Trek Politics with Mary L. Trump and Bob Cesca

Mary Trump and Bob Cesca
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Trek Politics with Mary L. Trump and Bob Cesca

Trek Politics is a fun and insightful deep dive into the socio-political and cultural impact of Star Trek across all series and movies, featuring author and commentator Mary Trump and political podcaster Bob Cesca.

Episodes

  1. SEP 18

    Star Trek Las Vegas Politics Panel

    We're back with all new episodes! Our first show back is the audio of the Politics of Trek panel from this year's Star Trek Las Vegas convention. The panel was organized and co-moderated by Mark Altman from The Inglorious Treksperts podcast and David Goodman, former president of the WGA. The panelists included Mary and Bob, along with Ande Kindryd who worked on the original series, Oscar-nominated actor Mary McDonnell from Battlestar Galactica, and Tim Russ from Star Trek Voyager and Picard, The audio is pulled from Zoom.

    1h 25m

  2. 07/26/2023

    Trek Politics Is On Strike

    Mary and Bob announce a temporary hiatus for this podcast until the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes are resolved, in essence Trek Politics is joining the virtual picket line in support of the actors and writers. Per the SAG-AFTRA guidelines, our guests are unable to publicly discuss or promote Star Trek or any studio or network projects, and it's a gray area in terms of whether we, as podcasters, can discuss Star Trek on the show. So rather than struggling to navigate all of that, we decided to support the actors and writers by beaming the show into the transporter buffer until everything is resolved. We will return!

    12 min

  3. 07/19/2023

    Hollywood on Strike and Kirk Acevedo

    Mary and Bob talk with legendary actor Kirk Acevedo about the Screen Actors Guild strike and how it's impacting him and his career.

    39 min

  4. 07/12/2023

    Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tim Russ

    Mary and Bob talk with the brilliant, funny, and insightful Tim Russ, who played the Vulcan Tuvok on Voyager and Picard Season 3. We dig into Tim's politics, the most culturally poignant episode of Voyager, the downsides to AI, how we get to a Star Trek future, sci-fi pet peeves, and of course Subspace Pancakes!

    1h 54m

  5. 06/28/2023

    Ad Astra Per Aspera and Todd Stashwick

    Mary and Bob recap Strange New Worlds S2E2 "Ad Astra Per Aspera" plus civil rights and non-human personhood in Starfleet. And then the spectacular Todd Stashwick, Captain Liam Shaw from Picard S3, arrives to discuss playing a grease monkey from Chicago, his breathtaking Wolf 359 speech, toxic fandom, and more!

    1h 31m

  6. 06/21/2023

    Strange New Worlds and Jeri Ryan

    We discuss Strange New Worlds S2E1, including false flags and punching Klingons. And then we talked with the inimitable Jeri Ryan, Seven of Nine on Voyager and Picard.

    1h 16m

  7. 06/14/2023

    Introductions and Terry Matalas

    Welcome to the premiere episode of Trek Politics with Mary Trump and Bob Cesca. The incredible Terry Matalas, showrunner, writer, and director of Star Trek Picard Season 3, joins us to discuss this purely epic season of Star Trek television.

    1h 36m

  8. 05/31/2023

    Trek Politics Trailer

    Trek Politics with Mary L. Trump and Bob Cesca is a deep dive into the socio-political and cultural allegories of Star Trek across all the series and movies, plus guest interviews with Star Trek actors, crew, and famous fans.

    1 min

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Trek Politics is a fun and insightful deep dive into the socio-political and cultural impact of Star Trek across all series and movies, featuring author and commentator Mary Trump and political podcaster Bob Cesca.

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