Episodes

May 4, 2021

Happy Moogie’s Day!

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 fi...

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April 30, 2021

Book Club: Metamorphosis

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 f...

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April 27, 2021

Worf Would Never Grunt Like That

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 o...

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April 20, 2021

Alex Kurtzman on the Blurring Line Between Film and Television

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 televisi...

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April 16, 2021

Book Club: Survivors

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 t...

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April 13, 2021

An Overload of Trek News on First Contact Day!

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 ...

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April 5, 2021

So Much to Celebrate!

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 Iris...

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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. Howev...

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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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