Podcasts by Standard Orbit: A Star Trek Original Series Podcast
Standard Orbit is a Trek.fm podcast dedicated entirely to Star Trek: The Original Series. Not an episode review show, Standard Orbit explores specific elements of TOS with host Haley Stoddart and her guests.
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301: Consequences of Leadership from 2020-11-16T15:39:11
Kirk as captain.
Among Starfleet captains, Kirk certainly had his own style. Were the long-term effects considered during the decision-making process, or were they off-the-cuff style deci...
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300: The Final Frontier from 2020-03-03T18:30
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is a rather infamous film both in and out of Star Trek circles, but ... Listen
299: This Is Goodbye from 2020-02-18T14:00
Standard Orbit 299: This Is Goodbye
Ken And Zach Disembark Standard Orbit.
This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore disembark the podcast after a nearly four year...
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298: The Rise Of Fan Service from 2020-01-13T10:00
Standard Orbit 298: The Rise Of Fan Service
JJ Abrams, Star Trek, Star Wars And Fan Service.
With the recent release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, JJ Abrams has now directed...
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297: Inverted Commas from 2019-12-23T18:45
Standard Orbit 297: Inverted Commas
Season One With Darren Mooney.
This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by author and critic Darren Mooney to discuss the first se...
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296: Generosity from 2019-12-17T14:30
Standard Orbit 296: Generosity
Jacqueline Kim Interview.
Fans might know her best as Demora Sulu from Star Trek: Generations, but Jacqueline Kim has a career that extends far beyon...
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295: D.C. Fontana from 2019-12-09T21:00
Standard Orbit 295: D.C. Fontana
Remembering Dorothy Fontana (1939- 2019).
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore reflect on the life and work of Dorothy "D.C....
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294: Kelvin Trailers from 2019-12-02T10:00
Standard Orbit 294: Kelvin Trailers
Movie News and JJ's Trailers
This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp and Hayley Stoddart discuss the news of a relaunching of a new Star Tre...
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293: Team Kang from 2019-11-25T10:00
Standard Orbit 293: Team Kang
Day Of The Dove.
This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart talk the third season episode Day of the Dove. An underra...
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292: Visions From The Twilight Zone from 2019-11-18T14:30
Arlen Schumer, The Twilight Zone and Star Trek.
This week on Standard Orbit host Zach Moore is joined by autho... Listen
291: The Aliens of Beyond from 2019-11-04T10:00
Standard Orbit 291: The Aliens of Beyond
Star Trek Beyond's Best Aliens
Star Trek Beyond was released during Star Trek's 50th Anniversary and did you know that there were 50 Aliens...
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290: A Friendship That Defined Them Both from 2019-10-28T10:40:03
Standard Orbit 290: A Friendship That Defined Them Both
Mind Meld.
In 2001, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy sat down for a candid (as candid as can be expected in front of a film...
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289: Battle At The Lithium Cracking Station from 2019-10-21T09:00
Standard Orbit 289: Battle At The Lithium Cracking Station
Where No Man Has Gone Before Commentary.
This week on Standard Orbit host Zach Moore is joined by Brandon-Shea Mutala fro...
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288: Lee Plays Old Games Poorly from 2019-10-15T15:26:16
Standard Orbit 288: Lee Plays Old Games Poorly
Star Trek Video Games With Lee Sargent.
This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by Lee Sargent from Lee Draws Stuff to...
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287: Bigger is Better from 2019-10-07T09:00
Standard Orbit 287: Bigger is Better
The Size of Starships
It is time to geek out with Hayley and Ken as we discuss the size and functionality of starships in the Star Trek univers...
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286: Return To Yesterday from 2019-09-30T09:00
Standard Orbit 286: Return To Yesterday
Season 4 Episode Pitches.
As we all know, the USS Enterprise was on a five year mission. Unfortunately that mission was cut short by NBC whe...
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285: A Convention and a Movie from 2019-09-23T09:00
Standard Orbit 285: A Convention and a Movie
FanX and The Motion Picture 40th Release
This week on Standard Orbit; Hayley and Ken catch up on a some recent events surrounding Star ...
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284: Diversity in Star Trek from 2019-09-16T18:00
Standard Orbit 284: Diversity in Star Trek
FanX Fall 2019 Panel.
Standard Orbit's Hayley Stoddart joins TrekFM hosts Amy Nelson, Zachary Fruhling, and Brandi Jackola in a discussi...
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283: "You Should Have Let Me Sleep!" from 2019-09-08T09:00
Standard Orbit 283: "You Should Have Let Me Sleep!"
Villains Of The Kelvin Timeline.
The Star Trek movies have (with rare exception) usually featured a special guest villain, and t...
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282: I Am Unicorn Dog! from 2019-09-02T21:00
Standard Orbit 282: I Am Unicorn Dog!
TOS Episodes In The Alternate Realities Collective.
"Star Trek Fan Collectives" were a series of DVD collections released in the 2000s that fe...
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281: We Are Controlling Transmission from 2019-08-26T09:00
TOS Stars In The Outer Limits.
This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by The Outer Limits Pod... Listen
280: "I am Batman!" from 2019-08-19T09:00
Standard Orbit 280: "I am Batman!"
Actors Who Were on Star Trek and Batman
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Hayley Stoddart and Ken Tripp discuss the various actors who played ro...
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279: I Must Return To This Place Again from 2019-08-12T09:00
Standard Orbit 279: I Must Return To This Place Again
Ken and Zach's Star Trek Las Vegas 2019.
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore discuss their experience ...
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278: Star Trek Las Vegas 2019 from 2019-08-06T12:22:55
Standard Orbit 278: Star Trek Las Vegas 2019
Trek.fm Host Roundtable Discussion.
It's that time of year again, Star Trek Las Vegas! Several hosts from the network made the annual p...
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277: Emergency Alert, Negative Control At Helm from 2019-07-29T12:54:29
Standard Orbit 277: Emergency Alert, Negative Control At Helm
The Motion Picture Theatrical Cut vs. Director's Edition.
With the fortieth anniversary of Star Trek: The Motion Pictu...
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276: William Shatner vs. The World from 2019-07-22T09:00
William Shatner, Fans and Social Media.
At eighty eight years old, William Shatner is as active as ever. Telev... Listen
275: Star Trek: Revengeance from 2019-07-16T04:00
By popular demand, we're back one last time retitling the adventures of The Original Series crew in the style of "Berman Era"... Listen
274: Atavachron from 2019-07-08T15:00
We're back with the third and final installment in our series retitling The Original Seriesepisodes in the style ... Listen
273: Just Terrible Enough To Fit Right Next To The Thaw from 2019-07-01T13:30
Retitling season one of The Original Series was so much fun, we're back with more alternate episode titles for the... Listen
272: Less Creative Is The Goal from 2019-06-24T09:00
Standard Orbit 272: Less Creative Is The Goal
Alternate TOS Episode Titles.
The Original Series is well known for it's flowery, cultured and sometimes dare we say pretentious episo...
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271: Beam Us Up! from 2019-06-17T09:00
Standard Orbit 271: Beam Us Up!
The Best of Mr. Scott
Everyone loves Scotty, right? In this episode of Standard Orbit; Hayley Stoddart and Ken Tripp review and attempt to deliver M...
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270: Blogspock from 2019-06-10T09:00
Standard Orbit 270: Blogspock
Listener Mailbag.
It's been a while since we opened up the mailbag here on Standard Orbit, so this week hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddar...
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269: Star Trek: Enterprise ll from 2019-06-03T09:00
Standard Orbit 269: Star Trek: Enterprise II
The Original Series in Discovery Season 2, Part 2.
This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by Chris Clow to discuss the ...
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268: TOS Season 0.5 from 2019-05-20T09:00
Standard Orbit 268: TOS Season 0.5
The Original Series in Discovery Season 2, Part 1.
In the final scene of Discovery's first season, the U.S.S. Enterprise appeared and set Star Tr...
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267: The James Bond of Star Trek from 2019-05-13T09:00
Standard Orbit 267: The James Bond of Star Trek
The Many Faces of Captain Pike.
When Star Trek first went into production it wasn't Captain James Kirk in the center seat of the USS...
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266: Pale Blue Dot from 2019-05-06T09:00
Standard Orbit 266: Pale Blue Dot
The Voyager Program.
This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by Tim Robertson, host of The Observers Notebook and Generations: A St...
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265: FanX SLC Comic Convention 2019 from 2019-04-29T09:00
Standard Orbit 265: FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention 2019
TrekFM at FanX.
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Hayley Stoddart discuss this year's FanX Salt Lake Comic C...
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264: Ramping Up The Drama from 2019-04-15T07:00
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Hayley Stoddart talk the most dramatic moments of TOS and the movies. Conspirac... Listen
263: Section 31 on TOS from 2019-04-08T12:30
Standard Orbit 263: Section 31 on TOS
TOS Episodes with Section 31
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore, and Hayley Stoddart talk Section 31 in the TOS universe...
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261: Completely Illogical from 2019-03-25T09:00
Standard Orbit 261: Completely Illogical
Vulcans in the Immunity Syndrome
Hayley and Ken discuss whether it is logical that a crew of Vulcans would be unsuccessful in solving the m...
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260: How Do You View Your Trek? from 2019-03-18T09:00
Standard Orbit 260: How Do You View Your Trek?
Episodic vs. Serialized Viewing
Zach, Hayley, and Ken pilot Standard Orbit in a new direction by discussing the serialized approach o...
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259: Swipe Right For Science from 2019-03-11T09:00
Standard Orbit 259: Swipe Right For Science
The Cage.
With Discovery revisiting Talos IV in its most recent episode, hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart resvisit it was...
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258: When Star Trek IV Voyaged Home from 2019-02-25T10:00
Standard Orbit 258: When Star Trek IV Voyaged Home
Star Trek IV's Videocassette Debut and How We Consume Media.
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart ar...
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257: The Soul of a Cosmic Baby from 2019-02-18T10:00
Standard Orbit 257: The Soul of a Cosmic Baby
The Lost Episodes, Part IV.
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore continue the discussion of lost TOS ep...
256: We Forgot Nimbus III from 2019-02-11T10:00
Standard Orbit 256: We Forgot Nimbus III
Romulans and Klingons.
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore discuss the the two primary antagonists of The O...
255: God of the Gods from 2019-02-04T10:00
Godlike Beings of TOS, with the Trek Geeks.
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart are joined by Dan Davidson and Bill Smith from Trek Geeks ...
254: We Should've Bought 160 Tapes, Part II from 2019-01-28T10:00
This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore continues to showcase The Sci-Fi Channel Special... Listen
253: A Piece of the Action from 2019-01-21T10:00
Standard Orbit 253: A Piece of the Action
A TOS Classic
In this episode of Standard Orbit: Hayley Stoddart and Ken Tripp discuss this game changing episode, especially if you enjoy...
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252: He's Weird, Whatever from 2019-01-14T13:30
Standard Orbit 252: He's Weird, Whatever
Spock's Emotional Moments.
For someone who claimed to be emotionless and that emotions were "alien" to him, Spock certainly became "emotion...
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251: Almost an Entirely New Enterprise? from 2019-01-07T10:00
Standard Orbit 251: Almost an Entirely New Enterprise?
The TMP Refit Enterprise
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Hayley Stoddart, Zach Moore, and Ken Tripp discuss the refit USS ...
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250: Who Mourns For Phillips? from 2018-12-31T10:00
Standard Orbit 250: Who Mourns For Phillips?
Odd Jobs On The Enterprise.
This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore discuss the odd jobs on the original Enterprise...
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249: The Toys That Made Us from 2018-12-24T10:00
Standard Orbit 249: The Toys That Made Us
Star Trek Toys With John Tenuto.
This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by sociology professor and Star Trek historian Joh...
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248: Renegade? from 2018-12-17T10:00
Standard Orbit 248: Renegade?
Captain Kirk's Evolution
Captain Kirk is one of the most popular characters in pop-culture and Science Fiction. Over the years his character has evolv...
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247: The Scooby-Doo Ending from 2018-12-03T10:00
Standard Orbit 247: The Scooby-Doo Ending
The Nicholas Meyer Director's Cuts.
As Leonardo da Vinci once said, "Art is never finished, only abandoned." Nicholas Meyer would seem to ...
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246: A Tale Of Three Producers from 2018-11-26T10:00
245: How Many Kellicams Is Beijing From Shanghai? from 2018-11-19T10:00
244: The Devil In The Details from 2018-11-12T13:00
Standard Orbit 244: The Devil In The Details
The Devi In The Dark Episode Discussion.
This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart discuss the classi...
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243: Northeast Trek Convention from 2018-11-05T10:00
Standard Orbit 243: Northeast Trek Convention
Discussions and Starfleet International Interview
This week on Standard Orbit: Ken Tripp teams up with Brandon-Shea Mutala at the Nort...
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242: Grace from 2018-10-29T09:00
241: Where Are The Robots? from 2018-10-22T13:30
240: Is This Guy For Real? from 2018-10-16T07:00
This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp are Zach Moore are joined by Chris Clow from Discovery Debrief and Lance... Listen
239: Double Your Shatner, Double Your Fun from 2018-10-08T13:30
238: Can She Pronounce His First Name? from 2018-10-01T09:00
237: That Cheap Looking Sixties Show Is Everything from 2018-09-24T09:00
236: Drawn To It from 2018-09-17T09:00
235: We Should've Bought 160 Tapes from 2018-09-10T06:01
Star Trek: The Sci-Fi Channel Special Edition.
In 1998 the Sci-Fi Channel remastered TOS in picture and sound quality, restored every episode to its original run time (they had bee...
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234: Dr. Pulaski on TOS from 2018-08-27T16:45
233: Another Speaker At A Star Trek Convention from 2018-08-20T09:00
232: Star Trek: The Escape from 2018-08-13T12:30
This week hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart discuss more about the experiences that Zach and Hayley had while at Star T... Listen
231: Star Trek Las Vegas 2018 from 2018-08-06T13:00
This week host Zach Moore is joined by Lance Laster to debrief about the TOS presence at Star Trek Las Vegas 2018; Shatner, Takei, Koeni... Listen
230: Voices With Character from 2018-07-30T07:00
This week host Zach Moore is joined by fellow Trekkie and Batman superfan Chris Clow to talk the many crossover talents betwe... Listen
229: We Just Want More Trek from 2018-07-16T12:00
Star Trek News Update.
In this episode of Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart discuss the recen... Listen
228: A Tale of Two Saaviks from 2018-07-09T09:00
227: A Big Glass Ball in Space from 2018-06-25T09:00
226: Put That Quote on a Shirt from 2018-06-18T09:00
225: Layers: It's Cold in Space from 2018-06-11T09:00
224: Bumphead from 2018-06-04T09:00
223: Pleased To Meet You Mr. Scott from 2018-05-28T15:00
Steven Lance Interview, Part 1.
If you were a Star Trek fan in the 1970s and were fortunate enough to attend a con... Listen
222: Dumb and Death from 2018-05-21T09:00
Favorite Red Shirt Moments.
The term "red shirt" is an ingrained in pop culture as "live long and prosper," "warp speed" and "bea... Listen
221: Trek Movie Madness from 2018-05-14T09:00
220: Discoprise from 2018-05-07T09:00
219: Treknology from 2018-04-30T09:00
218: Space Spider from 2018-04-23T09:00
217: Young Minds Fresh Ideas from 2018-04-16T09:00
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216: It Was Like Watching My Mom Fan-Dance from 2018-04-09T09:00
Star Trek V Panel Discussion.
In this episode of Standard Orbit: we have an all-star team assembled to... Listen
215: Give It To Me On Flip Book from 2018-04-02T09:00
214: Revenge Is A Dish Best Served On VHS from 2018-03-26T09:00
213: Trek Madness from 2018-03-19T09:00
212: Patching Up Continuity from 2018-03-12T09:00
211: Kicked Upstairs from 2018-03-05T10:00
210: Foreheadgate from 2018-02-26T10:00
209: The Lost Episodes, Part II from 2018-02-19T10:00
More Never-Produced TOS Episodes.
There are dozens of story ideas, outlines, and scripts submitted to or commissioned... Listen
208: Spock Talk from 2018-02-12T09:00
207: Ask Zach Anything from 2018-02-05T10:00
205: The Lost Episodes from 2018-01-15T09:00
NBC cancelled Star Trek during its third season two episodes shy of 26. Zach and Ken review the scripts that were written for episodes 25 and 26 as well as other written scenarios for the series...
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205: The Lost Episodes from 2018-01-15T09:00
NBC cancelled Star Trek during its third season two episodes shy of 26. Zach and Ken review the scripts that were written for episodes 25 and 26 as well as other written scenarios for the series...
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204: Where is Alameda? from 2018-01-08T13:00
Standard Orbit 204: Where is Alameda?
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
In this episode of Standard Orbit: Hayley Stoddart joins Ken to discuss the most critically acclaim...
203: A Review and a Preview from 2018-01-01T09:00
Happy New Year 2018
Our second show of the holiday season and we wish everyone a very Happy New Year! Zach and Ken review each of their top three Standard Orbit Pod...
202: Trek Wars from 2017-12-25T13:00
Standard Orbit 202: Trek Wars
Star Trek vs. Star Wars.
Merry Christmas and a happy Star Wars season to you all! In honor of December now officially bei...
201: TOS for a New Generation from 2017-12-18T09:00
Standard Orbit 201: TOS for a New Generation
Mother Daughter Intro to TOS
Ken and Zach are joined by Hayley Stoddart to discuss her and her daughter's first time watc...
200: Talking About A Subject You Love With People You Like from 2017-12-11T09:00
Standard Orbit 200: Talking About A Subject You Love With People You Like
Standard Orbit Celebrates Its Bicentennial.
In this episode of Standard Orbit...
199: It is a Sci-Fi Little Mermaid from 2017-12-04T08:00
Standard Orbit 199: It is a Sci-Fi Little Mermaid
Metamorphosis
The second season episode Metamorphosis introduced some key canon to Star Trek. In this...
198: The Continuing Mission from 2017-11-27T13:28:05
The Original Series quite infamously was never able to complete the five year mission that was promised in its opening credits. This sly atte... Listen
197: Risk Is Our Business from 2017-11-20T08:00
In this episode of Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore are joined by Tony Black to discuss the making of... Listen
196: Star Trek Origins: Season 3 from 2017-11-13T09:00
Iconic Star Trek in Season 3.
We've had an ongoing miniseries on Standard Orbit we've called "Star Tr... Listen
195: It's a Death Machine from 2017-11-06T09:00
Standard Orbit 195: It's A Death Machine
The Transporter.
The transporter is at the same time one of the most remarkable and terrifying pieces of tech...
S6: We're Talking to the Shadow of a Cat from 2017-10-31T04:00
Catspaw Commentary.
Happy Halloween! If Star Trek ever had a Halloween episode, it was Catspaw. The first episode produced for the second season, it's probably for ...
194: The Troubles with Shuttles from 2017-10-30T07:00
As we see across the Star Trek franchise, a flight in a Federation shuttle craft is probably the riskiest thing you can do in the 23rd and 24... Listen
193: Law&Order: Starfleet from 2017-10-23T13:00
The Star Trek franchise has an excellent track record with courtroom dramas, and of course TOS is where it all started. In this episode of Standard... Listen
192: Ape Face has the Conn from 2017-10-16T08:00
Standard Orbit 192: Ape Face has the Conn
TOS and Planet of the Apes: How could one be the other?
In this episode of Standard Orbit: Nic Anastassiou, Amy Nelson and Ken Tripp...
191: If You Could Name a Starship... from 2017-10-02T08:00
Standard Orbit 191: If You Could Name a Starship...
Appropriate Names for Federation Starships
In this episode of Standard Orbit: Nic Anastassiou and Ken Tripp talk about the...
190: Beyond Expectations from 2017-09-25T08:00
Standard Orbit 190: Beyond Expectations
Best Trek Moments in the Latest Film
In this episode of Standard Orbit: Nic Anastassiou and Amy Nelson join Ken this week for the comp...
189: Into Darkness-There is Trek in You! from 2017-09-18T08:00
Standard Orbit 189: Into Darkness-There is Trek in You!
There is Trek in Darkness
In this episode of Standard Orbit: Ken reviews the best scenes that personify Star Trek with...
S5: Thoughts from the Theater: TWOK 2017 from 2017-09-11T17:00
35th Anniversary.
Join Amy, Ken and Richard as they share their thoughts after viewing The Wrath of Khan in Denver, Colorado.
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188: ST09: The Best Trek Moments from 2017-09-04T08:00
Standard Orbit 188: ST09 The Best Trek Moments
Top Scenes that Epitomize Star Trek
In this episode of Standard Orbit: Ken take us through the key scenes of the movie that mak...
187: Journey Through TOS from 2017-08-28T08:00
The Journey through TOS
Kay Shaw joins Ken Tripp this week to discuss her recent journey through the original series. Kay grew up with TNG, VOY, and Enterprise. Over the last few m...
186: Defined By A Sword In His Hand from 2017-08-21T08:00
TOS Stars in The Twilight Zone.
185: The Wrath Returns from 2017-08-14T12:14:09
Standard Orbit 185: The Wrath Returns
The Wrath of Khan's Re-release.
The Wrath of Khan is returning to theaters in celebration of its 35th anniversar...
184: Nightmares As A Child from 2017-08-07T08:00
Scary Star Trek.
Zach welcomes Brandi Jackola to Standard Orbit to discuss the scariest scenes and episodes of TOS and the TOS movies.
How old were you when started wa...
183: Brought To You By . . . from 2017-07-31T08:00
182: We Are Receiving You from 2017-07-24T08:00
This week Ken has the con as Zach is busy winning awards for his business and reshoots his Green Beret scenes. Ken reviews the latest news around the ... Listen
181: Last God Standing from 2017-07-17T08:00
Standard Orbit 181: Last God Standing
Battle of the Gods.
There are many godlike, super-powerful beings the Enterprise encountered over the course of...
180: Stars who Trekked from 2017-07-10T08:00
Standard Orbit 180: Stars who Trekked
Celebrities who became famous after their Trek appearance.
From Where No Man Has Gone Before to Star Trek: Beyond, Zach and Ken l...
179: I Had Your Sash from 2017-07-03T11:58:39
Errand of Mercy.
While considered the big bad of The Original Series, the Klingons only appear in a handful of ... Listen
178: The Gospel According to Star Trek from 2017-06-26T08:00
Standard Orbit 178: The Gospel According to Star Trek
Author Kevin C. Neece Interview.
On first glance, the Christian worldview and the humanistic wo...
177: Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold from 2017-06-19T08:00
Revenge Stories.
As the old Klingon proverb goes, "Revenge is a dish best served cold." Wh... Listen
176: Time Traveling Without a License from 2017-06-12T08:00
The Temporal Violations of James T. Kirk.
In the fan favorite DS9 episode "Trials and Tribble-... Listen
175: Continually Breaking Continuity from 2017-06-05T09:00
Standard Orbit 175: Continually Breaking Continuity
Continuity Conundrums in TOS
With the first trailer for Star Trek: Discovery hitting the Internet the fan reaction h...
174: Battle of the Battles from 2017-05-22T09:00
Standard Orbit 174: Battle of the Battles
Battle of the Mutara Nebula Vs. Battle of Khitomer
Star Trek was never about big space battles but the movies, as well as the ...
173: Full Motion Picture from 2017-05-15T09:00
Standard Orbit 173: Full Motion Picture
Why Star Trek The Motion Picture Works
Excerpt (iTunes Subtitle)
This week on Standard Orbit we dive into the areas of S...
172: Star Trek is Everywhere from 2017-05-08T09:00
Show Title: Standard Orbit 172: Star Trek is Everywhere
Star Trek in Pop-Culture
From Saturday Night Live to The Big Bang Theory; Star Trek is everywhere and it is ...
171: Sexuality in Star Trek from 2017-05-01T09:00
Will Stape Interview.
The Original Series was a very provocative series for its time often pushing the envelope in many categories. In this episode of Standard Orbi...
170: A Selfie Stick For His Tricorder from 2017-04-24T09:00
And The Children Shall Lead Commentary.
What is the worst episode of The Original Series? Some say Spock's Brain, some say The Alternative Factor, but we all know t...
169: Other Space Seeds from 2017-04-17T09:00
Movie Sequels to TOS Episodes. When Harve Bennett took the reins of the Star Trek franchise after The Motion Picture, he famously watched all 79 episodes of The Original Series ...
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168: Horny Albino Unicorn Gorilla from 2017-04-10T12:05:55
Standard Orbit 168: Horny Albino Unicorn Gorilla
167: Loss and Recovery from 2017-04-03T09:00
Star Trek's Most Emotionally Powerful Events
In this week's Standard Orbit, Ken and Nic dive into the most life changing and emotionally charged events across the Star Trek spectrum...
166: Enterprise Incidents from 2017-03-27T09:00
Starship in Peril.
How often has the Enterprise been in peril from the series through the movies? Zach and Ken have the answer as they explore the episodes and movies where our bel...
164: The Con of Wrath from 2017-03-13T12:22:04
Standard Orbit 164: The Con of Wrath
Ultimate Fantasy 1982
Dr. Trek himself, Larry Nemecek joins Zach and Ken as we discuss his forthcoming documentary The Con o...
163: Viewer Astern from 2017-03-06T10:00
Standard Orbit 163: Viewer Astern
Looking Back to Keep Moving Forward
30 Episodes have been published with the newest Standard Orbit team. Zach and Ken take a look at how the...
162: Untitled Sci-Fi Movie from 2017-02-27T10:00
Tales from the Set of Star Trek Into Darkness.
Jon Lee Brody is an actor, writer, director and producer but more importantly in terms of Star Trek...a redshirt! In ...
161: Origins: USS Enterprise from 2017-02-20T11:00
Standard Orbit 161: Origins-USS Enterprise
The Storied History of the Real Ships named Enterprise
In 1964, Gene Roddenberry pitched a show about the Starship Yorktown...
S4: For the Loves of Kirk from 2017-02-14T10:00
Kirk's best romances
In this supplemental we look at the top romances Kirk had during his career. Kirk's love life has been greatly exaggerated over the years. Some of his experien...
160: What If Old Could Be New Again? from 2017-02-13T10:00
Episodes Rebooted.
Zach and Ken welcome Nic Anastassiou to discuss which episodes would be fun to remake with the Kelvin timeline cast fitting within the new timeline narrative . Ea...
159: Star of Freedom and Peace from 2017-02-06T13:37:22
Standard Orbit 159: Star of Freedom and Peace
Nyota Upenda Uhura is a truly beautiful name that translates to "st... Listen
158: Too Hot for TV from 2017-01-30T10:00
When Miri first broadcast in the UK in 1970 it caused such a stir that not only did the BBC take it off the airwaves for decades... Listen
157: There are no Star Destroyers in the Smithsonian from 2017-01-23T10:00
Standard Orbit 157: There are no Star Destroyers in the Smithsonian
Subtitle: The creation of the refit Enterprise
Paul Olsen was the person who painted and worked on t...
156: Regula 0 from 2017-01-16T10:00
Space Stations. When the crew of the Enterprise isn't exploring strange new words or seeking out new life and new civilizations, they can often be found at one of the many space...
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155: Upping the Game from 2017-01-09T10:00
Episode 155: Upping the Game
There is Star Trek and everybody else...
When Star Trek launched it launched running on all thrusters. The chemistry, the writing, the plo...
154: By Any Other Name from 2017-01-02T10:00
Standard Orbit 154: By Any Other Name
What is in a name? What is in a title? Zach and Ken explore the more interesting episode titles of the original series and "try" to correlate ...
153: Earl Grey Generations from 2016-12-26T14:29:24
Standard Orbit 153: Earl Grey Generations
Two Podcasts One Destiny. Zach and Ken attempt to discuss Star Trek's Christmas movie: Generations when the Earl Grey crew of Lee, Amy, and...
152: With Rolling Action from 2016-12-19T10:00
Standard Orbit 152: With Rolling Action
151: Saving Earth from 2016-12-12T10:00
Standard Orbit 151: Saving Earth
Excerpt (iTunes Subtitle)
From the earliest Star Trek episodes to the most recent motion pictures; Captain Kirk and the men and women of th...
150: Practically CGI from 2016-12-05T10:00
Standard Orbit 150: Practically CGI
The Special Effects of the Star Trek Movies. Star Trek has always been m... Listen
149: Khanversation from 2016-11-28T10:00
Montalban v. Cumberbatch
"Khan Noonien Singh is the most dangerous adversary the Enterprise ever faced. He is brilliant, ruthless and he will not hesitate to kill e...
S3: Thankful and Grateful from 2016-11-24T10:00
Standard Orbit: Supplemental 3: Thankful and Grateful
We Appreciate You!
Hosts Zach and Ken stop all engines and secure all operations and take time to acknowledge their appreciati...
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148: So Many Alternative Factors from 2016-11-21T10:00
The Alternative Factor.
The Alternative Factor is rather infamous in Star Trek fandom, and there are many factors (see what we did there?) and behind-the-scenes rea...
147: Blu Ray Beyond from 2016-11-14T11:00
Standard Orbit 147: Beyond Blu-Ray
Star Trek Beyond on Home Video.
November 1, 2016 marked the release of Star Trek Beyond on home... Listen
146: Remove the Gangster, Put in a Casino from 2016-11-07T11:00
145: Star Trek Origins: Cloaking Device from 2016-10-31T10:00
Star Trek Origins: Cloaking Device
In this episode of Standard Orbit, we launch into our second origins outline looking at the deployment and use of the cloaking de...
144 : Across The Pond from 2016-10-24T10:00
Episode 144: Across The Pond
Destination Star Trek Europe
Destination Star Trek Europe was held in Birmingham, England earlier this month, a...
143: Right Click, Word Replacement from 2016-10-17T10:00
Standard Orbit 143: Right Click, Word Replacement
TNG as TOS.
The early seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation get a bad rep, and are often cr...
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142: The Rebooted Fleet from 2016-10-10T10:00
Standard Orbit 142: The Rebooted Fleet
The Ships of the Kelvin Timeline. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Ken and Zach give the listeners what t...
141: Red Shirt Starship from 2016-10-03T10:00
Standard Orbit 141: Red Shirt Starship
The Ships of TOS Prime Timeline TV and Movies
In this episode of Standard Orbit, Ken and Zach give th...
139: Star Trek Origins: Star Trek III from 2016-09-19T10:00
Star Trek Origins: Star Trek III. In this episode of Standard Orbit, we start a new series of discussions focusing on the origins of key concepts and events that influenced the ...
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138: DeForest Kelley: Up Close and Personal from 2016-09-12T10:00
Kristine M. Smith discusses her friendship with DeForest Kelley. Her book; DeForest Kelly: Up Close and Personal, is a wonderful life journey that allows the reader to get to know the very kind ...
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137: Tonight on NBC... from 2016-09-08T12:00
The Man Trap Commentary.
50 years ago on this very day, Star Trek hit the airwaves for the very first time at 8:30pm EST on NBC. That episode was The Man Trap, and ...
S2: BEYOND Relieved from 2016-09-05T16:00
Reflections on Standard Orbit and BEYOND.
From the Commodore's Personal Log: On January 11, 2016, the REFIT of Standard Orbit took to the airwaves with a new sound, a new...
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136: Star Trek Beyond - Mars Attacks! from 2016-08-29T12:00
Star Trek Beyond.
This episode of Standard Orbit marks the beginning of Phase III, the NCC-1701-A, call it what you will but either way Ken and Zach are excited to ...
135: STLV 50! from 2016-08-15T11:30
In this episode of Standard Orbit, it's an away mission to the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas as Refit Crew takes a break from the convention floor t... Listen
S1: Commodore's Log Supplemental from 2016-08-03T12:00
Norm's Reflections on The Kelvin Era Movies.
Over the last several shows on Standard Orbit - specifically episodes 133 and 134, the Commodore (Norman C. Lao) did not have...
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134: In the Absence of Light from 2016-07-25T12:00
Star Trek INTO DARKNESS.
In this episode of Standard Orbit, your Refit Crew continues their voyage through the Original Series “Kelvin Era” Movies with Star Trek INTO DAR...
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133: Daring To Do Better from 2016-07-18T12:00
Star Trek 2009.
In this episode of Standard Orbit, your Refit Crew continues their voyage through the Original Series “ERA” Movies with Star Trek 2009; the 11th film in t...
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132: taH pagh taHbe from 2016-07-04T12:00
Star Trek VI: The Re-Discovered Klingons.
In this episode of Standard Orbit, your Refit Crew continues their voyage through the Original Series Cast Movies with Star Trek...
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131: Go Climb A Rock Monster! from 2016-06-27T12:00
No One Sets Out To Make A Bad Movie.
In this episode of Standard Orbit, your Refit Crew continues their voyage through the Original Series Cast Movies with Star Trek V: T...
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130: Hello Computer! from 2016-06-20T12:00
Voyaging Home.
In this episode of Standard Orbit, your Refit Crew continues their voyages through the Original Series Cast Movies with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, as t...
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129: Revenge for Lost Arguments from 2016-06-13T12:30
Searching for Spock.
Star Trek BEYOND is nearly upon us and your refit crew felt that a “logical” follow-up to Temporal Trailer Park 1 & 2 would be to a return to the Ori...
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128: To the Undiscovered Country and BEYOND! from 2016-05-30T12:00
Temporal Trailer Park Two.
As we continue our ramping-up to Star Trek BEYOND in July, we are going to take a look at the second-half of Star Trek movie trailers from Star...
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127: Temporal Trailer Park One from 2016-05-23T12:00
A Wagon of Trailers to the Stars.
Movie trailers…they tease, they excite, and if crafted properly, have the ability to stir our imaginations into a frenzy of anticipation...
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126: Beauty is in the IDIC of the Beholder from 2016-05-16T14:00
The Misconception of Perception.
As the old saying goes, Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder. The Original Series episode “Is There In Truth No Beauty?” from Season Thre...
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125: The Consistency of Inconsistencies from 2016-05-02T15:00
The A to Z of Trekipedia.com.
There is a truism when it comes to fandom: The Devil is in the Details ... or at many times, the lack or inconsistency thereof. Canon, in an...
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124: Hailing Frequencies Open Too from 2016-04-25T12:00
Feedback from the Fans and The Babel Conference.
When the Standard Orbit “Refit” Crew began our shakedown voyage aboard the Trek.fm network on January 11, 2016, one of th...
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123: TMP vs. TWOK: The Conversational Kobayashi Maru from 2016-04-18T12:00
The Motion Picture vs. The Wrath of Khan.
When Star Trek left the television airwaves in 1969, there was a void that was left in the hearts and minds of Trekkies around t...
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122: The Babel Conference Has Spoken! from 2016-04-11T14:00
The Essential Top TOS.
In this episode of Standard Orbit, we conclude our epic journey with what we believe to be the Top 15 TOS episodes for essential viewing. Over the ...
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121: Did We Get The Turkey? from 2016-03-28T12:00
Essential Season Three TOS.
In this episode of Standard Orbit, we continue our coverage from Episode 120; delving deeply into Season Three with a more finely tuned eye an...
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120: Get Schmedlap On It! from 2016-03-21T14:00
Essential Season Two TOS.
When it comes to ranking the "best" episodes of The Original Series, there are Top Ten lists ... and there are TOP TEN lists. Unlike Season One,...
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119: Not All Top Ten Lists Are Created Equal from 2016-03-07T13:00
Essential Season One TOS.
There are Top Ten lists ... and there are TOP TEN lists. This episode of Standard Orbit is about the latter. Many online lists, from prominent g...
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118: A Red Shirt Commodore? from 2016-02-29T13:00
The Commodores of The Original Series.
Several episodes in The Original Series introduced a few high-ranking and "intrusive" characters that shared one commonality: the r...
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117: Spock is a Stone Cold Playa from 2016-02-22T13:00
The Enterprise Incident Commentary.
As a follow-up to Standard Orbit 116: The Real Enemy Is War Itself, The "Refit" Crew wanted to take a look at the only other episode in the entirety of...
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116: The Real Enemy Is War Itself from 2016-02-15T13:00
How The Enemy Below Influenced Balance of Terror.
The Enemy Below tells the story of the epic "cat and mouse" game between an American Destroyer Escort Captain and the co...
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115: Wibbly Wobbly Primey Wimey from 2016-02-08T14:00
The Alternative Factors.
Alternate realties, alternate universes, and alternate timelines essentially share the same family tree if you will. The point where the tree tru...
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114: A Tour DeForest Performance! from 2016-02-01T13:00
Dissecting Spock's Brain.
On this episode of Standard Orbit, we prep for surgery and perform a deep dissection and examination of what Star Trek fans have labeled as the "worst" episode e...
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113: Beyond the Fast&Furious Reaction from 2016-01-25T13:00
Star Trek Beyond the Trailer.
The first trailer for Star Trek Beyond was released on December 14, 2015 and was immediately and severely criticized by the Star Trek fan community at large....
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112: Is Tomorrow Yesterday? from 2016-01-18T13:00
What's Past Is Prologue.
Nostalgia is perhaps one of the most powerful forces that influences our lives. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary’s second definition of Nostalgia describes i...
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111: Hailing Frequencies Open! from 2016-01-11T13:00
The Shakedown Cruise for your New Standard Orbit Team.
Welcome Original Series Fans...Trekkies...Standard Orbiters; if
Enterprise has "Boomers" and Deep Space Nine has "Niners"...c...
110: It’s Been A Long Road from 2015-12-14T16:00
Standard Orbit 1.0 Finale.
All good things must come to an end. Thankfully for you, this is
only going to be a change. In the final episode of Standard
Orbit 1....
109: Insert Shot of the Internet from 2015-12-07T16:00
The Ultimate Top Ten List.
If there's one thing Standard Orbit 1.0 loves, it's lists.
So it's only appropriate that for the penultimate episode, Mike and
D...
108: Chasing Crazy Bones Through the Time Thing from 2015-11-30T16:00
City On The Edge Of Forever Commentary.
Sometimes you have to save the best for last. In this episode of
Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew do a commentary for ...
107: David Gautreaux Is Still Available from 2015-11-23T16:00
Unmade: Phase II with Ben Robinson.
Perhaps the greatest unmade project from the First Dark Ages of
Trek was an abandoned series known now as "Phase II". In this
ep...
106: Good At Acting Badly from 2015-11-16T16:00
Return of the Archons Commentary.
Before we go, there's a certain computer-god we have to address. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew do a commenta...
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105: Infinite Chang from 2015-11-09T16:00
Ongoing Comics With Sarah Gaydos & Mike
Johnson.
We spent a lot of time in the last 2 years talking about IDW's
"Star Trek Ongoing" comic and comparing it to the ori...
104: That’s Not A Real Thing from 2015-11-02T16:00
Mike & Drew’s Final Thoughts on TAS.
While its come up a few times in conversation, we've not really
delved deep into The Animated Series. In this episode
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103: A Who’s Who Of Seventies Filmmaking from 2015-10-26T15:00
Unmade: Planet Of The Titans.
There are so many unmade Star Trek projects out there,
it's good to have a source to help us sort them out. In this
episode o...
102: Trying To Kill Zoolander from 2015-10-19T15:00
BridgeMate Rematch.
Last week on Earl Grey 109, your "Maroon Monsters" were
victorious in BridgeMates, the "how well do you know your
cohost" game show. In...
101: The Boom of Syndication from 2015-10-12T15:00
Post-TOS with Marc Cushman.
Just because The Original Series ended didn't mean
the story was over. In this episode of Standard
Orbit, Mike and Drew...
100: Spoilers from 2015-10-05T15:00
Favorite Episodes of Other
Series.
After 100 episodes of talking about Original Series,
you have to stop and give some love to the series t...
99: More Perfect from 2015-09-29T11:52:42
Deep Space Nine: “Trials and Tribble-ations” with Matthew Rushing.
Anniversaries should be special times, bringing loved ones together no matter how far apart they may be. In this episode...
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98: Mad McCoy from 2015-09-21T11:44:44
IDW Ongoing Comic Comparison: The Tholian Webs.
Sometimes you can't help but go a little mad sometimes, especially when your ship gets caught in interphase and surrounded by an i...
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97: The Threshold of Quantum Leap from 2015-09-14T11:00
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96: The New Hope from 2015-09-03T00:31:48
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95: Holographic Girlfriend, Holographic Ale from 2015-08-29T17:30:13
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94: Spotty Lighting from 2015-08-25T11:16:47
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93: Just Kind Of Chill from 2015-08-17T10:53:13
Star Trek Las Vegas 2015.
Every year, the City of Lights plays host to the largest Star
Trek convention in the country. And every so often, one of
your hosts is there. In this episo...
92: The Double Indemnity Of Star Trek from 2015-08-09T13:22:43
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91: Fudging It A Bit from 2015-08-02T20:05:55
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90: Five Minutes&A Magic Tribble from 2015-07-26T14:54:43
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89: Next Level Technobabble from 2015-07-19T17:27
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88: A Song To Make You Sad from 2015-07-12T13:06
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87: The MIRROR Universe from 2015-07-05T14:38:12
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86: The Defiant Ones from 2015-06-29T00:03:51
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85: Issues With These Issues from 2015-06-20T20:29
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84: PEACE from 2015-06-14T15:19:34
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83: Really Cruel Smirk from 2015-06-07T22:06:04
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82: Pink Blood and No Tear Ducts from 2015-06-01T06:20:11
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81: Tales From Cupcake from 2015-05-23T12:34:26
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80: Fridged from 2015-05-10T11:51:08
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79: The Women! from 2015-05-02T15:24:20
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78: Space Bond and Ninja Cat from 2015-04-26T13:42:54
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77: Ready Or Not, She Launches from 2015-04-19T14:21:25
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76: Ear-Hiding Hats from 2015-04-12T13:02:12
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75: A Fiftieth Anniversary Movie from 2015-04-05T23:00
74: A Righteous Cause from 2015-03-28T16:25:15
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73: Numerous Lurking Variables from 2015-03-22T13:31:47
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72: Anonymous Extraordinary from 2015-03-14T23:30:49
Remembering Harve Bennett.
Over the last 50 years, only a handful of people can be sai...
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71: The Master of Reaction from 2015-03-08T20:13:59
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70: James Cameron’s The Trouble With Tribbles from 2015-03-01T21:29:24
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69: Crazy And Cool from 2015-02-15T15:12:08
Season Three Top
Five.
Season 3 of The Original Series is not anyone's favorite
season. Fortunately, there's still some good i...
68: A Genetic Connection from 2015-02-06T00:48:19
Mudd’s Passion (TAS) Commentary.
Continuing our talk on villains, we decided to cover the most recurring villain in TOS: Ha...
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67: A Bit More Villainous from 2015-01-31T15:41:40
Villains In The TOS Movies: Part 2.
Love them or love to hate them, villains are an integral part of the TOS movies. In thi...
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65: Compress Them Like A JPEG from 2015-01-18T20:04:05
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64: He’s Very Good With His Stick from 2015-01-12T04:41:08
IDW Ongoing Comic Comparison: Return of the Archons.
The Star Trek Ongoing comics went back to their usual episode retellin...
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63: Abraham Lincoln vs Kahless from 2015-01-04T19:00
Creating The Standard Orbit Canon: Season Three.
The time has come to confront the toughest choices ever made on a
podcast: which episodes of The Original Series' third season
are w...
62: The Butterfly Effect from 2014-12-28T19:00
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61: Tin Foil Hat-Wearing Vulcans from 2014-12-14T19:00
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60: Smooth And Polished And Pretty from 2014-12-07T19:00
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59: Keeping Everything Punny from 2014-12-02T01:38:05
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58: That Submarine Effect from 2014-11-24T14:55
Balance of Terror Commentary.
No matter how far into the future Star Trek goes, the subject of racism never seems very far off. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew bring you ...
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57: Triple Weird Reveal Thing from 2014-11-17T13:00
IDW Ongoing Comic Comparison: Vulcan’s Vengeance.
The Star Trek Ongoing comics started out doing straight adaptations of episodes, but even when they went completely original they couldn'...
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56: You’re Not Spock, Go Away from 2014-11-10T08:30
Star Trek: Phase II.
Almost ten years after The Original Series went off the air, Paramount was ready to bring back the show as Star Trek II (not that one… or THAT one), also known as Sta...
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55: Should Have Been The B Plot from 2014-11-03T13:00
Nyota Uhura.
Of all the characters in The Original Series, probably none was more underutilized than Uhura. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew talk about the communications ...
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54: Kirk’s Joker from 2014-10-27T13:00
Khan-mentary 3: Into Darkness Commentary.
It's finally time for the last part in our commentary series on everyone's favorite bad gu...
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53: When In Doubt, Throw It Out from 2014-10-20T06:00
Creating The Standard Orbit Canon: Season One.
There’s a lot of Star Trek out there that doesn’t really fit into the wider continuit...
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52: Klingon Drill Bits from 2014-10-13T12:00
Klingons in TOS.
If there was ever a big bad guy for The Original Series, it was the Klingons. Devious and schem...
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51: Oh, It’s Just Mudd from 2014-10-06T13:00
Season Two Top Five.
It's time again to go through a season of Star Trek and pick favorites. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike...
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50: The Sun/Son Pun from 2014-09-29T13:00
49: Too Bad About Your Brother from 2014-09-22T14:00
48: Sulu 2 The Rescue from 2014-09-15T13:30
Hikaru Sulu.
Few characters in Star Trek experience actual advancement in their careers. Even fewer of them go through as many rando...
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47: An Adventure from 2014-09-08T14:25
Dragon Con & Parsec Awards Report.
In the game of Parsecs, you win or you lose. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike & Drew tell ...
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46: Work Together As a T from 2014-09-01T09:00
Spock in Command.
When Kirk is away, the crew will play Captain. What does Kirk try to teach his first officer when he's out of serv...
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45: The Gorn Is My Happy Place from 2014-08-25T13:00
Season One Top Five.
Sometimes you just have to choose your favorite children. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew pick...
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44: I Wanna Make My Box A Little Bigger from 2014-08-18T03:00
Aspect Ratios of The Undiscovered Country and Into Darkness.
What happens when a film can't seem to decide what it's supposed to loo...
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43: It’s Two Point Three NINE to One! from 2014-08-11T07:00
Standard Orbit 43: It’s Two Point Three NINE to One!
Have you ever looked at TOS or one of the movies and wondered why there were bl...
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42: The Steve Lyons of Star Trek from 2014-08-04T14:00
Pavel Chekov.
Some people have to struggle to fit in, especially if they're young and new to the crew. In this episode of Standard O...
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41: That’s Ridiculous from 2014-07-28T14:00
Racism In TOS.
Good science fiction is known for addressing contemporary issues in creative ways, and The Original Series w...
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40: Return of the Jedda from 2014-07-21T14:00
Khan-mentary 2: The Wrath of Khan Commentary, Part 2.
Khan khantinues! For the conclusion of Khan-mentary 2, Mike and Drew continue ...
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39: Nautical But Nice from 2014-07-14T14:00
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38: Drop a Clue On Their Journey from 2014-07-07T09:00
J. Michael Straczynski & Bryce Zabel’s Re-Boot the Universe.
With all of Star Trek’s popularity, it’s no surprise that several creat...
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37: How’s The Beaming Thing? from 2014-06-30T09:50
IDW Ongoing Comic Comparison: The Galileo Seven.
The missions of the new version of the old crew continue in the comics! In this epi...
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36: Takes Place In Star Trek Continuity from 2014-06-23T09:00
Unlikely Spinoffs of TOS.
Did you ever wish there was more than the existing 725 episodes and 12 movies that took place in the Star ...
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35: Super-Duper Walkie-Talkies from 2014-06-16T09:00
Technology Influences of TOS.
Star Trek has been influencing people to better themselves for almost 50 years. But people haven’t jus...
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34: Stick My Rock Monsters Back In from 2014-06-09T14:00
Star Trek V 25th Anniversary.
This year's final movie anniversary we're going to celebrate is the appropriately-titled Final Frontie...
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33: I. HAVE HAD. ENOUGH. OF YOU! from 2014-06-01T17:32:26
Star Trek III 30th Anniversary.
A lot of times, the third movie in a franchise gets a bad rap. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mi...
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32: The Trekkies Strike Back from 2014-05-23T19:47:38
1999 TOS Homages.
It turns out that 1999 was a big year for science fiction franchises. Not only did people finally get a new Star W...
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31: The Citizen Kane of Star Trek from 2014-05-19T09:00
Arena Commentary.
Events from The Original Series don't get mentioned much in the later series, so when they do, it's a big...
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30: Proto Peggy Olson from 2014-05-12T08:30
D.C. Fontana.
If Gene Roddenberry was the Founding Father of Star Trek, then D.C. Fontana was the Founding Mother. In this episode of Standard Orb...
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29: The Whole Pre-Re-Quel Thing from 2014-05-05T14:14:38
Star Trek 2009 Fifth Anniversary.
It's hard to believe that it's been five years since Star Trek was rebooted by J.J. Abrams. In this episode of S...
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28: I Am Not DeForest Kelley from 2014-04-21T03:00
Dr. McCoy with Larry Nemecek.
If Kirk was the meat and Spock was the potatoes, then Leonard McCoy was the grumpy broth that held them all together...
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27: Med Scanner Thumb Pivot from 2014-04-14T03:00
Star Trek Continues with Larry Nemecek.
No one seems content with the 80 episodes of The Original Series that we ended up with. Everyone wants mor...
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26: You Just Touched the Monolith from 2014-04-07T03:00
Season One with @FirstTimeTrek.
Believe it or not, there are some people out there who have yet to see Star Trek. In this episode of Standard Orbi...
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25: It’s That Mustache from 2014-03-31T03:00
Montgomery Scott.
Every ship needs an engineer, and every engineer wishes they were a miracle worker like Scotty. In this episode of Standard Orbi...
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24: Let’s Just Call It Alderaan from 2014-03-24T03:00
IDW Ongoing Comic Comparison: Where No Man Has Gone Before.
Between the first two J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies, IDW started publishing an ongoing ...
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23: He Shops at Spencer’s from 2014-03-17T03:00
Amok Time Commentary.
The music is just one of the dozens of great things about "Amok Time," Spock's voyage home to get married. In this episode o...
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22: Traced Right Over It from 2014-03-10T03:00
The Enterprise.
Star Trek has been helping shape the design of the future for almost 50 years. One of the many iconic things that came out of The ...
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21: Star Trek 101 from 2014-03-03T03:00
Marathons for New Viewers.
With 80 episodes plus six and a half movies, The Original Series can be daunting for first-time viewers. Where does one...
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20: Piece of Gold Inside a Gold Shirt from 2014-02-24T03:00
Where No Fan Has Gone Before Commentary.
The Original Series may have only trekked on television screen for three seasons, yet there are a surpris...
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19: Ancient Aliens from 2014-02-17T03:00
God-like Aliens.
For just three seasons on our TVs, Kirk and the crew seemed to run into a lot of all-powerful beings. In this episode of Standard...
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18: Not the Real McCoy from 2014-02-10T03:00
Hal Sutherland and The Animated Series.
Classic Trek lost another creator recently, this time Animated Series director Hal Sutherland. In this epi...
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17: Khan’s Mistletoe from 2014-02-03T03:00
Khan-mentary 1: Space Seed Commentary.
Of all of the villains in the Star Trek universe, none is more well-known than Khan. In this episode of Sta...
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16: Re-written by Gene Coon from 2014-01-27T03:00
Marc Cushman on Season Two.
A lot happened behind the scenes of the second season of The Original Series. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike ...
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15: Sprint to Everything from 2014-01-20T03:00
Pitching a Piece of the Action Movie.
Ready or not, another Star Trek movie is coming. In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew are once a...
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14: A Public Service Announcement from 2014-01-13T03:00
A Piece of the Action Commentary.
Everyone loves a good gangster story. What better way to show your love than to have your television characters ...
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13: Moneypenny from 2014-01-06T03:00
Janice Rand.
From the very beginning, there were big plans for Kirk's yeoman. Unfortunately, few of them came to be. In this episode of Standard O...
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12: A Legitimate "Sub" Genre from 2013-12-30T03:00
Romulans in TOS.
What happens when you put Romans in space? They become Romulans! In this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew uncloak what th...
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11: The Brett Favre of Starfleet from 2013-12-23T03:00
Star Trek Generations with Earl Grey.
The producers of the first Next Generation movie were told they needed some Original Series to help out, so ...
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10: Unboot The Reboot from 2013-12-16T03:00
The Unmade Starfleet Academy Movie.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a great movie, however it wasn't the only option for the 25th annive...
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9: Zigged When He Should Have Zagged from 2013-12-09T03:00
Rewriting Season One with Marc Cushman.
The first season of The Original Series is a great piece of television history. In this episode of Standar...
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8: A Glorious Commentation from 2013-12-02T03:00
The Trouble with Tribbles Commentary.
Everyone loves tribbles. We love tribbles. You love tribbles. Uhura and Chekov love tribbles. Bones loves tr...
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7: Spock Is the Potatoes from 2013-11-25T03:00
Talking Spock with Dave Rossi.
Mr. Spock may be one of the most intriguing characters in Star Trek. Two natures always battling. Logic vs emotion. What is that makes this character so spe...
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6: A Little Bit of Icing from 2013-11-18T03:00
Dave Rossi on Star Trek Remastered.
How do you spice up a 40-year-old TV show for the 21st century while still being respectful of the originals? ...
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4: Bondi Blue Landru from 2013-11-04T03:00
Kirk vs. Computers.
One of Captain Kirk's many talents is his ability to talk computers into self-destructing. In this episode of Standard Orbit Mike and Drew take a look...
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3: Captain Also Starts with C from 2013-10-28T03:00
James. Tiberius. Kirk.
There is no captain greater. And in this episode of Standard Orbit, Mike and Drew take a close look at Star Trek's original...
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2: So Much Things from 2013-10-21T03:00
Meet the Pilots.
The Original Series was a first for television in that the studio loved the pilot so much they ordered a second one. In honor of ...
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1: Sometimes You Need The Cheese from 2013-10-12T03:00
Meet the Crew.
Welcome to Standard Orbit, Trek.fm's newest show on Star Trek's oldest show: The Original Series! What started as an "anthology show with standing sets" in the late 1960s h...
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