QUESTION: WHY CAN'T THEY SAY STAR TREK? ANSWER: Strike. Actor’s union (SAGAFTRA) doesn’t allow actors to promote property owned by a studio or network currently under strike.

His Geroge Takei impression is so ridiculously good :O

Every interaction I have ever had with Garrett Wang has really made me believe that he is the genuine article. His contributions to the fandom, the fans, the conventions has been solid. I appreciate Garrett Wang.

You need another episode with him, like we only scratched the surface! Wonderful story teller!

Here's the Admiral for the Enterprise-G era of TV. Garrett would rock it.

I met Garrett Wang at a con in London about 5ish years ago, out of all the celebs i've met he was the absolute nicest, kindest, and most interested in meeting me, he was such a delight, always remember him the most, thanks Garrett for that wonderful memory.

As someone who was bullied as a young kid, I watched Star Trek with my dad as an escape. It made me feel better. Only later did I start to love the stories and characters. Trek and Dr Who got me through my early childhood. Thanks Garrett.

I just LOOOOVE this show because everyone involved in putting it on is awesome! And the guests are brilliant, enjoying this interview with Garrett Wang.

playing star trek online was the closure i needed for voyager, and thanks to garret wang for continuing to rock sto episodes! :)

I’ve rewatched Voyager more times than any other Star Trek show.

Every single person you have had on, have the most amazing phenomenal back stories . Just brilliant! 👏 👌 ❤

Lol, Garret Wang's Hillarious impersonation of George Takei, and James Hong takes the cake!

Another great show - congrats everyone and thank you for inviting Garrett on and letting him entertain us!!

I love how Garrett doesnt mind being interrupted in the middle of a story and riding along with what the host is saying and seamlessly going back to what he was saying. Also, bleeping some expletives and leaving some uncensored haha.

Garrett is MVP. So glad he spoke out against bullying and happy it pissed off some 'fans'

Garrett Wang is a class act. Super cool guy. Wish he’d get a Star Trek show where he’s the captain.

James Hong and Garrett Wong would be great...We need more of this guy, Garrett Wong.

OMG… it’s been a long road….

Garrett has always been among my top five ST actors. Seeing this amazing interview on your incredible forum (I just discovered!) was a real gift! His trust was evident in his candor and fearless discussion of bullying. I had my five minutes on stage with him at DragonCon in the Star Trek Miss Universe contest (Mother Horta won! I have the pictures!) I couldn’t have been more proud. My granddaughter and daughter hosted my trip to Atlanta and it was my last event (disabled now), now a golden memory. Gratitude! Namaste!

A crossover for the ages - The Delta Flyers and The Shuttlepod Show! Voyager is my favourite Trek, so to see you guys nabbed another Voyager actor was quite the treat! (Robbie next, pretty please? 🥺) Garrett was a wonderful guest - funny, humble and not one to shy away from discussing important topics. He has such a great storyteller voice, I could listen to him talk for ages. The story about his mom leaving his dad was so wild, I almost thought he was gonna pull a fast one on you guys, but I'm glad everything worked out them in the end! The fact Connor and Dom have been friends with him for so long really shone through in this episode, even just from Dom's introduction alone. Having Bonnie back to help co-host was great too, she's always such a delight! Thanks for another awesome episode, love you guys! 🖖💚🍃

My first pod comment is going to be for this ep of course! Garrett is a phenomenal guy who not only stands up for others and cares for this friends and family, but makes fans feel like they're a part of it. At STLV, he always makes me feel accepted and I am overjoyed at how we relate to one another despite coming from different backgrounds. Love ya, Garrett, and love the pod too! It was certainly enlightening and I can't wait to see the new pod space and the adventures that lie ahead. 💛

I didn't know Garrett was such an interesting and articulate man. Awesome episode! 🎉 Thank you guys for putting together such a powerful show ❤

Goooood Morning USA ... from New Zealand. Looking forward to this episode

GARRET YOU ARE AWESOME!! YOU SPEAK TRUTH, Man!! God Bless You!!

This is one of my favorite episodes yet. Garrett is just great, and Bonnie is such a gem.

I’ve never listened to a KZfaq or pod cast show for more than an hour and a half, but Garret is such a good story teller, amazing communicator! Loved this episode!!

So, as a UK person here, What Garrett talks about is the UK education system, we actually start kids around 3 in school, pre-school, learning basic things. Then Reception at 4, then Year 1 at 5 years old. We dont skip years/grades anymore - or rarely. But you can be over achieving in each year, they tend to give you more depth. Bu this is the public system, private system is sligly different.

Love these stories with Garrett. Amazing talent, and his journey Holy cow Also he can imitate George Takei perfectly 😅 and many amazing friends he made along the way

Garrett was wonderful and so interesting. Very talented and loved him on Voyager. The time went by so quickly watching the show. Thank you everyone it was so enjoyable.

I get it. I hope the actors and writers get what they need to live. as someone who has been living paycheck to paycheck and is recently unemp0loyed, I get it.

That was such a great interview/show! The energy with all of you was so awesome to see.

So good to see this on you tube. I’ve been away with work but have listened to the podcasts wherever possible but its ooh 😮 so bloody good to watch it again so heaps of catching up to do. Great episode and Garret is so much fun too watch and every one of you did a great job. Keep up the great work. 🍷🍷Ed from South Australia 🇦🇺🍷🍷

His voice impression of Takei is amazing.

Thank you for continuing to make episodes while also respecting the strike! Y'all rock.

Loves this ep , you guys are all great❤,please keep doing this , makes my Sundays.

Dang. Thank you, guys! I can’t breathe for laughing so hard. Y’all are wonderful.

What a great episode. I’m a huge Star Trek fan ever since I watched the reruns as a kid in the late 70s early 80s. At the 1:14:49 mark, he is exactly right when talking about bullying in school in school shootings. I would take it one step further and say bullying is a learned behavior at home before they get to school. It is the parent’s responsibility to raise their kids in accordance with decency and respect for all individuals. Bullying and racism starts at home. Little kids emulate their parents and that’s how they learn these behaviors or from a family member, or from a family friend that is allowed to act that way in front of their kids. When you talk about the felony, I would take it one step further and involve the parents as well if it’s proven that the parents had something to do with the learned behavior. I know that’s hard to prove, but that would at least be a start to solving the problem. And you can solve many more problems, other than just school shootings, which is a travesty. We can stop the hate in the world, and all the unnecessary judgment of individuals before you even get to know their character. I feel real strongly on this subject matter. Which is why I’m commenting on it. Maybe it was me and my upbringing, but when voyager first came out, I never noticed the differences in race among the crew and cast. I didn’t notice that he was a Chinese American. I never really thought about being African-American. I just saw them as great actors on a fantastic show that I enjoyed. Yes, I am white and you can’t get any more “White” skin than me. With that being said, I cannot even begin to imagine what he would feel like to be discriminated against because of your skin color or your ethnicity. I’ve never experienced that before so I can’t sit here and say “oh I know what it’s like“ or “I feel your pain. That would be a lie. A few years ago I never knew why “white privilege“ really meant. I found out what it meant by a team member at work that I managed that happened to be African-American. He was a dishwasher and when I was walking back into the kitchen, he yelled at me and said “ I want to talk to you in the office now.“ My first thought was “I didn’t know there was a problem between me and him.“ So I said OK and we went to the office. We sat down and I said Anthony what is on your mind? He said I want to thank you for treating me like you do everybody else. I was confused legitimately. I said “ I’m a little lost here. What are you talking about? Of course I treat everybody the same at work. And in my personal life. So I don’t understand why you’re thinking me.” he said well you’re white and in a authoritative position and I am an African-American dishwasher and you treat me just like you do the other managers the other team members that are white and Mexican. You don’t see me as a lower class individual. Stunned in silence for an awkward 10 seconds before I spoke again. I said Anthony I don’t know what you’re talking about. I treat everybody the same. I still don’t know why you’re thanking me. He didn’t spelled it out for me, the racism and the judgment that he goes through every day of his life. I was stunned. And I said, I didn’t know you had it that hard. He said it’s just not me it’s how our community thinks as well. Then I asked him well how can I use my white privilege as you say to make things better. He told me not to change a thing that I’m doing. He said that’s how you can use your white privilege. At that moment, I knew exactly what BLM movement was all about. It’s about having equal representation at the pervert table, by being treated like everybody else. So that’s what I do now. When I mean, now I mean like I’ve always been in my adult life. When I mean adult life, I mean 25 and above. Being honest with everybody before 25 I would laugh at jokes about other peoples culture in Maybe said one or two myself if I’m being honest. I regret saying those things because it really wasn’t how I felt deep down. I’m telling you this, so I don’t come off being a hypocrite and being totally transparent with everybody. But at 25 I grew up. I stopped surrounding myself within individuals that were not necessarily good people. I know this was long winded and if you got to the end, I appreciate you taking the time and reading this. What are your thoughts about what I said about school bullying. Are you with me on this or do you have another opinion, if you do, I would love to hear it

Voyager was amazing. Keep the Shuttlepod going! Love you guys.

Such a generous interviewee, could listen to Garret for hours. Thankyou ;)

I came across seeing Garrett actually on Twitch, it was surprising when I initially watched because him and Megan talked about going to Red Deer (City in between Calgary and Edmonton Alberta) for the best doughnuts ever. I was like wait a minute… I live in Edmonton and I always pass by the place when I head to my hometown. Very much enjoyed Voyager, and hearing some of the stories from the cast. Great podcast!

Funny and serious, great show. Just catching up. Sweet to have Bonnie back, hopefully Erica soon.

Fantastic time with Garrett Wang! Never a dull moment and great talking points, especially about race. Also, big kudos for maintaining discussion around but not into struck work for SAG-AFTRA! Lot's of rich, involved conversation. @ShuttlepodShow really is the BEST!! #SAG-AFTRAStrong ❤💛💙🤓🖖🏾

What another amazing episode that proves the importance of the thing you were all involved with, honestly I think Garret is an American treasure , I don't care what anybody thinks he's.. admiral G squire he's more than earned it

Garrett is always so much fun-- thanks for having him on the show!

Yay! Also, I saw my name on the Patreon list and I'm so jazzed! Garrett is great. Love you guys. May have to rewatch those shows about rental cars and the Odyssey in space!

Garrett is great. So glad you talked about the racist problem we have in America, and WHY it’s gotten worse since 2016. Love you people!

Saved this for labour day. Great viewing on a relaxing day off . Love this podcast

hahaha his George Takei impression is spot on. Great watch!!

Fun fact - I'm listening to this while playing Diablo 3, listening to James Hong (who voices the jeweler) and Dominic Keating (who voices Kormac the Templar)

I find myself smiling through most of this video

I love that you did a great interview and still supported the strike.

Fantastic! What an enjoyable show!

My favourite episode from Voyager is Timeless. The end scene with Janeway and Harry gave me goosebumps. Great scenes and lines this episode.

When a guest feels the need to say 'let me tell my version first' .... you know! Yet still, still gets interrupted!

The Shuttlepod and Delta Flyers have given me a new insight into some of my favorite Trek shows. VOY, ENT, DS9, and TNG are Trek shows i watch over and over and over without getting tired of them.

Man I really like Garrett, hopefully he can be on the show again sometime. Its so awesome that you guys are doing this. Live Long and Prosper

Besides Dom and Connor, I love listening to Garrett and Robbie

I think this might have been my favorite ep of Shuttlepod Show yet, and that's not easy to do because they've all been great. I laughed through the whole thing! Love Garrett ❤

1:32:29 Was that Leonard's Bilbo Baggins song?!?! Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did. 🤣

This is awesome. More please. I am so impressed, and I knew very little about Garrett's background and acting outside of Voyager. Yes, Harry Kim needed a promotion or two. And I'm smiling about SeaQuest DSV, my parents and I watched it, weird changes and all, back in the day. I'd like to watch again. Also impressed at George Takei (and Garrett's spot-on impression) and James Hong. Good stuff.

Good of Gareth to speak is mind. Good of the show to not edit/cut it out.

Voyager is my favorite and hopefully more cast members will do a show ❤

This is such a great session. ❤❤❤

Most excellent episode! Nicely done team.

I met Garrett long time ago in Hollywood. Voyager at the time was in it's last few episodes. Asked him what happens in the last episode. Like any actor who signed a NDA, he declined 🤣

You folks are amazing, LLAP to your show

21:00 -- re: "I just want Tom to adopt me." ; *LMAO!* And Mr. Wang has some deadly sharp comedy chops. Thanks again, Shuttlepod Show!

From the pilot, I didn’t really care for ensign Kim. As the series went on, he became one of my favourites. As I watched interviews, Garret seems like a really cool guy.

One of their absolute BEST interviews EVER

Must be like playing "Taboo" for you guys at the moment! Oh and have to mention Garrett's absolutely perfect George Takei....!

Great stories, Garrett. Especially the racism stories which were heartbreaking. Glad things have improved.

Seen original run Of TOS still watching......love the POD casts

Spectacular guest! Absolutely treated every time I log in here! This show never disappoints! Cannot get enough! GW has been a con celebrity favorite as much as any show/movie he as ever been in. I could not even get 22 minutes in before I had to stop and write this! We need him back. We need every guest back. Like a special day of the month where its.. Freaky Friday celebrity do over. I am thrilled your show has not stopped during the strikes. Look forward to this every time! Conner, WA. smoke has eased up. P.s. I hope Erica is coming back soon. Hope her and her family are well.

What a cool guy and this was a great interview. Voyager got me into Star Trek, I enjoy the original series, TNG and DS9 but Voyager and Enterprise are my favorite Star Trek shows.

Awesome! Much Love! ❤

Garret seems a genially nice guy.full of energy.The Shuttle Pod show is a shining light on KZfaq.

Every time I see Garrett I have to tune in. Harry Kim is one of my favorites from Voyager. Garrett's story telling I could like, literally listen to for hours. Another banger of an episode y'all!

Really loved this interview. I haven't avidly chased down cast interviews/discussions of the various series and cast members, but really, really loved getting to know more about Garrett. He's so kind hearted, good sense of humor, easy going, and love his practical view on things. Voyager was a great show and the cast was excellent. I've been so busy with other things that I've missed a lot of episodes of Shuttlepod, but I'm reminded why I need to catch up. Thanks all!

Great James Hong story! I've lived that moment a few times, the set pecking order, separating extras from cast and crew.

Really enjoyed this episode. Would have been nice to see a few more Harry episodes in Voyager, I thought his best was timeless.

It is wonderful to hear Garret speak and especially to talk about racism in Memphis and South and during covid-19 people just randomly taking it out on an elder Asian walking in the street I don't know how you end this but I do agree that is important to keep trying to mitigate it by having positive role models of

The perpetual promotion-less machine, Ensign Kim! ❤

I have yet to see a bad episode of the Shuttlepod show, this was great. You're KILLING me with the wait for Marina Sirtis...she's going to bring the house down with laughter, absolutely one of the funniest women on the planet.

It has been a while since I watched your show so depending on my memory is questionable, I will have to see it again no kidding. From my sporadic memories I think that you were a perfect match with you co-star, the ex-felon, and playboy, you complemented each other perfectly, I really liked your friendship. When it was the two of you united it was awesome.

Jackie Chan also did Battle Creek Brawl a cult classic in 1980. Canonball Run came out in 81. I suppose Canon became more famous as it had so many famous actors.

Garrett, fellow taiwanese here. Thank you for everything you've done.

I enjoyed this episode, especially the discussion of NFL football during its final moments and the golf discussion. Let's consider the pre-seaon to be an audition for athletes. It is interesting that Garrett was a gambler of NFL football.

I enjoyed that. That 1hr 45mins swooshed past like Concord

Super enjoyable show with Mr. Wang. Sad that some of his experiences are a blunt reminder of how far we have yet to go as a society. Thanks to the cast and crew. 🖖

He was an amazing guest! Always loved him but didn’t know he was this personable! 😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

As a Kiwi Chinese, I enjoyed the discussion regards racism. It's refreshing to see a discussion in the open about something that isn't really spoken about. It's a similar situation with Asians in this country... although it is changing given that more Asians are emigrating here now. As a student, I suffered many of the same issues as Garrett... others thought it was a great joke to snigger behind my back or take the opposite view to whatever my opinion was simply so they could argue with me. I used to carry a small bottle of juice as my little treat for the day. A couple of morons that sat behind me in class thought it was a great joke everyday to steal it out of my bag & drink themselves. After a week I got tired of it and laced it with a laxative. There were 2 outcomes from that... they never did it again and it's provided me with endless amusement ever since. As a bit of a sideline, I do Extras work on movies, adverts etc. Not to Garretts level of course. I think that movie makers are trying for more diversification given the changing demographic of the country. It's nice that the Asian thing works for me and not against me for a change... although weirdly I've never played a Chinese despite being Chinese. So far I've been a North Korean, a South Korean, an Eskimo, a native American and a Filipino (amongst other no-specified roles).

Interesting interview! ❤

Was I the only person that, while listening to the casting story with Nan, found themselves picturing Joey's casting agent Estelle from Friends? Just me then?

Best George Takei I have ever heard!

Looking forward to it!🖖

Thank you for your work.

This honestly is such a great episode, and having Bonnie was fantastic I hope she comes along for more of these, she brings a lot of extra laughs in

Great podcast, i hope the strike gets resolved soon.👍

“TRIP TUCKER IS BACK”!!! I was so excited to read about the voiceover! 👍😃👍

Learned a lot about Garett. He is an excellent guest and so funny! 😂 Thanks for bringing Garrett on the show! #sagstrong #wgastrong #unionstrong