This Week in Trek: A Star Trek Podcast

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**This Week in Trek: A Star Trek Podcast**

Insight and news about the world of Star Trek from Michael Gaines and Cara Donley

Latest Episodes:

Episode 47, Stardate 1206.12, "Canned laughter" Jun 12, 2012

Show notes

News:
Star Trek TMP 3CD set is out.

Ten Forward:
What IS gold-plated latinum and how does it work into Trek's currency?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Jonathan Frakes on Sybil

Episode Insight:
"Eye of the Needle" from Voyager Season 1

Character insight: Chakotay

Subspace communications

Collectables

Episode 46, Stardate 1206.5, "I can't drive warp 5" Jun 05, 2012

Show notes

News:
Star Trek II turns 30.
Star Trek TMP played in LA last night, Craig Huxley demonstrated his blaster beam used in the soundtrack.
Star Trek 2 uniforms released?
Star Trek: TNG 25th anniversary event in theaters.

Ten Forward:
How does warp drive work?

Star Trek in pop culture: Mad Men

Episode Insight: Wolf in the Fold from TOS season 2

Character Insight: Scotty

Subspace communications

Collectables:
Star Trek 1967 board game and the brand new Star Trek TMP 3CD soundtrack available now from lalarecords.com, limited to 10k

Episode 45, Stardate 1205.30, "Get this shuttlecraft street legal!" May 30, 2012

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News:
The actual Galileo is up for auction
http://www.kikoauctions.com/?nav=auctions&details=2030
New injection device works like a hypo spray.
Simon Pegg says "not Khan".
Michael Dorn wants to create a low-budget Star Trek movie.

Ten Forward:
How feasible is Star Trek collecting?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Jeopardy

Episode Insight: "Cogenitor" from Enterprise season 2

Character insight: Tripp

Subspace commiunications

Collectables:
Darrell: Does "collecatble" really mean what it says?
Mike: Star Trek Maps

Episode 44, Stardate 1205.22, "The Link Bait Syndrome" May 22, 2012

Show notes

News:
Some people think a real Enterprise can be built in 20 years and take us to Mars.

Casey McKinnon creates a DS9 pre-season 3 primer http://www.caseymckinnon.com/blog/personal/2012/05/21/ds9-episodes-to-watch-before-season-3/

James Doohan's ashes on board the SpaceX flight last night.

Ten Forward:
New Star Trek in the Enterprise B-C era? Good idea or no?

Star Trek in pop culture: the Beastie Boys

Episode Insight: Silicon Avatar from Season 5

Character Insight: Data

Subspace communications

Collectables: DVD box sets and Star Trek soap

Episode 43, Stardate 1205.15, "Ceti Alpha Crap" May 15, 2012

Show notes

We break from our usual format to have special guest Scott Johnson on the show to talk about the future and past of Star Trek - what do we expect from a new movie or TV show, and how did Star Trek influence us growing up.

Episode 42, Stardate 1205.9, "The tweets of over 400 colonists" May 09, 2012

Show notes

News:
Trek Nation to be shown at the San Diego ComiCon, DVD being released this fall.
Prinipal photography on the new Star Trek film finished.

Ten Forward:
Are we really a savage race?

Star Trek in pop culture: Dexter clip

Episode insight: "Datalore" from Star Trek: TNG Season 1

Character insight: Neelix

Subspace communications

Collectables: Teenage mutant Trek turtles and Star Trek book and record sets

Episode 41, Stardate 1205.2, "Ntz Ntz Ntz" May 02, 2012

Show notes

News:
iPhone 4/4S case that has a Vulcan ear on it.
The lost footage of "Sins of the Father" has been found for the STTNG Blu-Ray set.
Kickstarter: Smooth Federation. Check it out!
Star Trek 2 villain - Khan.

Ten Forward:
Michael Dorn is on Twitter as @akaworf.

Star Trek in pop culture:
Back to the Future

Episode Insight: "Clues" from TNG season 4

Character Insight: Deanna Troi

Subspace communications

Collectables:
Anovos TNG uniform for $1000
Star Trek Combat Simulator arcade game form 1983

Episode 40, Stardate 1204.25, "Bronx Vulcans" Apr 25, 2012

Show notes

News:
Walter Koenig to get a star on the Hollywood walk of fame.
New pictures of Spock from the set of the new Star Trek movie.
Flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise delayed until today.

Ten Forward
What's up with technobabble? Did it slowly kill TNG?

Star Trek in pop culture
Rod Roddenberry at Vulcan, Alberta, Canada

Episode Insight: Deep Space Nine's "In the Pale Moonlight" from Season 6

New listener segment: Character Insight - Benjamin Sisko

Subspace communications

Collectables: Star Trike and Star Trek teddy bears

Episode 39, Stardate 1204.10, "The Borg Can't Hold Their Liquor" Apr 10, 2012

Show notes

News: There was supposed to be a life-sized Enterprise built in Las Vegas in 1992. Yes, REALLY!

Ten Forward: Is TOS's set design timeless and TNG's cheezy?

Star Trek in pop culture: Spock on "The Big Bang Theory"

Episode insight: "Timeless" from Star Trek: Voyager

Collectables: Star Trek Transporter from the UK and Spock Sugar Smacks

Episode 38, Stardate 1204.3, "Captain Rooney" Apr 03, 2012

Show notes

News: Star Trek: First Contact complete soundtrack now up for preorder.
"He Walked Among Us" blocked by CBS.

Ten Forward: The $10 million Tricorder prize. Does this guy have what it takes to win?

Star Trek in pop culture: Comic Book Men

Episode Insight: "The First Duty" from Star Trek: TNG

Subspace communications

Collectables: Sulu's TMP uniform and Colorforms

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