SUPPLEMENTAL: Checking In with Rod Roddenberry

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Roddenberry Entertainment

Arts, Performing Arts, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

John Champion and Rod Roddenberry weigh in on recent major losses in the world of Star Trek, the rapid expansion of the franchise...and the future of Mission Log itself.

Hosted by John Champion & Rod Roddenberry

Welcome to Mission Log, a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. Each week, Mission Log examines a single episode of Star Trek, diving into its ethical subtext, metaphors, and cultural significance. From the show's most iconic moments to its hidden gems, we analyze what makes Star Trek one of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time...

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0:00.0	RPN, the Rotenberry Podcast Network.
0:05.0	Mission Log Supplemental, episode 55, checking in with Rod Rotenberry.
0:11.9	Mission Log co-host audition files, take 147.
0:17.0	Well, yeah, look, I agree.
0:19.0	People enjoy your intros and bumper segments, but I'm just not sure that you're right to be a co-host.
0:25.6	I've got a top of the line processor and detailed files on story techniques, and I can name
0:31.1	every episode of all the Star Trek series, not just Phobia Trap.
0:35.0	All right, well, that is impressive.
0:38.0	However, I do not care for the love boat.
0:41.0	This is not going to work out.
0:45.0	Fine. Pick some ugly bag of mostly water instead of me. So welcome to a supplemental edition of Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast.
1:04.7	I'm John Champion and yes, even in the title I said it's a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast and oddly enough,
1:11.1	I'm joined by the namesake of that show,
1:14.0	Rod Rodenberry.
1:15.0	Welcome.
1:16.0	Hey, thanks for having me.
1:17.0	I see you around every now and then.
1:18.0	Every now and then.
1:20.0	Well, you know, I mean, you guys, you know,
1:22.0	since we put this all together, you know, it's just been a machine. You guys have been doing great.
1:26.4	It's fantastic. It feels like a week ago, it feels like a decade ago. Yeah.
1:31.2	It's so weird. I think partly because, well you and I were talking about this earlier, the format really hasn't changed. We all felt really confident about the format. It just is what it is. It kind of runs itself, you know?
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