All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast

For Star Trek Day 2026 we have a bonus episode of the podcast with an interview with Star Trek superfan and the CEO of the Nacelle Company, Brian Volk-Weiss. Five years ago The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek docuseries took a deep dive into franchise history, with 11 episodes that covered TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise, as well as the TOS movies. The series is produced by the Nacelle Company and directed by Volk-Weiss. Now the second season picks up where they left off, covering the TNG movies and the Kelvin movies with 5 more episodes, titled The Center Seat II: 60 Years of Star Trek. And it all drops today (Star Trek Day, September 8), Together Tony, Laurie and Brian take a deep dive into the 5-episode second season, all of which dropped today for Star Trek Day. We really get into the weeds on how to make a Star Trek documentary, who were the biggest interviews, how getting people like Rick Berman to open up, coolest insights revealed in season 2, and much more. He also gives us his thoughts on the Star Trek franchise today, what’s next for Nacelle’s Star Trek toys, and much more. The entire five-episode season of The Center Seat: 60 Years of Star Trek is available now on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, Apple TV and Nacelle’s YouTube page. The All Access Star Trek podcast will be back on Friday for our regularly scheduled episode, reviewing episode 406 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

This bonus episode of the podcast features a deep dive into this week’s episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with an interview with writers Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff along with director Anna Dozoka. Laurie speaks to the group about making Star Trek’s first soap opera episode, Trelane, Sybok, and much more as they explore “Like Chronitons Through The Hourglass.”  

Anthony and Laurie discuss the latest interview with the filmmakers writing the next (not-yet-greenlit) Star Trek movie, list some of the events and promotions around Star Trek’s upcoming 60th anniversary (next week!), and talk about what to expect at New York Comic Con. Then they review this week’s episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass,” with a lot of discussion about the choice of soap opera as genre, the tone of genres in general, and what really worked in the episode outside of that, as well as guest stars Rhys Darby and Deidre Hall. They wrap up with a reminder to check out Noah Wyle and The Pitt cast reading “The Man Trap” and Michelle Hurd on the Dropping Names with Brent and Jonny podcast. Look for a supplemental episode this weekend featuring Laurie’s interview with writers Dana Horgan & Bill Wolkoff and director Anna Dokoza.

Tony is back this week, but with bronchitis lingering, he and Laurie are keeping this episode short, focusing entirely on Strange New Worlds. Tony does weigh in on last week’s puppet episode (because it was the puppet episode!), and then they launch into their review of this week’s episode, “Off-Hour,” which felt like good old-fashioned Star Trek. A good time was had by all.

Tony is out this week, so Laurie and guest co-host Dr. Ann Marie Segal (The 7th Rule, Creation Entertainment) take on the puppet episode! They start with a chat about Star Trek Las Vegas, then jump into their review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ “Level-Five Transporter Accident,” which they both found surprisingly enjoyable. They also listen to Laurie’s interview with enthusiastic guest stars Joe Lo Truglio and Rachael Harris.