24. Michael Burnham and Intersectionality in Star Trek: Discovery
Listen to Janine Engelbrecht’s session at the 2021 IDIC Podcast festival, hosted by Women at Warp, 17th-18th July 2021. Janine discusses Michael Burnham, from Star Trek: Discovery, and carries out an intersectional analysis of her.
16. Vampires Stole Our Children
Vampires Stole Our Children features reviews of Star Trek’s “If Wishes Were Horses,” and “When the Bough Breaks,” from Deep Space Nine and The Next Generation, respectively. Also, Kyle and Katie discuss heatwaves, social serv…
23. Gunpowder Milkshake!
In this episode, Janine Engelbrecht chats about the kick-ass movie, Gunpowder Milkshake, and some feminist themes that the movie explores. These include women reading, women fighting, motherhood and sapphic undertones.
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8. Star Trek in Starlog Magazine Issues 15 and 16
Along with guests, our hosts discuss topics from Star Trek articles in these exciting Starlog magazines, from 1978. Included: Star Trek & Twilight Zone, Alan Dean Foster’s Star Trek Logs, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and more!
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24. Chakotay Writes Fanfic
Elogium. Grab hold of a hopper stopper and join Liam and Suzanne as they learn about Ocampan puberty, space sperm, and the secret of the Voyager’s sexiness. It’s those pivoting nacelles.
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4. Worf’s Tweed Pyjamas
In the fourth episode of Beyond Farpoint, Geoff and Baz dive into Geoff’s guilty pleasure episode, Genesis. They discuss the horror and entertainment of the episode, and dissect whether the science stands up.
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75. Klingons Are Coming, It’s Go Time (TNG “Yesterday’s Enterprise”)
Andrew and Matt talk about the classic Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, “Yesterday’s Enterprise”. They discuss realistic warp times, the merits of killing Tasha Yar, grisly omissions from the final battle and much more!
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22. Black Widow, Savior of Women
In this special episode, Janine Engelbrecht discusses the new Black Widow movie, and how the Black Widow is represented as the savior of women. Janine explores topics such as the control of the female body, motherhood and representation.
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15. O’Brien’s Technicolour Dreamcoat
Neither Katie West, nor her husband Kyle, can make any sense of the absurd main plot of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s The Storyteller, in their episode review for “O’Brien’s Technicolour Dreamcoat.” Also, floating Chakotay ene…
21. Skeptical Scully
In this episode, Janine chats about Dana Scully from The X-Files. She explores Scully’s significance for women in STEM, by looking at Scully as a scientist, a mother, a working woman, and an early liberal feminist.
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