Episode 99: Brent Allen

In this episode we speak with the podcaster and Trek fan Brent Allen.

Topics

• Coming to the show as an adult
• The Lady made him do it
• Impressions from pop culture
• The kids at school were talking about “the good parts” of DS9
• Being the jock meant you couldn’t be the nerd
• Starting with Voyager
• Star Trek of the 60’s made no purchase
• Holding off on some Trek for now
• Advise the new fan
• The Beam Me Up: A Star Trek Podcast show that Brent did with his friend Matt
• From Korea to Podcaster
• The most Star Trek of all the Star Trek episodes in Brent’s opinion…
• The weird coincidence of my episode with Norman Lao on Babylon 5
• The Babylon 5 for the First Time podcast
• Section 31 Speculation
• My guest has many theories on Kurtzman
• Trek Profiles 89 with Mike Chen
• My cross-over episode with What Does Star Wars Mean to You?
• The Wand Company’s Tricorder replica
• My guest has a theory on what Gene would think of SNW
• Brent’s favorite showrunner
• Watching with the kids
• The one-sided nature of podcasting
• Can a religious person be a Trek fan?
• My guest’s personal favorite
• Not caring about 31 feet
• Being a Junior Grade Science Lieutenant on the Enterprise is a noble calling and a valuable service
• The episode that made my guest cry
• Not being in Starfleet and wanting to be
• Neelix defending
• The Neelix Cookbook
• Watch your host cook a Neelix-inspired meal
• Tattoo
• Brent’s theory on what Star Trek is about
• The hard drive gets full
• Modeling forgiveness
• Franklin Mint starships
• Bean Me Up Podcast’s episode on Far Beyond the Stars

Episodes Discussed

• Balance of Terror TOS S1E08
• Tapestry TNG S6E15
• Homestead VOY S7E23
• Time Amok PRO S1E01
• The First Duty TNG S5E19
• Far Beyond the Stars DS9 S6E13

Connect

• Follow Brent on Twitter
• Here is Instagram
• The Babylon 5 for the First Time podcast
• Beam Me Up: A Star Trek Podcast

Support

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Acknowledgements

Would you like to write some Kobayashi Maru lightning round questions? If you’d like to submit some for possible inclusion on the show, you can send me a message via Twitter or email me. I give some suggestions on good questions here.

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