Listener Etawi and Writer/Cartoonist Alina Pete join Grace to discuss the Maquis from a Native perspective, what better representation could look like in Trek, and what exactly they think of Chakotay. Host: Grace Guests: Etawi Alina Pete Editor: Sue Download…
Aliza Pearl hosts an overview and discussion on how the Latin diaspora appears throughout the Star Trek franchise, with special guests Dr. Luz Rosines and Anna Post. Taking stock of Latin actors and characters including Ricardo Montalban, B’Elanna Torres, Dr.…
We’re joined by special guest Matt to discuss the Voyager episode “Lineage,” and how B’Elanna’s story connects to issues like genetic manipulation and real-world experiences of multiracial identity and parenthood. Download Now (right-click and save) Hosts: Jarrah, Sarah, Aliza…
From Spock to Ziyal to B’Elanna, Trek has no shortage of mixed-race characters. But why are their stories always so sad? Download Now (right-click and save) Host: Sarah Guests: Claire Light – @seelight Rian Roberson – @spacewiz206 Michele Foss…
In Voyager’s “Remember,” a telepathic visitor causes B’Elanna to step into the shoes of a young woman who takes part in a genocide. CW: discussions of genocide, the Holocaust, Japanese internment and other dark chapters in human history. Download Now…
I try to stay off the internet on Father’s Day, but last year I caved and composed a single tweet. I love my dads it said, accompanied by three pictures of Benjamin Sisko and Jadzia Dax. Lockdown had brought my…
Star Trek: Voyager premiered twenty-five years ago on January 16, 1995 and included three women in the main cast, the most to that point or since. I was barely nineteen, a motherless misfit embarking on a journey of self-discovery in…
My first exposure to Star Trek was watching the Original Series episode “Balance of Terror” live on stage. My father was a professor of Theater at Wesleyan University (notable Trek alumni include Alex Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman) and one of…