feels like to have their names mentioned alongside Gene Roddenberry. We are overjoyed that Dan and Kevin chose to spend some time with us and can't thank them enough for their graciousness. If you're loving Prodigy like we are, you won't want to miss this conversation!

Gene Wolfe's Ray Bradbury story. Pages 142 - 151. Support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon. Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough weird fiction in your life? Join us on Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast. Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks! Neil Gaiman fan? Love comics? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Check out Glenn's medieval history podcast Agnus! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Follow Claytemple Media on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for our newsletter. Follow Glenn on Facebook and Twitter. Check out Glenn's weird fiction story "Goodbye to All That" on the Tales to Terrify Podcast. Next time: Chapter Three - Part II: Pages 152 - 169

This week, Bill, Sara, and Kasey take on Star Trek Discovery's "Choose To Live".  It hasn't been all that long since the Burn, and well even when the Federation is handing out dilithium, odds are someone will show up and try to take it without asking. That happens this week, and someone pays for that...with their life! All kind of things are happening in this week's episode "Choose To Live," from family reunions, to Romulan Warrior nuns (better known as the Qowat Milat), and even Burnham and Tilly discovering and saving a completely new alien race--in about seven minutes! How did we feel about this episode? Listen now and find out!

Discovery brings us a new episode where we see a LOT of sidebar conversations happening, but we love all of them! Between Culber-Tilly (twice!), Adira-Tilly, Book-Michael, Book-Stamets, Adira-Gray, Saru-Tilly, there is a LOT of action. And we are so glad that Saru is back!! Other than this week's episode, we also chat about some off topic - including Cowboy Bebop, the Great British Bakeoff, Doctor Who, Foundation, The Morning Show, and The Wheel of Time. And will we ever discuss Coda Book 2!?

100!!!!!! If you would like to purchase a nomination or a bonus episode of your own, email the show at ClaytempleMedia.@gmail.com. Support the show and gain access to over three dozen bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough science-fiction and fantasy in your life? Join us on The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast! Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks! Neil Gaiman fan? Love comics? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Check out Glenn's medieval history podcast Agnus! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Follow Claytemple Media on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for our newsletter. Follow Glenn on Facebook and Twitter. Check out Glenn's weird fiction story "Goodbye to All That" on the Tales to Terrify Podcast. Next time: Sandkings by George R.R. Martin Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

This week on Episode 533 of Priority One: ViacomCBS tries to make amends to the world; First Contact celebrates 25 years; Badgey finally makes it into Star Trek Online; and we continue our S4 review of Star Trek: Discovery! TREK IT OUT Edited by Thomas Reynolds How World War III Really Starts By Elio Lleo Before we left you for our Thanksgiving break, we reported that ViacomCBS had pulled Star Trek: Discovery from Netflix, leaving our friends outside of the US and Canada without a way to watch the latest season until sometime in 2022. Well, ViacomCBS has performed a massive international course correction. The fact that DSC was the fourth-most pirated series during Thanksgiving? Completely unrelated. Image: MUSO, via Deadline. Perhaps it was the international uproar. Perhaps it was because their poor planning was so misguided that it made headlines on news outlets like the BBC. Whatever the case may be, Paramount+ announced that Star Trek: Discovery will now be available internationally via Paramount+ or Pluto TV. You can find a detailed list of which platform in which country Discovery will be made available here.  Turbulence On Star Trek's Magic Carpet Ride By Elio Lleo It's been 25 years since Star Trek: First Contact premiered in movie theaters. Widely regarded as one of the best films of the franchise, its production wasn't entirely a walk in the park. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, writer Ronald D. Moore shares some behind the scenes stories about the film–including a clash with Sir Patrick Stewart.  According to Moore, Stewart wasn't too thrilled about some of the writing so he convinced Rick Berman to replace Moore and his co-writer Brannon Braga with some of his own writers. However, those new writers didn't quite work out…so Braga and Moore were brought back. Awkward. Even more awkward than this, apparently. Image: ViacomCBS, via TrekNews. Moore shares the story: "I remember Patrick at the outset just said something like: ‘It's good to see you. I hope that we can all move on from the things that have happened, and now let's just concentrate on the work.' And I took that in the spirit it was given: [He] wants to move on from this, he's not going to apologize outright, but he kind of is apologizing. And it was never spoken of again. So we just moved on." The Moore You Know Moore also spoke with SyFy about his work on the film. In this interview, there's more discussion about the actual development of the script and it's production. For instance, did you know that one of the original drafts had Riker as the action star–facing off against the Borg aboard the Enterprise. But Sir Patrick wanted in on the action–recalling the episode “Starship Mine.” They even toyed with the idea of setting the film in medieval times! Another version had Picard trying to find affordable rent in San Francisco. Image: ViacomCBS, via American Cinematographer. When asked about scenes for stories that he wished hadn't been cut, Moore explains: "There were just expanded sequences. There was just more action in general, more fighting the Borg in the corridors, and going into different places on the ship. And I think there was more humor. A lot of the jokes got cut down. I think we had more fun with Troi (Marina Sirtis) and Cochrane's relationship on Earth, where he gets her drunk. We had more to that sequence scripted and that was fun to write, too. Rick might have made us cut it because he was always a little too–he was always kind of worried that maybe the humor would be too corny or something." The Other Kind of Star Trek Royalty One aspect of the film that Trekkies like to debate is the introduction of the Borg Queen. Well, Trekkies aren't the only ones that debated her introduction. According to Moore: "...it was a choice that was also antithetical to the idea of the Borg. The whole concept of these villains was that they were a collection, and that there were no individuals. And that's what made them the faceless, implacable 'resistance is futile' enemy. But it also limited how to deal with them dramatically…[s]o we really went back and forth about it internally…[w]e decided that the story would be better if we had some individual to deal with." Comparing thee to a summer's day, you're making everyone overly sweaty. Image: ViacomCBS, via American Cinematographer. "To craft scenes around, to do an intimate kind of dialogue back and forth and help get inside characters' heads–like Data in particular, and Picard. So what we came up with...a Borg Queen that controlled at least this collective of that particular ship, not necessarily that she was the queen of the whole Borg…" For more insight about the film and its production process, be sure to Trek Out both interviews. Whoopi Brings Trek Full Circle By Cat Hough Well, while we're talking about Picard: the next season is premiering in February, and we're getting bits of information about the upcoming season, including Michelle Hurd's view on working with Whoopi Goldberg.  Michelle Hurd told a fan via Cameo what filming Picard Season 2 was like, saying “I pinch myself. I am a fan too, I literally pinch myself when on set or get to work with these amazing iconic creatures.” She was referring to both John de Lancie's return as Q and Goldberg's return as Guinan. Hurd went on to say that working with Goldberg was, “the bomb. She is SO cool. She is just cool, she is just Whoopi. That's all you can say.” Of course, not everyone's working relationship was as cordial. Image: ViacomCBS, via Agony Booth. Not much is known about how Guinan may fit into Season 2 of Picard. We know that her character has demonstrated a special ability to sense changes in timelines, which could factor into the time travel and alternate timelines featured in the upcoming season.  Speaking of Whoopi, she interviewed Sonequa Martin-Green on The View recently, and if you haven't had a chance to watch it, you really should. Martin-Green includes a very touching acknowledgement to Goldberg's history on Star Trek and how she and Nichelle Nicols paved the way for her to take on the Captain role on Discovery. Martin-Green told Goldberg, “I am your accomplishment, and I thank you.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X25gVG34L-0 Quick News Roundup Now, here are a few headlines that we didn't discuss but might interest you.  If you haven't signed up for Paramount+ but have been eager to share Star Trek: Prodigy with your kids, then set your set-top-boxes and TiVos to record the Nickelodeon premiere happening Friday, December 17th at 8pm ET/7pm CT. Speaking of Prodigy, if you're eager to continue the adventure, you'll have to wait until January 6, 2022 for episode 6.  IDW Publishing announced it would release Star Trek: Klingons in February 2022. This comic book series will chronicle the legendary life of Kahless, the Unforgettable [wait, who?--Ed.]. This release will be the first installment in a series of extra-long one-shots spotlighting the Star Trek franchise's most iconic alien species. It's written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and features artist Timothy Green II. In an excellent in-depth interview, featured as a part of Rolling Stone's Last Word series, LeVar Burton reflects on his Jeopardy! experience, the magic of Star Trek conventions, the lasting importance of Roots, and the advice he got from his friend Fred Rogers–so make sure to trek out the link in our show notes. STAR TREK GAMING NEWS Edited by Thomas Reynolds Has Q Found Some Chill At Last? (No.) By Cat Hough https://youtu.be/cJMGnx7_ZKA It's that time of year again, again. Time to get those scarves and sweaters and head to Q's Winter Wonderland, where you can participate in your choice of Winter Wonderland Activities and get a new Tier 6 Starship…that had yet to be announced at the time of this recording [It was announced as the cross-faction Eisenberg-class Star Cruiser on Cryptic's Ten Forward Weekly stream the following day, December 1st–Ed.] This means that, just like last year, Daily Progress toward earning your new starship can be obtained by participating in any of the following activities: Fastest Game on Ice Klingon Ice Fishing Tides of Ice The Fast and the Flurrious Cones of Conduct The Kramp'Ihri  That's not a mistaken date; 2020 will simply never end. Image: Cryptic Studios. Once you run one of those events to earn your Daily Progress, you will also get various Holiday Ornaments, used in different combinations to purchase things in the Winter Event store. New this year: Glacial Nanopulse Bat'leth, because revenge is a dish…well, you get it. The Warnog Rescue Targ and the Barrel of Warnog. Exactly what it sounds like: it's a barrel, full of warnog. Lower Decks-themed sweaters, including ones from the Chu Chu Dance, The Dog, Badgey, and everyone's favorite evil Jeffrey Combs computer, Agimus. This year's epohh variant, the Glacial Epohh, is the same glorious glacial blue as the Bat'leth. Mmm. Minty. Image: Cryptic Studios. Well Someone's Going To Have A Blast A more surprising addition for this year's event is a new Breen Ground Set. The set centers on cold damage, specifically a new Polar Blast ability: a cold damage AOE  centered on a single target. Breen Cryoshaper Armor [HP] [Mob] [ResEn] ∞ [Active] Ablative Ice Shield generates a shield of ablative ice, providing temporary Health] that grows each time the wielder deals Cold damage, with the extra Health based on Cold damage dealt. [Passive] Massive Control Resist grants very high fire and cold resist, moderate energy resist, and light physical/kinetic resist Breen Cryoshaper Personal Shield [Reg]x3 ∞ When the shield is broken, deals a Polar Blast to whatever broke it.  Breen Cryoshaper Universal Kit Frame +Kit Performance +Cold Damage Using a Cold Kit Module deals a Polar Blast to the primary target. Breen Cryoshaper Thermal Depletion Pistol [CrtH] [Dmg]x2 ∞ Deals Cold Damage Secondary fire: a Polar Blast to three targets in a cone Set Bonuses 2 Pieces +50% Temp Health gained from Cryobarrier Polar Blasts slow Foes and gain a 10% chance per Foe hit to spawn another Polar Blast 3 Pieces Dealing Cold Damage to an enemy debuffs its Cold Damage Resistance Rating 4 Pieces Cryoshaper Weapon primary attack gains 100% weapon firing cycle speed Plot twist: all four of these models are also Jeffrey Combs. Image: Cryptic Studios. Q's Winter Wonderland will be available from December 7th, 2021 to January 6th, 2022. This event will run simultaneously across all platforms (PC and console).  STO Looks Into The Crystal Ball Sphere By Cat Hough In a recent interview with StarTrek.com, Design Director Al Rivera and Staff Writer Paul Reed discuss what it was like to incorporate Star Trek: Discovery into Star Trek Online. The two discussed their initial reactions to hearing about the new show and how having new content to draw from and how that has helped add more content to the game.  Because Captains in the game have gone to all four quadrants, made peace with the Founders, saved time itself, and even won, barely, a war against the ancient Iconians, having new Star Trek shows like Discovery gives the team that extra bit of inspiration. Reed already has an interesting idea for how to tie the lore into the far future setting of Discovery's third and fourth seasons. “Say for example, are the Iconians still around in that time era? And if so, what are they doing? Have they evolved? Have they changed? Are they still mad? It's been a long time, but I'd like to go into some pockets of our lore in that far future and then tie in with the Discovery team in some way. So, seeing how the Iconians handled the Burn for example would be pretty cool.”  Then again, how can you possibly top this? Image: Cryptic Studios, via StarTrek.com Rivera had some of his own ideas for stories to tap into. “And they got all the Sphere data, what was that about? That's a perfect example of a story where we can jump off of and talk about what that was, or what's a gormagander? Let's talk about that. So there are opportunities there.” Well, we're excited to play all of these stories in-game. Anytime now. Cheers to Club 47! By Elio Lleo In a recent tweet, Environment Artist Nick Duigid reminisced about the launch of Club 47 on ESD seven years ago! Nick says it doesn't get much traffic these days–but the launch party looked like a really good time.  https://twitter.com/Tumerboy/status/1462211110514266112?s=20

This week on Episode 533 of Priority One: ViacomCBS tries to make amends to the world; First Contact celebrates 25 years; Badgey finally makes it into Star Trek Online; and we continue our S4 review of Star Trek: Discovery! TREK IT OUT Edited by Thomas Reynolds How World War III Really Starts By Elio Lleo Before we left you for our Thanksgiving break, we reported that ViacomCBS had pulled Star Trek: Discovery from Netflix, leaving our friends outside of the US and Canada without a way to watch the latest season until sometime in 2022. Well, ViacomCBS has performed a massive international course correction. The fact that DSC was the fourth-most pirated series during Thanksgiving? Completely unrelated. Image: MUSO, via Deadline. Perhaps it was the international uproar. Perhaps it was because their poor planning was so misguided that it made headlines on news outlets like the BBC. Whatever the case may be, Paramount+ announced that Star Trek: Discovery will now be available internationally via Paramount+ or Pluto TV. You can find a detailed list of which platform in which country Discovery will be made available here.  Turbulence On Star Trek's Magic Carpet Ride By Elio Lleo It's been 25 years since Star Trek: First Contact premiered in movie theaters. Widely regarded as one of the best films of the franchise, its production wasn't entirely a walk in the park. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, writer Ronald D. Moore shares some behind the scenes stories about the film–including a clash with Sir Patrick Stewart.  According to Moore, Stewart wasn't too thrilled about some of the writing so he convinced Rick Berman to replace Moore and his co-writer Brannon Braga with some of his own writers. However, those new writers didn't quite work out…so Braga and Moore were brought back. Awkward. Even more awkward than this, apparently. Image: ViacomCBS, via TrekNews. Moore shares the story: "I remember Patrick at the outset just said something like: ‘It's good to see you. I hope that we can all move on from the things that have happened, and now let's just concentrate on the work.' And I took that in the spirit it was given: [He] wants to move on from this, he's not going to apologize outright, but he kind of is apologizing. And it was never spoken of again. So we just moved on." The Moore You Know Moore also spoke with SyFy about his work on the film. In this interview, there's more discussion about the actual development of the script and it's production. For instance, did you know that one of the original drafts had Riker as the action star–facing off against the Borg aboard the Enterprise. But Sir Patrick wanted in on the action–recalling the episode “Starship Mine.” They even toyed with the idea of setting the film in medieval times! Another version had Picard trying to find affordable rent in San Francisco. Image: ViacomCBS, via American Cinematographer. When asked about scenes for stories that he wished hadn't been cut, Moore explains: "There were just expanded sequences. There was just more action in general, more fighting the Borg in the corridors, and going into different places on the ship. And I think there was more humor. A lot of the jokes got cut down. I think we had more fun with Troi (Marina Sirtis) and Cochrane's relationship on Earth, where he gets her drunk. We had more to that sequence scripted and that was fun to write, too. Rick might have made us cut it because he was always a little too–he was always kind of worried that maybe the humor would be too corny or something." The Other Kind of Star Trek Royalty One aspect of the film that Trekkies like to debate is the introduction of the Borg Queen. Well, Trekkies aren't the only ones that debated her introduction. According to Moore: "...it was a choice that was also antithetical to the idea of the Borg. The whole concept of these villains was that they were a collection, and that there were no individuals. And that's what made them the faceless, implacable 'resistance is futile' enemy. But it also limited how to deal with them dramatically…[s]o we really went back and forth about it internally…[w]e decided that the story would be better if we had some individual to deal with." Comparing thee to a summer's day, you're making everyone overly sweaty. Image: ViacomCBS, via American Cinematographer. "To craft scenes around, to do an intimate kind of dialogue back and forth and help get inside characters' heads–like Data in particular, and Picard. So what we came up with...a Borg Queen that controlled at least this collective of that particular ship, not necessarily that she was the queen of the whole Borg…" For more insight about the film and its production process, be sure to Trek Out both interviews. Whoopi Brings Trek Full Circle By Cat Hough Well, while we're talking about Picard: the next season is premiering in February, and we're getting bits of information about the upcoming season, including Michelle Hurd's view on working with Whoopi Goldberg.  Michelle Hurd told a fan via Cameo what filming Picard Season 2 was like, saying “I pinch myself. I am a fan too, I literally pinch myself when on set or get to work with these amazing iconic creatures.” She was referring to both John de Lancie's return as Q and Goldberg's return as Guinan. Hurd went on to say that working with Goldberg was, “the bomb. She is SO cool. She is just cool, she is just Whoopi. That's all you can say.” Of course, not everyone's working relationship was as cordial. Image: ViacomCBS, via Agony Booth. Not much is known about how Guinan may fit into Season 2 of Picard. We know that her character has demonstrated a special ability to sense changes in timelines, which could factor into the time travel and alternate timelines featured in the upcoming season.  Speaking of Whoopi, she interviewed Sonequa Martin-Green on The View recently, and if you haven't had a chance to watch it, you really should. Martin-Green includes a very touching acknowledgement to Goldberg's history on Star Trek and how she and Nichelle Nicols paved the way for her to take on the Captain role on Discovery. Martin-Green told Goldberg, “I am your accomplishment, and I thank you.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X25gVG34L-0 Quick News Roundup Now, here are a few headlines that we didn't discuss but might interest you.  If you haven't signed up for Paramount+ but have been eager to share Star Trek: Prodigy with your kids, then set your set-top-boxes and TiVos to record the Nickelodeon premiere happening Friday, December 17th at 8pm ET/7pm CT. Speaking of Prodigy, if you're eager to continue the adventure, you'll have to wait until January 6, 2022 for episode 6.  IDW Publishing announced it would release Star Trek: Klingons in February 2022. This comic book series will chronicle the legendary life of Kahless, the Unforgettable [wait, who?--Ed.]. This release will be the first installment in a series of extra-long one-shots spotlighting the Star Trek franchise's most iconic alien species. It's written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and features artist Timothy Green II. In an excellent in-depth interview, featured as a part of Rolling Stone's Last Word series, LeVar Burton reflects on his Jeopardy! experience, the magic of Star Trek conventions, the lasting importance of Roots, and the advice he got from his friend Fred Rogers–so make sure to trek out the link in our show notes. STAR TREK GAMING NEWS Edited by Thomas Reynolds Has Q Found Some Chill At Last? (No.) By Cat Hough https://youtu.be/cJMGnx7_ZKA It's that time of year again, again. Time to get those scarves and sweaters and head to Q's Winter Wonderland, where you can participate in your choice of Winter Wonderland Activities and get a new Tier 6 Starship…that had yet to be announced at the time of this recording [It was announced as the cross-faction Eisenberg-class Star Cruiser on Cryptic's Ten Forward Weekly stream the following day, December 1st–Ed.] This means that, just like last year, Daily Progress toward earning your new starship can be obtained by participating in any of the following activities: Fastest Game on Ice Klingon Ice Fishing Tides of Ice The Fast and the Flurrious Cones of Conduct The Kramp'Ihri  That's not a mistaken date; 2020 will simply never end. Image: Cryptic Studios. Once you run one of those events to earn your Daily Progress, you will also get various Holiday Ornaments, used in different combinations to purchase things in the Winter Event store. New this year: Glacial Nanopulse Bat'leth, because revenge is a dish…well, you get it. The Warnog Rescue Targ and the Barrel of Warnog. Exactly what it sounds like: it's a barrel, full of warnog. Lower Decks-themed sweaters, including ones from the Chu Chu Dance, The Dog, Badgey, and everyone's favorite evil Jeffrey Combs computer, Agimus. This year's epohh variant, the Glacial Epohh, is the same glorious glacial blue as the Bat'leth. Mmm. Minty. Image: Cryptic Studios. Well Someone's Going To Have A Blast A more surprising addition for this year's event is a new Breen Ground Set. The set centers on cold damage, specifically a new Polar Blast ability: a cold damage AOE  centered on a single target. Breen Cryoshaper Armor [HP] [Mob] [ResEn] ∞ [Active] Ablative Ice Shield generates a shield of ablative ice, providing temporary Health] that grows each time the wielder deals Cold damage, with the extra Health based on Cold damage dealt. [Passive] Massive Control Resist grants very high fire and cold resist, moderate energy resist, and light physical/kinetic resist Breen Cryoshaper Personal Shield [Reg]x3 ∞ When the shield is broken, deals a Polar Blast to whatever broke it.  Breen Cryoshaper Universal Kit Frame +Kit Performance +Cold Damage Using a Cold Kit Module deals a Polar Blast to the primary target. Breen Cryoshaper Thermal Depletion Pistol [CrtH] [Dmg]x2 ∞ Deals Cold Damage Secondary fire: a Polar Blast to three targets in a cone Set Bonuses 2 Pieces +50% Temp Health gained from Cryobarrier Polar Blasts slow Foes and gain a 10% chance per Foe hit to spawn another Polar Blast 3 Pieces Dealing Cold Damage to an enemy debuffs its Cold Damage Resistance Rating 4 Pieces Cryoshaper Weapon primary attack gains 100% weapon firing cycle speed Plot twist: all four of these models are also Jeffrey Combs. Image: Cryptic Studios. Q's Winter Wonderland will be available from December 7th, 2021 to January 6th, 2022. This event will run simultaneously across all platforms (PC and console).  STO Looks Into The Crystal Ball Sphere By Cat Hough In a recent interview with StarTrek.com, Design Director Al Rivera and Staff Writer Paul Reed discuss what it was like to incorporate Star Trek: Discovery into Star Trek Online. The two discussed their initial reactions to hearing about the new show and how having new content to draw from and how that has helped add more content to the game.  Because Captains in the game have gone to all four quadrants, made peace with the Founders, saved time itself, and even won, barely, a war against the ancient Iconians, having new Star Trek shows like Discovery gives the team that extra bit of inspiration. Reed already has an interesting idea for how to tie the lore into the far future setting of Discovery's third and fourth seasons. “Say for example, are the Iconians still around in that time era? And if so, what are they doing? Have they evolved? Have they changed? Are they still mad? It's been a long time, but I'd like to go into some pockets of our lore in that far future and then tie in with the Discovery team in some way. So, seeing how the Iconians handled the Burn for example would be pretty cool.”  Then again, how can you possibly top this? Image: Cryptic Studios, via StarTrek.com Rivera had some of his own ideas for stories to tap into. “And they got all the Sphere data, what was that about? That's a perfect example of a story where we can jump off of and talk about what that was, or what's a gormagander? Let's talk about that. So there are opportunities there.” Well, we're excited to play all of these stories in-game. Anytime now. Cheers to Club 47! By Elio Lleo In a recent tweet, Environment Artist Nick Duigid reminisced about the launch of Club 47 on ESD seven years ago! Nick says it doesn't get much traffic these days–but the launch party looked like a really good time.  https://twitter.com/Tumerboy/status/1462211110514266112?s=20

Amanda Turnage, "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Background Artist I have a passion for animation that might rival my love of Star Trek, so it's exciting when I get a chance to have these two worlds collide! In today's episode, we chat with Amanda Turnage, a background artist from "Star Trek: Lower Decks," who has done some very interesting pieces of work for the series, including interiors and exteriors of starships, the Las Vegas of the Beta Quadrant in Qualor, and the highly beloved Cetacean Ops aboard the USS Cerritos. We learn about Amanda's history in art & animation and hear about some of her other jobs and the things she learned along the way before discussing the workflow on "Lower Decks" and getting a deeper understanding of how this particular job works and the fun Trek things she gets to do as part of it! Don't forget to check out triple-fictionproductions.net for their Black Friday 2021 sale! To see what new items will be released, check out my video showcase – https://youtu.be/CuGmEjl3hgQ Visit their website to order from them and use code UNTOLD10 at checkout for 10% off during this sale or any other time you shop there. Reminder, prop replicas are excluded from this discount during Black Friday because they will already be 50% off! Check out "A Strange New Pod" here – www.strangenewpod.com Listen to "Tex-Trek" here – https://tex-trek.com/And here is how you can hear "The Duras Sisters Podcast" - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-duras-sisters-podcast/id1532449957Visit Pancan.org to support the Trek against Pancreatic Cancer Please subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the notifications button to be updated when we go live or upload our next video! Support Trek Untold by checking out our merchandise at https://teespring.com/stores/trekuntold or become a Patreon at Patreon.com/TrekUntold. Trek Untold is sponsored by Triple-Fiction Productions, a US-based company that 3-D prints Trek-inspired prop replicas for fan films and cosplayers, as well as accessories and playsets for all iterations of Trek figures through the years. Visit them at Triple-Fictionproductions.net.   Don't forget to subscribe to the show and leave a rating if you like us!     The views expressed on air during Trek Untold do not represent the views of the RAGE Works staff, partners, or affiliates.   Follow Trek Untold on Social Media Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/trekuntoldTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/trekuntoldFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/trekuntold Follow Nerd News Today on Social Media Twitter:  Twitter.com/NerdNews2Day Instagram: Instagram.com/NerdNewsToday Facebook: Facebook.com/NerdNewsToday Trek Untold is sponsored by Treksphere.com, powered by the RAGE Works Podcast Network, and affiliated with Nerd News Today. Check Out Some of the Other Shows on the RAGE Works Network Call Me When It's Over: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/cmwio/Cheese! A Photography Podcast: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/capp/Black is the New Black: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/bitnb/The Variant Issue: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/tvi/Turnbuckle Tabloid: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/tbt/Toys & Tech of the Trade: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/ttott/The Eat 4 Life Podcast: https://www.rageworksnetwork.com/show/eat4life/

This week, Mike and Emilie are thrilled to have Nami Melumad, the composer of Star Trek: Prodigy, for a special bonus episode. During the conversation, we discuss her becoming the first female composer of a Star Trek series and what it means to have her name alongside legends like Goldsmith. We also chat about her being a Star Trek fan and why Prodigy has a special connection for her fandom. She tells us how she came to become a composer as well. We can't thank Nami enough for spending some time with us for this conversation, and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we did talking with her!

I have a passion for animation that might rival my love of Star Trek, so it's exciting when I get a chance to have these two worlds collide! In today's episode, we chat with Amanda Turnage, a background artist from "Star Trek: Lower Decks," who has done some very interesting pieces of work for the series, including interiors and exteriors of starships, the Las Vegas of the Beta Quadrant in Qualor, and the highly beloved Cetacean Ops aboard the USS Cerritos. We learn about Amanda's history in art & animation and hear about some of her other jobs and the things she learned along the way before discussing the workflow on "Lower Decks" and getting a deeper understanding of how this particular job works and the fun Trek things she gets to do as part of it! Want an autographed picture from Captain Sonya Gomez from Star Trek TNG and Lower Decks and the three-boobed mutant from Mars from "Total Recall"? Visit https://www.drivebydogooders.org/ to donate to the cause, and if you donate $35 or more, Lycia Naff will send you an autographed picture. In the comments section where you donate, include your name and address and what pic you would like, and Lycia will send it on your way! Visit Pancan.org to support the Trek against Pancreatic Cancer Please subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the notifications button to be updated when we go live or upload our next video! Support Trek Untold by checking out our merchandise at https://teespring.com/stores/trekuntold or become a Patreon at Patreon.com/TrekUntold. Trek Untold is sponsored by Triple-Fiction Productions, a US-based company that 3-D prints Trek-inspired prop replicas for fan films and cosplayers, as well as accessories and playsets for all iterations of Trek figures through the years. Visit them at Triple-Fictionproductions.net.   Don't forget to subscribe to the show and leave a rating if you like us!     The views expressed on air during Trek Untold do not represent the views of the RAGE Works staff, partners, or affiliates.   Follow Trek Untold on Social Media Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/trekuntoldTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/trekuntoldFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/trekuntold Follow Nerd News Today on Social Media Twitter: Twitter.com/NerdNews2DayInstagram: Instagram.com/NerdNewsTodayFacebook: Facebook.com/NerdNewsToday Trek Untold is sponsored by Treksphere.com, powered by the RAGE Works Podcast Network, and affiliated with Nerd News Today.

(This episode has been tagged as explicit for adult language.) You'd think that after 55 years, we'd know just about everything about the making of Star Trek, right? Guess again! This week, we're joined by Brian Volk-Weiss--producer and director of a brand new docu-series airing on the History Channel, "The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek." We'll discuss getting this 10 episode series made and hear some of the stories around its production--some of which haven't been heard very often in the last half century. Plus, we'll hear about some of the items in Brian's collection and how his fandom started--and maybe he'll even give Bill a new reason to watch Star Trek: Generations? Oh, and by the way, there MIGHT be a surprise giveaway this week--be sure to listen for details!

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This week, Dan, Sara and Kasey talk all about Star Trek Discovery's Season 4 emotional second episode "Anomaly".  Book is hurting.  Bad.  Like a lot!  His planet is gone and he has cut himself off from everyone, even Burnham.  But he quickly volunteers for a dangerous mission to gather info on the anomaly.  He will need help, so Stamets joins him on the away mission - sort of. Plus, Saru returns to the Discovery as its new First Officer and is helping just about everyone with words of wisdom, while Adira helps Gray with his trepidation about being incorporated into a synthetic body and finally becoming 'alive' again. This emotionally charged episode gave us lots to talk about, so we hope you will join us for some fun discussion!   FIVE YEAR MISSION Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series! Plus, check out their podcast right here on the Trek Geeks Podcast Network! Find out more and download all 6 of their current albums at FiveYearMission.net

Phil and Jake are joined by friend-of-the-pod and fandom specialist Melissa B. to rank Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the mixed drink known as the Harvey Wallbanger on the List of Every Damn Thing.Check out Melissa's reviews on the Comic News Insider podcast, find her on Instagram, and follow her work on Can the Replicator Make This? and Outside ComicCon.If you have something to add to the list, email it to list@everydamnthing.net (or get at us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook).SHOW NOTES: Melissa is also on the Board of Directors of the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame, and we talk a bit about racing at the beginning of the episode.  Pixar's Cars remains the thing Phil is most prepared to talk about. Why are there military vehicles in this world? Why are there ambulances for that matter? Why school buses?  Phil mentions a scene in the Brave Little Toaster where appliances at a junkyard sing a sad song. This page from Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel which also makes him sad. We discuss a number of other Star Trek properties, including the movies, as well as Star Trek: The Original Series, Deep Space Nine, Lower Decks and Picard. Of course we talk about the Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball game, which comes in second place on the Internet Pinball Database list of Top 300 Electronic Pinball Machines. “Darmok” is Phil's favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (although he's only seen a few). It's about understanding people and learning how to listen. It's kind of like the thinking man's version of the episode from Star Trek: The Original Series where Kirk fights a lizard man (and you can see cars on the highway in the background).  The SF Chronicle's little man dates all the way back to the 1940s! Sir Patrick Stewart is the true star of Star Trek: the Next Generation. When he's not on screen Phil & Jake immediately lose interest. Phil's feelings towards Data probably aren't going to date well.  In related news, Sophia the android (who, of course, you can follow on twitter) probably wouldn't enjoy our episode on the uncanny valley effect very much (because she's a robot and can't experience enjoyment). Because the episode wouldn't be complete without it, we do mention both the Borg and the character of Q (no relation to QAnon). There are channels on YouTube of just ambient starship background noise. Here's one of the ship from Star Trek: the Next Generation. In Star Trek: TNG the crew of the ship sometimes go into a virtual reality type room for training or recreation, called the Holodeck. They solve mysteries as Sherlock Holmes, etc,,, whatever they have wardrobe and sets for at Paramount. Phil doesn't like it because the whole point of watching a TV show about travelling through space would presumably be to see people traveling through space. If he wanted to see a Sherlock Holmes-based TV show he'd watch one of those. Melissa has some real issues with the TNG episode “Sub Rosa” in which Dr. Crusher falls in love with her dead grandmother's candle ghost lover. We mention the character Geordi La Forge, who was born without sight but futuristic technology allows him to see. Phil's wonderful wife Beth mentioned that Deanna Troi's hair is not her real hair. This is the latest in a series of outrages along the lines of when she told him that Kiefer Sutherland is wearing a wig in the Lost Boys (which is partially true) and that Lynda Carter's butt was padded in Wonder Woman. Jake tried out the Harvey Wallbanger at Whitechapel, a London-themed steampunk-adjacent gin-centric cocktail bar in San Francisco. One of us claims that Galliano-- the liquor most known for its use in the Harvey Wallbanger-- is also used to make a Sex On the Beach, but afterwords we couldn't find any recipes supporting that claim. ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:Free Guy * Star Wars * The Matrix * Batman: The Animated Series * The Three Stooges * The Golden Girls * Sambuca * cold brew shandy * coffee * hard seltzer * Crocs * water parks * SnowpiercerBelow are the Top Ten and Bottom Top items on List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the complete up-to-date list, go here).TOP TEN: Dolly Parton - person interspecies animal friends - idea sex - idea bicycles - tool Clement Street in San Francisco - location Prince - person It's-It - food Cher - person dogs - animal cats - animal BOTTOM TEN:212. Jenny McCarthy - person213. Jon Voight - person214. Hank Williams, Jr - person215. British Royal Family - institution216. Steven Seagal - person217. McRib - food218. war - idea219. cigarettes - drug220. QAnon - idea221. transphobia - ideaTheme song by Jade Puget. Graphic design by Jason Mann. This episode was produced & edited by Jake MacLachlan, with audio help from Luke Janela. Show notes by Jake MacLachlan, Phil Green & Melissa B.Our website is everydamnthing.net and we're also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.Email us at list@everydamnthing.net. 

I hope you're ready to let the holiday spirit into your heart as Mike McMahan stops by the show to talk about Disney's Solar Opposites Holiday Special on Hulu! Mike teaches Dan how a writers room works. We also got to chat about Star Trek: Lower Decks and how Mike gets to flesh out the Star Trek universe. Listen to the episode, please? Will you just press play already?

Listen to The Greatest Generation today! We've reviewed every single episode of Star Trek The Next Generation and Star Trek Deep Space Nine, and we're currently working our way through Star Trek Voyager.And listen to The Greatest Discovery as well! It's our new Star Trek podcast covering all the new series, from Discovery and Picard to Lower Decks and Prodigy. We also have episodes where we interview cast members, return to old episodes from TOS and TAS, and explore the cultural impact of Star Trek on culture, but, you know, with jokes.