Antimatter Pod

By Anika and Liz

The Star Trek podcast where we talk fashion, feminism, subtext and subspace.... more

· TV & Film

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How many episodes does Antimatter Pod have?

The podcast currently has 244 episodes available.

Antimatter Pod episodes:

December 08, 202064. Starfleet Is A Social Construct (Discovery 3.08)
It's the Star Warsiest episode of Star Trek ever, and we are here for it!
We're also talking about:
Admiral Vance: does he have a drinking problem yet?
Michael doesn't really understand the concept of letting others make choices, and it's probably Sarek's fault
Misfits, outsiders, and why is piloting "macho" anyway?
Saru is not a good captain (which is fine), but fandom won't admit it (which is bad)
What the heck is going on with Georgiou? Are we building up to her departure?
It's the episode where Book levels up in Disney Prince!
...more
56min
December 01, 202063. Michael and Ahsoka (Discovery 3.07)
Liz and Anika talk "Unification III", an episode practically made for us. Discussed along the way:
the academic rigour of the Vulcan thesis defence
the latest episode of The Mandalorian
false binaries
Tilly's career path
Michael's quartet of complicated mothers
It's the episode where we ask -- just how much of a creep is Grudge? And really? Baby Yoda has a name now?
...more
1h 2min
November 24, 202062. Blue Redshirt (Discovery 3.06)
They had us at "unsanctioned mission".
the Luke-Vader heist of Anika's dreams
the teams are fracturing and it's AWFUL but also a bit great
does Michael actually want to be in Starfleet? Did she ever choose to be in Starfleet?
Michael Burnham and the Series-Long Badge Motif
Michael/Book: how do we love it? We cannot even begin to count the ways!
a Culmets duck family
is Grudge a real cat: y/n?
We also go off on a wholly irrelevant tangent about the ENT episode "Carpenter Street".
...more
58min
November 17, 202061. Fetch Quest (Discovery 3.05)
Liz and Anika are shocked -- SHOCKED! -- to learn that Starfleet Command is maybe a bit shady.
Also covered:
we care as much about 32nd century starship design as we do about the bridge crew
how season 3 is structured like a video game
Nhan's departure
Georgiou's arc
Discovery is not an ensemble show and should stop trying to be
they really did manage two separate scenes where men tell Michael to watch her tone
Saru's historiography is ... bad
music: the score and the clue
Remember, statistically there is a high probability that Admiral Vance is evil!
...more
1h 8min
November 10, 202060. Trilling Around (Discovery 3.04)
Liz and Anika return to the Trill homeworld, and also attend an awkward dinner party. It's time to talk about Discovery 3.04, "Forget Me Not"!
We discuss:
how very 2020 this season feels ... but in a good way?
the Adira/Gray romance, representation, ghost stories, YA fiction and Truly, Madly, Deeply
Saru's character growth
Liz wants you all to know she hated "Calypso"
it took three seasons, but Culber is finally the fully fledged character Anika always knew he could be
Buster Keaton, and when the A and the B stories are the same
It's the episode where we reluctantly accept Linus's gift of popcorn!
(See antimatterpod.tumblr.com for more detailed show notes.)
...more
57min
November 03, 202059. It's Just A Really Good Tree, Man (Discovery 3.03)
Discovery season 3 might be Voyager 2.0, but it still only takes them three episodes to get home to Earth. Downside: turns out you can't go home again.
Anika and Liz discuss:
the narrative language of Star Trek
Michael's year on her own
Adira: Wesley Crusher but make them non-binary
Pronouns!
Earth's moral failure in the face of a crisis
hugging CGI trees
capslocking about Keyla, or, Discovery has a problematic history with trauma stories and we want them to do better this time
Check out antimatterpod.tumblr.com for more detailed show notes!
...more
1h 9min
October 27, 202058.Sexy Neelix (Discovery 3.01 and 3.02)
Like season 3 of Discovery, Liz and Anika are a little bit delayed but totally worth the wait. We hope!
We're discussing the first two episodes of Discovery's third season: "That Hope Is You" and "Far From Home". And, along the way, we talk about...
Grudge, a good catte
Cleveland "Book" Booker, a Jedi and a Disney princess
Aditya Sahil, the bureaucrat who waited
We ... kind of maybe don't care about the Burn, except to the extent we've decided it's Jonathan Archer's fault
Nhan/Georgiou: we ship it
The breakup of Yugoslavia (it's relevant!)
Westerns, and characters who don't know the genre of their story
...more
1h 2min
October 06, 202057. A Tale of Two Romulan Commanders
Liz and Anika revisit "Balance of Terror" and "The Enterprise Incident" -- the only two TOS episodes to feature the Romulans on screen.
We discuss:
parallels and contrasts
honour, duty and espionage
Romulan fashion
why do we like the Lenard Commander so much when he killed so many people?
And more!
...more
56min
September 22, 202056. At Least One Pon Farr
We take a deep dive into episode 8 of Enterprise's third season: "Twilight", and discuss:
how much we love this episode (A LOT)
we kind of maybe ship T'Pol/Archer here
Rosemary's Baby, feminism and psychological horror
the fascinating things this episode does with gender
storytelling through costume, hair and make-up
the destructions of Earth and Romulus
it turns out that JJ Abrams is a hack????
It's the episode where we ask, um, are we meant to find Phlox attractive here? Because, wow, baby!
...more
1h 11min
September 08, 202055. The Trekkie's Mantra
Halfway through its first season, Liz and Anika revisit Lower Decks. Spoilers, we still like it! BUT...
it really is awfully heterosexual
and isn't it weird how, out of all the modern Trek series, only one actively pursues queer representation and the others just fall into a heteronormative default?
is the solution ... a letter-writing campaign???
But also!
this is still a Beckett Mariner stan podcast
is Boimler ... you know, that type of fan?
the Lower Decks characters and classic Mary Sue types
...more
1h 6min

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