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Trek Geeks: A Star Trek Podcast

OUR 11TH YEAR!

Trek Geeks: A Star Trek Podcast is a place to celebrate Star Trek in all its eras, driven by a deep passion for the franchise and what it represents. Hosted by lifelong fans Bill Smith and Dan Davidson, the show takes a weekly dive into the stories, characters, and ideas that have shaped Star Trek for nearly six decades. From the groundbreaking days of The Original Series to the latest episodes of Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy, Trek Geeks explores why Star Trek continues to resonate, blending thoughtful conversation with humor and heart.

At its core, Trek Geeks is about passion, community, and a shared love of sci-fi storytelling. The podcast welcomes longtime Trekkies and newcomers alike, offering meaningful discussion without ever losing sight of the fun. Over the years, the show has featured conversations with Star Trek favorites like Jonathan Frakes, Nana Visitor, Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, and Michelle Hurd, along with writers, creators, and experts from across the Trek universe. Whether you’re here for the action, the ideas, or the friendships forged among the stars, Trek Geeks is where Star Trek fans come together. Engage!

Copyright: © 2020 Coconut MediaWorx LLC. Trek Geeks and the Trek Geeks Podcast are not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc. or the Star Trek franchise. All STAR TREK trademarks and logos are owned by CBS Studios Inc.

Latest Episodes:

The Klingons May 24, 2016

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They were the first adversary introduced in Star Trek and probably the alien race that's changed the most! We mean the Klingons, of course!

From their beginnings in TOS' "Errand of Mercy," they have changed so much--not only in appearance, but also in their society and lore. We'll break down some of the early history, talk about the changes, and even some of our favorite Klingons of all time! Plus, Bill finally relents on one Klingon. It's all in Episode 60!

[0:00] Show Open/Intro: Prelude to Axanar's Richard Hatch [1:30] Bill Intros Dan [7:09] THE KLINGONS! [51:11] iTunes Subscribe & Review Info [52:16] Five Year Mission Thanks [53:27] Preview of Episode 61! [55:41] COCONUT!

SPECIAL THANKS There just aren't enough words to convey our gratitude to FIVE YEAR MISSION for allowing us to use their music in every episode of our podcast! They are a fantastic group of guys and we're excited to see them on stage at Creation Entertainment's 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas this August! Five straight days of Five Year Mission--we feel spoiled!

Prepare yourself, though--head on over to FiveYearMission.net and get ALL of their music. We promise, you'll love it! Here's a rundown of which 5YM tracks we used in this episode!

Themes The Cage - [Track 1] - Year One The Trouble With Tribbles 6 - [Track 6] - The Trouble With Tribbles

Bumper Music The Trouble With Tribbles 5 - [Track 5] - The Trouble With Tribbles

The JJ-verse May 17, 2016

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Ever since the reboot of Star Trek took place in 2009, there have been polarizing opinions on the so called "JJ-verse" This week, Dan and Bill tackle this controversial topic and give their insights into what they like and what they don't like about this alternate timeline.

It seems that the majority of people that don't like this timeline are extremely vocal in how JJ Abrams "destroyed Star Trek". The Trek Geeks discuss those topics and bring up several facts about how these stories actually honor the original series on a variety of different levels! Is everything in this universe perfect? Heck no, and they discuss the things that rub them the wrong way, too.

[0:00] Show Open/Intro: Star Trek Continues' Cat Roberts [1:30] Bill Intros Dan [4:17] Listener eMail: Trey Womack disagrees with Bill on Trek III [8:34] Listener eMail: HubcapDave asks us to clarify our comments on Axanar [14:56] The News from TrekNews.net! [25:58] iTunes Subscribe & Review Info [27:22] The JJ-verse [60:04] Trek50 Information [62:05] Five Year Mission Thanks [63:34] Preview of Episode 60! [65:01] COCONUT!

See-It or Skip-It May 10, 2016

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This week, we take a look at the first season of Star Trek: Voyager!

It's no secret that Bill hasn't been the biggest fan of Voyager, and he's even attempted his own "Voyager Challenge" to finally get through the series. We thought it might be easier to discuss each season and decide which episodes that you should watch and which ones you can safely avoid in a new feature called, "See-It or Skip-It" and we'll take on the freshman season of Voyager first!

Debuting January 16, 1995, Voyager held great promise as the first Star Trek series to launch a television network. Its first season had sixteen episodes and we'll take a look at each one telling you if you should See-It (because it truly matters in the overall arc, there is important character development, or it's just a phenomenal episode) or whether you should Skip-It (because it doesn't impact the overall story, it's a weak stand-alone episode, or it's just flat out bad).

Which Season 1 episodes will we love? Which ones will we agree on, and WHY? Eventually, we'll do this for every season of every series, but we start today in the Delta Quadrant where we'll be keeping a strict accounting of the photon torpedoes and paying close attention to the level of suffering endured by Ensign Harry Kim. (We're willing to bet it's more than Miles O'Brien, but time will tell!)

Plus, we'll talk about the latest news in the Star Trek universe from our friends at TrekNews.net, and don't forget about our iTunes Review Giveaway where you could win a $25 gift card to Amazon.com just for writing a review!

It's Episode 58 and you most definitely should NOT "Skip-It!"

The Dominion May 03, 2016

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This week on Trek Geeks, we take a look at what could possibly be the greatest adversary the Federation has ever faced--The Dominion!

More menacing than the Borg. More dangerous than the Klingon or Romulan Empires. More evil than the dreaded Aquatic or Arboreal Xindi.

From the introduction of the Jem'Hadar in Season 2 of Deep Space Nine, they would play a major role in the series through the finale, we'll discuss the far-reaching hand of the Founders and the Dominion!

We'll talk about the aspects of the Founders, the Vorta, and the Jem'Hadar we appreciated the most--as well as some pretty big inconsistencies that we've always wondered about.

In addition, we'll take a look at some of our favorite moments through out the Dominion story arc--plus, you'll learn what Dan thought the name of "The Great Link" was when he first heard it!

Plus, we'll discuss The News from TrekNews.net, and we'll announce some great news for Android phone users regarding Google Play!

We can vouch for the loyalty of these Geeks--receive this reward from them, may it keep you entertained!

Federation HALTED Apr 24, 2016

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Note: On Saturday, 4/23/16, this week's episode was made available at 11:00AM EDT. Shortly after the release, we pulled the episode due to additional information we received that not ALL fan film productions had received calls from CBS. We felt that as a result of this information we did not want the post to be misleading, and so a rewrite of the podcast post information was needed. There is no change to the actual interview with Tommy Kraft. The problem isn't with what Tommy said, it's in what we wrote and we didn't consider possible negative effects. We sincerely apologize to all of the other productions.

To reiterate: As of now, all of the other fan film productions have NOT received calls from CBS strongly suggesting they shut down and we didn't want to cause a problem for any production out there with what we said.

Last week we setup an interview with today’s guest to discuss what would have been the launch of the crowdfunding campaign for the sequel to the immensely popular online film, "Star Trek - Horizon". At just shy of 1 million views since late February, Horizon took the world by storm and as a result got the creative juices flowing for a sequel. Federation Rising was going to be the title for the project and Tommy Kraft was going to once again take Star Trek Fan Productions to a new level with an amazing story and amazing guest stars, while respecting the rules of the beloved franchise.

We say that all in the past tense because Tommy received a call from CBS, strongly advising him to halt those plans. Bill Burke, Senior Vice President of Marketing at CBS Consumer Products even went so far as to specifically state that this "request" was a direct result of the legal issues going on with Axanar – that once "professional film production" that now is curiously being touted only as a "fan film" once the heat was turned up.

Even with the whirlwind of disappointing events, Tommy was gracious enough to join us and discuss what happened and what this could possibly mean for fan made Star Trek productions.

But even with all the bad news, Tommy is already moving forward with an ambitious new project that he is very excited to discuss. And we think you will love it! Additionally, we cannot thank Tommy enough for his professionalism and his demeanor while dealing with a situation such as this. He is a true class act and other productions could learn alot from how to handle situations like this!

After the conversation with Tommy, Dan and Bill will discuss the fallout and their reactions – and its safe to say that Dan is mad as hell and he isn’t going to take it anymore!

#ThanksAxanar

The Worst of Times Apr 19, 2016

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"IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES...

...it was the worst of times. Message, Spock?"

"None that I am conscious of, except of course, these movies sucked. Surely, the worst of times."

This week on Trek Geeks, Dan and Bill tackle what they think are the worst of the Star Trek movies!

It isn't always rainbows and unicorns and eternal happiness when it comes to good Trek stories and today's discussion focuses on the the ones that they would both like to flush down the Trek toilet!

Once their lists have been revealed and discussed, it is THUNDERDOME time as they go head to head for the ultimate Star Trek Toilet Trophy for Worst Trek Film EVER!

Plus, from our friends at TrekNews.net, we can look forward to a new BluRay of ST:TWOK, a new ST:BEYOND trailer, and some rumors about the new CBS ALL ACCESS Star Trek series, set for launch in January 2017. Also, we have a special favor to ask of the listeners of our podcast--and you could win $25 as a result!

And what's this? A special message from Balok? Well then, sit! Be comfortable!

The conversation may be about the worst, but you will have the BEST time tuning into this week's episode!

The Captain & The Lady/One If By Land/Centerfold Apr 01, 2016

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Introducing Lido Deck: A Love Boat Podcast! The definitive podcast for the classic television series!

With every episode, we'll look at every guest star, every port of call, and every delicious cocktail that Isaac can serve! Join your hosts John Champion, Bill Smith, and Dan Davidson for an examination of the messages, morals, and meanings of the voyages of the Pacific Princess!

Welcome aboard, it's LOVE!

Episode 1: "The Captain & the Lady/One if by Land/Centerfold"Original Airdate: September 24, 1977Podcast Release Date: April 1, 2016

SPECIAL THANKSThank you to Heather Bishop for being our Cruise Director for Lido Deck! You can hear her middays on WZID.com and Coast931.com!

MUSIC CREDITS"Stringed Disco," "Aurea Carmina," and "Who Likes to Party" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

The Dreamer & The Dream Mar 29, 2016

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As Bill was gallivanting on an awe inspiring Tattoo Trek to Las Vegas, Dan decided that this week would be a great time to discuss one of the best episodes in Star Trek History: Deep Space Nine's "Far Beyond the Stars", and when Bill returned, he wholeheartedly agreed!

Star Trek has always been about facing "issues of the day" head on, and this episode is the PERFECT example of just that. From the incredible acting, to Avery Brooks' amazing directing, to the ugly truth about racism and bigotry, this episode is considered by fans and cast alike as one of the greatest.

We discuss all the things that we loved about the episode as well as a couple of things that we actually didn't like. This kind of episode can really cause some intense discussion because of the subject matter, and our discussion is no exception!

In addition, we announce the winners of our Star Trek Timelines Poster contest, discuss or trip to Boston to see Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage and what we think of the announcement that Star Trek The Animated Series is coming to Blu-Ray. Wait...what?

So sit back, relax and enjoy Episode 53 of Trek Geeks - A Star Trek Podcast! It isn't a dream! It is REAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL! It's REAAAALLLLLLLLL! It is REALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

Paul Lang & Tommy Kraft Mar 22, 2016

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It is amazing that Star Trek: Horizon has been viewed on YouTube over 500,000 times since its debut less than four weeks ago! What is even more amazing is that Captain Harrison Hawke himself, Paul Lang and Horizon mastermind, Tommy Kraft both join us on this week's podcast for another great Horizon discussion.

It is truly amazing to Bill and Dan that this film has such amazing "Hollywood" quality knowing that 95% of the film was "green-screened." Paul discusses what is was like to have the Captain's Chair be the ONLY physical piece of the bridge, what it was like to do walking scenes--literally using a treadmill--as well as many other interesting filming tidbits for this online phenomenon.

Later in the show, when Tommy joins us, we get an idea of why he chose the Enterprise time frame for this epic story, and what it was like trying to pull together all the cast to get filming during a cold Michigan winter. Hearing from the man himself on his vision and idea for this story is something you do not want to miss.

Relics Mar 08, 2016

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...it's a Dyson Sphere!

This week, the Trek Geeks take on an episode considered beloved by Star Trek fans all over the globe--"Relics," from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The Starship Enterprise discovers a Federation ship that crashed on a Dyson sphere more than seventy-five years ago. On board, there's a single survivor suspended in the transporter buffer--none other than Captain Montgomery Scott.

Scotty became the third series regular from The Original Series to cross paths with the Next Generation crew and it was a welcome sight when this episode debuted in 1992.

Since that time, the Trek Geeks have taken a more critical view of this story. They'll talk about the things they liked, but they'll also examine the areas where they feel this episode did a disservice to the character of Montgomery Scott.

It's a potentially unpopular view on an incredibly popular story in this, the 50th episode of Trek Geeks!

PLUS--Mike Rittenhouse and Andy F ark from FIVE YEAR MISSION beam down with a very special announcement!

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