Episodes
Oct. 13, 2022
105: Jessie Gender on Sexuality in Star Trek
Jessie Earl is a Youtuber whose popular channel examines Star Trek in a very different light, or in some cases, with the lights turned out. Known to her fans as Jessie Gender, her videos range from Klingon anatomy, LGBTQ+, Tr...
Oct. 6, 2022
104: Ryan Britt Explains How Star Trek Changed The World
Ryan Britt is the author of the new book, "Phasers on Stun!: How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World", and he joins Trek Untold to discuss everything Trek and sci-fi! An editor at Fatherly and regular con...
Sept. 29, 2022
103: Making Music with Nami Melumad, "Strange New Worlds" and "Prodigy" Composer
Nami Melumad is the composer for the wonderful scores on "Star Trek: Prodigy" and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," as well as the Short Trek episode "Q & A." Her knowledge and passion for music are matched by her enthusiasm a...
Sept. 22, 2022
102: A Vulcan Mind Meld with Tara Rosling
Tara Rosling joins Trek Untold this week to discuss her time on seasons 3 and 4 of "Star Trek: Discovery" and what it's like to be the President of Ni'Var! Tara discusses her origins in acting in Canada and what she learned s...
Sept. 15, 2022
101: Thomas Kopache and The Joy of Acting
Thomas Kopache joins us for the kickoff to season three of Trek Untold, a man who has appeared in the Star Trek franchise a whopping eight times as seven different characters! He was the Romulan named Mirok in "The Next Phase...
Aug. 25, 2022
Spencer Garrett | Trek Untold Encore
This week it's an encore episode from June 2020 with Spencer Garrett When we talk about character actors, we are talking about the working backbone of the TV & film industry. Today, we are joined by the highly prolific Spence...
Aug. 18, 2022
Hilary Shepard | Trek Untold Encore
This week it's an encore episode from August 2020 with Hilary Shepard. Hilary Shepard has terrorized teens with attitudes, did aerobics with Bea Arthur & Betty White and tried to seduce Starfleet officers, among other accompl...
Aug. 11, 2022
Alex Datcher | Trek Untold Encore
This week it's an encore episode that originally aired on October 2020 with special guest Alex Datcher. The lower decks crew aboard a starship rarely get the recognition they deserve, so today, we get to chat with a Starfleet...
Aug. 4, 2022
Gerald Fried, Star Trek TOS Composer | Trek Untold Encore
This week it's an encore episode from September 2020 with Gerald Fried, the last living composer who worked on the original Star Trek series. At 92, Mr. Fried is just as sharp and has a lifetime of great stories; and came out...
July 21, 2022
Erick Avari | Trek Untold Encore
While Trek Untold continues to get ready for a new season, enjoy this classic interview from way back in the early days of this show. This week, it's an encore presentation of our chat with Erick Avari, one of Hollywood's mos...
July 14, 2022
Phil Morris | Trek Untold Encore
One of the folks on my big list of guests to get when I first started this podcast included this man, Phil Morris. Last week, we flashed back to what was originally the fifth episode of this podcast with an interview with his...
July 7, 2022
Iona Morris | Trek Untold Encore
While we record season 3, how about some classic episodes of Trek Untold that you may not have heard? We start off some encores of older shows with what was originally episode #5 from the summer of 2020 with our chat with Ion...
June 16, 2022
100: Nana Visitor on Being Kira Nerys and Beyond
It's time to celebrate the 100th episode of Trek Untold, and we can't hit a milestone like that without having a great guest deserving of this number. Joining the show is Nana Visitor, AKA Kira Nerys from all seven seasons of...
June 9, 2022
99: Ken Olandt: A Career Of Strength & Charm
Ken Olandt played Picard’s sort-of-but-maybe-not son Jason Vigo on the Star Trek TNG seventh season episode “Bloodlines”, but you’ve certainly seen him in plenty of other films and shows. Spoiler alert – he is just as cool in...
June 2, 2022
98: Kavita Maharaj on Painting Star Trek Art and why Spock is a Yoga Master
If you're on social media, you hopefully see a lot of Star Trek fan art on your feeds. But what about taking that fan art and turning it into a profession? This week's guest is here to tell us all about it. Kavita Maharaj is ...
May 26, 2022
97: Jennifer Edwards and her Hollywood Legacy
Jennifer Edwards will be remembered by Star Trek fans for her appearance on the TNG episode "New Ground," but her time in the spotlight is far more diverse than that sci-fi show. We take a deep dive into Jennifer's past and t...
May 19, 2022
96: April Tatro is the Cat's Meow
For years, there was an unsolved mystery in the Star Trek universe. In the second season of the Star Trek TOS, in an episode titled "Assignment: Earth," one of the performers went uncredited for decades – the human form of Is...
May 12, 2022
95: Wil Wheaton is More Than Just A Geek
Put on your best space sweater and prepare to travel with the greatest nerd among us, Wil Wheaton! You already know Wil as Wesley Crusher from Star Trek TNG and the host of "The Ready Room," among his appearances on "The Big ...
May 5, 2022
94: Sachi Parker has changed her luck
Trekkies will remember Sachi Parker as Dr. Tava from the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "First Contact" (no, not the movie), but her career and life go far beyond the stars… although in her case, it was a bit closer...
April 28, 2022
93: Focus on Photographer Jeffery Newbury
Jeffery Newbury is a photographer with his lens pointed in the direction of the Star Trek universe and A-list celebrities, but much like the sub-title of this podcast, his career goes far beyond the stars! We learn about wher...
April 7, 2022
92: Holding a Broken Mirror to Star Trek Comics with Scott & David Tipton
What happens when you get three comic lovers together in one virtual room? Absolute nerdy pandemonium. On this episode of Trek Untold, brothers Scott & David Tipton visit to discuss their work with IDW on Star Trek comics, in...
March 31, 2022
91: Anthony Lake, The Ferengi of the 32nd Century
The internet broke when the first look at the Ferengi was revealed for "Star Trek: Discovery" season four, and now we learn all about this new iteration of this classic alien from the actor under the makeup, Anthony Lake. Ant...
March 24, 2022
90: Howie Seago on The Deaf Actor's Experience
The second season Star Trek TNG episode "Loud As A Whisper" is a unique entry in the Trek franchise, with a premise unlike any others in the show history that included having a deaf actor be integral to the plot. In a very ra...