Liz and Anika get together to discuss the news, trailers and outfits from Star Trek Day, 8 September 2021, including… We have concerns about the sidelining of female characters in Prodigy How will Long Janeway… Read More »85. ”Mary Sue (respectful)” (Star Trek Day 2021)
Pour a shot of tequila and carve up the salmon, Liz and Anika are here to discuss the news and trailers coming out of First Contact Day – along with the whole idea of fannish… Read More »76. Space Zoom (First Contact Day 2021)
We’re joined by friend of the podcast Tim, who tells us about the IMDB ratings system and how it reflects fandom’s biases. Sounds dry? No, it’s fascinating! At least to us… [Note: we had some… Read More »75. It’s Ruined Childhoods Again
Anika and Liz discuss bisexuality in Star Trek – a topic which has been on our agenda since the only on-screen representation was the Mirror Universe. Thank heavens times have changed! …Right? Because, wow, the… Read More »73. The Rick Berman Problem
Anika and Liz select characters, concepts and ideas which, if copyright law didn’t exist (and also they controlled Star Trek, which, for some reason, they still don’t), they would bring into the Trek universe. We’re… Read More »54. It’s The Dark ‘n’ Gritty Zootopia
It’s our 50th episode! And we’re celebrating with silliness: we’ve come up with 25 questions each, and given the other 60 seconds to consider important issues like: why does Anika blame Jonathan Archer for everything… Read More »50. Riker Is Blanche
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 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)
Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard has come to an end! What a strange, messy show it’s been. Special guest Sam (@retconning) joins us for the first thirty minutes to discuss Seven of Nine, queer… Read More »44. Screw You, Rick Berman (Picard 1.10)
This week on Star Trek: The Next Generation, the crew beam down to an idyllic paradise whose scantily clad residents harbour a terrible secret. No, wait! It’s Star Trek: Picard, and any resemblance to season… Read More »43. #notallorganics (Picard 1.09)