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 successful acting career, Yagher transitioned into an even more successful sculptor,…
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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 in the Star Trek TNG episode “Lonely Among Us,” but his humble beginnings make his trip to…
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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 Star Trek movies, as well as composing films…
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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 how she found her way into acting and Hollywood, her…
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Brad Zerbst Zooms In and Beams Up Brad Zerbst had one of those “blink and miss him” roles in Star Trek TNG, appearing as a 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 Brad, and he…
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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. He’s also got other nerdy titles for children and adults under…
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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 this podcast at 97 years young, has seen it…
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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 can imagine she’s got loads of stories to tell!  Leslie explains how she…
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Clint Howard: Past Tense, Present, and Future Clint Howard is the only actor to appear in every era of Star Trek on TV and is one of the most recognizable character actors in all of Hollywood! He’s accomplished plenty and been through some tough times, but today, his perspective on his life and career has…
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Behind the Scenes of “The Wrath of Khan” John and Maria Jose Tenuto are the authors of the new book, “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The Making of the Classic Film”. You’ve seen these two before in “The Toys that Made Us” and other pop-culture shows discussing sci-fi and other awesome geeky things,…
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