Mission Log Live: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

After our Mission Log: Reactor review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 10,  " Rubincon ," it's time to open the hailing frequencies. On this week's Mission Log Live , John and Jessica welcome callers to share their reactions to Starfleet Academy's first season finale. Listeners have thoughts on Nus Braka 's past and his future, and predictions (and wish lists) for the second season. If you...

Mission Log Reactor wraps up Season 1 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy with our recap and review of Episode 10, " Rubincon ." Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion take their seats in the jury box as Nus Braka puts the Federation itself on trial . With an Omega particle threat hanging over billions of lives, the crew of the Athena must hold things together while the cadets step up in ways no one exp...

After our Mission Log: Reactor review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 9, " 300th Night ," it's time to open the hailing frequencies. On this week's Mission Log Live , John and Jessica welcome callers to share their reactions to the first part of Starfleet Academy's first season finale. Listeners have thoughts on Caleb 's behavior, theories aplenty about how the cliffhanger plays out, and t...

We're back with a fresh recap & review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1, Episode 9, "300th Night"! Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion celebrate the Academy's 300th night with Klingon bonding rituals, awkward turbo-lift heart-to-hearts, and one very questionable plan involving a stolen shuttle. Meanwhile, the return of the Omega particle raises the stakes across Federation space as the ca...

After our Mission Log: Reactor review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 8, " The Life of the Stars ," it's time to open the hailing frequencies. On this week's Mission Log Live , John and Jessica welcome callers to share their reactions to an episode that blends Thornton Wilder's Our Town with some deeply emotional Star Trek history. Listeners weigh in on the role of the humanities at Starfl...

We're back with a fresh recap and review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1, Episode 8, " The Life of the Stars ." In this spoiler-heavy discussion, Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion set the stage for an episode that stretches from Thornton Wilder's Our Town to SAM's home planet and straight into some of the biggest emotional questions of the season. Trauma, time, theater, and the Doctor'...

Spring Break for Starfleet Academy means desert weddings, warp slugs, forged transcripts, and a brand-new word entering the Trek lexicon: Ko'Zeine . After our spoiler-heavy review on Mission Log: Reactor , it was your turn to take the mic. On this week's Mission Log Live, callers weighed in on tonal whiplash, Darem's royal detour, Genesis' risky shortcut to command, and whether Caleb is the hero w...

We're back with a fresh recap & review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1, Episode 7, "Ko'Zeine." Spring Break hits Starfleet Academy, and while some cadets plan a quiet getaway, others get swept into royal weddings, questionable science experiments, and decisions that could derail a pre-command future. Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion unpack the cultural clash on the Khionian "sunset mo...

After our Mission Log Reactor recap of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 6, " Come, Let's Away ," we opened the channel, and our Star Trek Pals delivered. This week's live discussion dives deep into the moral calculus of trusting Nus Braka (again), whether Starfleet's diplomacy still works in a fractured galaxy, and if the Federation's reputation for paternalism is something it simply can't sha...

We're back with a fresh recap & review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1, Episode 6, " Come, Let's Away "! Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion get out of the classroom and take a field trip into danger, with Nus Braka as a guest lecturer. Hope you studied up, there'll be tests. So. many. tests. Join us for a spoiler-heavy Star Trek podcast as we break down all the latest from this exciting...

Mission Log Live is all about the conversation. Following our Mission Log Reactor discussion of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 5, " Series Acclimation Mil ," we open the channel to our listeners for a wide-ranging call-in discussion that explores SAM's journey, manufactured intelligence, and what it means to "understand" humanity at all. Callers bring deeply personal reactions to SAM's story...

We're back with a fresh spoiler-heavy recap and review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , Season 1, Episode 5, "Series Acclimation Mil." Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion enroll in a class on the unknowable, following SAM as she tries to understand organic life and the legacy of Benjamin Sisko. Along the way, we dig into big questions about identity, predestination, and whether learning can ever...

Mission Log Live puts the spotlight on you . Following our Mission Log Reactor discussion of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 4, "Vox In Excelso," we open the channel to our listeners for a wide-ranging conversation about Klingon identity, family, myth, debate, and what Star Trek is, and can be, right now. Callers bring everything from joyful tears to thoughtful critique. We hear deeply person...

SPECIAL RELEASE Before we return to our regular release schedule, here's the second—and final— specialaudio drop from our Patreon-exclusive Mission Log Live discussions. This episode focuses on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 3, "Vitus Reflux." The rivalry between Starfleet cadets and the War College heats up, culminating in a competitive game of Calica (laser tag of the future), a full-blown...

Mission Log Live: Starfleet Academy Episodes 1 & 2   SPECIAL RELEASE You asked, and we listened. To make sure no version of Mission Log Live is missed, we're releasing the audio from our Patreon-exclusive live chats into the main podcast feed. In this first special release, we dive into the opening two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — "Kids These Days" and "Beta Test." From early reactio...

Episode 4 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has daddy issues that could decide the fate of the Klingon Empire, to be resolved only in reasoned debate or an interplanetary pillow fight! Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion discuss "Vox In Excelso," which lets us in on how the Burn affected the Klingons, and gives us Jay-Den Kraag's origin story. Enjoy our honest-to-goodness, SPOILER HEAVY review and...

Episode 3 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy answers the age old question, is it like laser tag? Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion discuss "Vitus Reflux," where the war college and Starfleet academy go head to head. Not gonna lie, Calica looks fun. Enjoy our honest-to-goodness, SPOILER HEAVY review and chime in with YOUR thoughts in the comments. Also! Join us Mondays at 7PM PT/10PM ET for our liv...

Welcome, Cadets, to Episodes 1 & 2 of Paramount's newest Star Trek series, Starfleet Academy! Did you know Mission Log Patrons get this video a day early!? patreon.com/missionlog Roddenberry Podcasts very own Jessica Lynn Verdi and John Champion deliver their honest-to-goodness SPOILER HEAVY review for the first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, "Kids These Days" and "Beta Test." We di...

Just because #StarTrek is off our screens for a while doesn't mean the story is over - Kirsten Beyer drops by to talk about the #StarTrekKhan audio series and hear some questions from Mission Log Live's callers. 🌟 About Mission Log: Live: Mission Log Live is a call-in show that encourages fan participation. We discuss episodes, themes, and the future of Star Trek while welcoming your thoughts and...

Capping off our discussion of the third season of #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds is a discussion with Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry on his own reactions to the show's third year, and its future - and, of course, questions from Mission Log Live's callers! 🌟 About Mission Log: Live: Mission Log Live is a call-in show that encourages fan participation. We discuss episodes, themes, and the future of Star Trek...

Our callers have made their hot takes known about each episode in real time - but what about their takes-up-the-whole-widescreen-main-viewer opinion of the season as a whole?  Mission Log Live's callers carried on a lively conversation (and ended on a song!). 🌟 About Mission Log: Live: Mission Log Live is a call-in show that encourages fan participation. We discuss episodes, themes, and the futur...

It's a battle between two ancient forces that defy description.  It's also a Wonderful Life.  It's the season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Mission Log Live's callers definitely had thoughts about it. 🌟 About Mission Log: Live: Mission Log Live is a call-in show that encourages fan participation. We discuss episodes, themes, and the future of Star Trek while welcoming your thoughts...

Ever had one of those slumber parties where there wasn't any pizza or soda, just board games and a wormhole and a crashed shuttle and a gas giant and a combustible atmosphere and oversized space centipedes and, oh yeah, a large intelligent lizard that looks a lot like a large intelligent lizard that tried to disembowel you that one time?  No?  Well, maybe you're like Mission Log Live's callers, an...

When the crew needs a little more logic to solve a crisis, going Vulcan seems like a good idea...until it doesn't.  Was it logical for everyone's brand new Vulcan dogma to chase their katra?  Mission Log Live's callers let us know if they found it illogical, or if they dug it. 🌟 About Mission Log: Live: Mission Log Live is a call-in show that encourages fan participation. We discuss episodes, the...

A documentary maker with an agenda collides with a crew on edge during a mission where nothing goes as planned, leading to a single question: "What Is Starfleet?"  Mission Log Live's callers might just have the answer - or they might have a lot to say about this unconventional episode of Strange New Worlds. 🌟 About Mission Log: Live: Mission Log Live is a call-in show that encourages fan particip...