Star Trek Podcast Hits 10 Years of Laughs and Friendship

When Ben Harrison and Adam Pranica launched The Greatest Generation in January 2016, they were just two film production workers chatting about Star Trek episodes. Ten years later, they've built something far bigger than either imagined.

The podcast follows a simple formula: watch an episode of Star Trek, then talk about it with irreverent humor and genuine appreciation. But what started as a fun side project became a full-time career for both hosts, who now live in Los Angeles and run their own production company.

Over the past decade, they've covered every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and are nearly finished with Enterprise. When they're done, they plan to start all over again from the beginning.

The show has created its own universe of inside jokes and recurring segments. Fans call themselves "Friends of DeSoto." There's a segment called "Drunk Shimoda" and another called "Polo? Polo? Or Pollo?" that loyal listeners eagerly anticipate each episode.

Why This Inspires

The Greatest Generation proves that passion projects can become real careers when you find your people. Harrison and Pranica didn't just build an audience—they built a community of fellow fans who were looking for a place to celebrate something they loved without taking it too seriously.

The hosts say fans tell them all the time that the show isn't really about Star Trek. It's about the hang, the friendship, and having something comforting to return to week after week.

That resonance led to spin-off podcasts, live shows, and a devoted following that has supported them for a full decade. In 2016, they joined the Maximum Fun network and formed their own company named after two obscure Star Trek characters.

As Pranica puts it, when you professionalize something you love, it becomes "serious funny business." Both hosts say they're planning to keep going, joking that they'll "die in these chairs" making podcasts together.

For thousands of listeners, that's wonderful news. In a chaotic world, sometimes you just need two friends talking about Star Trek to make everything feel a little bit better.