Show #259 - January 31

Episode 259 on MP3

Happy New Year!

The final Short Trek - The Escape Artist
Discovery premiere of Season 2!
Thoughts on Burnham, Spock, and Sarek
And the fortune cookie


Grayish hazel. ©2015 Rory Lewis. 

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Show #258 - December 29

Episode 258 on MP3

Happy Shatmas!

We talk Short Treks - Calypso and The Brightest Star
Short Treks vs. Discovery
Baby it's Cold Outside, with Ricardo Montalban
Christmas with the Captains at Ticonderoga
Kirk's very short tunic at auction!
Lene watched Devil in the Dark, Other Side of Paradise, and ST4
Treks That Might Have Been

 

Watch out! Bill's behind the bar!

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Show #257 - November 25

Episode 257 on MP3

FINALLY

New Star Trek animated series!
Star Trek Discovery: Runaway
Bill's Horse Show auction is open
Starfleet members, ranked
Sex? At a Star Trek convention?
Finally, someone uses Kobayashi Maru correctly as a metaphor
Lene reviews The Green Girl, a movie about Susan Oliver
Kitty talks about Why Not Me and Silent Night
A new podcast about Trek, Inglorious Treksperts

James T. Kirk Bourbon - does Kirk drink bourbon?

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Show #256 - October 7

Episode 256 on MP3

LOCKWOOD and Star Trek Equinox
Kitty reviews Live Long and...
Lene reviews Why Not Me
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction online!
Unproduced TNG episode - with 2 Spocks!
Star Trek Discovery Short Treks!


SPOILER: Lene got the comic 3 years ago and forgot about it

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Show #255 - September 19

Episode 255 on MP3

First published K/S!
Game developer sues Discovery for stealing his ideas
Star Trek receives the Governor's Award - And we were wrong! Bill did accept it!
Bill won't be on Star Trek: Discovery - he's busy
Why Star Trek 4 is in trouble
Bill's new book is out! Here's what we know so far
Bill's country LP is out! And you can pre-order his Xmas LP!
Thoughts on Gary Mitchell

 
Identical twins, no? 

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Show #254 - August 22

Episode 254 on MP3

Back from vacation!

We went to McGill University to see the SHATNER BUILDING
We watched Toys That Made Us about Trek toys!
Amazing custom-made dolls!
Picard is back in Trek
Well, Spock is in Discovery
Star Trek writers on LOTR series
How Trek fandom happened back in the day
Bill gets a horse award
They want Bill for the Halloween reboot
Fan theories - not actually crazy (via ScreenRant)


 
The Shatner Building at McGill (closed for renovations)
 

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Show #253 - July 15

Episode 253 on MP3

Back from technical difficulties!

Lene's b-day present to Kitty - coasters!
Bill does solar-powered bitcoin!
Bill gonna do Shore Leave!
Trekfest in Riverside!
ST: Discovery news - showrunners are out! But many possible new series!
New Trek books!
Trek/Transformers crossover comic!
The Largest Trek Publication - have any of you seen it?
Remaking the Last Jedi, explained!

 

He's so HAPPY!

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Show #252 - June 8

Episode 252 on MP3

SUMMERTIME and the livin' is easy!

Kitty reviews the finale of Once Upon a Time
Will alien languages be like human languages? (Lene says nah)
A Star Trek theme park??
13 ideas for the new LOTR series on Amazon
Some info about Bill and Wrath of Khan
Star Trek's future is bright!
Lene reviews The Transformed Man aka Captain Quirk

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Show #251 - May 15

Episode 251 on MP3

Talking about Silicon Valley Comic Con!

Pack Your Bags, We're Going to Mars!
Adaptations, Remakes, Reboots
What is Fanfiction?
Adam Savage's panel
David Tennant and Krysten Ritter panel
The Physics of Star Trek
We review "The Truth is in the Stars", Bill's documentary
Some news about ST:Discovery!
The 50 Best Moments in Sci-Fi History from Popular Mechanics - 4 of them from TOS!
Starfleet Academy Experience at the Liberty Science Center

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Show #250 - April 27

Episode 250 on MP3

Silicon Valley Comic Con Pre-Show!

Lene's b-day present! Mega Construx figures!
Popular Science from 1967 about Star Trek!
Interview with Bill about Wrath of Khan!
Screenrant takes on Vulcans and why they're illogical
New book! Star Trek: Lost Scenes

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Show # 249 - March 3

Episode 249 on MP3

Catching up!

Discovery wrap-up
The Turbolift that's actually an Agony Booth
Enterprise pizza recipe
Movie reviews: Black Panther and Annihilation
[Ragnarok extra: We know his name is Darryl]
372 Pages We'll Never Get Back (a podcast)
Bill's doing stuff: He signed with a country music label!
There's a contest to be Bill's VIP at a con!
Bill's touring with Wrath of Khan!
Piller pitched a Piece of the Action redux for TNG

 
NO. THIS IS WRONG. 

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Show #248 - Feb. 12

Episode 248 on MP3

Half an episode is better than none!

A bit of Discovery chat
Shatner Weekend - June 1-3, 2018
Black Mirror's Trek episode (and here's another article)
Gene Roddenberry's original pitch for Star Trek

 
Captain Nanette Cole of the USS Callister YEAH

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Show #247 - January 19

Episode 247 on MP3

A belated Shatmas episode!

Bill has a new Fan Club! It's free to join!
Better Late Than Never is back
Some discussion of The Last Jedi, The Shape of Water, and Doctor Who
The REAL Mushroom Man!
Star Trek Phase II tidbits!
Lene reviews City of the Edge of Forever comics

Sponsored by Mike's Apron


Bill's Twitter icon. Do you think he looks angry? Don't tell him that!!! 

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Show #246 - Dec 30

Episode 246 on MP3

Fandom thoughts and Bill news!

A gift for Lene!
ST Discovery recap
Gatekeeping in ST fandom
Lene reviews Joan Winston's book The Making of the Star Trek Conventions
Star Wars sex toys
Better Late Than Never returns!
Please Stand By movie trailer
Tarantino will (might) direct a Star Trek movie


A moist and Merry Shatmas to you all!

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Show #245 - Nov 15

Episode 245 on MP3

Catching up, and more Disco!

The Shatner Halloween Mask - yep, it's real
Bill's touring and here's some first-class shilling in TulsaWorld
Project Ubuntu Discovery?
Bill Xmas LP
Celebrity Bowling redux!
JK's book review - The Fold, by Peter Clines
Great fanfic comments from Captain Toy!
Discovery discussion!
Why ST Discovery is the best



 
What does it mean?? 

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Show #244 - Oct. 16

Episode 244 on MP3

A little bit about Bill's tweeting
A short fanfiction discussion
All about Discovery!
And a little about The Orville


Black badge. WHAT DOES IT MEAN??

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Show #243 - Sept. 26

Episode 243 on MP3

TV reviews!!!

JK reviews The Orville
Lene talks about TJ Hooker (the one with Leonard)
Quentin Tarantino discusses a Star Trek movie
AND
Star Trek: Discovery!

 
Passing the torch.

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Show #242 - Sept. 12

Episode 242 on MP3

Interview with Jim Valeri of ShatnerWeb!

We spent a delightful hour talking with the lovely and talented Jim Valeri, who runs the ShatnerWeb project, in which he reviews all of Bill's performances in chronological order. We chatted about movies, TV, Peter Shatner, Bill's terrible accents, and so much more. Will Jim die before he finishes reviewing all of Bill's media?

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Show #241 - Aug. 28

Episode 241 on MP3

A visit from Marjorie - talking about Discovery!

Terry Farrell is engaged to Adam Nimoy!
Via Twitter, a new collection of BW behind-the-scenes TOS photos
Lene reviews Bill on Private Eyes (a Canadian show)
Good interview with Bill about Wrath of Khan
Lene also reviews Spirit of the Horse, Bill's horse book
Go listen to I Don't Even Own a Television's review of TekLab
And...Marjorie Kirk!

Homework! Who should play Marjorie in ST Discovery??




 
Is that a skort, or is her skirt on sideways?
 

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Show #240 - July 30

Episode 240 on MP3

News and reviews!

Chicago Creation Con - NO BILL
But he will be at Dragon Con!
Bill talks about the horse book
Bill talks to the South China Morning Post about World of Suzie Wong
TimeTrap on Goodreads!
ShatnerWeb reviews Dreams
Kirk Drift!
Kate Stark has done a sporking/breakdown of the Axanar script

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