Trekzone Podcasts

It's not as boring as it sounds! And as Artemis I prepares to prove that we can return to the Moon, it's about to become even more relevant… catch up on That Time When we learnt about Space Law… The post That Time When We Learnt About Space Law appeared first on Trekzone.

Samuel Cockings beams in with a preview for his next Star Trek fan film – part of the Trek Shorts series. Get your exclusive first look on this edition of A Trekzone Conversation! The post EXCLUSIVE: Your First Look At The Next Trek Short appeared first on Trekzone.

It's a jam packed edition of the Talkin' Science headlines today… Matt's got details of Artemis' early roll out to the launch pad, new technology for Australia's Siding Springs and Hawaii's Gemini Observatories and a new understanding of super cooled ice could help the Europa Clipper mission… The post Artemis To Roll Out Early; Gravitational Wave Studies and New Equipment for Siding Springs appeared first on Trekzone.

We're all about keeping up with Fan Films Done Right here at Trekzone, and after six years of featuring them on A Trekzone Conversation it's time we dedicate a regular podcast to the very latest happenings. It's our third bite sized podcast to launch in the last eighteen months… it's Fan Film Updates. The post From The Neutral Zone To Potemkin Pictures, In The Avalon Universe and Across The Trek Shorts : Trekzone's New Podcast Kicks Off! appeared first on Trekzone.

This is The News from Trekzone. Your bite sized podcast catching you up on the latest science fiction production info. From Picard to Strange New Worlds, Andor to Stargate and The 56 Year Mission Tour … it's all here in this edition… The post Updates on all the Star Franchises… appeared first on Trekzone.

As we round out a sombre week here at Trekzone, lets flash back to That Time When Larry Nemecek beamed in to reflect on the passing of D.C. Fontana in December 2019. The post That Time When We Reflected On The Loss of D.C. Fontana appeared first on Trekzone.

It was the mid 2000's. Enterprise had just teased us with the Romulan War building before UPN pulled the plug. Cue fans like Lee Gartrell to make their own Star Trek… and he picked up the torch to explore those dark times following the founding of the Federation… The post Remembering The Romulan Wars with Lee Gartrell appeared first on Trekzone.

Space X's Dragon Crew Trunk Drops Into a Sheep Farm in Southern New South Wales. Look Up and Live. The chance of a casualty event from falling rocket debris is now at ten per cent over the next decade… and Russia heads for the airlock. Roscosmos announces they're leaving the International Space Station… ending two […] The post Space Junk; Rocket Debris and Goodbye Russia appeared first on Trekzone.

Nichelle Nichols, Bernard Cribbins, David Warner and Paul Sorvino have died in the past week. Plus Shatner's feud with new Trek, Terry Matalas teases Picard season three, Frakes wants in on one of the new series and will we see DS9 characters again soon? The post The SciFi Community Loses Four Great Members appeared first on Trekzone.

Welcome back to That Time When… the podcast where we take you back through the Trekzone archive and bring you episodes you might've missed. On this edition, catch up on our chats with Deborah Ann Woll annd Amy Acker. The post That Time When We Got A Double Treat At Supanova Brisbane appeared first on Trekzone.

Project Runabout has launched from Dreadnought Dominion. Co-creators Randy Wrenn and Gary Davis beam in to chat about this exciting spin off to their Star Trek Fan Film. The post Exploring Project Runabout With Gary Davis and Randy Wrenn appeared first on Trekzone.

We've got a trio of launch stories headlining this week's Talkin' Sciennce. Plus details about Chinan's latest space junk addition and some pretty cool research projects back here on Earth. The post Artemis, Southern Launch and SpIRIT Are All Ready For Launch Over The Next 9 Months appeared first on Trekzone.

San Diego Comic Con is the place for pop culture fans to get together and share their passion. It's also a launch pad for many franchises to promote their upcoming lineups… for the first time in two years, SDCC was held in person and we've got your full wrap. The post Comic Con Special : The News From The Weekend appeared first on Trekzone.

Larry Nemecek – Doctor Trek – is here to dive into the ten episode masterpiece that is Anson Mount's hair styling… or Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. However you look at it, we're thrilled to be chatting about the first season of the fifth Star Trek series in as many years… The post Wrapping Up Strange New Worlds With Dr Trek! appeared first on Trekzone.

Strap in folks, we have our first full colour image from the James Webb Space Telescope and she's a beauty. Plus we dive into Equatorial Launch's two launches from the past week and more on this edition of the Talkin' Science headlines. The post Our First Look Through The James Webb Space Telescope appeared first on Trekzone.

Trekzone's 19th birthday. Strange New Worlds and Kenobi wrap their seasons, SNW & Lower Decks nominations at The Hollywood Critics Awards, a new clip for Lower Decks season three, San Diego Comic Con is back and what we're watching in the Trekzone office… On this edition of The News… The post Strange New Worlds; Kenobi Wrap Their Seasons; Star Trek is Back at San Diego Comic Con : The News appeared first on Trekzone.

We're expanding our Fan Films Done Right offering here at Trekzone following our hugely successful Fan Film Awards – live and free last month. Meet Billy Swanson. He's helming the latest fan film to hit the scene… Starship Caliborn. The post Meet Starship Caliborn : Captain & EP Billy Swanson Beams In appeared first on Trekzone.

It's week 26 of 2022, this is Talkin' Science … Scrubbed by weather, Equatorial Launch's next sounding rocket lift off on hold as unseasonal weather takes hold in Arnhem Land – but we look back at the historic first flight from and look ahead to the next two. The Chinese rocket booster that crashed into […] The post Aussie Rocket Launch; Chinese Booster Found and Cygnus Raises The Space Station : Talkin' Science appeared first on Trekzone.

Just a few months on from his smash hit The Next Generation Animated – Justin T. Lee is back with another hit on his hands – Voyager gets the Filmation treatment… and Justin's here to dive into it… The post Voyager Gets Animated: Justin T. Lee Beams In To Discuss His Next Smash Hit appeared first on Trekzone.

In December the samples captured by the Japanese Hayabusa-2 mission landed back to Earth. Now, the secrets locked away inside reveal tantalising clues about the early solar system. Dr Jonti Horner beams in to explain… The post Asteroid Ryugu Sample Reveals Clues To The Early Solar System appeared first on Trekzone.

It's week 22 of twenty twenty two, this is Talkin' Science … catching you up on the months biggest stories with Dr Brad Tucker. Boeing lands safely, completing the final – delayed – testing of Starliner. Solar power generated in space is gaining momentum to light the way forward on Earth… and five of the […] The post Starliner Completes Tests; An Orbital Solar Power Station? And A Delightful Planetary Alignment appeared first on Trekzone.

Henry Gibbens was part of the team that brought Yorktown to life, after decades of the live action 8mm film sitting stored on a shelf and while the Herculean editing efforts of John Atkin aren't to be ignored, the visual effects team pulled off an incredible stylistic challenge… The post Decades in the Making : The VFX of Yorktown: A Time to Heal appeared first on Trekzone.

Hold on everyone, we are just days away from revealing the winner of the coveted award for Fan Film of the Year. One more prize to give out before then though, that of Best Actor… And the last award to dive into before our live and free gala event – The Fan Film of the […] The post Counting Down to The 2022 Trekzone Fan Film Awards : Best Actor & Film of the Year appeared first on Trekzone.

The incredibly talented folks who put together these fan films that we're honouring on this live stream, and the dozens more out there that just missed the cut are what this next award is all about. It's the best executive producer or producer – the ones whose passion drive the success you've seen on display […] The post Counting Down to The 2022 Trekzone Fan Film Awards : Best EP & Director appeared first on Trekzone.

Music is the critical link in making us feel a story and ensure that we don't miss any of the cues the characters are trying to lay down for us. As such, it's only fitting that we recognise those who put together the scores for the fan films of the past twelve months. Plus, in […] The post Counting Down to The 2022 Trekzone Fan Film Awards : Best Music & Supporting Actor appeared first on Trekzone.

As a general rule of thumb, every good Star Trek story has to be set on – or near – a starship. The hero ships of the ages include the Enterprise, the Defiant, Voyager and of course Discovery… In the fan film world, where CGI budgets are very limited, we often don't get to see […] The post Counting Down to The 2022 Trekzone Fan Film Awards : Best Hero Ship & VFX appeared first on Trekzone.

Editing is the critical next step in any production following the writing and filming. And Star Trek fan films have no shortage of fans giving it a red hot crack at telling the stories they're friends and colleagues have crafted. Through the golden age of Star Trek fan films a decade ago, several fans obtained […] The post Counting Down to The 2022 Trekzone Fan Film Awards : Best Editor(s) & Fan Film Studio appeared first on Trekzone.

We've waited 37 months … but finally we are just a handful (and a bit) days away from the return of the smash SciFi hit The Orville for her third season. Co-Producer Tom Costantino beams in once again to chat with Matt. The post In 2 Weeks… The Orville: New Horizons appeared first on Trekzone.

With 3 weeks to go until the live and free gala event of The 2022 Trekzone Fan Film Awards, we're devoting Monday's to finding out a little more about the nominees in each of our fourteen categories. On this episode lets look at Best Collaboration and the Best Re-imagined Characters from the past twelve months […] The post Dive Into Best Collaboration and Best Re-Imagined Character : The Trekzone Fan Film Awards appeared first on Trekzone.

We're an incredibly lucky bunch of Star Trek fans right now, with five series in production. We've just been witness to the second season of Picard, and the very beginning of Strange New Worlds. Larry Nemecek – Doctor Trek himself – is beaming in to dive into all that and more on this Trekzone Conversation. […] The post Strange New Worlds Bursts Out of the Barn as Picard Wraps it's Second Season appeared first on Trekzone.

We're deep into preparations for The 2022 Trekzone Fan Film Awards, which will be held live and free on our YouTube channel June 8 from 2.30pm AEST. Join us on this edition of the show as we dive into the nominees for Best Space Villain and Best Gag Reel. The post Diving Into The Nominees For Best Space Villain and Best Gag Reel appeared first on Trekzone.

Here are the fifty seven nominees across fifteen categories that make up The 2022 Trekzone Fan Film Awards. No entry fees, no cheap prizes – just a good ol' fashioned live awards show coming up… for now, catch the nominees. The post And the Nominees Are… : The 2022 Trekzone Fan Film Awards appeared first on Trekzone.

It's been an smash hit since it was released a few weeks ago, now the creator of The Next Generation: The Animated Series beams in to Trekzone to explain all about the creative process and his love for Star Trek! The post Creator Justin T Lee Explains How The Next Generation Got Animated appeared first on Trekzone.

As we gear up to mark 2, 000 days since Alec Peters settled his lawsuit with then CBS and Paramount, we're looking at the continued missteps made towards getting the infamous fan film released sometime this year, apparently. Mike Bawden, one time PR man for Alec and Axanar, beams in for a rare podcast interview […] The post One Time Axanar PR Man Mike Bawden appeared first on Trekzone.

Robb Pearlman and Justin Hoffman beam in to plug their forthcoming book – The Star Trek Book of Friendship. From Kirk and Spock, Janeway and Seven, Wesley and Data – Robb and Justin sit down and chat about the enduring power of friendship in this special book, coming on May 10… The post Diving Into The Star Trek Book of Friendship appeared first on Trekzone.

Aaron Vanderkley joins us live to introduce his next Star Trek fan film, ahead of announcing film three… An isolationist planet declares a humanitarian crisis as a virus ravages through its population. Starfleet steps in to help find a cure and instead uncovers a larger conspiracy more deadly than the virus itself. The post Trekzone's Exclusive Live Premiere of Outbreak – A Star Trek Fan Film appeared first on Trekzone.

With his own One Small Step and Intrepid's Pursuit of a Dream in which he directed and co-wrote released this month – it's time to check in with Sam Cockings on the latest Star Trek fan film news… The post Catching Up With Sam Cockings appeared first on Trekzone.

We're live with Axamonitor's Carlos Pedraza to break down the news this morning that Alec's lawyer – Mike Mehrman – has quit citing a conflict of interest… The post Alec's Lawyer Quits – The Latest on the Axanar Legal Battle appeared first on Trekzone.

We're live with a complete reading of the 110 page emergency motion for expedited discovery just filed in the Superior Court of Forsyth County as Plaintiffs Alec Peters and Axanar Productions Inc sue Paul Jenkins and Meta Studios LLC. The post An Emergency Motion for Expedited Discovery – The Latest on the Axanar Legal Battle appeared first on Trekzone.

It's week thirteen of twenty twenty two, this is Talkin' Science. Gilmour Space awarded a fifty two million dollar grant to boost space manufacturing. New evidence suggesting research stations are big polluters. And cracking the solar wind secret – just how does the sun get hotter the further away you get? The post Cracking Space Wind; Funding Boost for Gilmour Space And Big Carbon Footprints Identified appeared first on Trekzone.

As Australia emerges from the Covid slumber of the past 24 months, Supanova got back into full swing in their first Melbourne outing in that long. A packed house ventured into the Melbourne Showgrounds across the March weekend in 2022. Our crew was in the main exhibition hall where Georgina Haig gave us some time […] The post From Fringe, Once Upon A Time and Snowpiercer It's Georgina Haig appeared first on Trekzone.

It's week twelve of twenty twenty two, this is Talkin' Science. A collaboration between Western Sydney university and the US Air Force sees world-first camera tech yield results on the Space Station.. An Artificial Intelligence proof of concept in the Western Australian desert for meteorite hunting. And stratospheric changes identified following the black summer bushfires… The post AI Driven Meteorite Hunting; Stratospheric Changes and Engineers Unite! Trekzone's Talkin' Science appeared first on Trekzone.

He's the prolific Aussie actor with starring roles in The Lord of the Rings, Fringe, Sleepy Hollow and now Star Trek: Prodigy. Hear from John Noble on this Trekzone Conversation! We begin Supanova week here on Trekzone… The post The Diviner Speaks : John Noble at Supanova in Melbourne appeared first on Trekzone.

Sanctions on Russia cast doubt over several multi national space projects, including a direct threat against the Space Station. The US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand and the United Kingdom sign up to a new space defense pact. And at home, the federal government has committed tens of millions of dollars to building three […] The post Sanctions on Russia Threaten Space Projects; Seven Nations One Space Pact; $65m for Aussie Space Ports appeared first on Trekzone.

In 2019, as we started ramping up podcast output we started embracing other science fiction series – and were extremely thrilled to welcome one of the creatives behind Seth MacFarlane's The Orville to the show… The post That Time When We Met Tom Costantino appeared first on Trekzone.

In 2019 both Gary O'Brien and Nick Cook had updates to share about their respective #StarTrek #FanFilm projects… relive those details now on this edition of That Time When… The post That Time When We Got A Double Treat from the UK appeared first on Trekzone.

It's 2022's seventh week, this is Talkin' Science… Southern Launch firm their partnership with a German rocket maker for launches at Whaler's Way. SpaceX announces the Polaris Program to forge new pathways for crewed spaceflight, and Starship's ultimate goal and researchers at RMIT have discovered a new way to detect plastic on remote beaches in […] The post James Webb's Selfie; Southern Launch Gets A Rocket Maker and Saving the Oceans appeared first on Trekzone.

Flashing back to 2019 when we caught up with Professor Tamara Davis as exciting new discoveries were being made about gravitational waves… The post That Time When We Caught Up On Gravitational Waves appeared first on Trekzone.

As NASA announces it'll crash land the space station in eight years, astronomers reveal their discovery of a trojan asteroid orbiting in a Lagrange Point and for the first time more astronomers have discovered a lonely black hole… The post The Twilight Years of the Space Station Are Here… appeared first on Trekzone.

Radek Bělina beams in to Trekzone to give us the low down of the Star Trek Fan Films he and a group of friends have been producing since 2015… The post Fan Filming in the Czech Republic appeared first on Trekzone.

Back to 2019 we investigated the Star Trek Rumour Mill, and whether those other YouTubers who peddle in rumour and suggestion are worthy of being on the air… Catch up on our two part Rumour Mill deep dive, with Midnight's Edge and Ketwolski now. The post That Time When We Investigated The Star Trek Rumour Mill appeared first on Trekzone.