Category: Podcast

After experimenting with the format, I ultimately decided not to pursue the podcast or audio article format any further. As a result, you won’t find the episode(s) discussed below, nor will any of the links work.

Welcome or welcome back to the DenPod! If you’re new around these parts, the DenPod is my unscripted podcast. I talk about Star Trek, gaming, and other geekdom and entertainment topics, and this is the episode for the first half of September 2021.

After the last episode of the DenPod suffered from audio problems as a result of the microphone not being properly set up, I think I’ve managed to fix that particular issue. This episode sounds a lot better (to me, anyway!) and I’ll try to keep that in mind going forward so we don’t see a repeat of what happened last time.

Coming just 24 hours before Star Trek Day, and potentially a few big Star Trek news stories are up for discussion, it might seem odd timing. But I’m planning to keep the rest of the week clear for Star Trek Day news and my review of the next episode of Lower Decks – and having put off recording this episode for a few days already it was now or never!

The DenPod is, disappointingly, still not available via Apple Podcasts – and I have no idea if or when that will change. Apple have said they’re “reviewing” my submission, but that was several weeks ago and I’ve had no further updates. I’d love to get on Apple Podcasts… but watch this space! You can, however, find the DenPod on the following apps and websites:

• Anchor
• Breaker
• Google Podcasts
• Pocket Casts
• RadioPublic
• Spotify
• and YouTube!

Of course you can also listen right here on the website – just click or tap the embedded video below. If you do decide to listen via YouTube, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel as well – if you turn on notifications you’ll be alerted when future episodes go live.

Highlights of this edition of the DenPod include:

• Star Trek Day predictions
• Picard Season 2… and Season 3
• Lower Decks Season 2
• Prodigy and the USS Protostar
• The Borg
• The Burn
• The PlayStation 5 downgrade controvery
• Starfield
• A rumoured Star Wars spin-off
• …and much more!

So that’s about all I have to say, really. This episode clocks in just shy of the one-hour mark, so you might want to pour yourself a drink and grab a snack before you settle in.

Happy listening!

The DenPod is an unscripted podcast. All films, games, television series, and franchises discussed are the copyright of their respective studio, distributor, company, etc. The podcast contains the thoughts and opinions of one person only and is not intended to cause any offence.

After experimenting with the format, I ultimately decided not to pursue the podcast or audio article format any further. As a result, you won’t find the episode(s) discussed below, nor will any of the links work.

As promised, the DenPod is back for its second episode of the month! I just couldn’t wait to jump back into this format as I’ve been enjoying it more than I expected, so instead of my initial plan to release a single episode per month I’ve upped that to two! One episode per month seemed like a good goal to begin with, especially as I had basically no experience doing this sort of thing. I might’ve struggled with the format, with the technical side, or even just with finding enough to talk about! But having hit the ground running I’m happy to continue like this, with a couple of new episodes per month – at least for now.

I’m disappointed with the way the audio sounds in places during this episode. I think there was something wrong with the microphone gain or the way I had it set up. I’m still relatively new to all of this so unfortunately I didn’t realise until after I’d finished recording. I wasn’t willing to go back and re-record the entire episode from scratch and I definitely didn’t want to scrap it altogether, so I’ve done my best to mitigate the worst of the audio problems. However, I’m acutely aware that some are still present. Hopefully this is something that won’t be repeated in future, but just be aware that this episode may not sound great all the way through. I’m sorry about that.

Unfortunately the DenPod is still not available on Apple Podcasts, despite being up and running on other platforms for several weeks at this point. I’m not really sure what more I can do about this; Apple’s customer support (and the customer support for my podcasting app that coordinates these things) have assured me they’re “reviewing” it and will eventually get around to adding the DenPod to their lineup. I was initially told this could be a couple of weeks, but it’s clearly been a lot longer than that!

Despite Apple dragging their feet, you can listen to the DenPod on any of the following apps and websites:

• Anchor
• Breaker
• Google Podcasts
• Pocket Casts
• RadioPublic
• Spotify
• and YouTube

If you do decide to listen on YouTube, I’d like to encourage you to subscribe to my YouTube channel as well.

Now that we’ve got all of that out of the way, here’s a taste of what you can expect on this episode of the DenPod:

• The marketing campaign for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2,
• A surprising Star Trek: Prodigy casting announcement,
• A couple of big missteps for Paramount+,
• Is PlayStation 5 indie title Abandoned “a scam?”
• The rumoured Grand Theft Auto III trilogy remaster,
• The Star Wars Starcruiser hotel at Walt Disney World,
• Coverage of the upcoming Call of Duty title in the gaming press,
• …and much more!

If that sounds like fun to you, then grab a drink and a snack and settle in! This episode clocks in at a little shy of one hour, so it’s quite a long listen.

Click or tap below to listen to the DenPod right here on the website, or follow any of the links above to find me on your favourite podcast websites and apps!

The DenPod is an unscripted podcast. All films, games, television series, and franchises discussed are the copyright of their respective studio, distributor, company, etc. The podcast contains the thoughts and opinions of one person only and is not intended to cause any offence.

After experimenting with the format, I ultimately decided not to pursue the podcast or audio article format any further. As a result, you won’t find the episode(s) discussed below, nor will any of the links work.

Welcome back to the DenPod! If you’re new, the DenPod is my unscripted podcast, and this is the second episode! I’ve been enjoying this format so much that I’m currently planning to do two episodes per month instead of just one – perhaps even more depending on how things go. So I hope you’ll stay tuned for another episode in the second half of August.

The podcast format lends itself well to talking about a wide variety of topics, especially those that I wasn’t able to dedicate a full article or column to here on the website. That’s part of what’s been so much fun about recording and producing the DenPod! This episode is an hour long, so you might want to grab a drink and a snack before you sit down to listen!

You can listen to this episode right here on the website – just click or tap the YouTube video below. In addition, you can find the DenPod on all of your usual podcast apps and websites, including:

• Anchor
• Breaker
• Google Podcasts
• Pocket Casts
• RadioPublic
• Spotify
• and YouTube!

Just click or tap the links above to find me on each of those apps and websites. Apple Podcasts assure me that they’re “reviewing” my submission of the DenPod, and even though the process has been slower than I’d like I hope to be up and running on that platform soon too.

On this episode of the DenPod, I’ll be talking about the following subjects:

• Season 5 of Fall Guys
• EA Play Live
• The ongoing Activision Blizzard scandal
• New trailers for Encanto and Dune
• Space Jam: A New Legacy
• Jungle Cruise
• The upcoming second season of Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Star Trek: Prodigy’s new trailer – and new starship
• Dr Soran and Star Trek: Generations
• The pitch for a “Captain Proton” series
• A couple of personal topics
• …and more!

Click or tap below to listen to the DenPod right here on this page, or by following any of the links above. And don’t forget to subscribe or drop me a thumbs up!

Happy listening!

After experimenting with the format, I ultimately decided not to pursue the podcast or audio article format any further. As a result, you won’t find the episode(s) discussed below, nor will any of the links work.

Thanks for joining me for this inaugural episode of the DenPod! In addition to Spotify, Anchor, and other podcast apps, you can find the episode on YouTube and here on the website.

The DenPod is my unscripted podcast, so if you ever wondered what it would feel like to be talked at by me you’re in luck! I hope to find time to record and release one of these episodes on a monthly basis, and I’ll be discussing some of the highlights of the preceding month. This might include stories and points of interest that I wasn’t able to cover here on the website.

From time to time I see something that I think might be interesting and add it to my writing pile, but for any number of reasons never get around to completing and publishing the piece. The DenPod won’t consist entirely of these subjects, of course, but it’s a good format to be able to dedicate five minutes to a topic of interest that I didn’t have time to dedicate an entire column or article to.

The DenPod doesn’t have a fixed runtime. This first edition clocks in just shy of the forty-minute mark, and I suspect future episodes will be similar. I don’t want to outstay my welcome and ramble on for hours, but at the same time I wanted to make sure there was enough content here to make it worth a listen and to cover the subjects I wanted to. Speaking of which…

Topics discussed in this episode include:

• A brief introduction to the podcast and website
• The state of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the reaction of the fan community
• Cyberpunk 2077′s triumphant return to the PlayStation Store
• England’s Euro 2020 defeat
• Mass Effect: Legendary Edition and its issues
• Star Trek: Picard Season 2 and the return of Q
• Star Trek: Prodigy’s upcoming first season
• Amazon’s Wheel of Time series, which is now due to be broadcast this year
• The release of James Bond film No Time To Die
• Foundation on Apple TV+
• Some of the highlights of E3 2021
• And more!

So that’s it, really. Click or tap the YouTube video below if you want to listen right here on the website, or else look for me on your favourite podcast apps! Click or tap the links below to find me on the following podcast apps/websites:

• Anchor
• Breaker
• Google Podcasts
• Pocket Casts
• RadioPublic
• Spotify
• YouTube

Happy listening!