Episodes

Positively Trek 109: Lower Decks Blu-Ray Spectacular!Plus: Win a Copy of The Lower Decks Season One Blu-Ray! It’s May 18th, and Star Trek: Lower Decks season one is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray! In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce discuss all of the special features of the newest addition to our Star Trek home video collection. Thank you to CBS for providing us with a review copy to be able to dissect! We also have a giveaway! Listen closely to this episode to find out ...

Positively Trek 108: Book Club: The Art of the ImpossibleLike Christine Chapel, but More Lwaxana-ish The Betreka Nebula Incident: an eighteen-year cold war between the Cardassian Union and the Klingon Empire. The tale of the conflict over the planet Raknal V that nearly plunged the quadrant into war is finally told! In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Bruce discuss The Art of the Impossible, a novel of The Lost Era by master storyteller Keith R.A. DeCandido. We talk...

Positively Trek 107: Too Many Ships for Just One BookBen Robinson: Shipyards: The Delta Quadrant Volume One In their seven years traversing the Delta Quadrant, the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager encountered many species and their starships. From the fearsome vessels of the Borg Collective to the participants of the Antarian Trans-Stellar Rally, there are so many ships to explore in the Delta Quadrant. In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan are joined by Hero Collector’s Ben Robinso...

Positively Trek 106: Happy Moogie’s Day!The Mothers of Star Trek The true unsung heroes of our lives (and of Star Trek) are mothers! This weekend, we celebrate Mother’s Day, and we here at Positively Trek felt it was only fitting to talk a bit about our favorite Star Trek mothers. Join hosts Dan and Bruce in their discussion of Trek motherhood. Do you have a favorite Trek mom? Let us know! In the news this week, we talk about the recent possible COVID-19 exposure affecting the production of St...

Positively Trek 105: Book Club: MetamorphosisMy Other Brother Darryl For all of his existence, Lt. Commander Data has had one wish: to be human. However, when he is finally presented with the chance, will he find that being flesh and blood is all it’s cracked up to be? The first “Giant Novel”! This week on the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Bruce and Dan are talking about an early Star Trek: The Next Generation novel: Metamorphosis by Jean Lorrah. We discuss Data’s quest, his journey as a hu...

Positively Trek 104: Worf Would Never Grunt Like ThatStar Trek: Legends with Mike Johnson In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan are joined by Mike Johnson, writer of many of IDW’s Star Trek comics and one of the minds behind the new mobile game, Star Trek: Legends. We talk about his role in the development of the game, the idea to use the Nexus as a main driver of the plot, the characters, and how writing for the game differs from his works on the comics.We also discuss the we...

Positively Trek 103: Alex Kurtzman on the Blurring Line Between Film and TelevisionWhat Does This Mean for the Future of Star Trek? Alex Kurtzman recently made some comments about the continuing evolution of film and television, highlighting the fact that the separation between the two is much less apparent now that it has been in the past. In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce discuss the implications for the future of Star Trek, and what this means for the franchise going fo...

Positively Trek 102: Book Club: SurvivorsKeeping Data Regular Lieutenant Tasha Yar was a character who didn’t get much of a chance to shine. Lasting not quite an entire season, Denise Crosby elected to leave the show before the end of season one. While the true potential of the character went unrealized on screen, one author took it upon herself to tell her story. In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Bruce return to the early days of TNG to take a look at the “Tasha ...

Positively Trek 101: An Overload of Trek News on First Contact Day!Picard, Discovery, Lower Decks Trailers, & Prodigy Janeway! We have SO MUCH NEWS to report this week! Join hosts Bruce and Dan on this week’s Positively Trek as we break down all the stories from First Contact Day as well as a myriad of other news stories from the past week! Top stories include a win for Discovery at the GLAAD Awards, a NEW Official Star Trek convention announcement, a new Trek film on the schedule for 2023, and...

Positively Trek 100: So Much to Celebrate!Our 100th Episode on First Contact Day! We made it! 100 episodes! In this very special episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce are joined by Damien Devlin, YouTube’s “The Irish Trekkie,” to discuss the film Star Trek: First Contact, which unbelievably turns 25 years old this year!Join us to celebrate First Contact Day as well as our 100th episode! The Irish Trekkie on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/IrishTrekkie Damien on Twitter: https:/...

Positively Trek 99: Book Club: One Constant StarWait, Which Captain Sulu Was That Again? The voyages of the Enterprise-B continue as Captain Demora Sulu and her crew confront a mysterious device on the surface of an unknown world that leaves one crewman missing and the first officer critically injured. When the captain herself disappears, the crew must rely on Admiral John Harriman, who may ultimately have the solution. In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Bruce and Dan disc...

Positively Trek 98: Hanelle Culpepper Honored for Star Trek: PicardPlus: Voyager Doc Update & More This week’s Star Trek news includes a NAACP Image Award win for Hanelle Culpepper for directing Star Trek: Picard, tidbits about Star Trek: Discovery’s fourth season from Anthony Rapp, an update on the Voyager documentary To the Journey, and a trailer for season one of Star Trek: Lower Decks on DVD and Blu-Ray. All this and more with your hosts Bruce and Dan on the Positively Trek podcast! Hanelle...

Positively Trek 97: Funko Pops, Books, and More!Plus: Boston Honors Leonard Nimoy We’ve got some new Trek merchandise for the collectors in our audience, including some new Funko Pops and a couple of quirky books from Robb Pearlman. In other news, Jonathan Frakes and Armin Shimerman are teaming up to tackle a cause near and dear to their hearts, and the city of Boston honors one of its favorite sons, Leonard Nimoy. Join Dan and Bruce in this episode of Positively Trek as we talk about all of th...

Positively Trek 96: Book Club: Serpents Among the RuinsHarriman’s “In the Pale Moonlight” Episode The voyages of the Enterprise-B are some of the biggest unknowns in the Star Trek universe. Besides the fateful first voyage at the beginning of Star Trek: Generations, almost nothing is known about the trials and tribulations of the third Federation starship to bear the name Enterprise. What a perfect opportunity for the novels to step in and chronicle one of the many adventures of Captain John Ha...

Positively Trek 95: Casting Announcements for Strange New Worlds!Plus: We’re One Year Old! The big news this week is that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has officially begun production, along with the announcement of five new series regulars besides Pike, Spock, and Number One! We also have news about a Star Trek film pitch by Nicholas Meyer, director of The Wrath of Khan, a new docuseries all about Star Trek airing on History Channel, and extended deal with CBS for the showrunners of Star Trek:...

Positively Trek 94: A New Trek Film Script On the Way?Plus: Lower Decks on Blu-Ray & Voyager Doc Fundraising Success! Paramount Plus is here! What do we think about it? We also have some (sigh) new Star Trek movie news. However, we’re a little more optimistic this time around! We also report on Lower Decks coming to DVD and Blu-Ray, as well as amazing success for the Voyager documentary fundraiser on IndieGoGo and recognition for Discovery and Picard from the Saturn Awards! Join Dan and Bruce o...

Positively Trek 93: Book Club: The Needs of the ManyWith Special Guest: Author Michael A. Martin In 2010, the Star Trek community was eagerly anticipating the launch of Star Trek Online, the Trek universe’s first MMORPG (massively multiplayer online game). To tie into this next chapter of the Star Trek universe, the publishers of Trek novels produced a special tie-in to the game chronicling “The Long War,” the conflict between the powers of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants and the Undine, also know...

Positively Trek 92: First Look At Star Trek: Prodigy Characters!Plus: News About Section 31 Series While we didn’t get a surprise new series announcement at the ViacomCBS Investor’s Presentation, Star Trek fans were still delighted with their first real look at the new Nickelodeon series, Star Trek: Prodigy! In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan ruminate on the character designs for Prodigy, discuss recent news about Section 31 and other future Trek series, report on some exc...

Positively Trek 91: What Will the Viacom CBS Investor’s Day Reveal?Plus: The Outrageous Okona Returns? Wednesday, February 24th, 2021: The ViacomCBS Investor’s Day! What surprises will the presentation bring? Is it possible we may get some unexpected Star Trek announcements? In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce speculate about what the powers that be behind Star Trek might reveal to their investors in the coming week. We also talk about the recent news about Picard and Stran...

Positively Trek 90: Book Club: Seven’s ReckoningPerception is Reality Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01, has had her entire world turned upside-down. Now a former Borg drone, she finds herself trying to assimilate into a new collective: the crew of the Starship Voyager. A mission to a derelict ship will test her newfound individuality when she is confronted with an ethical crisis: to what extent should she get involved with the affairs of another species when she sees injustice ru...

Positively Trek 89: Star Trek’s 55th Anniversary & New Books Added to the 2021 SchedulePlus: Try Your Luck Against the Kobayashi Maru Scenario! It’s an all-news edition of the Positively Trek podcast! This week, hosts Bruce and Dan take a look at the 55th anniversary branding for the Star Trek universe. We also talk about the Short Treks episode “Calypso” and how it will link to Star Trek: Discovery, report on new Star Trek novels added to the 2021 release schedule, and discuss the new Kobayash...

Positively Trek 88: Special Guest: Discovery’s Lieutenant Sahil, Adil HussainHe Waited 40 Years and is Now on Positively Trek! In this special episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce welcome the incomparable Adil Hussain to the show! A veteran of stage and screen, Mr. Hussain is known to Star Trek fans as Aditya Sahil, the Starfleet liason officer Burnham met in the first episode of season three, “That Hope is You, Part 1.” While he only made appearances in three episodes, the character...

Positively Trek 87: Book Club: The SunderedTo Be Continued in Star Trek: Titan! The 21st Century nearly saw the end of humanity in World War III. Against the backdrop of the post-atomic horror, a group of Earth’s best and brightest, living aboard a nearby asteroid habitat, are thrown across the galaxy in a freak warp field accident. Over 200 years later, while negotiating peace with the aggressive Tholians, Captain Sulu and the crew of the U.S.S. Excelsior will discover what became of those unw...

Positively Trek 86: Climbing Paramount MountainParamount Plus Promos, Discovery Nabs GLAAD Nomination, and More! In this week’s episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce discuss the week’s news from the Star Trek universe! We have new promos for the Paramount+ streaming service, a GLAAD award nomination for Star Trek: Discovery, a new book coming from Brent Spiner, new 1:6 scale figures from Star Trek: First Contact, and some sad news to report this week with the death of Star Trek archiv...