{"podcast":{"title":"Twin Cities Trekkies","slug":"twin-cities-trekkies-2178862","podcast_index_feed_id":2178862,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/4b7bb77c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twincitiestrekkies","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/12563991/12563991-1642601833854-76646d3a5794d.jpg","author":"Twin Cities Trekkies","episode_count":160,"summary":"A Star Trek podcast talking about everything from The Original Series all the way to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and everything in between! Join Wes and Kenzie as they voyage through the Final Frontier. New episodes are available most Fridays!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T14:21:00.246874+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/twin-cities-trekkies-2178862"},"episode":{"title":"119: My Friends, We've Come Home","slug":"119-my-friends-we-ve-come-home","published_at":"2026-06-12T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/twin-cities-trekkies-2178862/119-my-friends-we-ve-come-home","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/twin-cities-trekkies-2178862","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twincitiestrekkies/episodes/119-My-Friends--Weve-Come-Home-e3kivk8","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/4b7bb77c/podcast/play/121257032/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-10%2F69eea1c9-616b-26e4-3929-ab39566f98c3.mp3","summary":"Celebrating 40 years of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Shortly after Star Trek III: The Search for Spock came out, Paramount wanted to lock down Leonard Nimoy to direct its sequel. They wanted his vision this time unlike the last film, and after an original script that included Eddie Murphy and the Klingon bird-of-prey decloaking at the Super Bowl was scrapped, the film was finally ready to go to be released. Originally planned for a December 12, 1986, release, Paramount moved it to Thanksgiving due to great test screenings. The film made $109 million - the highest grossing film for nearly 25 years for the Star Trek franchise until the 2009 reboot (since surpassed by 2013's Into Darkness ). In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes kicks off the podcast's Second Star Trek Film Extravaganza with his guest Chris (aka MemeSpaceNine) to talk about The Voyage Home . Any feedback you have can be submitted to the Facebook page (facebook.com/TCTrekkiesPod), or by emailing them at tctrekkiespodcast@gmail.com. Twin Cities Trekkies is also available on Instagram (instagram.com/twincitiestrekkiespod). You can also leave us comments on Spotify. Follow us on BlueSky and TikTok! Just keep in mind the feedback you may give may be featured in an upcoming episode of this podcast. Twin Cities Trekkies is available on many platforms!","meta_description":"Celebrating 40 years of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Shortly after Star Trek III: The Search for Spock came out, Paramount wanted to lock down Leonard N…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4998,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/twin-cities-trekkies-2178862/episodes/119-my-friends-we-ve-come-home/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/twin-cities-trekkies-2178862/119-my-friends-we-ve-come-home.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}