Synopsis
Mission Log is a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast with the sole purpose of exploring the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. Thats right, this podcast will cover six different series and 30 seasons of television byjourneying into every one of the 726 episodes with a single mission: to explore, debate and discuss one of the largest science fiction phenomena of all time, Star Trek. Starting with The Original Series initial pilot and continuing chronologically until we reach the last episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, each week our hosts, Ken Ray and John Champion, will tackle a single episode, delving into the most historical and hysterical science fiction that Star Trek has to offer. Along with a variety of guests and interviews, Mission Log will attempt to reach Star Treks ethical subtext, understand its complex metaphors and finally figure out what was the trouble with those tribbles.Explore strange new details. Seek out new perspectives; deeper understandings. Boldly go where so many of us love to go, again and again. Join us for Mission Log!
Episodes
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305 - Blood Oath
03/01/2019 Duration: 01h04minThree Klingons bound by a blood oath drop by Deep Space Nine and find their old friend Dax. Though it's a new Dax, and she's not necessarily bound by the same blood oath, she agrees to join their mission of vengeance. Will she uphold the blood oath? Find out when we put Blood Oath in the Mission Log. Also... blood oath. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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304 - Profit and Loss
20/12/2018 Duration: 01h02sAn old flame of Quark’s happens by DS9. She’s a Cardassian, but not just any Cardassian. She’s teacher to a couple of students with radical ideas. This gets the interest of Garak the tailor. But he’s not just any tailor. An outcast of his home world, he’d kill to get back to Cardassia. Literally. It doesn’t take much to see that problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans on DS9, when Profit and Loss lands in the Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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303 - Playing God
13/12/2018 Duration: 01h10minO’Brien is playing God to a bunch of Cardassian voles. Dax is playing God to a Trill initiate. Sisko is playing God to two whole universes. Who isn’t playing God?!? Well… Odo. And Quark. But Kira is. Kind of. Listen in as Mission Log plays with Playing God. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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302 - Shadowplay
06/12/2018 Duration: 01h11minOdo and Dax stumble upon an idyllic little village where some of the residents have been disappearing. Where have they gone? And were they really 'there' in the first place? Plus Kira's got a date and Jake's got a job. Getting to the bottom of existential mysteries when we put Shadowplay into this week's Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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301 - Paradise
29/11/2018 Duration: 01h01minBen Sisko and Miles O’Brien are surveying planets for future colonies. They find one that seems to have a colony already. A human colony. But there’s no record of it, and they’re not responding to hails. Leave well enough alone? That’s not the Sisko way. The two men soon find themselves prisoners on a planet that’s sworn off technology, under the thumb of a despotic leader. Will they escape? Will others follow if they do? Find out when Mission Log lands on Paradise. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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Supplemental 46 - Inside Star Trek
15/11/2018 Duration: 01h06minJoin John, Ken, Rod and Mission Log listeners inside the Sansar VR experience as we listen to tracks from the 1976 album "Inside Star Trek." What were Gene's thoughts on censorship, religion, sexuality... provocative ideas launch a revealing discussion on this week's Supplemental edition of Mission Log.
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300 - Whispers
08/11/2018 Duration: 57minMiles O’Brien is back from a mission and things are really weird. His wife Keiko is even more annoyed than usual with the engineer. His daughter Molly won’t have anything to do with him. His coworkers are acting cagey and secretive. But Dr. Bashir gives the Chief a clean bill of health. So, if there’s nothing wrong with Miles, is there something wrong with everyone in Starfleet? Find out when we put Whispers into the Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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299 - Armageddon Game
01/11/2018 Duration: 01h12sDr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien help the warring T'Lani and Kelleruns get rid of their most dangerous weapon, but they find themselves the target of a violent plot. Will they also find their friendship blossom along the way? Armageddon Game goes into the Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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298 - The Alternate
25/10/2018 Duration: 01h05minOdo’s dad shows up on Deep Space Nine. Well, his foster dad. Okay, the scientist who studied him from his days as an unrecognizable puddle. Their relationship is full of caring and misunderstanding, like so many scientist/subject relationships. Dr. Mora turns into a controlling father figure who just wants Odo to come home, while Odo turns into a mindless monster who just wants to see his father figure dead. Family - amiright? The Alternate goes into this week’s Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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297 - Rivals
18/10/2018 Duration: 01h04sMission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast - 297 - Rivals On the Promenade, Quark has met his match. There’s a new con man on DS9, and he’s opened a gambling hall directly across from Quark’s. On the racketball court, O’Brien has met his match, and it is a total mismatch. Solar neutrinos are aligned - and that’s not good. Rivals face off on this edition of Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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296 - Sanctuary
11/10/2018 Duration: 01h04minThe Skreeans are escaping oppression in the Gamma Quadrant and find themselves at DS9. If only they could settle on Bajor and get back to farming, just like their sacred texts have told them. Bajor isn't ready for that many guests, though, not so soon after the Cardassian occupation. So where can three million immigrants go? And couldn't they all just learn to get along? Sanctuary goes into the Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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295 - Second Sight
04/10/2018 Duration: 01h14min295 - Second Sight Gideon Seyetik is bigger than life, about to take on the biggest challenge he’s ever faced: reigniting a dead star. Commander Sisko is up against a big, depressing anniversary. But there’s something bigger than both of them and the big things they’re facing: the emotional distress of Seyetik’s wife - Nidell, and her imaginary double - Fenna. Sisko’s found love, but can it last? Find out when Mission Log gets Second Sight. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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Supplemental 45 - Doug Drexler is Caught in the Nexus
01/10/2018 Duration: 01h02minThis week, Academy Award wining makeup artist and Star Trek journeyman Doug Drexler joins a group of people in the Roddenberry Nexus in Sansar to talk about his moves from makeup to art department to computer graphics to how he got started in makeup in the first place. Plus - what’s Doug into now? Here’s a hint: Its initials are V.R. Doug Drexler’s virtual meet up in the Nexus makes a very special Supplemental Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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294 - Necessary Evil
27/09/2018 Duration: 01h09minQuark gets recruited by a dangerous dame for a box job that almost leaves him a stiff. Can a gumshoe like Odo solve that and a years old murder mystery? They both point to a con that moved a lot of lettuce to a lot of sharpers. Let Rom pour you some hooch - it's going to be a bumpy ride... Mission Log takes on Necessary Evil. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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293 - Rules of Acquisition
20/09/2018 Duration: 56minPel isn't like your average Ferengi. He's loyal, smart, trustworthy, and has a serious crush on Quark. Pel also happens to be a female posing as a male since Ferengi only allow males to do things like business, reading, and wearing clothes. Will Quark return from the Gamma Quadrant with a huge profit and a boyfriend who's a girlfriend? Rules of Acquisition go into this week's Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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292 - Melora
13/09/2018 Duration: 01h11minThere's a visitor on DS9 - Ensign Melora Pazlar. She comes from a low-gravity planet which means she's got some physical disadvantages in the space station's environment, but everyone there is glad to help her out. Except Melora doesn't want their help. In fact, she's rather dismissive of everyone until a certain Doctor tries to break through her barriers and possibly treat her disability. Also, someone tries to kill Quark. Melora goes into the Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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291 - Cardassians
06/09/2018 Duration: 01h03minPlain, simple Garak is back, though there is nothing plain nor simple about the young Cardassian he’s spotted on DS9. The kid’s name is Rugal and he was raised on Bajor, as a Bajoran. Things get even less simple when Gul Dukat gets involved. And all pretense of simplicity gets shot out of an airlock when Rugal’s biological father turns out to be a high ranking politician on Cardassia. Will Rugal get to go home with his father? Or will he have to go home with his other father? And will this be the episode where Miles O’Brien finally stops hating all Cardassians just because they’re Cardassian? Find out, when we put Cardassians in the Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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290 - Invasive Procedures
30/08/2018 Duration: 01h03minVerad is one of the 9-in-10 Trill who doesn't have a symbiont living inside him. He can't seem to get over it, though, and he's got his eyes on what Jadzia has... Dax. Can he steal the symbiont from her and escape to the Gamma Quadrant? If he does, what becomes of Jadzia? Find out when we put Invasive Procedures into the Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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289 - The Circle and The Siege
23/08/2018 Duration: 01h13minMajor Kira must suddenly deal with feeling useless, while Li Nalas has to learn to be the hero everyone thinks he is. Quark ends up on the right side of the law, while Sisko steps outside of Starfleet orders. War is hell, and it’s coming to Bajor and DS9. We wrap up the three part second season premier of Deep Space Nine when we put The Circle and The Siege in the Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
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288 - The Homecoming
16/08/2018 Duration: 57minLi Nalas - famed Bajoran resitance leader - is alive! Sisko gives Major Kira the green light to head to Cardassia IV to retrieve him. The people are happy to have Li back. Maybe he can bring peace to Bajor. Not everyone is pleased with Kira’s initiative, though. In no time, Li Nalas is named her replacement on DS9, and she is out of a job. Meanwhile, Bajoran isolationists are starting to make trouble for Commander Sisko and co. “Bajor for Bajorans! Also, DS9 for Bajorans! The intergalactic cry goes up, “Get off my lawn,” as we put The Homecoming in the Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.