Star Trek Story, Myth and Arcs podcast

Welcome to a special crossover episode of Star Trek, Story, Myth, and Arcs! I always loved it when comic books crossed over. There are entire Star Trek podcast networks so it is no little thing when I say this new pod Trekking Through Time and Space is a favorite. Hosted by film critics Hoai-Tran Bui and Jacob Hall who are two of my favorite film critics who excellent thoughtful pieces on film at the website /Film and I listen to weekly on the /Film Daily podcast. 

So even though didn't know me they already felt like old friends when they started a weekly Star Trek and Doctor Who podcast. The idea is HT is new to Trek and Jacob is new to Who. It is a fun formula one Vet and a newbie discovering and teaching each show to each other.

In this episode, we talk about the glory of the first season of Trek and the development of the classic show. I apologize that we forgot to talk about Lucile Ball's role.  The most fun part is when we run down the concepts of rejected episodes and Yay or nay them.

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When I started Star Trek, Story, Myth, and Arcs there were a few dream guests I wanted on the show and Writer/Producer/ Director Brannon Braga is one of them. I recently interviewed him on my other podcast about his underrated Clive Barker adaptation the Books of Blood. I highly suggest you watch that film and check out that interview. Braga is also working on the third season of The Orville and the Fox/Hulu series Cosmos.  

In the 50 plus years of Star Trek, many writers added depth to  Roddenberry's universe from Gene Coon and DC Fontana to Rick Berman and  Alex Kurtzman. For a writer that admits he "was a Twilight Zone kid," it  is fair to say few have had the impact on the cannon as Braga.  As the writer/creator of 263 hours of Star Trek on Television and two films, Braga was at the keyboard for many of the franchise's fundamental moments. Braga Ended TNG, killed Captain Kirk, crashed the Enterprise  D, invented warp drive made the first contact, created Seven of Nine,  got Voyager home, took the first Enterprise into space, went to war with the Xindi, and created the temporal cold war that is still driving the storyline of Discovery.   In this interview, I try to touch as much of it as I can. Braga talks about writing the TNG finale, the films, creating Seven of Nine,  Enterprise, and more. We also get into his current projects including the upcoming season of The Orville.   

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Seven of Nine's return to Picard! Riker and Troi on Lower Decks! There is a long tradition of the crossover that goes back to the Next Generation's pilot episode when a 100 plus year Admiral McCoy saw off the launch of the Enterprise-D. In this commentary I look at the two crossovers I would love to see in modern Star Trek.  Make sure to subscribe to the podcast as we have cool interviews coming up.

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On  This Episode of Star Trek Story, Myth, and Arcs I welcome Una  McCormack.   She is a British-Irish academic, scriptwriter, and novelist with a dozen-plus Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Blake 7 tie-in novels to her name. She has been lectured on women in Science Fiction who started writing fanfiction back in the day. Her Deep Space Nine fan fiction was  so good she got the job writing Trek for real.

In this interview we nerd out on all things Star Trek before drilling down on Una's excellent prequel to the series Star Trek Picard. In this spoiler-filled discussion, we drill down to her process.


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Greg Cox is a science fiction writer. most known for his tie-ins novels. He has written Batman, Iron Man, Firefly, Farscape and so many more there are too many to name them all. But for a couple of decades now he has written dozens and dozens of Star Trek novels in the Orginal series, Next Generation, Deep  Space Nine, and Voyager. He wrote a Q trilogy and the back story of Khan.

I had a ton of fun talking about writing Star Trek stories with Greg Cox.  More Trek authors to come but enjoy this Trek nerd off.

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So it is being reported by a few media outlets that new Paramount pictures president Emma Watts is making a 4th movie in the rebooted Star Trek Kelvin universe. There have been a couple of aborted attempts but so far nothing has been green-lit. So with this episode, I thought I would pitch my idea for a fourth Kelvin universe film. It is just a pitch and not a finished idea. Even a screenplay would get multiple drafts before filming so this has lots of broad strokes - Keep that in mind.  The episode starts with my 6 keys to the film, I pitch my story idea and then I have a discussion with a friend who is a big fan of the Kelvin Trek films.

Joining me for this episode is Tom Ranger vocalist of the bands Popular Music and Attitude. He is a long time Trekker and a big fan of the Kelvin movies.

In this episode I am joined by one of my favorite Science Fiction, podcasters Seth Heasley. Seth is the Co-host of Take Me to Your Reader and the Hugo’s There podcast. We got together to read and discuss the  Citizen Kane of Star Trek novels Federation by Judith and Garfield  Reeves-Stevens. This mid-90s Trek novel is the favorite of many fans and it is epic in scope. This spoiler-filled discussion breaks down all the elements that make Federation a great novel but superior storytelling to films the films that knocked it out of the canon. We suggest before you read that you watch the TOS episode Metamorphosis (S2 Ep.06) and read Federation before listening to this episode. 

 I know some Trek fans do not read the novels and this episode can function as cliff notes but the book is so good I suggest you read it.  

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In this episode, we tackle the subject of horror in Star Trek. Horror is one of my other loves. Ever since I was a kid I loved a movie or book that could scare me. I believe as much as the original series was groundbreaking for Sci-fi I also believe it was also just as influential as a horror show.

Joining me to discuss the topic is  Jeff Burk. He is the cult favorite author of  SHATNERQUAKE, SUPER GIANT MONSTER TIME, CRIPPLE WOLF, and SHATNERQUEST. His most recent book cult B-Horror movie-style stories was the Very ineffective Haunted House from Clash Books. Burk writes absurd, and funny stories about punks, monsters, gore,  that would fit nicely with trashy Troma movies.

He is the head of Section 31 productions and for almost a decade he oversaw the publication of almost a hundred horror novels with the cult press Deadite Press and Eraserhead press where he was the publisher of several of my horror novels. 

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By request this episode we talk about the writing of a classic Deep Space Nine episode The House of Quark. This was a request by Tony Desimone. It is simple, just tweet at me a proof of purchase/picture of a copy of my latest Novel Goddamn Killing Machines. Then pick any episode and I'll do it. In this episode we talk about how the writer of this episode Ronald D. Moore used writing fundamentals to make a great story. The idea is to learn those lessons for our own stories. Thanks Again Tony! 

On this episode of Star Trek Story, Myth and Arcs a long and fun discussion about all things Trek with a very unique panel. Each of my guests was the lead vocalist in hardcore bands, the most intense offshoot of punk rock.  This show includes our Trek origins, favorite shows, movies, and Captains. We also debate the Trek movies, the first season of Picard, and much more.

Guests include:

Dan O’Mahony – vocalist of many classic bands like No for An Answer, Carry Nation, 411, Speak 714, Done Dying, and at the moment Shiner’s Club. Dan is also a great writer and he loves the Motion Picture and has the hottest takes of the panel.

Ryan Downey – vocalist of Hardball and Burn It Down.  A music and movie journalist Ryan hosts several podcasts including the Metallica podcast Speak and Destroy. Ryan is a total nerd for behind the scene facts.

Issa Diao – Vocalist of DC area sarcastic hardcore legends Good Clean Fun. Issa is also a writer and director and sees more movies in one year than most people do in their lifetime.

Tom 'Red' Ranger -  Vocalist of the Syracuse hardcore bands Eternal Youth and Attitude. Currently is fronting a band named Popular Music. He and Issa ould have a posi-off but Tom is one of my best friends and the first person I call after I see a new Trek or Star Wars movie.

In this episode, we explore the third episode of Star Trek Discovery. It is my feeling that the series should have started on episode three. There are several storytelling fundamentals that back up that argument. So give this essay episode a spin and let me know – You do you agree or disagree?

Also one correction Avika Goldsman did direct the episode but the script was written by Gretchen Berg, Aaron Harberts and Craig Sweeny.

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I had an episode planned for this week but in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, I dedicate my voice this time to the victims of Police Violence. 

This episode of Star Trek Story, Myth, and Arcs I present to you my first interview episode or the First Writer's Room Episode. From 1992 to 2003 John J Ordover oversaw the print-end of Trek CU. We go deep on the creation of several Star Trek mini-series, the frustration of working with the Deep Space Nine twists and turns, consulting with Ron Moore on the Eugenics Wars, and writing two episodes of Deep Space Nine.

Warning: This is a next-level nerd out.  Find me on Twitter @Dagranoffauthor and our Philip K Dick Podcast @dickheadspod.

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On May 15th producers announced the Captain Pike helmed Star Trek series is going to happen. In this essay episode host, David Agranoff talks about possible storylines, characters, arcs, and themes that would work, or not work. Join the conversation. Drop me a line and tell me what stories you want to see on Strange New Worlds. I'll be back tomorrow with this podcast's first interview!

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This Episode is just a quick introduction to the podcast. I am still working on levels recording, and sound of things. Most important thing is to start conversations.  Follow the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @StarTrekArcs.  Up Next The Writers of Picard Learned the right Lessons from The Last Jedi.

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YouTube is filled with commentary filled with hatred for both Picard and The Last Jedi. This episode was written and recorded before I had the idea for the podcast. It was the reason I decided to do the podcast.  Join the conversation @StarTrekArcs

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