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From the personal archives of Gene Roddenberry - your weekly deep dive into Star Trek history. Hosted by "Dr. Trek" Larry Nemecek, Executive Producer Rod Roddenberry. See the documents at facebook.com/thetrekfiles For more great podcasts, visit podcasts.roddenberry.com

Feb 17, 2026

Before she was Tasha Yar, she was Lieutenant Commander Macha Hernandez.

For the Season 14 finale of The Trek Files, Denise Crosby joins Larry Nemecek to revisit her original 1987 audition sides for Star Trek: The Next Generation, including early character descriptions that reveal a very different version of the...


Feb 10, 2026

In this very special episode of The Trek Files, actor Robin Curtis joins us to revisit a little-known chapter in Saavik’s story, one that never made it to screen. Drawing from a pair of early Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home script drafts, we explore a scene that implies Saavik is pregnant with Spock’s child, a...


Feb 3, 2026

Before Star Trek: Discovery’s final season sent its crew in pursuit of ancient secrets, Carlos Cisco had already taken inspiration from one of the most profound episodes of The Next Generation, “The Chase.” In this week’s The Trek Files, Carlos returns to explore the thematic connections between the 1993 TNG...