Special Guests Episodes

June 7, 2024

Found Family in Trek Panel | Trek Long Island 2024

Join Rhianna & Ashlyn from the Duras Sisters Podcast and Emcee & Julian from Strange New Pod for their Found Family in Trek panel recorded on June 2nd, 2024, at Trek Long Island! From Lower Decks and Voyager to Deep Space Nin...

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April 26, 2024

Discovery "Mirrors" Review w/ Ryan Sliwinski

Join the SNP crew along with special guest Ryan Sliwinski from Yum Yum Pod for their review and deep dive of the fifth episode of Discovery season five, "Mirrors." Captain Burnham and Book journey into extradimensional space ...

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April 12, 2024

Discovery "Jinaal" Review + Sonequa Martin-Green & Wilson Cruz Interviews

Join the SNP crew for their review and deep dive of the third episode of Discovery season five, "Jinaal." On Trill, Captain Burnham, Book, and Culber must pass a dangerous test to prove themselves worthy of the next clue. Adi...

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April 5, 2024

Discovery S5 Two Episode Premiere Review + Sonequa Martin-Green Interview

It's finally here! Join the SNP Crew as they welcome back Star Trek Discovery with their deep dive and review of the first two episodes of the final season, "Red Directive" and "Under the Twin Moons." Plus, Julian interviews ...

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March 1, 2024

Decrypting the Firewall | A Sit Down With David Mack on His New Novel

Join Hawk and Julian as they sit down with New York Times bestselling author David Mack to discuss his brand new Star Trek Picard novel, "Firewall!" David talks about how long it took him to be given the green light on the pr...

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Oct. 30, 2023

Star Trek Prodigy S2 Wants and Don't Wants w/ Aaron Waltke

Join Cadet Cecily, Emcee, Girafe. and Julian for this very special Star Trek Prodigy Day edition of SNP, as the crew goes down a list of their wants and don't wants for the show's upcoming season! Plus, Julian sits down with ...

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Oct. 6, 2023

Lower Decks "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place" Review w/ Jessko

Join the SNP Crew for their review of Lower Decks episode 406, "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place," with our friend and resident Ferengi collective member Jessko! What happens when the Cerritos and Toronto visit Ferenginar to begin...

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Sept. 27, 2023

The Final Voyage | A Look Back at Picard Season Three w/ Dave Blass & James MacKinnon

Join Emcee, Hawk, and Julian for their review and deep dive into the final season of Star Trek Picard, with special guests Production Designer Dave Blass and Lead makeup artist James MacKinnon ! The crew talks about the new a...

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Sept. 22, 2023

Lower Decks "Something Borrowed, Something Green" Review w/ Jessie Earl

Join the SNP Crew, along with their dear friend and special guest Jessie Earl , for their review of Lower Decks episode 404, "Something Borrowed, Something Green." What happens when Tendi is given leave to attend her sister's...

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Aug. 23, 2023

Star Trek: The Art of Neville Page, Part 2

Emcee and Julian are back for part two of what was just a wonderful conversation with Star Trek's Lead Creature and Makeup Designer, Neville Page. In part two, Neville talks about using complexion in his makeup designs, desig...

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Aug. 18, 2023

Editing Beyond the Stars: A Sit Down w/ John Wesley Whitton & Matt Capocci

Join the SNP crew for a fun sit down with Strange New Worlds Editor John Wesley Whitton and Assistant Editor Matt Capocci! Wes and Matt talk about their work on three of this season's episodes: "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomo...

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Aug. 16, 2023

Star Trek: The Art of Neville Page, Part 1

Join Emcee and Julian for this very special bonus pod as we sit down with the man behind so many of the makeups that we've come to love since Star Trek 09 , Lead Creature and Makeup Designer Neville Page . His new book, Star ...

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Aug. 4, 2023

SNW "Subspace Rhapsody" Review w/ Karyn Brown

Join the SNP crew for their review of episode 209 of Strange New Worlds . That's right, it's the musical one, "Subspace Rhapsody!" "The Admiral" Karyn Brown from Everything is Permitted joins the crew for this one! All system...

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July 29, 2023

SNW "Under the Cloak of War" Review w/ The Duras Sisters

Join the crew for their review of episode 208 of Strange New Worlds , "Under the Cloak of War" with our besties Ashlyn and Rhianna from the Duras Sisters Podcast ! What happens when Klingon defector turned Federation ambassad...

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July 25, 2023

SNW "Those Old Scientists" w/ Trek Untold

Did I just time travel?! That's right, the Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover is finally here! Join the SNP crew along with our friend Matthew Kaplowitz from Trek Untold as we review "Those Old Scientists." Time to Brus...

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July 10, 2023

Prodigy "All the World's a Stage" Table Read

Join Emcee, Erik, Girafe, and Julian for this very special edition of the pod as they perform a table read of the Star Trek Prodigy episode, "All the World's a Stage." And remember to please spread the word: #SaveStarTrekProd...

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June 23, 2023

SNW "Ad Astra per Aspera" Review w/ The Legal Geeks

The SNP Crew are joined by their good friends at The Legal Geeks this week to help them deep dive and review Number One's trial in episode 202 of Strange New Worlds , "Ad Astra per Aspera." Looking at things from a legal poin...

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April 27, 2023

Frederik Wiedmann & Stephen Barton Interview

Join Erik and Julian for this very special edition of SNP as they sit down with Freddie Wiedmann and Stephen Barton, who composed the epic score for Star Trek Picard's final season. They deep dive and geek out about how Picar...

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March 24, 2023

Picard "The Bounty" Review + Todd Stashwick Interview

The entire SNP team is back for episode 306 of Star Trek Picard , "The Bounty!" Join Emcee, Erik, Girafe, Hawk, and Julian as they welcome Captain Liam Shaw himself, Todd Stashwick , to the pod! The crew talks with him about ...

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March 17, 2023

Picard "Imposters" Review w/ Jessie Gender

The SNP crew welcomes our friend and special guest, Jessie Gender , back to the show to talk about her upcoming film project, IDENTITEAZE ! Jessie also sticks around to give Emcee, Erik, Hawk, and Julian a hand reviewing this...

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Feb. 16, 2023

Time Has Been Broken: A Look Back At Picard Season Two | Captain Picard Week II

For better or for worse, the Strange New Pod crew takes a look back at Star Trek Picard season two. What were their favorite moments? Least favorite moments? Hopes for season three? Julian and the crew go through it all. Matt...

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Feb. 15, 2023

Treksperts Quiz - The Captain's Log: A Jean-Luc Picard Quiz | Captain Picard Week II

Four contestants (Sophia, John, Jared, and Hawk) from across the Picard Week collective take on the ultimate trivia challenge. Who knows the most about the man, the myth, the legend Jean-Luc Picard? Watch along as they battl...

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Feb. 14, 2023

Trek Untold - The Ethics of Picard | Captain Picard Week II

Jean-Luc Picard is known for his diplomatic methods of solving problems and was confronted with numerous ethical conflicts when he sat in the Captain's chair. Each dilemma presented branching paths of outcomes for the people ...

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Feb. 14, 2023

Promenade Merchants Podcast - Picard and the Women | Captain Picard Week II

Heather and David are joined by The Duras Sisters , Rhianna and Ashlyn, to discuss Picard and his working relationship with the strong women that surround him. We will talk about Troi, Crusher, Seven, and Raffi and how Picard...

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