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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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: 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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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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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)

Positively Trek 320: Treading Fluidic Space

This Month’s Star Trek Comics: November 2025

Red Shirts at the mercy of Klingons! Boimler and Rutherford’s new mail-order android isn’t behaving as expected! The Enterprise under attack from deadly drones! The Federation’s last-ditch effort to reconnect following a galaxy-wide calamity! And Voyager finds itself allying with the Borg against Species 8472… again! It’s just another month in the world of IDW’s Star Trek comics!

It was a busy month for Star Trek comics, but we are up to this monumental task! In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Brandi discuss Red Shirts #4, Lower Decks #13, Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #3, The Last Starship #2, and Voyager: Homecoming #3.

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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: Red Shirts #4 (00:01:37)

Star Trek: Lower Decks #13 (00:14:01)

Patreon Shout Out (00:28:28)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #3 (00:29:08)

Star Trek: The Last Starship #2 (00:39:57)

Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming #3 (00:56:03)

Final Thoughts (01:06:58)

Closing (01:08:44)

Hosts

Dan Gunther

Brandi Jackola

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)

Positively Trek 319: The Khan That Could Have Been

Star Trek: Khan - Final Episode Review!

In the windy wastelands of Ceti Alpha V, Khan and his followers prepare for their possible salvation. However, a ghost from Khan’s past threatens to undo everything. Meanwhile, years later, secrets are revealed and Khan’s legacy will be uncovered!

In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Barry discuss “Eternity’s Face,” the ninth and final episode of Star Trek: Khan. We also talk about our feelings about the series as a whole, the future of Star Trek audio dramas, and we even break out the dreaded c-word: CANON!

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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)

“Eternity’s Face” Discussion (00:01:34)

Patreon Shout Out (00:29:31)

“Eternity’s Face” Discussion Continued (00:30:11)

Star Trek: Khan as a Whole (00:40:44)

Khan, Canon, and the Future (00:51:05)

Closing (00:58:54)

Hosts

Dan Gunther

Barry DeFord

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)

Positively Trek 318: When Are They Going to Get to the Fireworks Factory?!?

Star Trek Comics: October 2025

A little later than usual, but we are back with our monthly Star Trek comic round-up! October saw four Trek comics hit the stands: Star Trek: Red Shirts #3, Star Trek: Lower Decks #12, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #2, and Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming #2! From gruesome red shirt endings to a search for more 20th century humpback whales, from a tentacled Lovecraftian horror to shenanigans with Species 8472, Dan and Brandi discuss them all in this week’s episode of Positively Trek!

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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: Red Shirts #3 (00:02:50)

Star Trek: Lower Decks #12 (00:17:50)

Patreon Shout Out (00:32:18)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #2 (00:32:58)

Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming #2 (00:42:58)

Final Thoughts (00:58:10)

Closing (01:01:12)

Hosts

Dan Gunther

Brandi Jackola

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)

Positively Trek 317: Weaponized Ginger Ale

Strange New Worlds: Ring of Fire with author David Mack!

The Enterprise is assigned to investigate murder and sabotage aboard an ultra-top secret space station, where dangerous elements are attempting to undermine the station’s mission… whatever that is! The away team must contend with spies and saboteurs, all while being frustrated at the lack of cooperation from the people they’re trying to protect.

In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan Gunther and the returning Bruce Gibson welcome special guest David Mack back to the show! He’s here to discuss his latest novel: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Ring of Fire!

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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)

Ring of Fire - Spoiler-Free Discussion (00:03:14)

Patreon Shout Out (00:26:18)

Captain Pike (00:26:58)

The Provenance (00:38:00)

Valkeya (00:44:20)

Pelia and Scotty (00:55:38)

Spock (01:03:24)

Final Thoughts (01:10:04)

Star Trek: Khan (01:14:33)

Closing (01:20:31)

Hosts

Dan Gunther

Bruce Gibson

Guest

David Mack

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)

Positively Trek 316: Ursula is the Kim Campbell of Ceti Alpha V

Star Trek: Khan Episodes 7 & 8

In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Barry and Dan discuss “I Am Marla” and “Original Sin,” the 7th and 8th episodes of Star Trek: Khan! As the series nears its conclusion, we’re learning a lot more about Khan, his followers, the Elborians, and Dr. Lear… is she who she claims to be, or is there more to her story? Plus: we’re really enjoying George Takei and Tim Russ reprising their roles as Captain Sulu and Ensign Tuvok!

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/positively-trek/id1501468628

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PositivelyTrek

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)

“I Am Marla” (00:04:13)

Patreon Shout Out (00:35:12)

“Original Sin” (00:35:52)

Final Thoughts (00:56:34)

Closing (01:00:01)

Hosts

Barry DeFord

Dan Gunther

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)