The AFA Podcast Interview: Mike McMahan

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Mike McMahan, the creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks, discussing his career and the show's future.

Welcome back to The AFA Podcast, and another interview special. This time we spoke with Mike McMahan the creator/show-runner of Star Trek: Lower Decks. The Star Trek animated comedy recently wrapped its fifth and final season, with the finale episode airing on Paramount Plus from December 19. We didn't get a lot of time with Mike but there's some good stuff there: we talk about his career, how Lower Decks came to be and the possible future of the Lower Decks crew.

People in this episode

Guest: Mike McMahan

Topics covered

• animation
• interview
• Star Trek
• comedy
• television

Keywords

• Star Trek: Lower Decks
• animated comedy
• final season
• Paramount Plus
• career

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Paramount Plus

Books & works: Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek

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