Episode 42: David Majors – Trek Profiles Podcast

In this episode we speak with David Majors, a prolific podcaster with multiple shows about anime, wrestling, music, and of course Star Trek.

David Majors

Topics

David’s earliest Star Trek memory
John’s Star Trek mysteries
Air Force guard duty and the show
Checkov as an engineer
Canonical references to Star Trek: The Animated Series
David does not binge on episodes
Q threw the first punch
All Star Trek on the H&I Channel
Dr Noor’s Star Trek episode picker
Motor City Comic-Con
Wish, David’s choice for his uniforms
The Promenade Merchant’s Podcast (Apple or Google)
The American Film Institute’s Top 100 List
The BlackPink YouTube rabbit hole
David is excited for Star Trek: Prodigy
- Space Cases, a show David feels might be an inspiration
David feels a connection to B’Elanna Torres
Struggles for mental wellness
The cutting phenomena
Theology and science in the Family Pike
David’s specific criticism of Star Trek Discovery
Luddites in the world of Star Trek
Seeing the Federation as it is
Deep Space Nine as the tool to examine Star Trek and the Federation
Putting the Saurian Brandy into the Root Beer
David on The Full Gowron
Nationalism/Planetism as the basis of Klingon motivation
Reflections on T’Kuvma and his brand of Klingon politics
David doesn’t want to vacation on Risa, he would rather visit Qo’noS
The importance of Vulcan emotion & the Sword of Damocles
The Galaxy Quest documentary
David’s feelings about the Damar character
The US Grant documentary
David’s relationship with his older sister
Star Trek as part of David’s life
Feelings about the Trek fandom generally

Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Special Federation Envoy to Cardassia Prime

Background photo by Alex Brisbey on Unsplash