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It's the day that the Strange New Pod crew has been waiting two years for. The Strange New Worlds full-length trailer has finally been released!

Join Hawk, Julian, and our special guest TJ ( @StarTrek Pike, Trek Central ) as they react to and break down the almost two-minute trailer. What were their favorite moments? What secrets did they find?

Plus, reactions to the Captain Pike teaser, the mailbag, and much more on the final bonus pod of our week-long coverage of Strange New Worlds!
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Star Trek Discovery returns this week from its brief mid-season hiatus with episode 408, "All In."

Before the SNP team reviews the episode, Star Trek Prodigy composer Nami Melumad drops by the show once again with the big announcement that she is hard at work scoring Strange New Worlds! Nami talks to the team about her excitement about scoring the series, her love for Spock, and more.
Then, the crew deep-dive Discovery's latest episode, "All In." Why was this installment such a big deal for Lt....

On this very special edition of A Strange New Pod, the crew welcomes Star Trek Prodigy composer, Nami Melumad to the show!

Nami talks to the team about finding Star Trek, her inspiration from past Trek scores, who she likes writing for on Prodigy and so much more.

Then, it's the penultimate episode before the mid-season finale of Star Trek Prodigy. What happens when Dal and the team finally come together as a crew and head back to Tars Lamora to face the Diviner? The ASNP crew breaks it all do...

The ASNP crew are joined this week by Rhianna and Ashlyn from The Duras Sisters Podcast, who help break down this week's episode of Star Trek Discovery, "All is Possible."

What happens when final negotiations between the Federation and Ni’Var stall? And when Tilly and Adira’s shuttle unexpectedly crash lands on an icy moon with a handful of cadets, how does she respond?

We have the answers, our thoughts (and notes!), the Strange New Loop, and much more on episode 58 of A Strange New Pod.

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ASNP is joined by a very special guest this week, as Bonnie Gordon, the voice of the USS Protostar on Star Trek Prodigy reveals how she went about getting the role, her friendship with our co-host Erin, and her time at Star Trek: The Experience.

Then, it's onto this week's review of Star Trek Discovery episode 403, "Choose to Live." How did Michael handle working with her mother on a joint Qowat Milat/Starfleet mission to apprehend a rogue sister? Did Stamets get any more answers about what the...

On this very special edition of A Strange New Pod, the crew welcomes the co-executive producer and writer of Star Trek Prodigy, Aaron Waltke to the show.

Aaron talks all things Prodigy including the show's second season renewal, its roadmap, making sure the team gets the tone of the show right for the next generation of Star Trek fans, and so much more. Did we mention he also knows a lot about dilithium?

The crew also reviews the fourth episode of Prodigy's first season, "Dreamcatcher," as the...

Join Julian and Erin as they welcome New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Dr. Una McCormack back to the show to talk about not one, but two of her recent novels.

How was it writing for two very complex characters? What do these two icons have in common when it comes to family? Dr. McCormack deep dives both The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway and The Autobiography of Mr. Spock on this very special edition of A Strange New Pod.

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Star Trek Lower Decks sophomore season wrapped up an incredible run this past Thursday and the ASNP crew are at their stations as they review the finale, "First First Contact."

Joining the show once again is David Majors from Promenade Merchants Podcast!
What did the team think about the cliffhanger ending? What are their theories looking ahead to season three?

The team also takes a look back at the ten-episode second season. What worked, what didn't, who grew, and who took a step back? We try...

On this bonus edition of A Strange New Pod, the ASNP Book Club sit down with New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller to talk about his latest novel, Star Trek Picard: Rogue Elements.

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Starfleet was everything for Cristóbal Rios—until one horrible, inexplicable day when it all went wrong. Aimless and adrift, he grasps at a chance for a future as an independent freighter captain in an area betrayed by the Federation, the border region with the former Romulan...

On this edition of A Strange New Pod, the team wraps up the "Best Of" Cardassians series as they head over to Deep Space Nine.

From "Duet" to "The Maquis," Brittany, Hawk, and Erin break down one of the more powerful Star Trek enemies with returning guest Michael Schaus. And, who are the Cardassians without Gul Dukat?

Plus, the Strange New Loop and more on episode 41 of ASNP.

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On this very special edition of A Strange New Pod, Ensign Erin hosts an all-women panel to help review and deep dive the new documentary, Woman in Motion.

Join Erin and Brittany as they welcome frequent contributor Spotted Giraffe and special guest Lisa J from No Pink Spandex to the show as they talk about how Nichelle Nichols not only inspired a new generation of NASA astronauts but impacted their lives as well.

All that on this memorable 34th episode of ASNP.

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Join the ASNP Crew this week as they celebrate the show's one-year anniversary with our Patron Collective choice episode for the month of May!

This week, Collective member Takako asks, if you were to introduce Star Trek to someone who has never seen any Trek at all, what three episodes from all the series would you watch with them and why?

What makes these episodes essential to convey what Star Trek means to you?

Also, we welcome New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Dr. Una McCorm...

"Space...the final frontier..." -Captain Pike

The ASNP crew is joined by Rachel Amber Bloom from the Disco Tech Podcast to discuss today's announcement about the five new additions to the Strange New Worlds cast.

Also, the crew talk Akiva Goldsman writing and directing the series premiere and more on this bonus edition of A Strange New Pod.

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“In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate. If during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate with just two people, we are indeed very fortunate.” - Michael Burnham

In this special crossover episode of A Strange New Pod, the crew is joined by Marcie, Luis, and Rachel from the Disco Tech Podcast to review the recently concluded third season of Star Trek: Discovery.

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There may be no more new Trek on tv right now, but ASNP has you covered with two amazing interviews!

First, the crew sit down with Star Trek Discovery's Noah Averbach-Katz who played the amazing Ryn this past season. He talks about his time on the show, being a lifelong Trekkie, and being directed by Jonathan Frakes. Noah also shares some important information about his work bringing awareness to type 1 diabetes.

Later in the show, "Star Trek: Picard - The Dark Veil" author James Swallow joins...

Join A Strange New Pod for the first of three TNG-era deep-dive podcasts, as the crew takes a look back at 1996's Star Trek: First Contact.
We're joined this week by one of our Patreon Collective members, Rob, who was selected in this month's guest spot drawing.

Sit back, initiate the self destruct, and get assimilated. Resistance is Futile.

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This week, Tolor actor Ian Lake joins the ASNP crew to talk about his role as the villainous Orion in episodes six and eight of this season of Discovery. Ian talks to us about the makeup process, auditioning, and much more.

Later, it's our review of "Terra Firma, Pt. 1," as Georgiou fights against time, emerging back in the Mirror Universe as the fearsome overlord of the Empire.

Plus, another puzzle piece in the quest to discover who caused the Burn, the Strange New Loop, and much more on this...

Season three of Star Trek: Discovery is already at the halfway point, and ASNP is here to review another episode.

Brittany, Erik, Hawk, and Erin are joined this week by special guest Christopher Littlefield from Open Channel - A Star Trek Community Podcast, as they review "Scavengers." How did the team feel about Michael going off books again? What about that Discovery refit?

Find out on another bonus edition of A Strange New Pod.

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Join A Strange New Pod on this symphonic journey through all of Trek and time. That's right; it's the music episode!

From Enterprise to Picard, the ASNP crew cover all the important music and themes of decades worth of Star Trek.

The crew also welcomes a very special guest to the show, Star Trek Discovery, and Picard composer Jeff Russo, as he talks about scoring Trek's two newest shows, conducting an orchestra during a pandemic, and so much more.

Plus, Mike Garcia from Star Trek Discovery Po...

On this very special bonus edition of ASNP, the crew breaks down Discovery's fifth episode of Season 3, "Die Trying."

When Discovery finally reaches what's left of the Federation and Starfleet, what do they find? What does the crew need to do to prove their worth?

Later, ASNP welcomes Ian Alexander to the pod, whose character Gray debuted in last week's episode, "Forget Me Not."

In this very special interview, we talk about their role in the series, being the first Trans actor playing a Trans...

It's the season finale of Lower Decks and we've brought back all of our guests from our Bonus Pods to help us break down "No Small Parts."

Our guests this week are Marcie London from the newly launched Disco Tech Podcast, Simon Stager, Michael Schaus from Geeks with Kids, Erin Coplan from Allie, Erin, and the Multiverse, and Matt Reppert from Everything is Permitted!
This week on Lower Decks, Mariner's big secret is revealed to the Cerritos crew, Rutherford tinkers with his implant, Tendi train...

As we inch closer and closer to Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Trekmovie.com recently posted an article with the theory that the Omega Molecule from the Voyager episode, "The Omega Directive" is possibly the cause of "The Burn."

With that, the ASNP crew deep dive "The Omega Directive" with special guest Myrriah Gossett from Star Trek Discovery Pod. Plus, our guest and the crew give their theories on what "The Burn" is, and what possibly caused it.

All that and more on the tenth episode of A St...

Two star-crossed lovers...literally! On this week's episode of Lower Decks, we meet Boimler's girlfriend. Is she a founder? An android? Maybe a parasite?

Meanwhile, aboard the U.S.S Vancouver, Tendi and Rutherford are in awe of the ship's state of the art systems.

Join the ASNP with guest Michael Schaus as they break down "Cupid's Errant Arrow."

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Another week, another new episode of Star Trek Lower Decks! On this bonus edition of the pod, you've seen her awesome Lower Decks avatars for Trek fans all over Instagram and Twitter, Marcie London beams onto ASNP as our special guest to tell us about how she got started, her favorite pieces, and much more.

Marcie also sticks around to help us pick through the trouble the Ensigns get themselves into this week in Lower Decks' second episode, "Envoys." Find your favorite Jeffries Tube, get comfy,...