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You're about to embark on a journey of imagination and the human spirit. The crew of the Starship Excelsior flits between the stars of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe, and, in exploring new life and new civilizations, she and her crew help chart the paths of the human experience. Along the way, they will be party to triumph and tragedy, choice and consequence, friends and jokes and snowball fights.

You, the listener, are going to join them. Welcome back to Star Trek , in a fan-made audio drama that will comfort you with its familiarity and surprise you with its freshness. Welcome aboard the Excelsior .

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“In the darkest reaches of the United Federation of Planets, an isolated station stands sentinel over a neglected frontier. Commissioned long ago with high hopes, its promise is now all but forgotten; a lonely outpost serving as the gateway to the vast expanse beyond, where discovery…and adventure…await..”

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Outpost – Episode 82A – Slippery

Deep Space 3 has some Deep Space 3 has some strange visitors to the station who claim to have come from the far side of the Pinchot Expanse — and they bring a mysterious gift with them.

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• Episode #1 – What Could Be So Bad?
• Episode #2 – From Bad to Worse
• Episode #3 – No More, No Less
• Episode #4 – Maneuvers and Deceptions
• Episode #5 – Exacting a Pound of Flesh
• Episode #6 – Inquisition
• Episode #7 – To Every Season
• Episode #8 – A Little Give and Take
• Episode #9 – Successful Negotiations
• Episode #10 – Uneasy Reunions
• Episode #11 – Into the Rough Seas
• Episode #12 – Slips, Strips, Bars & Bricks
• Episode #13 – Worlds Apart
• Episode #14 – The 285th Rule of Acquisition
• Episode #15 – Ambush
• Episode #16 – Shadow of the Standard Bearer
• Episode #17 – Enter the Sovereignty
• Episode #18 – Death Sentence
• Episode #19 – Chasms Part I
• Episode #20 – Chasms Part II
• Episode #21 – Shades of the Past
• Episode #22 – Shades of the Present
• Episode #23 – Shades of the Future
• Episode #24 – Drawing Back The Veils
• Episode #25 – One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
• Episode #26 – The Melnoran Solution Part I
• Episode #27 – The Melnoran Solution Part II
• Episode #28 – The Melnoran Solution Part III
• Episode #29 – The Needs of the Many
• Episode #30 – The Needs of the Few
• Episode #31 – Old Friends and Memories
• Episode #32 – The Gathering Storm
• Episode #33 – The Telltale Ferengi
• Episode #34 – The Eye of the Storm
• Episode #35 – Thunder and Lightning
• Episode #35A – What Lies Hidden
• Episode #36 – The Eye of the Storm
• Episode #37 – Dark Dawn
• Episode #38 – Enemy in the Darkness
• Episode #39 – Half the Battle
• Episode #40 -With Your Shield Or On It
• Episode #41 – Profit In The Wind – Part 1
• Episode #42 – Profit In The Wind – Part 2
• Episode #43 – Profit In The Wind – Part 3
• Episode #44 – Profit In The Wind – Part 4
• Episode #44A – Follow the Script
• Episode #45 – The Enclave
• Episode #46 – The Price of Loyalty
• Episode #47 – As Time Goes By
• Episode #47A – Memories of Miragosa
• Episode #47B – Encounter at Miragosa
• Episode #48 – On Borrowed Time
• Episode #49 – Double-Edged Sword
• Episode #50 – Best of Intentions
• Episode #51 – The Long Road Home
• Episode #52 – Backwash
• Episode #53 – Homecoming
• Episode #54 – The Inside Man
• Episode #55 – Bits and Pieces
• Episode #56 – Confrontation
• Episode #57 – Bishop to Queen Four
• Star Trek: Outpost – Behind the Scenes – Part I
• Episode #58 – Fiction of Diplomacy
• Episode #59 – Paths Forward
• Episode #60 – Mending Fences
• Episode #61 – Window of Heaven
• Episode #62 – Bait and Switch
• Episode #63 – The Power of Ignorance
• Episode #64A – Echoes – Part I
• Episode #64B – Echoes – Part II
• Episode #65 – What Price Survival
• Episode #66 – Life in the Balance
• Episode #67 – A Past Too Well Remembered
• Episode #67A – Ferengi Apprentice
• Episode #68 – The Illusion of Life
• Episode #69 – Charon’s Obol
• Episode # 70 – Go Thou Not Meekly
• Episode #71 – Seeds of Chaos
• Episode #71A – Wargames
• Episode #71B – The Hunt
• Episode #72 – Wicked Harvest
• Episode 72A – The Fiftieth Percentile
• Episode #73 – Dark Tidings
• Episode #74 – Secrets Kept
• Episode #74A – Negotiations
• Episode #75 – Eight Bells
• Episode #76 – Come What May
• Episode #76A – Expecting the Unexpected
• Episode #77 – Where Angels Fear to Tread
• Episode #78 – Ours Is But To Do
• Episode #78A – Dark Omega
• Episode #78B – Man in the Shadows
• Episode #78C – Hand of Responsibility
• Episode #79 – This Hallowed Space – Part I 
• Episode #79A – Look But Don’t Touch
• Episode #79B – Into the Fold
• Episode #80 – This Hallowed Space – Part II
• Episode #80A – Slippery – POSTPONED DUE TO COVID
• Episode #81 – The Sun Also Rises – In Production

Production Team

Writers/Directors/Producers: Daniel McIntosh and Tony Raymond Audio Engineering: Tony Raymond and Daniel McIntosh The Executive Producers of Giant Gnome Productions are Nick Armstrong, Daniel McIntosh, and Tony Raymond

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Standard Orbit is a Trek.fm podcast dedicated entirely to Star Trek: The Original Series. Not an episode review show, Standard Orbit explores specific elements of TOS with host Haley Stoddart and her guests.

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Kirk as captain.

Among Starfleet captains, Kirk certainly had his own style. Were the long-term effects considered during the decision-making process, or were they off-the-cuff style decisions? How was the crew affected by the choices of one person in relation to the Prime Directive and other measures set in place by Starfleet? Would we make the same decisions as Kirk when faced with the same choices?

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299: this is goodbye.

Standard Orbit 299: This Is Goodbye

Ken And Zach Disembark Standard Orbit.

This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore disembark the podcast after a nearly four year journey together behind the microphone. They reminisce with Hayley Stoddart about their fondest hosting memories, favorite episodes of the podcast, friendships forged over the years and say their final goodbyes.

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298: The Rise Of Fan Service

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297: Inverted Commas

Standard Orbit 297: Inverted Commas

Season One With Darren Mooney.

This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by author and critic Darren Mooney to discuss the first season of The Original Series. This concludes our backwards trilogy that started in Standard Orbit 196 with the third season, and continued in Standard Orbits 246 with the second season.

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296: Generosity

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Jacqueline Kim Interview.

Fans might know her best as Demora Sulu from Star Trek: Generations, but Jacqueline Kim has a career that extends far beyond Star Trek! This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart are proud to welcome Jacqueline to the show and discuss her accomplishments as an actress, writer, director, artist and humanitarian!

Jacqueline's Website: www.jacque...

295: D.C. Fontana

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Remembering Dorothy Fontana (1939- 2019).

This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore reflect on the life and work of Dorothy "D.C." Fontana. Passing away this past week at the age of eighty, Dorothy was one of the foundational creative forces behind the Star Trek universe and we celebrate her legacy by exploring her incredible Star Trek resume.

A writer and eventual story editor on ...

294: Kelvin Trailers

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Movie News and JJ's Trailers

This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp and Hayley Stoddart discuss the news of a relaunching of a new Star Trek film from Paramount. They look at the new writer and director Noah Hawley and speculate on timing and direction. In addition; Ken and Hayley review the three trailers form the Kelvin timeline.

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293: Team Kang

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Day Of The Dove.

This week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart talk the third season episode Day of the Dove. An underrated and oft-overlooked episode, we discuss the glimpses it gives us into Klingon culture, how it puts the folly of prejudice on full display, the influences it may or may not have had on the movie era and much more!

Despite their reputation as the crew of...

292: Visions From The Twilight Zone

291: the aliens of beyond.

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Star Trek Beyond's Best Aliens

Star Trek Beyond was released during Star Trek's 50th Anniversary and did you know that there were 50 Aliens in Star Trek Beyond? Hosts Hayley Stoddard and Ken Tripp discuss the key alien characters of the last Star Trek movie. They explore their design, key parts they played, and their characteristics and how technology has allowed the Star Trek universe to ev...

290: A Friendship That Defined Them Both

Standard Orbit 290: A Friendship That Defined Them Both

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289: Battle At The Lithium Cracking Station

Standard Orbit 289: Battle At The Lithium Cracking Station

Where No Man Has Gone Before Commentary.

This week on Standard Orbit host Zach Moore is joined by Brandon-Shea Mutala from Warp 5 and Melodic Treks for another TOS commentary, this time on Where No Man Has Gone Before. Why the series' second pilot, you ask? Because it's both Brandon and Zach's favorite episode of The Original Series!

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288: Lee Plays Old Games Poorly

Standard Orbit 288: Lee Plays Old Games Poorly

Star Trek Video Games With Lee Sargent.

This week on Standard Orbit, host Zach Moore is joined by Lee Sargent from Lee Draws Stuff to discuss Star Trek video games. Not only is Lee an artist, he's also a video game aficionado and on his YouTube series Lee Plays Old Games...Poorly has been working through some classic (and not so classic) Star Trek games!

Did you know there was an unre...

287: Bigger is Better

Standard Orbit 287: Bigger is Better

The Size of Starships

It is time to geek out with Hayley and Ken as we discuss the size and functionality of starships in the Star Trek universe and beyond. Why are the bad ships always bigger? Should size even matter? Did the Kelvin timeline universe get it right or were they too big?

Starships have always been a mainstay and as much of a character as the cast. Ken and Hayley discuss the potent...

286: Return To Yesterday

Standard Orbit 286: Return To Yesterday

Season 4 Episode Pitches.

As we all know, the USS Enterprise was on a five year mission. Unfortunately that mission was cut short by NBC when it canceled Star Trek after just three seasons, but what if it wasn't? This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart each pitch a story idea for a hypothetical fourth season of TOS. 

What kind of episodes would Zach and Hayley have w...

285: A Convention and a Movie

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FanX and The Motion Picture 40th Release

This week on Standard Orbit; Hayley and Ken catch up on a some recent events surrounding Star Trek. They explore the FanX Convention where four TrekFM hosts participated in a panel and discuss the challenges faced by fan artists. We then talk about the 40th Anniversary release of the Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

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284: Diversity in Star Trek

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FanX Fall 2019 Panel.

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283: "You Should Have Let Me Sleep!"

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Villains Of The Kelvin Timeline.

The Star Trek movies have (with rare exception) usually featured a special guest villain, and this trend has continued into the Kelvin Timeline era. Nero, John Harr---Khan, and Krall have all faced off against the new cast of Captain Kirk and the Enterprise, and this week on Standard Orbit hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore discuss and rank them.

282: I Am Unicorn Dog!

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TOS Episodes In The Alternate Realities Collective.

"Star Trek Fan Collectives" were a series of DVD collections released in the 2000s that featured episodes from across all the series that shared a common theme. This week on Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp, Zach Moore and Hayley Stoddart are joined by their counterparts from the 24th century Amy Nelson, Justin Oser and Joe Keegan from Earl Gre...

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STAR TREK REVIEWED

Links to hundreds of star trek fan films. founded by barb reader., you are on the new str website, which is still under construction. the original str website will remain online until this new site is complete., audio productions.

Audio-only fan works. Ordered by genre, then alphabetically.

Audio Fanfiction Library

Era Not Applicable Audio; Series (Drama)

A group originating on Fanfiction.net that produces short fan fiction stories of any fandom as audiobooks. These are the episodes that they have produced from Star Trek.

A Call to Unity

Silver Age Audio; Series (Drama) — Tigard, Oregon

A Call to Unity is a Star Trek fan audio production produced by Adam Patrick Mullen and set in the Silver Age after the destruction of Romulus

Bronze Age Audio; Series (Drama)

In the year 2410 after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis, when the Federation has become the overwhelmingly dominant power of the Alpha Quadrant, especially after the supernova that destroyed Romulus and Remus has taking out the heart of the Romulan Star Empire. A brand new Federation starship, the U.S.S. Witch of Endor, goes on her first mission to a remote part of the galaxy never visited before! Or has it? Because a mystery awaits the crew of this new vessel--a mystery which challenges the soul of the Federation...

Yesterday is Waiting.

Dispatches from the Romulan War

Stone Age Audio; Series (Drama) — USA

Based on short stories by TrekUnited members, this tells the story of the war, not from the perspective of those who fought it, but from the perspective of the news agencies that reported it.

Endless Vigilance

Bronze Age Audio; Series (Drama) — Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Board The Vigilance… Begin the Adventure… In the area of space known as The Courtyard, a Federation ship traverses the stars, patrolling the borders between three civilizations. Its mission… maintain peace, and to remain ever watchful in Endless Vigilance…

Silver Age Audio; Series (Drama) — USA

While hosting a small group of elite cadets from Starfleet Academy, the U.S.S. Equinox comes under attack from a Cardassian force commanded by Gul Malek. With most of the senior staff injured and out of commission, three cadets must help save the ship from enemy capture.

Federation Rebirth

Silver Age Audio; Series (Drama)

Star Trek Federation Rebirth is an audio fan series about the federation being overthrown by a new form of government with the president leading it as a dictator. The crew of the USS Rebirth fight against this new "Federation" in the name of Starfleet and the real Federation.

Giving A Lift

Bronze Age Audio; Short Film (Drama) — Ireland

Beverly picks up Seven-of-Nine at Freecloud. An audio book narrated by Linda Butler on her Youtube channel ' Hen In A Hat ', this is actually part 6 of a " Star Trek Picard " era fan fiction series written by AnnaOnTheMoon called Picard Fix-it Fics .

K-70: Star Trek Defiant

Golden Age Audio; Series (Drama) — UK

An AI generated, full-cast audio book production, this is the fan fiction of a Youtuber wo goes by the name of Sixer.

Operation Eos

Golden Age Audio; Series (Drama)

Join Goa'tana Menat and her crew as they fight to save the 25th Century from itself.

Golden Age Audio; Series (Drama) — USA

In the darkest reaches of the United Federation of Planets, an isolated station stands sentinel over a neglected frontier. Commissioned long ago with high hopes, its promise is now all but forgotten; a lonely outpost serving as the gateway to the vast expanse beyond, where discovery… and adventure… await...

RSS .  Free iTunes . Streaming on  tunein .

Project Defiant Audio Dramas

Project Defiant is a series of Star Trek fan films and audio dramas that explore the untold story of the USS Defiant as seen in the Original Series episode, "The Tholian Web," and the Star Trek Enterprise episodes, "In a Mirror Darkly" part 1 and 2. The series started with fan films listed here...

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and continues with an audio drama series shown on this page.

Raumschiff Eberswalde (Audio Drama)

Silver Age Audio; Series (Drama) — Eberswalde, Germany

This was the first German Star Trek- Hörspiel (radio play) podcast from 2009 to 2013. The story of the USS Eberswalde and her crew, it is told in short logbook entries, in eight seasons and over 500 episodes, total playing time about 13 hours.

Numerous German Star Trek voice actors resumed their roles for Raumschiff Eberswalde, including Norbert Gescher (Spock), Ernst Meincke (Picard), Joerg Hengstler (Sisko), Gertie Honeck (Janeway), Gudo Hoegel (Archer) and Regina Lemnitz (Guinan). As a special guest, the first German in space, cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn, had an acoustic appearance.

The Flux story, released on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek , was designed by illustrator Alexander Bugge as a storyboard.  All 508 episodes of Raumschiff Eberswalde are online at Soundcloud.com and can be listened to or downloaded there.

In the middle of April 2019, ten years after the first recordings, Gabi Stiene designed the poster for season one. More from the artist at DeviantArt.

Star Rabbit Tracks

Pre-Stone Age Audio; Series (Drama)

Imagine, if you would, a race of highly intelligent beings, traveling in outer space ...who are Rabbits. Star Rabbit Tracks is the brainstorm of Capt. John Tadrzak of Misfits Audio and, although this production is aimed at a juvenile audience, it has a charm and nostalgia that can entertain even the most jaded adult.

Star Trek 2409

A webseries based off of Star Trek Online from Cryptic studios.

Star Trek : Advent

This audio drama series is based on a Role Playing group on Second Life whose adventures take place between the movies The Wrath of Khan and The Undiscovered country (circa 2285-2293). "Many of the stories will be based on non canon lore from DC's comics 1989 publications."

Star Trek Das Abenteuer (Star Trek The Adventure)

Bronze Age Audio; Short Film (Drama)

A short audio drama set on board Voyager

Star Trek Fanfiction

Star Trek Fanfiction is an anthology-style series of audiobook episodes based on fanfiction written by members of the USS Artesia, a chapter of the Star Trek: The Fleet  fan club. Produced by HoloNetAudio, the audio work of Joe Mignano.

Star Trek The Resurrection Riddle

Golden Age Audio; Series (Drama) — Paris, Texas

Audiobook and slideshow video from Richard Vernadeau

Star Trek: Diplomatic Relations

After Starfleet make first contact or are called in to mediate a dispute or deal with trouble, they usually leave the system at warp speed onto their next mission. Star Trek: Diplomatic Relations picks up where Starfleet leave off and tells the story of members of the United Federation of Planets Diplomatic Corps.

Star Trek: Eras

This series spans the entire period of Star Trek with a multi-generational story.

Star Trek: Federation Instalation Nine

Subtitled "D'Sefet's Cat House" this audio book series centers around intelligent feline aliens in Starfleet

Star Trek: Federation One (S2 Audio Dramas)

Star Trek: Federation One focuses on the President of the United Federation of Planets and their entourage aboard the Federation’s diplomatic flagship, Federation One. The previous film, "Operation Beta Shield" served as a prelude episode to this series setting up some of the cast and situations that follow. Season 1 consisted of two filmed episodes and these are the audio drama episodes that followed.

Star Trek: Grissom

Golden Age Audio; Series (Drama) — Ireland

Set in 2285.

Star Trek: Henglaar, M.D.

"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity." Hippocrates Star Trek: Henglaar, M.D. follows the irascible doctor and his team of young recruits aboard the hospital ship USS Cole as they tackle medical mysteries in the Beta Quadrant and beyond.

Star Trek: Lost Frontier

It is the dawn of the 25th century and the galaxy is coming out of a period of great war. The story of Lost Frontier focuses on the crew of the new Enterprise F as they go forth to unite the lost worlds of the Federation.

Star Trek: Morningstar

Silver Age Audio; Series (Drama) — UK

Set in the 25th century Star Trek: Morningstar follows the episodic path of The Next Generation, but including over-arching story arcs. It follows the lives of Captain Michael Hunter, his crew onboard the Morningstar, and everyone they encounter.

Star Trek: Renewal

Bronze Age Audio; Series (Drama) — Loveland, CO

Renewal comes in many forms. Follow Admiral Anders Ownsby and the crew of the Starship Resurgence as they seek out new life and new civilisations. Set in 2408 on the Star Trek Online timeline, in the aftermath of the devastating Iconian War and the fallout that came with it.

Renewal: A Star Trek Fan Production is by Rift Point Productions, a volunteer group adhering to the ViacomCBS Guidelines co-produced by Andrew Goering and Joseph Decker. It features a diverse cast, promising around 20-22 episodes per season.

Star Trek: Tartarus

Audio Drama series from ManAtDesk Productions who have a wide background in Dr Who audio dramas.Audio Drama series from ManAtDesk Productions who have a wide background in Dr Who audio dramas.

Star Trek: The Section 31 Files

Space is dark. Let’s face it. The universe of shiny, well-groomed Starfleet officers and the pristine starships of the United Federation of Planets where the Prime Directive rules and hopes for galactic unity of all species is an ongoing quest is reinterpreted in our vision of the reality of the Star Trek Universe. It’s not all “let’s be friends with our alien brethren”. Here the Federation has a dark underbelly and the daring crew of the Nosferatu boldly goes where Starfleet fears to tread. These are desperate times. We are the desperate measure. Until the fourth episode in their fourth season this mainstay of the Trek audio drama scene was part of the Darker Projects family of shows when it's creator Eric Busby took the series to a new home on the web to continue his work.

Star Trek: Valkyrie

Golden Age Audio; Series (Drama) — Ohio

The USS Valkyrie NCC-2590 is a Constellation Class Heavy Cruiser, launched in 2294. Its Captain is Edward Stanfield. This Audio Program, based in Ohio but with voice actors from all over the world, begins in the Star Trek timeline shortly after the launch of the Enterprise-B.

Star Trek: Venture (Audio Drama)

Audio Drama series from ManAtDesk Productions who have a wide background in Dr Who audio dramas. This introduces a fan film series that they started in 2023. To see more of their adventures, follow them HERE .

Starship Excelsior

Silver Age Audio; Series (Drama) — St. Paul, MN

Embark on a journey of imagination and the human spirit with the crew of the Starship Excelsior as it flits between the stars of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe. Exploring new life and new civilizations, she and her crew help chart the paths of the human experience and along the way, they are party to triumph and tragedy, choice and consequence, friends and jokes and snowball fights.

Starship Excelsior: Gary And Bob

Anarchist86ed, at the time with a Alien: Solara, created the first audio drama in this series as an April Fools joke on the Starship Excelsior production group, literally! "It dropped an unsolicited, totally unauthorized, full-blown Excelsior 'episode' into our inbox !" It proved so popular that it was extended into a trilogy!

The Budding Writer 10: Star Chef & Embarkation Leave

Era Not Applicable Audio; Short Film (Drama)

Episode 10 of a podcast of Audiobook-style readings of original and fan fiction.

The Haaken War

Anarchist86ed has created a number of fan produced audio dramas over the years, mostly in the Alien fanchise, and last year created a parody trilogy based in the Starship Excelsior fanchise. This is the start of new stand-alone audio drama series that shares a common fictional universe with Excelsior.

The Romulan War

Stone Age Audio; Series (Drama) — Nashville, USA

THE ROMULAN WAR ("TRW") is based on the Star Trek universe created by Gene Roddenberry and documents the critical historic event leading to the creation of the Federation - the war between Earth and the Romulan Empire. It vividly embraces the entire sweep of the 22nd century's most devastating war. The social and political events of the era. The vicious space battles and the grief-stricken home fronts. The heroic adventures of captain and cadet alike. From the ambush of Salem One to the Battle of Cheron, THE ROMULAN WAR tells stories of heroism and courage alongside tales of loss and brutality which affected countless millions. Earth's developments in technology, tactics, and diplomacy are examined, as is the political and social unrest which eventually led to the Romulans' humiliating defeat. Captain's logs, eyewitness video, journal entries, and period photographs combine with "found footage" of the war's key conflicts to realistically depict a world where mankind's very survival is at stake.

USS Defender

Current Year: 2381 – Six years after the Dominion War. Defender departs from DS9 following the end of the Dominion war. She is called from Earth to assist in the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the wormhole, since the Dominion withdrew military forces and through the diplomatic work from Odo, the federation has been given freedom to explore, expand and settle within the quadrant.

Voyages of the USS Angeles (S2 Audio)

A second season in audio of the classic fan film series that kick-started Star Trek Hidden Frontier before Kickstarter was invented! For the details of that first series, see  Voyages of the USS Angeles (S1 Video) .

VSF Blessings

Join Captain Jeremiah Hollis and crew in this Star Trek audio fan production as they be the good, do what's right, and be the light. Available on Spotify and iTunes

Warrior717 Productions

Primarily an audiobook production group, they have done a few Star Trek fan produced books in audio.

The Roddenberries

Era Not Applicable Audio; Series (Parody) — Philadelphia, PA

The Roddenberries are Philadelphia’s own premiere Star Trek tribute band/multi-media-performance experience, forged in 2012 to explore sensible new parodies, seek out new allies and unite the Nerd-O-Sphere, and BOLDLY go where NO Star-Band has gone before! Their shows present a unique melding of rock-n-roll cabaret and parody, spanning the realms of science fiction, fantasy, gaming, comics and beyond.

Hi Fidelity Star Trek Quartet

Golden Age Audio; Series (Parody)

Founded in 2002, Hi-Fidelity was a successful 'Barber's Shop Quartet' made up of Tom Moore, Gregg Bernhard, Martin Fredstrom, Craig Ewing and were the 2006 National Harmony Sweepstakes Champions.

Jimbo No. 5

Golden Age Audio; Short Film (Parody)

A Mambo No. 5 parody from Captain Jerk. No secret Kirk was a player, what better song sums it up better? Lol.

Obligatory Star Trek Parody

A satire of colonialism and the Prime Directive.

One More Bite: An Audio Drama

As a chef struggles to finish his final taco, his good and bad conscience weigh in on the pros and cons of how to proceed.

Rigel Thurston Music

Era Not Applicable Audio; Short Film (Parody) — USA

"Let's Hang Out on the Holodeck for the Holidays", an original Trekmas carol with a jazzy piano & vocal production, with lyrics that feature characters and scenes from old and new episodes.

Sailor Marj

Era Not Applicable Audio; Series (Parody)

Sailor Marj, Marjorie Muñoz, is a cosplayer with a quite amazing vocal range who sings Star Trek musical parodies (filk) along with other fandom's cabaret.

Salty-Trekker

Occassional vignettes shown on the Salty-Trekker Youtube Channel

Star Terk II

Golden Age Audio; Series (Parody) — UK

A BBC comedy radio show, broadcast on BBC Radio 4, each episode began with a parody of Star Trek's original series, which would then go on to be interrupted by a series of sketches.

Star Trek no longer on Netflix

Era Not Applicable Audio; Short Film (Parody) — Germany

Satire filk highlighting the frustration of fans regarding the changes in streaming Star Trek by Performed by Daniel & Vanessa on ScifinewsDE

Star Trek Radio Theatre

Era Not Applicable Audio; Series (Parody) — Canada

Live Long and Podcast have fun reenacting their favorite shows as a live stream event on Youtube on a weekly basis. With occassional artistic reinterpretations of the original, some may not sound exactly as you remember them but everything is done with the utmost fan appreciation. 

The Engineering Chronicles

Silver Age Audio; Series (Parody) — Cerritos, CA

The Engineering Chronicles are the silly ongoing adventures of various Engineering Departments of ships within the Star Trek: The Fleet fan club. Short Star Trek-themed audio adventures, just a few minutes in length each from HoloNetAudio, the audio work of Joe Mignano. Fun, funny, and full of fandom.

Bronze Age Audio; Short Film (Parody) — Canada

A filk or parody song which is a reaction to Season one of Star Trek Picard by Canadian musician artist and sketch comedian, Steve Mah on his Youtube Channel 'NegatingSilence'

An Imperial Entanglement

Golden Age Audio; Series (Crossover)

Billed as a "Star Trek, Gundam and Mass Effect crossover audio drama with 11AI" llElevenLabs Prime Voice AI is a generator of long-form text-to-speech with voices that can be cloned voices from samples. 

Star Trek Inhuman

The year is 2383. It is 8 years after the end of the Dominion War, and the Federation is facing a grim post-war landscape and all at once, with no warning, all of humanity vanishes. Where did the humans go?. The cast includes many new faces, and some familiar ones from TNG, DS9, Voyager, and more, including Be'elanna Torres, Elim Garak, and the jem'hadar Goran Agar. Inhuman is an original fan-made Star Trek Graphic Novel seven issues available so far, over 300 pages. The first issue has been released as a full cast video comic on the Youtube channel, " Fortune Favors the Bold " and the rest are available for free download from Google Drive.

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Podcast: All Access Listens For “Whistlespeak” With Commentary From Mary Wiseman Of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’

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[ Discovery 506 review starts at 21:39]

With Laurie away on vacation, Shuttle Pod’s Matt Wright joins Anthony to talk about the Trek news of the week, starting with the chaos at Paramount Global with the CEO leaving and competing bids to buy the company. They also catch up on Toronto’s new “Star Trek Stage,” get an update on TeakTrek from PanCAN PurpleStride, and consider the value of Star Trek teaming up with World of Tanks . Matt and Tony also take a look at fan efforts to support (and maybe even save) Star Trek: Lower Decks .

Turning to Star Trek: Discovery , they play some audio from Tony’s new interview with Mary Wiseman talking about Tilly’s adventure in this episode and her potential future. The podcast then rolls in Tony and Laurie’s previously recorded review of “Whistlespeak” where they agree it is a rich episode that is a bit of a throwback to classic Trek.

Matt sticks around for bits of the week, where we take a look at Laurie’s European adventure with Little Riker and wish veteran Star Trek director Ralph Senesky a very happy 101st birthday.

Paramount Global Boots Bob Bakish as CEO, Names New Leadership Team of Three Execs and Sony Pictures, Apollo Offer to Buy Paramount Global for $26 Billion in Cash  [Variety]

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Matt: 101st birthday card for TOS director Ralph Senesky  and his site senensky.com

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Nobody talking about Sony’s $26B offer for Paramount?

It’s one the first things we talk about in this episode.

It was literally one of the first things they talked about. Scroll up, it’s the first link on the list….

Well it looks like the Skydance deal is crumbling, but Variety is reporting the Sony/Apollo offer also probably isn’t happening — too many regulatory hurdles, and Shari Redstone doesn’t want to sell to a private equity firm.

Class B shareholders may revolt, but that’s mainly because they’re Ferengi in their thinking (short-term profit above all).

Because nothing else matters to them. For them, companies aren’t made up of people or history And what they do is completely irrelevant.

For those guys, it doesn’t matter if the company becomes the next Apple or utterly implodes. Because all it is is a financial instrument to milk cash from.

No idea if it’s practical or ideal, but the selfish part of me wants it to be Amazon buying Paramount/Star Trek. Already have prime and I do busines with their webstore. Netflix 2nd choice. Then Disney ( unlikely), Apple, last preference is any terrestrial cable network.

We already have too much consolidation in the entertainment industry, it would be great if they don’t sell to anyone.

Per Variety, that’s the way things are looking now.

Paramount’s board will review the Sony/Apollo offer to fulfill their fiduciary duty, but it too looks unlikely.

You know it’s funny when the corporation consolidated into one unit again with Star Trek just being under one umbrella and Paramount+ was born out of it I think most of us thought things were looking up. And this was around the same time they announced the Kelvin movie (again) at the now infamous shareholders event.

The narrative then was Paramount was so flushed with cash we’ll probably get many Trek projects coming our way. A year later all that talk had changed. Now it was ‘belt tightening’ talk. Not only did the Kelvin movie didn’t happen it basically got cancelled yet again lol, as much as they pretended otherwise. Four of the five Trek shows have been cancelled and who knows if Paramount+ will even be a thing a year from now?

They put on a good front with the splashy Variety article, announce yet another movie blah blah but the reality is Star Trek’s future is once again up in the air. I’m certain we will get the Academy show and Section 31 is already shot but I don’t expect anything else to happen until the new overlords arrives. I think another theatrical movie is just another PR ploy sadly. Would like to be wrong but all things considered….

BTW to answer the question has Paramount+ had any shows go longer than five seasons the answer is yes. It was The Good Fight and the only show that got six seasons.

I do think more shows will go over 5 but I highly doubt it will be Star Trek. Probably one of the Taylor Sheridan shows as suggested.

Regarding the Denobulans not checking in on the planet: wasn’t there a thing about Denobulans not being part of TNG when Enterprise was on the air? Someone was questioning it in a canon kind of way. And I seem to remember someone from production saying: “There’s a reason for that”. Hinting at the fact that the Denobulans might have pulled back and secluded themselves. Not interacting with any outsiders anymore. Not likely, but that could’ve been the reason they didn’t go back anymore.

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Original 'Star Trek' Enterprise model was lost and found decades later. Now it's the subject of a lawsuit

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In April, Heritage Auctions heralded the discovery of the original model of the U.S.S. Enterprise, the iconic starship that whooshed through the stars in the opening credits of the 1960s TV series “Star Trek” but had mysteriously disappeared around 45 years ago.

The auction house, known for its dazzling sales of movie and television props and memorabilia, announced that it was returning the 33-inch model to Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr., son of series creator Gene Roddenberry. The model was kept at Heritage’s Beverly Hills office for “safekeeping,” the house proclaimed in a statement, shortly after an individual discovered it and brought it to Heritage for authentication.

“After a long journey, she's home,” Roddenberry’s son posted on X , (formerly Twitter).

But the journey has been far from smooth. The starship model and its celebrated return is now the subject of a lawsuit alleging fraud, negligence and deceptive trade practice, highlighting the enduring value of memorabilia from the iconic sci-fi TV series.

The case was brought by Dustin Riach and Jason Rivas, longtime friends and self-described storage unit entrepreneurs who discovered the model among a stash of items they bought “sight unseen” from a lien sale at a storage locker in Van Nuys last October.

“It’s an unfortunate misunderstanding. We have a seller on one side and a buyer on the other side and Heritage is in the middle, and we are aligning the parties on both sides to get the transaction complete,” said Armen Vartian, an attorney representing the Dallas-based auction house, adding that the allegations against his client were “unfounded.”

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The pair claimed that once the model was authenticated and given a value of $800,000, they agreed to consign it to an auction sale with Heritage planned for July 2024, according to the lawsuit. However, following their agreement, they allege the auction house falsely questioned their title to the model and then convinced them, instead of taking it to auction, to sell it for a low-ball $500,000 to Roddenberry Entertainment Inc. According to the suit, Eugene Roddenberry, the company's CEO, had shown great interest in the model and could potentially provide a pipeline of memorabilia to the auction house in the future.

“They think we have a disagreement with Roddenberry,” said Dale Washington, Riach and Rivas’ attorney. “We don’t. We think they violated property law in the discharge of their fiduciary duties.”

The two men allege they have yet to receive the $500,000 payment.

A surprise discovery in a Van Nuys storage unit

For years, Riach and Rivas have made a living buying repossessed storage lockers and selling the contents online, at auction and at flea markets. In fact, Riach has appeared on the reality TV series “Storage Wars.”

“It’s a roll of dice in the dark,” Riach said of his profession bidding on storage lockers. “Sometimes you are buying a picture of a unit. When a unit goes to lien, what you see is what you get and the rest is a surprise. At a live auction you can shine a flashlight, smell and look inside to get a gauge. But online is a gamble, it’s only as good as the photo."

Last fall, Riach said he saw a picture of a large locker in an online sale. It was 10 feet by 30 feet, and “I saw boxes hiding in the back, it was dirty, dusty, there were cobwebs and what looked like a bunch of broken furniture,” he said.

Something about it, he said, “looked interesting,” and he called Rivas and told him they should bid on it. Riach declined to say how much they paid.

There were tins of old photographs and negatives of nitrate film reels from the 1800s and 1900s. When Rivas unwrapped a trash bag that was sitting on top of furniture, he pulled out a model of a spaceship. The business card of its maker, Richard C. Datin, was affixed to the bottom of the base.

A Google search turned up that Datin had made “Star Trek” models, although the two men didn’t make the connection to the TV series.

“We buy lots of units and see models all of the time,” Riach said. He thought they would find a buyer and decided to list it on eBay with a starting price of $1,000.

At once, they were deluged with inquiries. Among Trekkies, the long-lost first starship model had attained a mythical status.

The original “Star Trek'' debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons. Although its original run was brief, the show has generated numerous films and television spinoffs and is one of the most lucrative entertainment franchises, with an enormous fan base.

In 2022, at a Heritage auction of 75 props and items, a Starfleet Communicator from the 1990s series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” sold for $27,500 while a pair of Spock’s prosthetic Vulcan ear tips from the original series went for $11,875, more than twice the amount they brought when they were sold in 2017 for $5,100.

The starship’s design was crucial to the series' success. "If you didn’t believe you were in a vehicle traveling through space, a vehicle that made sense, whose layout and design made sense, then you wouldn’t believe in the series,” Gene Roddenberry said in the 1968 book “The Making of Star Trek,” according to the auction house.

For years, the show’s creator had kept the 33-inch model on his desk. It became the prototype for the 11-foot model used in subsequent episodes. That version was later donated to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. But that first model disappeared around 1978 when the makers of “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” borrowed it.

A missing starship model

In 1979, Roddenberry wrote to then Paramount executive Jeffrey Katzenberg stating that he had “loaned” the model to the studio more than a year earlier.

"My problem is simply that of getting my model back," Roddenberry wrote, according to a copy provided by Washington. "It is a fairly expensive piece of model making but its real value to me is what it represents." He added that no one he had spoken with "had the slightest hint as to who got it or what happened to it."

Roddenberry died in 1991 .

After the massive interest sparked by the eBay listing, Riach and Rivas pulled the sale and began researching the model more intently. They discovered the connection between Datin and the TV series but also learned that the original model was the same size as the one they had found and it had gone missing. “I said wow, do we have something here?” said Riach, and then reached out to Heritage.

Riach admitted that “Star Trek” wasn’t really on his radar. He was a die-hard “Star Wars” fan, having collected vintage memorabilia from the space films since he was 8 years old.

But given the treasure he unearthed, he now says, “I love ‘Star Trek.’

“There are people buying storage units for 20 years and you will never find anything this great,” he said. “It’s like buying a lottery ticket. It was a very great find.”

Things took an unexpected twist, Riach said. In March, he and Rivas signed an agreement to sell the model for $500,000 after it was pulled from the planned auction and they were told Roddenberry Entertainment had a "strong claim" to the model's title and “would tie them up with its ‘powerful legal team.’” But then they were given a new transfer agreement to sign with a new set of terms. Riach declined and, instead, he and Rivas called Washington.

Heritage “moved the goalposts,” said their attorney. Under the new agreement, Riach and Rivas would be paid a "finder's fee," which Washington called a "reward," converting it from a transactional payment to a potentially voluntary payment.

They claimed that by April, when Heritage announced the model had resurfaced, the pair came to believe the house failed to disclose the item's value was much greater than they had been told.

Joe Maddalena, Heritage’s executive vice president, made public statements calling it “priceless.” “It could sell for any amount and I wouldn’t be surprised because of what it is,” he told the AP . “It is truly a cultural icon.”

They also had not been paid.

On April 28, 10 days after Heritage announced it had returned the model to Roddenberry, Riach and Rivas' lawyer sent a letter to the auction house’s attorney outlining their claims and asking for the payment promised; they also proposed mediation.

Vartian, the lawyer representing Heritage, said that Riach and Rivas became “impatient" about getting the transaction done, and disputes the house had a fiduciary duty to them.

“This is an arm's-length business relationship," Vartian said. "They bring something to the auction house and are trying to get the most possible amount as quickly as possible, that is [Heritage’s] position and what they did.”

Still, Vartian is confident that they will soon conclude the transaction, saying, “Various things including scheduling have taken longer than it would.”

For his part, Riach says this experience is much like that of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise — “a strange new world.”

“I’ve never experienced anything like this. I’ve sold fine art at auction and other places, I got my check and went on. I’ve never had this roller coaster.

“Storage is a hard game. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose," he added. "We’ve bought a $10,000 unit and everything was complete garbage. But if you play long enough, you can get lucky.”

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Hit series “The Bear,” “Bluey” and “The Last of Us” are among winners of the 84th Peabody Awards . As part of the ceremony, which actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani will host, the organization will also honor the “Star Trek” franchise with its Institutional Award.

This year’s 34 victors of the prestigious prize were announced Thursday, ahead of the 2024 awards ceremony on June 9. The winners on the TV side also include “Fellow Travelers,” “Jury Duty,” “Somebody Somewhere” and “Dead Ringers.” In film, a Peabody was awarded to the Sydney Sweeney-starring “Reality.” On the documentary side, honors went to “20 Days in Mariupol,” “Judy Blume Forever,” “All the Beauty and The Bloodshed” and “Bobi Wine: The People’s President.”

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The Peabody Awards describes its mission as being to honor “excellence in storytelling that reflects the social issues and the emerging voices of our day,” according to its website.

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Outlander's Richard Rankin stars in the trailer for brand new detective drama Rebus, which is based on the best-selling novels and arrives on the BBC later this month.

The synopsis teases that John Rebus (Rankin) is "left shaken after a violent encounter with gangster Ger Cafferty" and finds himself questioning the law like never before when his veteran brother, Michael (Brian Ferguson), finds himself on the wrong side of it.

The Edinburgh-set drama also stars Stuart Bowman ( Karen Pirie ) as the villainous Cafferty, Lucie Shorthouse (We Are Lady Parts) as Rebus's partner DC Siobhan Clarke and Amy Manson (Torchwood) as his ex-wife, Rhona.

Check out the trailer for Rebus below. The show premieres first on BBC iPlayer on Friday 17th May, before airing on BBC Scotland at 10pm that night and BBC One at 9:25pm the next day.

The trailer sees Rebus discussing the difference between laws and rules, concluding with a brooding threat: "Criminals follow the rules. Sometimes they need a reminder that the police know the rules too."

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The show is based on the Inspector Rebus book series by author Sir Ian Rankin (no relation to star Richard), which spans a total of 24 novels (with a 25th instalment on the way this October).

The first season consists of six episodes in total, directed by Niall MacCormick (Wallander) and Fiona Walton ( Annika ), with screenwriter Gregory Burke (Six Four) tasked with adapting the popular source material.

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Richard Rankin came to international attention as Roger Wakefield MacKenzie in Outlander , with other credits including Scottish sketch comedy Burnistoun, The Syndicate season 3 and medical drama Trust Me.

The cast also features Neshla Caplan ( The Rig ), Noof Ousellam ( Vigil ), Caroline Lee Johnson ( Ridley ), Sean Buchanan (Mary Queen of Scots), Thoren Ferguson ( The Midwich Cuckoos ) and Michelle Duncan ( Dalgliesh ).

Rebus will launch on Friday 17th May. All episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am, with episode 1 airing on BBC Scotland on Friday 17th May at 10pm, and on BBC One on Saturday 18th May at 9:25pm.

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 506 “Whistlespeak” Review w/ Commentary From Mary Wiseman – All Access The TrekMovie.com Star Trek Podcast Network

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[Discovery 506 review starts at 21:39] With Laurie away on vacation, Shuttle Pod’s Matt Wright joins Anthony to talk about the Trek news of the week, starting with the chaos at Paramount Global with the CEO leaving and competing bids to buy the company. They also catch up on Toronto’s new “Star Trek Stage,” get an update on TeakTrek from PanCAN PurpleStride, and consider the value of Star Trek teaming up with World of Tanks. Matt and Tony also take a look at fan efforts to support (and maybe even save) Star Trek: Lower Decks. Turning to Star Trek: Discovery, they play some audio from Tony’s new interview with Mary Wiseman talking about Tilly’s adventure in this episode and her potential future. The podcast then rolls in Tony and Laurie’s previously recorded review of “Whistlespeak” where they agree it is a rich episode that is a bit of a throwback to classic Trek. Matt sticks around for bits of the week, where we take a look at Laurie’s European adventure with Little Riker and wish veteran Star Trek director Ralph Senesky a very happy 101st birthday.

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‘The Bear,' ‘Fellow Travelers,' and More Win 2024 Peabody Awards

The Peabody Awards have chosen its 2024 winners, with projects like "The Bear," "Fellow Travelers," and "Reality" all making the cut.

The 34 winners were each chosen by a unanimous vote of the 32 members of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from over 1,100 entries from television, podcasts/radio, and the web/digital in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children's/youth, public service, and interactive programming. Of the 34 projects highlighted, HBO/Max has the most with seven wins, followed by PBS with five wins, Amazon MGM Studios with three wins, and The Washington Post and FX with two wins each.

"Whether courageously documenting wars across the globe or cleverly bringing much needed smiles to our faces, the winners of the 84th Peabody Awards each crafted compelling and imaginative stories," said Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody, via statement. "Spanning a wide range of mediums and genres, they delivered enthralling projects that are worthy of our highest recognition."

Additionally, Peabody announced the winners of two special awards, with science fiction franchise "Star Trek" receiving the Institutional Award meant to recognize institutions and organizations, as well as series and programs, for their enduring body of work and their lasting impact on the media landscape and the public imagination. Meanwhile WITNESS, the international rights group that assists citizens across the globe in using video and digital technologies to protect and defend human rights, will receive Peabody's inaugural Global Impact Award meant to recognize media or organizations that have profoundly changed the world for the better.

Finally, the 2024 Peabody Awards, which will also be giving special honors to Mel Brooks and Quinta Brunson , will now be hosted by comedian, actor, and writer Kumail Nanjiani. "Through his emotionally powerful and culturally relevant writing and acting, Kumail has established himself as one of the most impactful comedic storytellers working today," said Jones. "Kumail never fails to make us laugh, and we are so thrilled he will host our first ever awards ceremony in LA and our first awards ceremony in five years!"

The 2024 Peabody Awards will take place on June 9 at a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles.

Check out the full list of winners below, with language courtesy of the Peabody Awards.

"Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters" (World Channel and APT)

Choreographer Bill T. Jones created one of his seminal works in the face of profound personal tragedy. "D-Man in the Waters," which premiered in 1989, followed the death of Jones's collaborator and partner, Arnie Zane, and another company member, Demian Acquavella, both of AIDS. The documentary captures the enduring poignancy of the dance-and what it means for a new generation to carry it forward. 

Black Public Media and World Channel

"Judy Blume Forever" (Prime Video)

The writer of such beloved young-adult novels as Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, Blubber, and Forever is the subject of Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok's touching documentary portrait of an artist who continues to make teenage girls feel seen with her frank depictions of puberty and budding sexuality. Yet the documentary insists on seeing Blume's story as necessarily intertwined with the waves of book censorship that continue to be fodder in the culture wars of 21st century America, which is where the film finds its urgency as an evergreen warning. 

Amazon MGM Studios, Imagine Documentaries

CHILDREN'S/YOUTH

"Bluey" (Disney+)

Creator Joe Brumm's endearing family of animated Australian dogs have captivated both children and adults for years in episodes equally delightful and heartrending. Very little feels off the table, as Bluey fearlessly tackles topics from death to infertility to fleeting friendships, all while maintaining a sense of innocence and exuberance for the children, and affinity and understanding for the parents, who are allowed to be dynamic, imperfect beings on their own growth journey. 

Ludo Studio, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC Studios

DOCUMENTARY

"20 Days in Mariupol" (PBS)          

In the days following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, international aid workers and journalists alike began to flee the besieged city of Mariupol, but a team of reporters from the Associated Press, led by Eastern Ukraine-born director Mstyslav Chernov, remained. With their safety under constant threat, these intrepid filmmakers captured some of the most excruciating images of the war, including pregnant women fleeing a bombed maternal hospital and mass graves filled with children.

FRONTLINE (PBS), The Associated Press 

"All That Breathes" (HBO | Max)  

Mesmerizing and contemplative, All That Breathes navigates the complexities of inter-species coexistence through the story of two brothers and their quest to save the black kite bird amid rising environmental toxicity and social unrest in New Delhi. Shot in one of the most populated cities on earth, the film captures the symbiotic relationship between the animals' fight for survival and the brothers' struggle to keep their family intact. 

HBO Documentary Films presents ALL THAT BREATHES in association with Submarine Deluxe and Sideshow; a Kiterabbit Films and Rise Films production in collaboration with HHMI Tangled Bank Studios 

"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" (HBO | Max)             

For half a century now, the photography of Nan Goldin has encouraged us to look at others, ourselves, and our world anew, which has propelled her recent battle within arts institutions to hold the Sackler family accountable for the current opioid epidemic. Directed by Laura Poitras, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is equal parts a portrait of Goldin the artist, and a manifesto of Goldin the activist. 

HBO Documentary Films presents a Participant and Neon presentation

"Bobi Wine: The People's President" (National Geographic)       

Ugandan music superstar Bobi Wine first rose to national and international fame with message-driven songs, but then pivoted to politics, first winning a seat in Parliament and later opting to run for president, his charm and fame fueling hope of toppling the now decades-long government of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo's Bobi Wine: The People's President chronicles the ups and downs of that 2021 presidential election, offering up images of frenzied crowds cheering Bobi Wine on and documenting the various threats and arrests the star withstood as he spoke against Museveni's regime. 

Southern Films / Ventureland / National Geographic Documentary Films 

"POV: While We Watched" (PBS)

Since the election of Narendra Modi to national office in 2014, press freedoms in India have come under attack on multiple fronts, including murders of high-profile journalists and hostile media takeovers by the state. While We Watched provides an intimate portrait of one celebrated journalist, Ravish Kumar, as he doggedly speaks truth to power in a rapidly deteriorating news industry increasingly given over to polarizing misinformation and extreme Hindu nationalism.  

BRITDOC Films, American Documentary | POV

"The Stroll" (HBO | Max)     

The story of The Stroll-a strip of street in the Meatpacking district in New York City once frequented by trans sex workers-is one that risked, by its very nature, being forgotten. Such urban history lives not in the buildings, but in the individuals who lived it and have since been displaced by gentrifying forces. The film privileges candid interviews where these women speak for and about themselves, refusing the call toward respectability politics as well as the dour lens through which their stories are often told. 

HBO Documentary Films

ENTERTAINMENT

"The Bear" (FX)

Created by Christopher Storer, The Bear follows Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), a young chef from the upscale world of Michelin-star dining, as he returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage the rundown sandwich shop that his older brother ran into the ground before dying by suicide. Viewers are drawn into the relentlessly chaotic, high-stress world of small restaurant ownership, as Carmy builds a loyal staff who share his vision and, by necessity, his addiction to a high-pressure game of day-to-day survival-in business and in life.  

FX Productions

"Dead Ringers" (Prime Video)

The anxieties that come with delivering a child within a healthcare system that too often dismisses women's pain and does little to alleviate the very real fears surrounding every step of the process play backdrop to this latest adaptation of the 1977 novel Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland and the 1988 David Cronenberg film of the same name. Here, though, the encroaching sense of doom that rankles the Mantle twins (both played with gusto by Rachel Weisz) comes just as much from their commitment to improving women's care (a scary, uphill battle as it is) as from the predatory ways in which venture capitalists cannot comprehend why there may be a worthy business model in valuing women's sense of bodily autonomy. 

Amazon MGM Studios, Annapurna Television

"Fellow Travelers" (Showtime)

Set against the backdrop of the "Lavender Scare" during the 1950s McCarthy era on one end and the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s at the other, this ambitious period drama is anchored by the decades-spanning affair between Hawkins Fuller (Matt Bomer) and Timothy Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey). As Hawk finds pain and solace in the closet with a picture-perfect family and Tim rebukes his faith while thrusting himself into increasingly more radical politics, their love chains them to one another as they see the world and the queer community change around them. 

SHOWTIME Presents a Fremantle and Showtime Studios Production

"Jury Duty" (Amazon Freevee)

When Ronald Gladden showed up for jury duty, he was told the entire process was being filmed for a documentary. To watch all eight episodes of Jury Duty , which was, it turns out, a wholly fabricated improv-fueled hoax where only Gladden was none the wiser, is to witness the trappings of reality TV and prank shows being upended to show that serving one's community, in ways big and small, is a humble but necessary goal.

Amazon MGM Studios, Picrow, The District, Piece of Work Entertainment

"The Last of Us" (HBO | Max)

In HBO's post-apocalyptic The Last of Us , a faithful adaptation of the critically-acclaimed Naughty Dog video game, the road trip odyssey of Joel and Ellie (played by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey) functions as a recursive meditation on love and loss-and how love is capable of changing people, for good and for ill. In the hands of showrunner Craig Mazin, who worked in collaboration with Neil Druckmann, a co-director on the original game, this adaptation extracts new layers from the text that expand its meaning-imagining what a life of love and fulfillment, and survival, can look like at the end of the world.

HBO in association with Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog

"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Israel-Hamas War" (HBO | Max)

With its thoughtful episode about the conflict in Israel and Palestine, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver offered an important corrective to the media landscape awash in misinformation and decontextualized vitriol just weeks after October 7. Though ostensibly a "comedy" show, Last Week offered one of the best encapsulations of the conflict in all of media. 

HBO in association with Peyance Productions and Avalon Television

"Reality" (HBO | Max)

When two FBI agents questioned 25-year-old former American intelligence specialist Reality Winner about possible mishandling of classified information back in 2017, the resulting interaction played out like a gripping scene of experimental theater. At least that's how filmmaker Tina Satter read it. Satter's HBO film Reality stars Sydney Sweeney in a discomfiting dramatization that refuses to pin down its central figure nor what she's come to mean to the media and critics on both sides of the partisan divide. 

HBO Films presents a Seaview and 2 Sq Ft production in association with Burn These Words, In The Cut Productions, Fit Via Vi, Cinereach, Tanbark Pictures

"Reservation Dogs" (FX)

The third and final season of the breakthrough series Reservation Dogs exemplifies the power of indigenous storytelling over ten exquisite and nuanced episodes chronicling life on and off the reservation. Audiences continue following Bear (D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis), and Cheese (Lane Factor) as they make their way from high school to adulthood-the group's journey culminating in an artful finale that honors the fierce independence of the series and its Indigenous makers. 

"Somebody Somewhere" (HBO | Max)

Meet Sam Miller, a smart, cynical 40-something Kansas native who reluctantly returns to her midwestern hometown following the death of her older sister. There, she is forced to face the challenges of loss and grief with the help of a community of quirky outsiders. Starring comedian, writer, and cabaret performer Bridget Everett, the series' second season deftly explores bittersweet themes of family, friendship, and self-reinvention. 

HBO in association with Duplass Brothers Productions and The Mighty Mint

INTERACTIVE & IMMERSIVE

"The Hidden History of Racism in New York City" (Instagram)

Kahlil Greene, in his collaboration with Ariel Viera, makes lessons of the past relevant with The Hidden History of Racism in New York City , a six-part micro-documentary series for social media, touring parts of New York that exist, in part, because of historical incidents of race-based violence. The series combats the rampant disinformation on social media that dismisses how race continues to shape our history. It is a shining example of the power of digital collaboration, combining Greene's extensive and incisive histories of race with Viera's urban tours. 

Gen Z Historian, Urbanist Live

"Pentiment" (Xbox, PC, PlayStation 4|5, and Nintendo Switch)

Pentiment starts with an unusual premise: an illuminated manuscript artist, and later the daughter of his friend the town printer (an artist herself), must solve a series of mysterious murders that occur over a 30-year period in a small Bavarian town run by the local Catholic Abbey during the early years of the Protestant Reformation. With great historical accuracy, the game intricately weaves period art and print styles into its visuals while delving into the region's political, economic, and spiritual landscapes, and examining the gender, class, and ethnic dynamics of this period of European history.

Obsidian Entertainment

"We Are OFK" (PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Steam)

We Are OFK is a virtual music project and interactive narrative that follows a group of diverse, intersectional, LGBTQ+ friends who form a band. The story explores conflicts of creative enterprise, including money, mental health, and loss, as well as the unique challenges of creative work in the digital age. 

"You Destroy. We Create | The war on Ukraine's culture" (Meta Quest)

Only six months into the war in Ukraine, in the summer of 2022, the team from NowHere Media took 360- and 180-degree cameras behind the frontlines in Ukraine to bear witness to another kind of fight: the cultural battlefield. Their resulting VR film, You Destroy. We Create | The war on Ukraine's culture , bravely brings audiences close to Ukrainian artists and cultural workers who are protecting, rebuilding, and generating art in a time of crisis. 

NowHere Media

"Against All Enemies" (NBC 5 / KXAS-TV Dallas-Fort Worth)

As NBC 5/KXAS-TV Dallas-Fort Worth's series Against All Enemies lays out, a group called the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) has been quietly radicalizing law enforcement agents across Texas by advocating one key tenet: sheriffs, they say, owing their direct allegiance to the constitution, have a power that supersedes that of federal agencies including the FBI and even the president of the United States. As this months-long reporting makes clear, these fringe ideas had infiltrated Texas' official state training sessions, a terrifying finding given CSPOA's ties to the far-right extremist group the Oath Keepers. 

NBC 5 / KXAS-TV Dallas-Fort Worth

"Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court" (PBS)

In thirty years on the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas has gone from the lonely fringes of dissent to the heart of the conservative supermajority responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade , gutting the Voting Rights Act, and outlawing affirmative action in higher education. In this fascinating two-hour report, veteran Frontline producer Michael Kirk and his team examine how this deeply complicated man was shaped by his rise from poverty in rural Georgia and his marriage to the former Virginia "Ginni" Lamp, the product of a privileged white Nebraska family filled with grievance about a changing America. 

FRONTLINE (PBS)

"Hate Comes to Main Street" (WTVF-TV, NewsChannel 5)

In Franklin, Tennessee, an affluent suburb of Nashville, mediagenic alderwoman Gabrielle Hanson entered the 2023 mayor's race against a popular Republican incumbent, running on a far-right platform of Christian nationalism and opposition to LGBTQ rights. But when investigative reporter Phil Williams of WTVF-NewsChannel 5 started following Hanson's campaign, he uncovered a trail of hypocrisy and deceit, full of doctored social media posts, a job running a prostitution service under a different name, lies to police, and carpetbagging. 

WTVF-TV, NewsChannel 5  

"It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive" (Al Jazeera Media Network)

Bisan Owda's frequent video and livestream reports from the Gaza Strip vividly document the Palestinian civilian experience under Israeli siege following Hamas' attack on October 7, chronicling the plight of the young journalist and her family as they flee the bombardment of their home in Beit Hanoun for the supposed safe zone of Al-Shifa Hospital. Reporting from her makeshift tent outside the medical center, she shows what survival looks like for her and the masses around her, drawing on her indomitable spirit to keep the world informed of the day-to-day reality on the ground in Gaza. 

"War in the Holy Land" (PBS NewsHour)

Just six days after October 7, PBS Newshour aired this impressive hour-long special report capturing the horror of the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's brutal retaliation in Gaza. Through emotional interviews with families of Israeli hostages, Palestinians under siege, anguished veterans of the shattered peace process, experts, and blunt critics of both Hamas and the Israeli government, PBS' reports showed compassion and a sophisticated understanding of the politics of the region.

PBS NewsHour, PBS News  

PUBLIC SERVICE

"America and the Taliban" (PBS)              

In America and the Taliban , Frontline combines exemplary on-the-ground reporting, powerful new interviews, and 20 years of archived material to tackle how we lost the war in Afghanistan. The three-part series offers surprising new insight into America's longest war, exposing the failures and missteps that led to the Taliban's stunning 2021 victory. 

FRONTLINE (PBS) 

"The Post Roe Baby Boom: Inside Mississippi's Maternal Health Crisis" (USA TODAY streaming channels)

With abortions severely curtailed in Mississippi, more babies than usual will be born in the state, putting extreme strain on a system where maternal healthcare was already in crisis. In this episode of USA Today's States of America , Danielle Dreilinger, a journalist for The Tennessean, shines a spotlight on the harrowing deficiencies of that system with a report on the Mississippi Delta, an impoverished region with historically high rates of maternal and infant mortality. 

USA TODAY and The Tennessean 

RADIO/PODCAST

"The Big Dig" (GBH-News)

Originating in the 1970s, the ambitious infrastructure project known as "the Big Dig" became known far and wide for dramatic cost overruns, repeated delays, and construction failures that resulted in a fatal car accident. Yet in this compelling nine-episode podcast, Boston native Ian Coss revisits the "boondoggle" storyline and comes away with instructive new conclusions, weaving a narrative of infighting and setbacks, but also idealism and persistence that ultimately led to the completion of an urban planning marvel that has made today's Boston a dramatically more livable city.

GBH-News and PRX 

"The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop" (The Washington Post)

More than 40 years ago, Grenadian prime minister Maurice Bishop was executed alongside three members of his cabinet and four supporters, just days before the United States invaded the Caribbean nation. The Marxist leader's remains, and those of the seven other revolutionaries killed alongside him, were never found. The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop investigates this international mystery by drawing on the voices of the people most affected.

The Washington Post 

"Post Reports: Surviving to graduation" (The Washington Post)

A quarter of a century since the Columbine school shooting rocked a nation, the specter of gun violence has become a depressing and inescapable new normal for high schoolers all over the United States. Washington Post reporters Hannah Natanson, Sabby Robinson, and Moriah Balingit embedded themselves in Huguenot High School in Richmond, Virginia, for months to see what is being done to help students cope with their bleak reality. Bookended by two gun-related tragedies at Huguenot (including one at the school's graduation ceremony), this monthslong investigation offers a holistic portrait of a modern-day American high school amongst the constant specter of gun violence. 

"The Retrievals" (Serial Productions and The New York Times)

The Retrievals unpacks an outrageous incident at the Yale Fertility Center that took place in 2020, when a nurse was found to have routinely swapped out painkilling solution for saline, leaving numerous women to fully bear the pain of their egg-retrieval procedures. When women spoke up about the agony they were feeling, they were often ignored and, worse, made to question the legitimacy of their own experiences. The podcast carefully addresses critical issues pertaining to the poor state of women's reproductive health and legal rights. 

Serial Productions and The New York Times 

"You Didn't See Nothin" (Invisible Institute and USG Audio)       

To varying degrees, You Didn't See Nothin' is a memoir, a piece of investigative documentary, a historical corrective, and a sober reflection on the difficulty of justice. The podcast sees host Yohance Lacour revisiting a 1997 hate crime that took place on his side of Chicago: Lenard Clark, a young Black boy, was beaten into a coma by white teenagers, an event that drew Lacour into investigative journalism and ultimately disillusioned him. Here, Lacour reinterprets the crime through a modern lens.

Invisible Institute and USG Audio

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