On this week's episode of WeeklyTrek, TrekCore's news podcast, host Alex Perry is joined by Jenn Tifft to discuss all the latest Star Trek news.

This week, Alex and his guest discuss the following stories from around the web:

• TrekCore: STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Producers Talk Season 4's Puppet Episode, Lack of 'Big Bad,' and Attempts Beam In Shatner (10:18)

• TrekCore: STAR TREK Publishing Updates: New USS Athena Guidebook, 60th Plans from IDW, and Two New WEBTOON Comic Series Debut (19:54)

• TrekMovie: Hallmark Reveals 5 Star Trek Ornaments For 2026, Including Spock Fighting Snakes (26:11)

• TrekCore: Introducing TrekCore's Newest Podcast, WARP FACTOR 5, Revisiting 60 Years of STAR TREK Adventures in Chronological Order (29:33)

In addition, stick around to Jenn's wish for Star Trek fan discussions to return to talking about the shows themselves (and a little less about the political context for the shows), and Alex's theory about the characterization of Malcolm Reed from Star Trek: Enterprise – tune into Warp Factor 5 to hear more!

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