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Podcast: Strange New Pod | A Star Trek Podcast
Episode: Kirk SNW Casting + Picard "Assimilation" Review
Description: When you think it's going to be a quiet week, Trek Tuesday rolls around and throws another Ben Sisko curveball at you.On this packed edition of Strange New Pod, Girafe, Hawk, and Julian breakdown the big Strange New Worlds casting news, with Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries) set to play James T. Kirk in the show's second season. Plus, the team goes through our collective's thoughts on the casting in the mailbag.Then, it's onto SNP's review of Star Trek Picard episode 203, "Assimilation." With the Borg Queen drained upon La Sirena's arrival in 2024, what drast...