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Kneel Before Pod – 2025 First Contact Day Special – “Space Seed” and “The Wrath of Khan” (290)

38 years to go until the big day and Kneel Before Pod continues the annual coverage of Star Trek to celebrate. This year we return to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and pair it with Khan’s introduction in the classic The Original Series episode “Space Seed”. The conversation covers con/Khantext, how this would be approached in the modern day and Pete “Maverick” Mitchell sharing DNA with James T. Kirk.

Kneel Before Pod – 2024 First Contact Day Special – Star Trek: The Motion Picture (266)

39 years to go until the big day and Kneel Before Pod continues our annual coverage of Star Trek to celebrate. This year we cover Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The conversation covers Star Trek making the jump to the big screen, the potential loss of this sort of storytelling and pacing.

Kneel Before Pod – 2023 First Contact Day Special – Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (235)

Only 40 years remain until First Contact Day so Kneel Before Pod continues the grand tradition of celebratory discussion by covering Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The conversation covers historical context, swan songs, weighty themes and whether Spock was behind it all.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Preview

The debut of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is almost upon us and fans are very excited to see the adventures of a pre-Captain Kirk Enterprise crew. Kneel Before Blog was fortunate enough to get an advance look at the first 5 episodes so here is a spoiler free overview of what to expect from…

2022 First Contact Day Special – Star Trek: Nemesis (205)

Craig and Angus celebrate First Contact Day by discussion Star Trek: Nemesis. The conversation covers duality, endings and remaking The Wrath of Khan.

Kneel Before Pod – 2021 First Contact Day Special – Mid Riker Crisis (170)

A mere 42 years to go until the big day so as always Kneel Before Pod is here with a celebratory discussion. This year we discuss Star Trek: Insurrection to ask the important questions such as does a beardless Jonathan Frakes resemble British presenter Dale Winton? Is this film the inspiration for Carpool Karaoke? and…

Kneel Before Pod – Bridge on the Captain (144)

First Contact Day is only 43 years away and Kneel Before Pod must celebrate the upcoming event with a podcast. This year our team discuss Star Trek: Generations. We talk themes, fantasies and bizarre choices.

Star Trek: Picard – Season 1 Episode 2

“Maps and Legends” Star Trek: Picard starts the titular character on his journey to finding the truth about Dahj and protecting her sister. The main purpose of this episode is for Picard to work through the available information in order to figure out his next step. As luck would have it, the Romulans working for…

Craig McKenzie
Jan 30, 2020
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Star Trek: Picard – Season 1 Episode 1

“Remembrance” Patrick Stewart’s iconic Jean Luc Picard returns in a brand new adventure picking up decades after the last time he led the franchise. Star Trek: The Next Generation -hereafter referred to as TNG– was my Star Trek. It began airing the month I was born and I grew up gravitating to the characters as…

Craig McKenzie
Jan 23, 2020
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – “It’s Only a Paper Moon”

On the 21st September 2019 another actor from the Star Trek franchise was lost. Aron Eisenberg who played Nog on Star Trek: Deep Space 9 died at the age of 50 which has prompted me to write this article. This isn’t a review in the traditional sense so there will be no rating. It’s just…

Craig McKenzie
Sep 22, 2019
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