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| 05 Jun 2020 | Extra: We watch some TV or whatever... BLACK LIVES MATTER | 00:35:44 | |
In 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 end of this episode you'll hear about several organizations and educators who are out there doing the work, go give them your $$$! Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network Fund (GoFundMe) African American Policy Forum (co-founded by Kimberlé Crenshaw) | |||
| 16 Mar 2021 | These Apples are Shit | 01:23:27 | |
**************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 Molly Sanchez and co-host Sam DiSalvo revisit pop culture from our youth and ask the very important question, "does it hold up?" (podcast) WandaVision: MCU's answer to classic sitcoms, with sci-fi shenanigans! Who could ask for more? (TV show) The Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal: Travel to alternate-history 1952 and follow Dr. Elma York as she battles sexism in order to go to space. (book series) Wage Stagnation is a shit dealFor most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades by Drew Desilver via Pew Research Center State of Working America Wages 2019 by Elise Gould via Economic Policy Institute Who has to wait to be Captain?Star Trek: Why Burnham (& Sisko) Took 3 Seasons To Become Captain by John Orquiola Emotions are IntegralWhy emotional intelligence is important in leadership by Lauren Landry via Harvard Business School People Who Cry Often Are Not Weak, But Mentally Stronger by Madeline Neufeld via Lifehack How Stigmatizing Male Emotional Vulnerability Has Created a Crisis for Us All by Kali Holloway via the body is not an apology Can Clinton's Emotions Get the Best of Her? by Emily Friedman via ABC News Oh, to be Trill and Trans/Non-binary ♥A History of Star Trek's Gender Non-Conformity by Marlowe Mitchell via startrek.com Star Trek: Discovery set to introduce its first non-binary and trans characters by Matt Moore via Gay Times How Transgender Star Trek Fans Came to View Jadzia Dax as Their Own by Lauren Coates via The Mary Sue
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| 30 Jul 2021 | Why is the Baby in the Pit? | 01:21:51 | |
ANNOUNCEMENT! We will be podcasting LIVE at the IDIC Podcast Festival hosted by Women at Warp on July 17th at 3:30pm PT // 6:30pm ET. You can watch us streaming on Women at Warp’s Facebook and YouTube pages (and we'll share the recording in our feed afterwards). We're back, with a baby this time! Congratulations and mazel tov to Ryan and her new baby 🤩 Hence, we're doing a deep dive into Trek's portrayal of pregnancy, childbirth and child rearing, through the decades. Episodes: DS9 "The Begotten" (S5E12), VOY "Lineage" (S7E12), TNG "The Child" (S2E1), TNG "Disaster" (S5E5) Honorable Mentions: DS9 "Business as Usual (S5E18), TOS "Friday's Child" (S2E3), DS9 "...Nor the Battle to the Strong" (S5E4) Traumatic BirthWomen’s descriptions of childbirth trauma relating to care provider actions and interactions by Rachel Reed, Rachael Sharman & Christian Inglis via BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Moms Are Speaking Up About The Trauma Of Childbirth by Ellen O'Connell Whittet via BuzzFeed News The Messed-up History of Midwifery and Giving Birth Lying DownDoulas 101: What Is a Doula? by Dina Roth Port via Parents History of Midwifery by Judith P. Rooks, CNM, MPH, MS via Our Bodies Our Selves The Witch Trials of Midwives by Kabir via Medium Why do women give birth lying on their backs? by Debra Waters via Good to Know Give Parents Paid Leave Already FUUUUUUUUUCK!!!Among 41 countries, only U.S. lacks paid parental leave by Gretchen Livingstong and Deja Thomas via Pew Research Center Countries Around The World Beat The U.S. On Paid Parental Leave by Jessica Deahl via NPR Paid Family Leave, on the Rise, Helps Women Stay in the Workforce by Stephen Miller, CEBS via SHRM How Children Benefit from Paid Family Leave Policies by Tara O'Neill Hayes, Margaret Barnhorst via American Action Forum One chart shows why more companies should invest in paid parental leave by Marguerite Ward via Business Insider Men Should Take Parental Leave - Here's Why by Shelley Zalis via Forbes And Also, Let Parents Bring Their Kids to Work OccasionallyHistoric Senate Rules Change Allows New Parents to Bring Their Children to the Senate Floor for First Time by Press Release from Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Senator for Illinois via duckworth.senate.gov Cultural Differences around Sleep Training, Carrying Newborns, etc.Cultural Differences in Baby and Toddler Sleep by Emily DeJeu via The Baby Sleep Site 'In Africa we carry our children so they feel loved' by Emily Wax via The Guardian Is it right to train babies to sleep? by Lucy Wallis and Rajeev Gupta via BBC News Is the Western way of raising kids weird? by Kelly Oakes via BBC Future 6 parenting styles from other countries we can all learn from by Kate Ward via care.com Stress Makes Labor Take Longer, PerhapsSome Animals Can Literally Pause Their Pregnancies. Here's Why by Jane Fenelon via ScienceAlert Fear of Childbirth Prolongs Labor by Elena Perez via Hormones Matter Prolonged Labor: Failure To Progress via American Pregnancy Association Let Pregnant People Eat in PeaceI’m Pregnant, But I’m Not Incapable, So Quit Telling Me What To Do by Sarah Cottrell via Scary Mommy What to Say to People With Opinions About Your Pregnancy by Sherri Gordon via verywellfamily Research on Medicines and Pregnancy via CDC The moral imperative to approve pregnant women’s participation in randomized clinical trials for pregnancy and newborn complications by Dan Kabonge Kaye via Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine Long overlooked by science, pregnancy is finally getting attention it deserves by Carolyn Y. Johnson via The Washington Post P.S. No, abortions are NOT reversible Facts are Important: Medication Abortion "Reversal" Is Not Supported by Science via The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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| 24 Mar 2020 | Away Mission to Planet Cylon | 00:59:08 | |
The 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 | |||
| 20 Jan 2020 | Bonus: We are InterTREKtional | 00:10:49 | |
Welcome 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.) | |||
| 07 Jan 2020 | Jews in Space | 00:57:03 | |
(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 they're pretty great. Does either theory hold water? Kinda! We watched "Duet" (DS9 S1:E19) and "Heart of Stone" (DS9 S3:E13)
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| 03 Mar 2020 | What is the Nature of Your Thirst Emergency | 00:58:46 | |
(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. Visit our Pod Fan to buy us a coffee and hear our bonus episodes | |||
| 08 Oct 2020 | Going to the Disco | 00:49:41 | |
Intertrekkies, 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 TaylorStand with Bre by Grassroots Law Project Trauma-Informed Restorative JusticeTrauma-Informed Approaches to Law: Why Restorative Justice Must Understand Trauma and Psychological Coping by Melanie Randall and Lori Haskell via SSRN Defund vs AbolishWhat ‘Abolish’ and ‘Defund’ the Police Really Mean by Jessica S. Henry via Montclair State University I had a positive encounter with police, and I still think they need to be defunded by Becca Motola-Barnes via Medium
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| 18 Feb 2020 | Ninja Nuns Will Save Us! | 00:58:40 | |
Special 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! Visit our Pod Fan to buy us a coffee and hear our bonus episode | |||
| 21 Jan 2020 | It's Hard to be Twelve | 00:36:40 | |
This 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?" | |||
| 31 Dec 2019 | One is the Trekiest Number | 00:57:08 | |
What 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.
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| 19 Mar 2020 | Arroz Con Leche and Peppermint Ice Cream | 00:55:40 | |
So 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. * * * Subscribe to our Bonus Episodes
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| 29 Oct 2020 | Give Art Supplies to Kids, and Other Lessons from Lower Decks | 01:11:05 | |
Becca 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 TrekTHE PURGE Director Admits Which STAR TREK Episode Influenced His Movie By Devin Faraci via Birth Movies Death Anti-Elitism TodayAnti-Elitism, the Trump Version by Harold Meyerson via The American Prospect Combating antiscience: Are we preparing for the 2020s? by Peter J. Hotez via PLOS Biology You’re Living in the Golden Age of Conspiracy Theories by Zack Stanton via Politico The Value of Arts EducationNew evidence of the benefits of arts education by Brian Kisida and Daniel H. Bowen via Brookings How the Arts Benefit Your Children Academically and Behaviorally by Grace Chen via Public School Review | |||
| 11 Mar 2020 | Pizza, Cake, and Drugs (A Port in the Storm) | 00:59:44 | |
We'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 rape and partner abuse.] Visit our Pod Fan to buy us a coffee and hear our bonus episodes | |||
| 30 Jul 2021 | Seeking Asylum in the Trek Universe | 01:00:08 | |
Y'all WE DID A LIVE SHOW!!! Behold Becca and Ryan discussing asylum seekers/refugees in the universes of Trek and "the real." Recorded live as part of the IDIC Podcast Festival hosted by Women at Warp this past July 17-18, 2021. Donate to Never Again Action. Hit it. P.S. seriously check out the other podcasts in this festival, they are LEGIT What We Watched Short Treks S1: Brightest Star Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night DS9 6x17 Honorable MentionsReferences Memory Alpha - Political asylum
Migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants: What’s the difference? via International Rescue Committee Currently, there are 68.5 million men, women and children escaping war, persecution and political turbulence. These are refugees and asylum seekers. There are others who are looking for jobs or an education—they are usually called migrants—and people who want to live permanently in another country—immigrants. A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her home because of war, violence or persecution, often without warning…. An official entity such as a government or the United Nations Refugee Agency determines whether a person seeking international protection meets the definition of a refugee, based on well-founded fear. An asylum seeker is someone who is also seeking international protection from dangers in his or her home country, but whose claim for refugee status hasn’t been determined legally.
America’s asylum system is broken. Here’s how Biden could fix it. by Nicole Narea via Vox Since 2014, the majority of asylum seekers arriving at the US Southern Border are from “Central America’s “Northern Triangle” — Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. For years, these countries have suffered from gang violence, government corruption, extortion, and some of the highest rates of poverty and violent crime in the world. The pandemic-related economic downturn and a pair of hurricanes late last year that devastated Honduras and Guatemala, in particular, have only exacerbated those longstanding problems. Many of the migrants arriving on the southern border, sometimes in large caravans, likely felt they had no choice but to seek refuge elsewhere — as is their right under US and international law.”
Reproductive Abuse is Rampant in the Immigration Detention System by Brigitte Amiri via ALCU ***a government-contracted doctor repeatedly performed sterilizing procedures on women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody without their knowledge or consent.
In 2017, groups working with young immigrants discovered that the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which has custody over immigrants under age 18 who come to the country without parents, had instituted a policy of blocking pregnant young people from accessing abortion care and trying to coerce them to carry pregnancies to term against their will. Numerous pregnant women detained by Border Patrol recounted being told by officers to get abortions, all while being held in crowded, unsanitary facilities with little access to food or water.
During the first two years of the Trump administration, the number of undocumented women who miscarried while in government detention nearly doubled.
More immigrant women say they were abused by Ice gynecologist by Victoria Bekiempis via The Guardian ***“Petitioners were victims of non-consensual, medically unindicated and/or invasive gynecological procedures, including unnecessary surgical procedures under general anesthesia, performed by and/or at the direction of [gynaecologist Dr Mahendra Amin],” the petition said. “In many instances, the medically unindicated gynecological procedures Respondent Amin performed on Petitioners amounted to sexual assault.”
*** at ICE privately operated Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Georgia. 3 asylum seekers on why they decided to flee for the US via VOX
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| 06 Jan 2021 | Is that a Horga'hn in your pocket? | 01:21:38 | |
Happy 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 Extraordinary Playlist (TV show): mystical musical dramedy set in SF's tech world. Sex Work is Work“Hustlers” Explodes the Damaging Stereotype of Sex Workers as Thieves by Aya de Leon via Bitch Media 6 Sex Workers Explain How Sharing Client Lists Saves Lives by Kitty Stryker via Vice “When They’re Dead, They’re Hookers” — The Media Trope that is Literally Killing People by Riley Smith via Medium Between 17 and 34% of workers have reported being harassed, threatened, or assaulted by police in the United States. We need to talk about Anna Kendrick's dead 'hooker' joke by Molly Fitzpatrick via Splinter Studies have shown that female sex workers, frequent victims of sexual assault and physical violence, are 18 times more likely to be murdered than other women of their age and race. Stigma and stereotypes about sex work hinder regulatory reform by Paul J. Maginn and Emily Cooper via The Conversation Unpacking Harmful Myths Around Sex Work via the Equality Institute Common Myths About Sex Work, Debunked By Sex Workers by Frankie Miren via Vice #119 No More Safe Harbor episode of Reply All (April 20, 2018) Malcolm Reed, Closet Case?Lt. Malcom Reed: Intergalactic Man of Confusion by Michelle Zamanian via Women at Warp Malcolm Reed via Memory Alpha What to wear on Space Hawaii
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| 22 Jan 2020 | Star Wars: How Can You Not Be Pansexual in Space? Teaser | 00:06:10 | |
Becca 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. | |||
| 14 Jan 2020 | Are You My (Naked) Mother? | 00:59:42 | |
Take 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) | |||
| 01 Dec 2020 | Trekidemic XXL | 01:19:27 | |
Lovely 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) The Animated Series "The Albatross" (S2E4) Recommendations! The Delta Flyers (podcast) - Garrett Wang (Harry Kim) and Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris) recap every episode of Voyager Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic** by David Quammen (2012 book) - fascinating tales of zoonotic diseases, aka illnesses that pass from animals to humans (kinda like COVID!) Episode 151: Body Diversity and Inclusivity Women at Warp (podcast episode) Follow @jessicamalatyrivera - Infectious disease expert Masks Work.Face masks: what the data say by Lynne Peeples via Nature Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 via CDC Masks Work. Really. We’ll Show You How by Or Fleisher, Gabriel Gianordoli, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Karthik Patanjali, Miles Peyton and Bedel Saget via NYT Non-consensual use of body parts in history and medicine (a very incomplete list)George Washington and Slave Teeth via mountvernon.org The Surgeon Who Experimented on Slaves by Sarah Zhang via The Atlantic The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Nazi Medical Experiments from the Holocaust Encyclopedia via US Holocaust Memorial Museum How long does it take to make a vaccine?Vaccine Development, Testing, and Regulation via historyofvaccines.org 5 charts that tell the story of vaccines today by Douglas Broom via World Economic Forum Anti-Vaxxers make us 😡😡😡😡Vaccine Myths Debunked via publichealth.org Why Vaccine Opponents Think They Know More Than Medical Experts by Matthew Motta, University of Pennsylvania; Steven Sylvester, Utah Valley University, and Timothy Callaghan, Texas A&M University via Texas Medical Association
*Correction: We called this episode "The Phage" when we recorded - that is another episode (actually just called "Phage") about the same disease, but the one we recommend you watch is "Faces"! **Not a link on purpose - buy local!
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| 24 Sep 2021 | Queerness and Kink in the Mirror Universe | 01:13:41 | |
Uh-oh! You've just experienced a transporter accident, and now everyone around you looks the same but is acting very strange. Your midriff is exposed, and your coworkers are making aggressive sexual advances. Welcome to the (dun dun dunnn) Mirror Universe. Don't worry, Becca and Ryan are here to hold your hand, while we explore how queerness and kink are used as shorthand for EEEEVIL. ******Mild Spoiler Alerts for: Star Trek Mirror Universe eps, The Suicide Squad, Stargate SG1, Rick and Morty (S5E5), and Netflix's Bonding.****** What We Watched More or less, all of the Mirror Universe episodes: see Memory Alpha Reviews! Becca's Review: The Suicide Squad - tl;dr: just don't. Ryan's Review: Stargate SG1 - racist! jingoistic! fun! Queer Villainy Opinion: TV producers, stop portraying bisexuals as villains by Zachary Zane via Washington Post Many bisexual TV characters lack a moral compass. They exploit their own sexuality as a means to get ahead. They’re also unabashedly shameless in their actions, never having an ounce of remorse. It is as if, for these fictional bisexual characters, sexual fluidity equals moral fluidity. In this regard, sexuality is not seen as an identity, but rather, as a personality trait. The tropes, as identified by GLAAD (from report WHERE WE ARE ON TV 2015-16)
Why Are So Many Bisexuals On TV Also Sociopaths? by Hannah Harris Green via BuzzFeed.News The Trope of the Evil Television Bisexual by Spencer Kornhaber via The Atlantic 4 Terrible Bisexuality Tropes on TV — And 4 Portrayals That Defy Them by Gillian Brown via The Body is Not An Apology Depraved Bisexual via TVTropes Kink Shaming The Generational Clash at Pride Is Actually a Sign of Progress by Spencer Kornhaber via The Atlantic Bondage Is Bad & Sex Is Evil via TVTropes Painful Therefore Pleasurable - Rick and Morty (clip) via YouTube
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| 11 Feb 2020 | Who Wants To Vape Snakeleaf With Us? | 01:00:18 | |
Picard 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!
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| 03 Apr 2020 | All Good Synths... | 01:04:22 | |
Star Trek Picard's Finale Recap is here!Picard is streaming free right now, catch up and binge our season! | |||
| 28 Jan 2020 | All of This Has Happened Before (Episode 1: Remembrance recap) | 01:00:00 | |
InterTREKtional 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 named Dahj and pledges his eternal assistance and protection to her for reasons we won't reveal in this summary. 9/11 is still on Michael Chabon's mind, and we wonder: do you assume androids are male or female? | |||
| 14 Apr 2020 | Gaila's Star Trek 2009 | 01:05:03 | |
Becca 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
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| 12 Aug 2019 | Coming Soon! | 00:00:34 | |
Find out what's coming soon to InterTREKtional, the brand new podcast about Star Trek... and intersectional feminism! | |||
| 25 Feb 2020 | Welcome Back Seven, How We Missed You | 00:59:38 | |
Seven 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. Visit our Pod Fan to buy us a coffee and hear our bonus episode | |||
| 05 Apr 2022 | RERUN! She’s a Killer Queen | 00:52:26 | |
Hi Intertrekkies! Here's a rerun of our ode to the Borg Queen, dedicated to all you Picard-watchers out there. And don't worry, we'll have a totally fresh Q ep out to you soonsoon! --- Repulsive 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 bitch. The film Star Trek: First Contact, and Voyager episodes "Dark Frontier" (S5:E15/16) and "Unimatrix Zero" (S6:E26; S7:E:1) are discussed. Data is restrained by a leather clad Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact, the kinkiest Trek film. What We Watched Star Trek: First Contact Voyager: Dark Frontier Voyager: Unimatrix Zero
Data gives up/gives it up to Queenie without a fight Check out the podcast "Our Opinions are Correct" Episode 39: Monstrous Women and Women who Make Monsters
Why are you so obsessed with me? - Seven Levar Burton didn't want to wear the VISOR anymore AOL Chat interview with Ronald D. Moore via Memory Alpha
I could totally grow hair if I wanted to. -Queenie
Not that bitch, again. Ryan suspects that blue eyes are linked to colorism, some context
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison via TV Tropes But not too black via TV Tropes Innocent blue eyes via All The Tropes There can only be one woman tropeTerritorial Smurfette via TV Tropes
Ugh, where's the mall? Harry Kim never gets promoted"Another odd turn, in my opinion, was the non-promotion of Ensign Kim. I mean, come on people! Kim was probed, beaten, tortured and held the distinction of being the first Voyager crew member to die and come back to life. What more does a guy have to do to get promoted to Lieutenant for frak’s sake?" -Garrett Wang Straight Talk with Voyager's Garrett Wang, Part I via StarTrek.com The Bechdel TestThe Bechdel Test - Everything You Need to Know via No Film School Find out if anything and everything passes the Bechdel test at TheBechdelTest.com This never gets old, apparently. Special Effects How the Borg Queen dies in First Contact via Fandango NOW Extras Watch Jonathan Frakes rave about Alice Krige as well as some cool behind the scenes footage of the Queen's head and body joining in the Making Star Trek: First Contact Documentary via Pop Culture Pandora
Both actresses kill it as the Borg Queen, but Alice gets better lipgloss.
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| 04 Feb 2020 | Good Morning, Plastic People! | 00:59:10 | |
Robots 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 | |||
| 02 Aug 2019 | Teaser | 00:00:47 | |
This 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. Intersectionality explores intersecting forms of oppression, and how they affect the experiences of individuals with compound identities (such as race, gender, class, religion, sexual orientation, and *species*). Star Trek is for feminists… Engage! | |||
| 03 Dec 2019 | She's a Killer Queen | 00:51:19 | |
Repulsive 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. | |||
| 10 Sep 2019 | Kirk Heart Spock 4EVA | 00:55:15 | |
Come 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. (Visit for show notes, citations, and photos!) | |||
| 08 Oct 2019 | Klingon Family Values | 01:08:08 | |
When 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."
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| 01 Oct 2019 | Michael Burnham: Uhura of Our Time | 00:59:22 | |
Content 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." | |||
| 27 Aug 2019 | Mind Rape is Still Rape | 00:54:07 | |
Trigger 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/intertrektional | |||
| 03 Sep 2019 | Much Ado About Nazis | 00:51:35 | |
It’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? (Visit for show notes, citations, and photos!)
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| 17 Sep 2019 | My Dear Doctor | 01:00:17 | |
Doctor 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. (Visit for show notes, citations, and photos!) | |||
| 20 Aug 2019 | Smashing the Matriarchy | 00:59:40 | |
Becca 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 individuals with compound identities, such as race, gender, class, religion, sexual orientation, and species. Join our discussion group! www.facebook.com/groups/intertrektional Episode Notes: Smashing the Matriarchy
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| 20 Aug 2019 | Space Gays in Space | 00:58:03 | |
(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 | |||
| 15 Oct 2019 | The Solution is Not Ghettos | 01:10:02 | |
Deep 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." | |||
| 24 Sep 2019 | Toxic Masculinity with a Side of Space Whales | 01:05:38 | |
*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). Episode Notes | |||
| 10 Dec 2019 | The Borgeousie | 00:55:14 | |
InterTREKtional 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. | |||
| 17 Dec 2019 | Why Are Men? | 00:56:55 | |
We 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”.
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| 23 Dec 2019 | Women in Boxes | 01:02:13 | |
The 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? Fill out our Fan Survey! Maybe win a T-shirt! (3-5 minutes)
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