[Discovery review with Lisa Klink starts at 27:22]
Tony and Laurie are joined by Matt from the Shuttle Pod to talk about J.J. Abrams’ announcement that the 2023 Star Trek movie is moving forward with the Kelvin crew at the ViacomCBS—now Paramount—Investor Day event. They also talk about the Strange New Worlds trailer that came and went and how Prodigy composer Nami Melamud is scoring for the upcoming series set on Captain Pike’s Enterprise. The news segment wraps up with the latest on the international rollout of Paramount+ and the international release of the docuseries The Center Seat.
Then Lisa Klink joins the podcast to review Star Trek: Discovery episode 409, “Rubicon,” offering up her insight both as a Discovery viewer and as a writer on three seasons of Star Trek: Voyager.
The podcast wraps up with LeVar Burton urging you to read banned books, William Shatner and Patrick Stewart in Super Bowl ads, and a Star Trek-themed Wordle.