Trek Untold: The Star Trek Podcast That Goes Beyond The Stars!

As "Star Trek: Lower Decks" concludes after five seasons, Trek Untold sat down with executive producer and showrunner Mike McMahan to talk about his feelings on how it went down. We learn when he found out the sad news and how he and his team changed plans to adapt to this sudden final season, whether this finale was close or not to his original vision and plans, how he secured those amazing cameos with Jolene Blalock, Alfrew Wooda...

Joe Sikoryak has been a fan of Star Trek from the early days, and that includes being a part of some of the very first fan conventions in the franchise's history. Today, Joe is an illustrator who has written books and comics on his experiences from these times, and on this Trek Untold, he schools us with a history lesson on what these events were like.

Joe talks about cosplay before it was called that, what vendors sold, how the cel...

Gates McFadden stopped by once again to chat with Trek Untold to discuss the third season of her podcast, "Gates McFadden Investigates: Who Do You Think You Are?" and more.

We chatted about how she has grown as a podcaster, how she strives to have her guests truly open up to her, a moment from her show that greatly affected her with Nana Visitor, and how vulnerability and empathy are more than just keys to having a good interview po...

Sawandi Wilson was the final new character introduced in "Star Trek: Discovery," arriving in the last act of the series finale "Life, Itself." Playing Michael Burnham's son, Sawandi was the first to don a completely new Starfleet uniform, and piloted his Admiral mom to the NCC-1031 for her final mission.

We chat with Sawandi about his time on the set of Disco, working with Soneqhua Martin-Green and David Ajala, and what he knew abou...

Gillian Vigman stopped by Trek Untold to chat with us about her time as Dr. T'Ana on all five seasons of "Star Trek: Lower Decks." We learned the origins behind how she earned the role of this Caitian CMO aboard the Cerritos, how she found the voice for her gruff feline alter-ego, thoughts on her character's growth across the series, how playing this part changed Gillian, and a final message for all Lower Decks fans out there.

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The last time Trekkies saw Mary Chieffo was back in the second season of "Star Trek: Discovery," as she played Chancellor L'Rell. Fast forward a few years later, and May has returned as a different Klingon - K'Elarra in the fifth season episode of "Lower Decks" titled "A Farewell to Farms. We chatted with Mary about her time on the popular animated series, what it was like doing VO work, her growing fandom and passion for Trek, tho...

Trek Untold sat down with Brian Volk-Weiss during NYCC 2024 to discuss the newly announced Star Trek figures from his company, Nacelle Toys. Brian, a lifelong Trek fan and collector, is choosing an unusual route to make his highly articulated collectibles, with the intent to please the hardcore fans more than putting these out in big box stores where they would fester and rot like previous attempts by other companies.

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Gabrielle Ruiz, the voice actor for T'Lyn AKA "Lower Decks" favorite Vulcan provisional Lieutenant Junior Grade, joins us for this bite-sized episode of Trek Untold/LDS exit interview to talk about her time on the animated series when she found out it was canceled, what she learned about herself from playing this part, and if we might see more of her character in other shows or media down the line.

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During NYCC 2024, Trek Untold had the privilege of being part of the "Star Trek: Section 31: Press Roundtables, where members of the media spent time with some of the folks involved in the upcoming movie. We spoke with performers Omari Hardwick, Robert Kazinsky, Kacey Rohl, and director Olatunde Osunsanmi to get the inside scoop on who their characters are, what the movie is about, what we can expect for the future of this covert g...

Mike McMahan, creator of "Star Trek: Lower Decks," was at NY Comic Con 2024 to preview the upcoming final season of the series - and Trek Untold was there too! Join us in the first of several NYCC 2024 episodes as we chat with McMahan as part of a roundtable discussion with other members of the press to discuss the latest season, look back at previous ones, and talk about the future of the animated Star Trek universe.

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Fan films are an integral part of Star Trek history, with lovers of the franchise creating homemade versions of the show as far back as when the original series first hit the airwaves. Nearly six decades later, the tradition continues, but now with higher budgets and more impressive effects.

“Farragut Forward” is the latest entry in the ongoing saga of the Farragut crew, a fan-made homage to Trek with nearly two decades of stories p...

Bonita Friedericy is always cool, calm, and collective... as in the Borg collective!

Trek fans know her as the scientist named Rooney from the "Enterprise" episode titled "Regeneration," which chronologically introduced the Borg to Star Trek. You might not know the story of how she got that role, as well as the secrets behind filming and the origins of her costume.

Friedericy is also the wife of John Billingsley, AKA Dr. Phlox. She e...

Laurence Luckinbill's career on stage and screen was filled with high-risk choices that often led to great reward. One of those decisions just happens to be Star Trek related.

Trek fans know Mr. Luckinbill as Sybok from "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," where he donned the pointy ears to play Spock's brother. We learn about how he got the role, his thoughts on who the character is and why he is a more complicated villain than you m...

The first company to tackle Star Trek action figures was Mego Toys, innovating new designs and production methods that kept their products affordable while creating enduring memories. However, despite their huge success with Star Trek, things behind the scenes with the company slowly fell apart. Paul Clarke, better known to toy collectors as Dr. Mego, visits the show to discuss the origin story of Mego Toys, how its founder, Marty ...

Kevin and Dan Hageman, the executive producers of "Star Trek: Prodigy," visit Trek Untold to discuss the past, present, and future of this animated series. The showrunners discuss the death and resurrection of Prodigy on Netflix, writing time travel stories that kids and adults can understand, the new addition of Michaela Dietz to the crew, working with Kate Mulgrew, and if they'd want to show-run an Admiral Janeway live-action ser...

Christine Harnos played Tessa Omond in the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Timeless," which is notable for being the 100th episode of the series. Harnos joins Trek Untold to discuss her role in Trek, along with more from her life and career, and why she always follows her heart to guide her every step of the way.

Christine talks about going from modeling into acting, booking her first gig in the unusual Disney film about teens rescui...

TV and movie fans around the globe know about Leonard Nimoy, the actor, but few know about Leonard Nimoy, the parent. Adam Nimoy, son of the late Leonard Nimoy, delves into his difficult and tumultuous relationship with his famous father, as explored in his memoir "The Most Human: Reconciling with my Father, Leonard Nimoy." Adam talks about the duality of growing up admiring Leonard the actor versus his unhappiness with Leonard the...

Paul Eiding played Ambassador Loquel on the seventh season Star Trek TNG episode, "Liaisons," but if you grew up in the 80s and 90s, you know him better as Perceptor from "Transformers," Colonel Roy Campbell in the Metal Gear Solid video game series, and Grandpa Max Tennyson in "Ben 10," among hundreds of other voiceover roles in cartoons, anime, and games. Besides telling us about his time in Trek, Paul explains how his time in th...

Brian Markinson is a veteran performer who can boast multiple Star Trek roles on top of his already crowded resume. Trekkies know him as Vorin from Star Trek TNG "Homeworld," then an appearance as Lt. Durst in VOY "Cathexis" and "Faces," the latter of which he did double duty as the mad Vidiian scientist Sulan. Finally, he wrapped up his time in the cosmos on DS9 in the fifth season episode "In The Cards" as the wacky Dr. Elias Gig...