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The Topic is Trek

Clinton Alvord, Kreg Steppe, and Chuck Tomasi

In each episode the guys talk about the latest Trek news and rumors, then discuss general topics related to the TV shows, movies and more. The debate is always passionate. And they try to make sure that the topic always stays focused on Trek. After all, that’s why they named the show “The Topic is Trek.” But please forgive them if they stray from time to time. Their geekery tends to ramble.

Episode 109: Tiny Bubbles

Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter * ViacomCBS rebrands to Paramount in focus on streaming – The VergeViacomCBS Rebrands As Paramount, Highlights Star Trek And Global Streaming Expansion – TrekMovie.com* Star Trek: Discovery season 4 UK return date confirmed* Star Trek Film Late 2022 Start Talks Begin Chris Pine – Deadline* ‘Star Trek’: Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, More Returning for Fourth Film – Variety* Star Trek 4: Kelvin Cast Return Was Decided By Studio’s Market Research* ‘Star Trek’ Sequel Reveal Surprised Its Own Stars – The Hollywood Reporter* Type 1 by Noah AK » What an Incredible three days & Stretch Goal #2 is LIVE! — Kickstarter Vulcan, Alberta, Canada Nothing right now Here are links to additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. Just go over to the show notes for episode 109, over at The Topic is Trek.com Star Trek: The Next Generation Dr. Leah Brahms actress was up for three iconic Star Trek roles Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek actor shamed over weight as he details jibes from writers | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV | Express.co.uk Star Trek: Discovery Star Trek: Discovery’s Most Badass Officer Is Revealed in Latest Episode Every DS9 Alien In Star Trek: Discovery | Screen Rant Star Trek: Discovery’s David Ajala Interview | SYFY WIRE The Entire Star Trek: Discovery Timeline Explained Star Trek: Discovery knows Trek needs less logic and more crying – Polygon Star Trek: Discovery’s faster ship travel comes at the expense of its supporting cast | Engadget <a href="https://trekmovie.com/2022/02/20/star-trek-discovery-wins-make-up-guild-award-doug-jones-honored-with-chair-awa...

Feb 25, 2022

1 hr 26 min

Episode 108: The Cat’s Mee-OW!

Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter * Star Trek lines up new Starfleet TV series with classic twist* Star Trek Community Remembers VFX Pioneer Douglas Trumbull, ‘Picard’ Will Name A Ship In His Honor – TrekMovie.com* ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Teaser Poster, ‘Khan’ Connection, And More Details Revealed [UPDATED] – TrekMovie.com* Vintage Military Portraits of Star Trek TOS Characters Vulcan, Alberta, Canada Nothing right now Here are links to additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. Just go over to the show notes for episode 108, over at The Topic is Trek.com Star Trek: The Original Series * Why Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics to Star Trek: TOS theme song* Star Trek: Why Kirk Wore A Wrap-Around Uniform (And Sideways Badge) Star Trek: Picard * Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Poster Reveals the Return of Q* Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Trailer 2 | Rotten Tomatoes TV – YouTube* Star Trek Picard Season 2: Why 2024 Is a Dark Time to Revist* Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Will Be Its Last, Confirms Patrick Stewart* ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Showrunners Explain How Q’s Time Travel Turns Season 2 Into A “Wild Ride” – TrekMovie.com* Picard boss teases game-changing Star Trek ideas in season 3 Star trek: Prodigy * Star Trek canon just rebooted an essential piece of warp drive technology* WATCH: Star Trek: Prodigy Explained – Warp Core | Star Trek* Star Trek: Prodigy | Kate Mulgrew On Believing In Yourself (S1, E8) | Paramount+ – YouTube* ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Producers And Cast Explain Stardates And More From “Time Amok” – TrekMovie.com* How Star Trek: Prodigy Transitioned From Star Wars-Like to Prope...

Feb 11, 2022

1 hr 27 min

Episode 107: Tachyon Field Trip

Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Renewed For Season 5; Premiere Dates Announced For ‘Picard’ And ‘Strange New Worlds’ – TrekMovie.com Star Trek: Picard Audio Drama Announced Starring Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Nominated For Make-Up Guild Award – TrekMovie.com ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Pauses Production After Dozens Test Positive For Covid, Lead Patrick Stewart Is Not Among Them – Deadline ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Returns To Production Following Covid Pause – TrekMovie.com Star Trek canon just retconned a crucial piece of starship technology Vulcan, Alberta, Canada Council agreed Jan. 10 to purchase a 2022 John Deere 1550 front mount deck mower from Vulcan’s Brandt Tractor. New mower being purchased from local company | Vulcan Advocate Here are links to 29 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. You’ll find everything from an article about John de Lancie’s reluctance to return to the role of Q, to 10 “Star Trek” props that were reused to cut corners. Just go over to the show notes for episode 107, over at The Topic is Trek.com Star Trek: Discovery * The Big Unanswered Questions of Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 | Den of Geek* Star Trek: Discovery: Why Tarka’s Multiverse Plan Is A Lie Star Trek: Picard * John de Lancie didn’t want to recreate Q on Star Trek: Picard* Star Trek: John de Lancie Talks Q Being More Mature in Picard Season 2* Star Trek: Picard’s John de Lancie Reveals Why Q Returns* Picard Season 2 Can Rewrite A Star Trek: Next Generation Relationship Star trek: Prodigy * Star Trek just pulled off the biggest crossover in its history* <a href="https://www.

Jan 21, 2022

1 hr 8 min

Episode 106: The Never-Ending Scenario!

Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV Series 29th Anniversary* Virtual Meet and Greet with the cast of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Ja – GalaxyCon* Review: EXO-6 Impresses With ‘Star Trek: First Contact’ Picard And Data 1:6 Figures [VIDEO] – TrekMovie.com* 20 Star Trek Actors Who Died In 2021 – YouTube Vulcan, Alberta, Canada We were just speaking about looking back, so I have included a look back at things that have happened in Vulcan, Alberta, Canada during 2021, courtesy of the Vulcan Advocate:Year in Review | Vulcan Advocate Here are links to 50 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. You’ll find everything from an article about unresolved plotlines in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” to a review of the new book, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Revenant.”  Just go over to the show notes for episode 106, over at The Topic is Trek.com Star Trek: The Next Generation  * Unresolved Plotlines In Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * Unresolved Plotlines From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Trek: Voyager Unresolved Plotlines In Star Trek: Enterprise Star Trek: Discovery * ‘Discovery’ Season 4 Episode 8 release date changes the 2022 Star Trek schedule* Review: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Talks It Out In “…But To Connect” – TrekMovie.com* Star Trek: Discovery Welcomes Crew Member & Says Goodbye to Another* Recap: Star Trek: Discovery – …But To Connect* Star Trek’s Galactic Barrier Explained (& What It Means For Discovery)* Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 7 Easter Eggs & References | Den of Geek* Star Trek Discovery Is The Most Emotional Trek-And It Just Proved It* ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 4, episode 7 sets up a mid-season cliffhanger | Space* Discovery Finally Made Star Trek&#8217...

Jan 7, 2022

1 hr 13 min

Episode 105: My god. It’s full of sparks!

Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter * Heather Kadin Exits Secret Hideout After 12-Year Collaboration With Alex Kurtzman* Paramount+: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’, ‘iCarly’, ‘Infinite’ & ‘A Quiet Place 2’ Top Most Watched Originals List – Deadline* All 5 Classic Star Trek Series Leaving Amazon Prime Video USA In January* Star Trek characters show you the proper way to pronounce Omicron* Star Trek: Resurgence is a story-driven game from former Telltale devs coming in 2022 – The VergeStar Trek: Resurgence is a Perfect Mix of Source Material and Mechanics* Factory Entertainment Reveals First Contact Borg Queen Skull Replica* Blue Origin launches necklace honoring ‘Star Trek’ actor Leonard Nimoy into space on New Shepard | Space* IDW Announces “Adventures in the 32nd Century” Comic, Starring “Star Trek: Discovery” Supporting Characters Vulcan, Alberta, Canada Rural Alberta done up for Christmas Here are links to 30 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. You’ll find everything from the one thing LeVar Burton would change about his “Star Trek” character to a video that answers 10 “Star Trek” questions that may have always puzzled you.  Just go over to the show notes for episode 105, over at The Topic is Trek.com Star Trek: The Next Generation  * The Star Trek Character You Didn’t Know Was Written For Robin Williams* The One Thing LeVar Burton Would Change About His Star Trek Character* The 10 Best Geordi La Forge Episodes Of Star Trek: TNG Star Trek: Discovery * Star Trek: Discovery’s Major Exit Creates A Season 4 Crew Problem* Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 4 — Every Easter Egg & Reference | Den of Geek* ‘Star Trek: Discovery’: Don’t W...

Dec 24, 2021

1 hr 33 min

Episode 104: So Near, and yet Ni’Var

Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter * Star Trek: Discovery Season Four Lands on Paramount+ & Pluto TV Internationally* Paramount Plus Launches 18 Live Channels Available to All Subscribers – Variety* Star Trek: Prodigy to air on Nickelodeon in “one-hour special event” December 17th — Daily Star Trek News* Alex Kurtzman Talks “Inevitable” Star Trek Universe Crossover; Says Section 31 Show Is Still “Alive” – TrekMovie.com* Catalog – STAR TREK™ X FUNKO™ – Funko Digital Pop!™* A new Star Trek NFT is stored on the DNA of bacteria, and there are billions of copies already | Business Insider India Vulcan, Alberta, Canada CP train derails near hamlet southeast of Calgary | Globalnews.ca Here are links to 37 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. You’ll find everything from a video that disproves the assumption that Data can not use contractions, to a look at the company that is producing all those “Star Trek” adult beverages – and a lot more. Just go over to the show notes for episode 104, over at The Topic is Trek.com Star Trek: The Next Generation  * Star Trek: Data CAN Use Contractions | CBR Star Trek: Discovery * Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 2 Easter Eggs & References – Den of GeekStar Trek Discovery Recap: “Anomaly” Goes Big on Classic Tropes* Star Trek: Discovery Reveals Its Biggest Picard Connection Yet* ‘Discovery’ just changed Star Trek robot canon in one surprising way* Star Trek: Discovery Reveals the Source of Season 4’s Biggest DangerDiscovery Season 4 Changes Star Trek’s Holodeck (& Gets It Very Wrong)* Star Trek: Discovery Brings Back Saru in an Important New Role* The Discovery Finally Joins A Star Trek Starfleet Tradition* <a href="https://screenrant.

Dec 10, 2021

1 hr 20 min

Episode 103: Black Friday Alert

Listen below or click here for full show notes and video Subspace Chatter ‘Star Trek’s Michael & Denise Okuda To Receive ADG Lifetime Achievement Award – Deadline Star Trek: Klingons Announced STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Leaves Netflix After Global Distribution Concludes; Season 4 Will Be on Paramount+ in 2022 • TrekCore.com Paramount Theme Park In China Featuring Star Trek-Themed Area Moving Forward – TrekMovie.com Star Trek: Picard™ La Sirena Ornament With Sound – Keepsake Ornaments – Hallmark New ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Director’s Edition’ Images Hint At Potential Changes – TrekMovie.com Vulcan, Alberta, Canada Vulcan County’s 2022 budget looking like a status quo one, says reeve | Vulcan Advocate Here are links to 28 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. Star Trek: The Original Series * Star Trek memes from live-tweeting fan poke fond fun at TOS Star Trek: Voyager * Is The Doctor Star Trek: Voyager’s second most popular character? Star Trek: Discovery * Star Trek Discovery LGBTQ Stars on What’s Next for Adira, Gray* Star Trek: Discovery Episode 402 “Anomaly” Preview + 17 New Photos – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion* ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Showrunner on Franchise Connections — and That New Federation President* Star Trek: Why Burnham (Like Kirk) Doesn’t Believe In The No-Win Scenario* Star Trek: Discovery Releases Season 4 E02 “Anomaly” Images, Preview* Star Trek Exposes Burnham’s Fatal Flaw – and Its Own Kirk Hypocrisy* Sta...

Nov 27, 2021

1 hr 22 min

Episode 102: This is the Janeway

Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter Star Trek: Prodigy Renewed for Season 2 at Paramount+ Star Trek: Picard’s Brent Spiner hints at his NEW character in season 2 — Daily Star Trek News Iconic ‘Star Trek’ Phaser Rifle Sells For $615,000 At Auction – TrekMovie.com Next ‘Star Trek’ Movie, ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Delayed – The Hollywood Reporter Star Trek Animated Film on the Table According to New Paramount CEO No news out of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada this episode. We know. We know. But, we’ll let you know when there’s something to report. Here are links to 48 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. You’ll find everything from a story about the time Trek actors recreated the Orson Wells “War of the Worlds” broadcast and  a re-emergence of the controversy over the “Star Trek into Darkness” Carol Marcus underwear scene to the possibility of “Lower Decks” comics. Just go to the show notes for episode 102 over at The Topic is Trek.com. Star Trek: The Original Series * National Air and Space Museum on Instagram: “Star Trek celebrates Halloween. #StarTrek got in the spooky spirit on this day in 1967 with the episode “Catspaw.” This prop was used in…” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * Camille Saviola dies at 71: Star Trek actress and Broadway vet passes away as fans lead tributes | Daily Mail Online Star Trek: Voyager * Space’s Top 10 Star Trek: Voyager episode list is unexpected and perfect Star Trek: Discovery * Star Trek Discovery Season 4 Interview: Martin-Green, Wiseman, Ajala* Preview Star Trek: Discovery S4 episodes 1 and 2 with newly-released photos — Daily Star Trek News* How Star Trek: Discovery Formed Its Season 4 Federation – Den of Geek* Star Trek: Discovery tackles the pandemic — as a metaphor – CNET Star Trek: Picard * <a href="https://newsnationusa.

Nov 12, 2021

1 hr 21 min

Episode 101: Binars ‘High Five’ Edition

Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ at NYCC: The Crew Facing Uncertainty & More Scoop From the Panel | Entertainment | bluemountaineagle.com New Star Trek: Discovery season 4 trailer premieres at New York Comic Con — Daily Star Trek News Robert Beltran Is Officially Returning to Star Trek as Chakotay on ‘Prodigy’ + More Casting News – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion Star Trek Prodigy Clip: Mulgrew’s Janeway Returns NYCC 2021 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Wraps Production With Video Message to Fans No time to visit Vulcan, Alberta, Canada this episode. We’ll check in with them again next time. Here are links to 19 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. You’ll find everything from an article on how you can own a one-of-a-kind phaser rifle to one on houw “Star Trek” inspired one biotech company to create living human tissue. You can find it all over in the show notes for episode 101 over at the Topic is trek.com. Star Trek: The Original Series * Star Trek: A Celebration Review: One of the most comprehensive deep-dives into the legacy of ‘The Original Series’ – TREKNEWS.NET* Star Trek: How Roddenberry Fixed TOS’ Mirror Universe (& Why His Changes Lasted)* Star Trek’s original one-of-a-kind phaser rifle is going up for auction – starting at $250,000 — Daily Star Trek News Star Trek: Discovery * Jason Isaacs felt like a ‘vacuumed sausage’ in his Star Trek costume | Entertainment | insidenova.com Star Trek: Picard * Star Trek: Picard’s Isa Briones on the mental health emphasis of season 2 — Daily Star Trek News* How Soji Is Different In Star Trek: Picard Season 2 | Screen Rant Star Trek: Lower Decks * Star Trek: Lower Decks Reveals What Happens to Naughty Vulcans* <a href="http...

Oct 22, 2021

1 hr 20 min

Episode 100: 100 episodes? We are smart?!

Listen below or click here for full show notes As of the release date of this episode, there are only * 21 day until the premier of “Star Trek: Prodigy” (October 28, 2021).* 42 days until the premier of “Star Trek: Discovery” season 4 (November 18, 2021).* Approximately 119 days until the premier of “Star Trek: Picard” season 2 (February 2022)* At least 189 days until the premier of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” ( 2022)* Who knows how many days until the premiers of shows about Section 31 and Starfleet Academy* And there are just 610 days until the premier of the as-yet untitled next Star Trek Movie (June 9, 2023 Subspace Chatter ‘Star Trek Fleet Command’ warps from mobile to PC (with new exclusives) | Space First Trailer and Details for The History Channel’s STAR TREK Documentary Series, THE CENTER SEAT, Coming This Fall • TrekCore.com Set Images From ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Hint At A New Ship And More – TrekMovie.com ‘Star Trek’/Dr. Seuss Mashup Legal Dispute Ends After Five-Year Journey – The Hollywood Reporter Star Trek Returns to New York Comic Con this weekend with Prodigy premiere and Discovery Panel – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion SNL spoofs Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin and space billionaires with ‘Star Trek’ skit | Space William Shatner’s Blue Origin launch on New Shepard: Live updates | Space No time to visit Vulcan, Alberta, Canada this episode. We’ll check in with them again next time. Here are links to 49 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. You’ll find everything from an article about progress being made on a Next Generation bridge in Ticonderoga, New York to one on how fanfic’s Kirk/Spock legacy might be saved. You can find it all over in the show notes for episode 100 over at the Topic is trek.com. Star Trek: The Next Generation  * Star Trek: The Next Generation Cast Honors Series’ 34th Anniversary Star Trek: Deep Space Nine * Nana Visitor Talks the Mirror Universe in Exclusive Excerpt From Star Trek: Villains

Oct 8, 2021

1 hr 32 min