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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 PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 1, Episodes 9-10
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 1, episodes 9-10, John and Ken revisit Shore Leave in "Once Upon a Planet". Then they say hello to one of the biggest…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 1, Episodes 7-8
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 1, episodes 7-8, how many Spocks is too many? Find out in "The Infinite Vulcan". Then, science and magic are…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 1, Episodes 5-6
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 1, episodes 5-6, "More Tribbles, More Troubles" is a cartoon sequel to an original series episode. Then, life's tough…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 1, Episodes 3-4
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 1, episodes 3-4, Ken and John tackle "One of Our Planets is Missing" and "The Lorelei Signal". Grab your cereal bowl…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSaturday Morning Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 1, Episodes 1-2
In Star Trek: The Animated Series season 1, episodes 1-2, there is loneliness found "Beyond the Farthest Star" and growing up is tough in "Yesteryear." Join…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The One with Richard Arnold
Outspoken, sometimes controversial, a wealth of Star Trek knowledge - these are some of the words used to describe Richard Arnold, the man who was Gene…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The One with Almost Everyone
Wrapping up the TOS wrap-up shows with a host of guests. Joining John and Ken today, Mike and Denise Okuda, Vic Mignogna of Star Trek Continues, and Phil Plait…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: Recapping TOS with Rod Roddenberry
Mission Log creator Rod Roddenberry joins John and Ken as part of the wrap-up of Star Trek: The Original Series. Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray Welcome to…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The one with Nichelle Nichols
John and Ken have the honor of speaking with Nichelle Nichols, Lieutenant Uhura from Star Trek: The Original Series Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray Welcome…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 24 - "Turnabout Intruder"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Turnabout Intruder," it's Star Trek meets Victor, Victoria (kind of). Captain Kirk is a man trapped in a…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 23 - "All Our Yesterdays"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "All Our Yesterdays," Kirk, Spock and McCoy are trapped in the past. But different pasts! On an alien planet!…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 22 - "The Savage Curtain"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Savage Curtain," four of the worst villains in history square off against Kirk, Spock, Surak the Vulcan and…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 21 - "The Cloud Minders"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Cloud Minders," Kirk and Spock discover - then take part in - a fight between tradition and progress…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 20 - "The Way to Eden"
Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 20 - "The Way to Eden" -- In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Way to Eden," the Enterprise…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 19 - "Requiem For Methuselah"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Requiem For Methuselah," Kirk's in love, which is nothing new. For an added twist, this week he's in love with…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 18 - "The Lights of Zetar"
Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 18 - "The Lights of Zetar" -- In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Lights of Zetar,"…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 17 - "That Which Survives"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "That Which Survives," from Gideon - a planet of almost countless people - to a barren rock with one inhabitant…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 16 - "The Mark Of Gideon"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Mark Of Gideon," Gideon is a paradise seeking admission into the Federation. Well, it used to be a…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 15 - "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield," two people with god-like powers pursue each other for thousands of years…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 14 - "Whom Gods Destroy"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Whom Gods Destroy," Kirk and Spock are on a medical mission to deliver sanity saving drugs to an institute for…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 13 - "Elaan of Troyius"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Elaan of Troyius," Kirk and crew are playing taxi to Elaan from Elas and an ambassador from Troyius. Their…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 12 - "The Empath"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Empath," Gem is - by definition - empathetic. But is she empathetic enough to make her planet worth saving…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 11 - "Wink of an Eye"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Wink of an Eye," faster than you can say anything, the Enterprise is overtaken by the people of Scalos. Captain…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 10 - "Plato's Stepchildren"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Plato's Stepchildren," they're the least platonic friends the Federation has ever encountered. Hosted by John…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 9 - "The Tholian Web"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Tholian Web," the Enterprise encounters a ghost ship, and Kirk gets caught on it. It's up to Spock and…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 8 - "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky," McCoy is dying. And he's in love! And he's getting married…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 7 - "Day of the Dove"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Day of the Dove," St. Elmo's fire forces a fight between a ship of Klingons and the crew of the Enterprise. St…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 6 - "Spectre of the Gun"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Spectre of the Gun," it's "Tombstone" meets "Forbidden Planet." It's "My Darling Clementine" meets "This Island…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 5 - "Is There In Truth No Beauty"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Is There In Truth No Beauty," the ugliest thing almost no one has ever seen - a Medusan - is brought aboard the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 4 - "And the Children Shall Lead"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "And the Children Shall Lead," kids! An evil non corporeal being! Space swords! How does one explain an episode…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: Star Trek Into Bob Orci
Today, John and Ken take an extensive look at Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, the fandom and the work of screenwriter Bob Orci. Hosted by John Champion &…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 3 - "The Paradise Syndrome"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Paradise Syndrome," amnesia! Ancient technology! Asteroids! Hardly sounds tranquil, but it's everything a…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 2 - "The Enterprise Incident"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Enterprise Incident," the Romulans have a new bit of technology called a "cloaking device" (just go with…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 3, Episode 1 - "Spock's Brain"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Spock's Brain," two words: Spock's brain. Three more words: remote control Spock. Oh yes. This is that time…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: John and Ken Play a Room at the Rio
The voices of Mission Log hosted a panel at Star Trek Las Vegas 2013, moderated by Star Trek author, interviewer, editor, commentator, producer, and event…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 26 - "Assignment: Earth"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Assignment: Earth," The Enterprise goes back in time to 1968 to find out how the Earth avoided a particular…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 25 - "Bread and Circuses"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Bread and Circuses," Kirk, Spock and McCoy trace the lost spaceship The Beagle to a planet a lot like Earth…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The one from Las Vegas with Connor Trinneer and Anthony Montgomery
From the heart of Star Trek Las Vegas, interviews with Connor Trinneer and Anthony Montgomery of Enterprise. Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray Welcome to…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 24 - "The Ultimate Computer"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Ultimate Computer," when control of the Enterprise is handed over to a computer, what is a starship captain…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 23 - "The Omega Glory"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Omega Glory," it's the Stars and Stripes forever, even on a planet far, far away from Earth with no contact…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 22 - "By Any Other Name"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "By Any Other Name," beings from the Andromeda galaxy take human form, then take over the Enterprise for the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 21 - "Patterns of Force"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Patterns of Force," Kirk drops in on an old history professor. He's a kind and brilliant man, who just happens…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The One with David Gerrold
David Gerrold joins us to talk tribbles, troubles and Trek. Plus listener feedback and a look ahead to Star Trek Las Vegas 2013. Hosted by John Champion & Ken…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 20 - "Return to Tomorrow"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Return to Tomorrow," Kirk lends his body to a half-a-million-year-old being. He just wants to walk around…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 19 - "A Private Little War"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "A Private Little War," what do you get when you add the hill people + the Enterprise + Klingons + the Village…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 18 - "The Immunity Syndrome"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Immunity Syndrome," the Enterprise is on the hunt for a single cell organism. Won't be hard to find - it's…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 17 - "A Piece of the Action"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "A Piece of the Action," Kirk, Spock and McCoy land on a planet of 1920s Chicago gangsters. But it was an old…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 16 - "The Gamesters of Triskelion"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Gamesters of Triskelion," lay your quatloos and place your bets as Kirk, Uhura and Chekov fight for their…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 15 - "Trouble with Tribbles"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Trouble with Tribbles," one of the most persistent species throughout the Star Trek universe makes its debut…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 14 - "Wolf in the Fold"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Wolf in the Fold," people are being murdered. They all have two things in common: each is a woman and Scotty is…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 13 - "Obsession"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Obsession," Kirk and the crew come a across a cloud that he swears he has seen before. It has to be stopped…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 12 - "The Deadly Years"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Deadly years," we all hope we'll grow old gracefully. But what if we were forced to grow old in 72 hours or…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 11 - "Friday's Child"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "[Episode Title]," 544x376 Kirk, Spock and McCoy head to a planet peopled by a warrior race to negotiate mining…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The One with Scott Mantz
Access Hollywood movie critic Scott Mantz stops in to talk about his love of Star Trek and to re-argue "This Side of Paradise." Plus your feedback to us and…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 10 - "Journey to Babel"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Journey to Babel," Spock's dad has a war to stop. Spock has to save his dad's life. But he also has to command…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 9 - "Metamorphosis"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Metamorphosis," it's the usual story: energy being meets boy meets girl. What has to change to turn this…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 8 - "I, Mudd"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "I, Mudd," the entire crew of the Enterprise is stranded on a planet populated by 200,000 androids controlled by…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 7 - "Catspaw"
544x376 In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Catspaw," members of the Enterprise crew end up in a castle run by a couple of interesting people. But…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Original, Season 2, Episode 6 - "The Doomsday Machine"
In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Doomsday Machine," the Enterprise encounters an obsessed commodore and a planet eating device in a…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: Another One with Rod Roddenberry
544x376 John talks with Rod Roddenberry about "Devil in the Dark" and "The City on the Edge of Forever" as well as more general thoughts on Star Trek. Then Ken…