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Daily Star Trek News Everything You Need to Know About Science Fiction Convention Shore Leave 44
The 44th edition of popular science fiction convention Shore Leave is coming up, and there are some changes afoot. Michael Schilling joined me to talk about them, plus the convention's history and the celebrity guests you can expect to see if you attend. I'm T. Rick Jones and this is your Daily...
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Daily Star Trek News SHERLOCK AND STAR TREK, Part 2: "An Automaton"
There's a lot of fan crossover between Star Trek and author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. In fact, the world's first consulting detective makes a few cameos in our favorite science fiction series. Robert Stek and Monica Schmidt are Star Trek fans who also happen…
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Daily Star Trek News SHERLOCK AND STAR TREK, Part 1: "Logic Is Rare"
There's a lot of fan crossover between Star Trek and author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. In fact, the world's first consulting detective makes a few cameos in our favorite science fiction series. Robert Stek and Monica Schmidt are Star Trek fans who also happen…
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Larry Nemecek's Origin Story
You know him as "Dr. Trek," but how much do you really know about Larry Nemecek? How did he discover Star Trek? Why was he asked to create the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion? And what is his reaction to the news that the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror is giving the TNG...
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Daily Star Trek News Daily Star Trek News Roundup 2/11/24
Join T. Rick Jones, Chris Post, and Aster Lufkin as they review the top news stories for the week of February 4, 2024. To read all the stories we talk about, warp over to https://www.dailystartreknews.com/. Support us on Patreon for ad-free early access to news roundups and interviews and...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Tawny Newsome On Bringing Beckett Mariner to Life and What Her Future Holds in the STAR TREK Universe
Tawny Newsome is excited to be able to talk about Star Trek again now that the SAG-AFTRA strike seems to be over. I was able to monopolize a few minutes of her time to talk about her character, Beckett Mariner, in Star Trek: Lower Decks, as well as that crossover episode of Star Trek: Strange New...
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Daily Star Trek News POST MORTEM: A Look Back At STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 2, Part 2
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 took some big swings, but did the show's creators hit a home run or get sent back to the dugout? Sci-Fi Talk's Tony Tellado sits down with our Managing Editor, T. Rick Jones to talk about the highs and lows of their bold sophomore season. You can download...
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Daily Star Trek News POST MORTEM: A Look Back At STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 2, Part 1
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 took some big swings, but did the show's creators hit a home run or get sent back to the dugout? Sci-Fi Talk's Tony Tellado sits down with our Managing Editor, T. Rick Jones to talk about the highs and lows of their bold sophomore season. You can download...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Michelle Hurd On Why the SAG-AFTRA Strike and 'United We Trek' Matters
On July 13, SAG-AFTRA went on strike, walking off film and television sets and joining the WGA in demanding a square deal from producers. Nearly two months later, that deal seems as distant as ever. You know Michelle Hurd from her work as Raffi on Star Trek: Picard, but you may also know that she...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Effects Wizard J. Alan Scott On Reimagining A Legacy 'Star Trek' Alien
The Gorn were created for an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, with a stuntman portraying the lizard creature in an unwieldy costume. We saw one again in Star Trek: Enterprise, courtesy of some pretty bad CGI. Now they're a recurring threat in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds where the...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Director Jeff Byrd on Filming 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" Episode 208, "Under the Cloak of War"
The latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, "Under the Cloak of War," is a look at the emotional consequences of war. When Klingon Ambassador Dak'Rah, known as the Butcher of J'Gal, boards the ship claiming he's on a mission of peace, it stirs up strong emotions from the crew, many of…
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Director Jordan Canning on 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Episode 205, "Charades"
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 is halfway over, and while it is not universally hailed as the best modern Trek show, it certainly has a preponderance of fans proclaiming it as such. The latest episode takes Spock where he's never gone before when an alien race "fixes" him by removing the...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: LeVar and Mica Burton Talk "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day" On 'Star Trek: Picard'
You know LeVar Burton as Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge of the USS Enterprise-D and more recently as a Commodore and curator of the Fleet Museum. His daughter Mica is known as a professional cosplayer, a video game enthusiast, and Commodore La Forge's daughter Alandra. But what was it like for…
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Daily Star Trek News T MINUS 3: Julia Trumbull Reflects On Husband Doug's VFX Career
Late last year, Celestis Memorial Spaceflights announced their next flight. Dubbed the Enterprise mission, it will see the remains of several Star Trek luminaries journeying into the final frontier on the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Since the announcement, I've had the pleasure of interviewing friends...
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Daily Star Trek News Midnight Mastermind
On May 3rd I was a guest on an early-morning BBC Radio 2 program hosted by OJ Borg. The segment's called Midnight Mastermind and the idea is that Borg's guest gives him a subject which he has the length of a song to research. At the end of the song, the guest quizzes him to see how much he was…
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Daily Star Trek News T MINUS 4...: James Doohan's Widow On His Life and Legacy
Late last year, Celestis Memorial Spaceflights announced their next flight. Dubbed the Enterprise mission, it will see the remains of several Star Trek luminaries journeying into the final frontier on the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Since the announcement, I've had the pleasure of interviewing friends...
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Daily Star Trek News Tony Tellado and T. Rick Jones Discuss Star Trek: Picard Season 3
SciFi Talk's Tony Tellado has been on DSTN's podcast before, and our Managing Editor, T. Rick Jones, has been on his. They both enjoyed the third season of Picard so much that they wanted to geek out about it, and they decided to give you the opportunity to listen in! They also discussed the…
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Daily Star Trek News T MINUS 5...: Kris Smith Remembers Her Friendship With 'Star Trek' Cast Member DeForest Kelley
Late last year, Celestis Memorial Spaceflights announced their next flight. Dubbed the Enterprise mission, it will see the remains of several Star Trek luminaries journeying into the final frontier on the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Since the announcement, I've had the pleasure of interviewing friends...
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Daily Star Trek News T MINUS 6...: 'Star Trek' Producer Robert Justman's Son On His Father's Legacy
Late last year, Celestis Memorial Spaceflights announced their next flight. Dubbed the Enterprise mission, it will see the remains of several Star Trek luminaries journeying into the final frontier on the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Since the announcement, I've had the pleasure of interviewing friends...
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Daily Star Trek News T MINUS 8...7...: Rod Roddenberry Looks Back on His Parents' Legacy As Their Ashes Head Into the Final Frontier
Late last year, Celestis Memorial Spaceflights announced their next flight. Dubbed the Enterprise mission, it will see the remains of several Star Trek luminaries journeying into the Final Frontier on the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Since the announcement, I've had the pleasure of interviewing friends...
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Daily Star Trek News T MINUS 9: Celestis CEO Colby Youngblood On the Upcoming Enterprise Mission
Late last year, Celestis Memorial Spaceflights announced their next flight. Dubbed the Enterprise mission, it will see the remains of several Star Trek luminaries journeying into the final frontier on the Vulcan Centaur rocket. Since the announcement, I've had the pleasure of interviewing friends...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Angela Dalton and Lauren Semmer Celebrate Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols With a New Children's Book
February was Black History Month and March is Women's History Month, so there's no better time to celebrate the legacy of Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols. A new book for children was released in late January. Entitled To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights, the...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Tony Tellado Talks Sci-Fi, Star Trek, and Podcasting
If you're not listening to the podcast SciFi Talk you should be. Host Tony Tellado brings you original interviews and news from throughout not just science fiction, but horror and fantasy, as well, in all their forms: television, films, video games, and comic books. Tony's a big Star Trek fan and...
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Daily Star Trek News EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Julie Nimoy and David Knight On Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy and Making Films
Julie Nimoy followed in her father Leonard's footsteps in that she became a filmmaker, producing a number of films with her husband, David Knight. I had the opportunity to talk with Julie about growing up in the Nimoy household and her career, which included working with her dad on projects like...
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Daily Star Trek News EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Anthony Rapp On His Off-Broadway Musical and Why He Feels Lucky to Be On Star Trek: Discovery
If you have a favorite astromycologist, I'll bet a week's worth of replicator rations that it's Commander Paul Stamets of the USS Discovery. Anthony Rapp, who breathes life into the character, got his big break playing Mark Cohen in the groundbreaking musical Rent. Rapp wrote a memoir about the...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: David Livingston Remembers Directing Star Trek, Shares His Photos, and Talks TrekTalks
Back in November we brought you an interview with Star Trek: Enterprise's John Billingsley and Bonita Friedericy about The Hollywood Food Coalition. David Livingston, the most prolific director in Star Trek history, is on HoFoCo's board. He joined me recently to talk about beginning his career…
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Daily Star Trek News EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Armin Shimerman On Shakespeare, Star Trek, and the Late, Great Rene Auberjonois
You know Armin Shimerman as the scheming Ferengi Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and possibly also as the principal of Sunnydale High on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But if you asked him what he considers to be his primary profession, you might be surprised by his answer. "I am primarily a...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: The Hosts of Planetary Radio Get Excited About Space and Star Trek
Mat Kaplan has been hosting the Planetary Society's podcast, Planetary Radio, since its inception 20 years ago. He recently announced that he was retiring from the program, with Sarah Al-Ahmed taking his place. Managing Editor T. Rick Jones wanted to talk to him before he left the show and also...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Rod Roddenberry Discusses Producing Star Trek and His Foundation's Current Projects
Rod Roddenberry inherited the responsibility for Star Trek from his parents and he takes it seriously. He also takes making the world a better place seriously, and DSTN's Managing Editor, T. Rick Jones, had a chance to sit down with him to talk about his "sibling rivalry" with Trek, the…
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: John Billingsley and Bonita Friedericy Discuss Star Trek and Doing Good in the Community
It's Thanksgiving week in the United States, and STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE's John Billingsley (Doctor Phlox) and Bonita Friedericy (Rooney in the episode "Regeneration") joined DSTN's Managing Editor, T. Rick Jones, to talk about the Hollywood Food Coalition and their upcoming Star Trek-themed...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Jonathan Frakes Mourns the Phillies' Loss, Celebrates Star Trek, and Supports PanCan
You know Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation and its sequel films, Captain William T. Riker on Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Captain William T. Riker (Retired) on Star Trek: Picard. As you also know, he's directed a number of Star Trek episodes and films,...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Chelsea Monroe-Cassel Discusses Creating Food From the Future for The Star Trek Cookbook
Chelsea Monroe-Cassel knows how to take fictional recipes and turn them into real masterpieces. She joined me to talk about designing Ktarian Pudding, mixing Romulan Ale, and making gagh If you're out of blood worms. The Star Trek Cookbook is available for preorder right now. And stay tuned to...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Carlos Albornoz on Star Trek: "I really love Buckley so much"
Carlos Albornoz played Buckley, a strange alien creature in "All Those Who Wander," an episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. I had the opportunity to talk with him about his relationship with the character, how he and the puppeteers who made the unique costume move worked together, and what…
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Andreea Kindryd on how the Watts riots landed her a job on Star Trek
I sat down with Andreea Kindryd to chat with her about her ancestors, her involvement in the Watts riots, her work with Gene Coon, her special relationship with Nichelle Nichols, and even her TED Talk about hair.
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Daily Star Trek News SCIENCE: NASA flight surgeon Dr. Josef Schmid talks about becoming a real-life holographic doctor
This past April, it was announced that science fiction had become science fact, in that real-life doctors had been holoported to the International Space Station. One of those holographic doctors is Josef Schmid, a NASA flight surgeon. I sat down with him recently to discuss the breakthrough and...
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Daily Star Trek News The Orville season 3 is almost here! Plus, Karl Urban said WHAT about Star Trek 4? (Hint: not much)
It's almost time for The Orville season 3; Bernadette Croft discusses designing the costumes for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; there's a new comic series coming bridging Star Trek: Picard seasons 2 and 3; Karl Urban keeps the rumor mill going on Star Trek 4; and Denise Crosby reminisces over her...
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Daily Star Trek News It's official! Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the most in-demand streaming series!
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the most in-demand streaming series; Bruce Horak talks about playing Hemmer in SNW; we've got new gameplay footage of Star Trek: Prodigy: Supernova; Paramount stock jumps with a big endorsement from a big investment firm; and a school in New York is teaching kids…
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Daily Star Trek News The Orville drops season 3 trailer, and Star Trek Online Stormfall hits PCs. Plus this week's news!
Wilson Cruz wins the prestigious Vito Russo award; Star Trek Online Stormfall lands on PC; Marina Sirtis's new film is available to stream; and The Orville has released a new trailer for season 3. Plus we've sadly lost more members of our extended Star Trek family, who I will tell you about. More...
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: Authors Robb Pearlman and Jordan Hoffman on The Star Trek Book of Friendship
The Star Trek Book of Friendship is a new book about friendships throughout the franchise, lovingly told in conversation form by co-authors and friends Robb Pearlman and Jordan Hoffman. We're talking about the book and why it was important to make, and I force them to prove that their friendship…
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Daily Star Trek News Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a hit! Plus the rest of the week's news
Please note: there are some minor audio issues in the middle of this week's episode, due to streaming difficulties during recording. Two members of our extended Star Trek family have passed away recently; Paramount has finally announced a launch date for Paramount+ in the UK and Ireland; and the...
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Daily Star Trek News This week in Star Trek news, plus gearing up for the Picard S2 finale and Strange New Worlds!
Lower Decks season 2 is coming out on Blu-ray this summer; LeVar Burton is set to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Emmy; and we're looking forward to The Orville season 3...ON TOP OF this week's finale of Picard season 2 and the premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
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Daily Star Trek News Star Trek: Strange New Worlds previews and episode info! Plus TMP in theatres
If you can't wait for May 5th to see Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, I might be able to help you; tickets are now on sale for limited theatrical showings of Star Trek: The Motion Picture; and you can own the bourbon featured in Star Trek: Picard - if you're lucky! Today's stories: Strange New…
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Daily Star Trek News Catching up on Star Trek: Mission Chicago...Plus, what if The Next Generation was animated?
Catching up on last week's news from Star Trek: Mission Chicago, including a new Prodigy video game, a Lower Decks season 3 teaser and details on next year's con; I'm checking in on what Nicholas Meyer has to say about his Khan miniseries; and what if there had been an animated version of Star...
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Daily Star Trek News Star Trek: Picard season 3 is bringing back the Next Generation bridge crew! Plus more news
HUGE Star Trek: Picard news as the entire Next Generation bridge crew is heading back to the stars - together! We've got more trailers (characters and show) and art for Strange New Worlds; the Voyager documentary 'To The Journey' has released behind the scenes footage; and three members of our…
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Daily Star Trek News WonderCon 2022: Zooming and Booming: Star Trek's Post-pandemic Golden Age
WonderCon 2022! As we get back to a "New Normal," the Star Trek community lives in historic times: five series in the works and more on the way, plus feature films, live and animated; a social media revolution allowing creatives to share and interact like never before; and a pandemic whose silver...
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Daily Star Trek News Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Edition in 4K is headed for Paramount+! Plus more news
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Edition is finally on its way to 4K streaming on Paramount+ (but that's not the only way you can watch it!); it looks like Prodigy is on its way to Europe with Nickelodeon; and last week's Virtual Trek Con 3 included a touching and special award for...
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Daily Star Trek News Star Trek: Discovery features Stacey Abrams, and Strange New Worlds casts Paul Wesley as Kirk!
Late Star Trek producer April Nocifora is honored in Discovery, while politician Stacey Abrams makes a surprise appearance; Strange New Worlds casts Paul Wesley as their version of Kirk; Star Trek: The Next Generation is leaving Netflix soon; and I've got more details about that…
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Daily Star Trek News INTERVIEW: MassPersona founder Kent Mages on the 3D printed William Shatner experience
It's special guest time again on Daily Star Trek News! Kent Mages is the founder of MassPersona, makers of Minikin, 3D custom printed figurines. They're bringing their unique experience to Star Trek: Mission Chicago, along with a special experience with William Shatner, so we're chatting about...
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Daily Star Trek News Finally! A teaser for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Plus Resurgence gameplay and more
Star Trek's Yeoman Colt, Laurel Goodwin, has passed away; we've finally got a teaser trailer for Strange New Worlds; gameplay footage of the upcoming Star Trek: Resurgence; and there's a great, one-of-a-kind experience with William Shatner coming to Star Trek: Mission Chicago. Other links: Mike…
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Daily Star Trek News Star Trek Online ships on-screen in Picard! Plus RIP Mitchell Ryan, and Osunsanmi inks overall deal
Star Trek guest star Mitchell Ryan has passed away; Picard adds Star Trek Online ships to its on-screen canon; The Boston Museum of Science is raising money to fund a new statue remembering Leonard Nimoy; and Discovery producer Olatunde Osunsanmi inks an overall deal with CBS Studios. Additional...