In this episode we speak with the podcaster, movie buff, and Star Trek fan Brandon-Shea Mutala.
Topics
- The Star Trek Credits cosplay from STLV 2021 (Image via TrekCore)
- Brandon’s thoughts on being a fan
- Continuity and canon challenges in newer Star Trek
- Wide variations in season quality
- When does one decide that they are actually a fan?
- B-Shea’s history with Trek.FM
- Podcasting helped keep the fandom flame alive
- Plastic discs versus streaming
- Having all the Pocket Books and Bantam Books
- John’s interview with Ben Robinson
- The Positively Trek podcast
- John puts B-Shea on the spot for picking a favorite Star Trek novel and some favorite Trek music tracks
- The Star Trek: Picard announcement at STLV in 2018
- B-Shea’s strong, personal connection to TNG
- Reflections on the Picard show
- Convention experiences and reminiscences
- Star Trek names for kids?
- Mistaken for the Biblical Ezra
- Miss Universe in Star Trek
- Discovering the show as a streaming consumer versus as a broadcast consumer
- John whines a little bit about watching Star Trek when Live-Tweeting
- B-Shea thinks Troi is inappropriate
- Is there a deeper truth about Lwaxana?
- Picard’s evolution in dealing with children
- A possible, very dark interpretation of Picard
- A bit about military suicide numbers
- Star Trek isn’t about space or sci-fi
- What’s life like in the 24th Century?
- Reflections on TOS
- John’s interview with Marc Cushman, in which we discuss The Alternative Factor, amongst other things
- From the Bonus Material
- John posts flying videos on Facebook
- Contribute your Kobayashi Maru Questions
- The Star Trek Wines people are making Kanar
- A discussion about fatigued movie franchises
- Movie chat
- Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Holodeck Archivist at Memory Alpha
Episodes Discussed
- Encounter at Farpoint TNG S1E01
- Identity Crisis TNG S4E18
- Descent Part I TNG S6E26
- Chain of Command TNG S6E10
- The Inner Light TNG S5E25
- Generations Movie, 1994
- Duet DS9 S1E19
- Children of Mars (Short Trek)
- Progress DS9 S1E14
Connect
- Infinite Diversity Podcast
- Fanchise Fantigue Podcast
- Good Evening Podcast
- Brandon’s Twitter is here
Acknowledgements
- Some portions of the Kobayashi Maru questions in this episode were submitted by listener Abby Sommer. If you’d like to submit questions for possible inclusion in the show, read the rules here.
- Background Photo by Matthew Sichkaruk on Unsplash