Podcast – The Topic is Trek

Episode 192: From Hell’s Heart, We Talk At Thee!


Listen Later

Listen below or click here for full show notes

Main Mission, Part 1 (with an appropriate sound effect)

Star Trek: Khan
Episode 8

“Original Sin”
Written by Kirsten Beyer & David Mack
Based on a story by Nicholas Meyer
Directed by Fred Greenhalgh

Subspace Chatter

New Star Trek Story Is Spinning A Classic TV Episode To Honor Both Nichelle Nichols And Uhura In An Unexpected Way

Star Trek Will Rewrite TOS’ Most Controversial Episode in Its Next Spinoff

Exclusive: ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Documentary Director Reveals Theater Event, Promises DVD/Blu-ray Release – TrekMovie.com

Paramount Submits Bid To Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Competing With Netflix And Comcast – TrekMovie.com

Warner Bros. Discovery Bids Submitted by Paramount, Comcast, Netflix

Here are links to 22 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. 

CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: The Original Series (1966 – 1969) [3 seasons]

  1. A Classic Star Trek: The Original Series Fight Has Aged Very Poorly (It’s Technology’s Fault)
  2. Star Trek: TOS S2 episodes to be thankful for on Turkey Day
  3. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994) [7 seasons]

    1. Star Trek: TOS characters ranked by their appearances in TNG & Generations
    2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 – 1999) [7 seasons]

      1. Star Trek actor confirms this DS9 character is ‘a sociopath’
      2. Star Trek: Voyager (1995 – 2001) [7 seasons]

        1. STAR TREK: VOYAGER Documentary Team Issues Statement on Delays as Project Moves into Fifth Year – TrekCore.com
        2. STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere)

          Star Trek Scouts (2025 – present) 

          1. Catch Up on Latest Episodes of the STAR TREK: SCOUTS Webseries – TrekCore.com
          2. THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES (in order of premiere)

            Untitled Star Trek movie 

            1. I’m Excited About The Latest Star Trek Movie News, But Have One Big Request As A Longtime Fan
            2. OTHER MEDIA

              Star Trek toys/collectibles/other merchandise

              1. Master Replicas “Star Trek” desk mats
              2. Book Review: The Untold Story Of The Underrated ‘Star Trek III: The Search For Spock’ Delivers – TrekMovie.com
              3. Beam Down Big Star Trek Bargains With Early Black Friday 2025 Sales – TrekMovie.com
              4. Boldly Go With These Fantastic ‘Star Trek’ Games – Bell of Lost Souls
              5. Fanhome Reveals Next STAR TREK Starship Models, Including the Obena-Class from LOWER DECKS and USS Protostar! – TrekCore.com
              6. MISCELLANEOUS

                Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous

                1. Every Version Of Star Trek’s Spock, Ranked
                2. Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Star Trek Is Better Than Star Wars For A Key Reason
                3. Star Trek: TNG movie villains ranked first to worst
                4. When ‘Doctor Who’ Met the Original ‘Star Trek’: The Legendary Crossover Remembered
                5. 5 Star Trek Eras The New Movie Could Explore
                6. Actor Watch

                  1. New Star Trek Story Is Spinning A Classic TV Episode To Honor Both Nichelle Nichols And Uhura In An Unexpected Way
                  2. Jonathan Frakes’ Final Star Trek Episode: Starfleet Academy Season 1, Episode 9
                  3. Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents “Anthony Rapp: Home for the Holidays” | 12/20/2025 | Choose Chicago
                  4. Star Trek’s Michael Dorn Reveals The Shocking Lie He Was Told That Prevented Him From Directing Multiple Enterprise Episodes

                    Passings
                  5. Farewell, Farwell: True gentleman of the Fort Collins stage has died at 93 – Denver Gazette
                  6. Main Mission, Part 2 (with an appropriate sound effect)

                    Star Trek: Khan
                    Episode 9

                    “Eternity’s Face”
                    Written by Kirsten Beyer & David Mack
                    Based on a story by Nicholas Meyer
                    Directed by Fred Greenhalgh

                    End Of Show

                    It’s about time to refill the dilithium chamber and get on out of here. 

                    • Find Clinton at Comedy4Cast
                    • Find Chuck and Kreg at Technorama Podcast
                    • If you liked the show, please be sure to tell a friend about it. And subscribe, so you’ll never miss an episode.

                      We’d love to hear from you. Follow us on BlueSky (@thetopicistrek), visit our Facebook page or call us at 816-TREKKER, that’s (816) 873-5537

                      Until next time, on behalf of Chuck, Kreg and myself, I’m Clinton, thanking you for listening. And, as we always say here on “The Topic Is Trek”

                      Don’t put on the red shirt!

                      ...more
                      View all episodesView all episodes
                      Download on the App Store

                      Podcast – The Topic is TrekBy Clinton Alvord, Kreg Steppe, and Chuck Tomasi