It’s wedding season! Anika and Liz are looking at some of Star Trek‘s key wedding episodes, beginning with the one that launched season 2 of The Original Series and rewrote a lot of people’s brain chemistry:… Read More »214. Spacebook Relationship Status (TOS 2.01)
Anika and Liz put their hair up and settle in to discuss the most pressing topic of our time — hairstyles in Star Trek. We talked for so long that we wound up splitting this into… Read More »202. Hair Trek (part 1)
Anika and Liz don their finest gold mesh and settle in to discuss a key Star Trek episode: “Space Seed”…
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:
nika once said she had no interest in watching The Animated Series … yet here we are, discussing “Yesteryear”! We may be a Star Trek podcast, but we’re a Star Trek podcast with a lot… Read More »82. Are You There, Surak? It’s Me, Spock (TAS 1.02)
Liz attempts to summarise the episode and we learn an important lesson about taking notes. A Medusan character in Prodigy. As a story about disability, this is … interesting. There’s a lot to unpack. Including… Read More »80. A Really Great Personality (TOS 3.05)
Liz and Anika watch an episode of Star Trek: Continues, and just because it’s not canon doesn’t mean we aren’t going to waaaaaay overthink it! we are maybe the wrong audience for a loving tribute… Read More »78. Space Benghazi (Star Trek: Continues: 1.07)
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
Liz and Anika go back to the ‘70s and discuss a write-up of a panel on feminism in Treklit. “Treklit?” you ask. We young’uns call it fan fiction these days. You can read the full… Read More »72. What About Manperson?
Anika and Liz revisit one of the most universally praised episodes of The Original Series … and it really is that good. We have nice things to say about Shatner Edith’s don’t-punch-Nazis attitude is …… Read More »71. Edith Keeler in the 23rd Century (TOS 1.28)