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Mission Log Live: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

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Live Star Trek talk with sharp fandom energy.

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Mission Log Live is a loose, live-feeling Star Trek companion show built around reactions and audience participation. Its conversations move from character choices and season arcs to Muppets jokes, streaming glitches, and the strange little rituals of fandom.

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About Mission Log Live: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Mission Log Live is a Star Trek fan discussion show with the energy of a live watch-party debrief and the patience of a long-running fandom argument. It centers on Trek conversation, with the sampled episodes focused heavily on Starfleet Academy and related Reactor coverage. The format is loose by design. Jessica Lynn Verde and Jon Champion greet the room, check in with returning chat names, work through technical hiccups, and let the conversation breathe before turning to the episode at hand. That looseness is part of the appeal. A joke about crackers, subtitles, Muppets, or a StreamYard mistake can sit right next to a serious read on Starfleet values. The show is especially good at treating character decisions as emotional puzzles. Caleb, Genesis, Darren, Jayden, Nala, Jet Reno, and Sam become prompts for questions about maturity, resentment, vulnerability, romance, and self-definition. The analysis often sounds casual, but it keeps circling back to what a scene is doing and whether the writing earned it. Audience voices matter too. Callers and chat comments are not decorative; they redirect the conversation, add running bits, and turn the show into a weekly fandom room. The result feels more communal than polished. It is candid, funny, occasionally chaotic, and openly affectionate toward Trek without treating every creative choice as untouchable. The hosts can praise a performance, question a plot shortcut, or spend time on a joke that only makes sense after years of franchise memory. That mix gives the show its shape. It is criticism as hangout, but not empty chatter. For listeners who want canon details, character reads, and the social pleasure of hearing fans think out loud together, Mission Log Live offers a warm place on the Star Trek schedule.

Made for: For Star Trek viewers who keep watching after the credits, especially fans who enjoy episode reactions, character debate, and chat-driven tangents. Best for listeners comfortable with spoilers and informal live-show pacing.

What sets it apart: Its strength is the blend of audience participation and close character discussion. The show can pivot from a goofy Muppets riff to a serious read on identity, mortality, or Starfleet responsibility without losing the room.

In their own words

A weekly live discussion around Star Trek Discovery and other Trek topics. We're on the Mission Log Facebook page every Monday at 7pm Pacific after each new episode of Discovery. Not into it? No worries. The discussion will be available here in its own feed each week.

As heard by us

Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Character analysis, caller perspectives, and close attention to production choices turn Star Trek reactions into thoughtful post-episode conversation.

Mission Log Live: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast turns episode reaction into a lively group argument about character, craft, and franchise lore.

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Why you'd press play

This is the Star Trek aftershow where a warp slug can lead you into romantic-subtext debate.

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  • scene-by-scene reactions that pause for character psychology, institutional choices, and the occasional Muppet casting pitch
  • Jessica and Jon to test your take instead of merely congratulating it
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Episodes

  1. 1

    Lower Decks Post-Series Wrap-Up

    ·1h 8m
  2. 2

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep10

    ·1h 26m
  3. 3

    277 - 300th Night

    ·1h 13m
  4. 4

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep9

    ·1h 14m
  5. 5

    276 - The Life of the Stars

    ·1h 18m
  6. 6

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep8

    ·1h 16m
  7. 7

    275 - Ko Zeine

    ·1h 16m
  8. 8

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep7

    ·1h 9m
  9. 9

    274 - Come, Let's Away

    ·1h 7m
  10. 10

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 E6

    ·1h 13m
  11. 11

    273 - Series Acclimation Mil

    ·1h 10m
  12. 12

    Series Acclimation Mil

    ·1h 23m
  13. 13

    272 - Vox In Excelso

    ·1h 6m
  14. 14

    Vitus Reflux

    ·1h 9m
  15. 15

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep4

    ·55m
  16. 16

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep3

    ·58m
  17. 17

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep1 & Ep2

    ·1h 27m
  18. 18

    Mission Log Live - Sounding Off On Khan with Kirsten Beyer

    ·1h 4m
  19. 19

    Mission Log Live - Season 3 Wrap with Rod Roddenberry

    ·1h 29m
  20. 20

    Mission Log Live - Season 3 Wrap-o-Rama!

    ·1h 24m
  21. 21

    Mission Log Live - New Life and New Civlizations

    ·1h 15m
  22. 22

    Mission Log Live - Terrarium

    ·1h 8m
  23. 23

    Mission Log Live - Four and a Half Vulcans

    ·1h 12m
  24. 24

    Mission Log Live - What Is Starfleet?

    ·1h 13m
  25. 25

    Mission Log Live - The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail

    ·1h 16m
  26. 26

    Mission Log Live - Through The Lens Of Time

    ·1h 21m
  27. 27

    Mission Log Live - A Space Adventure Hour

    ·1h 15m
  28. 28

    Mission Log Live - Shuttle To Kenfori

    ·1h 8m
  29. 29

    Mission Log Live - Hegemony 2 / Wedding Bell Blues

    ·1h 4m
  30. 30

    Mission Log Live - Hegemony

    ·1h 5m
  31. 31

    Mission Log Live - Subspace Rhapsody

    ·1h 13m
  32. 32

    Mission Log Live - Under The Cloak Of War

    ·1h 12m
  33. 33

    Mission Log Live - Those Old Scientists

    ·1h 22m
  34. 34

    Mission Log Live - Lost In Translation

    ·1h 42m
  35. 35

    Mission Log Live - Bruce Horak

    ·1h 10m
  36. 36

    Making Lower Decks with Chris Prynoski & Barry Kelly

    ·1h 12m
  37. 37

    278 - Rubincon

    ·1h 24m
  38. 38

    Lower Decks "The New Next Generation"

    ·1h 5m
  39. 39

    Lower Decks "Fissure Quest"

    ·1h 8m
  40. 40

    Lower Decks "Upper Decks"

    ·50m
  41. 41

    Lower Decks "Fully Dilated"

    ·1h 1m
  42. 42

    Lower Decks "Of Gods and Angles"

    ·1h 7m
  43. 43

    Lower Decks "Starbase 80"

    ·1h 2m
  44. 44

    Lower Decks "A Farewell To Farms"

    ·1h 2m
  45. 45

    Lower Decks "Best Exotic Nanite Hotel"

    ·1h 2m
  46. 46

    Lower Decks Season 5 Premiere

    ·1h 8m
  47. 47

    The Lower Decks Season 5 Pre-Show

    ·1h 4m
  48. 48

    Discovering the End of Discovery

    ·1h 15m
  49. 49

    Discovering "Life, Itself"

    ·1h 13m
  50. 50

    Discovering "LaGrange Point"

    ·1h 5m
  51. 51

    Discovering "Labyrinths"

    ·1h 3m
  52. 52

    Discovering "Erigah"

    ·1h 3m
  53. 53

    Discovering "Whistlespeak"

    ·1h 7m
  54. 54

    Discovering "Mirrors"

    ·1h 10m
  55. 55

    Discovering "Face The Strange"

    ·1h 10m
  56. 56

    Discovering "Jinaal"

    ·1h 8m
  57. 57

    Discovering the Season 5 Premiere

    ·1h 22m
  58. 58

    Brad Winters

    ·1h 3m
  59. 59

    The One After 57 Year Mission

    ·1h 15m
  60. 60

    The One Before 57 Year Mission

    ·1h 9m
  61. 61

    An Update with Rod Roddenberry

    ·49m
  62. 62

    Discovering "Charades"

    ·1h 6m
  63. 63

    Discovering "Among The Lotus Eaters"

    ·1h 6m
  64. 64

    Discovering "Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow"

    ·1h 8m
  65. 65

    Discovering "Ad Astra Per Aspera"

    ·1h 9m
  66. 66

    Discovering "The Broken Circle"

    ·1h 26m
  67. 67

    A Strange New Season

    ·1h 5m
  68. 68

    Dave Blass and Todd Stashwick

    ·1h 10m
  69. 69

    Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Wrap-Up

    ·1h 35m
  70. 70

    "The Last Generation"

    ·1h 14m
  71. 71

    Discovering "Vox"

    ·1h 21m
  72. 72

    Discovering "Surrender"

    ·1h 6m
  73. 73

    Discovering "Dominion"

    ·1h 8m
  74. 74

    Discovering "The Bounty"

    ·1h 5m
  75. 75

    Discovering "Imposters"

    ·1h 12m
  76. 76

    Discovering "No Win Scenario"

    ·1h 8m
  77. 77

    Discovering "Seventeen Seconds"

    ·1h 10m
  78. 78

    Discovering "Disengage"

    ·1h 8m
  79. 79

    Discovering "The Next Generation"

    ·1h 8m
  80. 80

    Christmas Party In The Science Lab!

    ·1h 15m
  81. 81

    Star Trek: Prodigy's Aaron Waltke

    ·1h 5m
  82. 82

    Teching the Trek with Dr. Erin MacDonald

    ·1h 4m
  83. 83

    Lower Decks Season 3 with Brad Winters

    ·1h 10m
  84. 84

    Discovering "The Stars At Night"

    ·1h 2m
  85. 85

    Discovering "Trusted Sources"

    ·1h 6m
  86. 86

    Discovering "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"

    ·1h 6m
  87. 87

    Discovering "A Mathematically Perfect Redemption"

    ·1h 2m
  88. 88

    Discovering "Hear All, Trust Nothing"

    ·1h 2m
  89. 89

    Discovering "Reflections"

    ·1h 3m
  90. 90

    Discovering "Room For Growth"

    ·1h 4m
  91. 91

    Discovering "Mining The Mind's Mines"

    ·1h 2m
  92. 92

    Discovering "The Least Dangerous Game"

    ·1h 3m
  93. 93

    Discovering "Grounded"

    ·1h 3m
  94. 94

    Andrew Coutts and Strange New Worlds Season 1 Feedback

    ·1h 6m
  95. 95

    Discovering "All Those Who Wander" and "A Quality Of Mercy"

    ·2h 8m
  96. 96

    Discovering "The Elysian Kingdom"

    ·1h 4m
  97. 97

    Discovering "The Serene Squall"

    ·1h 6m
  98. 98

    The State of Trek with Larry Nemecek

    A live podcast episode where hosts Norman Lau and John Champion, joined by Star Trek expert Larry Nemecek, discuss the current state and future of the Star Trek franchise.

    ·1h 7m
  99. 99

    Starfleet Academy premiere

    The hosts of a Star Trek podcast welcome listeners to their new Patreon live show, discussing the premiere of Starfleet Academy and comparing character poses to Family Guy.

    ·1h 26m
  100. 100

    Picard Season 3 with Doug Drexler

    Hidden gem

    Mission Log Live's first show of 2023 brings Doug Drexler onto the microphone to discuss Star Trek Picard season 3 and the design lineage running from The Next Generation through Enterprise.

    ·1h 2m·4 clips
  101. 101

    278 - Rubincon

    Hidden gem

    Mission Log Live's "Rubincon" centers on Starfleet Academy's season 1 finale, with callers debating Jet Reno, Braca, Caleb, and the mine crisis around Omega 47.

    Mar 18, 2026·1h 24m·5 clips
  102. 102

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep10

    Mission Log Reactor hosts Jessica Lynn Verde and Jon Champion analyze the Starfleet Academy season finale, including Noose Braca’s Omega-47 threat to warp-capable space and at least 160 billion people.

    Mar 13, 2026·1h 26m·5 clips
  103. 103

    277 - 300th Night

    The hosts of the Rod and Barry podcast banter about going live, greet returning chat members, and discuss the length of their final episode.

    Mar 10, 2026·1h 13m
  104. 104

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep9

    The hosts of Mission Log Reactor discuss the penultimate episode of Starfleet Academy Season 1, Episode 9 '300 Nights', with humorous banter about episode order and a running joke about a character name.

    Mar 6, 2026·1h 14m
  105. 105

    276 - The Life of the Stars

    A discussion about the life cycle of stars, from formation to death, and their role in the universe.

    Mar 4, 2026·1h 18m
  106. 106

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep8

    Hidden gem

    Sam says she wants "love," "loss," and "the totality of human experience" while the Doctor recoils.

    Feb 27, 2026·1h 16m·2 clips
  107. 107

    275 - Ko Zeine

    Hidden gem

    Cheyenne argues that Caleb should have texted Deryn instead of waiting after the hospital crisis.

    Feb 25, 2026·1h 16m·2 clips
  108. 108

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep7

    Hidden gem

    Genesis admits she stole a key to edit her transcripts before the pre-command evaluation.

    Feb 20, 2026·1h 9m·2 clips
  109. 109

    274 - Come, Let's Away

    Hidden gem

    Mission Log Live: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast reviews Episode 274, “Come, Let’s Away,” focusing on Ake’s decision to negotiate with Newspraka despite his past behavior.

    Feb 17, 2026·1h 7m·5 clips
  110. 110

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 E6

    Feb 13, 2026·1h 13m
  111. 111

    273 - Series Acclimation Mil

    Feb 10, 2026·1h 10m
  112. 112

    Series Acclimation Mil

    Feb 6, 2026·1h 23m
  113. 113

    272 - Vox In Excelso

    Feb 4, 2026·1h 6m
  114. 114

    Vitus Reflux

    Feb 1, 2026·1h 9m
  115. 115

    Starfleet Academy premiere

    Jan 31, 2026·1h 26m
  116. 116

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep4

    Jan 30, 2026·55m
  117. 117

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep3

    Jan 23, 2026·58m
  118. 118

    MISSION LOG REACTOR | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1 Ep1 & Ep2

    Jan 16, 2026·1h 27m
  119. 119

    Mission Log Live - Sounding Off On Khan with Kirsten Beyer

    John Champion and Charlene Schmidt introduce a live episode of Mission Log Live featuring guest Kirsten Beyer to discuss her work on the audio drama Star Trek Con.

    Oct 7, 2025·1h 4m
  120. 120

    Mission Log Live - Season 3 Wrap with Rod Roddenberry

    John Champion and Heather A.

    Sep 30, 2025·1h 29m
  121. 121

    Mission Log Live - Season 3 Wrap-o-Rama!

    Sep 23, 2025·1h 24m
  122. 122

    Mission Log Live - New Life and New Civlizations

    Sep 16, 2025·1h 15m
  123. 123

    Mission Log Live - Terrarium

    Sep 9, 2025·1h 8m
  124. 124

    Mission Log Live - Four and a Half Vulcans

    Sep 2, 2025·1h 12m
  125. 125

    Mission Log Live - What Is Starfleet?

    Aug 26, 2025·1h 13m
  126. 126

    Mission Log Live - The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail

    Aug 19, 2025·1h 16m
  127. 127

    Mission Log Live - Through The Lens Of Time

    Aug 12, 2025·1h 21m
  128. 128

    Mission Log Live - A Space Adventure Hour

    Aug 5, 2025·1h 15m
  129. 129

    Mission Log Live - Shuttle To Kenfori

    Jul 29, 2025·1h 8m
  130. 130

    Mission Log Live - Hegemony 2 / Wedding Bell Blues

    Jul 22, 2025·1h 4m
  131. 131

    Mission Log Live - Hegemony

    Jul 15, 2025·1h 5m
  132. 132

    Mission Log Live - Subspace Rhapsody

    Jul 8, 2025·1h 13m
  133. 133

    Mission Log Live - Under The Cloak Of War

    Jul 1, 2025·1h 12m
  134. 134

    Mission Log Live - Those Old Scientists

    Jun 24, 2025·1h 22m
  135. 135

    Mission Log Live - Lost In Translation

    Jun 17, 2025·1h 42m
  136. 136

    Mission Log Live - Bruce Horak

    Jun 10, 2025·1h 10m
  137. 137

    Making Lower Decks with Chris Prynoski & Barry Kelly

    Hosts John Champion and Ashley Victoria Robinson interview Chris Prynoski and Barry Kelly about the making of the animated Star Trek series Lower Decks.

    Jan 7, 2025·1h 12m
  138. 138

    Lower Decks Post-Series Wrap-Up

    Dec 31, 2024·1h 8m
  139. 139

    Lower Decks "The New Next Generation"

    Dec 24, 2024·1h 5m
  140. 140

    Lower Decks "Fissure Quest"

    Dec 17, 2024·1h 8m
  141. 141

    Lower Decks "Upper Decks"

    Dec 10, 2024·50m
  142. 142

    Lower Decks "Fully Dilated"

    Dec 3, 2024·1h 1m
  143. 143

    Lower Decks "Of Gods and Angles"

    Nov 26, 2024·1h 7m
  144. 144

    Lower Decks "Starbase 80"

    Nov 19, 2024·1h 2m
  145. 145

    Lower Decks "A Farewell To Farms"

    Nov 12, 2024·1h 2m
  146. 146

    Lower Decks "Best Exotic Nanite Hotel"

    Nov 5, 2024·1h 2m
  147. 147

    Lower Decks Season 5 Premiere

    Oct 29, 2024·1h 8m
  148. 148

    The Lower Decks Season 5 Pre-Show

    Oct 22, 2024·1h 4m
  149. 149

    Discovering the End of Discovery

    Jun 11, 2024·1h 15m
  150. 150

    Discovering "Life, Itself"

    Jun 4, 2024·1h 13m