Antimatter Pod

It's sexist! It's racist! It doesn't make sense on any level! Antimatter Pod breaks down the season 3 finale of #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds - at least, until we break down. antimatterpod.com/213-twentiet...

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First time listener: What a great episode

This week, Antimatter Pod is discussing #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds 309, "Terrarium", which is by far the best episode of the season ... until it settles for a lazy, nihilistic twist. Again. antimatterpod.com/212-gamer-go...

It’s time. We're discussing #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans", an episode which is intersectional in its offensiveness and all around sincerely unpleasant. antimatterpod.com/211-ghostwri...

Our new episode is up! We're discussing #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' "What Is Starfleet?", an episode about journalism that thinks asking difficult questions is disrespectful to the troops. antimatterpod.com/210-selling-...

This week on Antimatter Pod, we cover #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail", a piece of grimdark nihilism in Star Trek cosplay. But thank goodness we find out whether Jim Kirk will make a good captain! antimatterpod.com/209-the-shap...

Three m/f romantic couples and a queer-coded Black man beam down to an alien planet, and you are not gonna believe who dies! We're discussing #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' "Through the Lens of Time", an episode which dares to ask: what if women be catfighting? antimatterpod.com/208-theres-a...

New ep is up! We're discussing #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' "A Space Adventure Hour", and we need to say that when Anika said she was shipping Spock/La'an the other week, she absolutely did not mean in canon, we are SO sorry, this is like that time in 2000 when Liz said Seven/Chakotay would be fun.

We're discussing #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' "Shuttle to Kenfori"! Zombies! Klingons! Klingon zombies! The role of Captain Pike is played by JD Vance while Batel re-enacts Alien: Resurrection! antimatterpod.com/206-her-body...

High praise, thank you!

We're up! We discuss #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' "Wedding Bell Blues", an episode engineered in a lab to make Anika unhappy. Is this a mean-spirited commentary on shippers? Does Spock have problems listening to women? Is "the snake in the Garden of Eden" a solid bridal look? All this, and more!

#StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds is back! We ask the big questions: are men too emotional to be in command? Should women have bodily autonomy? Plus, Anika shares some alarming stuff Akiva Goldsman said about Spock/Chapel at the premiere in New York! antimatterpod.com/204-berman-e...

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Ever notice how every single main female character in season 3 of #StarTrekPicard except Raffi has the same hairstyle? Don't worry, Anika noticed. We unpack hairstyling in #StarTrek from Voyager to SNW! antimatterpod.com/203-hair-tre...

This week, Antimatter Pod deals with the most pressing issue of our day: HAIR in #STARTREK! From beehives to bouffants to ... bald. Liz uses the word "semiotics". Anika remembers Ronald Reagan and has a rage black-out. PEAK ANTIMATTER POD. Part 1 of 2! antimatterpod.com/202-hair-tre...

Okay, we're NOT recording Antimatter Pod this weekend, because @pixiedane.bsky.social is going to *checks writing on hand* the SNW premiere in NY. But that's more time for Hair Trek Research! If there is a hairstyle in any era of Trek you want us to discuss, let me know!

New episode! We're discussing #StarTrekTheNextGeneration ep 6.22, "Suspicions" - an episode which is incredibly effective, provided it's your introduction to TNG. antimatterpod.com/201-very-six...

Not to brag, but this is our TWO HUNDREDTH EPISODE! We're using it to talk about Nana Visitor's excellent book on women in Star Trek - along with bodyshaming in fandom, hair politics and two separate rants about Janice Rand (our beloved). antimatterpod.com/200-performa...

It's our 199th episode, and we're talking about Star Trek: Of Gods And Men, a fan film from the mid-2000s which dares to ask: what if Gene Roddenberry was a massive Ayn Rand stan? antimatterpod.com/199-arm-day-...

While recovering from ankle surgery, Liz dug deep into the archives at rec.arts.startrek.current to look at the earliest reactions to #StarTrekDeepSpace9. She expected to find some bad opinions she could make fun of, and got something much more interesting! antimatterpod.com/198-plus-a-c...

Anika and Liz sit down to discuss #StarTrekTheNextGeneration's "Yesterday's Enterprise" - an all-time fave which, Liz argues, sets the template for Discovery, some 27 years later. antimatterpod.com/197-gel-budg...

New episode! Jonathan Alexandratos joins to discuss Star Trek: Generations - and we're asking the big questions. Is the Nexus the real villain? Is Kirk's death worthy of him? Why DID Picard give his Nexus son a Kenner Aliens Space Marine Evac Fighter for Christmas? antimatterpod.com/163-stepford...

Image of a shining futuristic society with three salamander babies popping their heads out of a hole. That says "Society if Threshold Day. That's it that's the meme."

Happy Threshold Day to all who celebrate.

Today we're discussing #StarTrekSection31, a streaming movie that combines the vibes of turn-of-the-century shows like Alias, Farscape and Enterprise with the very worst of 2020s streaming culture. Our controversial hot take: it's fun & we have a lot to talk about! antimatterpod.com/195-a-handba...

It's #StarTrekTheMotionPicture time, baby! Our new ep sees us talk for NINETY MINUTES (closer to two hours before the edit) about a movie that often feels forgotten ... but we like it? A lot? Listen and find out why! antimatterpod.com/194-kolinahr...

Don't miss our admiral and so many more come together for this great cause! Just two weeks now!

It's finale time! We break down "The New Next Generation", the final episode of #StarTrekLowerDecks. Did we need those Klingons? Are Mariner and Ransom hooking up? Is Carol Freeman still the best captain in Starfleet? The answer to some of these questions is ...yes! antimatterpod.com/193-natures-...

Antimatter Pod is a #StarTrek podcast where we discuss fashion, feminism, subtext, and subspace, hosted by Anika @pixiedane.bsky.social and Liz @lizbarr.bsky.social.

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the crew of the starship Enterprise (Strange New Worlds era) reach joyfully to the sky, having just completed a successful mission and a musical number. They are all smiling widely except Spock, who is Vulcan, and Pike, who is no fun.

Bluesky! I have successfully remembered the password to this account! I promise to start using it! -Anika @pixiedane.bsky.social

Naked Jack Crusher smirks at you.

Antimatter Pod is back! With the silliest and most adults-only episode we've done so far: ranking #StarTrek men in bed. We're starting the new year with a bang!

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