Discovering Trek: The Star Trek Universe Companion

Latest Episodes:

Short Treks - The Brightest Star Dec 11, 2018

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In this bonus episode, Dan & Bill discuss The Brightest Star, the third Short Trek in a series of four! This 15 minute mini episode focuses on fan favorite Saru and how he started his journey as a Starfleet Officer - and both hosts feel this is THE Short Trek they have been waiting for!

The Trek Geeks will give their thoughts and opinions on the episode and talk about the writing of Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt and why they think this is such a valued Star Trek story. Plus we will get a preview into what we can expect in the final Short Trek episode (#4) The Escape Artist arriving on CBS All Access in January 2019!

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Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series and their brand new album, Year 4, is coming soon!

Find out more and download all their albums at FiveYearMission.net

Short Treks - Calypso Nov 20, 2018

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In this bonus episode, Dan & Bill discuss Calypso, the second ever Short Trek! This 17 minute mini episode focuses on a new character, Craft (wonderfully played by Aldis Hodge) and his time on an abandoned USS Discovery set 1000 years in the future!

The Trek Geeks will give their thoughts and opinions on the episode and what they think worked and didn't work. Plus we will get a preview into what we can expect in Short Treks #3 The Brightest Star arriving on CBS All Access in December 2018!

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Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series and their brand new album, Year 4, is coming soon!

Find out more and download all their albums at FiveYearMission.net

Short Treks - Runaway Oct 12, 2018

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In this bonus episode, Dan & Bill discuss Runaway, the first ever Short Trek! This 15 minute mini episode focuses on Sylvia Tilly and a mysterious visitor on board the USS Discovery!

Plus, a new Season 2 trailer was revealed recently at New York Comic Con and they both have lots to say about it! Season 2 is right around the corner and this new trailer only upped the game on what we can expect in January 2019!

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Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series and their brand new album, Year 4, is coming soon!

Find out more and download all their albums at FiveYearMission.net

Season 2 Trailer Reaction Jul 24, 2018

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This past weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, the brand-new trailer for Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery was released--and was it ever amazing!

We'll examine this preview of what's to come and tell you what we hope it all means as we kick off Discovering Trek's second season with our Trailer Reaction episode!

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Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission.

They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series and their brand new album, Year 4, is AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW!

Find out more and download all their albums at FiveYearMission.net

Summer Spectacular Jun 30, 2018

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In this bonus Summer Spectacular episode of Discovering Trek, Dan & Bill take a look at some of the news and developments ahead of Star Trek: Discovery's second season. Plus, we'll review what we know about Discovery's sophomore season and what we think it might lead to!

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Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series and their brand new album, Year 4, is coming soon!

Find out more and download all their albums at FiveYearMission.net

Drastic Measures Apr 09, 2018

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In this bonus episode, Dan & Bill are joined by New York Times Best Selling Author Dayton Ward to discuss his brand new Star Trek: Discovery tie-in novel, Drastic Measures!

Plus, we'll talk about some breaking Discovery casting news and tell you how you can win a signed copy of Dayton Ward's new book!

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Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series and their brand new album, Year 4, is coming soon!

Find out more and download all their albums at FiveYearMission.net

Season 1 Wrap-Up Feb 25, 2018

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In our Season 1 Wrap-Up Extravaganza, Dan & Bill are joined by special guest Ken Ray from Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast to talk about the Star Trek: Discovery's entire first season. We'll look at some favorite moments from the season, discuss what we think the show might have done differently, and even give predictions for what we'd like to see in season two!

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Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series and their brand new album, Year 4, is coming soon!

Find out more and download all their albums at FiveYearMission.net

Will You Take My Hand? Feb 09, 2018

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SPOILER ALERT

The first season finale of Star Trek: Discovery bring us to the Klingon homeworld and a battle with our own principles! This week we'll break down Episode 15, "Will You Take My Hand" as we discover how this epic first season draws to a close.

Returning to Discovering Trek to join us in the discussion is our great friend Barry DeFord from PoliTreks on The Tricorder Transmissions network of podcasts.

In addition to breaking down all the developments in this episode, we'll also tell you what we discovered about our own humanity in this latest episode of Discovery.

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Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series and their brand new album, Year 4, is coming soon!

Find out more and download all their albums at FiveYearMission.net

The War Without, the War Within Feb 05, 2018

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SPOILER ALERT

The fourteenth episode of Star Trek: Discovery finds us in the midst of a war with the Klingons that is not going well. Join us for "The War Without, the War Within" as we find out just how far the Federation will go to win.

Joining us to examine this episode is Kevin Reitzel from the Fandom Podcast Network in his first appearance on Discovering Trek!

We'll also give you predictions as to what we think could happen in next week's season finale, and reveal what we discovered about our own humanity in this latest episode of Star Trek.

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Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series and their brand new album, Year 4, is coming soon!

Find out more and download all their albums at FiveYearMission.net

What's Past is Prologue Jan 28, 2018

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SPOILER ALERT

The thirteenth episode of Star Trek: Discovery concludes our trip into the Mirror Universe! Join us for "What's Past is Prologue" as we discover exactly what Gabriel Lorca is up to!

Joining Dan as guest co-host this week is our friend Barry DeFord from PoliTreks on The Tricorder Transmissions Network of podcasts. Joining us to examine this episode is the Enterprise Extra himself! Jim Moorhouse from the TrekRanks podcast (also from the Tricorder Transmissions Network) makes his second appearance on Discovering Trek!

We'll also give you predictions as to what we think could during the rest of the season, and reveal what we discovered about our own humanity in this latest episode of Star Trek.

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Music for Discovering Trek is provided by Five Year Mission. They're writing one song for each episode of The Original Series and their brand new album, Year 4, is coming soon!

Find out more and download all their albums at FiveYearMission.net