Kirk as captain. Among Starfleet captains, Kirk certainly had his own style. Were the long-term effects considered during the decision-making process, or were they off-the-cuff style decisions? How was the crew affected by the choices of one pe

300: The Final Frontier

Mar 3rd, 2020 2h 14m

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - The Audio Drama. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is a rather infamous film both in and out of Star Trek circles, but we here at Standard Orbit happen to love it. In celebration of our 300th episode, hosts Ke

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Feb 18th, 2020 1h 21m

Standard Orbit 299: This Is Goodbye Ken And Zach Disembark Standard Orbit. This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore disembark the podcast after a nearly four year journey together behind the microphone. They reminisce with Hay

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Jan 13th, 2020 53m 26s

Standard Orbit 298: The Rise Of Fan Service JJ Abrams, Star Trek, Star Wars And Fan Service. With the recent release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, JJ Abrams has now directed two Star Trek and two Star Wars films. Each respective first fi

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Dec 23rd, 2019 1h 16m

Standard Orbit 297: Inverted Commas Season One With Darren Mooney. This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by author and critic Darren Mooney to discuss the first season of The Original Series. This concludes our backwards trilog

296: Generosity

Dec 17th, 2019 1h 23m

Standard Orbit 296: Generosity Jacqueline Kim Interview. Fans might know her best as Demora Sulu from Star Trek: Generations, but Jacqueline Kim has a career that extends far beyond Star Trek! This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp, Zach M

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Dec 9th, 2019 50m 11s

Standard Orbit 295: D.C. Fontana Remembering Dorothy Fontana (1939- 2019). This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore reflect on the life and work of Dorothy "D.C." Fontana. Passing away this past week at the age of eighty, Dor

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Dec 2nd, 2019 53m 59s

Standard Orbit 294: Kelvin Trailers Movie News and JJ's Trailers This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp and Hayley Stoddart discuss the news of a relaunching of a new Star Trek film from Paramount. They look at the new writer and director

Team Kang

Nov 25th, 2019 52m 29s

Standard Orbit 293: Team Kang Day Of The Dove. This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart talk the third season episode Day of the Dove. An underrated and oft-overlooked episode, we discuss the glimpses it gives

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Nov 18th, 2019 1h 22m

Standard Orbit 292: Visions From The Twilight Zone Arlen Schumer, The Twilight Zone and Star Trek. This week on Standard Orbit host Zach Moore is joined by author, speaker, artist and historian Arlen Schumer to discuss The Twilight Zone and T

The Aliens of Beyond

Nov 4th, 2019 50m 53s

Standard Orbit 291: The Aliens of Beyond Star Trek Beyond's Best Aliens Star Trek Beyond was released during Star Trek's 50th Anniversary and did you know that there were 50 Aliens in Star Trek Beyond? Hosts Hayley Stoddard and Ken Tripp discus

A Friendship That Defined Them Both

Oct 28th, 2019 57m 26s

Standard Orbit 290: A Friendship That Defined Them Both Mind Meld. In 2001, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy sat down for a candid (as candid as can be expected in front of a film crew anyway) conversation about their lives, their friendship,

Battle At The Lithium Cracking Station

Oct 21st, 2019 1h 4m

Standard Orbit 289: Battle At The Lithium Cracking Station Where No Man Has Gone Before Commentary. This week on Standard Orbit host Zach Moore is joined by Brandon-Shea Mutala from Warp 5 and Melodic Treks for another TOS commentary, this time

Lee Plays Old Games Poorly

Oct 15th, 2019 49m 29s

Standard Orbit 288: Lee Plays Old Games Poorly Star Trek Video Games With Lee Sargent. This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by Lee Sargent from Lee Draws Stuff to discuss Star Trek video games. Not only is Lee an artist, he's

Bigger is Better

Oct 7th, 2019 53m 38s

Standard Orbit 287: Bigger is Better The Size of Starships It is time to geek out with Hayley and Ken as we discuss the size and functionality of starships in the Star Trek universe and beyond. Why are the bad ships always bigger? Should size e

Return To Yesterday

Sep 30th, 2019 38m 33s

Standard Orbit 286: Return To Yesterday Season 4 Episode Pitches. As we all know, the USS Enterprise was on a five year mission. Unfortunately that mission was cut short by NBC when it canceled Star Trek after just three seasons, but what if it

A Convention and a Movie

Sep 23rd, 2019 48m 44s

Standard Orbit 285: A Convention and a Movie FanX and The Motion Picture 40th Release This week on Standard Orbit; Hayley and Ken catch up on a some recent events surrounding Star Trek. They explore the FanX Convention where four TrekFM hosts p

Diversity in Star Trek

Sep 16th, 2019 56m 57s

Standard Orbit 284: Diversity in Star Trek FanX Fall 2019 Panel. Standard Orbit's Hayley Stoddart joins TrekFM hosts Amy Nelson, Zachary Fruhling, and Brandi Jackola in a discussion panel at the Salt Lake City FanX Fall 2019 event. This is a d

"You Should Have Let Me Sleep!"

Sep 8th, 2019 43m 46s

Standard Orbit 283: "You Should Have Let Me Sleep!" Villains Of The Kelvin Timeline. The Star Trek movies have (with rare exception) usually featured a special guest villain, and this trend has continued into the Kelvin Timeline era. Nero, John

I Am Unicorn Dog!

Sep 2nd, 2019 1h 18m

Standard Orbit 282: I Am Unicorn Dog! TOS Episodes In The Alternate Realities Collective. "Star Trek Fan Collectives" were a series of DVD collections released in the 2000s that featured episodes from across all the series that shared a common

We Are Controlling Transmission

Aug 26th, 2019 1h 11m

Standard Orbit 281: We Are Controlling Transmission TOS Stars In The Outer Limits. This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by The Outer Limits Podcast’s Victor Gamboa to discuss The Outer Limits episodes featuring TOS actors, b

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Aug 19th, 2019 52m 4s

Standard Orbit 280: "I am Batman!" Actors Who Were on Star Trek and Batman This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Hayley Stoddart and Ken Tripp discuss the various actors who played roles on Batman the TV series and Star Trek. In addition we speak

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Aug 12th, 2019 56m 14s

Standard Orbit 279: I Must Return To This Place Again Ken and Zach's Star Trek Las Vegas 2019. This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore discuss their experience at Star Trek Las Vegas 2019. William Shatner and Walter Koenig's

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Aug 6th, 2019 1h 20m

Standard Orbit 278: Star Trek Las Vegas 2019 Trek.fm Host Roundtable Discussion. It's that time of year again, Star Trek Las Vegas! Several hosts from the network made the annual pilgrimage to STLV 2019: Ken Tripp and Zach Moore from Standard O