Anika and Liz are joined by guest Jonathan to discuss a movie Jonathan calls “the greatest Star Trek movie ever made”: Star Trek: Generations. Our feels run the spectrum: Jonathan loves it, Liz loves everything… Read More »196. Stepford Beverly (Star Trek: Generations)
Anika and Liz are here to discuss the NEW and WIDELY REVILED streaming movie Star Trek: Section 31. And here’s Antimatter Pod’s hottest take yet: we … liked it? Not because it’s good! (It’s not!)… Read More »195. A Handbag Nuke (ST:S31)
Anika and Liz don their gaudiest statement necklaces and medallions and get the band back together for an adventure in Millennial Greige, 46 years before TikTok invented that concept. Yes! It’s time to discuss Star… Read More »194. Kolinahr Statement Necklace (ST:TMP)
Anika and Liz don their blue shirts and do a deep dive into depictions of depression in Star Trek. (Please note this includes discussions of suicide and self-harm.) Specific episodes we talk about include:
We follow up our mothers-in-Trek episode by looking at … dads! And, guys, there are so many terrible fathers in Star Trek. So. Many. Bonus points to the Hansens, where BOTH parents are terriblel Digressions:… Read More »77. Why Are Space Dads
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
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
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
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)