Thursday's Starfleet Academy premiere kicks off a brand-new era for the franchise, and we are digging into everything from character introductions and world-building to themes, canon connections, and what this premiere sets up for the future of Starfleet.

Join Girafe and the gang as they share their immediate reactions, favorite moments, and a spoiler-filled deep dive into the episode.

Episode Synopsis: After being on the run since age 6, 21-year-old Caleb, a brilliant street kid, is offered the chance of a lifetime: to join the first new Starfleet Academy class in San Francisco in over a century. There's just one problem – the person offering him the spot is newly-minted Chancellor Nahla Ake, the Starfleet captain who sentenced his mother to Federation prison 15 years ago...

Plus, what did you think about the series premiere? Your thoughts from the mailbag and live chat. That and more on episode 269 of SNP.

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We are officially ONE WEEK OUT from Starfleet Academy, and that means it’s time for WANTS & DON’T WANTS on Strange New Pod.

This episode is primarily YOUR SHOW as we dig into your hopes, concerns, and expectations for the series, along with a few of our own. And for this special edition, we can finally address some of those wants and don’t wants without spoilers, because the review embargo lifted TODAY.

Let’s talk about what we’re hoping Starfleet Academy gets right and what we really hope it avoids as launch day approaches.

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Kick off the New Year with a brand new episode of Strange New Pod as Julian and Giraffe sit down with writer and game designer Carlos Cisco for a wide-ranging conversation spanning Star Trek and tabletop RPGs.

Carlos dives into his work as a writer on Star Trek: Discovery, his contributions to Star Trek Adventures, and his role in helping develop the brand new TTRPG Daggerheart. They also take a deep look at his latest release, Pistolheart, a Western-inspired supplement for Daggerheart that brings six-shooters, frontier justice, and genre-bending storytelling to the system.

From Starfleet to the final frontier of the Old West, this episode explores storytelling across mediums, adapting tone and genre, and what it takes to build compelling worlds, whether on screen or at the table.

As Data once said, "Saddle up, lock and load." (and roll some dice).

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