Tag: fandom

Episode 106: Book Club: Letters to Star Trek

Photo of a cat reading Letters to Star Trek

Letters to Star Trek is a 1976 collection of fan mail received during the first run and early syndication of The Original Series. We pick our favorite letters and discuss Gene Roddenberry’s responses and how Trek, society and fan mail…

Sue’s Dragon Con Schedule 2018

It’s that time of year again! Just over a week from Dragon Con, and the schedule has been released. I’ll be returning to the lovely city of Atlanta, and once again, will be participating in several panels on multiple tracks.…

Episode 91: RPN Takes Vegas! (STLV 2018)

On the first of three episodes covering Star Trek Las Vegas 2018, we share the audio from the Roddenberry Podcast Network panel on fandom, plus a chat among the network hosts all about the return of Jean-Luc Picard. Download Now…

Episode 71: Women of the First Conventions

In this episode, we’re joined by Devra Langsam, publisher of Spockanalia and organizer of the first Star Trek convention in 1972 in NY, and Lynn Cohen-Koehler, who helped organize the first Philadelphia convention in 1975.  We discuss how Star Trek…

Disabled Fans Talk Star Trek

shrits with kirk, uhura and spock in wheelchairs, holding phasers

That flutter of nerdy excitement you’ve been hearing across the internet is the sound of Trekkies like me geeking out over the tantalizing information we’ve been fed about Star Trek: Discovery, the new Star Trek series coming to CBS in…

Episode 42: Women in Trek Fandom: Bjo Trimble

Bjo Trimble speaking at STLV

Our crew profiles superfan Bjo Trimble, who along with her husband John, spearheaded the letter-writing campaign that saved Star Trek in the 1960s. Includes an interview with John and Bjo from Star Trek Las Vegas 2016. Download now (right-click and…