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Sept. 27, 2021

Lower Decks Review: “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie” (2.07)

Positively Trek 143: Lower Decks Review: “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie” (2.07)“Did His Kingdom Come?” Star Trek: Lower Decks continues to push the envelope with this titillating episode featuring some unexpected and welcome b...

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Sept. 21, 2021

Discovery & Prodigy at NYCC, Trek Film News, and More!

Positively Trek 142: Discovery & Prodigy at NYCC, Trek Film News, and More!Plus an Emmy Win for Discovery It’s another all-news edition of the Positively Trek flagship show with your hosts Dan and Bruce! This week, we talk ab...

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Sept. 20, 2021

Lower Decks Review: “The Spy Humongous” (2.06)

Positively Trek 141: Lower Decks Review: “The Spy Humongous” (2.06)It’s Captain Janeway! The U.S.S. Cerritos is at Pakled Planet to negotiate peace. But does anyone have a big enough helmet to be authorized to do so? In this ...

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Sept. 17, 2021

Book Club: Catalyst of Sorrows

Positively Trek 140: Book Club: Catalyst of SorrowsStar Trek: Mission Impossible! A Star Trek story featuring intrigue, spycraft, and off-the-books missions… with a centenarian Uhura as the head of Starfleet Intelligence! It’...

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Sept. 14, 2021

Star Trek Day 2021

Positively Trek 139: Star Trek Day 2021So Much Star Trek Coming Soon! A new Star Trek: Prodigy trailer! A new Star Trek: Picard trailer! A mid-season trailer for Star Trek: Lower Decks! Release dates for Star Trek: Discovery,...

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Sept. 13, 2021

Lower Decks Review: “An Embarrassment of Dooplers” (2.05)

Positively Trek 138: Lower Decks Review: “An Embarrassment of Dooplers” (2.05)"Boimler's my number one, now he has to grow a beard!" The Cerritos is threatened with an onslaught of duplicating ambassadors! Richard Kind finall...

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Sept. 7, 2021

Prodigy Revealed!

Positively Trek 137: Prodigy Revealed!Prodigy’s Opening Titles, Picard Casts a Major Villain, and More! This week, we have an all-news edition of Positively Trek ! Dan Gunther returns to the host chair along with Bruce Gibson...

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Sept. 6, 2021

Lower Decks Review: “Mugato, Gumato”

Positively Trek 136: Lower Decks Review: “Mugato, Gumato”Lower Tractor Factor Boiler and Rutherford believe that Mariner is a secret black ops agent and killing machine, especially after she attacks Shaxs during a Mugato stam...

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Sept. 3, 2021

Book Club: Rogue Elements

Positively Trek 135: Book Club: Rogue ElementsWith Special Guest John Jackson Miller! In the third episode of Star Trek: Picard , retired Admiral Jean-Luc Picard hired Cristóbal Rios, freighter captain of the La Sirena . As s...

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Aug. 31, 2021

Highlights from The 55-Year Mission

Positively Trek 134: Highlights from The 55-Year MissionProfiling Trek with John Kirkorian When was the last time we’ve gotten together with our Star Trek friends in person? Creation Entertainment’s The 55-Year Mission was he...

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Aug. 30, 2021

Lower Decks Review: “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris” (2.03)

Positively Trek 133: Lower Decks Review: “We'll Always Have Tom Paris” (2.03)What We Needed Was the Box! Dr. T’Ana sends Tendi on an urgent assignment to gather a much needed heirloom. Tendi invites Mariner to join her since ...

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Aug. 24, 2021

Star Trek’s Leadership Lessons

Positively Trek 132: Star Trek’s Leadership LessonsWhat Can Star Trek’s Greatest Captains Teach Us About Effective Management? A starship (or space station) is, first and foremost, a workplace, with the captain acting as the ...

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Aug. 23, 2021

Lower Decks Review: “Kayshon, His Eyes Open” (2.02)

Positively Trek 131: Lower Decks Review: “Kayshon, His Eyes Open” (2.02)I’d take “Ethics of Collecting” at the Academy! On the Cerritos , the team deals with the absence of Boimler and an unscrupulous “collector” who has requ...

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Aug. 20, 2021

Book Club: Enterprise: The First Adventure

Positively Trek 130: Book Club: Enterprise: The First AdventureEnter the Vonda-Verse! Back in 1966, we were introduced to the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the middle of their adventures. Kirk, Spock, Bones, and the rest o...

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Aug. 17, 2021

Let’s Look Ahead to Discovery!

Positively Trek 129: Let’s Look Ahead to Discovery!Discovery Season Four News and More It’s an all-news edition of Positively Trek ! Hosts Bruce and Dan report on final filming for Star Trek: Discovery ’s fourth season, the r...

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Aug. 16, 2021

Lower Decks Review: “Strange Energies” (2.01)

Positively Trek 128: Lower Decks Review: “Strange Energies” (2.01)“Brace for Grabbing!” Star Trek: Lower Decks is back! Season two opens with Boimler on the Titan while Mariner and Captain Freeman maintain a tenuous captain/d...

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Aug. 10, 2021

Star Trek’s Most Stirring Moments

Positively Trek 127: Star Trek’s Most Stirring MomentsFrom TOS to Lower Decks, Trek Moments That Move Us From long beautiful fly-bys of the U.S.S. Enterprise to supreme acts of self-sacrifice, every Star Trek series and film ...

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Aug. 6, 2021

Book Club: Deny Thy Father

Positively Trek 126: Book Club: Deny Thy FatherKyle On the Run The Lost Era moves ever closer to the era of Star Trek: The Next Generation with this adventure featuring Will Riker and his father Kyle! In this episode of the P...

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Aug. 3, 2021

I Got a Clean Bill of Health From Dr. McCoy!

Positively Trek 125: I Got a Clean Bill of Health From Dr. McCoy!Star Trek’s Best Medical Officers In this week’s episode of Positively Trek , hosts Bruce and Dan discuss their favorite doctors from across the entire Star Tre...

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July 27, 2021

Trailers and Updates and Conventions, Oh My!

Positively Trek 124: Trailers and Updates and Conventions, Oh My!Prodigy & Lower Decks Trailers, Plus an Update on Section 31 TONS of Star Trek news this week as the first trailer for Star Trek: Prodigy drops, as well as a ne...

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July 23, 2021

Book Club: Shadows Have Offended

Positively Trek 123: Book Club: Shadows Have OffendedWith Special Guest Cassandra Rose Clarke! It’s been many years since TNG novels set during the series’ run have been published with the post- Nemesis continuity taking prec...

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July 20, 2021

New Star Trek Film in 2023?

Positively Trek 122: New Star Trek Film in 2023?Plus: Lower Decks Season 2 Sneak Peek, Discovery Emmy Noms, and More! Lots of Star Trek film, television, and merchandise news in this week’s Positively Trek ! Hosts Bruce and D...

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July 16, 2021

Book Club: Well of Souls

Positively Trek 121: Book Club: Well of SoulsThe Ship of Guilt The Lost Era continues! It’s 2336, and these are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise-C . Everything we know about this ship and her crew in canon comes from TN...

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July 13, 2021

Strange New Worlds Tidbits from Anson Mount!

Positively Trek 120: Strange New Worlds Tidbits from Anson Mount!Plus The Motion Picture Director’s Cut Coming to HD & 4K! We’re recording this week’s episode a bit early, but there’s still lots of Star Trek news to discuss! ...

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