Antimatter Pod
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A Star Trek podcast about fashion, feminism, subtext and subspace.
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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
. Follow us on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/antimatterpod/
antimatterpod.com
#promosky
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Antimatter Pod β A Star Trek podcast about fashion, feminism, subtext and subspace
https://antimatterpod.com/
about 1 year ago
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New ep is up! We're talking
#StarTrekStarfleetAcademy's
"Vox In Excelso" - queer allegories! Climate refugee allegories! Liz's secret past as a debate kid!
antimatterpod.com/221-starflee...
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221. Starfleet Debate Bro (SFA 1.04) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/221-starfleet-debate-bro-sfa-1-04/
1 day ago
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New Antimatter Pod! We're discussing the
#StarTrekStarfleetAcademy
episode "Vitus Reflux" - it's a prank war, it's a sports rivalry, it's a heist ... but is it Star Trek? It sure is! In conclusion: KYLE.
antimatterpod.com/220-take-me-...
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220. Take Me Out To The Calica Court (SFA 1.03) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/220-take-me-out-to-the-calica-court-sfa-1-03/
8 days ago
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Caleb and Nahla are completely different and also the same person. From our latest episode on the two episode series premiere of
#StarfleetAcademy
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12 days ago
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#StarTrekStarfleetAcademy
: it's good and we like it. Our new episode, covering the premiere, "Kids These Days", and "Beta Test", is up now in all good podcatchers!
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219. Liberal Arts Military School (SFA 1.01 and 1.02) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/219-liberal-arts-military-school-sfa-1-01-and-1-02/
15 days ago
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The final day of
@pixiedane.bsky.social
βs countdown to
#StarfleetAcademy
features her cryptic and pop culture influenced first impressions of Tarima and Ahkem (sp??) Sadal. π©΅π«ππ½
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21 days ago
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Countdown to
#StarfleetAcademy
day three features
@pixiedane.bsky.social
βs cryptic and pop culture influenced first impressions of Jay-Den Kraag and Sam.
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22 days ago
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Countdown to
#StarfleetAcademy
day two features
@pixiedane.bsky.social
βs cryptic and pop culture influenced first impressions of Darem Reymi and Genesis Lythe
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23 days ago
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Countdown to
#StarfleetAcademy
day one features
@pixiedane.bsky.social
βs cryptic and pop culture influenced first impressions of Nahla Ake and Caleb Mir
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25 days ago
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Our countdown to
#StarfleetAcademy
starts tomorrow! In the meantime, here's a clip from our recent episode on DS9's "You Are Cordially Invited" featuring very special guests for
#Caturday
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25 days ago
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Weβre getting excited for
#StarfleetAcademy
! Watch this space and all our socials for a countdown starting Sunday, January 11! In the meantime, hereβs Lizβs spoiler-lite reviewππ½
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26 days ago
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We wrap up our miniseries on Star Trek Weddings with the very worst of the lot -- T'Pol's wedding to Koss. But on the upside, Trip wears a Henley, and we are looking RESPECTFULLY. Also Archer climbs a rock.
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218. Florida Man Discovers Metaphor (ENT 4.03) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/218-florida-man-discovers-metaphor-ent-4-03/
about 1 month ago
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The wedding series marches on with the marriage of Worf and Dax - and we do have to ask, are ANY women in Star Trek allowed to get married without running a gauntlet of patriarchy?
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217. Dad Harder (DS9 6.07) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/217-dad-harder-ds9-6-07/
about 2 months ago
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Our weddings series continues with "Data's Day"! In which Chief O'Brien's wedding day turns out to be one of the worst days of his life ... so far.
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216. Live Data Reaction (TNG 4.11) β Antimatter Pod
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2 months ago
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#StarTrek
#TNG
Follow the link for the whole conversation ππ½
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3 months ago
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Our wedding series continues with "Haven" βin which the wedding of Deanna Troi and Wyatt Miller is interrupted by the arrival of an AIDS allegory.
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215. Stephen Millerβs Betazoid Eugenics Program (TNG 1.10) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/215-stephen-millers-betazoid-eugenics-program-tng-1-10/
3 months ago
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It's wedding season! We're kicking off our look at some key Star Trek weddings with the big one: "Amok Time". And respectfully, we have some questions for the Vulcans. Like, what the hell?
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214. Spacebook Relationship Status (TOS 2.01) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/214-spacebook-relationship-status-tos-2-01/
4 months ago
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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.
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213. Twentieth Century Thinking (SNW 3.10) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/213-twentieth-century-thinking-snw-3-10/
5 months ago
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Antimatter Pod
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5 months ago
First time listener: What a great episode
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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.
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212. Gamer Gorn Girlfriend (SNW 3.09) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/212-gamer-gorn-girlfriend-snw-3-09/
5 months ago
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Itβs time. We're discussing
#StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds
' "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans", an episode which is intersectional in its offensiveness and all around sincerely unpleasant.
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211. Ghostwritten by J. K. Rowling (SNW 3.08) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/211-ghostwritten-by-j-k-rowling-snw-3-08/
5 months ago
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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.
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210. Selling Starfleet (SNW 3.07) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/210-selling-starfleet-snw-3-07/
5 months ago
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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!
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209. The Shape of Star Trek (SNW 3.06) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/209-the-shape-of-star-trek-snw-3-06/
6 months ago
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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?
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208. Thereβs Always A Bigger Fish (SNW 2.05) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/208-theres-always-a-bigger-fish-snw-2-05/
6 months ago
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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.
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207. Jaunt and/or Romp (SNW 3.04) β Antimatter Pod
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6 months ago
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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!
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206. Her Body, Pikeβs Choice (SNW 3.03) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/206-her-body-pikes-choice-snw-3-03/
6 months ago
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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!
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205. The Girlfriend Edit (SNW 3.02) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/205-the-girlfriend-edit-snw-3-02/
7 months ago
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#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!
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204. Berman Era Level Misogyny (SNW 3.01) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/204-berman-era-level-misogyny-snw-3-01/
7 months ago
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Please enjoy Anika's new account β¬οΈ
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7 months ago
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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!
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203. Hair Trek (part 2) β Antimatter Pod
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7 months ago
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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!
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202. Hair Trek (part 1) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/202-hair-trek-part-1/
8 months ago
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Antimatter Pod
Liz
8 months ago
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!
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New episode! We're discussing
#StarTrekTheNextGeneration
ep 6.22, "Suspicions" - an episode which is incredibly effective, provided it's your introduction to TNG.
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201. Very Sixth Season TNG (Derogatory) (TNG 6.22) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/201-very-sixth-season-tng-derogatory-tng-6-22/
8 months ago
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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).
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200. Performative Femininity β Antimatter Pod
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9 months ago
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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?
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199. Arm Day (Star Trek: Of Gods And Men) β Antimatter Pod
https://antimatterpod.com/199-arm-day-star-trek-of-gods-and-men/
9 months ago
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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!
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198. Plus A Change β Antimatter Pod
http://antimatterpod.com/198-plus-a-change/
10 months ago
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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.
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197. Gel Budget (TNG 3.15) β Antimatter Pod
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11 months ago
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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?
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163. Stepford Beverly (Star Trek: Generations) β Antimatter Pod
http://antimatterpod.com/163-stepford-beverly-star-trek-generations/
12 months ago
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Anika Dane
about 1 year ago
Happy Threshold Day to all who celebrate.
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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!
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195. A Handbag Nuke (ST:S31) β Antimatter Pod
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about 1 year ago
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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!
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194. Kolinahr Statement Necklace (ST:TMP) β Antimatter Pod
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about 1 year ago
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Don't miss our admiral and so many more come together for this great cause! Just two weeks now!
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about 1 year ago
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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!
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193. Natureβs Unicorn (LD 5.10) β Antimatter Pod
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about 1 year ago
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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
. Follow us on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/antimatterpod/
antimatterpod.com
#promosky
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Antimatter Pod β A Star Trek podcast about fashion, feminism, subtext and subspace
https://antimatterpod.com/
about 1 year ago
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Bluesky! I have successfully remembered the password to this account! I promise to start using it! -Anika
@pixiedane.bsky.social
about 1 year ago
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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!
antimatterpod.com/161-holding-...
about 2 years ago
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reposted by
Antimatter Pod
Liz
about 2 years ago
Antimatter Pod is back! With the silliest and most adults-only episode we've done so far, which ALSO has fairly bad audio quality because Liz is SO out of practice. BUT we are here to chew gum and rank Star Trek's male characters by how good they are in bed, and we're all out of gum!
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161. Holding Hands at the Malt Shop β Antimatter Pod
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New episode! We discuss "Under the Cloak of War" and ask once again if Pike is any good at his job. Spoilers! the answer is no.
http://antimatterpod.com/149-all-hurt-no-comfort-snw-2-08/
over 2 years ago
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Our new ep is up! We discuss #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' #StarTrekLowerDecks crossover "Those Old Scientists" and manage to make it about Barbie AND Oppenheimer!
http://antimatterpod.com/147-his-job-is-just-trek-snw-2-08/
over 2 years ago
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