All Access Star Trek - A TrekMovie.com Podcast

This week, we have a special supplemental podcast recorded live at Trek Long Island last weekend in Hauppauge, New York. TrekMovie’s All Access Star Trek co-host Laurie Ulster moderated the “Generations of Trek Women” panel on Saturday on the main stage to “revisit memories of Trek across different eras” and discuss “the evolution of the franchise and what it’s been like for women who performed in it.” The panel was packed with Star Trek guest stars, featuring Stephanie Czajkowski (Star Trek: Picard – T’Veen), Bonnie Gordon (Star Trek: Prodigy, USS Prodigy computer and other voices), Carolyn McCormick (Star Trek: The Next Generation – Minuet/Min) Musetta Vander (Star Trek: Voyager – Derran Tal), and Sachi Parker (Star Trek: The Next Generation – Dr. Tava). Tony and Laurie will be back together next week to catch up on all the Star Trek news and more.

[Timour Gregory and Sasha Schneider interview starts at  28:24  / George Takei interview starts at  1:18:49] Anthony and Laurie start with a quick news round-up, focusing mostly on the games, merch, and events being planned around Star Trek’s 60th anniversary this year. They briefly discuss the latest auction in Toronto featuring items from the Strange New Worlds set and the new (in-progress) Doug Jones documentary, then get into this week’s main interview: a chat with the directors of the documentary Beam Me Up, Sulu, Timour Gregory and Sasha Schneider to learn how they discovered Stan Woo’s fan film, how they made their way to George Takei to secure his involvement, and why Star Trek was progressive from its very beginnings. They wrap up by playing Tony’s interview with George, done when the documentary film was released.

It’s a crossover! Tony and Laurie join Bryan and Kristen of Trek Marry Kill for a deep dive into the Star Trek: The Original Series season 2 episode “The Ultimate Computer.” TrekMovie dubbed Trek Marry Kill the best Star Trek podcast of 2024 for their unique, fun way of reviewing and analyzing episodes from across the franchise. TrekMovie’s Laurie Ulster, Brian Drew and Kayla Iacovino have previously been guests on TMK, but this is the first time the All Access Star Trek team has joined in together. The four podcasters have a lot of fun using the TMK categories to analyze this classic Trek episode that’s just as relevant today as it was back in 1968.

Anthony and Laurie are joined by  Gustavo Gobbi, a Star Trek journalist and editor for Trek Brasilis who covered CCXP Mexico for TrekMovie, attending the Strange New Worlds panels and interviewing the four cast members who attended: Rebecca Romijn, Celia Rose Gooding, Ethan Peck, and Paul Wesley. The trio discusses the brand-new teaser trailer for SNW season 4 and everything the actors talked about in their interviews, which you can also hear at the end of the pod. Everyone also talks about the announcement of a new Creation convention in Philadelphia in November and big-name guests who’ll be at Star Trek Las Vegas in August. Finally the trio talks about the latest business updates as Paramount’s CEO is talking Star Trek again, then plays the audio from Gustavo’s interviews with the Strange New Worlds cast.

Anthony and Laurie took a trip to Ticonderoga with Kayla, Brian, and Andy from the Shuttle Pod podcast to visit the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour, which exceeded all of their extremely high expectations. Listen as they talk about the immersive experience, the personal tour they got from owner James Cawley, the special events that happen there yearly, and the experience of the town itself.