60 years later, 'Star Trek' continues to 'live long and prosper

NPR(Boise Public Radio ^ | 09/08/2026 | Mandalit del Barco

[Kid Shelleen]

60 years ago, NBC aired the first episode of Star Trek, a television show that became a pop culture phenomenon. The original series starred William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, who led his diverse crew of humans and at least one alien, on adventures in space.

"Space: The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise," Kirk says, narrating in the title sequence of each episode. "Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life, and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before."

[HIDEK6]

Boise media. What do you expect?

[Dr. Franklin]

I should have killed this show when I was a tween. Somehow.
My one life regret.
Still on my bucket list.

Well let us know when you build your time machine and what else you expect to change in the 1960s...