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

Matthew Kaplowitz

"Trek Untold" is the Star Trek podcast that goes beyond the stars! This show features guests including character actors, stunt performers, directors, writers, VFX artists, and the behind-the-scenes people who make the Star Trek universe boldly go where no sci-fi franchise has gone before. The Trek Untold podcast is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with CBS, Paramount Pictures, or any other Star Trek franchise

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01:52:43

Patrick Kilpatrick Brings the Action

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2023/07/06

Patrick Kilpatrick has lived one heck of a life, and of course, it intersected with the Star Trek universe! Patrick explains his path from being a journalist to becoming a bodyguard for rock musicians like Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd, and then a stuntman and performer in action movies. Patrick appeared three times in the Star Trek universe, first in "Star Trek: Voyager" as Razik in the second season episode "Initiations" alongside Aron Eisenberg, making a special non-DS9 guest appearance

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00:31:26

Christina Chong talks "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and...

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2023/07/03

On this "Strange New World Debriefing," Christina Chong visits Trek Untold to discuss the latest episode from season 2, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow," along with my thoughts on the first three episodes of the season. Christina explains what was different about this La'an Noonien Singh-centric episode, what made it so much more demanding than the typical SNW episode, shooting in Canada, working alongside the new Kirk AKA Paul Wesley, and the criticism he has received for his portrayal

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01:12:12

The Roddenberries take Cabaret Music to the Stars

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2023/06/29

The Robbenberries are a sci-fi cabaret party band that combines genres of music with their love of geekdom to pump out some rocking jams! Beth Kellner, AKA Sister Spock, and Bill Tayoun, AKA Spocknik stop by Trek Untold to explain how the band got together, alternate names they almost went with, what exactly is sci-fi cabaret, performing with Star Trek luminaries like Ben Vereen, Chase Masterson, Robert Picardo, Rainn Wilson, and "their Klingon punk rock uncle" JG Hertzler to name a few. Plus,

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01:16:11

Bill Blair: More Alien Than Human

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2023/06/22

Bill Blair is the Guinness World Record Holder for most special effect makeup characters portrayed in a career. With over 200 roles under heavy prosthetics, including dozens in Star Trek DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise, Bill's face is hardly recognizable for the amount of work he's put in on-camera. Bill talks about growing up in a small town and finding his way into Hollywood, cutting his teeth in commercials along the way. We discuss his time in the first "Robocop," working on "Diagnosis

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01:05:36

Michael Berryman Never Stops Smiling

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2023/06/15

Michael Berryman has an unmistakable look that has served him well for decades in Hollywood. His one-of-a-kind face helped him land two gigs in the Star Trek universe, but his career is certainly one where you've seen the man plenty of times, and now you get to know his story. Berryman was a Starfleet communications officer in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," and then Captain Rixx in the first season "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode, "Conspiracy," where he played the first on-screen

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01:18:57

The Art of Star Trek Cutaways with Chris & Matt Cushman

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2023/06/08

Chris and Matt Cushman are the masters of the cutaway, a type of technical illustration that strips away the hull of an industrial-designed object to show its inner workings. Lucky for sci-fi fans, the brothers are hardcore Trekkies and have used their talents for decades to pull back the exteriors of starships to display every nook and cranny of their interiors. Chris and Matt explain how they went from reading Franz Joseph's technical blueprints in bookstores to creating them on their own

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01:26:33

Lindsey Haun's Voyage Through Star Trek, Disney &...

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2023/06/01

She's been a murderous psychic child, a holographic Victorian heiress, a recovering alcoholic country singer, and a whole lot more! While her time in Trek was limited as a child, Lindsey Haun's career has been filled with ties to the franchise that remain to this day, in a career where her talents always shined brightly. Lindsey appeared on three episodes of "Star Trek: Voyager" in two different roles. First, she was Beatrice Burleigh in the episodes "Learning Curve" and "Persistence of

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01:06:16

Alan Altshuld, From Advertising to Aliens

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2023/05/25

Alan Altshuld has not done many interviews before, and even fewer about his time on Star Trek, where he performed four times in two different series. This veteran has spent considerable time in the theater and in TV commercials, along with his work on shows and movies, which I'm excited to share with you now. Alan told us about how he got discovered by Jeri Taylor to make his first Star Trek appearance in TNG, the deceptively complicated makeup job for that "Starship Mine" role, getting

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00:54:12

Laura Banks Navigates "The Wrath of Khan"

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2023/05/18

Laura Banks is familiar to Trekkies from her role in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" as Khan's navigator aboard the USS Reliant. One of her earliest acting roles, Laura went from a model to a performer, starring in Roger Corman B-movies and eventually pivoting into writing. Laura takes us on a trip through her origins in Hollywood to her time in Star Trek, working with Ricardo Montalban and Nicholas Meyer, becoming an Augment who spent time on Ceti Alpha V in The Botany Bay, and later a

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01:42:30

Bruce Horak's Journey Through Strange New Worlds

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2023/05/11

Bruce Horak played Hemmer for the first season of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" on Paramount Plus. This Aenar (a member of the Andorians) was chief engineer aboard the Enterprise, serving under Captain Pike, and was a mentor to Uhura through his distinguished service on that vessel. On this episode of Trek Untold, we meet the renaissance man underneath all that makeup, Bruce Horak. Bruce made history as the first visually impaired actor to appear in a Star Trek series and brought a unique

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01:02:19

Behind the Scenes of "Khan!!! The Musical"

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2023/05/04

Check out this behind-the-scenes look at the new off-Broadway show for Trekkies filled with ear worms - in more ways than one. "Khan!!! The Musical" is a Star Trek parody musical that retells The Wrath of Khan in a unique and hilarious way. On this episode of Trek Untold, we pull back the curtain on this show with a special "spockumentary" featuring exclusive footage and interviews with some of the people behind this show while we observe one of their final rehearsals before hitting the

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01:32:45

J. Paul Boehmer takes a trip Around "Carbon Creek"...

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2023/04/27

J. Paul Boehmer has six Star Trek TV credits to his name, two in the video game world, and a long list of other credits in Theater, TV, and film. You may remember J. Paul as a Nazi officer in the two-part "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "The Killing Game" and another one in the Enterprise episode "Storm Front," the Borg named One from "the VOY episode "Drone," the Cardassian officer named Vornar from DS9 "Tacking Into The Wind," and the Vulcan who found a new home named Mestral from the classic

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00:37:17

"Trek Long Island" Brings Star Trek Conventions Back...

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2023/04/13

Star Trek conventions don't just happen in Las Vegas, with plenty of events around the country occurring throughout the year. New York is getting their first major Trek con in years thanks to Trek Long Island, a new event debuting this May 20 and 21, 2023, in Hauppauge, NY. Event runner Stefanie Gangone, programming director Edwin Thrower, and lead talent liaison Rachel Hasenauer-Thrower stop by the show to tell us everything about this event, including the activities, panels, and enormous

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00:20:09

Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut Joins the La Forge Family &...

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2023/04/10

Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut played Sidney La Forge in the third and final season of "Star Trek: Picard," one of the daughters of Geordi La Forge. Ashlei stopped by Trek Untold to tell us all about being the helmsman aboard the USS Titan-A, the relationship she forged with LeVar Burton and his real-life daughter Mica, what she learned on set while being a fly on the wall watching the legendary TNG crew perform before her eyes, the story behind a change made to her character that happened mid-season,

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00:28:58

Gates McFadden talks Picard S3 and What's Next for...

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2023/04/06

Gates McFadden is making big moves in the Star Trek universe, and she's here to tell us about all of them! In addition to reprising her role of Dr. Beverly Crusher on the third and final season of "Star Trek: Picard," Gates just kicked off the second season of her podcast "Gates McFadden InvestiGates: Who Do You Think You Are?", and was recently part of "The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek" docu-series from The Nacelle Company. Gates talks about what's happening with her 2nd season of the

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01:07:12

Behind the Music of Star Trek with Lukas Kendall

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2023/03/30

Lukas Kendall is a producer responsible for bringing the orchestral scores of "Star Trek" shows and films into your home. Lukas discusses how he got into music, selling, and licensing Star Trek scores, his magazine "Film Score Monthly," some of his favorite melodies across the shows and films, and the history of many of them, including the tumultuous score for "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and stories about Alexander Courage, James Horner, Jay Chattaway, Basil Poledouris and his unique Star

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00:20:17

Daniel Davis Talks Moriarty's Return in "Star Trek:...

Trek Untold: The Star Trek Podcast That Goes Beyond... ·

2023/03/27

One of the best things about Picard S3 has been the fan service from TNG, DS9, and VOY; one epic piece of the past just returned in a shocking way! In an episode filled with easter eggs, "The Bounty" brought Riker, Worf, and Raffi inside the Daystrom Institute in search of a secret, one that this week's guest guarded. Daniel Davis just made his comeback to the Star Trek Universe, reprising his role as Moriarty, who appeared twice in Star Trek TNG, "Elementary, Dear Data" and "Ship in a

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01:41:53

126: Writing "Star Trek" with Lisa Klink, Part 2

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2023/03/23

Lisa Klink wrote 15 episodes of Star Trek shows on DS9 and VOY and was the executive story editor for "Star Trek: Voyager," along with some other Trek projects. Across the entirety of this two-part interview, Lisa will break down all of her Star Trek scripts and demystify how to write for a television show. This week, we are breaking down the second half of Lisa's VOY credits, including "Favorite Son" and how that script went through significant changes over time, along with what she wished

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01:10:23

125: Writing "Star Trek" with Lisa Klink, Part 1

Trek Untold: The Star Trek Podcast That Goes Beyond... ·

2023/03/16

Lisa Klink wrote 15 episodes of Star Trek shows on DS9 and VOY and was the executive story editor for "Star Trek: Voyager" along with some other Trek projects. Across the entirety of this two-part interview, Lisa will break down all of her Star Trek scripts and demystify how to write for a television show. Going from duke university to LA, Lisa tells us about her journey from being a script reader for a producer (you won't believe what script she passed up on) to becoming a writer and how she

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01:01:09

124: Bertila Damas Voyage Through Acting

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2023/03/09

Bertila Damas is a two-time Star Trek veteran with some tremendous roles on stage and screen under her belt. Bertila played the Vulcan Sakonna in the two-part DS9 episode "The Maquis" and returned to Trek for a role in the tragic Voyager episode "Survival Instinct" as Three of Nine while a Borg, and Marika as a Bajoran. We learn all about her time on Star Trek, including the arduous makeup routine as a Borg, working with Armin Shimerman, Avery Brooks, Marc Alaimo, and Tony Pilana on DS9, and

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