The Clonestar Podcast

This week, we kick off 2023 with the loveliest mass-murdering robot we've ever met! Alex joins us to talk what makes a synthetic mind tick, and whether or not he felt that Mars deserved everything it got! You can follow Alex on Instagram Check out Alex's Yoga app for iPhone/iPad here ! You can follow Sean on Twitter and Instagram You can follow Seo on Twitter and Instagram Follow the Podcast on Tw...

I mean, what can we say? The people directly responsible for saving Star Trek join us on the War Room this week, and it's a true honour just to chat with them! You can get in touch with Bjo & John via their Facebook page Follow Sean on Twitter and Instagram Follow Seo on Twitter and Instagram Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram Intro music courtesy of bensounds.com

Thomas Marrone is the associate art director for Star Trek Online. His work is well-known to players, but he caused quite a stir recently when a ship that he built appeared in the trailer for Star Trek: Picard Season 3. You might have heard of it? It's the Enterprise.....F! You can follow Thomas on Twitter and you can check out his designs on ArtStation You can follow Sean on Twitter and Instagram...

This week, we're delighted to welcome Manny Coto to the podcast. Manny served as a writer and producer on Star Trek: Enterprise before becoming its showrunner for the final season. He is also a writer and executive producer on Fox's American Horror Story. Don't forget to follow him via the link below! Manny's Twitter Sean's Twitter and Instagram Seo's Twitter and Instagram The Clonestar Pod Twitte...

Samuel Cockings needs your help! He is the creator of so many fantastic Star Trek films - but these things cost money! Please consider donating to the IndieGoGo campaign - literally every penny makes a difference! Check out the previous films here Check out Sam on Twitter Follow Sean on Twitter and Instagram Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram Intro music courtesy of bensounds.com

Joining us this week is the wonderful man who gave us the Nagus, as well as so many episodes across the Star Trek universe - David Livingston, inspiration for the greatest Lionfish in the universe, sits down to talk about his fabulous career.  Follow David on Twitter Follow Sean on Twitter and Instagram Follow Seo on Twitter and Instagram Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram Intro musi...

Ever wondered where exactly those scientific technobabble speeches came from in Star Trek? Wonder no more - here's the man responsible for them! Pick up a copy of Star Trek: Science Logs here Follow Sean on Twitter and Instagram Follow Seosamh on Twitter and Instagram Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram Intro music courtesy of bensounds.com

Dreams really do come true! Seán has a little bit of a compulsion issue when it comes to Star Trek cosplay, so imagine how excited he is that Bernadette Croft, costume designer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is this week's guest! Follow Bernadette on Instagram   Follow Sean on Twitter and Instagram Follow Seosamh on Twitter and Instagram Follow the Podcast itself on Twitter and Instagram I...

For The Clonestar Pod's one year anniversary, Seán and Seosamh are joined by an incredibly special guest. He directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and co-wrote Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. He has also written the upcoming podcast series Star Trek: Khan, following the events between Khan's arrival on Ceti Alpha V and the Reliant's arrival. Make sure to...

Ed and Seo are back with a Special Halloween Episode! The 1973 classic, "The Exorcist" is their topic of discussion. After all the years, does lack of jump scares render a movie not scary or is the atmosphere and filling in the blanks yourself still standing up? Have you seen it? Come join us for the discussion! Follow Ed on Twitter: @EdEnglish Follow Seosamh: @Seosamhhurley Follow the podcast on...

Is that a chill you feel on the back of your neck? Perhaps you're being visited by a ghost...or a former Bajoran Resistance leader! We are joined by the wonderful Duncan Regehr this week, to discuss his career, including Star Trek and, of course, his time as Zorro Duncan can be found via his website: http://www.duncanregehr.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DuncanRegehrArt Follow Sean on Twi...

Star Trek: Prodigy is returning to our screens on October 27th! To celebrate, Kevin and Dan Hageman, the showrunners, have joined us on the podcast this week! The future of Star Trek is here...and it looks a lot like Murf! Follow the Hagemans on Twitter: @brothershageman Follow Sean on Twitter: @seanferrick Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @CloneStarPod Intro music courtesy of bensound...

The future of law enforcement is here. Seo is joined by the Enforcement Droid himself, Ed, to discuss whether Robocop is just a pure ultra-violent indulgence or is it a rich satire of corporate America. But more importantly, is this film just pure utter chaos, mayhem and fun…...the answer is, yes it absolutely is. Follow Ed on Twitter: @edenglish Follow Seosamh on Twitter: @seosamhhurley Follow Se...

Dead Poets Society This week, Seo is joined again by Ed to discuss the wonderful 1989 Dead Poets Society. Is the movie more than just Rob Williams Carpe Diem? Are there a lot of life lessons to take away from this one? Its definitely one to watch and also, an episode to listen to! Follow Ed on Twitter: @edenglish Follow Seosamh: @seosamhhurley Follow Sean: @seanferrick Follow the podcast on Twitte...

Smokey and the Bandit Eastbound and down…..or is that West bound and down? This week, Seán and Seo are joined by very special guest, RTE Gold’s Rick O’Shea to discuss the 1977 road chaser “Smokey and the Bandit”. Does it stand the test of time? Come join us to find out! Follow Rick on Twitter: @rickoshea Follow Seosamh on Twitter: @seosamhhurley Follow Sean: @seanferrick Follow the podcast on Twit...

In the first episode of our limited run series, Seán, Seo and special guest Ed, pour over the 1972 Classic, “The Godfather”. How did the movie change cinema and pave the way for future shows like the Sopranos? Come Join us to find out! Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @CloneStarPod Follow Ed on Twitter: @edenglish_ Follow Seosamh: @seosamhhurley Follow Sean: @seanferrick Intro music co...

This week, Seosamh sits down with the wonderful Fred Bronson, writer of The Counter Clock Incident and Menage A Troi, to discuss the legacy, impact, and all things fun - about both the Original Series and Animated Series of Star Trek Follow Fred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FredBronson?s=20&t=SFB48hmfh7tl1UKDky3Adg Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CloneStarPod?s=20&t=S...

For Star Trek's anniversary episode, you're in for a real treat! David Mack is an incredibly prolific author with soon to be 30 full novels released to the public. He is the creator of the Vanguard, Destiny and Coda series, among many others, as both a solo and collaborative writer. His experience is astounding, and he joins Sean this week to talk about his journey with Star Trek.  Pre-order...

Bill Wolkoff is responsible for many wonderful credits - including Star Wars: Rebels, Tron: Uprising, and Kipo and The Wonderbeast. But he may be best known to Trekkies as the man responsible for turning a kid into a battery on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. He sits down with Seán to discuss how this came to be! Follow Bill on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/flying_lobster?s=20&t=f-j266mqtE8...

Robert Hewitt Wolfe joined Star Trek with A Fistful of Datas, then went on to become a writer and producer on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is responsible for giving us Kai Winn, Vedek Bareil, General Martok, Brunt, and Weyoun - this week he joins me on the pod to talk about his incredible contributions to Star Trek, and beyond! You can follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/writergeekrh...

Joining us this week is the wonderful Matt Jennings, writer, director, and star of 1701: A Blerd Story. Matt is here to discuss something even more delicate than balancing a Tribble farm with a grain store - dating as a person of colour in the Sci-Fi community. Episode one of 1701: A Blerd Story is available here: https://youtu.be/4RqDCQKaUmw Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TUMJ1701?s=...

John and Mary Jo Tenuto have been teaching courses in Sociology for years now - but what is different is their inclusion of Star Trek as a topic and teaching aid! They are currently working on the definitive behind the scenes work on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - which will be available in September 2023 - this is not to be missed! You can get in touch with them via enterprisecrew@gmail.com Fo...

Coming to Star Trek in 1987, Michael Westmore is directly responsible for some of the most recognisable alien races in the franchise - the Cardassians, the Borg, Lt. Worf! But this wasn't even the second chapter of this prolific, Academy-Award winning artist's journey!  Follow the podcast on Twitter: @CloneStarPod Follow Sean on socials: @seanferrick Follow Seosamh on socials: @seosamhhurley...

We are incredibly grateful to have Larry Nemecek with us on the pod this week! Author, interviewer, host, archivist, producer, voiceover, actor… and fan: LARRY NEMECEK has a background in news and theatre, but it is “Trekland” where he’s worked for over 25 years. A renowned Star Trek authority, Larry is the author of the bestselling classic Star Trek The Next Generation Companion , and a regular c...

This week, the War Room is proud to present a man that in any reality we are proud to call friend! It's Matthew MacFadzean, who recently appeared as the Romulan Commander in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Don't miss this! Follow Matthew on Twitter: @macFaddo Follow the show: @CloneStarPod Follow Sean: @seanferrick Follow Seosamh: @seosamhhurley