Make It So: A Star Trek Legacy Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Star Trek @ 60 Sep 24, 2026

Show notes

On this month's episode, Geoff chats to David Zabiela from Love Your Geek. Geoff and David chat about their Star Trek fandoms as they celebrate Star Trek's 60th anniversary. Stay tuned at the end for contributions from former hosts, guests and friends of the show. Host

Geoff Owen

Co-Host

David Zabiela

Contributions:

Kurt North, Abby Sommer, Baz Greenland, Chris Chaplin, AJ Black, Debbie Roberts, Ian Buckley

Executive Producer

Tony Black

Edited by

Geoff Owen & Colin Jackson-Brown

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Samaritan Snare Aug 24, 2026

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On this month's episode, Geoff chats to radio presenter Farrar Hudkins about his fandom and the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 'Samaritan Snare'.

Host / Editor

Geoff Owen

Co-Host

Farrar Hudkins

Executive Producer

Tony Black

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Star Trek Science with Dr. Jamie Gallagher Jul 24, 2026

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On this month's episode, Dr. Jamie Gallagher joins Geoff to chat about science in Star Trek. They chat time travel, parallel universes, the Periodic Table and much more. But don't worry, there's no exam at the end of this episode.

Host / Editor

Geoff Owen

Co-Hosts

Dr. Jamie Gallagher

Executive Producer

Tony Black

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Katherine Pulaski - The One Season Doctor Jun 24, 2026

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On this month's episode, Geoff welcomes Baz Greenland back to the podcast to talk about Dr Katherine Pulaski. Joining them is Earl Green from Mission Log: Gene-ology and thelogbook.com. They look back at four episodes from Star Trek: The Next Generation's second season highlighting four key moments in her single year on Star Trek.

Host / Editor

Geoff Owen

Co-Hosts

Baz Greenland & Earl Green

Executive Producer

Tony Black

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Star Trek: Insurrection May 24, 2026

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On this month's episode, Geoff is joined by two guests to chat about the third Star Trek: The Next Generation movie (and the ninth overall) Star Trek: Insurrection. Joining him for this conversation are two returning guests, Rob Turnbull from 'You Have Been Watching: A British Sitcom Podcast' and Gareth Jones from 'Gareth Jones On Speed'.

Host / Editor

Geoff Owen

Co-Hosts

Rob Turnbull & Gareth Jones

Executive Producer

Tony Black

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Trek Shorts May 15, 2026

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On this special bonus episode, Geoff is joined by Samuel Cockings from TrekYards and Trek Shorts to talk about his fandom and his work on the Trek Shorts fan movies.

Host / Editor

Geoff Owen

Guest

Samuel Cockings

Trek Shorts' Kickstarter

Executive Producer

Tony Black

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Ben & Jake Apr 24, 2026

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On this month's episode, Geoff is joined by two guests to chat about Star Trek's best father and son, Ben and Jake Sisko. Joining him for this conversation are two returning guests, Craig McKenzie and Mike Marzett.

Host / Editor

Geoff Owen

Co-Hosts

Craig McKenzie & Mike Marzett

Executive Producer

Tony Black

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A Chat With Larry Nemecek Mar 24, 2026

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On this month's episode, Geoff chats with Larry Nemecek about his career. Larry has been an author, a journalist, an actor, a podcaster, a historian and a tour guide in the world of Star Trek.

Host / Editor

Geoff Owen

Co-Host

Larry Nemecek

Larry's links:

Portal 47, Trekland Treks, BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube.

Executive Producer

Tony Black

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Lwaxana Troi: Daughter of the Fifth House... Feb 24, 2026

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On this month's episode, Geoff is joined by Abby Sommer from the First Flight Podcast. We look back at the formidable Lwaxana Troi, and look at Majel Barrett's portrayal of her. We take a look at two of our favourite Lwaxana Troi episodes, Star Trek: The Next Generation's 'Cost of Living' and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's 'Fascination'.

Host / Editor

Geoff Owen

Co-Host

Abby Sommer

Executive Producer

Tony Black

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Macrocosm Jan 24, 2026

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On this month's episode, Geoff is joined by past guest and friend of the podcast Ashley Thomas from We Are Starfleet, Mission Log: Gene-ology and many others to chat about "nobody's favourite Star Trek episode" Macrocosm.

Host / Editor

Geoff Owen

Co-Host

Ashley Thomas

Executive Producer

Tony Black

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