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On this edition of the ODPH, the panel sits down to discuss: - Some of the BIG news that came out of San Diego Comic Con! - A preview for UFC 291 that take's place this Saturday! - And a look at the big news in the WWE! Including the MASSIVE weekend they had in Mexico, and the latest news surrounding SummerSlam! All that and much more! For more #ODPH Content, check out our website! For #ODPH Social Media, here’s our directory! Sign up for the ODPH Patreon! THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING PATRONS! Check out the ODPH Merch Store at TeePublic! ODPH Sports Edition Intro Music provided by Brian Wolff Contact NERD INITIATIVE Shop Comics Online: Shop Cheers To Comics & Use the promo code “ODPH” for 10% off your order!

On this edition of the ODPH, the panel sits down to discuss: - Episode 4 of Secret Invasion! To skip this episode, jump to: 34:12 - A preview of what to expect THIS WEEKEND at San Diego Comic Con! - An update of what's going on in WWE! Including some matches for Summer Slam! All that and much more! SUPPORT THE SAG-AFTRA / WGA STRIKE! For more #ODPH Content, check out our website! For #ODPH Social Media, here’s our directory! Sign up for the ODPH Patreon! THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING PATRONS! Check out the ODPH Merch Store at TeePublic! ODPH Sports Edition Intro Music provided by Brian Wolff Contact NERD INITIATIVE Shop Comics Online: Shop Cheers To Comics & Use the promo code “ODPH” for 10% off your order!

On this edition of the ODPH, the panel sits down to discuss: - The important news that came out of the Warner Brothers Discovery earnings call. - Ezra Miller is in the news. AGAIN. We discuss the situation, and discuss whether WB/DC should still release The Flash film. - And we preview the new series "Tales of The Walking Dead" All that and much more! Be sure to check out this week's featured aPODalypse podcast: The 3FN Podcast! Website: https://pods8122.podbean.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3fatnerdspod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/3fnpodcast Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/3fn-podcast-656917 For more #ODPH Content, check out our website! For #ODPH Social Media, here’s our directory Rate & Review on Podchaser! Find Us on Twitch! Check out the ODPH Merch Store at TeePublic! ODPH Entertainment Edition Intro Music provided by Shout At the Robots Shop Comics Online: Shop Cheers To Comics & Use the promo code “ODPH” for 10% off your order!

On this edition of the ODPH, the panel sits down to discuss: - What went down and what we thought of the AEW x NJPW PPV Forbidden Door! - WWE's next premium live event is THIS SATURDAY! We preview Money In The Bank! - UFC 276 is THIS SATURDAY! We breakdown & preview the card! All that and much more! Be sure to check out this week's featured aPODalypse podcast: Super Media Bros! Website: https://www.supermediabrospodcast.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SuperMediaBros Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperMediaBros_ For more #ODPH Content, check out our website! For #ODPH Social Media, here’s our directory Rate & Review on Podchaser! Find Us on Twitch! Check out the ODPH Merch Store at TeePublic! ODPH Sports Edition Intro Music provided by Brian Wolff Shop Comics Online: Shop Cheers To Comics & Use the promo code “ODPH” for 10% off your order!

Dayton Ward: Kirk Fu Manual. Starfleet has always been an organization dedicated to the peaceful exploration of space. However, Starfleet officers have to be able to defend themselves against the threats that the final frontier throws at them. To that end, Starfleet trains its officers in a variety of hand-to-hand combat skills. An expert wielder of these martial arts is Captain James T. Kirk, who has not only mastered these skills, but also has developed some of his own unique techniques of dealing with aggressive alien threats! In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Bruce Gibson and Dan Gunther welcome Dayton Ward back to the show to talk about his book Kirk Fu Manual: A Guide to Starfleet's Most Feared Martial Art. We discuss where the idea for the book came from, Dayton's process of writing it, the fantastic artwork, Dayton's favorite Kirk Fu moves, where our listeners can find the book, and wrap up with where Dayton can be found online and what he is currently working on. At the top of the show, we talk about the recently announced DS9 comic miniseries Too Long a Sacrifice from IDW and review Star Trek: Year Five #10. News DS9: Too Long a Sacrifice Miniseries (00:03:50) Star Trek Year Five #10 Comic Review (00:06:31) Feature: Dayton Ward The Book Idea (00:19:49) Writing the Book (00:24:39) Favorite Kirk Moves (00:27:31) The Artwork (00:31:18) Promoting the Book (00:38:11) Where Available (00:41:48) More From Dayton (00:44:21) Star Trek Never Ends (00:48:34) Final Thoughts (00:57:52) Hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson Guest Dayton Ward Production Bruce Gibson (Editor and Producer) Dan Gunther (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Jeffery Harlan (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)

Sword of Damocles. The Starship Titan continues its mission of exploration in the Gum Nebula, encountering a strange phenomenon that stops the vessel dead in its tracks. Tracing the cause back to a planet called Orisha, an away from Titan encounters a strange anomaly that has wreaked devastation on the Orishans for millennia, and will cause one member of Titan's crew to come face to face with his destiny... In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Bruce Gibson and Dan Gunther discuss Star Trek: Titan: Sword of Damocles by Geoffrey Thorne. We talk about the non-linear nature of the novel, the planet Orisha and its inhabitants, the risky mission to save the Titan, the fate of Jaza Najem, the unorthodox solution that saves the ship, the design of the U.S.S. Titan by Sean Tourangeau, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings. In the news segment, we discuss the fate of the post-Nemesis novelverse following the news from SDCC. We also respond to listener feedback from The Babel Conference for episode 275: Q is a YouTube Comment Troll. News ST: Picard vs. Treklit (00:02:19) Listener Feedback (00:09:17) Feature: Sword of Damocles Non-Linear Storytelling (00:21:46) Orisha (00:26:54) Titan's Mission (00:33:57) Fate and Destiny (00:49:24) The Solution (00:57:11) Warp Pulse Theory (01:03:28) Puzzling Over the Last Chapter (01:05:40) Character Relationships (01:12:00) U.S.S. Titan Diagrams (01:14:18) Ratings (01:17:15) Final Thoughts (01:19:56) Hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson Production Bruce Gibson (Editor and Producer) Dan Gunther (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Jeffery Harlan (Associate Producer)

Prometheus: Fire with Fire. Terrorist attacks are rocking the Federation and the Klingon Empire, and the U.S.S. Prometheus teams up with the I.K.S. Bortas to investigate. However, as the investigation progresses, not all is as it seems. Are the attacks the actions of a small, militant religious group, the result of covert actions by the Typhon Pact, or something even more sinister and deadly? In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson talk about the first novel in the Prometheus series, Fire with Fire. We discuss the first original German language Star Trek novel and its translation, the Prometheus and its unique abilities, the terrorism allegory, the book's relation to the on-going Pocket Books novel continuity, the role of the Klingons, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings. In the news segment, we talk about the upcoming third Discovery novel, Fear Itself, and discuss some exciting news from the world of IDW Trek comics! News Discovery: Fear Itself (00:02:54) IDW Comic News (00:08:02) Feature: Fire With Fire Universal Translator (00:15:07) Expectations (00:18:55) Three-parter (00:27:40) The Crew (00:29:40) The Story (00:35:25) The Klingons (00:44:57) A Kirk (00:54:24) Familiar Faces (00:56:19) Ratings (01:01:22) Final Thoughts (01:03:45) Hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Jeffery Harlan (Associate Producer)

Emmett Plant. Planning a trip to Qo’noS? Marrying into a warrior family? If so, you won’t want to miss this episode of Literary Treks in which we’re joined by Emmett Plant to learn how to speak Klingon. Alright, we won’t actually be learning many Klingon phrases—that’s what the book is for—but we will be learning how this new book, How to Speak Klingon: Essential Phrases for the Intergalactic Traveler, came to be and about the production of the audio elements. Along the way Emmett also talks about the state of Star Trek audiobooks in general, the challenges in producing them, and whether or not we might expect more audible Trek in our future. In our news segment we look at updates on two novels: Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures by Christopher L. Bennett and From History’s Shadow by Dayton Ward. Cover art for both books has been unveiled along with extended synopses that give us a better picture of what to expect.

David R. George III. Beginning with the Voyager episode "Prime Factors," David R. George III has become a key contributor to Star Trek lore over the course of nearly two decades. His first literary foray also had a TV connection as he penned the DS9 novel The 34th Rule together with Armin Shimerman in 1999. Since then David has come to play a pivotal role in Trek's literary world with more than a dozen novels. In this episode of Literary Treks we're joined by David for an extensive look at his work on the relaunch of Deep Space Nine, his new TOS novel Allegiance in Exile, and how he got into Star Trek in the first place.  In our news segment we get an update on Hive #4 and discuss our thoughts after reading Ongoing #18 and Countdown to Darkness #2.