SUPPLEMENTAL: The One with Rod Roddenberry

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Roddenberry Entertainment

Arts, Performing Arts, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2012

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Rod Roddenberry joins John and Ken to talk his history with Star Trek, thoughts on his father and creating the Mission Log podcast. Plus: Hypnosis or Mind Meld? A listener wants to know!

Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray

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	Now entering Nurdist.com.
0:05.0	Mission Log Supplemental, number one. The one with Rod Rodenberry. Hey. Villecimme, Bianven New, welcome to the first ever supplemental podcast of Mission Law.
0:28.9	I'm Ken Ray.
0:30.6	And I'm John Champion.
0:31.6	You know, sometimes there's way too much trek for just one show and we decided that from time to time it might be a good idea to take the opportunity to dive a little deeper into all that is Star Trek. So Ken, you and I and this guy
0:48.0	named Rod who will introduce in a moment, we came up with this idea that we should we should create a supplemental podcast and this is
0:56.0	where we're going to have interviews and feedback from our listeners what else
1:01.6	there's no format is there we get to do whatever we want
1:04.3	I'm not even sure we're doing a show right now that's how no format
1:07.8	no it's kind of cool because I mean here there's a thing and I don't know if people have
1:13.7	picked up on it I hope they have but maybe they haven't I don't know where we
1:17.1	try to keep the the regular mission log stuff kind of timeless and so here we can say
1:22.3	boy that happened last week, huh?
1:25.0	You know, or something along those lines.
1:27.0	And of course, as you said, we can have really super guests.
1:30.0	I know we've got some really super guests scheduled and Rod. Yes. Is he on the
1:38.8	line by the way? He is. Rod please state your name.
1:44.0	My name is Eugene Wesley Roddenberry.
1:46.3	However, my nickname is Rod.
1:48.9	That name came from my dad in World War II.
1:51.7	His nickname was Rod, and he, for for some reason didn't want to call me
1:55.1	Eugene or Wesley. Okay and what did your dad do? My dad, he created a TV show, some sci-fi show out there.
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