- 51 minutes 3 seconds832. Is Trek's First Episode, Its Best? The Treksperts Aren't Bluffing!
NOT CHESS, POKER. The first regular one-hour episode (even though it aired 10th) of STAR TREK was one of its best, "The Corbomite Maneuver." The ultimate Trek story of exploration, misunderstanding and close encounters. The Treksperts dive into the explore this legendary episode as we celebrate another classic TOS episode for the 60th anniversary... and we're not bluffing. Plus: another visit from the Inglorious Twinsperts. Hosts: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrunner, Pandora; author, The Fifty-Year Mission) | DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Associate Producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture — Director's Edition) | ASHLEY E. MILLER (screenwriter, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood)🎙️ LISTEN ON PODCAST:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/inglorioustrekspertsApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/inglorious-treksperts📲 FOLLOW THE TREKSPERTS:All links: https://linktr.ee/trekspertsplusBlue Sky: @inglorioustrekspertsTwitter/X: @inglorioustrekInstagram/Threads: @inglorioustrekspertsFacebook: facebook.com/inglorioustrekspertsDiscord: https://discord.gg/7kgmJSExeh⭐ GO PREMIUM — TREKSPERTS+:Commercial-free episodes one week early + bonus content: https://trekspertsplus.com📚 THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION by Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross — the definitive Star Trek history, available in hardcover, paperback, digital, and audio from St. Martin's Press."Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" — Los Angeles Times#StarTrek #MCU #MarvelCinematicUniverse #SharedUniverse #StarTrekHistory #GeneRoddenberry #StarTrekPodcast #IngloriousTreksperts #StarTrekMovies #Trek60 #StarTrekLore
7 May 2026, 2:42 pm - 1 hour 9 minutes831. Fire The Canon! Is Trek The Original MCU?
THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts take a look at the incredible future history of Star Trek and explore its origins as the original cinematic universe in a deep dive into Trek cannon. Hosts: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrunner, Pandora; author, The Fifty-Year Mission) | DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Associate Producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture — Director's Edition) | ASHLEY E. MILLER (screenwriter, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood)🎙️ LISTEN ON PODCAST:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/inglorioustrekspertsApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/inglorious-treksperts📲 FOLLOW THE TREKSPERTS:All links: https://linktr.ee/trekspertsplusBlue Sky: @inglorioustrekspertsTwitter/X: @inglorioustrekInstagram/Threads: @inglorioustrekspertsFacebook: facebook.com/inglorioustrekspertsDiscord: https://discord.gg/7kgmJSExeh⭐ GO PREMIUM — TREKSPERTS+:Commercial-free episodes one week early + bonus content: https://trekspertsplus.com📚 THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION by Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross — the definitive Star Trek history, available in hardcover, paperback, digital, and audio from St. Martin's Press."Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" — Los Angeles Times
30 April 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 16 minutes830. I NEED YOU BADLY: WHAT ARTIST TANA FORD THINKS OF KHAN WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
The Treksperts are joined by IDW comics artist TANA FORD to discuss a whole new perspective on STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN and her Star Trek journey.
Hosts: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrunner, Pandora; author, The Fifty-Year Mission) | DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Associate Producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture — Director's Edition) | ASHLEY E. MILLER (screenwriter, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood)
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⭐ GO PREMIUM — TREKSPERTS+:Commercial-free episodes one week early + bonus content: https://trekspertsplus.com
📚 THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION by Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross — the definitive Star Trek history, available in hardcover, paperback, digital, and audio from St. Martin's Press.
"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" — Los Angeles Times"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times
24 April 2026, 4:56 am - 1 hour 29 minutes829. NAILING THE ASSIGNMENT: TREK SPIN-OFF'S w/ MICHAEL SUSSMAN
The Treksperts are united by MICHAEL SUSSMAN (writer/producer, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Perception) to talk about the original Star Trek backdoor pilot ASSIGNMENT: EARTH and the many other Trek spin-off's that didn't happen including Gene Roddenberry's original Assignment: Earth pilot from 1966 that became the classic second season episode.
Hosts: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrunner, Pandora; author, The Fifty-Year Mission) | DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Associate Producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture — Director's Edition) | ASHLEY E. MILLER (screenwriter, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood)
🎙️ LISTEN ON PODCAST:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/inglori...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/in...
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⭐ GO PREMIUM — TREKSPERTS+:Commercial-free episodes one week early + bonus content: https://trekspertsplus.com
📚 THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION by Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross — the definitive Star Trek history, available in hardcover, paperback, digital, and audio from St. Martin's Press.
"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" — Los Angeles Times"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times
16 April 2026, 7:00 am - 58 minutes 8 seconds828. TREKS NOT TAKEN: PLANET OF THE TITANS w/ RAY MORTON
THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts are joined by script historian RAY MORTON (author, King Kong: The History of A Movie Icon) as we discuss the abandoned Phil Kaufman Star Trek project, PLANET OF THE TITANS while looking back at 1976's other notable Paramount would-be blockbuster KING KONG.
The Inglorious Treksperts are: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrrunner/creator, Pandora, writer/producer The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, Star Trek: The Moton Picture - Director's Edition) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood).
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"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times
9 April 2026, 7:00 am - 55 minutes 40 seconds827. HOW DO YOU VOTE, SAREK OF VULCAN? 60 BEST TREK EVER POLL!
THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts discuss the cancellation of STARFLEET ACADEMY, the weirdness about ANDY WEIR and the launch of our definitive 60 GREATEST EPISODES OF TREK poll available at linktr.ee/trekspertsplus.
The Inglorious Treksperts are: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrrunner/creator, Pandora, writer/producer The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, Star Trek: The Moton Picture - Director's Edition) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood).
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"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times
2 April 2026, 7:00 am - 44 minutes 8 seconds826. TREK STARS ON TV w/ SCOTT & DAVID TIPTON and HAZEL HONEYSUCKLE
THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts slingshot around the sun as they watch TREK STARS ON TV with vintage clips and a look back at the golden age of Star Trek with special guests SCOTT & DAVID TIPTON (IDW comic book authors and comic book historians) and the star of Caesars Palace's Absinthe and author of Boldly Stripped, burlesque star HAZEL HONEYSUCKLE.
The Inglorious Treksperts are: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrrunner/creator, Pandora, writer/producer The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, Star Trek: The Moton Picture - Director's Edition) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood).
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"Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times
26 March 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 10 minutes321D678. SPACE: ABOVE & BEYOND 30th ANNIVERSARY REUNION w/ KRISTEN CLOKE & GLEN MORGAN
THIS VOYAGE, DAVID A. GOODMAN (Family Guy, Star Trek: Enterprise, Futurama) moderates a 30th anniversary celebration of the beloved Fox sci-fi series, SPACE: ABOVE & BEYOND, with star KRISTEN CLOKE and co-showrunner GLEN MORGAN. Don't miss a look back the original starship troopers.
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23 March 2026, 7:04 am - 1 hour 21 minutes825. FROM BLADE RUNNER TO BATMAN: SELLING SCI-FI w/ JEFF WALKER
THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts are joined by legendary genre publicist, JEFF WALKER, as we share an elegy for Warner Bros and talk about his incredible career as a journalist, hat merchant and publicist as well as the incredible (and some not so) incredible films he promoted from OUTLAND and BLADE RUNNER to SUPERMAN IV and INSURRECTION.
The Inglorious Treksperts are: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrrunner/creator, Pandora, writer/producer The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, Star Trek: The Moton Picture - Director's Edition) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood).
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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.
For all our social channels go TrekspertsPlus on Linktree. 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
19 March 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 13 minutes824. NEVER GET OFF THE BOAT w/ WILLIAM SHANTER, JONATHAN FRAKES, NANA VISITOR, TODD STASHWICK & MORE
THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts go out to sea as DAREN DOCHTERMAN checks out the STAR TREK CRUISE and brings you some exclusive conversations from the good ship Enterprise with WILLIAM SHATNER, JONATHAN FRAKES, NANA VISITOR, ARMIN SHIMERMAN, MIKE & DENISE OKUDA, ROD RODDENBERRY, TODD STASHWICK and more. Don't miss this Trek on the high seas.
And tickets are on sale now for next year's voyage at startrekthecruise.com.
The Inglorious Treksperts are: MARK A. ALTMAN (showrrunner/creator, Pandora, writer/producer The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (associate producer, Star Trek: The Moton Picture - Director's Edition) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class; showrunner, DOTA: Dragon's Blood).
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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.
For all our social channels go TrekspertsPlus on Linktree. 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
12 March 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 2 minutes320D78. HE BROKE US: DOLPH LUNDGREN SPEAKS ( A DECK 78 PODCAST)
THIS VOYAGE, DOLPH LUNDGREN joins the Decksperts to talk about his fascinating career from MIT scholar to Bond villain in A VIEW TO A KILL to the man who broke Apollo Creed in ROCKY IV to a Master of the Universe and Arrow's Russian nemesis on ARROW. Don't miss a fascinating conversation with the legendary actor.
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