INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS

A MESSAGE FROM THE TREKSPERTS: Please note this episode was recorded remotely via Zoom and as such the sound quality may not be up to the usual high standards of the podcast recorded in the studio. We hope the content will make up for any deficiencies in the audio. Meanwhile, we ask all our listeners to please listen to the experts, trust science, self isolate, quarantine, stay safe, stay home... and Keep on Trekkin' #LLAP

Legendary sci-fi author and Star Trek novelist ALAN DEAN FOSTER joins the Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (CW's Pandora, The Librarians) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) this week to discuss his long history with the franchise including his groundbreaking STAR TREK LOG series adaptations of the animated series, comic adaptations for Peter Pan Records, beloved novelizations of classic genre films like The Black Hole and Outland, and his legendary work on STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. He may even have a few things to say about another franchise with "Star" in the title.  Foster also talks about his upcoming non-fiction memoir, "The Director Should Have Shot You."

NEXT VOYAGE: The Treksperts are joined by Trek novelists DAYTON WARD and DAVID MACK along with ASHLEY E. MILLER and ROBERT MEYER BURNETT to talk about the latest in STAR TREK fiction.

Don't forget to watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS 30th anniversary tribute to "Best Of Both Worlds" with special guests ELIZABETH DENNEHY (Commander Shelby) and ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Lore, Fringe) streaming now at COMIC-CON @ HOME. Visit comic-con.org for details.

Follow us on Twitter at @inglorioustrek, Instagram at @inglorioustreksperts and on Facebook at Electric Surge. Now you can watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS and all your favorite Electric Surge video podcasts On Demand by downloading the free ELECTRIC NOW app in your favorite app store for IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and more. Watch your favorite episodes today along with the best film and television from the Electric library.

The Fifty-Yeear Mission, the bestselling oral history of Star Trek, is now available in paperback from St. Martin's Press. 

#StarTrek #TOS #TNG #DS9 #Voy #ENT #Disco #Picard #LLAP #StarTrekVoyager #TOS #Enterprise #TAS @50yearmission

A MESSAGE FROM THE TREKSPERTS: Please note this episode was recorded remotely via Zoom and as such the sound quality may not be up to the usual high standards of the podcast recorded in the studio. We hope the content will make up for any deficiencies in the audio. Meanwhile, we ask all our listeners to please listen to the experts, trust science, self isolate, quarantine, stay safe, stay home... and Keep on Trekkin' #LLAP

Get ready to go inside the unmade prequel movie, STAR TREK: THE BEGINNING, written by Band of Brothers writer ERIK JENDRESEN, which would have been a sequel to ENTERPRISE and a prequel to the original series telling the story of the Earth-Romulan War.  Jendresen reveals the true story behind the first film in a planned trilogy of original #StarTrek movies that came tantilizingly close to being made and why it never happened. Also joining the Treksperts is screenwriter ASHLEY E. MILLER (Thor, X-Men: First Class) and director and pop culture commentator ROBERT MEYER BURNETT (The Burnettwork).  

Don't forget to watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS 30th anniversary tribute to "Best Of Both Worlds" with special guests ELIZABETH DENNEHY (Commander Shelby) and ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Lore, Fringe) streaming now at COMIC-CON @ HOME. Visit comic-con.org for details.

Follow us on Twitter at @inglorioustrek, Instagram at @inglorioustreksperts and on Facebook at Electric Surge. Now you can watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS and all your favorite Electric Surge video podcasts On Demand by downloading the free ELECTRIC NOW app in your favorite app store for IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and more. Watch your favorite episodes today along with the best film and television from the Electric library.

#StarTrek #TOS #TNG #DS9 #Voy #ENT #Disco #Picard #LLAP #StarTrekVoyager #TOS #Enterprise 

A MESSAGE FROM THE TREKSPERTS: Please note this episode was recorded remotely via Zoom and as such the sound quality may not be up to the usual high standards of the podcast recorded in the studio. We hope the content will make up for any deficiencies in the audio. Meanwhile, we ask all our listeners to please listen to the experts, trust science, self isolate, quarantine, stay safe, stay home... and Keep on Trekkin' #LLAP

Break out the whiskey, the Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (CW's Pandora, The Librarians, Agent X) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) are joined by The Orville's Executive Producer DAVID A. GOODMAN (Star Trek: Enterprise, Family Guy) to discuss the amazing influence of the sci-fi classic FORBIDDEN PLANET on STAR TREK. Oh Murder! 

Don't forget to watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS 30th anniversary tribute to "Best Of Both Worlds" with special guests ELIZABETH DENNEHY (Commander Shelby) and ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class) streaming now at COMIC-CON @ HOME. Visit comic-con.org for details.

Follow us on Twitter at @inglorioustrek, Instagram at @inglorioustreksperts and on Facebook at Electric Surge. Now you can watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS and all your favorite Electric Surge video podcasts On Demand by downloading the free ELECTRIC NOW app in your favorite app store for IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and more. Watch your favorite episodes today along with the best film and television from the Electric library.

#StarTrek #TOS #TNG #DS9 #Voy #ENT #Disco #Picard #LLAP #StarTrekVoyager #TOS #Enterprise #ForbiddenPlanet

A MESSAGE FROM THE TREKSPERTS: Please note this episode was recorded remotely via Zoom and as such the sound quality may not be up to the usual high standards of the podcast recorded in the studio. We hope the content will make up for any deficiencies in the audio. Meanwhile, we ask all our listeners to please listen to the experts, trust science, self isolate, quarantine, stay safe, stay home... and Keep on Trekkin' #LLAP 

The Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (CW's Pandora, The Librarians, Agent X) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) are joined by STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE fourth season showrunner MANNY COTO (24, Dexter, Next)  as he talks SAVING ENTERPRISE and what he brought as a showrunner to the series final season as well as his upcoming sci-fi series, NEXT, premiering on Fox this fall. Also joining the Treksperts is screenwriter/showrunner ASHLEY E. MILLER (Thor, X: Men - First Class, Lore, Black Sails) as they discover it's been a long road getting from there to here. 

Don't forget to watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS 30th anniversary tribute to "Best Of Both Worlds" with special guests ELIZABETH DENNEHY (Commander Shelby) this Friday at COMIC-CON @ HOME. Visit comic-con.org for details. 

Follow us on Twitter at @inglorioustrek, Instagram at @inglorioustreksperts and on Facebook at Electric Surge. Now you can watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS and all your favorite Electric Surge video podcasts On Demand by downloading the free ELECTRIC NOW app in your favorite app store for IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and more. Watch your favorite episodes today along with the best film and television from the Electric library.  

#StarTrek #TOS #TNG #DS9 #Voy #ENT #Disco #Picard #LLAP #StarTrekVoyager #TOS #Enterprise

A MESSAGE FROM THE TREKSPERTS: Please note this episode was recorded remotely via Zoom and as such the sound quality may not be up to the usual high standards of the podcast recorded in the studio. We hope the content will make up for any deficiencies in the audio. Meanwhile, we ask all our listeners to please listen to the experts, trust science, self isolate, quarantine, stay safe, stay home... and Keep on Trekkin' #LLAP

The Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (CW's Pandora, The Librarians, Agent X) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) are joined by TV showrunner GABRIELLE STANTON (The Flash, The Vampire Diaries, Farscape, Titans) and ASHLEY E. MILLER (Black Sails, Lore, Thor) to discuss "THE WOMEN"... of STAR TREK as they look at Trek's depiction of female characters and feminism throughout the history of the franchise and put to rest the misperception of Kirk as a misogynistic womanizer.   

NEXT VOYAGE: The Treksperts are joined by Enterprise fourth season showrunner MANNY COTO (24, Next)  as he talks SAVING ENTERPRISE and what he brought as a showrunner to the series final season as well as his upcoming sci-fi series, NEXT, premiering on Fox this fall. 

Follow us on Twitter at @inglorioustrek, Instagram at @inglorioustreksperts and on Facebook at Electric Surge. Now you can watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS and all your favorite Electric Surge video podcasts On Demand by downloading the free ELECTRIC NOW app in your favorite app store for IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and more. Watch your favorite episodes today along with the best film and television from the Electric library.  

#StarTrek #TOS #TNG #DS9 #Voy #ENT #Disco #Picard #LLAP #StarTrekVoyager #TOS

A MESSAGE FROM THE TREKSPERTS: Please note this episode was recorded remotely via Zoom and as such the sound quality may not be up to the usual high standards of the podcast recorded in the studio. We hope the content will make up for any deficiencies in the audio. Meanwhile, we ask all our listeners to please listen to the experts, trust science, self isolate, quarantine, stay safe, stay home... and Keep on Trekkin' #LLAP

The Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (CW's Pandora, The Librarians, Agent X) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) invite you to take a trip back in time to STAR TREK'S Lost Years as Phase II story editor JON POVILL takes us on a journey through the making of the unproduced STAR TREK TV series, PHASE II, that paved the way for STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. Jon shares amazing stories from the mid-70's of Star Trek's movie to TV back to movie transition as well as The God Thing, The Questor Tapes and befriending a struggling Gene Roddenberry as he attempts to write a wild screenplay about alien first contact called THE NINE. Go behind-the-scenes of the STAR TREK TV series that never was.  

NEXT VOYAGE: The Treksperts are joined by TV showrunner GABRIELLE STANTON (The Flash, The Vampire Diaries, Farscape) and ASHLEY E. MILLER (Black Sails, Lore) to discuss "THE WOMEN"... of STAR TREK.   

Follow us on Twitter at @inglorioustrek, Instagram at @inglorioustreksperts and on Facebook at Electric Surge. Now you can watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS and all your favorite Electric Surge video podcasts On Demand by downloading the free ELECTRIC NOW app in your favorite app store for IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and more. Watch your favorite episodes today along with the best film and television from the Electric library. #StarTrek #TOS #TNG #DS9 #Voy #ENT #Disco #Picard #LLAP #StarTrekVoyager #TOS

A MESSAGE FROM THE TREKSPERTS: Please note this episode was recorded remotely via Zoom and as such the sound quality may not be up to the usual high standards of the podcast recorded in the studio. We hope the content will make up for any deficiencies in the audio. Meanwhile, we ask all our listeners to please listen to the experts, trust science, self isolate, quarantine, stay safe, stay home... and Keep on Trekkin' #LLAP

The Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, Agent X) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) bring you another episode examining the continuing relevance of STAR TREK as a source of political and social allegory as they finally go full McLAUGHLIN GROUP as they bring aboard a liberal commentator JONATHAN LARSEN (managing editor, The Young Turks, formerly producer of MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" and "Up With Chris Hayes") and conservative DENES HOUSE (Christian pastor, Fleet Chaplain and cousin of the Bush family) to parse the politics of STAR TREK in what will hopefully prove to be an episode that inspires much enlightened discourse about a franchise we can agree that we all love.

NEXT VOYAGE: The Treksperts are joined by JON POVILL as he discusses the STAR TREK THAT NEVER WAS, the 70's Trek revival, STAR TREK: PHASE II...

Follow us on Twitter at @inglorioustrek, Instagram at @inglorioustreksperts and on Facebook at Electric Surge.

Now you can watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS and all your favorite Electric Surge video podcasts On Demand by downloading the free ELECTRIC NOW app in your favorite app store for IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and more. Watch your favorite episodes today along with the best film and television from the Electric library.

#StarTrek #TOS #TNG #DS9 #Voy #ENT #Disco #Picard #LLAP #StarTrekVoyager #TOS

A MESSAGE FROM THE TREKSPERTS: Please note this episode was recorded remotely via Zoom and as such the sound quality may not be up to the usual high standards of the podcast recorded in the studio. We hope the content will make up for any deficiencies in the audio. Meanwhile, we ask all our listeners to please listen to the experts, trust science, self isolate, quarantine, stay safe, stay home... and Keep on Trekkin' #LLAP

The Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, Castle) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) bring you one of their most compelling and topical episodes yet as they are joined by the remarkable ANDREEA KINDRYD (formerly Ande Richardson), the assistant to legednary STAR TREK producer Gene L. Coon, and the first African-American secretary at Desilu. 

In addition to her incredible Star Trek journeys, Andreea talks about her relationships with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X during one of the most significant and turbulent times in American history as well as author Harlan Ellison, NBC network executive Stanley Robertson and "The Bird" himself. Join us as we chat with this amazing woman about an extraordinary era during the making of an extraordinary television series. Also joining the conversation is special guest and Trekspert emeritus ASHLEY E. MILLER (Lore, Black Sails, Fringe). If you listen to one episode of Inglorious Treksperts this summer, make it this one! 

Follow us on Twitter at @inglorioustrek, Instagram at @inglorioustreksperts and on Facebook at Electric Surge.

Now you can watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS and all your favorite Electric Surge video podcasts On Demand by downloading the free ELECTRIC NOW app in your favorite app store for IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and more. Watch your favorite episodes today along with the best film and television from the Electric library.

#StarTrek #TOS #TNG #DS9 #Voy #ENT #Disco #Picard #LLAP #StarTrekVoyager #Dynasty #MissionImpossible  #TOS #BLM

A MESSAGE FROM THE TREKSPERTS: Please note this episode was recorded remotely via Zoom and as such the sound quality may not be up to the usual high standards of the podcast. We hope the content will make up for any deficiencies in the audio. Meanwhile, we ask all our listeners to please listen to the experts, trust science, self isolate, quarantine, stay safe, stay home... and Keep on Trekkin' #LLAP

The Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (CW's Pandora, The Librarians, Castle) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) welcome legendary television director, RALPH SENENSKY, as he recounts an incredible career in television from his start on PLAYHOUSE 90 through MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, PLANET OF THE APES, THE WALTONS, DYNASTY, THE PAPER CHASE and, of course, STAR TREK including such classic episodes as "This Side of Paradise" and "Metamorphosis." Don't miss a piece of Trek history as Senensky shares the stories of a life in television. Also joining the Treksperts is special guest ASHLEY E. MILLER (Lore, Black Sails, Fringe) as they talk about the golden age of television and beyond.

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Now you can watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS and all your favorite Electric Surge video podcasts On Demand by downloading the FREE ELECTRIC NOW app in your favorite app store for IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and more. Watch your favorite episodes today along with the best film and television from the Electric library.

#StarTrek #TOS #TNG #DS9 #Voy #ENT #Disco #Picard #LLAP #StarTrekVoyager #Dynasty #MissionImpossible  #TOS #ThePaperChase #Casablanca

A MESSAGE FROM THE TREKSPERTS: Please note this episode was recorded remotely via Zoom and as such the sound quality may not be up to the usual high standards of the podcast recorded in-studio. We hope the content will make up for any deficiencies in the audio. Meanwhile, we ask all our listeners to please listen to the experts, trust science, self isolate, quarantine, stay safe, stay home... and Keep on Trekkin' #LLAP

The Treksperts sit around during quarantine with no agenda, no topic and no electronic frontier and manage to fill an hour. Whether its worth listening to us is up to you. You make the call. Join us for a freewheeling conversation about Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Star Wars and how to teach your kids to love the final frontier. Special guest star ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer: Thor, X-Men: First Class) is also back as well. Live from our Fortresses Of Solitutde.

Follow us on Twitter at @inglorioustrek, Instagram at @inglorioustreksperts and on Facebook at Electric Surge.

Now you can watch INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS and all your favorite Electric Surge video podcasts  On Demand by downloading the free ELECTRIC NOW app in your favorite app store for IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and more. Watch your favorite episodes today along with the best film and television from the Electric library including THE LIBRARIANS and LEVERAGE.

#StarTrek #TOS #TNG #DS9 #Voy #ENT #Disco #Picard #LLAP #StarTrekVoyager #Netflix #BattlestarGalactica #StarWars #TwilightZone