This Episode of Trek Geeks is Dedicated to the Memory of Eric Cone It quite possibly was the television event that forever changed history! On September 8, 1966 the very first episode of Star Trek was shown on NBC. It was " The Man Trap" and this week the Trek Geeks are ready to discuss the great Salt Vampire of M-113! Bill and Dan will discuss all the interesting and quirky things about this episode. After watching it countless times over the last 40+ years, they certainly have a lot to say abo...
Sep 25, 2016•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 77
After a one week hiatus, the Trek Geeks are back in their podcast chairs and ready to discuss the latest amazing episode from Star Trek Continues . Episode 7 of this highly acclaimed fan production tackles a very interesting and controversial topic that began almost 50 years ago with the final episode of TOS, "Turnabout Intruder." In "Embracing the Winds," we finally find out why female officers have never been in command of a constitution class starship! Additionally, we see yet another ship--t...
Sep 20, 2016•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 76
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, STAR TREK! A year in the making... Last year, we began to ask listeners for their stories of the first time they ever watched Star Trek. Since then, we've been compiling stories from voice mails, SpeakPipe messages, emails, and live recordings at STLV50. Today, we present them to you as our love letter and tribute to the adventures we all love so much. We hope you'll all enjoy this tribute to Star Trek's 50th Anniversary. We truly can't thank those who participated enough. You...
Sep 06, 2016•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 75
MAKE IT SO...OR DON'T! It's been a long time since we delved into a season of Star Trek and gave our thoughts as to whether you should See It or Skip It, so we are back with the next round of SIoSI and TNG Season 1! Will we appreciate failed Holodeck programs? Will we ridicule giant jellyfish space creatures? Tune in and find out! We are joined by our good friend and third or fourth best admin (out of 3) from our Official Facebook Group Camp Khitomer, Mr. Daniel Garcia. Dan is going to do his be...
Aug 30, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 74
It seems like forever since we've sat down and recorded a standard Trek Geeks episode, and we're back with our wrap-up of the amazing 2016 Las Vegas Star Trek Convention! We met so many amazing people during the convention, one of whom was one of our favorite podcasters: Norman Lao from Trek.FM and also the Fandom Podcast Network, where he hosts Blood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast ! Norm sits down to talk to us about his first-ever STLV and some of his cosplay! We'll talk about some of our favo...
Aug 23, 2016•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 73
This will be an episode of Trek Geeks unlike any other! Why is that you ask? Well, that's because it's largely hosted by two amazing podcasters! (Well, OK... ONE amazing podcaster and also John Champion.) Return with us now to the Sunday of STLV50! Dan was off getting his DS9-themed tattoo and Bill was one of the invited panelists on the Roddenberry Stage for the Podcasting Summit, hosted by Mission Log ! Eight Star Trek podcasts were represented to talk about the focus of their respective shows...
Aug 16, 2016•46 min•Season 1Ep. 73
It's been a long time coming, but this day was inevitable. We're on our way back to New England from Las Vegas, and we figured what better time to feature the return of listener favorite, "Stump the Geek!" The rules are simple: Bill has created five trivia questions for Dan to answer and each one is worth a random point value. Dan is not allowed to use any reference material at all--no internet, no books, no notes--nothing! He can only rely on his memory and the information trapped in his wee br...
Aug 09, 2016•18 min•Season 1Ep. 72
The second of our mini-episodes from the Official 2016 Las Vegas Star Trek Convention at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino! We'll catch you up on what's been going on during our trip and talk a little bit about today's events!
Aug 06, 2016•11 min•Season 1Ep. 72
It's the first of our Vegas Mini-Episodes! In today's update, we talk about our disappointment in the Leonard Nimoy panel, Dan's first ever cosplay as Guy Fieri, and the chaos of the Whoopi Goldberg appearance! Plus, don't forget to check out our Facebook page tomorrow morning for another STLV Briefing!
Aug 05, 2016•9 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Our countdown has finally ticked down to zero and we're on our way to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada for Creation Entertainment's 2016 Official Star Trek Convention to celebrate the 5oth Anniversary of the franchise we all love so dearly. We're joined in this episode by our great friend, Adam Drosin, who we met at last year's STLV! We'll talk to Adam about his fandom, what made him decide to start going to conventions, and his plans for this year. Then, we'll all take a look at this year's STLV sche...
Aug 02, 2016•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 70
The long wait is finally over! Star Trek Beyond debuted in theaters this past weekend and both Dan and Bill attended Thursday night IMAX 3D showings in their towns. This week's episode contains nothing but spoilers, so if you haven't seen Star Trek Beyond yet, you should skip this episode for now. After a discussion on the plot, we'll take a look at the aspects of Beyond that we really enjoyed, and those we didn't. We'll also examine whether this film reflects The Original Series, as well as whe...
Jul 26, 2016•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Last week, Paramount held a screening of Star Trek Beyond for the media and hosted a press event the following day. TrekNews.net was there, and thanks to Laura Sirikul, we have the audio! You'll hear Scott Mantz from Access Hollywood moderate two panels: one with the cast of Star Trek Beyond featuring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban and others, and one with the production team including producer J.J. Abrams, director Justin Lin, as well as writers Simon Pegg and Doug Jung. It goes without...
Jul 22, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 69
It is certainly no secret how much we love the folks over at Tricorder Transmissions, and specifically Shore Leave! Heather, Jeff and the whole team are amazing and bring listeners awesome information about conventions each and every week! As STLV gets closer and closer and the excitement continues to build, we felt this would be the perfect time to welcome Heather Barker and Jeff Hulit to the podcast to talk about Vegas and what we can expect in just TWO SHORT WEEKS! We will discuss all kind of...
Jul 19, 2016•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 68
One mistake can change everything . That's the lesson learned by Ensign Harry Kim in the 100th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. This week, Dan and Bill dive in on the episode, "Timeless," and discuss some of it's finer points. Make no mistake: this is some of the best material the writers ever gave Garrett Wang, and we'll talk about why. Plus, we'll find out why this episode means so much to Dan, and why he almost selected it for his "one episode" in the Ask Us Anything we did in Episode 62. We'll...
Jul 12, 2016•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 67
As we in the United States celebrate Independence Day on July 4th, we thought this would be PERFECT time to discuss The Original Series episode "The Omega Glory." Bill and Dan will give a run down of the episode, discuss what works and what doesn't work, as well as what they like and don't like. Also, no discussion about TOS can go without Dan attempting to portray Captain Kirk, and this episode may have the most "Shatneriffic" speech in Trek history! Will Dan be up for the challenge? Plus, in S...
Jul 05, 2016•56 min•Season 1Ep. 66
In this week's episode, we'll take an in-depth look at the new Fan Film Guidelines released by CBS last week! These guidelines seem to change fan films as we know them--and they're all the result of one production's actions. For months, Axanar Productions has complained that there were no guidelines. Their constant complaining has prompted CBS to give them exactly what they wanted--and now all fan films will have to pay the price. Be careful what you wish for, right? There are still a lot of unk...
Jun 28, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Dan and Bill pay tribute to Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin who was killed in a freak accident at his home on Sunday, June 19, 2016.
Jun 21, 2016•20 min•Season 1Ep. 64
TRICORDER TRANSMISSIONS CROSS-OVER! We're back with another episode of See-It or Skip-It this week, but this time we're taking on an entire series--but this time, it's something very different! Star Trek: The Animated Series ran for 22 episodes between 1973 and 1974 on Saturday mornings, and it's one of the most debated and contested entries in the Star Trek universe. Jeff Hulit from The Tricorder Transmissions moderates the discussion as Dan and Bill give their vote on each episode from Star Tr...
Jun 14, 2016•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Dan and I have just submitted our sample episode for the Parsec Awards! We decided to feature two clips: one with Vic Mignogna from Star Trek Continues discussing how Star Trek has actually saved lives--including Dan's--and one where Dan surprised me last year and announced he was going to STLV. Finalists will be announced in late July or early August! This is the clip we submitted. It could contain one thirty second intro and two clips totaling no more than ten minutes with no edits to the cont...
Jun 11, 2016•10 min
You heard us right! It's time that you all learned a little bit about your gracious co-hosts, Bill Smith and Dan Davidson! Last week we asked our followers in Camp Khitomer (our fun-filled Facebook group) to ask us anything they wanted to know about us. All questions were allowed as long as they were PG rated. Well, we had a bunch of questions come our way and we are going to share our answers with you on this weeks podcast! Plus as an added bonus, Bill and Dan each have a question for one anoth...
Jun 07, 2016•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 62
SPOILER ALERT! This week we take a super-sized look at the highly anticipated sixth episode from Star Trek Continues--Come Not Between the Dragons! BE WARNED, THOUGH: This episode of our podcast is FILLED with spoilers! If you don't want to know what happens in "Come Not Between the Dragons," then stop now! We absolutely recommend watching this Star Trek Continues episode first before you listen to our analysis! Then, come on back and listen to our analysis of the show and we'll even give you th...
May 31, 2016•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 61
It's our first-ever Supplemental Episode and we examine the first full-length trailer for Star Trek Beyond! We'll share our thoughts on the trailer and analyze some of the scenes, discuss our hopes for the film, and decide whether or not we think Beyond is starting to look like a Star Trek movie--especially after the first trailer didn't receive a warm reception from some fans.
May 26, 2016•30 min•Season 1Ep. 60
They were the first adversary introduced in Star Trek and probably the alien race that's changed the most! We mean the Klingons , of course! From their beginnings in TOS' "Errand of Mercy," they have changed so much--not only in appearance, but also in their society and lore. We'll break down some of the early history, talk about the changes, and even some of our favorite Klingons of all time! Plus, Bill finally relents on one Klingon. It's all in Episode 60! [0:00] Show Open/Intro: Prelude to A...
May 24, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Ever since the reboot of Star Trek took place in 2009, there have been polarizing opinions on the so called "JJ-verse" This week, Dan and Bill tackle this controversial topic and give their insights into what they like and what they don't like about this alternate timeline. It seems that the majority of people that don't like this timeline are extremely vocal in how JJ Abrams "destroyed Star Trek". The Trek Geeks discuss those topics and bring up several facts about how these stories actually ho...
May 17, 2016•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 59
This week, we take a look at the first season of Star Trek: Voyager! It's no secret that Bill hasn't been the biggest fan of Voyager, and he's even attempted his own "Voyager Challenge" to finally get through the series. We thought it might be easier to discuss each season and decide which episodes that you should watch and which ones you can safely avoid in a new feature called, "See-It or Skip-It" and we'll take on the freshman season of Voyager first! Debuting January 16, 1995, Voyager held g...
May 10, 2016•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 58
This week on Trek Geeks, we take a look at what could possibly be the greatest adversary the Federation has ever faced--The Dominion! More menacing than the Borg. More dangerous than the Klingon or Romulan Empires. More evil than the dreaded Aquatic or Arboreal Xindi. From the introduction of the Jem'Hadar in Season 2 of Deep Space Nine, they would play a major role in the series through the finale, we'll discuss the far-reaching hand of the Founders and the Dominion! We'll talk about the aspect...
May 03, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Note : On Saturday, 4/23/16, this week's episode was made available at 11:00AM EDT. Shortly after the release, we pulled the episode due to additional information we received that not ALL fan film productions had received calls from CBS. We felt that as a result of this information we did not want the post to be misleading, and so a rewrite of the podcast post information was needed. There is no change to the actual interview with Tommy Kraft. The problem isn't with what Tommy said, it's in what...
Apr 24, 2016•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 56
"IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES... ...it was the worst of times. Message, Spock?" "None that I am conscious of, except of course, these movies sucked. Surely, the worst of times." This week on Trek Geeks, Dan and Bill tackle what they think are the worst of the Star Trek movies! It isn't always rainbows and unicorns and eternal happiness when it comes to good Trek stories and today's discussion focuses on the the ones that they would both like to flush down the Trek toilet! Once their lists have been...
Apr 19, 2016•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Introducing Lido Deck: A Love Boat Podcast! The definitive podcast for the classic television series! With every episode, we'll look at every guest star, every port of call, and every delicious cocktail that Isaac can serve! Join your hosts John Champion, Bill Smith, and Dan Davidson for an examination of the messages, morals, and meanings of the voyages of the Pacific Princess! Welcome aboard, it's LOVE! Episode 1: "The Captain & the Lady/One if by Land/Centerfold" Original Airdate: Septemb...
Apr 01, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 1
As Bill was gallivanting on an awe inspiring Tattoo Trek to Las Vegas, Dan decided that this week would be a great time to discuss one of the best episodes in Star Trek History: Deep Space Nine's "Far Beyond the Stars", and when Bill returned, he wholeheartedly agreed! Star Trek has always been about facing "issues of the day" head on, and this episode is the PERFECT example of just that. From the incredible acting, to Avery Brooks' amazing directing, to the ugly truth about racism and bigotry, ...
Mar 29, 2016•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 53
