All Access: Interview With ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ EP Aaron Waltke And ‘Strange New Worlds’ S2 Update
[Interview starts at 21:02] It’s our 100th episode! Tony and Laurie start the news with the five Emmy nominations for Star Trek and the reveal of the season 3 premiere date for Lower Decks. They talk about Sonequa Martin-Green’s latest comments on the future of Discovery, then round up all the post-season 1 finale intel on Strange New Worlds. Then they welcome special guest Aaron Waltke, executive producer of Star Trek: Prodigy, to talk about what we’ve already seen in the first half of season 1, what’s coming in the second half, what it’s like in the writers’ room, and what makes the show both unique and very much part of the Star Trek legacy, then gives an update on the production status of the show. They wrap up with Mike McMahan revealing his secret cameo in season two of Lower Decks and a Star Trek family connection to the James Webb Telescope.