The Clonestar Podcast

About The Clonestar Podcast

Welcome to Clonestar Podcast, your Star Trek destination hosted by 🇮🇪 Seo • 🇬🇧 Mike • 🇺🇸 Jodi. 🖖 We spotlight the Star Trek universe with cast and creator interviews, episode reviews, ship and model features, canon history, and fandom deep cuts across every era of the franchise. From bold new series to beloved legacy Trek, we bring passionate conversation, smart commentary, and a growing archive of Trek stories you can binge, revisit, and reference anytime. Love Star Trek podcasts, reviews, interviews, and deep-dive fandom discussion? You're in the right place.

Publisher

The Clonestar Podcast

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

27 Oct 2021

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

246 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Strange New Worlds Season 4 Review with Ellie Littlechild: Did the Risks Pay Off?

   Did Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 push the boundaries in the right direction — or let its genre experiments overshadow the stories? Ellie Littlechild from TrekCulture and WhoCulture joins Mike and Jodi for a full-season review, and we don’t all agree! From puppets and prehistoric adventures to horror, soap opera and fairy tales, we break down all ten episodes and debate whether the character development justified the risks.

2. 

   25 Sept 2026

   Strange New Worlds S4 Finale: Uhura Shines—But Is It Enough?

   Two Enterprises. Two Uhuras. One year apart. Does “Tomorrow’s Enterprise” give Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 the finale it deserves? Mike and Jodi return to Ten Forward for a full-spoiler review of Season 4, Episode 10—and a look back at the season as a whole. Celia Rose Gooding’s performance gives us plenty to celebrate as Uhura encounters her future self, confronts her doubts, and discovers what it might mean to stop putting life on hold. Add Scotty, an unexpected relationship, and a time-travel adventure, and there’s plenty to unpack. But while we agree there’s a lot to love, we don’t quite agree on whether this is the right way to end the season.

3. 

   18 Sept 2026

   Strange New Worlds S4E9 Review: Pelia Deserved Better

   Did Pelia and La’an deserve better? Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4, Episode 9 returns to the fantasy world of The Elysium Kingdom—but Mike and Jodi question whether its character resolutions feel earned. In this spoiler-filled Ten Forward review, we discuss Pelia’s decision to stay behind, the missing farewell with Scotty and why La’an’s journey towards self-acceptance feels rushed after seasons of development. Mike calls this his least favourite episode of the season and awards it 2/10. Jodi, who enjoyed the original Elysium Kingdom episode, finds this return forced and predictable, giving it 5.5/10. We discuss: • Pelia’s departure and the goodbye we wanted to see • La’an’s two contrasting selves and the resolution of her internal conflict • Carol Kane’s one-liners, Christina Chong’s dual performance and Celia Rose Gooding’s villainous turn • The Benny Russell reference, the Enterprise doppelgangers and Runa’s touching final moments • Our playful Lower Decks theory connecting Pelia and Billups—headcanon, not confirmed canon There are performances and moments worth celebrating, but did the episode try to wrap up too much at once?

Who has been a guest on The Clonestar Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tamia Harper
• Subrina Wood
• Mike Okuda
• Denise Okuda
• Doug Drexler

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

33,969

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

29 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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