Episodes

  • 812/813. INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS 2025 HOLIDAY SPECIAL w/ BRANNON BRAGA, MIKE & DENISE OKUDA & MANY MORE!
    Dec 24 2025

    THIS VOYAGE, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class) welcome you to join us whether you've been naughty or nice for our epic, four-hour 2025 INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS HOLIDAY SPECIAL with more star (trek) stars than there are in heaven including BRANNON BRAGA (writer, Star Trek: Generations; showrunner, Voyager/Enterprise), SCOTT "MOVIE" MANTZ (host, Consider This), DAVID A. GOODMAN (showrunner, Family Guy; writer/producer Enterprise, Futurama), MIKE & DENISE OKUDA (The Next Generation, For All Mankind), JOHN & MARIA TENUTO (authors, The Making of Star Trek III: The Search For Spock), STEVEN MELCHING (writer, The Clone Wars, Batman: The Brave & The Bold), superfans ZAZIE SALES, ISAAC ALTMAN and JESSE ALEXANDER (writer/producer, Lost, Heroes, Star Trek: Discovery). Plus: some very special surprises.

    Don't miss this super-sized Star Trek tribute as we celebrate the spirit of the holiays. Only on INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS.


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    "Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

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    4 hrs and 26 mins
  • 319D78. Flash Gordon 45th Anniversary Reunion w/ SAM JONES & MELODY ANDERSON (A DECK 78 PODCAST)
    Dec 21 2025

    THIS VOYAGE, the Decksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Star Trek: The Moton Picture - Director's Edition) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class) are joined by guest host SCOTT "MOVIE" MANTZ and SAM JONES & MELODY ANDERSON as we pay tribute to the 45th anniversary of the Mike Hodges' cult classic FLASH GORDON.


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    Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram and Blue Sky.


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    "Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 811. FRAKES, GATES & SPINER, OH MY w/ JONATHAN FRAKES, GATES MCFADDEN & BRENT SPINER
    Dec 18 2025

    THIS VOYAGE, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, 50 Year Mission) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class) are joined by the Holy Trinity of JONATHAN FRAKES (Riker), GATES MCFADDEN (Dr. Beverly Crusher) and BRENT SPINER (Data) for a special holiday treat. Only On INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS.


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    Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram and Blue Sky.

    And now follow the Treksperts Briefing Room at @trekspertsBR, an entirely separate Twitter & Instagram feed.

    "Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • IT'S BEGINNING TO FEEL A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS.... (BONUS EPISODE)
    Dec 16 2025

    THIS VOYAGE, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class) & SANTA DAREN (bringer of good cheer to boys and girls everywhere) talk the BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER and answer the eternal question: Is Die Hard A Christmas Movie?


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    Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram and Blue Sky.


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    "Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

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    49 mins
  • 810. BEGUN THE CLONE WARS HAVE w/ MATT LANTER, JAMES ARNOLD TAYLOR, ASHLEY ECKSTEIN & STEVE MELCHING
    Dec 11 2025

    THIS VOYAGE, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, 50 Year Mission) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class) are joined by Clone Wars and Rebels writer STEVEN MELCHING for a conversation with Clone Warriors MATT LANTER (Anakin Skywalker), JAMES ARNOLD TAYLOR (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and ASHLEY ECKSTEIN (Ahsoka Tano) for a deep dive into a galaxy far, far away.


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    Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram and Blue Sky.

    And now follow the Treksperts Briefing Room at @trekspertsBR, an entirely separate Twitter & Instagram feed.

    "Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • 318D78. Lords of the Rings w/ JOHN RHYS-DAVIES & LAWRENCE MAKOARE (A DECK 78 PODCAST)
    Dec 8 2025

    THIS VOYAGE, the Decksperts MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, writer/producer, Pandora, Agent X, The Librarians, writer/producer Free Enterprise), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture), ASHLEY E. MILLER (showrunner; DOTA: Dragon's Blood, writer, X-Men: First Class, Thor) are joined by LORD OF THE RINGS stars JOHN RHYS-DAVIES (Raiders of The Lost Ark,Shogun) and LAWRENCE MAKOARE (Die Another Day) to talk about the one ring to rule them all (and, of course, it wouldn't be Deck 78 without the requisite 007 discussion as well).

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    Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press.

    Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram. And now follow the Treksperts Briefing Room at @trekspertsBR, an entirely separate Twitter & Instagram feed.

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    51 mins
  • 809. WHY WE LOVE STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE w/ JON & MICHELE POVILL, EDDIE EGAN, BILLY VAN ZANDT & SCOTT GIMPLE
    Dec 4 2025

    THIS VOYAGE, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class) celebrate the 46th anniversary of STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE as we are joined by associate producer JON POVILL, Epsilon 9 casualty MICHELE BILLY POVILL, publicist EDDIE EGAN, The Walking Dead showrunner and creative director SCOTT GIMPLE and Alien Boy himself, BILLY VAN ZADNT, whose been with the podcast every minute of her refitting. This is how we definite unwarranted! Join the Treksperts and special guests as we trace the development of Phase II's "In Thy Image" into the epic motion picture released December 7, 1979.


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    Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram and Blue Sky.

    And now follow the Treksperts Briefing Room at @trekspertsBR, an entirely separate Twitter & Instagram feed.

    "Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • 808. GIVING THANKS FOR STAR TREK
    Nov 26 2025

    THIS VOYAGE, MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, 50 Year Mission) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class) talk about what STAR TREK means to them and how it paved the way for their respective careers as TV showrunners and screenwriters along with the many friendships and relationships that Trek helped foster over their decades as fans. Don't miss a very personal Treksperts as Mark and Ashley talk about Trek, Television and more on an all-new Thanksgiving Treksperts.


    DON'T MISS THE TREKSPERTS AT GALAXYCON COLUMBUS THIS DECEMBER! FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO GALAXYCON.COM.


    **TREKSPERTS+ SUBSCRIBERS NOW GET COMMERCIAL FREE EPISODES ONE WEEK EARLY! SUBSCRIBE TODAY AT TREKSPERTSPLUS.COM****


    Join us on our new INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS DISCORD Channel at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/7kgmJSExeh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rate and follow us on social media at:

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    Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram and Blue Sky.

    And now follow the Treksperts Briefing Room at @trekspertsBR, an entirely separate Twitter & Instagram feed.

    "Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times

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    1 hr and 4 mins