Fantastic look at the culture behind Trek

At first glance, you wouldn’t think that an interview show with the talented actors bringing mostly secondary and tertiary characters to life would be so compelling and life-affirming. Matthew does his research, and knows both what and how to ask his guests about what brought them to Trek, and what keeps bringing them back to our corner of pop culture fandom. And if you need to cry, you couldn’t do better than “The Life & Legacy of Leonard Nimoy” episode from March 2024. The mini biographies of each guest about their pre-Trek lives shows us again and again how the Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations help create and reinforce the beautiful and hopeful world that we aspire to build. I can’t recommend this pod enough. Just start anywhere. Find that background character you always thought was interesting and never got enough screen time. I promise, they have some fun and deep stories to tell.