Show #227 - Sept. 27

Episode 227 on MP3

Our first Chicago adventure show!
Some discussion about Star Trek: Discovery
We watched Conscience of the King
Lene watched The Cage and The Menagerie and reviews them
We discuss Better Late Than Never




"I wasn't finished! You're ruining it for me!"
 

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Show #226 - August 22

Episode 226 on MP3

A show and a half!

MAC Star Trek cosmetics!
For the Love of Spock trailer
The Roddenberry Vault Blu-Ray!
The Smithsonian restoration of the Enterprise model!
A fantastic review of Galaxy Quest!
Bill apologizes for Star Trek V!
Bill throws out the first pitch at Fenway Park
Titan collection of Star Trek toys
Parade magazine interview, with great photo of Bill!
We talk a LOT about Star Trek: Discovery!

We're going to be at Creation Con Chicago!

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Show #225 - Aug 7

Episode 225 on MP3

Half a show is better than none!

Heroes and Icons TV station - showing all 5 Treks!
Commemorative issues of Entertainment Weekly and Newsweek, reviewed by JK
Star Trek 50th Anniversary Panel at SDCC - watch it here
Star Trek Trivial Pursuit (best price: coolstuffinc.com)
What is the Star Trek Panic game??
Little Redshirt's Big Book of Doom
Star Trek beer!

And a wonderful take on Kirk from BlueSpock on Tumblr

 
PANIC!
 

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Show #224 - July 18

Episode 224 on MP3

Vulcan House Hunters (Rocket Mortgage commercials)
Lene watched the Star Trek Beyond trailers (one, two, and three) so you don't have to
Anton Yelchin passes away - so so tragic
Star Trek Opera in Santa Cruz
Failed TV pilots of the 1970s! - Leonard as a psychic race car drive (you can watch it here)
The "Official" Fan Film Guidelines from Paramount/CBS
And Paramount/CBS' explanation of the guidelines

Listeners: When do you listen to the show?

 
JK's birthday gift - all the way from Ireland!
 

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Show #223 - June 30

Episode 223 on MP3

Kitty gets a present! (It's the Wrath of Khan Blu-Ray Director's Cut)

Nick Acosta does a TOS/NuTrek mashup! SO MUCH KIRKLIGHT
Lene is wasting too much time playing Star Trek Slots
Nick Meyer's alma mater has a Trek exhibit
Slash, the movie about fanfic, starring a guy
Wonderful review of Bill's book Leonard
Chris Pine says stupid stuff
New Kirk/Spock figures! POINTING!
Trailer to  Better Late Than Never
Royal Canadian Mint Releases Trek Coins

DRUNK ON VULCAN (our new reality series)


Pointing Kirk!

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Show #222 - June 4

Episode 222 on MP3

Bill on Celebrity Bowling in 1974! He's not good!
Kitty got an e-card from Bill (really from Lene)
Entertainment Weekly writes about the Trek movies - Star Trek V and Star Trek II
Trek in Money Magazine!: "Star Trek Knew 50 Years Ago That Robots Would Take All of Our Jobs"
Shuttlecraft pop-up tent!
Bill's new reality show, Better Late Than Never
Lene reads from her piece in Outside In Boldly Goes!

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Show #221 - May 2

Episode 221 on MP3

Reviews! And much  more!

Bill. Food. Rocket skipper. From 1972!
Peter Shatner is suing Bill! Here's an article in People - this article has 372 comments!
Bill and Marcy on Tattletales in 1974! Again!
Star Trek 50th Anniversary Trivial Pursuit
Star Trek coffee table that's also a pinball machine!
Star Trek - Hidden Frontier - what should Lene watch next?
Sarai reviews The Paradise Syndrome
NY Observer article about Adam Nimoy's film, "For the Love of Spock"


LOOK AT HIS FACE

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Show #220 - April 16

Episode 220 on MP3

Our interview with Marc Okrand!

We talk about linguistics, captioning, court reporting, Klingon, making movies, opera, Axanar, and so much more!

APOLOGIES FOR THE OCCASIONAL HEAVY BREATHING! We have a funky mic set-up for Skype interviews. Lene should probably fix that.

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Show #219: SVCC Report - Part 2

Episode 219 on MP3

Our report on Day 2 of Silicon Valley Comic-Con!

Let's Go to Mars
Nichelle Nichols' panel
We watched 2 bad Bill shows:
- Gunsmoke, "Quaker Girl" (1966)
- Dick Powell Theatre, "Colossus"(1963)
- Tattletales (game show) (1974)
And then we watched Balance of Terror to make ourselves feel better!

And we got a visit from the Jonkiverse!!
And then Lene got birthday presents!!! (Banned Books socks!! Nancy Drew tote!!)

 
Pre-Khan "KHAAAAAAN!!!" 

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Show #218: SVCC Report - Part 1

Episode 218 on MP3

Special Silicon Valley Comic Con Report!

Part 1: On our first day at the con, we report on Bill's appearance. Short version: it was good!

Parts 2 and 3 to follow!

 
 

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Show #217 - March 4

Episode 217 on MP3

Silicon Valley Comic Con! Coming up soon!

Nicholas Meyer and Rod Roddenberry join the new Trek series!
We discuss a wish list for the new series
Literary Festival 2016: To Boldly Go: What Star Trek tells us about the world
Bill kills it on Meredith Viera
Trek/Hamilton crossover!
Trek Talks

Listeners: When have you seen Shatner-influenced acting? Especially women who might be Shacting!



This is the image they chose for the "Guests" section of the SVCC website. Because of course.

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Show #216 - Feb. 14

Episode 216 on MP3

We are going to Silicon Valley Comic Con!
Reviews of Bill's book about Leonard here and here
And a good 2-part interview: Part 1 and Part 2
Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage - film clips and live music!
A long but fun audio interview with Bill at the Hollywood Reporter
Bryan Fuller is the show runner for new Trek
Galaxy Quest fan theory - Did it become a reality show?
Lots and lots and lots of SF/Fantasy in TV and movie development
But what about the Magicians? What do you think?
Competence Porn and why Kirk is actually very competent
Amazing Romance novels, and more about Chuck Tingle

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Show #215 - Jan 23

Episode 215 on MP3

Presents!

JK got a blessed Kirk candle and the Star Trek: Costumes book
Lene got a Star Trek puzzle!

Lene met Marc Okrand! He's gonna be on the show!
And he's producing a movie about Constructed Languages - Conlanging the film
A bit more about Axanar - you'll have to look at the cached version of the post
Bill's book about Leonard
Bill on My Little Pony?
Lene reviews Star Trek: New Visions, "Cry Vengeance", in which Spock says BRUSK
10 Things That Star Trek Got Right

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Show #214 - January 5

Episode 214 on MP3

Happy New Year!

CBS sues the makers of Star Trek Axanar
And here's what David Gerrold has to say about it
Amazing interview with Bill at The Vulture
What it's like to work with Bill (from a director)
Trek t-shirt contest at Threadless
The Roddenberry Vault! (on Facebook)
Ranking Trek series that never were



I'd vote for this! 

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Show #213 - December 2

Episode 213 on MP3

Kitty opens her present!
Rare Trek collectibles! And we have some of them!
Star Trek: Costumes - the book!
Trek holiday stuff at CafePress
And also at StarTrek.com
Bill Says Yes! to a Hallmark Christmas movie
Vic Mignogna is less than ideal
The Star Trek Scholarship!

 
This is a phone. Really.

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Show #212 - October 26

Episode 212 on MP3

Lots of reviews!

We're going to Silicon Valley Comic Con - with Bill! (March 18-20, 2016)
We review Murdoch Mysteries, with Bill as Mark Twain ("Marked Twain" oh ha ha)
Bill flirts like mad in a YahooTV in Australia interview, Sunrise
Bill gets a Voice Icon Award
JK reviews A Christmas Horror Story, in which Bill has a part as a DJ
A nice article in the New York Times about Star Trek: New Voyages
Bruce Hyde passed away :-(
Lene reviews Mudd's Women in San Francisco, with Leigh Crowe
We discuss The Martian, the book and movie
And we talk about The Autobiography of James T. Kirk


 
Bill looks adorable with glasses
 

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Show #211 - September 24

Episode 211 on MP3

Media and Etsy!

Trek cremation urn (ew)
Portraits by Frank Kelley Freas
Kirk drawing primer
Kirk - still the best captain
5 Things We Want To See in Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Gummies!
Discussion about the Kobayashi Maru in Forbes!
And here's a link to JK's Kobayashi Maru story, "What Lies Within"
Etsy!

• This doesn't really look like him (Kirk in snail form)
  
• Saint Shatner candle
  
• K/S Glow Hearts - but why are they so ANGRY??
  
• I've never seen this book before! (and here's more info about it) 
• Check out the upper right corner of the painting 
• And by the same artist
• An "inspirational" wall hanging
• Trek Tea Bags!
• WHY? (Read the little story with it)

Kirk-not-Kirk by Freas

 
Captain Pankirk 

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Show #210 - Sept 1

Episode 210 on MP3

So much exciting stuff!

Galaxy Quest could be coming back to TV!
Kitty reviews Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Ladies of Kirk made the Kickstarter goal!
Bill's first internet chat in 1995!
Star Trek Memories based on Bill's book
New Trek game - Star Trek Timelines! This one sounds good!
Bill and Leonard wreck a CNN interview!
Lene reviews Star Trek: Renegades


Who would you cast in a new Galaxy Quest?

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Show #209 - August 16

Episode 209 on MP3

Cruises, newses, and more!

Star Trek: The Cruise! We might go (or not)
We answer listener question! What performance would you choose to prove that Bill isn't a ham?
(And here's Sunbeam's TNG story, Anybody Night at Oscar's Egyptian Cabaret)
Fan-made video for Common People!
Sarai reviews Wrath of Khan!
Redshirts in The Apple
Star Trek Philosophers
A great look at AI and Star Trek too
Ladies of Kirk Kickstarter!
And here's a link to Kissing Captain Kirk stories by Lyra
Susan Sackett's Inside Trek
Lene is doing the Star Trek class! Sign up!

Nona! 
 
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Show #208 - July 21

Episode 208 on MP3

News of Bill and Comic-Con!

We review Chaos on the Bridge
Bill's "cinematic comic book", Man O War
Bill does an hour of QnA at Comic-Con
Bill reads The Autobiography of James T. Kirk, featuring rock climbing and horseback riding
Bill and I: Building William Shatner's Belle Reve Ranch by Dalan Smith
Win a walk on role in the Star Trek Beyond movie
See the TOS crew in DS9 uniforms


What do we think? Yea? Nay? Holy Cats?

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Show #207 - June 25

Episode 207 on MP3

We're back!

Bill's on a new reality show! Better Late Than Never on NBC
A fan pitches his series, Star Trek Uncharted, to Paramount!
Brown Bag Wine Tasting with Wil Wheaton!
The Autobiography of James T. Kirk
Star Trek garden gnomes!
Trek laptop bag and fanny pack!
Lene reviews Star Trek: 25th Anniversary game
Adam Savage builds Kirk's chair from the Enterprise bridge!
One of the bottom-feeder books on Amazon: William Shatner: Unauthorized and Uncensored 
Peter Shatner makes his local paper - and gets his Twitter account suspended!
Bill thought the IRS Trek video was a waste of taxpayer dollars (and so did we)

 
 

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Show #206 - May 19

Episode 206 on MP3

Review of Doctor for the Enterprise
Ex Machina the movie is a lot like Requiem for Methuselah
Sarai reviews Journey to Babel
Bill's custom motorcycle
Pub quizzes with Geeks Who Drink!
2016 Chicago Creation Con with Bill - we're going!
25th Anniversary Star Trek Game!
JK reviews Badfic Love, the play
And here's a link to My Immortal
Lene reviews the comic book Star Trek New Visions: Time's Echo

 
 

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Show #205 - April 30

Episode 205 on MP3

Lene's prezzie: Amazing Stories comic book! The Doctor and the Enterprise
Router in the shape of the Enterprise
Unbelievable!!!! the movie
Bill's writing a book about Leonard
A sideways elevator, at last
George Takei's web show
The Etsy Segment!

• This is amusing
• Who is this? Not Jim!
• Who is THIS? Still not Jim!
• Dot-Matrix Kirk
• Do Not Want
• A film bookmark!
• Kirk model!
• A tenuous Shatner association, but kinda cool
• A sharp-dressed Kirk
• Hooker's a GOOD COP!

And a discussion about tropes in fanfic - K/S first time scenarios
JK's Big List of K/S Cliches!


DO NOT WANT

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Show #204 - March 24

Episode 204 on MP3

Happy Shatmoy!
It's also Talk Like William Shatner Day! (Kevin Pollak celebrated the second year)
Sarai reviews "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
Trek Crap! Precious Moments in Trek form
Trek Non-Crap! Enterprise Sushi Set! And The Enterprise Flying Disc!
Make a Spock Quilt
Bill and Barbara Wodehouse - Bill says "STAY"
Star Trek OPERA!
Bill on Circus of the Stars setting himself on FIRE
Star Trek Theme Park! In Jordan! Why is there a Stargate?
And a Paramount Park in Spain!
George Takei has an IndieGoGo project
Harve Bennett passed away



WHY


STAY

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