Episodes

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 & MoreThis 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 NimoyWe’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” EpisodeThe 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. MartinIn 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 SeriesWhile 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 RealitySeven 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...

Positively Trek 85: Six Series Finales and CountingBruce and Dan Explore Every Star Trek Series’ EndingsThus far, Star Trek has had six television series that have ended their runs, and in this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan are exploring each of their endings! All Good Things must come to an end, including each of the Star Trek series, and even a Turnabout Intruder can’t keep us from our Endgame: taking a look at each of these episodes, examining What You Leave Behind, and ma...

Positively Trek 84: Picard: The Dark VeilWith Special Guest: Author James Swallow!The year is 2386, and the United Federation of Planets has been dealt a serious blow: synthetic lifeforms have attacked the Utopia Plantia Shipyards at Mars, derailing a massive relief effort to save the Romulan people from an impending supernova. The Federation, reacting to this tragedy, has turned inward, halting relief efforts in the Romulan Empire and instituting a ban on research and development of synthetic...

Positively Trek 83: The Season Finale Spectacular!Dan & Bruce Take a Look at Star Trek's Many Season FinalesSince Star Trek premiered in 1966, there have been over 30 seasons of television. This means there have been MANY season finales, and in this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce are going to take a look at all of them! We discuss what our favorite type of season finale is, which is our favorite from each of the various Star Trek series, and our favorite season finale overall!...

Positively Trek 82: That’s a Starfleet-Issue Boom Mike!Concept Art, Nichelle Nichols Documentary, Whoopi Goldberg, and MoreA touch of Star Trek news this week, with the release of some interesting Star Trek: Discovery concept art and behind-the-scenes photos, a new documentary about Nichelle Nichols coming soon, and Whoopi Goldberg talks about joining Star Trek: Picard season two.In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan give a rundown on the past week’s news in the world of St...

Positively Trek 81: Discovery Review: “That Hope is You, Part 2” (Season 3 Finale!)“SHE… IS A QUEEN!!!”The season finale of Star Trek: Discovery is upon us! Will Burnham and the crew re-take the Discovery? Will Saru, Culber, Adira, Grey, and Su’Kal survive in the Verubin Nebula long enough to be rescued? The answers to these questions and more come to us in “That Hope is You, Part 2”!Join hosts Bruce and Dan as they discuss the end of the third season and share their thoughts on the final ep...

Positively Trek 80: Book Club: FederationWhy not strive for that perfect world?Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are tasked with rescuing Zefram Cochrane, famed inventor of the warp drive. Caught up in a plot spanning centuries, the space exploration pioneer is the catalyst for an adventure that will reach into the 24th century and bring the two most famous crews of Starfleet history together for the first time!In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Bruce an...

Positively Trek 79: The State of Star Trek in 2021What Will the New Year Bring?The real world may have left much to be desired, but in the universe of Star Trek, 2020 was a banner year. But what about 2021? Will we have as many new Trek episodes to watch, or will the past year of social distancing have had a detrimental effect on productions of our favorite space adventures?In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce take a look at the next few months of the Trek universe, includ...

Positively Trek 78: Discovery Review: “There Is a Tide…” (3.12)"I'm at your service, captain. Shall we take back the ship?"The Discovery, under the control of Osyraa, breaches the Federation’s defenses. However, Osyraa is not there to attack, but… to negotiate?In this Star Trek: Discovery review episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce discuss the penultimate episode of season three: “There Is a Tide…”. We talk about a Star Trek milestone, Osyraa’s goals, Burnham’s Die Hard adventure,...