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April 29, 2024

Learn to "Whistlespeak" With Fourteen Images from Discovery Episode 506

Michael and Tilly Go Undercover This Week as We Pass the Halfway Point of Discovery's Final Season Season five of Star Trek Discovery is absolutely flying by! And as we head into the final season's sixth episode, "Wh…

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April 9, 2024

Head Back to Trill With Seven New Images From Discovery 503, "Jinaal!"

Old friends and new mysteries await as Michael and Discovery search for the next piece of the puzzle. After the explosive and game-changing two-episode premiere of Star Trek Discovery, the chase (I'm gonna be making that pun all…

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April 3, 2024

“Infectious Joy” | Strange New Pod Beams into Wondercon

Last Friday, Strange New Pod landed in Anaheim, CA for the 37th year of Wondercon.  By Seven Rasmussen & Giraffe Wondercon is often referred to as SDCC for locals. Headed by the same group of people, it is smaller, more accessib…

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April 1, 2024

Your "Red Directive?" Preview These Eight Images From the Discovery Two Episode Premiere

Discovery's Final Season Warps Onto Paramount+ This Thursday! It feels like we've been talking about Star Trek Discovery's fifth season for the better part of two years. Now that it's finally here, the moment is certainly bittersweet. Kno…

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March 25, 2024

The Last Days of DISCO Podcast Festival Schedule

The Farewell Tour kicks off this Thursday night, getting you ready for the final season premiere on April 4th! The Last Days of DISCO will dive deep into the history, lore, and journey of Star Trek Discovery and will run from this Thursday, Ma…

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March 18, 2024

Toronto Comicon Has a Strange New Saturday

Toronto Comicon happened this past weekend, and Strange New Pod was in attendance at the event. The three-day convention at the Metro Convention Centre celebrates all things comics, anime, and of course, Science-Fiction. Saturday was a day for the T…

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March 11, 2024

Star Trek Discovery's Final Season Finds its Heart and Soul in a Thrilling Adventure

Star Trek Discovery did something to me that the show has never done: it had me on the edge of my seat for an entire hour. This isn't a knock on the series; anyone who knows our pod knows how much each of our hosts loves Discovery fi…

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Feb. 23, 2024

Paramount Releases New Trailer + Images for Discovery's Fifth and Final Season

"It has been a hell of a journey." - Captain Michael Burnham The official trailer for the fifth and final season of Star Trek Discovery was released earlier today by Paramount+. The final season will premiere on Thursday, April 4th, exclusivel…

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Feb. 12, 2024

On Such a Full Sea, Are We Now Afloat | A Picard Season Three Retrospective

"You know, Will, I've come to believe that the stars have always been in my favor." It's been one year since the premiere of Star Trek Picard's third and final season. In those 365 days, my love and appreciation for what that final s…

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Jan. 30, 2024

Star Trek: Section 31 Production Finally Begins, First Look at the Cast Revealed

“And we’re off to the races!” Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman said to announce the commencement of filming on Star Trek: Section 31. Filming on the movie has begun in Toronto. It will continue the story of Phillipa Georgiou, form…

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Jan. 16, 2024

The Last Days of DISCO Podcast Festival: The Farewell Tour Registration is Now Open!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/16/2024 – Prepare to jump! We're excited to announce the launch of The Last Days of DISCO Podcast Festival, a stellar event celebrating all four seasons of the groundbreaking series Star Trek Discovery b…

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Dec. 5, 2023

'Strange New Worlds' Season Two Feels So Electrified on 4K UHD

And it arrives just in time to beam under your tree or give as a gift on one of those eight crazy nights. Between the epic Lower Decks crossover episode "Those Old Scientists" and the first-of-its-kind musical spectacle "Subspace Rhapsody…

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Dec. 2, 2023

Star Trek: Discovery Starts Final Season in April

Stream the final season of Star Trek: Discovery exclusively on Paramount+. Try it FREE! Star Trek: Discovery’s fifth and final season has been long awaited, and now we finally have a better idea of when it will appear. Today, on a panel at …

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Nov. 7, 2023

With The Picard Legacy Collection, Every Day is Captain Picard Day

All Good Things are coming to an end... And that end has finally come for Jean-Luc Picard, as he happily plays poker with his friends over the end credits of Star Trek Picard Season Three. With his 36-year trek across the stars now at an end, Param…

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Oct. 23, 2023

Unlock the Mysteries of Star Trek Lower Decks Episode 409 With Ten New Images

If Mariner were here, we think she would say something like, "I have no idea what the hell is going on, but I'm just gonna go with it." And that's what we're doing this week! This Thursday marks the penultimate episode of Lower Decks seas…

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Oct. 16, 2023

Mike McMahan Chats About Being a Lower Decker, Dishes on What's to Come for Boimler & Mariner

One of Us! One of Us! That's the feeling I got sitting across from Star Trek: Lower Decks creator and showrunner Mike McMahan this past Saturday at New York Comic Con. Taking part in a roundtable interview after the Star Trek Empire Stage…

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Oct. 16, 2023

Get Lost in Some "Caves" With Nine New Images From Lower Decks Episode 408

You never know when you're gonna need that Starfleet issued spelunking gear. There are just three more episodes left in this season of Star Trek Lower Decks, and this season's eighth episode has the core four (I swear I'm gonna …

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Oct. 15, 2023

Star Trek Brings Kid Cudi Collab and Lower Decks to the NYCC Empire Stage

Star Trek made its presence known at New York Comic Con Saturday afternoon. On a panel moderated by Josh Horowitz, Alex Kurtzman took the stage and first thing pronounced, ”To address the elephant in the room: Star Trek: Prodigy is back, an…

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Oct. 14, 2023

IDW Brings the Defiant and Theseus to NYCC 2023

“What a time to be a Star Trek fan!” -Collin Kelly It’s hard to disagree with Collin there, who made this proclamation later in the IDW Publishing Star Trek panel. Between the three current series still on Para…

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Oct. 11, 2023

'Star Trek Prodigy' Saved by Netflix, Second Season to Premiere in 2024

The Adventures of Dal, Gwyn, Rok, Jankom, Murf, and Zero will continue in 2024! It was a long time coming, but Netflix and the Hageman Brothers finally shared the news today that Star Trek Prodigy has been saved! Picked up by the str…

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Oct. 9, 2023

Mind Your Limbs and Preview Nine New Images From "A Few Badgeys More"

Badgey is back to teach you a lesson...by ripping your arms off. That's right, our favorite murder hologram is back, but what chaos will he bring? It all goes down in episode 407 of Star Trek Lower Decks, "A Few Badgey's More." Does the o…

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Oct. 2, 2023

Book Your Stay on Ferenginar With Seven Images From "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"

Grab your Slug-o-Cola and tube grubs; we're going to Ferenginar! Quite possibly one of the most anticipated episodes of Lower Decks, the sixth entry of season four, "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place," will take us to the rain (and latinum) soa…

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Sept. 25, 2023

Preview 'Lower Decks' Episode 405 "Empathalogical Fallacies" With Eight New Images

T'Lyn, her PADD, and tubes of booze. What could go wrong? It's hard to believe we're already at the halfway point of Star Trek Lower Decks season four, but here we are. Midway through this incredible season, one of the bright spots has un…

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Sept. 19, 2023

'Strange New Worlds' Season Two Warps Onto 4K, Blu-Ray, and DVD December 5th

Deck the Corridors With Hijinks and Singing Strange New Worlds season two is beaming into homes just in time for the holiday season. Along with the standard Blu-ray and DVD release, the second season of Strange New Worlds will also b…

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