The Trek Files: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
by Roddenberry Entertainment · 361 episodes
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Your weekly deep-dive into the archives of Roddenberry Entertainment, from the personal files of Gene Roddenberry. Each week, "Dr. Trek" himself, Larry Nemecek, and his guest host will take a behind-the-scenes look at documents that haven't been viewed in decades—many being revealed publicly for the very first time!
Latest episodes
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26 min
Ernie Over: Remembering Gene Roddenberry
A request to drive a Rolls-Royce led Ernie Over into the Roddenberry household and a job that reached far beyond the driver's seat. For The Trek Files' season 15 finale, Gene Rodde…
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20 min
Star Trek's Blooper Reel Goes Overseas
Before bonus features and streaming clips, seeing Star Trek's bloopers could mean a trip to a convention, or a carefully negotiated loan from Gene Roddenberry himself. Dan Madsen r…
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24 min
From Script Pages to Action Figures: Garrett and Jellico
How much screen time does it take to leave a lasting impression? For Brian Volk-Weiss, two of Star Trek's most memorable captains made their mark in just a handful of scenes. The N…
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21 min
When Star Trek Fandom Meets the Fine Print
The Trek Files welcomes back Dan Madsen to revisit a revealing 1968 exchange between seventeen-year-old MaryLou "Mandi" Tamborello of the Nimoyan Fellowship and Gene Roddenberry's…
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27 min
Sandy Gimpel: Inside Star Trek's Salt Vampire
As Star Trek celebrates its 60th anniversary, The Trek Files welcomes a performer who was there before the beginning and then came back for the episode that introduced the series t…
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30 min
Background Check: Finding Star Trek's Forgotten Performers
Not everyone who appeared on Star Trek got a line, a screen credit, or even their name on the call sheet. Nearly sixty years later, that can turn a face clearly visible on screen i…
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26 min
The Standing Ovation That Launched Star Trek
Last week, The Trek Files followed Gene Roddenberry to the 1966 World Science Fiction Convention in Cleveland, where he hoped to convince a skeptical audience of serious science-fi…
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24 min
Three Days Before Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry at Tricon
On September 8, 1966, Star Trek made its American television debut. But just days earlier, Gene Roddenberry was in Cleveland trying to convince some science fictionfans that his ne…
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18 min
"Who Watches the Watchers": Jeffrey Morris on the Prime Directive and Star Trek's Future
Recorded live at STLV, filmmaker and author Jeffrey Morris returns to The Trek Files with a 1989 research report on the landmark Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Who Watches…
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17 min
The Doomsday Machine and a Future Askew
Norman Spinrad's original March 1967 story outline for "The Planet Eater" introduced Star Trek to an unstoppable machine roaming the galaxy, consuming planets for fuel and leaving…
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25 min
Star Trek Fans, 1976
What did Star Trek fans have to say in 1976? John Champion returns to The Trek Files for a look through Gene Roddenberry's fan correspondence. This season's selection captures a mo…
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25 min
The Day Star Trek Came to Monterey Bay
Authors John and Maria Jose Tenuto return to The Trek Files to share a seemingly ordinary filming notice distributed to guests at the Monterey Bay Aquarium during production of Sta…
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25 min
Gene Roddenberry Rewrites The Next Generation
Following last week's look at the earliest concepts for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Larry Nemecek welcomes back author and historian Ben Robinson to examine Gene Roddenberry's…
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22 min
The Next Generation Before Picard
Before Captain Picard. Before the Enterprise-D. Before Gene Roddenberry stepped back into the captain's chair of his own creation... This week on The Trek Files, Larry Nemecek is j…
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23 min
Star Trek II Retakes: The Scenes That Changed The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is regarded as one of the finest entries in the franchise, but even classics continue to evolve right up until release. This week on The Trek Files,…
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24 min
No Landing Gear Required - The Origin of Star Trek's Transporter
What if Star Trek's most iconic technology was really just a clever budget solution? This week on The Trek Files, Larry Nemecek welcomes back actor, writer, and Does It Fly? co-hos…
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32 min
Rewriting Joan Crawford
Before Star Trek or The Lieutenant Gene Roddenberry explored his role as a television creator by developing a series for one of Hollywood's biggest stars: Joan Crawford. This week,…
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31 min
Majel's Vision - Lwaxana in the 24th Century, Revisited
Earlier this season, we explored an unusual piece of Star Trek history: a proposed sitcom starring Lwaxana Troi. Now, the story takes an unexpected turn. When listeners helped iden…
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20 min
How an Official Star Trek Stage Show Nearly Reached Broadway
The story of Star Trek's officially licensed 1994 stage production continues this week on The Trek Files as actor Adrian Cohen returns to share even more memories from Star Trek: T…
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22 min
15-5 Inside the 1994 UK Star Trek Stage Show
Before there was streaming Trek or "immersive experiences," there was something almost unbelievable: an officially licensed Star Trek stage play in London in 1994. This week on The…