Deep Dives Episodes
True Believers w/ Special Guest Una McCormack
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 so...
Let's Make Some Noise | A Look Back at Star Trek Beyond
"It isn't uncommon, you know, it's easy to get lost in the vastness of space. There's only yourself, your ship, your crew." -Commodore Paris It's the third and final part of our Kelvin-verse deep dive series as we take a look...
Hailing Frequencies Open
On this edition of A Strange New Pod, we talk YOUR topics on the first of hopefully many "Hailing Frequencies Open" episodes. From the evolution of the Star Trek uniform to the best and worst romances in the quadrant, it's a ...
No Time to Talk About Time
Welcome to another edition of ASNP, and this week, we're back with our Patron Collective's choice episode as we talk all things time travel in Star Trek. Join us as we discuss Kirk's really long temporal affairs file, and wha...
Jolan Tru, Thanks for Everything! | The Best of the Romulans
Our Best Of Star Trek species deep dive series continues with the Romulans! From their origins in The Original Series to new mysteries with the Tal Shiar on TNG and DS9, we cover the rich history of the mysterious society and...
Q, And Disco, And Boimler, Oh My! | First Contact Day 2021
"What up? We doing sci-fi stuff today?" - Ensign Mariner We hope everyone enjoyed their First Contact Day! Join the ASNP crew as they wrap up all the events and panels that took place. The team also breakdown the trailers for...
Darkness is Coming: A Look Back at Star Trek Into Darkness
"My crew is my family, Kirk. Is there anything you would not do for your family?" - John Harrison/Khan It's part two of our Kelvinverse Deep Dive series as we tackle JJ Abrams second Trek installment, "Into Darkness." How has...
The Ship of Theseus | A Look at Trek Recasting
"Are you familiar with the thought experiment, The Ship of Theseus?" - The Vision, Marvel's "WandaVision" Yeah, we know it's a Marvel quote, but there has been so much Star Trek recasting over the years, it seems pretty appro...
There Be Whales Here! | A Deep Dive Into The Voyage Home
"Admiral; if we were to assume that these whales were ours to do with as we pleased, we'd be as guilty as those who caused their extinction." -Spock The crew from ASNP take an in-depth look at the fourth, and funniest, film i...
Today is a Good Day to Die! | The Best of the Klingons
"Our gods are dead. Ancient Klingon warriors slew them a millennia ago. They were...more trouble than they were worth." -Worf Today we drink the blood of our enemies as we continue our "Best of Species" series with the Klingo...
Across the Universe
We close out February on the heels of the big ViacomCBS Investors Day and showcase. The ASNP crew talk about the news that came out including new details on Paramount Plus as well as the highly anticipated animated Trek serie...
The Future Begins | A Deep Dive Into Star Trek '09
"Your father was captain of a Starship for 12 minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mother’s and yours. I dare you to do better." -Captain Christopher Pike We've been featuring Star Trek ' 09 all week long on our socia...
The Needs of the Many | The Best of the Vulcans
Join the ASNP crew as we start off our new "Best of Species" series with fan-favorite species, the Vulcans. From Spock to T'Pol, and some of the most important episodes to feature the species who made first contact with Earth...
Let's Fly! Looking Back at Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery
“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...
Nothing But Blue Skies | A Deep Dive Into Star Trek: Nemesis
"I'll show you my true nature. Our nature. And as Earth dies - remember I will always forever be Shinzon of Remus. And my voice shall echo through time long after yours has faded to a dim memory." - Shinzon It's ASNP's final ...