Episodes

Positively Trek 164: Book Club: Oblivion’s GateWith Special Guest David Mack! The multiverse-shattering Coda trilogy comes to an end with the final chapter: Oblivion’s Gate by David Mack! Positively Trek Book Club hosts Dan and Bruce are joined by the veteran Star Trek author himself to discuss the final instalment and the trilogy as a whole. What was it like to write this huge turning point in the Star Trek literary universe? Find out in this exclusive interview! We wrap up the show with our ...

Positively Trek 163: Discovery Review: “All is Possible” (4.04)Plus: Trek Gaming News & Shatner Amazon Prime Special Coming Soon Major changes are afoot, both for the Federation and its relationship with Ni’Var, as well as for one of our beloved Star Trek: Discovery characters! In this week’s Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce discuss “All is Possible,” and what those possibilities might mean for the future of a fan-favorite character. In the news section, we discuss the trailer for next yea...

Positively Trek 162: Discovery Review: “Choose to Live” (4.03)Plus: Prodigy Coming Soon to Nickelodeon & EXO-6 Mirror Spock Figure A Qowat Milat nun has killed a Starfleet officer, and it’s up to Burnham, Tilly, and Gabrielle to track her down. Meanwhile, Stamets and Book try to get to the bottom of the Dark Matter Anomaly (DMA), while Adira awaits the rebirth of Gray into his new body. There is a lot going on in this week’s Star Trek: Discovery, “Choose to Live,” and hosts Bruce and Dan are di...

Positively Trek 161: Book Club: Star Trek Explorer #1 Short Stories“All That Most Maddens and Torments” by Christopher Cooper & “Q and False” by Lisa Klink The official Star Trek magazine has rebranded and relaunched as Star Trek Explorer, and we here at Positively Trek are excited to get our hands on it! Included in each issue is original Star Trek fiction which, as you all know, is right up our alley. Therefore, in this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Bruce and Dan take a look...

Positively Trek 160: Discovery Review: “Anomaly” (4.02)Plus: Discovery Rolls Out in Overseas Markets & Guinan Confirmed for Picard S2! The mysterious anomaly threatening the galaxy comes into sharper focus as Burnham and the crew of Discovery set out to learn all they can about it. Dan and Bruce review “Anomaly,” the second episode of season four of Star Trek: Discovery. In the news segment, we rejoice for (some) overseas Star Trek fans who will be able to see Discovery sooner than we thought!...

Positively Trek 159: Discovery Review: “Kobayashi Maru” (Season 4 Premiere!)Plus: Prodigy Review: “Terror Firma” (1.05) This week marks a first for Positively Trek: we’re reviewing two Star Trek episodes in one week! For the first time in over 20 years, two new Star Trek episodes have been released in the same week: the Star Trek: Discovery season 4 premiere “Kobayashi Maru,” as well as episode 5 of Star Trek: Prodigy: “Terror Firma”! Bruce and Dan share their thoughts on both of these episode...

Positively Trek 158: Book Club: The Ashes of TomorrowWith Special Guest James Swallow! The multiverse-rending Coda trilogy continues! We have friends becoming foes, old allies joining the quest, and more tragedy than you can shake a mek’leth at! The temporal apocalypse continues to spread, with only our heroes in its way to stop it from destroying all of reality. In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Bruce are joined by author James Swallow to discuss Coda, Book II: T...

Positively Trek 157: Prodigy Review: “Dream Catcher” (1.04)Plus: Prodigy Renewed and 2023 Film Delayed! This week, hosts Dan and Bruce review episode 4 of Star Trek: Prodigy: “Dream Catcher,” in which our young heroes explore a mysterious new world for the first time! I’m sure it will all go without incident… right? Guys? In the news segment, we talk about the revelation of Prodigy’s 20-episode first season (with multiple mid-season breaks) and the news that the 2023 Star Trek film has been pu...

Positively Trek 156: Prodigy Review: “Starstruck” (1.03)Plus: The Center Seat, Eaglemoss USS Cerritos Model, & More! The journey of the USS Protostar continues in episode 3 of Star Trek: Prodigy! In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan discuss “Starstruck.” Holo-Janeway finds herself on a ship of “cadets,” and their self-styled leader has decided that they don’t need her help. But will they find their own way without her? In the news segment this week, we talk about the upcomin...

Positively Trek 155: Book Club: The Buried AgePicard as Indiana Jones? While billed as a Star Trek: The Next Generation novel, The Buried Age by Christopher L. Bennett is also labelled “A Novel of The Lost Era,” continuing the stories set between the end of the classic Star Trek films and the beginning of TNG and “Encounter at Farpoint.” In the pages of this millennia- and epoch-spanning story, we learn a great deal about the history of our galaxy and what made Captain Jean-Luc Picard into the ...

Positively Trek 154: Prodigy Review: “Lost and Found” (Series Premiere!)Plus: The Center Seat Docu-series Release & Saturn Awards for Disco & Picard! It’s a big week! We have our thoughts on the new Star Trek: Prodigy series premiere! A new ship, a new “crew,” and a Star Trek series unlike any that has come before! Hosts Dan and Bruce share their thoughts on “Lost and Found,” including predictions and theories for the story going forward. In the news segment this week, we discuss the newly-ann...

Positively Trek 153: Preparing for Prodigy!Plus: Lower Decks Season 3 Details & Upcoming Changes for the Podcast After ten amazing weeks of Star Trek: Lower Decks, we get one week off before the October 28th premiere of Star Trek: Prodigy! We’re all very excited for the beginning of this new chapter in the Star Trek universe, and we have a few stories this week in anticipation of the new series. In this week’s Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan are talking Prodigy with a couple of interviews...

Positively Trek 152: Book Club: Moments Asunder with Special Guest Dayton Ward!“Wil Wheaton, Temporal Badass” The Temporal Apocalypse begins! For 20 years, the “novelverse” has presented us with a unique opportunity to grow the Star Trek universe outside the films and television that make up “canon,” with authors given unprecedented freedom to take the stories of the TNG era in new and exciting directions. After all, there was no way that televised Trek would ever return to the 24th century… ri...

Positively Trek 151: The Pets of Star TrekFrom Spot to Grudge, Who is Your Favorite Trek Pet? Throughout the history of Star Trek, it hasn’t just been humans and other sentient beings who have gone where no one has gone before. Along for the adventure are our pets! Cats, dogs, fish, targs, and spiders are just a few of the companions who have accompanied brave space adventurers on their missions. In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce talk about all the pets of Star Trek, and d...

Positively Trek 150: Lower Decks Review: “First First Contact” (Season 2 Finale!)"You're lucky I'm so spiritually centered, or I'd snap!" After ten short weeks, the season finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks is here! A special mission for the Cerritos and the U.S.S. Archimedes under the command of Captain Sonya Gomez means the crew will really have to step up their game this week. Plus, Captain Freeman may be moving on to bigger and better things, and Tendi might have to leave sickbay? Hosts Bruce...

Positively Trek 149: Discovery & Prodigy Panels from New York Comic ConNew trailer, sneak peeks, and more! This week, Positively Trek hosts Bruce and Dan are taking a look at the NYCC Discovery and Prodigy panels and sharing our thoughts on everything we learned. What will the new season of Star Trek: Discovery bring us? Plus, Star Trek: Prodigy starts in a few short weeks, and NYCC gave us a brief look at what we can expect from that show. We break it all down for you and give you our thoughts...

Positively Trek 148: Lower Decks Review: “wej Duj” (2.09)"Put it in the clay, Papa Bear, put it in the clay." Lower Decks takes a detour this week as we explore the lives of lower deckers aboard three different ships! The Federation, Klingons, and Vulcans all have their own lower deckers, and we see what life is like for all of them in this week’s episode, “wej Duj.” In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Bruce share some downtime with Mariner, Rutherford, Tendi, and Boimler, as well...

Positively Trek 147: Book Club: The Autobiography of Mr. SpockWith special guest Una McCormack! There are not many people who can be said to have influenced centuries of galactic politics and shaped the very foundations of the Federation. Described by Starfleet Admiral Brackett as “one of our most celebrated Ambassadors and advisors to Federation leaders for generations,” Spock has been one of the most revered and influential voices in Federation history. Now, available for the first time ever:...

Positively Trek 146: Special Guest: Discovery’s Ryn, Noah Averbach-Katz!Plus New York Times’ Bestselling Author Una McCormack! Much to the surprise of one of our hosts, Noah Averbach-Katz joins Positively Trek this week to discuss a myriad of topics, including D&D, positivity in the Star Trek fandom, being a fan on the set of Star Trek: Discovery, and much more! We’re also joined later in the episode by the wonderful Una McCormack, author of many Star Trek novels! At the top of the show, hosts...

Positively Trek 145: Lower Decks Review: “I, Excretus”“Aw, they took everything that I was!” The crew of the Cerritos is put to the test! A visiting consultant turns the tables on the crew by putting the ensigns in charge and sending the senior officers down to the lower decks. How will they all fare in their new roles? In this episode of the Positively Trek Star Trek: Lower Decks review show, hosts Bruce and Dan take a look at “I, Excretus,” and discover if the crew has what it takes to conqu...

Positively Trek 144: Let’s Celebrate Star Trek!With Special Guests Ian Spelling & Ben Robinson of Hero Collector In this week’s Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan are joined by Hero Collector’s Ian Spelling and Ben Robinson to discuss their new book: Star Trek - The Original Series: A Celebration! This incredible “convention in a book” celebrates the creation of the most influential science fiction series of all time, detailing behind-the-scenes tales that even the most ardent fans of Star Tr...

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 backstory for Chief Engineer Billups! Shakespeare references and Ren Faire types abound in “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie.” In this episode of the Positively Trek Lower Decks review show, hosts Dan and Bruce give their thoughts on Billups’ culture, the requirements for him t...

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 about the Star Trek panels at the upcoming New York Comic Con, Trek film news amidst the management shake-up at Paramount Studios, Star Trek: Discovery’s Emmy win, the Cerritos in Eaglemoss form, and wrap up with some Star Trek comic and novel news!STAR TREK Returns to New Yo...

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 episode of the Positively Trek Lower Decks review show, hosts Bruce and Dan discuss the episode “A Spy Humongous,” the sixth episode of season two. We talk about delicate negotiations, a formidable spy, Tendi’s positive outlook, Boimler’s command aspirations, and wrap up w...