Mike McMahan

Star Trek: The Pod Directive

Star Trek

Tv & Film

4.8 • 799 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It’s always a great time when a buddy drops by the studio! This week, Tawny introduces Paul to her friend (and showrunner!) Mike McMahan. The trio sits down for a hilarious discussion of all things Star Trek, comedy, and how the two have always been in lock step with each other, even before the premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks.

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0:00.0	All right, everyone, stop what you're doing.
0:08.6	Put everything down.
0:10.1	Please.
0:10.6	Put your hands at your sides.
0:12.6	And unless you're driving, please, be safe.
0:15.6	Everyone who's driving 10 and 2.
0:17.3	Everyone in home be on wherever you want to on the clock.
0:20.6	Exactly.
0:21.3	And just stand perfectly still because we are here.
0:25.2	We are back with the official Star Trek podcast.
0:28.4	That is Star Trek, the Pod Directive.
0:30.1	I am one of your co-host, Tani Newsom.
0:32.2	I am the other of your co-host, Paul Left Tompkins.
0:34.5	And we have a very fun episode today with the creator of Star Trek
0:38.5	Lower Decks by McMahon. Now, Tawney, full disclosure. We have to put this out there. We got to.
0:45.1	You're a cast member of that show. Yes, yes. Legally. We're not trying to fool anybody.
0:50.2	No, this is not some payola nepotism, you know. I mean, maybe it is nepotism. I got this job because I had that job. Is that nepotism? Or is that just two jobs?
1:02.1	That's just having two jobs. What's different to be nepotism and just having two jobs? I think you have to be someone's nephew if you have the two jobs. That's nepotism.
1:10.4	Oh, really? It's literally a nephew. Okay. Well, I'm no one's nephew if you have the two jobs. That's nepotism. Oh, really?
1:10.9	It's literally a nephew.
1:11.9	Okay.
1:12.2	Well, I'm no one's nephew.
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