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April 2, 2021

Book Club: One Constant Star

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 w...

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March 30, 2021

Hanelle Culpepper Honored for Star Trek: Picard

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 ab...

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March 23, 2021

Funko Pops, Books, and More!

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 Pe...

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March 19, 2021

Book Club: Serpents Among the Ruins

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...

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March 16, 2021

Casting Announcements for Strange New Worlds!

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 ...

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March 9, 2021

A New Trek Film Script On the Way?

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. …

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March 5, 2021

Book Club: The Needs of the Many

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 (mas...

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March 2, 2021

First Look At Star Trek: Prodigy Characters!

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 del...

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Feb. 23, 2021

What Will the Viacom CBS Investor’s Day Reveal?

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 w...

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Feb. 19, 2021

Book Club: Seven’s Reckoning

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 assimila...

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Feb. 16, 2021

Star Trek’s 55th Anniversary & New Books Added to the 2021

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 a...

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Feb. 9, 2021

Special Guest: Discovery’s Lieutenant Sahil, Adil Hussain

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 Hus...

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Feb. 5, 2021

Book Club: The Sundered

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 bri...

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Feb. 2, 2021

Climbing Paramount Mountain

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 unive...

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Jan. 26, 2021

Six Series Finales and Counting

Positively Trek 85: Six Series Finales and CountingBruce and Dan Explore Every Star Trek Series’ Endings Thus far, Star Trek has had six television series that have ended their runs, and in this episode of Positively Trek , h...

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Jan. 22, 2021

Book Club: Picard: The Dark Veil

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 Shi...

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Jan. 19, 2021

The Season Finale Spectacular!

Positively Trek 83: The Season Finale Spectacular!Dan & Bruce Take a Look at Star Trek's Many Season Finales Since Star Trek premiered in 1966, there have been over 30 seasons of television. This means there have been MANY se...

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Jan. 12, 2021

That’s a Starfleet-Issue Boom Mike!

Positively Trek 82: That’s a Starfleet-Issue Boom Mike!Concept Art, Nichelle Nichols Documentary, Whoopi Goldberg, and More A touch of Star Trek news this week, with the release of some interesting Star Trek: Discovery concep...

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Jan. 11, 2021

Discovery Review: “That Hope is You, Part 2” (Season 3 Finale!)

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...

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Jan. 8, 2021

Book Club: Federation

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 plo...

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Jan. 5, 2021

The State of Star Trek in 2021

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 …

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Jan. 4, 2021

Discovery Review: “There Is a Tide…” (3.12)

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 n...

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Dec. 29, 2020

2020 Year in Review!

Positively Trek 77: 2020 Year in Review!Plus: Q May Be Back & Scotty Aboard the ISS 2020 may have lacked in other areas, but it was a banner year for Star Trek ! Four separate Star Trek series saw new …

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Dec. 28, 2020

Discovery Review: “Su’Kal” (3.11)

Positively Trek 76: Discovery Review: “Su’Kal” (3.11)“What is it you say when you do your jumpy thing?” An away team from Discovery tracks the source of the burn to a lone Kelpien on a crashed ship in the Verubin Nebula. …

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