Special Guests Episodes

Dec. 3, 2021

Bonnie Gordon + "Choose to Live" Review

ASNP is joined by a very special guest this week, as Bonnie Gordon, the voice of the USS Protostar on Star Trek Prodigy reveals how she went about getting the role, her friendship with our co-host Erin, and her time at Star T...

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Nov. 12, 2021

Aaron Waltke + "Dreamcatcher" Review

On this very special edition of A Strange New Pod, the crew welcomes the co-executive producer and writer of Star Trek Prodigy, Aaron Waltke to the show. Aaron talks all things Prodigy including the show's second season renew...

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Oct. 22, 2021

The Autobiographies of Kathryn Janeway & Mr. Spock

Join Julian and Erin as they welcome New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Dr. Una McCormack back to the show to talk about not one, but two of her recent novels. How was it writing for two very complex characters? ...

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Oct. 15, 2021

"First First Contact" Review + Season Two Wrap-Up

Star Trek Lower Decks sophomore season wrapped up an incredible run this past Thursday and the ASNP crew are at their stations as they review the finale, "First First Contact." Joining the show once again is David Majors from...

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Aug. 30, 2021

The John Jackson Miller Interview - Star Trek Picard: Rogue Elements

On this bonus edition of A Strange New Pod, the ASNP Book Club sit down with New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller to talk about his latest novel, Star Trek Picard: Rogue Elements. From Simon and Schuster: Sta...

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Aug. 6, 2021

The Cardassian Reunion

On this edition of A Strange New Pod, the team wraps up the "Best Of" Cardassians series as they head over to Deep Space Nine. From "Duet" to "The Maquis," Brittany, Hawk, and Erin break down one of the more powerful Star Tre...

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June 4, 2021

Reaching For the Stars

On this very special edition of A Strange New Pod, Ensign Erin hosts an all-women panel to help review and deep dive the new documentary, Woman in Motion. Join Erin and Brittany as they welcome frequent contributor Spotted Gi...

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May 28, 2021

True Believers

Join the ASNP Crew this week as they celebrate the show's one-year anniversary with our Patron Collective choice episode for the month of May! This week, Collective member Takako asks, if you were to introduce Star Trek to so...

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March 13, 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 c...

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Jan. 29, 2021

Let's Fly! Looking Back at Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery

“In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate. If during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate with just two people, we...

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Jan. 19, 2021

Andorian Supernova in the Sky

There may be no more new Trek on tv right now, but ASNP has you covered with two amazing interviews! First, the crew sit down with Star Trek Discovery's Noah Averbach-Katz who played the amazing Ryn this past season. He talks...

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Dec. 25, 2020

The Line Must Be Drawn Here! | A Look Back at Star Trek: First Contact

Join A Strange New Pod for the first of three TNG-era deep-dive podcasts, as the crew takes a look back at 1996's Star Trek: First Contact. We're joined this week by one of our Patreon Collective members, Rob, who was selecte...

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Dec. 11, 2020

BONUS POD: "Terra Firma, Pt. 1" Review

This week, Tolor actor Ian Lake joins the ASNP crew to talk about his role as the villainous Orion in episodes six and eight of this season of Discovery. Ian talks to us about the makeup process, auditioning, and much more. L...

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Nov. 20, 2020

BONUS POD: "Scavengers" Review

Season three of Star Trek: Discovery is already at the halfway point, and ASNP is here to review another episode. Brittany, Erik, Hawk, and Erin are joined this week by special guest Christopher Littlefield from Open Channel ...

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Nov. 20, 2020

Tuning the Final Frontier

Join A Strange New Pod on this symphonic journey through all of Trek and time. That's right, it's the music episode! From Enterprise to Picard, the ASNP crew cover all the important music and themes of decades worth of Star T...

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