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

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 perspective to his character. Beyond Star Trek, Bruce has an inspiring life story that he uses his art to tell, from the cancer that led to his blindness to the way he interprets the world around him due to his impairment. He is a profound stage performer, expressive painter, and one heck of a Starfleet crewman!

We discuss some of Bruce's work on stage as well as how he grew up, the way he paints, and plenty of tales from the set of SNW, including working with Anson Mount, Celia Rose Gooding, and the entire cast from that spectacular show, and a ton more in this extensive and in-depth interview with one of the most beloved characters from that debut season.

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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 stage.

I'm chatting with Brent Black, AKA Brentalfloss, on YouTube and director John Lampe to understand how this homage to musical theater came together! Then, meet some of the stars, including Shyaporn Theerakulstit, Laura Whittenberger, and Julian Manjerico, to get the scoop from the performers! Plus, a first look at several of the songs in the show that have never been seen before!

 Khan will run for a five-week limited engagement at the Players Theatre (115 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012) starting May 4 and wrapping on June 4.

 "Khan!!! The Musical" is co-written, composed, and lyrics by Brent Black (AKA Brentalfloss), co-conceived and additional materials by Alina Morgan, musical direction by Nicholas Kaminski, choreography by Angel Reed, and directed by John Lampe.

The production stars Shyaporn Theerakulstit as Kirk, Zachary Kropp as Khan, Julian Manjerico as Data, Clayton Matthews as Sulu/Chekov, Lindsey M.E. Newton as Bones/Scotty, Max Nusbaum as Spock, Crystal Marie Stewart as Uhura/Carol Marcus, and Laura Whittenberger as Saavik.

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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 ENT episode "Carbon Creek." He also did voices in the Bridge Commander game and played Gowron's brother in "Klingon Academy" on PC.

In this honest, informative, and emotional interview, J. Paul told us stories from his theater days and how one show led to his first Star Trek role as the Nazi from VOY, playing another Nazi years later in Enterprise while performing with Scott Bakula (and why one Naiz had a German accent and the other didn't).

J. Paul also fondly recalled the heartwarming story about his Vulcan ears from ENT, the intense makeup to play this brand new style of Borg in "Drone" and the hardships of wearing that much prosthetics and neoprene, how playing a Borg helped him become a better Vulcan, meeting Christopher Plummer while working on the game, and much more! We also have some Star Trek adjacent talks about being in "The Orville" with three other heavily made-up aliens and working with Seth McFarlane and Adrian Palecki,

Plus, performing a play that literally combined "Hamlet" with "Death of A Salesman" called "Haplet," acting side by side with Kelsey Grammer in "Frasier," "The Thomas Crowne Affair," and more!

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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 list of celebrity guests that's still growing a month before showtime! Get the scoop on who's coming, what you can expect at this all-ages convention, and how you can get involved! Plus, I announce what I'll be doing with Trek Untold at this show!

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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, having an action scene with Ed Speleers, and much more!

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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 podcast, including chatting with William Shatner and Kate Mulgrew, among others; then we go behind the scenes of Picard to learn what she thought of the changes to her character, her emotional scenes with Patrick Stewart, what the core of "Picard" S3 is, what it's like being on set with her TNG friends again, and more!

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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 Trek connection, Elliot Goldenthal, and Jerry Goldsmith.

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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 Bottle." Davis chatted with me about how he was brought into the show, what's different about this version of Moriarty, the changes of being on a Star Trek set since his last time on the show, working with Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, and Michelle Hurd, and much more, including a story about his previous appearances, and his time on "The Nanny" with Fran Drescher. Engage!

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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 the crew could have done with Harry Kim's character, "Displaced," "Revulsion," "Scientific Method," "Message in a Bottle," the controversial "Retrospect," and "Omega Directive."

We learn how Lisa deals with writer's block, writing season-long arcs versus episodic television, the plans for B'Elanna and Tom's relationship, Chakotay and Seven's romance, the evolution of the Borg, what didn't make it to air, and a few other important episodes she contributed to, including "Tuvix," "Threshold," and "The Year of Hell."

Lisa also fills us in on some other Trek projects, like writing the "Star Trek Voyager: Retribution" video game and the immersive Star Trek Borg Invasion that was part of the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas.

Plus, writing for Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict" and producing "Martial Law," writing action scenes and the plans for the seasons that never happened, being a multiple-day winning contestant on "Jeopardy," stories about Majel Barrett, thoughts on the new Star Trek shows, and the criticism of their writing from a certain segment of the fandom.

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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 found her way to Star Trek, lessons learned from Jeri Taylor, Micheal Pillar, and the writing team, and more.

 This week, we discuss DS9's "Hippocratic oath" before moving into VOY for "Resistance," "Remember," "Innocence," "Dreadnaught," "Sacred Ground," "Warlord," and "Blood Fever."

Lisa tells us about how a script is pitched and written, working with a team, Developing characters like Janeway, Tuvok, and Torres, how to effectively write conflict, and other great tips and tricks to be a professional screenwriter.

 Come back next week for Part Two to learn about the other half of her Trek episodes and other unique Trek projects she contributed to!

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