We’re talking about the medical professionals of Trek, including: the changing prominence of doctors and medicine in Star Trek our favourite doctor (and the good characters versus the ones we’d want actually treating us) Liz’s… Read More »48. A 100% Patient Fatality Rate
Anika and Liz discuss the DS9 episode “Things Past”, in which Sisko, Dax, Odo and Garak find themselves at the centre of an ugly incident during the Occupation. While Garak demands to see the manager,… Read More »46. #MeToo: Terok Nor (DS9 5.8)
Anika and Liz are joined by Jules (of @juleshastweets and Bad Pajamas) to talk about our favourite villains! Complete with sidebars about Star Wars and Avatar: The Last Airbender, and a a brief reinvention as… Read More »45. Affable Evil and the Chaos Agents (Star Trek villains)
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)
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
Problematic faves! Anika and a sliiiiiiiiiiightly hungover (yet award-winning) Liz discuss the characters we love, but can’t entirely recommend without a caveat. Or many caveats. But first — we have to define terms. How do… Read More »21. Treason. Murder. Bad things. (Our Problematic Faves)
It’s our twentieth episode, and we’re celebrating by getting totally self-indulgent. We talk about our childhood and adolescent experiences with Star Trek: discovering the series; discovering fandom; that time Anika was an awkward teenager at… Read More »20. #growinguptrekkie
We’re joined by special guest Caroline (aka rikerssexblouse) to discuss mothers in Star Trek. Anika ran the stats, and we talked about specific characters, including… Beverly Crusher (TNG) Lwaxana Troi (TNG, DS9) Keiko O’Brien (TNG, DS9)… Read More »19. The Idea of a Mother (Motherhood in Star Trek)
Wing woman (n) – A female friend who accompanies one to social events, acts as facilitator of encounters with potential romantic or sexual partners and wards off unwanted attention. Anika and Liz ask the big questions: who,… Read More »02. The Ultimate Wing Woman