I came to Star Trek as a lonely, isolated girl nerd coming of age in a strict, conservative Christian fundamentalist sect. My first taste of feminism, my first glimpse of what equality for women looked like, came through Star Trek.…
Special guest Anne Theriault joins us to talk about depictions of pregnancy and childbirth in Star Trek, covering both of Keiko’s pregnancies, Kes’ labour during time travel, Trip’s alien pregnancy, Ekora from “The Quickening”, “Friday’s Child” and more. Download Now…
Our crew takes a look at the 5th Season TNG episode “Disaster.” We discuss Troi’s turn in the big chair, Worf’s skills as a field medic, the unusual pairing of Crusher and LaForge, Data’s disembodied head, Picard’s choice of children’s…
One of the things I’ve always loved about Star Trek is the idea of exploring the unknown. Isn’t that what we do in our daily lives? Explore unknown situations, emotions, ideas? Humanity is in a constant state of exploration, it’s…
As a teacher and a Trekkie, I can’t help but notice the philosophical similarities between us in the field of education and Starfleet. We have genuine belief in the value of our work, and this causes us to be ridiculously…
Kenna from Priority One joins us to talk about the women many Trek fans see as “unlikable,” from Pulaski to Keiko to T’Pol. How is the idea of likability related to gender? Do women characters need to be likable? Are…
Jarrah and Sue discuss Volume 1 of the “Words of Deep Space Nine” series, which includes stories “The Lotus Flower” by Una McCormack, set on Cardassia, and “Paradigm” by Heather Jarman, set on Andor. Download now (right-click and save)…
Keiko Ishikawa O’Brien has something of a reputation among Trek fans. Ask a random sample of about 100 viewers (which I did), and you’ll probably find that, of those who are avid TNG and DS9 fans, about two-thirds (64% in my…