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Star Trek: The Pod Directive Star Trek
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Join Tawny Newsome (Star Trek: Lower Decks) and Paul F. Tompkins (BoJack Horseman, Comedy Bang Bang) in a wide-ranging and often hilarious take on the Star Trek universe. With unparalleled access to Star Trek luminaries, celebrity superfans, and behind-the-scenes creative professionals, The Pod Directive takes a smart, witty and thoughtful look at all things Trek – both old and new. Offering a high-level discussion of the themes, ideas and characters that resonate across the history of the franchise’s storied universe, episodes will also explore the brand’s 50-plus year legacy and influence. New episodes every other Tuesday.
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The Creation of the Klingon Language | Unsung Science with David Pogue
Where do fictional languages come from? How are they devised? Hear from the creator of the Klingon language, Marc Okrand, on his process of designing the famous conlang (constructed language) and his first few Star Trek gigs. You'd be surprised by the amount of vocabulary, syntax, and grammar that go into inventing the conlang. Host David Pogue also interviews language creator David Peterson on his conlangs, including Dothraki and High Valyrian from Game of Thrones, and Angela Carpenter, a linguistics professor at Wellesley College on the history of constructed languages. We'll be back with a new episode of the Pod Directive soon!
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From Fan to Science Fiction Consultant with Erin Macdonald
Ever wondered how warping would work in real life? Astrophysicist Dr. Erin Macdonald knows. Erin takes the inner workings of science and makes them possible in the science fiction universe we love on Star Trek. She also highlights one of her favorite Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes, “The Magnificent Ferengi”, because everyone loves an Iggy Pop appearance. This episode originally aired on May 17, 2021.
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John Hodgman’s Favorite Episode of The Next Generation
Author and actor John Hodgman is throwing it back with Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: The Original Series. He and our hosts analyze how these shows have impacted their views on interpersonal relationships and John dives into one of his favorite Next Generation episodes, “Lonely Among Us”. He is also desperately looking for a Judge Q costume if anyone has a spare! This episode originally aired on April 12, 2021.
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Sir Patrick Stewart (Extended Cut) | The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
Sir Patrick Stewart makes a special appearance on The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert. Following Colbert's commentary, he and Stewart discuss the final season of Star Trek: Picard. Stewart also shares tidbits about himself including how he stays so young, his role as King Oberon, and what he sees as the best way to start your day. This is an episode of The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert originally aired in February 2023.
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Meaningful Asian Representation with Phil Yu
Creator of “All the Asians On Star Trek” and the “Angry Asian Man” blog, Phil Yu, discusses Asian representation in Star Trek and beyond. He speaks to his own experiences from watching Rosalind Chao as a kid to making it a mission to interview every Asian actor who has appeared on Star Trek. Throughout the years diversity has developed, but we’re also asking: What is meaningful representation? How is Asian representation doing in Star Trek and beyond? This episode originally aired on April 26, 2021.
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Building Character Inspirations with Michelle Yeoh
The wonderful Michelle Yeoh, also known as Captain Philippa Georgiou, talks about her time working on Star Trek: Discovery and her experience with her Star Trek family. She gives us the background on her extensive career from dancing to acting, including how her inspiration for Georgiou came from contemporary dance. She also shares the things she wants to do in her career that she hasn’t done yet! This episode originally aired on April 19, 2021.
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Customer Reviews
Best Podcast this side of the Galaxy!
Fun and informative. Tawny and Paul are awesome and entertaining. Great guests and topics. As a life-long Star Trek fan I am embarrassed to say I’m late to the party for this podcast. Thankfully time travel is a common thing with Trek and I can go back and start from the beginning. Lots to cover and enjoying catching up.
“How Did This Get Trekked?”
Tawny and Paul are always a delight in everything they do, especially this show, but I’m here to make a request: Please do a recurring segment with fellow Lower Decker Paul Sheer, and his co-hosts from HDTGM called “How Did This Get Trekked??” where y’all go play-by-play with Sub Rosa, Code of Honor, These Are The Voyages, the salamander one, all the episodes commonly agreed to be bananas beyond typical Trek. Please! 🖖🏼
Season 2 Not Real
I love the show but they are just slowly re-releasing all of season one and pretending it’s a new season. Very disappointing.
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