SUPPLEMENTAL: The One with Walter Koenig
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2020
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Mission Log checks in with Mr. Chekov, Walter Koenig. It's not the usual "warp factor" discussion though as we have a wide-ranging conversation about method acting, psychology, Hollywood history and so much more.
Find Walter's book, "Beaming Up and Getting Off," at Jacobs Brown Media Group.
Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao
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| 0:00.0 | RPN, the Rotenberry Podcast Network. |
| 0:07.0 | Mission Lock, A Rotenberry Star Trek Podcast, supplemental number 61, the one with Walter Kenneck. Welcome to a supplemental edition of Mission Log, a Rotenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:32.8 | I'm Norman Lau. |
| 0:34.0 | And I'm John Champion. |
| 0:35.4 | Today, a very special episode. |
| 0:38.6 | Our in-depth interview with the actor that you know, |
| 0:41.0 | as Mr. Chakoff, and so many other roles Walter Canig. |
| 0:46.3 | How much fun was that, Norman? |
| 0:49.1 | He is an absolute delight, an absolute sweetheart of a man. What a gentleman and so unbelievably open about |
| 0:58.6 | his story. I think that's the thing that surprised me the most. He gave us a lot of his time and just |
| 1:06.6 | whatever he wanted to talk about. He was willing to share in that conversation, had a story for everything. |
| 1:15.0 | And we did what I've always wanted to do, which is, I always assume that people listening to a Star Trek podcast know about an actor who |
| 1:25.2 | did Star Trek. They pretty much have heard the Star Trek stories and we have this |
| 1:28.8 | opportunity to go in a very different direction. |
| 1:31.2 | Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I think that will be a nice surprise for everyone who listens to this interview because I don't think |
| 1:38.0 | it is your stereotypical standard interview with a Star Trek alumni especially from |
| 1:46.1 | the original series of which you've heard countless times several of the same |
| 1:50.9 | incarnations of the same story. |
| 1:54.0 | And in this case, I really do think that Walter, |
| 1:56.8 | he really gave us the opportunity |
| 1:58.8 | and really opened up a lot to our questions |
| 2:01.8 | and allowed us to peer inside or behind the curtain, behind the |
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