Positively Trek

Mar 07 2025 291 ep. 55 mins 245

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Trek experts Dan and Barry discuss a variety of Trek topics, often with special guests! We want to share our love of the Star Trek universe, and celebrate how it has touched our lives. We also cover news and reviews of all new Star Trek shows and films!

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But Is It Canon?

Mar 07 2025 57 mins

Positively Trek 291: But Is It Canon?Star Trek: Khan - Trek’s New Audio DramaIn this episode of Positively Trek, host Dan Gunther welcomes Bruce Gibson back for a discussion about the upcoming original Star Trek audio drama: Star Trek: Khan, starring Lost’s Naveen Andrews as the genetically-engineered tyrant! We talk about the synopsis, writers, cast, the question of canon, and

Of Course There’s a View of the Golden Gate Bridge!

Feb 21 2025 56 mins

Positively Trek 290: Of Course There’s a View of the Golden Gate Bridge!Everything We Know about Star Trek: Starfleet Academy So FarStar Trek: Starfleet Academy just wrapped filming on its first season, so we felt this was a good time to go over everything we know about the newest addition to the Star Trek universe. In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Barry do just

Look on the Bright Side!

Feb 07 2025 67 mins

Positively Trek 289: Look on the Bright Side!Let’s Say Something Nice About Trek We Don’t LikeThis is Positively Trek, so we figure we should live up to our name! In this episode, hosts Dan and Barry are straining the limits of our positivity in order to say something nice about Star Trek episodes and films that we don’t really like. Some of them we kind of damn with faint pr

Georgiou and the Gang

Jan 24 2025 93 mins

Positively Trek 288: Georgiou and the GangStar Trek: Section 31 Reviewed! (Spoilers!)The first Star Trek film in nearly nine years has finally been released: Star Trek: Section 31, starring Michelle Yeoh. In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Barry and Dan break down the film. We share what we liked, what we didn’t like, and give our overall thoughts on the film. The first pa

The State of Star Trek in 2025

Jan 10 2025 65 mins

Positively Trek 287: The State of Star Trek in 2025What’s Coming This Year and WhenIn this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Barry take a look back at the year 2024: what we got from Star Trek on television and in print, and our thoughts on the year that was.But now, we have a new year to look at! From the first Star Trek film release since 2017 to a new season of Strange

Book Club: Political Wisecracks and Political Cats

Dec 31 2024 82 mins

Positively Trek 286: Book Club: Political Wisecracks and Political CatsStrange New Worlds: Asylum with author Una McCormack!While November 5th, 2024 will be remembered for many things, it also saw the release of a new Star Trek novel! And we are very lucky, in this special episode of Positively Trek, to have the author on the show to discuss it!In this episode of the Positively Tre

Nana Visitor Joins Us to Talk About Her New Book!

Nov 19 2024 56 mins

Positively Trek 285: Nana Visitor Joins Us to Talk About Her New Book!Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman’s TrekWe are so thrilled to welcome Kira Nerys herself, Nana Visitor, to Positively Trek to talk about her amazing new book, Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman’s Trek! In this very special episode, hosts Dan Gunther and Brandi Jackola welcome one of our absolute favorite act

Book Club - Logic Without Empathy is Illogical

Sep 12 2024 70 mins

Positively Trek 284: Book Club - Logic Without Empathy is IllogicalStrange New Worlds: The Scorpius RunWhile investigating uncharted space in the Scorpius constellation, the U.S.S. Enterprise under the command of Captain Christopher Pike is captured by a megalomaniacal dictator named Zyphyx. He forces the Enterprise crew to take part in an interstellar starship race, and in order t

The First Week of September, 2024

Sep 01 2024 69 mins

Positively Trek 283: The First Week of September, 2024The Week Everything Changed - “Past Tense” Parts 1 & 2It’s the morning of Monday, September 3rd. Podcasters Dan and Barry have decided to record Positively Trek in the early morning hours before work. However, they don’t realize that events have taken place thousands of kilometers away that will change everything for

Star Trek in the Wild

Aug 15 2024 49 mins

Positively Trek 282: Star Trek in the WildMaking Trek Connections in Unexpected PlacesSometimes as Star Trek fans, it can feel like we’re all alone in our fandom. Certainly, online spaces have changed this quite a bit, but in our day-to-day lives, it often feels like we are the only Star Trek fan around. But then, the unexpected happens and you make a surprise connection with ano