Trek Politics with Mary L. Trump and Bob Cesca

Sep 18 2024 8 ep. 196
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Trek Politics is a fun and insightful deep dive into the socio-political and cultural impact of Star Trek across all series and movies, featuring author and commentator Mary Trump and political podcaster Bob Cesca.

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Star Trek Las Vegas Politics Panel

Sep 18 2024 84 mins  
We're back with all new episodes! Our first show back is the audio of the Politics of Trek panel from this year's Star Trek Las Vegas convention. The panel was organized and co-moderated by Mark Altman from The Inglorious Treksperts podcast and David Goodman, former president of the WGA. The panelists included Mary and Bob, along with Ande Kindryd who worked on the original series,

Trek Politics Is On Strike

Jul 26 2023 12 mins  
Mary and Bob announce a temporary hiatus for this podcast until the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes are resolved, in essence Trek Politics is joining the virtual picket line in support of the actors and writers. Per the SAG-AFTRA guidelines, our guests are unable to publicly discuss or promote Star Trek or any studio or network projects, and it's a gray area in terms of whether we, as po

Hollywood on Strike and Kirk Acevedo

Jul 19 2023 38 mins  
Mary and Bob talk with legendary actor Kirk Acevedo about the Screen Actors Guild strike and how it's impacting him and his career.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tim Russ

Jul 12 2023 113 mins  
Mary and Bob talk with the brilliant, funny, and insightful Tim Russ, who played the Vulcan Tuvok on Voyager and Picard Season 3. We dig into Tim's politics, the most culturally poignant episode of Voyager, the downsides to AI, how we get to a Star Trek future, sci-fi pet peeves, and of course Subspace Pancakes!

Ad Astra Per Aspera and Todd Stashwick

Jun 28 2023 91 mins  
Mary and Bob recap Strange New Worlds S2E2 "Ad Astra Per Aspera" plus civil rights and non-human personhood in Starfleet. And then the spectacular Todd Stashwick, Captain Liam Shaw from Picard S3, arrives to discuss playing a grease monkey from Chicago, his breathtaking Wolf 359 speech, toxic fandom, and more!

Strange New Worlds and Jeri Ryan

Jun 21 2023 75 mins  
We discuss Strange New Worlds S2E1, including false flags and punching Klingons. And then we talked with the inimitable Jeri Ryan, Seven of Nine on Voyager and Picard.

Introductions and Terry Matalas

Jun 14 2023 96 mins  
Welcome to the premiere episode of Trek Politics with Mary Trump and Bob Cesca. The incredible Terry Matalas, showrunner, writer, and director of Star Trek Picard Season 3, joins us to discuss this purely epic season of Star Trek television.

Trek Politics Trailer

May 31 2023 1 mins  
Trek Politics with Mary L. Trump and Bob Cesca is a deep dive into the socio-political and cultural allegories of Star Trek across all the series and movies, plus guest interviews with Star Trek actors, crew, and famous fans.