Episodes
May 16, 2024
Vadia Potenza Is All Ears About Being Spock
While his time on-screen might have been brief, Vadia Potenza is one of the few actors to play Spock in Star Trek history. Today, his journey through Hollywood brought him to a different profession that can make or break a fi...
May 9, 2024
Deborah Strang Hears A Noise Within
Deborah Strang's life journey took her from rural Virginia near the Appalachian Mountains to the stages of New York, regional theater across the United States, and finally arriving in Hollywood. Trekkies remember Strang from ...
May 2, 2024
Natalija Nogulich Takes Command.
Natalija Nogulich may have played a stern character in Star Trek TNG and DS9 as Admiral Nechayev, but she's nothing like that in real life! Nogulich drops rank and tells us about the person beyond the command uniform, giving ...
April 29, 2024
David Ajala's Powerful Farewell to "Star Trek: Discovery"
For three seasons, David Ajala played Cleveland Booker on "Star Trek: Discovery," a charming scoundrel who stole Michael Burnham's heart. Trek Untold chats with the equally charismatic actor to learn the inside scoop on Booke...
April 25, 2024
Castulo Guerra and the Eternal Bliss of Doing What You Love
At nearly 80 years old, Castulo Guerra is more energized than ever about acting. Originally born in Argentina, his life changed when a classic movie was filmed in his small town, setting him on a journey that brought him onto...
April 22, 2024
Callum Keith Rennie on Rayner's Journey in "Star Trek: Discovery"
Callum Keith Rennie plays Commander Rayner on the fifth season of "Star Trek: Discovery," a complex character with deep motivations shaped by the dark events that happened before the Discovery crew jumped into the future. Ren...
April 18, 2024
Margaret Reed Is A Force of Nature
Margaret Reed played Dr. Serova in the seventh season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode, "Force of Nature," playing an alien scientist who believes warp travel is doing more harm than good. Today, this veteran perfo...
April 11, 2024
The Klingon Pop Warrior Brings Glory & Honor to Pop Music
The Klingon Pop Warrior brings modern pop music across the galaxy, singing familiar favorites in the Klingon language! Jen Usellis, who also goes by her Klingon name of Jen-bohm, explains how her time doing improv led her to ...
April 4, 2024
Lee Arenberg on the Zen of Acting & Gratitude
Lee Arenberg has worked in Hollywood for a long time, so of course he crossed paths with Star Trek eventually. This veteran appeared five times in four different series, including playing Ferengis in DS9 and TNG, a Malon in V...
March 28, 2024
The Life & Legacy of Leonard Nimoy
In honor of the late Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek historian and Nimoy archivist Bonnie Moss visits Trek Untold to tell us about the man behind the pointy ears. We get the inside story of Nimoy's life beyond Star Trek, discussing ...
March 21, 2024
Kay Bess: Voices Across Space and Time
Kay Bess has been working in the voiceover industry for many decades and crossed paths with the Star Trek universe in a very special way as the voice of La Sirena's computer on "Star Trek: Picard." A Trekkie who fell in love ...
March 14, 2024
William Sadler: From Shawshank to Section 31
William Sadler is known to Star Trek fans for his time on Deep Space Nine as Luther Sloan, a member of a mysterious group within Starfleet called Section 31. Through three episodes, Sloan introduced viewers to this clandestin...
Dec. 21, 2023
The Secrets of 90s Star Trek Toys
The Star Trek toys from the 90s started as one of the hottest toy lines for kids and collectors but ultimately crashed and burned in the clearance aisle. What happened to these figures that changed the collecting game for adu...
Dec. 14, 2023
The "Star Trek" Comic Art of JK Woodward
JK Woodward has been drawing and painting "Star Trek" comics for years, working on many different series. Most recently, he's done covers and interiors for IDW's Star Trek TNG Mirrorverse saga, one of the most epic and ambiti...
Dec. 7, 2023
Sandra Gimpel: Stunt Woman to the Stars
You won't recognize Sandy Gimpel's face from the original "Star Trek" because it was covered by loads of prosthetics! She was The Salt Vampire from the season one episode of TOS "The Man Trap," but she also was a Talosian in ...
Nov. 30, 2023
Jeff Yagher Sculpts His Own Destiny
Jeff Yagher had a memorable role as Iden, leader of a rogue group of Holograms from the seventh season "Star Trek: Voyager" two-parter, "Flesh and Blood," but these days, it's his hands that do the performing. After a success...
Nov. 16, 2023
Kavi Raz is Engineering A Future for South Asian Filmmakers
Kavi Raz only appeared once in Star Trek history, but his story beyond this sci-fi franchise is what makes him truly fascinating. Kavi appeared as Lt. Jg. Singh from the Star Trek TNG episode "Lonely Among Us," but his humble...
Nov. 9, 2023
Making the Sounds of Star Trek with Alan Howarth
Alan Howarth calls himself a "Sonic composer," a cool but very accurate title for the contributions he's made to cinema. Howarth is responsible for the sound design for many of the visual effects and hardware heard in the Sta...
Nov. 2, 2023
Deborah Levin is Having the Time of her Life
Deborah Levin appeared three times on "Star Trek: Voyager" as Ensign Lang in the episodes "Blood Fever," Displaced," and "Year of Hell," but her career has some other fun Star Trek connections throughout it. Deborah explains ...
Oct. 26, 2023
Brad Zerbst Zooms In and Beams Up
Brad Zerbst appears in a trio of Star Trek TNG, playing a Starfleet medical officer in three episodes from season one - "Justice," "Heart of Glory," and "Skin of Evil." But Starfleet wasn't all it was cracked up to be for Bra...
Oct. 19, 2023
Robb Pearlman Writes Star Trek Books for Kids and The Young at Heart
Robb Pearlman is a professional writer and author of dozens of books, including Star Trek titles like "Fun with Kirk and Spock," Redshirt's Little Book of Doom," Star Trek: Prodigy: Supernova," "Starfleet Is..." and many more...
Oct. 12, 2023
David Frankham Remembers the Hollywood of Yesterday
David Frankham played Larry Marvick in the "Star Trek" season three episode, "Is There In Truth No Beauty?" but his extensive resume traces all the way back to the 1940s. Mr. Frankham, who is the oldest guest to appear on thi...
Oct. 5, 2023
Leslie Hoffman: Double or Nothing with Stunts
Leslie Hoffman was a stunt woman on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager," where she also doubled for Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres. She's also the only female stunt coordinator in Star Trek history, so you...
Sept. 28, 2023
How to Succeed in Business Through a Star Trek Lens, with Jeff Akin
Jeff Akin hosts the Starfleet Leadership Academy Podcast, a show where he takes his 20+ years of experience in the business sector and examines the principles that make great managers through the lens of Star Trek. Jeff chats...