Episode 197: The Podcast’s the Thing

From The Topic is Trek by Clinton Alvord, Kreg Steppe, and Chuck Tomasi

March 1, 2026 · 1h 7m

About this episode

The episode discusses various updates and news related to Star Trek, including new ships and plot developments.

Listen below or click here for full show notes Main Mission, Part 1 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1, Episode 7 “Ko’Zeine” Written by Alex Taub & Eric Anthony Glover Directed by Andi Armaganian Subspace Chatter Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2 Wraps Filming! – Trek Central Land The Shuttlecraft Galileo by Brian Mix — Kickstarter Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Showrunners on Deep Space Nine Star Trek Finally Closes a Plot Hole That’s Haunted The Original Series 59 Years Later The twelve newly announced ships joining the collection include: The Texas-class USS Aledo from Lower Decks The android-manned Synth attack ship from Picard The USS Damocles , the Klingon-constructed false Federation starship from Strange New Worlds The USS Athena from Starfleet Academy A one-nacelled Freedom -class variant of the USS Cerritos The classic Shuttlecraft Galileo from The Original Series The USS Kelcie Mae from Strange New Worlds An XL-sized model of the USS Cerritos with its hull removed The Nova Flyer vessel from Prodigy The USS Adventure from Strange New Worlds A Gorn Hunter ship from Strange New Worlds An XL-sized USS Protostar featuring a deployed proto-warp…

People in this episode

Hosts: Clinton Alvord, Kreg Steppe, Chuck Tomasi

Topics covered

Star Trek
Starfleet Academy
Film and TV news
Star Trek ships
Star Trek plot holes
Star Trek series updates

Keywords

Star Trek
Starfleet Academy
new ships
plot holes
film news
Star Trek series

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trek Central, Warner Bros., Netflix, Paramount

Products: Shuttlecraft Galileo, USS Aledo, USS Damocles, USS Athena, USS Cerritos, USS Kelcie Mae, USS Adventure, Gorn Hunter ship, USS Protostar

Books & works: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Prodigy, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Lower Decks