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Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Mission Log is a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast with the sole purpose of exploring the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. That's right, this podcast will cover six different series and 30 seasons of television by journeying into every one of the 726 episodes with a single mission: to explore, debate and discuss one of the largest science fiction phenomena of all time, Star Trek. Starting with The Original Series' initial pilot and continuing chronologically until we reach the last…
Episodes
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 16 - "Q Who"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Q Who," our old friend Q is back. And he is taking the Enterprise to meet some new friends. They are not very…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 15 - "Pen Pals"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Pen Pals," how long has it been since we broke the Prime Directive. Like REALLY broke the Prime Directive. Well…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: Another One with David Gerrold
We know that as a writer David Gerrold has always got at least one more interesting story to tell. For his return to Mission Log, we dig deep into the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 14 - "The Icarus Factor"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Icarus Factor," Riker is sad because his dad is on the Enterprise. Worf is sad because he has no dad to…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 13 - "Time Squared"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Time Squared," Captain Picard returns to the Enterprise in shuttle number five. Now they will have a matching…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 12 - "The Royale"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Royale," investigating the wreckage of a 300-year-old spaceship from Earth, the Enterprise finds a building…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 11 - "Contagion"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Contagion," the Enterprise has a rendezvous with its ailing sister ship, the Yamato. Sadly, it explodes and…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 10 - "The Dauphin"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Dauphin," Wesley is in love. With a girl. Maybe. Most of the time she is a girl. The rest of the time, she…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 9 - "The Measure of a Man"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Measure of a Man," an old foil wants to take Data apart in an effort to study him and make more Datas. Data…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 8 - "A Matter of Honor"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "A Matter of Honor," did you know Starfleet has an exchange program? Well it does. And Commander Riker is away…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 7 - "Unnatural Selection"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Unnatural Selection," get to know Dr. Katherine Pulaski! When a mysterious illness starts making people very…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 6 - "The Schizoid Man"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Schizoid Man," Dr. Ira Graves is a genius with an ingenious idea: transfer his consciousness into a…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: Remembering Leonard Nimoy
Star Trek fans are heartbroken with the loss of Leonard Nimoy. We'll share our own thoughts on the legacy of Spock and share some of the comments we've…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 5 - "Loud as a Whisper"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Loud as a Whisper," the Enterprise is taking the negotiator Riva to Solais V to negotiate an end to their…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 4 - "The Outrageous Okona"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Outrageous Okona," the Enterprise encounters a freighter in distress. But Captain Okona is a captivating…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 3 - "Elementary, Dear Data"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Elementary, Dear Data," Geordi La Forge has an idea: Pit Data as Sherlock Holmes against a foe on the holodeck…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 2 - "Where Silence Has Lease"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Where Silence Has Lease," charting a previously unexplored section of the galaxy, the Enterprise is trapped in…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 1 - "The Child"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Child," the birth of season two sees the birth of a baby. Counselor Troi is suddenly pregnant. Very…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 26 - "The Neutral Zone"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Neutral Zone," the end of season one of TNG is a blast from the past. Actually it is a few blasts. Three…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 25 - "Conspiracy"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Conspiracy," this is Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers on Star Trek, plus or…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 24 - "We'll Always Have Paris"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "We'll Always Have Paris," a lost love of Captain Picard's ends up on the Enterprise. It could be a chance for…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 23 - "Skin of Evil"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Skin of Evil," the La Brea tar pits meets Doomsday! It is Star Trek: The Next Generation meets The Blob! It is…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 22 - "Symbiosis"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Symbiosis," the Enterprise comes across two races: one suffering from a plague and another with the medicine to…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 21 - "The Arsenal of Freedom"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Arsenal of Freedom," in search of a missing ship, the Enterprise arrives at a dead planet filled with live…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 20 - "Heart of Glory"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Heart of Glory," the Enterprise picks up three Klingons from a ship in distress in the Neutral Zone. No sooner…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 19 - "Coming of Age"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Coming of Age," Wes is off to take the Starfleet Academy entrance exams. Making friends and facing fears is the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 18 - "Home Soil"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Home Soil," the Enterprise pays a visit to a group of terraformers. There's just one problem: that terra may…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 17 - "When the Bough Breaks"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "When the Bough Breaks," the imaginary planet of Aldea turns out to be real - and it has a real problem. Its…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 16 - "Too Short a Season"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Too Short a Season," Admiral Jameson is called out of retirement to negotiate with a people he last saw 45…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 15 - "11001001"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "11001001," get ready to fall in love with the holodeck all over again. But really this time. In love. Commander…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 14 - "Angel One"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Angel One," Angel One is a lovely, peaceful planet. At least it was until four off-worlder men landed there and…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 13 - "Datalore"
In the Star Trek: [Series] episode, "Datalore," what does it mean to be alive? What does it mean to find out that you are not exactly one of a kind? Can Data…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 12 - "The Big Goodbye"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Big Goodbye," Captain Picard has some time to kill, but there is trouble. A malfunction may turn his trip…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 11 - "Haven"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Haven," the Enterprise is on its way to an almost magical planet for a little rest and relaxation. But there is…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 10, Episode 10 - "Hide and Q"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Hide and Q," will there ever be another Q? Yes. And for at least a little while, his name is William Riker…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 9 - "The Battle"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Battle," this episode marks the return of the Ferengi, both to TNG and to the life of Jean Luc Picard. It…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 8 - "Justice"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Justice," the Enterprise happens on a planet of sex and violence, minus the violence. Unless you step on the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 7 - "Lonely Among Us"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Lonely Among Us," the Enterprise is carrying delegations from two warring races to a neutral planet for…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 6 - "Where No One Has Gone Before"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Where No One Has Gone Before," the Enterprise is a ship of exploration. It does a lot of traveling. So how can…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The One from Star Trek Las Vegas 2014
Ken and John talk to attendees of Star Trek Las Vegas 2014 from the floor of Star Trek Las Vegas 2014. Plus an inside look at Roddenberry Entertainment - what…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 5 - "The Last Outpost"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Last Outpost," the Enterprise is chasing a Ferengi vessel. What is a Ferengi? Exactly. Small and scheming…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 4 - "Code of Honor"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Code of Honor," the Enterprise is sent to negotiate with a lower-tech planet for a life-saving vaccine. Sounds…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 3 - "The Naked Now"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Naked Now," the new crew of the new Enterprise goes on a really old mission. Did you see "The Naked Time?"…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 1 & 2 - "Encounter at Farpoint"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Encounter at Farpoint," meet the Enterprise and her crew for the first time. Again. For the first time. This is…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: More with Mike and Denise Okuda
On this supplemental edition, John and Ken revisit The Final Frontier, revisit The Undiscovered Country, and - believe it or not - revisit This Side of…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the last flight of the original crew is full of deep topics and high adventure. The Klingon Empire is collapsing…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek V: The Final Frontier
In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, in Star Trek II we found Khan. In Star Trek III we found Spock. In Star Trek IV we found whales. What is bigger than all of…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home
In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, saving Spock was relatively simple. How will the crew of the stolen Klingon vessel save the whales when the whales have been…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek III: The Search for Spock
In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, finding Spock proves easier than finding a way to find Spock. But Kirk, McCoy, Uhura, Scotty, Sulu and Chekov will not…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The One with a Little Bit of Everything
Upcoming business - listener email - listener voicemail - a snippet of an interview - this episode has... a little bit of everything. Hosted by John Champion &…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, this is it. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Seriously. What else is there to say? Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Hosted…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Motion Picture
In Star Trek: The Motion Picture, ten years after the original series and five years after the animated series, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the crew of the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The one with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
In the last supplemental before heading to the movies, Ken and John are joined by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. They wrote the book on Star Trek: Phase…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: Nerds and Nerd Royalty Talk Trek
Curtis Armstrong, host and creator of King of the Nerds, and Kayla LaFrance, winner of King of the Nerds: Season Two, join John and Ken to talk Trek, TV…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 2, Episodes 5-6
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 2, episodes 5-6, he's not Apollo, he's not the devil but he is another incredibly powerful creature demanding praise…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 2, Episodes 1-2
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 2, episodes 3-4, it is no laughing matter for Kirk and crew when the Enterprise becomes "The Practical Joker". Then…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 2, Episodes 1-2
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 2, episodes 1-2, the Enterprise comes across some Orions - DRESSED AS ORIONS! But they are actually "The Pirates of…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 1, Episodes 15-16
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 1, episodes 15-16, Kirk, Spock and McCoy take a trip to the zoo. But the zookeepers think it's a one-way trip for the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 1, Episodes 13-14
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 1, episodes 13-14, Kirk and Spock feel like fish out of water - even aboard the Enterprise. Find out why in "The…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 1, Episodes 11-12
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 1, episodes 11-12, the crew of the Enterprise finds out that it's wild to get small in "The Terratin Incident". Then…