Alex Kurtzman is Building the Star Trek Universe
Star Trek: The Pod Directive
Star Trek
4.8 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This week, Tawny and Paul sit down with the architect behind the modern Star Trek Universe, Alex Kurtzman. In an hour-long conversation, the three discuss what it takes to build a franchise, the amazingly talented people in front of and behind the camera who make the shows come to life, and why in 2021 Star Trek is now more important than ever when it comes to understanding the world we live in. It’s an episode fans won’t want to miss!
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| 0:51.7 | Welcome back to another episode of this wonderful show. I've decided it's wonderful. That's right, |
| 0:57.9 | it's Star Trek the pod director of the official Star Trek podcast. I'm one of your host, |
| 1:01.1 | Tony Newsom. I am the other of your host, Paul F. Tompkins, and I co-sign this show is wonderful. |
| 1:07.3 | Thank you. If we didn't like it, what, what hope is there? Good point. It starts with us. |
| 1:13.3 | Exactly. And it ends with us because if it's bad, it's our fault. Also, we come back at the end. |
| 1:17.7 | So in many ways it starts and ends with us. Well, this episode is a little different. The structure's a |
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