THIS IS A RECAP OF ROD RODDENBERRY'S LIVE APPEARANCE ON OCTOBER 4, 2023 (which is exclusively available to our Patreon & YouTube Members). It's season 2, episode 35. Rod Roddenberry, son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and his awesome dog Nuke came and had a live conversation with Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark about life, hope, and Trek. …

It's season 2, episode 34. Living legend, Production Designer Herman Zimmerman sits to chat with Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark about life, career, and Trek. A reminder: As of the release of this episode the SAGAFTRA Strike is in full swing - while our show is not effected by the strike, for a myriad of reasons - we stand in solidarity with the o…

It's season 2, episode 33. Legendary designers Michael & Denise Okuda chat with Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark about life, career, and Trek.OUR LINKS!: https://bio.site/shuttlepodshowThe full, complete, ad-free version of this conversation is available toour amazing Patreon Members.If you enjoy this show, please like and subscribe! It's so import…

It's season 2, episode 32. Legendary producer, Godmother of Star Trek, herder of cats (actors)- Merri D Howard talks with Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark about life, career, ST actors going the hospital, and so much more. A reminder: As of the release of this episode the WGA & SAGAFTRA Strike is in full swing - while our show is not effected by th…

It's season 2, episode 31. Art director, builder of the Enterprise D bridge and designer of our new set - Liz Kloczkowski takes a seat in the golden throne to shoot the breeze with Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark. A reminder: As of the release of this episode the WGA & SAGAFTRA Strike is in full swing - while our show is not effected by the strike…

It's season 2, episode 30. Longtime script coordinator, Trek insider, and all around awesome lady - Lolita Fatjo, sits with Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark. A reminder: As of the release of this episode the WGA & SAGAFTRA Strike is in full swing - while our show is not effected by the strike, for a myriad of reasons - we stand in solidarity with t…

It's season 2, episode 29. Perpetual ensign and co-host of The Delta Flyers, Garrett Wang joins us today! Dominic, Connor, and Mark are ALSO joined by the talented Bonnie Gordon, who sits in for our Erica LaRose in this awesome conversation with "The G-Man." A reminder: As of the release of this episode the WGA & SAGAFTRA Strike is in full swing - …

Season 2, episode 28 is here. Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark have an awesome conversation with 7 time Emmy Award winning visual effects (and knife fighting) master DAN CURRY. Dan is so great, he brought a specific Klingon’s Bat’leth… and other weapons… and an amazing perspective on life and work and the pursuit of wisdom… and the lethality of pap…

Season 2, episode 27 is here. Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark have an awesome conversation with the brilliant showrunner, writer, director - Terry Matalas. Terry worked on Enterprise, Voyager, Picard and beloved sci-fi cult classic 12 Monkeys. We discuss Matalas' rise through the industry from production assistant to fan-favorite "savior of Trek" …

Season 2, episode 26 is here and we have our first Real, not-pretend, honest-to-goodness doctor! Star Trek science consultant, Star Trek fan, proper scientist, professor, real life doctor, writer, and scourge of fruit flies everywhere - Dr. Mohamed Noor is our guest! Dr. Noor talks about life, career, Star Trek, and biology. How Star Trek gets scie…

Season 2, episode 25 is here and we have our first #1 on the call sheet! Col. John Sheppard, charismatic hero of Stargate Atlantis is here! Connor, Erica, and Mark have an awesome conversation with Stargate legend, and all around great guy, Joe Flanigan. Dominic Keating is off this week - he is still driving across this great country in a car and i…

Season 2, episode 24 is here and THE TRIAL NEVER ENDS! We have a God in our midst! Connor, Erica, and Mark have an awesome conversation with Star Trek's Iconic, Godlike Judge & Jury - "Q" - John de Lancie. Dominic Keating is off this week - he is driving across this great country in a car. Something everyone should do - travel safe Dom! (We actuall…

Season 2, episode 23 is here. Look! We have our own EMH! Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark have an awesome conversation with Star Trek Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram, the great Robert Picardo! Robert talks about life, career, Star Trek, and resting-bitch-face. It's a hoot! We get some fan questions in, play a round of Star Trek Trivia, and we …

Season 2, episode 22 is here. Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark have an awesome conversation with lifelong Trekker, David Blue- "Math Boy" Eli Wallace of Stargate Universe. David is a Nerd God. He loves Star Trek. He was the star of Stargate Universe. He plays games. Loves his craft. Loves his rescue dog. Is basically our spirit animal. Our beloved …

Season 2, episode 21 is here. Dominic, Connor, and Mark have an amazing conversation with LeVar Burton - Commodore Geordi La Forge of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard. This man is a national treasure... Army brat and son of a Teacher. The church. Acting. Directing. Roots. Reading Rainbow. Star Trek. Fatherhood. Living a life of …

Season 2, episode 20 is here. Dominic, Connor, and Mark have an awesome conversation with everyone's favorite holographic crooner, James Darren - Vic Fontaine of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This absolute legend has lived a life... South Philly, over 60 years of marriage, signing a studio deal. Touring. Acting. Being close friends & colleagues with …

Season 2, episode 19 is here. Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark have an awesome conversation with living legend - Jonathan Frakes - Commander/Captain William Riker. Thunderbirds. The Star Trek Enterprise Finale. Picard Season 3. Directing. Acting. PANCAN. Picard Season 1. Star Trek The Next Generation. Captain America. This one could have gone on al…

Season 2, episode 18 is here. Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark have an awesome conversation with everyone's favorite dipshit from Chicago, Todd Stashwick - Captain Shaw from Star Trek Picard Season 3. We discuss Stashwick's actual Chicago origins, his aspirations to pursue a career as an artist, how wanting to be Bill Murray lead him to comedy and …

Season 2, episode 17 is here. Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark have an awesome conversation with rockstar Showrunner, Executive Producer, and Writer for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Ira Steven Behr. We discuss Behr's childhood in the Bronx, his childhood dream to be a horse, pursuing a career as an actor, this thoughts on mentors, running off to de…

Season 2, episode 16 is here. Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark have a nerdier than typical conversation with the Computer from Star Trek Prodigy: Bonnie Gordon. We discuss Bonnie's music, her entry into the world of Star Trek, running off to Disney School and she even impresses us all with a wonderful talent: turning anybody into a jingle on the fl…

Season 2, episode 15 is here. Dominic, Connor, Erica, and Mark have a wonderful conversation with 5 time Emmy Award Winning visual effects maestro Ronald B Moore, VFX steward of Star Trek TNG, TNG films, VOY, and ENT (not to mention Ghostbusters and more). We discuss Ronald's entry into VFX, breaking into "the business" and long hours. How he helpe…

#Tripisnotdead #FloridaManGoesToSpace Season 2, episode 14 is here. Dominic, Erica, and Mark have a wonderful conversation with Starfeet's first chief engineer and host of our show, Connor Trinneer, best known to us as Charles "Trip" Tucker III. We discuss Connor's childhood in Washington, traveling the country for a year in a VW bus with the fam, …

The Doctor is in! That's right - Season 2, episode 13 is here. Connor, Dominic, and Erica have a wonderful conversation with Star Trek royalty, Gates McFadden, best known to us as Dr. Crusher. We discuss Gates' childhood in Ohio, running off to France for school, finding her way back to the US, her first first name and more. How booking Star Trek g…

Glory to you... and your HOUSE! That's right - Season 2, episode 12 is here. Connor, Dominic, and Erica have a wonderful conversation with Robert O'Reilly, best known to us as Gowron, smote Chancellor of the Klingon Empire. We discuss Robert's New York City childhood, his Irish family, his failures with carpentry, and how being bad with wood led hi…

Season 2, episode 11. Connor, Dominic, and Erica talk with legendary Academy Award and nine-time Emmy Award winning Star Trek Makeup Artist, Michael Westmore. Best known to us for his makeup on TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT and all of the TNG movies. This is one of those episodes where while we were recording, we kept finding ourselves with our jaws on the fl…

Season 2, episode 10. Connor, Dominic, and Erica talk with the awesome Armin Shimerman, known for playing everyone's favorite Proprietor, Quark in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. We discuss Armin's upbringing, how he became and actor, his time on Broadway, and the luck that seems to have always shown its favor to him. Balconies. Buffy. Writing the Ally…

Season 2, episode 9. Connor, Dominic, and Erica talk with the amazing Tim Russ, known for playing ever logical Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. We discuss Tim's upbringing, how he became and actor, his and Dom's familiarity with the Hollywood YMCA, and the shared belief that it was the championing from one Mr. Rick Berman that changed Tim, Dom, and Con…

Season 2, episode 8 is here. Dominic is back! He, Connor, and Erica talk with the legendary Michael Dorn, known for playing the original Prune Juice Warrior, WORF on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, TNG movies and more. This is a special episode because we are releasing a much longer version of the conversation so that ev…

Season 2, episode 7 is here. Our guy Dominic is still home, getting better. Connor, Mark, and Erica talk with the iconic Denise Crosby, known for playing Tasha Yar in Star Trek: The Next Generation. We learn about Denise's childhood, her hippy VW Bus accident in Mexico. How she was blah on modeling (but loved Europe), why she posed for Playboy, and…

Season 2, episode 6 is here. Our guy Dominic is still home, recuperating. Connor, Mark, and Erica talk with the amazing Nana Visitor, known to the world for her portrayal of Kira Nerys in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. We learn about Nana's childhood, a daughter of a "very theatrical family" in NYC. How she skipped out on Princeton to dance as a choru…

Happy New Year! Season 2, episode 5 is here. Our guy Dominic is still home taking it easy, recuperating. As such, Connor, Mark, and Erica talk some surprisingly insider baseball with the incredible journeyman actor Gregg Henry, known to the world for his roles in huge movies like Guardians of the Galaxy, Slither, Payback, etc., and for being in nea…

It's the fourth episode of our second season. Host Dominic Keating is home healing from injury. As such, Connor and Erica are joined by guest host, Producer Mark, to shoot the breeze with an actor we all watched grow up on Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Cirroc Lofton, beloved for his roll as Jake Sisko, son of Captain Sisko. "The kid from DS9" is all g…

It's the third episode of our second season. Connor, Dominic, and Erica vibe some real life friends chat with Star Trek Deep Space Nine's second Old Man (Ezri Dax) Nicole de Boer. A lot of chill and giggle going on. They discuss Nicole's life, her handsome liar father,, her mother and her Star Trek loving, all around great guy Step Dad. To acting s…

Join us as we sift through the lies with a real fake spy! It's the second episode of our second season. Connor and Dominic talk some deep shop with Star Trek Deep Space Nine legend Andrew Robinson about his fan favorite role of the simple Cardassion tailor (spy), Garak. A lot of actor good feels here. They discuss Andrew's life, his father a victim…

SEASON 2 IS HERE! Connor and Dominic go old school with legendary Star Trek Original Series icon Walter Koenig. After giggling about their summer breaks, they learn about Walter's journey, how the more things change for actors, the more they stay the same. Gain new insights into Star Trek's early struggles to be taken seriously by Network and Studi…

Technically Part 4 in our Dominic Keating biography, but now we move into his Star Trek Enterprise days. And that's a whole new story, needing its own chapter and title. From his Voyager audition to the final episode, we hope you enjoy the final installment of this series of interviews. Over to you, Lieutenant. ** For uncut and extended episodes, b…

We wrap up Dominic's journey to America before landing on Star Trek: Enterprise. Enjoy the third installment of the heart-to-heart with Dominic Keating and learn about living on a Hollywood ranch and getting those first big gigs. ** For uncut and extended episodes, bonus content, and a lot more, visit our Patreon Channel at https://www.patreon.com/…

Our interview with writer/producer Brannon Braga continues with some fascinating insights, teases on where Enterprise could go and potential future guests. Enjoy Part 2 of this incredible opportunity to hear from Our Man Brannon. ** For uncut and extended episodes, bonus content, and a lot more, visit our Patreon Channel at https://www.patreon.com/…

Now that we've had one half of the creators into the Shuttlepod, it's time Connor and Dominic interview the other half. Writer and producer Brannon Braga joins the crew for an in-depth discussion of how he got into writing for Star Trek and the possibilities of what Enterprise might have been. Sit back and enjoy Part 1 of this rare two-part intervi…

We continue with Part 2 of our interview with showrunner and co-producer of Enterprise and other Star Trek series and films. Quite the rarity and an honor! He sits with Connor and Dominic to talk about writing his memoir, casting, the opening song and more fan questions. Enjoy, with or without bourbon. :) For uncut and extended episodes, bonus cont…

We continue with the early years of Dominic and his life before Star Trek: Enterprise. From his London days to Desmond's, Vidal Sassoon and making it to Los Angeles, eventually. Enjoy more of the insightful introspective bio of the man who became Lieutenant Malcolm Reed. For uncut and extended episodes, bonus content, and a lot more, visit our Patr…

Are you ready?! Somehow, Dominic and Connor convinced the father of Enterprise to sit down and talk Star Trek. They were invited to his home for a very insightful and introspective discussion. They talk about meeting THE man, lunch in the commissary, eye rolls and Upper Volta. There was so much material, we had to split it into two episodes. We hop…

Join us as we put Dominic in the hot seat for a deep dive into the many fascinating stories of his early life, before Star Trek. Some joyful, some hilarious, some heartbreaking, and some he’s never spoken of publicly before now! You’re not going to want to miss this one... If you enjoy this show, please like and subscribe! It's so important and app…

Star Trek friends forever! Ensign Travis Mayweather, known to all as Anthony Montgomery, joins Connor and Dominic this week in the Shuttlepod. They talk about auditions, biographies, faith and learning not to listen to British kids. They answer your fan questions and enjoy a little hip hop live from Anthony himself. If you enjoy this show, please l…

And... action! Connor and Dominic welcome the honorable David Livingston, director of countless Star Trek episodes, including the namesake "Shuttlepod One." They talk about the Hollywood Food Coalition, chopping up sets, shooting on film, and what went right (and wrong) on Enterprise. Of course, they answer fan questions and Trek Trivia comes down …

Connor and Dominic welcome Julianne Christie, who played Ah'len in Enterprise, to the Shuttlepod. They sip a little bourbon and talk about pregnancy, Vancouver, seeing each other for the first time, and acting with big name stars (not named Dominic and Connor). They also answer fan questions, play Trek Trivia and admire the fan-submitted artwork. I…

The guys share some bourbon with baddie-Suliban Silik; John Fleck. They answer fan questions, play Trek Trivia and discuss acting, performance art, peeing on cue, and what a heart to heart with dad can be like (and what it inspired). John looks like a teenager, keeps his shirt on and we even get into John's run on the Supreme Court. Warning! The mo…

The guys talk with Jeffrey Combs about his band, getting dropped by agents, acting school. They answer fan questions, play the second straight week of a solid Trek Trivia game and producer Erica starts a new segment where we learn how to make a Trek themed cocktail, this week: the Shuttlepod One. Also, we are not joking when we say this is the long…

The guys talk with Vaughn about his band, Vietnam, nudity on stage or in front of the camera. They answer fan questions, play a solid Trek Trivia game, laugh about being on set, makeup, and get into the whiskey. Also, we get a special treat at the end: Vaughn busts out the harmonica. It's rad, brah. Please follow and share and check us out on Insta…

The guys talk with Gary about his band, The Sons of Kirk and listen to a couple tracks. They answer fan questions, play a much improved Trek Trivia game, laugh about being on set, bloopers, and get into Gary's sorting out of how to play a Vulcan. Also, they play an impromptu game of desert island: last meal, last dessert, and only music on for the …