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Positively Trek

Positively Trek Podcasts

Trek experts Dan and Barry discuss a variety of Trek topics, often with special guests! We want to share our love of the Star Trek universe, and celebrate how it has touched our lives. We also cover news and reviews of all new Star Trek shows and films!

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Discovery Review: “The Galactic Barrier” (4.10)

Positively Trek ·

2022/03/01

Positively Trek 180: Discovery Review: “The Galactic Barrier” (4.10)Plus: Lower Decks Mobile Game Coming Soon, Picard Season 2 Sneak PeekThe mission to save the galaxy from the DMA continues as Burnham and the crew of the Discovery traverse the galactic barrier, first seen in the second TOS pilot episode, “Where No Man Has Gone Before.” Meanwhile, Book learns more about what’s driving Tarka as he divulges his past experiences with friend and fellow prisoner of the Emerald Chain, Oros.In this episode

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Book Club: No Man’s Land with Kirsten Beyer & Mike...

Positively Trek ·

2022/02/25

Positively Trek 179: Book Club: No Man’s Land With Special Guests: Authors Kirsten Beyer & Mike Johnson! We’re excited to bring you a review of the first Star Trek audio drama to be released in a very long time: Star Trek: Picard: No Man’s Land, starring Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker and Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine, along with a full cast! And joining us on this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club are the authors: Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson! After the interview, hosts Bruce and Dan

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58:47

Discovery Review: “Rubicon” (4.09)

Positively Trek ·

2022/02/22

Positively Trek 178: Discovery Review: “Rubicon” (4.09) Plus: Paramount Re-Brand, Trek Film News, & Prodigy Action Figures On the Way! It’s a showdown at the DMA! Burnham and the crew of Discovery catch up with Book and Tarka and must stop them from firing their weapon to destroy the DMA controller. There’s a special guest along as well, someone we’re happy to see again! This week on the Positively Trek podcast, hosts Bruce and Dan are discussing “Rubicon,” the 9th episode of season 4. We talk

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Book Club: Terok Nor - Day of the Vipers

Positively Trek ·

2022/02/18

Positively Trek 177: Book Club: Terok Nor - Day of the Vipers This Book’s Not Gonna Have a Happy Ending The Occupation: its legacy looms large over the entire Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series, with the scars of that brutal era still felt by Bajor years later. However, not much has been told about the start of the occupation; what was Bajor like before the Cardassians came? What drove Cardassia to commit the crimes of the occupation? The subject of this week’s Book Club episode explores these

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176: Discovery Review: “All In” (4.08)

Positively Trek ·

2022/02/15

Positively Trek 176: Discovery Review: “All In” (4.08)Plus: Tributes to Douglas Trumbull & New Eaglemoss Ship Preview Star Trek: Discovery is back, and Dan and Bruce are talking about the latest episode, “All In.” Burnham is on Book’s trail, catching up with him and Tarka as they attempt to get materials to build their weapon. It’s high stakes this week! Plus, Eaglemoss has a preview of the newest addition to their Star Trek: Lower Decks starship collection, the U.S.S. Vancouver, and the recent

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175: Prodigy Review: “A Moral Star, Part 2” (1.10)

Positively Trek ·

2022/02/08

Positively Trek 175: Prodigy Review: “A Moral Star, Part 2” (1.10)Plus: Section 31 News, Strange New Worlds Poster, and More! It’s the mid-season finale of Star Trek: Prodigy! Join hosts Bruce and Dan as they discuss “A Moral Star, Part 2.” The Protostar has been re-captured by The Diviner, and it’s up to Gwyn and the rest of the crew to take it back and rescue the “unwanted,” trapped in the mines of Tars Lamora. In the news this week, we talk about recent news regarding upcoming Star Trek shows,

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Prodigy Review: “A Moral Star, Part 1” (1.09)

Positively Trek ·

2022/02/01

Positively Trek 174: Prodigy Review: “A Moral Star, Part 1” (1.09)Plus: Picard Season 2 & 3 Details, & Playmates Trek Toys Announced! In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce discuss “A Moral Star, Part 1,” the ninth episode of Star Trek: Prodigy’s first season. We’re getting close to the mid-season finale of Prodigy, and the crew of the Protostar must make a decision: flee to the Federation for help, or put their own lives on the line to save the prisoners of Tars Lamora

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Book Club: Experienced in Loss

Positively Trek ·

2022/01/28

Positively Trek 173: Book Club: Experienced in LossStar Trek: Year Five, Issues 20-25 The Star Trek: Year Five saga comes to an end! The five-year mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise draws to a close, with each of the crew going their separate ways and embracing an unknown future. Along the way, final confrontations with the Tholians and Gary Seven must be resolved, and we get the culmination of the crew’s adventures over the past year! In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Bruce and

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All the Star Trek Coming in 2022 & a New PICARD TRAILER!

Positively Trek ·

2022/01/24

Positively Trek 172: All the Star Trek Coming in 2022 & a New PICARD TRAILER!Plus: Prodigy Review: “Time Amok” (1.08) We have a ton of great Star Trek news to share with all of you this week! On this week’s Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan discuss the many reveals for Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, including air dates throughout 2022 and new season renewals and more! Plus, we have a new Star Trek: Picard

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Prodigy Review: “First Con-tact” (1.07)

Positively Trek ·

2022/01/18

Positively Trek 171: Prodigy Review: “First Con-tact” (1.07)Plus: New Star Trek: Picard Audio Drama Coming in February! A specter from Dal’s past returns in the form of Nandi, the Ferengi who raised Dal. She has a proposal: first contact with a species in order to obtain a rare and valuable crystal. But can she be trusted? In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce discuss “First Con-tact.” We talk about title confusion, transporter troubles, floor pie, the character of Nandi, and much

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Book Club: Revenant with Special Guest Alex White!

Positively Trek ·

2022/01/14

Positively Trek 170: Book Club: Revenant with Special Guest Alex White!"Tyrants that are smart burn sci-fi books, too." A friend has gone missing, and it’s up to Jadzia Dax to get to the bottom of a mystery that will rock the foundations of all that the Trill hold dear. Secrets from Jadzia’s own past, long-buried, will force Trill society to confront some hard truths and give rise to a deadly adversary… It’s not often that we get the chance to welcome a new voice in the field of Star Trek

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Prodigy Review: “Kobayashi” (1.06)

Positively Trek ·

2022/01/11

Positively Trek 169: Prodigy Review: “Kobayashi” (1.06)Plus: Covid-19 causes production pause on Star Trek: Picard Star Trek: Prodigy is BACK! Discovery is on hiatus, but the Star Trek continues as the crew of the Protostar attempts to learn more about their ship and its mission. Meanwhile, Dal attempts the infamous Kobayashi Maru test on the newly-discovered holodeck… and he’s helped by some familiar faces! In the news segment, we discuss the recent pause on the production of season 3 of Star Trek:

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Discovery Review: “... But to Connect” (4.07)

Positively Trek ·

2022/01/04

Positively Trek 168: Discovery Review: “... But to Connect” (4.07)Plus: A Look Ahead to the 2022 YEAR OF TREK! This week, Dan’s flying solo as Positively Trek reviews “... But to Connect,” Star Trek: Discovery season 4, episode 7 (hey, that’s totally a 47!). Topics discussed include the DMA conference, peaceful first contact vs. aggression, what is Zora?, a new lifeform, Book’s betrayal, and the values of the United Federation of Planets.At the top of the show, Dan talks about what 2022 has in store

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Book Club: The Galactic Whirlpool

Positively Trek ·

2021/12/31

Positively Trek 167: Book Club: The Galactic WhirlpoolI wanna be the Royal High Minister Plenipotentiary in Total Command of the Universe! We’re going back 41 years (!!!) in this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club! This week, hosts Bruce and Dan are reviewing the Bantam Star Trek novel The Galactic Whirlpool by “The Trouble with Tribbles” writer David Gerrold. We discuss the lost colony, Specks and the Enterprise historical library, Kevin Riley & Katwen, the “bug-spot event,” the MacMurray

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Discovery Review: “Stormy Weather” (4.06)

Positively Trek ·

2021/12/28

Positively Trek 166: Discovery Review: “Stormy Weather” (4.06)Plus: Surprise Discovery Hiatus & New 32nd Century Comic Coming Soon In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce take shelter from some “Stormy Weather” as they discuss the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery. We talk about the mission into the rift, a void of nothingness, Zora’s evolution, Book’s hallucinations, the idea of names and identity, the escape from the rift, family trees, the origin of the DMA, and wrap up

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Discovery Review: “The Examples” (4.05)

Positively Trek ·

2021/12/21

Positively Trek 165: Discovery Review: “The Examples” (4.05)Plus: Blue Origin Pays Tribute to Leonard Nimoy’s Memory In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan review the Star Trek: Discovery episode “The Examples.” We talk about the mystery of the D.M.A., the Akaali evacuation, Ruon Tarka, Jett Reno’s return, The Examples and the incredible performance by Michael Greyeyes as Felix, Zora’s “recent development,” Culber and Kovich, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings. In the

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Book Club: Oblivion’s Gate

Positively Trek ·

2021/12/17

Positively Trek 164: Book Club: Oblivion’s GateWith Special Guest David Mack! The multiverse-shattering Coda trilogy comes to an end with the final chapter: Oblivion’s Gate by David Mack! Positively Trek Book Club hosts Dan and Bruce are joined by the veteran Star Trek author himself to discuss the final instalment and the trilogy as a whole. What was it like to write this huge turning point in the Star Trek literary universe? Find out in this exclusive interview! We wrap up the show with our final

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Discovery Review: “All is Possible” (4.04)

Positively Trek ·

2021/12/14

Positively Trek 163: Discovery Review: “All is Possible” (4.04)Plus: Trek Gaming News & Shatner Amazon Prime Special Coming Soon Major changes are afoot, both for the Federation and its relationship with Ni’Var, as well as for one of our beloved Star Trek: Discovery characters! In this week’s Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce discuss “All is Possible,” and what those possibilities might mean for the future of a fan-favorite character. In the news section, we discuss the trailer for next

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Discovery Review: “Choose to Live” (4.03)

Positively Trek ·

2021/12/07

Positively Trek 162: Discovery Review: “Choose to Live” (4.03)Plus: Prodigy Coming Soon to Nickelodeon & EXO-6 Mirror Spock Figure A Qowat Milat nun has killed a Starfleet officer, and it’s up to Burnham, Tilly, and Gabrielle to track her down. Meanwhile, Stamets and Book try to get to the bottom of the Dark Matter Anomaly (DMA), while Adira awaits the rebirth of Gray into his new body. There is a lot going on in this week’s Star Trek: Discovery, “Choose to Live,” and hosts Bruce and Dan are

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Book Club: Star Trek Explorer #1 Short Stories

Positively Trek ·

2021/12/03

Positively Trek 161: Book Club: Star Trek Explorer #1 Short Stories“All That Most Maddens and Torments” by Christopher Cooper & “Q and False” by Lisa Klink The official Star Trek magazine has rebranded and relaunched as Star Trek Explorer, and we here at Positively Trek are excited to get our hands on it! Included in each issue is original Star Trek fiction which, as you all know, is right up our alley. Therefore, in this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Bruce and Dan take a look

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