The Trekzone Spotlight on the Red Carpet
Days before anyone else will see the movie, Sydney is once again hosting a red carpet premiere for a Star Trek movie. This time around, I’ve got three other people...
Podcasts
Podcasts
Former Axanar Director, Christian Gossett, Speaks About His Time With The Ill-Fated Production
Celebrating three years of The Trekzone Spotlight with continuing coverage of the Axanar saga. On this edition, I’m joined by the one time director who parted ways with Alec Peters...
The Trekzone Spotlight with Aaron Vanderkley – Six Month Old Fan Fic Fits New Guidelines Perfectly…
After hearing too many complaints about the restrictive nature of the new guidelines issued by CBS and Paramount, I decided to go looking for undiscovered content on YouTube… then one...
The Trekzone Spotlight with Vic Mignogna – Continues EP Makes A Stern Point About THAT Production
For a long time, today’s guest was on my wish list and I’ve finally had the opportunity to e-meet and interview him for The Trekzone Spotlight. Vic started his working...
Road Trip And Series Wraps Production – Australia’s FIRST Regular Science & SciFi Podcast Ends on a High
Following a very successful road trip to Australia’s capital, I’ve decided to wrap production of SciFi Weekly and focus on The Trekzone Spotlight. It’s become too time consuming to produce,...
Star Trek: Axanar Sought Writer For Illicit Novela
Continuing TREKZONE.org’s coverage of the Star Trek: Axanar legal proceedings against CBS and Paramount, author Dave Galanter sat down with me via Skype for a chat about his dealings with...
The Road Trip Continues – SciFi Weekly Dives Head First Into Nuclear, Quantum & Astro Physics!
Get your thinking caps on for this edition of SciFi Weekly as I meet Dr. Anton Wallner, Dr. Geoff Campbell and Dr. Brad Tucker who are leading their research fields...
The Road Trip Has Begun! – Australia’s FIRST Regular SciFi Podcast is Back
We’re on the road for three weeks for SciFi Weekly – this week is my visit to the Ironfest Medieval Festival, held in Lithgow NSW in April. From knights to...
SciFi Weekly On The Road
It’s certainly been a challenge to produce, present, edit and release Australia’s FIRST weekly science fiction podcast since the premiere episode on December 13. I’ve relearnt some lessons and discovered...
SciFi Weekly is Back!
Following an adventurous start to the nine day road trip, which included traveling an additional three hundred kilometers and blowing out a tyre, my crew and I worked efficiently and...
Mike Bawden & Carlos Pedraza Respond to Alec Peters
After making a Spiral Media road trip a priority and rebuilding a badly damaged edit suite, this edition of The Trekzone Spotlight is being released a lot later than I...
Alec Peters Talks Axanar
Speaking on the record is something that Axanar’s PR – Mike Bawden – and lawyers Winston & Strawn have flatly refused to allow due to the on going legal case,...
Rod Roddenberry Chats Trek 6, Visiting Australia & Trek’s 50th
The latest Trekzone Spotlight podcast has been released. My guest is Rod Roddenberry, son of Star Trek creator Gene, and he joined me from our LA studio. He’s got lots...
Dr. Andy Thomas Talks Space Exploration and Aussies in Space
For the first time the World Science Festival is being held outside of New York, and I had the chance to catch up with Australia’s FIRST astronaut, Dr. Andy Thomas....
SciFi Weekly #9 – A Year In Space
Lots to cover in this final edition of SciFi Weekly for this ‘season.’ A YEAR IN SPACE Two pioneers of spaceflight, Commander Scott Kelly (NASA) and Mikhail Korniyenko (Roscosmos) return...
One Man’s Passion Leads to the Best Fan Film This Year
Tommy has managed to pull together a feature length Star Trek fan film for under 50,000 crowd funded dollars. I chat with him about getting it made and also the...
Doug Drexler Remembers Anthony Fredrickson
Doug’s work includes make up and visual effects on The Next Gen, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise, more recently he’s worked on Battlestar Galactica and Defiance. He chats about his...
Larry Nemecek Reviews Star Trek: Horizon
Larry’s a regular to TREKZONE.org and many other podcasts around the world, he’s the authority on Star Trek and in this edition of The Trekzone Spotlight we chat about the...
SciFi Weekly #8 – Pink Stumps Day
The 501st Legion is the biggest Star Wars fan club in the world, and the Redback Garrison is Queensland’s troop. They held a T20 cricket match on the weekend to...
SciFi Weekly #7 – Bryan Fuller Takes the Helm
Some big headlines in Trek this week, Bryan Fuller (screen writer for DS9 & VOY, EP for Pushing Daisies and Hannibal) has been confirmed as the executive producer of the...
SciFi Weekly #6 – Featuring Larry Nemecek
Larry Nemecek is an authority on all things Star Trek, having been an editor at STARTREK.COM during it’s prime, contributing to the Star Trek Communicator magazine and more recently starring...
SciFi Weekly #5 – Featuring Rod Roddenberry
Being the son of Gene Roddenberry is certainly no easy task, just ask Rod Roddenberry who joined me from LA for a chat to celebrate ten years of TREKZONE.org. Rod...
SciFi Weekly #4 – Featuring Doug Drexler
Doug is an all round great guy, having worked in many departments during TNG, DS9 and ENT including make up and visual effects. Back in 2013, for the tenth birthday...
SciFi Weekly #3 – Reflections with Larry Nemecek
In 2015 the Star Trek family lost three members, Leonard Nimoy, Maurice Hurley and Harve Bennett. While you may not know Maurice and Harve, you certainly know their work… Maurice...
SciFi Weekly #2 – A SciFi Fan’s Paradise
New trailers dropped this week for Star Trek Beyond and Independence Day Resurgence, so Amber and Matt discuss them. We also chat about Space X’s successful return to flight and...
SciFi Weekly #1 – Who Is Jar Jar Binks?
He’s the character we love to hate, from the moment we saw him in 1999’s The Phantom Menace, Jar Jar Binks became the embodiment of everything wrong with the prequel...
The Trekzone Spotlight With Tim Russ
Tim Russ, ‘Tuvok’ from Voyager, had a chat about his project – Star Trek: Renegades – and life before and after the fourth spin off to Star Trek. Check out...
The Trekzone Spotlight With 5th Passenger
It’s an upcoming inde science fiction film starring several Star Trek alumni, including Manu Intiraymi (Icheb, ST:VOY) who sat down with director Scott Baker in our LA studio for a...
The Trekzone Spotlight With Richard Dean Anderson
MacGyver or Jack O’Neill from Stargate, however you remember him he was in Australia for Oz Comic Con. He chats about MacGyver, Stargate and his work with the Sea Shepard...
Oz Comic Con Melbourne – Two Actors, One Convention
UPDATE #2: Check out my chat with David on The Trekzone Spotlight here. René Auberjonois’ podcast is on-line now too! UPDATE: David Nykl’s interview has been delayed due to a...
Michael Gummelt Explains His Pitch – EXCLUSIVE Details About A Potential New Trek TV Series
“I think Star Trek has to come back to TV… You can have TV and movies happening at the same time.” You probably don’t recognise the name Michael Gummelt but...
The Trekzone Spotlight With Walter Koenig
On the Gold Coast for Supanova, Walter took some time from meeting fans to have a chat about his time on Star Trek, and also to reflect on the passing...