SUPPLEMENTAL: From the Rio: Star Trek's Job in the 21st Century

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Roddenberry Entertainment

Arts, Performing Arts, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Live before a casino audience, John and Ken are joined by Mission Log Executive Producer Rod Roddenberry. The topic: Star Trek's job today. Is it to inspire? Is it to make money? Are today's shows "Trek enough"? Rod, John, Ken, and a slew of listeners toss around these questions and others. Plus, a report on what may have been the craziest cosplay at STLV. Clock in for this supplemental edition of Mission Log!

Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray

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0:00.0	RPN, the Rotenberry Podcast Network.
0:06.0	Mission Log Supplemental, Number 52.
0:09.0	From the Rio, Star Trek's job in the 21st century. Welcome into this supplemental edition of Mission Log, a Rotenberry Star Trek
0:30.9	podcast. I'm Ken Ray and I'm John Champion. How's my voice?
0:35.0	Let me stop you right there. Don't do the bit Mr. Champion. Don't do the bit.
0:39.0	No. Because the bit's coming up. How is your voice?
0:42.0	Yeah. How's your voice? Yeah.
0:43.0	How's mine?
0:44.0	Your voice is pretty good.
0:45.0	Are we coming onto each other right now?
0:47.0	Is that what's happening?
0:48.0	Well, you would think.
0:49.0	No, I mean, I think you survived Vegas a little better than I did.
0:53.0	I try.
0:53.7	Yeah, yeah, I mean I tried to really pace myself,
0:56.8	but the last couple of days, it's been rough.
1:00.5	Yeah.
1:01.5	I think trying to pace yourself was your first mistake.
1:03.9	Definitely. I just go like, you know, full bore, I don't want to say guns,
1:08.4	blazon. I go diplomats being diplomatic, you know, it's Star Trek.
1:12.6	If it was a Star Wars thing, you'd say guns blazon.
1:15.1	Yeah.
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