Antimatter Pod
185 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Star Trek podcast where we talk fashion, feminism, subtext and subspace.
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176. Jankom Pog Politely Disagrees (Prodigy 2.03)
July 16, 2024 23:50 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBAnika and Liz attempt to change the timeline so Paramount never dropped Prodigy and we got to enjoy each episode week by week … but alas, we did not pay attention in Temporal Mechanics 101. We're discussing Star Trek: Prodigy's "Who Saves the Saviors", including… Rok-Tahk knows when to keep her mouth shut and when to tattle, and also has done nothing wrong (ever, in her entire life) Dal has never watched Star Trek and isn't about to start now We have conflicting feelings about birds, an...
175. Gwyndala's Dad Has Got It Goin' On (Prodigy 2.01 and 2.02)
July 09, 2024 21:45 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBAnika and Liz sign up for an internship, accidentally steal a ship, and … well, we're discussing the second season premiere of Star Trek: Prodigy! (Please note we have seen the whole season, and although we make some very virtuous remarks about sticking to the episodes at hand, we cannot be trusted to respect the Temporal Prime Directive.) The binge model and Star Trek Dal versus the education system Sexualising the Diviner Zero's story is both a trans narrative and a disability narrat...
174. The Puzzle is the People (Discovery 5.10)
June 04, 2024 22:28 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBAnika and Liz get all dressed up to attend a wedding. They just have to figure out the meaning of life first. Easy, right? It's a very special episode as we discuss the series finale of Star Trek: Discovery, "Life, Itself"! We thought we were ready for Discovery to end, but we were wrong Liz suffered a finale-related injury and Anika has wine The Sega Star Trek: The Next Generation game (and also Jenny Nicholson's four-hour video essay about Disney's Galactic Starcruiser experience) It...
173. Progenitor-Aged Whiskey (Discovery 5.09)
May 28, 2024 22:42 - 42 minutes - 39 MBAnika and Liz put buckets on their head and infiltrate a Breen ship, pausing along the way to have a serious personal conversation. We're discussing the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Discovery (WE ARE NOT READY), "Lagrange Point"! Including... What sort of ending do we want for Moll? We already have a crush on Primarch Tahal Michael and Book parallel Michael and Ash in "Into the Forest I Go" - is infiltrating an enemy ship a date? We are briefly interrupted by an appearance from An...
172. Being Inner Lit (Discovery 5.08)
May 21, 2024 22:56 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBLiz has done it AGAIN: she forgot to move her microphone. She's audible but a little echoey for the first 10 minutes, before she has a horrible realisation. Anika and Liz are spending their vacation AT THE LIBRARY, where they are checking out some books and checking in on Michael Burnham. Every single thing in this episode is Sarek's fault Libraries and archives are never apolitical Primarch Ruhn heard there were drag queens doing storytime at the Eternal Archive, and he is NOT happy a...
171. Ice Cold Hot Take (Discovery 5.07)
May 14, 2024 22:41 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBIt is so awkward when you literally stick a guy in a refrigerator and then his death provides motivation for his grieving partner to go on a rampage. Anika and Liz discuss season 5, episode 7 of Star Trek: Discovery - "Erigah"(!!!). It is DEVASTATING that this is Discovery's last season and we're going to lose Rayner as fast as we got him Liz accidentally talks herself into shipping Michael/Nahn and also Nahn/Ortegas We have unlocked Rayner's tragic backstory Hot take: Michael is now a ...
170. Kovich Ex Machina (Discovery 5.06)
May 07, 2024 23:54 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBAnika and Liz infiltrate a pre-warp society, where they absolutely do not enter a race, that is clearly a trap. Not because of the human sacrifice, because of the running! Like episode 3, this felt a bit predictable, but ALSO like a rebuke to "Lift Us Up Where Suffering Cannot Reach" and "Who Watches The Watchers", so we're not mad about it What if obeying the Prime Directive is the unethical option? (Caretaker + Who Watches the Watchers) x (Lift Us Up Where Suffering Cannot Reach + Sac...
169. (Anika's Version) (Discovery 5.05)
April 30, 2024 22:49 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB(Note: our episodes are getting shorter because the screeners are fairly low quality and don't have subtitles, so it's a bit harder to get deep into the weeds of a story than if we were recording as episodes air. But our day jobs are quite busy, so we need to record as far in advance as possible in order to make our self-imposed deadlines. It's a pickle!) Anika and Liz beam over to an eerily familiar starship, steal a locket and a plush gecko, and discuss episode 5 of Star Trek: Discovery's...
168. Wig Continuity (Discovery 5.04)
April 23, 2024 23:01 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBAnika and Liz are caught in a time loop, which is actually a nice opportunity for a nap when you think about it. We're talking about Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 4, "Face the Strange"! Let's check in with Anika, The Only Person Who Hated "Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad". She thought "Face The Strange" was … good "I don't wanna sound creepy, but I have a pretty good idea of where Jason Isaacs is at all times." This season feels like an intentional final season, even though ...
167. Trust the Process (Discovery 5.03)
April 17, 2024 01:16 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBAnika and Liz beam down to Trill, don their finest red cloaks and hoods, and discuss the third episode of Star Trek: Discovery's season 5, "Janaal". Including... This is a perfectly fine episode, but it seems a shame to waste our limited time this season on something that is merely competent RIP Star Trek: Lower Decks Introducing the beta shift when fans are still under the impression that the alpha shift bridge crew should be the leads: brilliant trolling We have always been Wilson Cruz...
166. His Holiness Pope David Cronenberg (Disco 5.01 and 5.02)
April 09, 2024 22:42 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBFirst, we both have essays out! On Raffi by Anika Dane is in the current issue of Star Trek Quarterly The Diversity Paradox: Star Trek, Star Trek fandom, and the limits of fandom as progressivism by Liz Barr is in Speculative Insight SECOND, it's time. Anika and Liz are being called away from a fancy 32nd century cocktail party to stand in an empty void and discuss the first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery's fifth and final season... Compared with the over-the-top emotional drama m...
165. Hallmark Trek (VOY 5.22)
March 27, 2024 00:17 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBAnika and Liz fire up the ancestry.com subscription and do a deep dive into an episode which does a deep dive into Kathryn Janeway's heritage. Yes, we're watching "11:59", an episode which has aged badly but maybe wasn't ever good to start with. This is ostensibly the sort of filler episode that people now say they want more of, but it mistakes trivia for character development "Small town business owner who hates progress and reveres the past" is a type that hits different in 2024 Henry ...
164. The Sito Jaxa Duology (TNG 5.19 and 7.15)
March 12, 2024 22:14 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBAnika and Liz assemble a board of inquiry and examine two episodes which turned out to be significant for Star Trek: Lower Decks - "The First Duty" and "Lower Decks". Are we gonna cry? Oh yes. "The First Duty": Imagine if Beverly Crusher got to parent her son "Anika needs to talk about Jack Crusher" is an item in our outline We get into the really serious issue: who is dating whom in Nova Squadron? Liz's knowledge of American high school life, as gleaned from YA fiction and Archie comi...
163. PUA seeks Tradwife (TOS 1.22)
February 27, 2024 21:40 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBAnika and Liz don their finest gold mesh and settle in to discuss a key Star Trek episode: "Space Seed"... It's been said before, but it bears repeating: this episode is super racist (would it have been better or worse if they had renamed Khan and made him Mexican?) Time to ask the real questions: why are there so many women in Star Trek named Marla? Marlene McGivers: aspiring tradwife We've found it. A woman in Star Trek that neither Anika nor Liz can defend Does SNW break "Space Seed"...
162. Certain Type of Feminism-Coded
February 13, 2024 22:08 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBLast April, Anika and Liz each bought a copy of the June 1999 issue of the official Star Trek magazine. Then we had ... some other things to podcast about. But we've finally opened it, and we're talking about... Remember when we'd pay US$7.99 -- or AU$15! -- for a magazine that contained a couple of interviews, some facts we already knew about the Klingon Empire and a Bird-of-Prey pinup? The Kate Mulgrew interview: She does not talk about her relationship with Jeri Ryan (but we do) ...
161. Holding Hands at the Malt Shop
January 23, 2024 21:14 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBWe're back for 2024! With some genuinely awful sound quality because Liz is so out of practice that she forgot to move her microphone from its place on top of the printer to … you know. Somewhere in the vicinity of her mouth. But the show must go on, and Anika and Liz are pulling the names of Star Trek men out of a hat and deciding whether or not they're any good in bed. Yes, it's the SEX … Now That We've Got Your Attention episode, and decidedly not suitable for children. The hat has us...
160. Chekov’s Genesis Device (LD 4.10)
November 07, 2023 22:02 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBAnika and Liz do a deal with some Orions and definitely know which Chek(h)ov had the gun on the mantelpiece, it is a joke, we are only accepting criticism if it is delivered via Mark Twain impression. And Anika is not home to Mark Twain impressions. Yes, it's the finale of season 4 of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Old Friends, New Planets"! They stuck the landing! We remain, as we have been since episode 1, a Beckett Mariner Stan Podcast You Are Not Special, Bro: The Nicholas Locarno Story ...
159. Lower Decks: Friendship is Magic (LD 4.09)
October 31, 2023 23:04 - 33 minutes - 31 MBAnika and Liz definitely failed Hoodlums and Racketeering 101 at the Academy, but that's FINE, we're just going to hang out on this nice jungle planet, hiding from various warring factions while we talk about the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "The Inner Fight"... Tom Paris and Nicholas Locarno are different people, which we knew, but sometimes it's nice to have it reinforced Important sidebar: which canonical Vulcans are most likely to be in an MLM and why it T'Pring's par...
158. The Vendorians Work For the Bourgeoisie [LD 4.08]
October 24, 2023 22:16 - 17 minutes - 16 MBAnika and Liz beam down to a cave, get trapped, and record the shortest regular episode of Antimatter Pod yet! But that doesn't mean we didn't enjoy Lower Decks season 4 episode 8, "Caves", or that we're not going to discuss important issues such as... It is not, in fact, time for Lower Decks to break up the band (But it is time for them to see other officers, and that's okay!) Are Vendorians real? Anika has doubts Liz has THREE VERY SPECIFIC BONE SQUICKS and so far this season Lower Dec...
157. The Three Laws of Evil Robotics [LD 4.07]
October 17, 2023 21:54 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBAnika and Liz grow some tomatoes and share some feelings in Evil Podcaster Therapy. Specifically, we're sharing feelings about Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "A Few Badgeys More", including: This episode was made for Anika, except it's about characters she doesn't care about The birds in Liz's neighbourhood were extra loud just for us The evil AI trope We're getting all Asimovian up in here Like and subscribe to Badgeycast, the new podcast hosted by Badgey and the Cosmic Koala! Er, ho...
156. Cop Landlords Slash Fic (LD 4.06)
October 10, 2023 22:07 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBThis episode is brought to you by Slug-O-Cola, platonic relationships, and Beckett Mariner's emotional crisis Is Beckett Mariner okay? Do Tendi and Rutherford have feelings for each other? Are we meant to think that they do? We need to admit that Migleemo is the sex god of the Cerritos If there isn't a thriving Landlord Cops fandom by the time this episode drops, we will be VERY disappointed Liz predicts there will be Rom Discourse "Joe Biden is not Rom. BUT…"
155. The Overthinking Podcast (LD 4.05)
October 03, 2023 22:02 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBIt's Romulan ale o'clock! Anika and Liz fill their yard glasses with something brightly coloured and alcoholic, don their finest diplomatic bicycle shorts, and discuss Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Empathological Fallacies"! This episode is truly a gift for Star Trek Las Vegas cosplayers Anika's Totally Spies theory Liz's Daria theory Here on the Taking Things Too Seriously Podcast, we are curious about the evolutionary implications of Catians hunting Betazoids "Shaxs, man. Shaxs." H...
154. Hijinks and Bad Sex Ideas (LD 4.04)
September 26, 2023 22:45 - 41 minutes - 38 MBFaced with a choice between attending a wedding or dressing up as Mark Twain for conflict resolution via roleplay, Anika and Liz will DEFINITELY take the open bar. We're discussing season 4, episode 4 of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Something Borrowed, Something Blue"! ORIONS! LIZ'S BELOVED! Are the Orions really all that secretive about their culture, or is it just that the Federation never asked? The Orions need a gender equality movement Liz: "I don't know why I'm so unfocused." It's bec...
153. The Cosmic Koala (LD 4.03)
September 19, 2023 22:55 - 28 minutes - 26 MBWe've updated our operating systems and speedrun the allamaraine game, and now Anika and Liz are sitting down to discuss the third episode of the fourth season of Lower Decks, "In the Cradle of Vexilon"... We don't mind a bit of a workplace hierarchy now and then Liz has a WHOLE THEORY about how Captain Freeman's command style is why Beckett Mariner is the way she is We go off on a tangent about Voyager, specifically about that time Naomi Wildman died and was replaced by a duplicate. So, ...
152. Hijinks Bonding (LD 4.01 and 4.02)
September 12, 2023 20:51 - 51 minutes - 47 MBWhile Liz navigates a series of Voyager-themed obstacles, Anika encounters an adorable creature who eats bones. Yes, it's time for the season 4 premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks, and we're here to talk about... "We're not gonna do Tuvix Discourse." We absolutely did Tuvix Discourse Voyager as a museum, curation styles and fandom: Liz has a THESIS Maybe the real Starfleet is the friends we made along the way Friendship ended with Beckett/Jennifer, Tendi/T'Lyn is our best friend now We'r...
Very Short Treks: Skin A Cat
September 08, 2023 23:23 - 2 minutes - 2.26 MBIt's a Very Short Antimatter Pod! We take two and a half minutes to discuss the first Very Short Trek. Spoilers: it's bad!
151. Working Girl (Nyota’s Version) (SNW 2.10)
August 29, 2023 22:42 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBAnika and Liz stop off in a small town in the ... midwest? to hang out in a diner? And discuss "Hegemony", the second season finale of Strange New Worlds? Which was definitely an episode of television? The Gorn problem (why are the characters so incurious about them?) SNW rips off the Alien franchise without understanding it Concept: promote Pike early, stash him on Starbase One with April, give Batel the Enterprise Do the writers know Erika Ortegas is a regular character? Do they know ...
150. Extremely Off-Broadway (SNW 2.09)
August 15, 2023 22:58 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBAnika studied musical theatre at college. Liz outrighted hated musicals until two weeks ago. And they're here to discuss … "Subspace Rhapsody"! And also fight crime. Star Trek crime. Which this episode is not, except when it is. Liz did a crash course in musicals, and then "Subspace Rhapsody" kind of does the same thing! "It's bad because it's Strange New Worlds, not because it's a musical." Liz has some comments about sound mixing, which is PRETTY RICH coming from someone whose podcast s...
150. All Hurt, No Comfort (SNW 2.08)
August 08, 2023 23:05 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB"Under the Cloak of War" is a really serious, complex episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ... but don't worry, Anika and Liz are here to talk about the sex pollen fic opportunities! And also: Looking at fan reactions to this episode, one might almost begin to think people apply a different standard to new Trek compared with the Star Trek of the '90s Liz completely misremembers the matter of the Accountant of Auschwitz: it was Germany, not Israel, who put him on trial and sentenced him...
148. His Job Is Just … Trek (SNW 2.08)
August 01, 2023 22:09 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBAnika and Liz get sucked into a vortex and are mysteriously transformed from cartoons into real human beings! Yes, it's time to talk about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 2, episode 7, "Those Old Scientists"! Hi, we loved this episode! Boimler is fandom: he expects things to be a certain way and freaks out that SNW is different Mariner is also fandom: she loves Uhura and finds her inspiring, and has more respect for canon than she wants to admit Anika has a presentation on how "Th...
147. Star Trek: Microaggressions (SNW 2.06)
July 25, 2023 22:11 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBAnika and Liz roll up to a cool-looking nebula, only to find it's alive! Hey, are we experiencing deja vu? Does the Federation mining industry need to be stopped at all costs? We're discussing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 2, episode 6, "Lost in Translation"! Please stop using disabled bodies as monsters, show! It's interesting how SNW is reproducing the problems (episodic storytelling, the reset button) that stymied Voyager White men and Christine get development through hijinks ...
146. Awkward Dinner Party, Vulcan Edition (SNW 2.05)
July 18, 2023 20:43 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBIt's time to discuss Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 2, episode 5, "Charades". Liz eats a pile of bacon; Anika has a lot of feelings about Christine Chapel, and we discuss... This episode is a gift specifically for Anika The theme of this season is "identity" On one level, this episode is a 60-minute mother-in-law joke with bonus ethnic stereotypes, and that is not great! Have short seasons killed slow burn UST? The aliens of the week are racist AND acephobic Spock, honey, you're...
145. Whose Utopia Is It Anyway? (SNW 2.04)
July 11, 2023 22:04 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBAnika and Liz put on their cute away mission hats and, in between high-pitched noises and Liz's neighbour revving his car, discuss the Strange New Worlds episode "Among the Lotus Eaters"... Liz had a visceral reaction to this episode: a timeskip-inducing migraine would have been preferable WORSE, Anika is indifferent Character development for Ortegas: she flies the ship! Hey, space millennials! Don't go wanting career advancement! Don't even put a toe outside your designated box! Spea...
144. Rom(ulan)Com (SNW 2.03)
July 04, 2023 23:24 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBAnika and Liz find themselves stranded in 2023 Toronto, and over some Tim Hortons and poutine, catch up to discuss the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"... FIRST we are very angry and sad about the cancellation of Star Trek: Prodigy SECOND, we were extremely nervous going into this episode, and then … we loved it? Introducing Paul Wesley's Kirk via a set of AUs is really smart Is this the best episode of Enterprise or the sequel to "Time and Agai...
143. Star Trek: JAG (SNW 2.02)
June 27, 2023 22:50 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBAnika and Liz don their dress uniforms and stand trial for the crime of ... oh, something. Background bird noise and that helicopter, probably. But ALSO we are here to talk about season 2, episode 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: "Ad Astra Per Aspera", including... Gene Roddenberry would be SO MAD there's a civil rights lawyer in Star Trek! Which is not the ONLY reason it's great, but it's one! Utopias are hard work and civil rights progress via litigation is incremental, and this episo...
141. Fake It Til You Make It (SNW 2.01)
June 20, 2023 22:57 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBAnika and Liz are left unsupervised for a moment, so what choice do they have but to steal the Enterprise? Yes, season 2 of Strange New Worlds has begun, and we are here to discuss: This was a solid B+ of an episode! Why does The Algorithm want us to think everyone hated it? We know more about Pelia from two scenes than we've learned about Ortegas in a whole season The algorithm keeps bringing us the Bad Spock Takes But seriously, we can criticise the heteronormativity without being bip...
141. The Ninth Episode Curse (Star Trek: Picard season 3 - part 2)
June 13, 2023 23:36 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBAnika and Liz put on their most stylish Starfleet tactical vests and walk right into a trap. And along the way, we finish our discussion of season 3 of Star Trek: Picard, including... We are not impressed by Captain Shaw The Jack and Seven relationship is a HIGHLIGHT Worf treats Raffi better than literally anyone else in the whole of Star Trek: Picard, which is … bad. Like, it's great! But it's bad Liz hijacks the podcast to talk about Succession, and how Terry Matalas is like Logan Roy ...
140. The Main Character Of The Federation (Star Trek: Picard season 3 - part 1)
June 06, 2023 22:53 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBWe're putting on our old uniforms, hijacking a starship and stealing a shuttle to rescue Beverly Crusher, and we have NO REGRETS. Yes, it's finally time for Anika and Liz to talk about Star Trek: Picard... There is a strong possibility that this was … bad In Star Trek: Picard, Borg nonsense is always on the horizon Is Terry Matalas mirror!Anika? The signs are there! A lot of our problems with this season are actually with season 2, ie, the discarding of the original cast Some TNG charac...
139. Every Trek Everywhere All At Once (Q-Squared)
May 23, 2023 22:56 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBAnika and Liz confront their alternate universe selves (who are them but with more trauma and different hairstyles). Along the way, we discuss... Toxic masculinity spoils the party again Track A is trauma all the way down The entire multiverse ships Picard/Crusher, which, honestly? Feels right! We shouldn't have to say this, but infidelity does not justify murder Like Come on guys Content warning: we discuss real world family violence and the murder-suicide in this book from about 7:2...
138. No Trek Home (Q-Squared)
May 09, 2023 22:40 - 42 minutes - 39 MBWhile Anika builds a machine that lets her enter the heart of the universe, Liz is reduced to atoms and hangs around the galactic barrier for a few centuries. OR ... we got together for part 3 of our deep dive into Peter David's Q-Squared. And we discuss... Tommy Riker versus Jean-Luc Picard Guys, don't send a deeply traumatised former POW off to have a haircut from a stranger without getting his consent and giving him a Xanax first! Track B Worf seems great, right up until you realise ...
137. Dr Howard and the Multiverse of Trekness (Q-Squared)
April 25, 2023 23:17 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBPeter David is recovering from a series of strokes, along with a mild heart attack. His wife is raising money for his medical bills, and if you enjoy our coverage of his work, please consider throwing a few bucks their way. Also, this episode contains spoilers for the end of Star Trek: Picard. Anika and Liz hang out in midair in a turbolift shaft and read pages 106-214 (paperback edition) of Q-Squared by Peter David. Along the way, we discuss… Paranoid readings, ie, Peter David did not si...
136. Into the Trekiverse (Q-Squared)
April 05, 2023 01:02 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBFIRST: After we recorded this episode, we learned that Peter David is recovering from a series of strokes, along with a mild heart attack. His wife is raising money for his medical bills, and if you enjoy our coverage of his work, please consider throwing a few bucks their way. Anika and Liz hop some timelines and read pages 1-105 (paperback edition) of Q-Squared by Peter David, and along the way, discuss… Our first encounters with the novel A brief overview of Picard/Crusher shipping in ...
135. Sensitive New Age Terrorist (TNG 3.12)
March 21, 2023 22:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBAs our unofficial Festival of Beverly continues, Anika and Liz hang out in some caves and have very earnest discussions about terrorism. Yes, we're discussing "The High Ground"! Star Trek: Picard spoilers from 00:00 to 00:59 We are deeply unqualified to talk about the Troubles. Of course, so were the TNG writers… (Book credits: Just Another Kid by Torey Hayden and Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe. If you want a review of "The High Ground" from an actual Irish person, please see this po...
134. Android Butt (TNG 1.13)
March 07, 2023 22:34 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MB"Hey, someone left a naked disassembled android lying around! We should definitely rebuild him!" Anika and Liz, minus their evil twins, discuss "Datalore" … with some Picard spoilers along the way. Skip to 00:49 to avoid the big spoiler and also Liz singing (Liz actually pronounces French words even worse than she sings, so, um, apologies to France) "I apologise to everyone for comparing Beverly Crusher to Darth Vader, however…" This is an episode about family, and not just the Soongs ...
133. Fandom Unicorns
February 14, 2023 23:14 - 1 hour - 59 MBIt's Valentine's Day! Or close enough. Anika and Liz settle in with chocolate, champagne and a list of their favourite OTPs. And OT3s. And … look, we have so many ships, we're practically a navy. Picard/Crusher: our first OTP Gwyn/Dal: #OTPCatboots Fifty years and all it took to make Anika ship Spock/Chapel was letting Christine have a personality Anika's favourite Star Trek rarepair will SHOCK and SCANDALIZE Janeway/Kashyk shippers: there were dozens of us in 2000! Has Janeway/Paris...
132. In A Hole (TNG 1.21)
January 31, 2023 22:15 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBAnika and Liz get chased by some drones, fall down a hall, and take the opportunity to discuss the first season TNG episode "The Arsenal of Freedom"... For a first season TNG episode, this is … not bad at all Is season 1 of TNG really season 4 of TOS? TNG went all-in on the anticapitalism in season 1 (it's just a shame they brought the antisemitism along for the ride) Riker's whole job is to keep Picard out of danger. He's gone for LESS THAN AN HOUR and Picard is beaming himself down to ...
131. Fortune Cookie Therapy
January 17, 2023 23:51 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBAnika 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.) The early years: Dr Elizabeth Dehner Badmirals Spock's stories can be a metaphor for a lot of things, but the emotional repression to depression pipeline is definitely one of them (Anika has a whole THING about The Motion Picture and Spock's arc, it's amazing) The 90s: A counsellor on the bridge Stories that are explic...
130. Adopt, Don’t Shop (Prodigy 1.19 and 1.20)
January 03, 2023 22:47 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBAnika and Liz replicate a shuttle without seats and settle in to discuss the two-part finale of Star Trek: Prodigy's first season… Prodigy loves a Vulcan/Tellarite/Andorian trio COMMUNICATION is THE THEME Holo Janeway fulfills the dream of all Janeways everywhere Gwyn's big hero moment ALSO the Dal/Gwyn, we have been shipping it since episode one and we feel VERY GOOD about everything! Everyone should get a puppy (but especially Rok-Tahk) No offence but Zero looks like an iPod now Wh...
129. Classic Hijinks (Prodigy 1.17 and 1.18)
December 20, 2022 21:25 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBAnika and Liz swap bodies and invade some holonovels as we discuss the Star Trek: Prodigy episodes "Ghost in the Machine" and "Mindwalk". And along the way, we touch on... Into the holo-verse Where is the Zero-as-Dixon-Hill story we need and deserve? Jankom Pog is NOT OKAY and we're into that Seriously, just a few weeks ago, we were like, "Jankom is the flattest character?" HOW WRONG WE WERE Murf. Just. Murf. What? It is OUTRAGEOUS that Paramount hasn't released Delta Heart: Magical Ve...
128. F*ck Yoda (Prodigy 1.15 and 1.16)
December 06, 2022 22:20 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBAnika and Liz replicate some coffee, put on some classical music, and get into some backstory. And along the way, we discuss... Good news, Dal! We know who your family is! Bad news, they're the worst people in the galaxy. I'm sorry. You're a Soong. We continue to respectfully fangirl Aaron Waltke It's never too soon to introduce your children to bioethics Rok-Tahk is the anti Toph Beifong The Tellarites just took a DISABLED ORPHAN and THREW HIM INTO SPACE we are NOT OKAY and neither is ...