Positively Trek 323: It Oozes Star Trekiness

December 2025 Star Trek Comics

Four new comic issues came out in the final month of 2025, and in this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Brandi review them all! We talk about the shocking final issue of Star Trek: Red Shirts, as well as Star Trek: Lower Decks #14, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #4, and Star Trek: The Last Starship #3!

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STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. Positively Trek is not endorsed or sponsored by or affiliated with CBS/Paramount Pictures or the STAR TREK franchise.

Chapters

Opening (00:00:00)

Star Trek: Red Shirts #5 (00:01:21)

Star Trek: Lower Decks #14 (00:23:08)

Patreon Shout Out (00:34:28)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #4 (00:35:08)

Star Trek: The Last Starship #3 (00:46:57)

Final Thoughts (01:01:10)

Closing (01:02:47)

Hosts

Dan Gunther

Brandi Jackola

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)

Positively Trek 322: King Arthur and Caligula

Star Trek: Khan - The Aftermath with Writers Kirsten Beyer & David Mack

October 2025 saw the release of the long-awaited Star Trek: Khan audio drama, based on a story by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan director Nicholas Meyer, and written by the supremely talented Kirsten Beyer & David Mack. Well, in this episode of Positively Trek, we have both of them here to talk about Khan! We discuss the genesis of the project, the process of writing it, and get into some of the characters and plotlines that made up the compelling 9-episode series.

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Help support the podcast! Go to https://www.patreon.com/positivelytrek to help out!

Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.

STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. Positively Trek is not endorsed or sponsored by or affiliated with CBS/Paramount Pictures or the STAR TREK franchise.

Chapters

Opening (00:00:00)

Star Trek: Khan Interview Part 1 (00:02:39)

Patreon Shout Out (00:40:16)

Star Trek: Khan Interview Part 2 (00:40:56)

Closing (01:09:48)

Hosts

Dan Gunther

Barry DeFord

Guests

Kirsten Beyer

David Mack

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)

Positively Trek 321: Sympathy For the Devil

The Villains We Hate to Love

Over the past 60 years, Star Trek has given us a huge range of villains. From the fine Corinthian tones of Ricardo Montalban’s Khan to the silky charisma of Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat, many villains have become embedded in our memories for various reasons. And sometimes, despite our best intentions, we end up loving those villains… and maybe even having a bit of sympathy for them!

In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Barry and Dan talk about the villains we might just have a smidgen of sympathy for and why. Some of our picks may surprise you! But we also want to hear from you: who did we leave off our list that you think should be included in the category of sympathetic villains?

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Help support the podcast! Go to https://www.patreon.com/positivelytrek to help out!

Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.

STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. Positively Trek is not endorsed or sponsored by or affiliated with CBS/Paramount Pictures or the STAR TREK franchise.

Chapters

Opening (00:00:00)

Krall, Star Trek Beyond (00:06:22)

Captain Ransom, Star Trek: Voyager (00:10:57)

Seska, Star Trek: Voyager (00:14:25)

Sybok, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (00:17:59)

Sela, Star Trek: The Next Generation (00:20:44)

Patreon Shout Out (00:27:59)

Damar, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (00:28:39)

Lore, Star Trek: The Next Generation (00:34:54)

Michael Eddington, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (00:40:29)

General Chang, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (00:47:03)

Gul Dukat, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (00:53:49)

Dis-honourable Mentions (00:59:41)

Closing (01:05:26)

Hosts

Barry DeFord

Dan Gunther

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)