Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast
by Michael L. Wong
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Episode 200: How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration
Jun 21, 2026
Unknown duration
Episode 199: Cosplay for Science
May 10, 2026
52m 22s
Episode 198: Many Ways to Know About Life in the Universe
Apr 28, 2026
1h 10m 41s
Episode 197: The End of Everything
Apr 19, 2026
45m 50s
Episode 196: The Antifascist Star Trek Watch List
Mar 8, 2026
54m 38s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/21/26 |  Episode 200: How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration | On episode 200 of Strange New Worlds, Mike Wong reads "How to Chart a Moral Future for Space Exploration," an article he published last year in the journal Nature with Chelsea Haramia, Emilie Lafleche, and Julia DeMarines. Read the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02070-3 | — | ||||||
| 5/10/26 | Episode 199: Cosplay for Science✨ | cosplayscience education+3 | Gabriel Santos | Cosplay for ScienceStar Trek: Voyager | — | cosplayscience communication+3 | — | 52m 22s | |
| 4/28/26 | Episode 198: Many Ways to Know About Life in the Universe✨ | astrobiologyscientific thought+3 | Kayla SmithProf. Patrick Anderson | Epistemic Pluralism & Astrobiology | — | astrobiologyscientific diversity+3 | — | 1h 10m 41s | |
| 4/19/26 | Episode 197: The End of Everything✨ | universecosmology+4 | Dr. Katie Mack | Simon & SchusterThe End of Everything+1 | — | universe endbig crunch+5 | — | 45m 50s | |
| 3/8/26 | Episode 196: The Antifascist Star Trek Watch List✨ | Star Trekantifascism+3 | Joe PraskaNicole Praska | Deep Space Love15 Episodes for Your Antifascist Star Trek Watch List | — | Star Trekantifascism+5 | — | 54m 38s | |
| 1/28/26 | Episode 195: Time's Second Arrow✨ | evolutionuniverse+3 | Dr. Bob Hazen | Carnegie ScienceTime's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature | — | evolutionuniverse+3 | — | 49m 01s | |
| 1/23/26 | Episode 194: The Giant Leap✨ | spacefaring civilizationastrobiology+3 | Dr. Caleb Scharf | NASA AmesCarnegie Science+1 | — | spacefaring civilizationastrobiology+3 | — | 1h 08m 04s | |
| 1/18/26 | Episode 193: The Linguistics of "Darmok"✨ | linguisticsmetaphor+3 | Dr. Kristina Šekrst | BlueskyDarmok | — | linguisticsmetaphor+5 | — | 52m 13s | |
| 11/17/25 | Episode 192: Whispers of Life in Ancient Rocks✨ | machine learningancient rocks+3 | Dr. Anirudh Prabhu | PNASOrganic geochemical evidence for life in Archean rocks identified by pyrolysis–GC–MS and supervised machine learning | — | machine learningancient life+3 | — | 30m 26s | |
| 11/8/25 | Episode 191: Mike on Sean Carroll's Mindscape✨ | astrobiologyorigins of life+3 | Sean Carroll | Mindscape PodcastPNAS+4 | — | astrobiologyorigins of life+3 | — | 1h 16m 44s | |
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| 10/25/25 | Episode 190: Relating to Nature in Space and on Earth✨ | human space explorationsustainable futures+1 | Prof. Jason Kaufman | An Interplanetary Land EthicArtemis and an environmentally sustainable future beyond earth+2 | — | space explorationsustainability+4 | — | 52m 40s | |
| 10/19/25 | Episode 189: Bob Picardo Wants to Save NASA Science | Guest: Bob Picardo Legendary Star Trek actor Bob Picardo beams aboard to talk about his decades-long work with The Planetary Society and his involvement in this October's Day of Action, where over 200 space advocates gathered in D.C. to speak to members of Congress about the importance of funding NASA science. Learn more about The Planetary Society: https://www.planetary.org/ Read about October's Day of Action: https://www.planetary.org/articles/second-2025-day-of-action-retrospective Watch Caltech's "Boldly Go!" musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdtBArmWHdY Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Bob: https://bsky.app/profile/robertpicardo.bsky.social The Planetary Society: https://bsky.app/profile/planetarysociety.bsky.social | — | ||||||
| 10/4/25 | Episode 188: What Searching for Aliens Reveals About Ourselves | Mike reads his Noema Magazine essay "What Searching For Aliens Reveals About Ourselves." Read the essay: https://www.noemamag.com/what-searching-for-aliens-reveals-about-ourselves/ Watch Mike's Royal Astronomical Society of Canada talk that inspired the essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bewJxOCdM5I | — | ||||||
| 9/27/25 | Episode 187: Love in a Jefferies Tube | Mike beams aboard Deep Space Love—a podcast that explores love, in all its forms, throughout the final frontier—to discuss the relationship between D'Vanna Tendi and Samanthan Rutherford on Star Trek: Lower Decks. Check out more Deep Space Love: https://www.podpage.com/deep-space-love/ Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Deep Space Love: https://bsky.app/profile/dslovepod.bsky.social | — | ||||||
| 8/5/25 |  Episode 186: The Habitable Worlds Observatory | Guest: Emilie Lafleche Astrobiologist Emilie Lafleche beams aboard to introduce us to the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a next-generation space-based telescope that will be designed specifically to seek out new life in the cosmos. Then, she and Mike discuss two collaborations at the intersection of science and society: principles of astrobioethics and the PortAL Linking Artists and Scientists (PALLAS). Learn more about the Habitable Worlds Observatory: https://habitableworldsobservatory.org/home Emilie & Mike's paper "How to chart a moral future for space exploration": https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02070-3 Join the PALLAS mailing list: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScocUP4sZ9S4CF3BUnC85Tm2QPKLe39qE6cN5hFp5q7kep0rg/viewform | — | ||||||
| 7/23/25 | Episode 185: An Astrobiology Op-Ed | Guest: Dr. Shi En Kim Science journalist Dr. Shi En Kim joins Mike to unpack his op-ed about how impending cuts to federal science funding will impact astrobiology—the search for life in the universe. "Federal Budget Cuts Would Sabotage NASA’s Plans to Find Alien Life" by Mike Wong: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-budget-cuts-would-sabotage-nasas-plans-to-find-alien-life/ Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Kim: https://bsky.app/profile/goesbykim.bsky.social | — | ||||||
| 6/28/25 | Episode 184: Hope in the Face of Grief | Guest: Dr. Una McCormack New York Times bestselling Star Trek author Dr. Una McCormack beams aboard to discuss the development of and themes within her latest Trek novel, "Strange New Worlds: Asylum." "Asylum" by Una McCormack: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Star-Trek-Strange-New-Worlds-Asylum/Una-McCormack/Star-Trek-Strange-New-Worlds/9781668051368 Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Una: https://bsky.app/profile/unamccormack.bsky.social | — | ||||||
| 5/12/25 | Episode 183: Alien Earths | Guest: Prof. Lisa Kaltenegger Professor Lisa Kaltenegger, Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, beams aboard to talk about her book, Alien Earths, the search for life in the cosmos, what exoplanets teach us about our home world, and her love for Star Trek. Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos, by Lisa Kaltenegger: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250283641/alienearths/ | — | ||||||
| 5/5/25 | Episode 182: A Rocket Scientist Goes to Washington | Guest: Thomas White Mike speaks to propulsion engineer Thomas White about their experience participating in The Planetary Society's 2025 Day of Action, where they met with six Congressional offices to lobby in support of space science at a critical time. Inspired to take action? Visit The Planetary Society's Action Center: https://www.planetary.org/action-center Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social The Planetary Society: https://bsky.app/profile/planetarysociety.bsky.social | — | ||||||
| 4/6/25 | Episode 181: Fungi Everywhere | Guest: Dr. Shi En Kim Fungi are everywhere—from forests to deserts to cities to Star Trek! Science journalist Dr. Shi En Kim beams back aboard to talk about some of the latest developments in fungal research. "Can Fungi Save This Endangered Hawaiian Tree?" by Shi En Kim for Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-fungi-save-this-endangered-hawaiian-tree-180985171/ "Why scientists are enlisting fungi to save endangered plants" by Shi En Kim for Knowable Magazine: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/mycorrhizal-fungi-help-save-endangered-plants-ecosystems "Biocrusts: The secret world living at the surface of drylands" by Shi En Kim for BioScience: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae119/7927803 "The Netherlands’ Surprising Bus Stop Bounty" by Shi En Kim for bioGraphic: https://www.biographic.com/the-netherlands-surprising-bus-stop-bounty/ Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Kim: https://bsky.app/profile/goesbykim.bsky.social | — | ||||||
| 3/29/25 | Episode 180: Preparing for Alien Earths | In a few weeks, Professor Lisa Kaltenegger—the Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University—will be a guest on Strange New Worlds to talk about the search for life in the universe. To prime us for that discussion, on this episode, Mike shares his review of Professor Kaltenegger's new book, "Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos." Want to read Mike's review instead? Just click here: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/earth-2.0-could-be-just-around-the-corner | — | ||||||
| 3/9/25 | Episode 179: The Quantum Mechanics of Lower Decks | Guest: Dr. Erin Macdonald Star Trek science consultant Dr. Erin Macdonald returns to unpack the quantum mechanical themes in the mind-bending and universe-hopping fifth and final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Crowdfunding for Erin's short film "Long Away": https://seedandspark.com/fund/long-away?token=c03b8b5fafc2effbb976d3c5566c1bddbb1154cb4a8b856e4ccde26c259585c4#story Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Erin: https://bsky.app/profile/drerinmac.bsky.social | — | ||||||
| 2/8/25 |  Episode 178: Firewall | Guest: David Mack Award-winning Star Trek writer David Mack beams aboard to discuss his Star Trek: Picard novel Firewall, which tells the story of how Seven of Nine becomes a Fenris Ranger. More about Firewall: https://davidmack.pro/writing/firewall/ Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social David: https://bsky.app/profile/davidmack.bsky.social | — | ||||||
| 1/23/25 | Episode 177: Looking Out Is Looking In | Guest: Bernadette Mary Dineen Astrochemist Bernadette Mary Dineen speaks about her love for Star Trek: The Original Series, her quest to search for life on Mars, her experience participating in the NASA Astrobiology Mission Ideation Factory, and her TEDxTufts talk "Looking Out Is Looking In." Bernadette's TEDxTufts talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nT7g3nOWxs | — | ||||||
| 1/20/25 | LD 506–510: Science Besties | Guest: Dr. Shi En Kim Science journalist Dr. Shi En Kim joins Mike to discuss the final episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks, from Tendi and T'Lyn's competitive relationship in "Fully Dilated" to Malor's crucial insight in "The New Next Generation." Follow us on Bluesky! Mike: https://bsky.app/profile/miquai.bsky.social Kim: https://bsky.app/profile/goesbykim.bsky.social | — | ||||||
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