We’re back! And we’re talking about the first episode of Star Trek: Picard, “Remembrance”. It’s difficult to get into a full list of topics covered without spoiling the episode’s twists, but here’s the short, vague… Read More »35. Romulan Fish Nuns (Picard 1.01)
In our last episode before the launch of Star Trek: Picard, we talk about the character of Jean-Luc Picard himself: an aristocrat who aspires to be a street hero, a man who seems to embody… Read More »34. My Good Friend, Jean-Luc Picard
“This isn’t a romance. It’s a horror story.” Anika and Liz take a look at TNG’s “Sub Rosa”. And, you know, we try really hard to be positive about matters Trekkish, even in the face… Read More »33. Gaslit by Candlelight (TNG 7.14)
We’re considering the notorious Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, wildly reviled as the worst Trek movie ever. And, well, we kind of like it! Why? Spock turns out to have yet another sibling he… Read More »32. Sybok’s Fan Fiction (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
Slightly belated discussion of New York Comic Con and the new trailers for Discovery and Picard, and also the two new Short Treks: “Q&A” and “The Trouble With Edward”. (Well. They were new when we… Read More »31. Tribble Apocalypse (NYCC 2019)
To celebrate getting to thirty episodes, we invited listeners to submit questions! And went from worrying we wouldn’t get any (so embarrassing!) to putting out an 80 minute episode… We get to talk about the… Read More »30. Well Done, That Goose (Q&A)
Having spent their formative years in Voyager shipping circles – don’t worry, we’ll define terms – Liz and Anika talk romance on Voyager. (Note: although we are generally family friendly…ish, this episode is definitely more… Read More »29. The Perfect Starter Boyfriend (Shipping on Voyager)
Anika and Liz watch “Encounter at Farpoint” and discuss… ugly sweaters why is everyone on this ship so unfriendly? Tasha’s backstory the state of the world today the Federation’s failures umbrella frames as couture We… Read More »28. TNG 1.01 – Outsourcing the Exposition
At various stages of TNG’s development, the Enterprise’s resident teen genius was going to be Leslie Crusher – a girl. Anika and Liz wonder what it would have been like to have a girl STEM… Read More »27. The Ballad of Leslie Crusher
We’re joined by friend of the podcast Jules to discuss religion in Star Trek, and to interrogate the alleged secularism of the franchise. You might know Jules as “the woman in the Captain Killy cosplay… Read More »26. Worf Seders Dot Tumblr Dot Com