InterTREKtional
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsExploring Star Trek through an intersectional feminist lens…. Engage!
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These Apples are Shit
March 16, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 115 MB**************SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS********************* Welcome to 3188! Discovery Season 3 is a wild ride and we are HERE. FOR. IT. This ...month? Becca and Ryan discuss the beautiful emotional journey of Michael Burnham, with stops along the way to talk Tilly, thirst for Book, send our love to the baby enbys, and salute Georgiou. There are spoilers in this! Oh, and P.S. get your vaccine as soon as you're eligible. What we're into right now: The Hold Up: friend-of-the-pod Mo...
Is that a Horga'hn in your pocket?
January 06, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBHappy New Year, Intertrekkies, and welcome to Risa! All that is ours is yours. Today's topic: SEX WORK. Strap in for a deep dive into this important topic. Also, 2nd wave feminism, Picard's package, costume obsessions, and more! Episodes: The Next Generation "Captain's Holiday" (S3E19) DS9 "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." (S5E7) Enterprise "Two Days and Two Nights" (S1E25) Recommendations! Future Man (TV show): comedy sci-fi/time travel show starring Seth Rogan. Zoey's Extraordinar...
Trekidemic XXL
December 01, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBLovely Intertrekkies, we hope you're doing alright out there as we drag on into the nth month of this pandemic. To help you through it, here is a deep dive into Star Trek's portrayal of widespread, highly virulent, or large-in-the-literal-sense diseases. Mask up, stand far away from each other, and put us in your earballs! Episodes: The Next Generation "The Naked Now" (S1E3) Enterprise "Bounty" (S2E25) Voyager "Faces" (S1E14)* DS9 "The Quickening" (S4E24) Voyager "Macrocosm" (S3E12) T...
Give Art Supplies to Kids, and Other Lessons from Lower Decks
October 29, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBBecca and Ryan are VERY into Star Trek: Lower Decks and here's our pitch for why you should be, too. Join us for a SPOILERIFIC episode where we discuss everything from holomovies to calling out your friends when they say problematic shit. Episodes: Lower Decks "Crisis Point" and "No Small Parts" The Purge movies are born from Star Trek THE PURGE Director Admits Which STAR TREK Episode Influenced His Movie By Devin Faraci via Birth Movies Death Anti-Elitism Today Anti-Elitism, t...
Going to the Disco
October 08, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBIntertrekkies, we missed you! We're back with an all new episode, diving into the Discovery premier: Klingon teeth, Vulcan Supremacy, and lady time, we've got it all. Episodes: Discovery "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars" Resources On Trauma Responses Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services via NBIH Post-traumatic stress disorder and declarative memory functioning: a review by Kristin W. Samuelson, PhD via NBIH Justice for Breonna Taylor Stand wi...
Extra: We watch some TV or whatever... BLACK LIVES MATTER
June 05, 2020 22:35 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBIn this Extra we recorded a week ago, when the boredom of isolation seemed like our most urgent issue, we talk about what we've been watching while in quarantine (The Matrix trilogy, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Great, Solar Opposites, and Midnight Gospel). ***Some mild spoilers!*** MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY, we demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, David McAtee, and the countless other Black citizens who have been murdered by the police in America. At the en...
Gaila's Star Trek 2009
April 14, 2020 15:50 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBBecca and Ryan welcome back special guest Molly Sanchez (@seriousmolly) to discuss Star Trek 2009! Over a decade has passed since this gem hit theaters, and we're so hot for it, you can measure our temperatures in Kelvin ;) Join us as we discuss the power of EYEBROWS, the absurdity of fencing in a movie full of battling spaceships, and whether or not you can pass the Bechdel test in your underwear. Subscribe to our Bonus Episodes Send Us Support
All Good Synths...
April 03, 2020 15:37 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBStar Trek Picard's Finale Recap is here!Picard is streaming free right now, catch up and binge our season!
Away Mission to Planet Cylon
March 24, 2020 07:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBThe pandemic is here, y'all! Due to sheltering-in-place, we could not record this episode in the same room, so please forgive any odd audio. ************************SPOILERS******************* Nevertheless, join Becca and Ryan, and the Motley Crew on their very first Away Mission
Arroz Con Leche and Peppermint Ice Cream
March 19, 2020 09:37 - 55 minutes - 51 MBSo much happens in Episode 8 of Picard that we can hardly summarize our podcast without spoilers, so ********************************************************************SPOILERS******Raffi puts on her detective hat and solves at least two, maybe three mysteries this episode, with the help of all five emergency Rios look alike holograms. Soji and Agnes have feelings. Seven and Elnor have ACTION SCENES. Becca and Ryan have lots of thoughts. Content Warning: Suicide and Rape. SuicidePrevent...
Pizza, Cake, and Drugs (A Port in the Storm)
March 11, 2020 09:56 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBWe're all tears as Picard finds shelter with some familiar faces. This episode hits heavy on themes of family and loss, mistrust and loyalty, what it means to be an individual, and fighting against impossible odds. Becca and Ryan talk third wave verses second wave feminism and get real thirsty about the beautiful cast of Picard. Spoilers abound. **We apologize for posting a day later this week due to the Jewish holiday of Purim** [Content Warning: Extremely cursory and brief discussion of...
What is the Nature of Your Thirst Emergency
March 03, 2020 17:25 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MB(Content Warning: PTSD, addiction, incest, the Holocaust.) This week, Becca and Ryan take Soji's return as a jumping off point to discuss Fembots, the Pygmalion myth, and Pinocchio. Also (mild spoiler) Hugh is back! Plus, how is Raffi holding up? Join us for our analysis of The Impossible Box. Episode Citations and Notes Visit our Pod Fan to buy us a coffee and hear our bonus episodes Join our Podcast Group
Welcome Back Seven, How We Missed You
February 25, 2020 12:31 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBSeven of Nine is back in a bomber jacket! We are here to chat Borg, berets and bedazzled body suits, queering villains, and more space socialism. What happens in Free Cloud stays in Free Cloud, but spoilers lie ahead. Also, more wine. Episode Notes and Citations Visit our Pod Fan to buy us a coffee and hear our bonus episode Join our Podcast Group
Ninja Nuns Will Save Us!
February 18, 2020 08:32 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBSpecial Guest Host Molly Sanchez (@seriousmolly) fills in for Ryan this week! *****Spoilers**** She and Becca get deep in Planet Vashti - permanent refugee camp for the Romulan diaspora. We ask the tough questions: who’s going to make out with whom, what do all of Captain Rios’s emergency holograms do anyway, and where can Becca get that hat? Also, we meet Space Legolas and some ninja nuns. Strap in! Episode Notes and Citations Visit our Pod Fan to buy us a coffee and hear our bonus epi...
Who Wants To Vape Snakeleaf With Us?
February 11, 2020 13:01 - 1 hour - 27.6 MBPicard Episode 3 InterTREKtional coming right up ***SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS*** * * * * Picard enlists his frenemy Raffi, bad-boy Captain Rios, and our fav Dr. Anges Jurati to finally engage in his space adventure. Dr. F*ckboy seems to only exist in a state of sexy-danger-flirting, even with his sister...? Soji plays Tarot-Cataan with a Romulan-ex-Borg mythologist, as Chateau Picard gets a surprise visit. Join us as we discuss all this and more! Visit our Pod Fan to buy us a coffe...
Good Morning, Plastic People!
February 04, 2020 07:01 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBRobots have to work on a holiday, and honestly that's kind of BS. Picard argues with his Romulan housemates, and his doctor. Soji hangs with Dr. F*ckboy and helps cute new trill Dr. Naáshala Kunamadéstifee fasten her belt. Dr. Agnes Jurati drinks Earl Grey. Hot. Spoilers abound. Spoilers abound. Check out our Pod Fan to hear our thoughts on Star Wars or give us money Episode Citations Join our Podcast Group
All of This Has Happened Before (Episode 1: Remembrance recap)
January 28, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBInterTREKtional Season 3: Picard! is here with your first dose of feminist analysis of Star Trek: Picard. Episode 1: Remembrance. *****SPOILERS ABOUND***** Data is pretty busy painting and teaching cryptic lessons about poker bluffing in Picard's dreams. While awake, Jean Luc takes his tea sans caffeine (but continues to indulge in the real stuff where wine is concerned), shares his home with kindly Romulan refugees, and tanks a cable news interview. He meets a very special graduate student...
Star Wars: How Can You Not Be Pansexual in Space? Teaser
January 22, 2020 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.65 MBBecca and Ryan discuss what they watched over winter break. (Star Wars!) Also: how a podcast gets made, and how to hear more of our lovely voices. Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Members-only Feed
It's Hard to be Twelve
January 21, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBThis week, Becca and Ryan take a quick trip back to school as we recap the Short Trek episode "Children of Mars," (S2:E6) [spoilers abound]. We follow two twelve-year-old girls on a regular school day which takes a turn for the worse. They lead us, somehow, to 9/11, how bad is it really to doodle in class, and a 'Where are They Now' on our fav Admiral Picard. Oh, and we really must know, "Does it Fart?" Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Members-only Feed Show Citations Join our Podcast Group
Bonus: We are InterTREKtional
January 20, 2020 08:00 - 10 minutes - 9.91 MBWelcome to InterTREKtional! If you're new to the podcast, this is a great place to start. You'll get to know who we are, what Star Trek means to us, and why we're making this show. (Originally aired as the beginning of our very first episode Smashing the Matriarchy.)
Are You My (Naked) Mother?
January 14, 2020 07:01 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBTake your mama out! We look at our two favorite matriarchs of Trek, Lwaxana Troi, and Ishka, aka Moogie. We watched The Next Generation "The Cost of Living," (S5:E20), and Deep Space Nine's "Family Business" (S3:E23) Read Our Episode Notes Fill out our listener survey Join our Podcast Group
Jews in Space
January 07, 2020 07:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MB(Content Warning: detailed discussion of the Holocaust, concentration camps, anti-semitism, and the history of Israel and Palestine) Kira interrogates a Cardassian and Nog tries to join Starfleet with his bar mitzvah money this week, as we look at two Deep Space Nine episodes to ask: who are the real mensches of the Alpha Quadrant? No, really, we examine the perennial criticism that the Ferengi are anti-Semitic caricatures, and it's rejoinder, that the Bajorans are the real Jews of Trek, and...
One is the Trekiest Number
December 31, 2019 07:01 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBWhat are we doing New Year's? Watching the Short Treks! We watch Q&A and Ask Not and discuss the trio du jour, Number One, Spock, and Captain Pike, with a heavy focus on the enigmatic and uber-competent Number One. Bonus discussion of Star Trek: Picard's trailers and the upcoming season. Show Citations Fill out our listener survey Join our Podcast Group
Women in Boxes
December 23, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBThe wickedly funny Molly Sanchez from Red All Over stops by to discuss classics "Mudd's Women" (TOS S1:E6) and "The Perfect Mate" (TNG S5:E21). Star Trek imagines women with supernatural powers of...being sexy...being transported as cargo. We ask: why? Exactly? Join our Facebook Group Fill out our Fan Survey! Maybe win a T-shirt! (3-5 minutes)
Why Are Men?
December 17, 2019 07:01 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBWe look at the myth of uncontrollable male sexuality. Kirk gets split into two, Orion women take over Enterprise, T’Pol and Trip suck face, and we have our first ever guests. 😎Trekkies Kevin Hebenstreit and Robin Casares dazzle us with their wit and insight. We watched TOS “The Enemy Within” and Enterprise “Bound”. Join our Podcast Group Fill out our listener survey Show Citations
The Borgeousie
December 10, 2019 07:01 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBInterTREKtional dives into the Borg's first appearances to talk about ambitious women, "The Picard Song", Guinan's role on the Enterprise, and what's so wrong with assimilation, anyway. TNG's The Best of Both Worlds (S3:E26 and S4:E1) and I, Borg (S5:E23) are covered. Join our Facebook Group Episode Citations and Photos
She's a Killer Queen
December 03, 2019 07:01 - 51 minutes - 47 MBRepulsive yet seductive, powerful and enigmatic, the Borg Queen is one of our favorite Star Trek villains. In preparation for Star Trek: Picard, Becca and Ryan kick off InterTREKtional Season Two with this deep look at the Borg's baddest B. The film Star Trek: First Contact, and Voyager episodes "Dark Frontier" (S5:E15/16) and "Unimatrix Zero" (S6:E26; S7:E:1) are discussed. Join our Facebook Group Episode Notes and Citations
The Solution is Not Ghettos
October 15, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBDeep Space Nine's prediction of 2024 San Francisco is a bit too close to 2019 San Francisco than we would like. Tandarans holding Suliban in detention centers may have been an allegory to Japanese internment, but 2019 USA has it's own modern take. Join Ryan and Becca as we discuss why it's never a good idea to detain entire groups of people. We discuss Deep Space Nine episodes "Past Tense (Parts 1 & 2)" and Enterprise episode "Detained." Episode Notes Join our Facebook Group
Klingon Family Values
October 08, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBWhen B'elanna goes on a mind-trip on the Barge of the Dead, she meets her mom. Worf get flummoxed when he's made responsible for the care of his son, Alexander. Becca and Ryan use these family-centric episodes to dissect these two characters and what it means to be Klingon. We also investigate the ways their "other" status affects how they are treated and how they think about themselves. We discuss The Next Generation episode "New Ground" and Voyager episode "Barge of the Dead." Episode Not...
Michael Burnham: Uhura of Our Time
October 01, 2019 07:01 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBContent Warning: this episode contains a brief discussion of sexual assault. From Nyota Uhura to Michael Burnham, badass women of color have been making history in the Star Trek universe since its inception. Come along with Becca and Ryan as we explore these two characters and how they are portrayed. Nichelle Nichols and Sonequa Martin-Green are heroes forever! We discuss Original Series episode "Plato's Stepchildren" and Discovery episode "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad." Episode N...
Toxic Masculinity with a Side of Space Whales
September 24, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB*Content Warning: brief discussion of date rape.* Two fan-favorite characters are displaying signs of toxic masculinity: Lt Cdr Geordi La Forge and Neelix. Ryan and Becca shine a light on these characters' upsetting behaviors, and how they reflect real-life situations, especially in the workplace. Also featuring large space-dwelling creatures that are somehow never called space whales. We look at The Next Generation episode “Galaxy's Child” (S4:E16) and Voyager episode “Elogium” (S2:E4). ...
My Dear Doctor
September 17, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBDoctor Julian Bashir and Elim Garak are sex-frenemies, and Ryan and Becca have the receipts. Continue the Slash deep dive with us in Part 2 of our 2-part discussion (for Part 1, listen to last week's episode Kirk Heart Spock 4EVA.) Also, we discuss the trope of male bonding via objectifying women, and the fact that Odo is a fascist. Episode Website (Visit for show notes, citations, and photos!) Join our Facebook Group
Kirk Heart Spock 4EVA
September 10, 2019 07:01 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBCome along with Becca and Ryan as they uncover the truth behind Kirk and Spock's undying love! We do a deep dive into TOS and the Motion Picture to figure out what all the Slash writers out there are using as fodder. Episode Website (Visit for show notes, citations, and photos!) Join our Facebook Group
Much Ado About Nazis
September 03, 2019 16:05 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBIt’s our old enemy...fascism! Captain Kirk, Captain Janeway and Captain Archer all confront aliens in the guise of Nazis. Why does Star Trek return to Nazism again and again, and what exactly is it trying to say? Episode Website (Visit for show notes, citations, and photos!) Join our Facebook Group
Mind Rape is Still Rape
August 27, 2019 12:16 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBTrigger warning: discussion of rape, assault and medical assault. Becca and Ryan discuss how Star Trek handles the stories of physical and psychic assault on Deanna Troi, Seven of Nine, and T’Pol, with widely varying degrees of success. We look at The Next Generation episode “Violations,” (S5:E12), Voyager episode “Retrospect,” (S4:E17), and Enterprise episode “Fusion,” (S1:E17). National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673. Join our discussion group! www.facebook.com/groups/intertrektio...
Space Gays in Space
August 20, 2019 07:03 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB(Trigger Warning: discussion of rape) InterTREKtional explores two very special episodes about being born this way and asks: did they get it right? First, Ryan and Becca look at Enterprise’s “Stigma,” (S2:E14) which compares a Vulcan neurological disorder to AIDS. Then, they discuss TNG’s “The Outcast,” (S5:E4) about a genderless alien who secretly identifies as a woman. Join our discussion group! www.facebook.com/groups/intertrektional Episode Notes: Space Gays in Space
Smashing the Matriarchy
August 20, 2019 07:01 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBBecca and Ryan discuss why they created the podcast. Then, the InterTREKtional away team beams down to two female-run planets and asks: Is this the future MRAs think feminists want? We discuss The Next Generation episode “Angel One” (S1:E14) and The Animated Series episode “The Lorelei Signal” (S1:E4). InterTREKtional is an exploration of Star Trek through an intersectional feminist lens. Intersectionality explores intersecting forms of oppression, and how they affect the experiences of indi...
Coming Soon!
August 12, 2019 20:49 - 34 seconds - 1.05 MBFind out what's coming soon to InterTREKtional, the brand new podcast about Star Trek... and intersectional feminism!
Teaser
August 02, 2019 22:52 - 47 seconds - 1.46 MBThis is InterTREKtional, an exploration of Star Trek through an intersectional feminist lens. We are Ryan Ascolese and Becca Motola-Barnes. Ryan studied literary criticism and has seen every episode of Star Trek, including the animated series. Becca started watching The Next Generation before she could form memories… and she’s pretty sure she took a film class once! Star Trek is both a reflection of our society and an aspiration for our future; the stories it tells shape our world. Interse...