Open Pike Night - A Star Trek Strange New Worlds Show

John, Cam, and Jesse talk Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 3 one last time before season 4 drops!

John, Cam, and Jesse are catching up on all of Star Trek Strange New Worlds before Season 4 drops!  Enjoy this trip back to 2023 and go watch all 10 episodes of Season 2!

Join us for another fantastic conversation with Star Trek Strange New Worlds actor Martin Quinn, the first Scotsman to bring Scotty to the screen!

The OPN Crew John, Cam, and Jesse head back 4 years in time with TIME CRYSTALS to look back at where it all began.  With Season 4 of Star Trek Strange New Worlds about to drop, head back with us to enjoy the Enterprise crew in their first year!

It's a little over 2 months to the premier of Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4!

Join Cam and John on the stage as Jesse hosts us through not 1, not 2, but 3 different game shows!

Prepare your outrage now as Cam and John fumble around and miss THE EASIEST QUESTION HOW COULD YOU GUYS NOT KNOW THIS YOU HOST A PODCAST ABOUT IT!

We recommend listening in the car so you can yell at us...

Coboys!  DINOSAURS!  ...Death?  Check out the new teaser and then listen along as the OPN Hosts discuss!

It's the Gorn again for the very first time!  Hear the OPN hosts and a Strange New Worlds writer discuss the eternal battle of man vs. rubber suit

Remember those cool ships? The Planets?? The NEBULAE?! This is the guy who brought them all to you in dazzling AR Wall definition!

Alex has worked on Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Star Trek Section 31, and Star Trek Starfleet Academy

Nichole, Laurel, and Daniel from the Poly Amateur Hour podcast join John, Cam, and Jesse to discuss the first season of Starfleet Academy!  We discuss our Valedictorian picks, our grades for the season, and say Fuck the Haters!

Executive Producing Director Chris Fisher makes his Open Pike Night debut!  This guy IS Star Trek Strange New Worlds, and he know how to tell a tale!

Cam and John are please to welcome Chris Myers, who brought us the eager Nurse Gamble in season 3 of Star Trek Strange New Worlds

 We had a great time chatting with the newest member of that rare Star Trek group...people who have died and come back to life!  

Melanie Scrofano joins Cam to talk all things Captain Marie Batel, Pike, The positive power of prosthetics, and LetterkennyLetterKennyLETTERKENNY!

Dr. Trek himself, Larry Nemecek, beams down to join us for a spirited discussion of Trelane in “The Squire of Gothos!”

From lavish set design to what might be Star Trek’s very first Easter egg, to that GI Joe Playset (you know the one) we cover it all. Plus the Rhys Darby of it all. Tally-ho!

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It’s a new Trek year…and just a regular new year too!  The OPN crew and callers discuss old resolutions, new resolutions, and the Trek year ahead!

The holidays are here and Star Trek Strange New Worlds has wrapped...forever :( 

But to bring some cheer we have an interview with Props Master Emily Hyde, A Secret Santa Exchange, and fun with the OPN Hosts!

With the release of the Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 3 score, we're please to welcome Nami Melumad back to the OPN Stage!  Give it a listen...give them BOTH a listen!

We have a special guest!  Seán Ferrick of Trek Culture joins John and Jesse to discuss what we are thankful for for Trek Year 2025!

Julian Brown of Strange New Pod joins John, Jesse, and Cam to look back at season 3 of Star Trek Strange New Worlds!

It’s a Halloween variety show, Open Pike style! 🎃

First, the crew beams down to discuss Star Trek: The Original Series classic “Catspaw”—a spooky, campy delight filled with cobwebs, castles, and that darn cat. Not to mention one of the best puns in Star Trek history!

Then, Strange New Worlds writers Alan B. McElroy (“Terrarium”) and Kathryn Lyn (“What is Starfleet”) return for a Horror Trope Roundtable! We each share our favorite: Zombies, Horror Icons, Survivors, Endings, and Unsung Gems. Plus we talk The Shining trauma, loving happy ending...

Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers join the OPN crew to look back at season 3. We discuss strikes, Gorn, Comics, and ....Who?

NYCC brought us new Star Trek Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy teasers!  Enjoy our nuanced and thoughtful discussion...

Writer Onitra Johnson beams aboard for our final writer's deep dive of season 3! We discuss both her horror-centric episodes, "Shuttle to Kenfori" and "Through the Lens of Time" We discuss favorite zombie movies, the benefits of D&D, writing for new characters, and hitting that perfect about face! 

The Open Pike Night crew welcomes Cillian O’Sullivan, the Irish scene stealer behind Dr. Roger Korby in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds! Pour yourself a headless Guinness and join us as we talk plomeek soup, canine counterparts, and eyebrow games with Spock.

We also dive into fantasy Harry Potter casting, channeling Korby’s dark side, and—yes—Cillian treats us to a little strip right here on the pod. 🖖

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Once again we come to an end, or is it a new beginning?  Or is it…a shoehorn?

Enjoy our lovely conversation and a fantastic Quiz!  As always, our callers make us great, their minds to our minds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3E10, “New Life and New Civilizations.” We close out the season with the episode’s writers, Dana Horgan and Davy Perez, for a lively debrief full of cosmic curiosities and behind-the-scenes mischief.

Inside this episode:

Guests: Dana Horgan • Davy Perez
Episode: Star Trek: Stran...

Writers Dana Horgan and Kathryn Lyn beam into Strange New Words to break down Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3E4, “A Space Adventure Hour.” This belated chat was worth the wait—as chaotically joyous as a holodeck episode!

We swap stories about the show’s “sorcerer” set dressers, lose it laughing over Una’s choking gag, and dig into how the episode plays with pulp tropes while tidying up a bit of canon along the way. Plus: writing comedy that still feels like Trek, character secr...

Get ready to make friends and eat bugs, because the ORTEGAS EPISODE IS FINALLY HERE!!!

MORTEGAS!!  Melissa Navia joins the Open Pike Night crew once again to discuss the long-awaited Ortegas episode.  Find out how gross the guts were, what it was like acting against a puppet, and how truly windy the AR wall can be! 

Writer Alan B. McElroy joins us to peer through the glass of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' “Terrarium.” It's the "Mortegas" episode we've been waiting for and we let Alan know it gave us all the feels!

We discuss a number of inspirations and references, discuss Erica's chess strategy, and the culinary horror giant bugs. Plus: the joy of writing fan-fiction that just happens to be Trek canon!

A lively, craft-forward conversation packed with laughs, lore, and practical insights for anyone who loves television writing - and especially Strange New Worlds.

John, Cam, and Jesse tackle what it means to be human, to be podcasters, to be half-human/half-podcasters and just how much less sleep we need all the sudden!

Our fantastic callers lend their voices once again to discuss the latest Vulcan hi jinx on Star Trek Strange New Worlds!

Attune your pointed ears for insight and laughs from Henry Alonso Myers and Dana Horgan as they discuss the logistics of writing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' green-blooded romp, “Four-and-a-Half Vulcans”

We discuss the different types of Vulcans, how good Pelia is, the merits of walking into walls, secret character nick-names, and what goes on at 1am.

It’s a behind-the-scenes deep dive full of craft, chaos, and Trek love—ideal for fans of Strange New Worlds who want the story behind the eyebrow arch.

We turn the microphone inward this week and take a close look at what Star Trek Strange New Worlds really means to the hosts of Open Pike Night…

Meteorologist Katie Nickolaou joins us on stage to unpack and dissect the shortest episode of Season 3!

Director Sharon Lewis joins us on the debut of Prime Direction to break down her work on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 7 — “What is Starfleet.”

We talk about growing up with Star Trek, flying drones across the Enterprise, and even making M’Benga angry. Sharon shares how she brought a documentary style to Strange New Worlds, and how it shaped the acting, camera work, music, and editing of this one-of-a-kind episode.

It’s a behind-the-scenes conversation packed with insight, laughter, and Trek love—the perfect kickoff for...

We welcome writer Alan B. McElroy as he unpacks Strange New Worlds’ heartfelt episode, “What is Starfleet.” We dive into his lifelong love of Star Trek, beginning with backing away from“The Doomsday Machine” to responding to William Shatner. Alan also lets us in on the challenges (and fun) of building Trek in a documentary format—plus, where to find cameras aboard the Enterprise.

Along the way: Jesse’s heart gets broken, John reveals his Michael Myers connection, and Cameron can’t stop putting his foot in his mouth.

It’s a behind-the-scenes deep dive into one...

Giant space leviathan? Check! TOS Crew formation? Check!!  Morality tale from Star Trek?  CHECK!!!

Writers David Reed and Bill Wolkoff beam aboard to break down Strange New Worlds’ thrill ride, “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail.” We dig into Carol Kane’s wonderfully quirky process, bemoan the missing item from Pelia’s room, and unpack the twist that turned the episode from good to unforgettable. Along the way we all want a ride on Scotty’s handlebars, uncover the challenges of building a story that balances comedy and stakes, and—naturally—explore the surprisingly tricky task of picking the perfect personal massager.

It’s a behind-the-scenes deep dive full of laughs, reveals...

Are we all listening to this alone? or are we all connected in the same multidimensional fanbase? Cam, Jesse, and John try to connect across time and discuss this Lovecraftian horror from Star Trek Strange New Worlds!

Writer Davy Perez returns to Open Pike Night to break down Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 5: “Through the Lens of Time”—a Lovecraftian horror adventure that’s part Indiana Jones, part escape room, and 100% Trek.

We discuss Ensign Gamble's day out, naming evil aliens, and Pelia’s surprising dating history. Plus: our favorite lines, happy little accidents, and how absolutely merciless Davy is when it comes to the physical and emotional well-being of Starfleet officers.

It’s a deep dive through space, time, and a few very weird doorways.

Murder!  Mystery! HOLODECK!  Join John, Cam, and Jesse as we discuss the latest episode of Strange New Worlds and ask ourselves "Who is this guy in the pajamas wandering around??"