Trek Untold beams in a special guest from the third season of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" as we chat with Cillian O'Sullivan, AKA the new Dr. Roger Korby. We discuss Cillian's fandom and love of Star Trek TNG, his unique take on the role and what was used from Michael Strong's performance VS what's new for this modern version, working with Ethan Peck as Spock and Jess Bush as Nurse Chapel, being part of a historic episode for Trekkies with Trelane and Q, how George Micheal and WHAM! persist ...
Aug 11, 2025•11 min
If you like Star Trek toys and merchandise, this is the panel for you! Matthew Kaplowitz from Trek Untold was joined by Andrea Levine (from Nerd News Today and Insert Geek Here) and Jonathan Alexandratos to talk Trek toy history during Trek Long Island 2025. We brought in some rare items, including the first ever McDonald's Happy Meal tie-in (which was Star Trek), Trek Barbies, Kraft Star Trek marshmallow dispenser, and a bunch of other things, as well as some one-of-a-kind prototypes from Matth...
Jun 26, 2025•55 min
During Trek Long Island 2025, Matthew spent time on stage with two of his favorite performers (and former guests of this podcast), Phil and Iona Morris. This brother and sister duo hit the stage for one of the most inspiring panels to ever happen at a Star Trek convention. By the time you finish this life-affirming episode, you'll be ready to do anything you put your mind to! Plus, we talk their many Star Trek appearances, growing up with their actor dad and "Mission: Impossible" star Greg Morri...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr
In the first of several episodes from Trek Long Island 2025, Matthew moderates a panel with DS9 royalty. Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax) and Andrew Robinson (Garak) hit the stage to chat with this lucky podcast host about their DS9 action figures, Andrew's famous book "A Stitch in Time," Terry's appearance in "Transgender Tapestry" magazine in 1997, and respond to their characters becoming LGBTQ icons in modern times. Plus, they answer questions from the audience, all while avoiding fire alarms. No, ...
Jun 12, 2025•54 min
Carey Foster appeared in the original TOS pilot, "The Cage," with Jeffrey Hunter as a character who ended up not making the final cut. However, she returned as a Starfleet officer clad in blue in the background of many episodes during the first season of the show. Foster's time in Star Trek was the next step in her relationship with Gene Roddenberry, her uncle, who had previously cast her in an episode of "The Lieutenant." Her Hollywood career had little to do with acting until that point, predo...
Apr 13, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Trek Untold has the scoop on some hot new Star Trek merchandise coming in 2025 and beyond, courtesy of our chat with Ben Robinson. It's been four years since Mr. Robinson joined this podcast to promote his work with Eaglemoss, a company that shut its doors in 2022. Now, Ben has moved on to become Creative Consultant on Fanhome for Star Trek product and Creative Director with Master Replicas for everything Sci-Fi, as well as writing Trek books, including helping Nana Visitor with her recent "Open...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 3 min
By the time the Delaney sisters finally appeared on-screen in "Star Trek: Voyager," their reputation already cemented them as legends. Heidi & Alissa Kramer brought these Starfleet twins to life, playing them in VOY's fifth season, "Thirty Days." These sisters have worked together for the course of their careers, being remembered for their appearances in classic Doublemint Gum commercials, "Slackers," "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," "Undressed," "Nash Bridges," and more. One of their favorit...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Content Warning: This episode discusses some traumatic incidents that may trigger some audience members. Discretion is advised. If Kira Nerys was a tough customer on "DS9," it's because Nana Visitor was even tougher in real life. Nana returns to Trek Untold to discuss her amazing new book, "Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek," which explores how Star Trek portrayed and influenced women across all eras of the series. Featuring interviews with performers like Gates McFadden, Kate Mulgrew, Jeri Ryan, S...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 6 min
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 Woodard, Andrew Robinson, and Alexander Siddig, and his final thoughts...
Dec 23, 2024•11 min
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 celebrities were and how the interactions differ today, his surpris...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 10 min
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 podcast. Gates also dove into some "Star Trek: The Next Generation...
Dec 05, 2024•36 min
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 about this very secretive conclusion to the Herald of New Star Trek ...
Nov 28, 2024•46 min
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. Please subscribe to our brand new YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@t...
Nov 21, 2024•11 min
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, thoughts on what happened to L'Rell, and what's next in the Star Tre...
Nov 11, 2024•12 min
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. Brian breaks down who will be part of his first wave and details what accessor...
Nov 07, 2024•44 min
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. Please subscribe to our brand new YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@trekuntold . There, you will s...
Oct 31, 2024•10 min
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 group who operate in the shadow of Starfleet, and more. Please sub...
Oct 28, 2024•39 min
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. As an added bonus, we are including footage from the "Star Trek Universe" pane...
Oct 24, 2024•51 min
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 produced on film. Their newest feature debuted on October 1, 2024...
Oct 10, 2024•59 min
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 explains whether or not this relationship had anything to do wit...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 18 min
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 might believe, working with William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, an...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 31 min
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 Abrams, began to pick up licensed properties before other compani...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 34 min
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 series, balancing fan service versus telling the story while bringin...
Jul 01, 2024•15 min
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 rescuing Navy SEALs aptly titled "The Rescue," playing Kaye Faulkner in...
Jun 27, 2024•48 min
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 dad, insight into who Leonard was when cameras weren't rolling, ...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 10 min
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 the army led him towards acting, being a clown and improv performer...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 47 min
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 Giger. Besides telling stories about his time on Trek, Markinson exp...
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Blu Del Barrio has played Ensign Adira Tal since the third season of "Star Trek: Discovery" and has learned a lot about who they are, thanks to working on the series. Blu talks to Trek Untold about their time aboard the starship, working with Ian Alexander, Tig Notaro, Wilson Cruz, and Anthony Rapp, how DSC helped them understand their gender identity, the Trill as a trans metaphor, why Star Trek has been and will always be a place of inclusion, their thoughts on the fan reaction from when their...
May 27, 2024•15 min
Daphne Ashbrook had a very memorable appearance on the Star Trek DS9 episode, "Melora," playing the titular character in an episode that examined physical disabilities through a 90's sci-fi lens. Today, the episode is still discussed and debated, and this ensign's actress is ready to explain her side of the story, as well as tales from other productions ranging from modern films, period pieces, and a few things timey-wimey. Daphne tells us about wearing the Elaysian makeup and body prosthetics, ...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 33 min
While his time on-screen might have been brief, Vadia Potenza is one of the few actors to play Spock in Star Trek history. Today, his journey through Hollywood brought him to a different profession that can make or break a film or TV show. Potenza is best known to Trekkies as one of the young Spocks in "Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock," and has fond memories of meeting and being directed by Leonard Nimoy, working with Robin Curtis and Lee Remmick, and what it was like to become a Vulcan. We al...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 12 min
