Julian Brown of Strange New Pod joins John, Jesse, and Cam to look back at season 3 of Star Trek Strange New Worlds!

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It’s a Halloween variety show, Open Pike style! 🎃

First, the crew beams down to discuss Star Trek: The Original Series classic “Catspaw”—a spooky, campy delight filled with cobwebs, castles, and that darn cat. Not to mention one of the best puns in Star Trek history!

Then, Strange New Worlds writers Alan B. McElroy (“Terrarium”) and Kathryn Lyn (“What is Starfleet”) return for a Horror Trope Roundtable! We each share our favorite: Zombies, Horror Icons, Survivors, Endings, and Unsung Gems. Plus we talk The Shining trauma, loving happy endings (but never picking them), movie swaps with new partners, casting regrets, and first spec scripts.

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NYCC brought us new Star Trek Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy teasers! Enjoy our nuanced and thoughtful discussion...

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Writer Onitra Johnson beams aboard for our final writer's deep dive of season 3! We discuss both her horror-centric episodes, "Shuttle to Kenfori" and "Through the Lens of Time" We discuss favorite zombie movies, the benefits of D&D, writing for new characters, and hitting that perfect about face!

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The Open Pike Night crew welcomes Cillian O’Sullivan, the Irish scene stealer behind Dr. Roger Korby in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds! Pour yourself a headless Guinness and join us as we talk plomeek soup, canine counterparts, and eyebrow games with Spock.

We also dive into fantasy Harry Potter casting, channeling Korby’s dark side, and—yes—Cillian treats us to a little strip right here on the pod. 🖖

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Once again we come to an end, or is it a new beginning? Or is it…a shoehorn?

Enjoy our lovely conversation and a fantastic Quiz! As always, our callers make us great, their minds to our minds

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3E10, “New Life and New Civilizations.” We close out the season with the episode’s writers, Dana Horgan and Davy Perez, for a lively debrief full of cosmic curiosities and behind-the-scenes mischief.

Inside this episode:

• 🗺️ Davy’s love of ley lines
• ⏱️🩺 Our favorite time-traveling Doctors
• 🌌 How planets get their names
• 🏠 Very specific house-hunting habits
• 🔗 Unexpected NCIS crossovers
• 🎭 Why Dana blames the puppets

Guests: Dana Horgan • Davy Perez
Episode: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3E10 “New Life and New Civilizations”

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Writers Dana Horgan and Kathryn Lyn beam into Strange New Words to break down Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3E4, “A Space Adventure Hour.” This belated chat was worth the wait—as chaotically joyous as a holodeck episode!

We swap stories about the show’s “sorcerer” set dressers, lose it laughing over Una’s choking gag, and dig into how the episode plays with pulp tropes while tidying up a bit of canon along the way. Plus: writing comedy that still feels like Trek, character secrets hiding in plain sight, and why this romp needed just the right tone to land.

If you love behind-the-scenes craft, canon talk, and a lot of giggles, this one’s for you. Subscribe and follow for more Strange New Worlds deep dives!

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