Strange New Pod

Strange New Pod

A Weekly Star Trek podcast focusing on the past, present, and future of Trek. Live every week on YouTube at 9:30 PM ET.

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April 28, 2025 70 mins

🚀 Strange New Adventures - Session 2 Now Available! 🚀

Our second session covering Act Three is here! Follow Commander Th'Raviq, Commander Ven Jaxa, Dr. Voraal, and Lt. Hernandez as they continue the evacuation of Cressida. What happens when the Challenger crew has to deal with a mob of restless Cressidans trying to get off the floating city? How does the crew draw the Bryozoans away from them? And what mission altering event ...

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To celebrate Jack Quaid's birthday this Thursday, the SNP Crew along with YOUR picks, goes through the very best of our favorite purple-haired ensign, Brad Boimler!

From his very first appearance in "Second Contact" to his big moments in the series finale, Boims has given us the best screams, chases, and transporter clones. 

Plus, news, the Strange New Loop, and more on episode 216 of Strange New Pod!

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April 23, 2025 56 mins

In the very first episode of Alternative Space, hosts Giraffe and Amy Imhoff boldly go into new territory with their inaugural guest—none other than Nana Visitor, the iconic Major Kira Nerys from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine!

Nana joins the show to talk about her brand-new book, Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman’s Trek, diving into themes of woman empowerment, representation, and what it means to claim space—on screen and in the real...

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Netflix's hit series Black Mirror is BACK for its seventh season, and with it, the highly anticipated sequel to the series' Star Trek-like episode, "USS Callister!" "USS Callister: Into Infinity" is a feature-length episode, and the SNP crew is going to review every detail.

Nanette Cole and the crew of the USS Callister are stranded in an infinite virtual universe, fighting for survival against 30 milli...

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🚀 Strange New Adventures - Session 1 Now Available! 🚀

Our first Strange New Adventures session is here! Join us as we dive into Scenes One and Two of "Incursion Point" Act 1: "Operation: Evacuate!"—the thrilling opening to the Star Trek Adventures second edition starter campaign.

🎙 Credits:
🔹 Produced & Edited by: Julian Brown
🔹 Episode Art from: Star Trek Adventures 2E Campaign Booklet, Andrew Cl...

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After an eternity, we finally have something new to discuss from Strange New Worlds! Join the crew as they break down the season three teaser trailer!

Holodecks? Murder mysteries? Gorn? We've got them all. 

Plus, what you're looking forward to most in the mailbag section and more on episode 230 of Strange New Pod!

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One year removed from Discovery's final season premiere, it's time to go to black alert one last time and look back at the fifth and final season with our friend and special guest Jessie Earl!

From the early moments of season five and the hunt for the Progenitor's tech to episodes like "Face the Strange" and the emotional series finale.

Plus your thoughts on the final season in the mailbag section, multiple g...

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Strange New Pod's favorite episode series concludes this week with Erik's pick, Star Trek Deep Space Nine's "The Visitor!" Get the tissue boxes ready!

After an accident in the engine room of the Defiant apparently claims the life of Benjamin Sisko, Jake lives out his life in an endless quest to locate his father.

Plus, your thoughts on the episode in the mailbag section and so much more on episode 228 of Stra...

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John De Lancie has brought the legendary Q to life for almost 40 years, and on his birthday, we look back at one of Jean-Luc Picard and Kathryn Janeway's greatest foils...and dare we say, friends?

From the very first meeting in "Encounter at Farpoint" to the Q Civil War in "The Q and the Grey." We'll go on a journey through the continuum from TNG to Voyager, and possibly make a stop at DS9.

Plus your tho...

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Strange New Pod's favorite episode series continues this week with Julian's pick, Voyager's "Timeless!"

A failed attempt to return home results in Voyager crash-landing on an ice world and the crew's deaths, save for Chakotay and Harry Kim. Now, fifteen years later, the two men, having resigned from Starfleet, attempt to alter history to save the ship from disaster before Starfleet can stop them.

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Welcome to this special bonus episode of our Star Trek Adventures Starter Campaign! In Session 0, we embark on an exciting journey to the final frontier, introducing our ship—the U.S.S. Challenger—and the crew that will face the unknown. With the bold Starfleet officers of the U.S.S. Challenger, we lay the foundation for the adventures ahead. Join us as we discuss character backstories, basic rules, and the challenges that await in...

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Girafe hasn’t stopped talking about Star Trek: Picard "Second Self" since the moment she cracked it open, so we’re making it official—she’s sitting down with the one and only Dr. Una McCormack! Join us for an in-depth chat about this Star Trek: Picard novel, exploring Raffi Musiker’s journey with some behind-the-scenes insights. Buckle up—this is the Second Self deep dive you didn’t know you needed (but Girafe definitely ...

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Strange New Pod's favorite episode series continues this week with Hawk's pick, TNG's "The Measure of a Man!"

Picard must prove Data is legally a sentient being with rights and freedoms under Federation law when transfer orders demand Data's reassignment for study and disassembly.

Plus your thoughts on the episode in the mailbag section and so much more on episode 225 of Strange New Pod.

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It's part two of SNP's favorite episode series, and this week, we head back to the 1960s, with Girafe's pick, "The Enterprise Incident!"

Acting apparently restless and irrational, Captain Kirk inexplicably orders the Enterprise into Romulan space where the ship is quickly captured by the enemy and Kirk held captive aboard their flagship.

Plus your thoughts on the episode in the mailbag section and so much mor...

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As Strange New Pod counts down to our fifth anniversary, we're spending the next few months talking about the crew's favorite episodes, and we start this week with Emcee's pick, Star Trek: The Next Generation's "The Offspring."

Data successfully creates a new android, which he views as his child. However, the magnitude of his accomplishment quickly attracts the scrutiny of Starfleet.

Plus, behind the sce...

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On January 16th, Star Trek Voyager celebrated its 30th Anniversary, and SNP is here to celebrate the series that put Kate Mulgrew in the captain's chair! 

Ashlyn from the Duras Sisters Podcast joins the crew for this one. Strange New Pod also welcomes Star Trek historian Raffi to help us celebrate 30 years of Voyager.

The crew will examine everything that made Voyager great, from the legacy of Captain Janeway and the Borg to Jer...

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Star Trek: Section 31 is here! After years in production, Michelle Yeoh stars in the brand-new straight-to-streaming film on Paramount Plus, and the SNP Crew are ready to go with their review and deep dive.

Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet. Tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, she must also face the sins of her past.

Plus, your mailbag about the film, the Strange N...

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Join Brittany, Simon, and Julian for their on-location show from the GeekLifeRules Star Trek: Section 31 Watch Party at McHales Bar & Grill in New York City! FULL SPOILERS in this episode.

The crew talk their reactions to the film, the press it's getting, and then get live reactions from fans in attendance at the watch party after the film concluded.

A big thank you to our friend Lawrence Neals for lettin...

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Initiates! Welcome to Section 31. This is your first day of training. Make sure to have your credentials ready. 

At your first knowledge session, you'll learn about the origins of the division, key moments in its history, and a guest lecture from another clandestine operation.

In your first day of training, we'll also brief you on the latest missions the division has been tasked with.

Then, the ...

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Join the Canadian bureau of Strange New Pod as they take a look at the very best of Nog, played by the late Aron Eisenberg.

From his time making trouble with Jake and becoming a Starfleet cadet to becoming a full-fledged officer aboard Deep Space Nine. The crew will explore his family, his career, as well as the influence Nog had being the first Ferengi in Starfleet. Plus, Aron and Ciroc's influence on the Trek Podcas...

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