Deep Dives Episodes
Saddle Up, Lock & Load | A Deep Dive Into Star Trek: Insurrection
“Our technological abilities are not apparent because we have chosen not to employ them in our daily lives. We believe that when you create a machine to do the work of a man, you take something away from the man.” -Sojef In t...
The Line Must Be Drawn Here! | A Look Back at Star Trek: First Contact
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 selecte...
"Trials & Tribble-ations" Table Read
Get ready and grab that turbo lift handrail! It's ASNP's Patron suggested 14th episode, a table read of DS9's "Trials & Tribble-ations." A big thank you to Patron Collective member Simon Stager for the suggestion. Sit back, r...
Tuning the Final Frontier w/ Special Guest Jeff Russo
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 T...
See You On the Promenade
On this very special episode of A Strange New Pod, the crew takes a deep dive into the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine documentary, What We Left Behind. Erik, Julian, Brittany, and Hawk not only go through some of their favorite m...
I'll Be Your Number One
This week on A Strange New Pod, the crew pay tribute to all the first officers we've come to know and love in Star Trek. From Enterprise all the way to the brand new series, Lower Decks, join Julian, Erik, and Brittany (Hawk ...
Particle Perfection | A Look Back at "The Omega Directive"
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 Bur...
Tuesday? | A Look Back at Star Trek Generations
"They say time is the fire in which we burn..." Dr. Soran, Star Trek: Generations. That's right. the ASNP crew take a trip back to 1994 as they take a deep dive into the first Next Generation film, Star Trek: Generations. How...
Once an Ensign
Every starship Captain needs a crew that they can trust and rely on, and throughout the decades of Star Trek, there's always been a trusty Ensign that doesn't get the credit he or she deserves. From the ship not being blown u...
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? | A Deep Dive Into Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Why is Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country held in such high regard among fans? We answer that question in our deep dive into Kirk and crew's send-off film. We also left our hailing frequencies open and received a nice mai...
Spock's Socks
From Captain to Commander, ASNP switches focus this week over to the man, the myth, the legend...Mr. Spock. In perhaps A Strange New Pod's most polarizing episode yet, Brittany, Erik, Hawk, and Julian cover every iteration of...
Pike's Place
This week, we open up Captain Christopher Pike's personnel file from the Starfleet Archives! Julian, Erik, Brittany, and Hawk go over the character's three different portrayals in television and film, from Jeffrey Hunter's or...
The Menagerie of the Mind
This week on the A Strange New Pod, Hawk takes the Captain's Chair as the crew discuss the their hopes and fears for Star Trek: Lower Decks. Also this week, it's a trip back in time as Hawk, Erik, Brittany, and Julian take a ...
Unlocking the Cage
In February 1965, Gene Roddenberry tested the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage," for NBC. The network ultimately would pass on "The Cage" and Captain Pike, but would order a new Pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before." The r...
Season of Hell? | Deep Diving Voyager's "Year of Hell"
On this special edition of A Strange New Pod, Erik takes the captain's chair as Julian and Brittany join him to discuss the classic Voyager two-parter, "Year of Hell." The crew also talk about the recent comments made by Brya...