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May 21, 2021

Episode 32: 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 back at 2016's Star Trek Beyond, directed by Justin…

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May 15, 2021

Episode 31 - "Hailing Frequencies Open" | A Strange New Pod AMA

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 night filled with laughter, tears, and some interesting questions…

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May 8, 2021

Episode 30 - No Time to Talk About Time: A look at Star Trek & Time Travel

This week, the ASNP crew is 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 what happens when two Enterprises from different times wind up in the same place. How…

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April 25, 2021

Episode 29 - Jolan Tru, Thanks for Everything!

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 secret sects of the Star Empire. A very special…

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April 16, 2021

Episode 28 - “The Bride of Chaotica!” table-read

Join the Strange New Pod crew for their second-ever table read. This is one the team has been wanting to do for a while, and that's Star Trek Voyager's "Bride of Chaotica!" Patron Collective member and one of our awesome discord mods, Spotted Giraffe guests as Captain Janeway/Queen Arachnia as…

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April 10, 2021

Episode 27 - “Q, and DISCO, and Boimler, Oh My!”

The crew of A Strange New Pod gather to talk about all the announcements from First Contact Day. From the trailers for Picard Season 2, Lower Decks Season 2, and Discovery Season 4 to the first look at Janeway in Star Trek Prodigy to the 25th anniversary celebration of Star…

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April 7, 2021

Q Who? | Strange New News

We hope everyone enjoyed their First Contact Day! We have a full wrap-up of all the day's festivities. From the return of John De Lancie's Q to trailers for Discovery and Lower Decks, First Contact Day gave us a bunch of surprises. A Strange New Pod is a weekly Star…

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April 1, 2021

Episode 26 - Darkness is Coming: A Deep Dive Into "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 tackles JJ Abrams second Trek installment, "Into Darkness." How has the film aged in eight years? Is the casting of…

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March 31, 2021

Voyager Doc Breaks Record! | Strange New News

"To the Journey," the upcoming "Star Trek Voyager" documentary broke a major record this week and just keeps going! Plus, Paramount has some exciting virtual panels planned for First Contact Day on Monday, April 5th. That news and more on this edition of SNN. A Strange New Pod is a…

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March 28, 2021

Episode 25 - The Ship of Theseus

"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 appropriate. It's our Patron Collective choice episode for the month of March…

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March 18, 2021

Episode 14: The ASNP Crew Table Read "Trials and Tribble-ations"

"He put a bomb in a tribble?" In the latest episode of "A Strange New Pod," the crew takes on a Patreon challenge by performing a table-read of Deep Space Nine's "Trials & Tribble-ations." A Klingon spy takes the Defiant back in time to plant an exploding tribble on the…

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March 12, 2021

Bonus Pod: Strange New Cast Members

"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…

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March 11, 2021

Episode 24 - There Be Whales! A deep-dive into Star Trek IV: 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 in the Star Trek franchise. 80's San Francisco?…

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March 10, 2021

Star Trekking Again? | Strange New News

With the announcement that Paramount Pictures has tapped Kalinda Vazquez to write a Bad Robot-produced Trek film, Brittany has the personnel file on the veteran writer and producer. Also, we asked our collective what they'd like to see from the next big-screen Trek outing, as we run down five of…

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March 4, 2021

Episode 23 - Today is a Good Day to Die! A Deep Dive into 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 Klingons. Qapla'! From their original iteration in The Orginal Series to the…

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March 3, 2021

Coffee in That Documentary? | Strange New News

Hailing frequencies open! Welcome to the third edition of Strange New News. This week, the Star Trek Voyager documentary launched its crowdfunding campaign with a vengeance. Lower Decks is also getting a home video release in May, and as always, some birthdays to celebrate! A Strange New Pod is a…

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Feb. 25, 2021

Episode 22 - 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 series, Star Trek Prodigy. With our first look at the characters,…

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Feb. 24, 2021

A Novel Idea? | Strange New News

Hailing frequencies open! Welcome to another edition of Strange New News. This week, Picard and Strange New Worlds begin filming, lots of Trek book news, and two unBORGettable birthdays to celebrate! A Strange New Pod is a weekly Star Trek Podcast focusing on the past, present, and future of Trek.…

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Feb. 18, 2021

Episode 21 - 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." We've been featuring "Star Trek" 2009 all week long on our social media channels, and tonight we take a deep dive down the Romulan supernova!…

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Feb. 17, 2021

The Prodigal Son Returns? | Strange New News

Hailing frequencies open! It's the debut edition of Strange New New News hosted by ASNP's own Brittany Tomes. Strange New News will be a weekly minute-ish newsflash video with all the Trek news you may have missed while in deep space. This week, Prodigy, Strange New Worlds, and Picard news…

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Feb. 16, 2021

Episode 20 - The Needs of the Many: A Deep Dive into Vulcans

“Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end of it.” 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…

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Feb. 15, 2021

Interview: Author James Swallow

"Star Trek: Picard - The Dark Veil" author James Swallow comes on board to talk about his new novel, the process of getting the green light to write a Star Trek book, and bringing back characters from the Titan series. Find out all of this on "A Strange New Pod."…

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Feb. 15, 2021

Interview: Discovery's Noah Averbach-Katz

The Strange New Pod crew sat down with Star Trek Discovery's Noah Averbach-Katz to talk about his time on Star Trek Discovery playing the amazing Andorian Ryn. "A Strange New Pod" is a weekly Star Trek Podcast focusing on the past, present, and future of Trek. Join our Discord channel…

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Feb. 15, 2021

Interview: Discovery's Ian Lake

The crew of "A Strange New Pod" crew joins Tolor actor Ian Lake to talk about his role as the villainous Orion from episodes six and eight of Star Trek Discovery season 3. How was the auditioning process? What was the makeup like? Ian talks to us about this and…

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