Antimatter Pod

By Anika and Liz

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

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Antimatter Pod episodes:

August 08, 2023150. All Hurt, No Comfort (SNW 2.08)
"Under the Cloak of War" is a really serious, complex episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ... but don't worry, Anika and Liz are here to talk about the sex pollen fic opportunities! And also:
Looking at fan reactions to this episode, one might almost begin to think people apply a different standard to new Trek compared with the Star Trek of the '90s
Liz completely misremembers the matter of the Accountant of Auschwitz: it was Germany, not Israel, who put him on trial and sentenced him to prison, and he died before he began his sentence
Did M'Benga do it?
It's a real shame Starfleet's only competent admiral/mental health professional got blown up
The Federation is America (derogatory)
We are once again asking, whose utopia is it anyway?
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1h 3min
August 01, 2023148. His Job Is Just … Trek (SNW 2.08)
Anika and Liz get sucked into a vortex and are mysteriously transformed from cartoons into real human beings! Yes, it's time to talk about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 2, episode 7, "Those Old Scientists"!
Hi, we loved this episode!
Boimler is fandom: he expects things to be a certain way and freaks out that SNW is different
Mariner is also fandom: she loves Uhura and finds her inspiring, and has more respect for canon than she wants to admit
Anika has a presentation on how "Those Old Scientists" parallels the plot of Barbie (2023)
(this episode is also about identity)
Liz can also make this about Oppenheimer (2023)
Boimler is not excited to meet Christine Chapel (and he's wrong, but what does that tell us about the history of this era?)
Stop saying Spirk. This is a callout post (for us)
Save Mariner from SNW's heterosexual agenda
It's self-congratulatory references all the way down, but would this crossover work with any other series?
Does Pike need to be punched in the face by Jonathan Archer for his own good? Our theory is … yes!
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48min
July 25, 2023147. Star Trek: Microaggressions (SNW 2.06)
Anika and Liz roll up to a cool-looking nebula, only to find it's alive! Hey, are we experiencing deja vu? Does the Federation mining industry need to be stopped at all costs? We're discussing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 2, episode 6, "Lost in Translation"!
Please stop using disabled bodies as monsters, show!
It's interesting how SNW is reproducing the problems (episodic storytelling, the reset button) that stymied Voyager
White men and Christine get development through hijinks and romantic adventures; everyone else gets trauma, and a disproportionate amount of it falls on Black characters
Is La'an jealous because Jim is hanging out with Nyota? Jealousy plots: they're not good! On the other hand, La'an has a pile of feelings she cannot process with anyone else…
Uhura has been so underused this season, it's great to see her get some focus, but why is she constantly being bombarded with microaggressions? First Spock in season 1 and now Kirk are like, "Hey, maybe you don't belong in Starfleet"? Come on, guys!
Why does Star Trek keep casting men who are far too old for their roles?
Modern Star Trek's relationship with subtlety and subtext: "I don't know her"
Liz is seeking expressions of interest for a new Blorbo
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1h 4min
July 18, 2023146. Awkward Dinner Party, Vulcan Edition (SNW 2.05)
It's time to discuss Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 2, episode 5, "Charades". Liz eats a pile of bacon; Anika has a lot of feelings about Christine Chapel, and we discuss...
This episode is a gift specifically for Anika
The theme of this season is "identity"
On one level, this episode is a 60-minute mother-in-law joke with bonus ethnic stereotypes, and that is not great!
Have short seasons killed slow burn UST?
The aliens of the week are racist AND acephobic
Spock, honey, you're a Jewish vegetarian, put down the bacon
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52min
July 11, 2023145. Whose Utopia Is It Anyway? (SNW 2.04)
Anika and Liz put on their cute away mission hats and, in between high-pitched noises and Liz's neighbour revving his car, discuss the Strange New Worlds episode "Among the Lotus Eaters"...
Liz had a visceral reaction to this episode: a timeskip-inducing migraine would have been preferable
WORSE, Anika is indifferent
Character development for Ortegas: she flies the ship!
Hey, space millennials! Don't go wanting career advancement! Don't even put a toe outside your designated box!
Speaking of designated boxes, the whole Warrior!M'Benga thing? Yikes
It feels like Pike is incredibly bad at his job
Captain Batel, honey, girl, you deserve better. And also a first name
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: for when the Berman Era isn't heteronormative enough
Pike is a complacent captain for a complacent Star Trek
Contemporary Star Trek and the American liberal arts bubble
…so what does it say that Ortegas, the most 'working class' character, is kinda racist?
"I realise that I'm reading a lot into my favourite character, but that's what I do."
(Liz would like to apologise for the revving sounds in the first fifteen minutes. She has already bought a better microphone that will record less outdoor noises and probably more chair creaks.)
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47min
July 04, 2023144. Rom(ulan)Com (SNW 2.03)
Anika and Liz find themselves stranded in 2023 Toronto, and over some Tim Hortons and poutine, catch up to discuss the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"...
FIRST we are very angry and sad about the cancellation of Star Trek: Prodigy
SECOND, we were extremely nervous going into this episode, and then … we loved it?
Introducing Paul Wesley's Kirk via a set of AUs is really smart
Is this the best episode of Enterprise or the sequel to "Time and Again" we didn't know we needed? Yes. Is it a problem that SNW keeps revisiting old stories? Yes. Did we love it regardless? Yes
Okay FINE we're shipping La'an/Kirk BUT IN THIS TIMELINE ONLY
An actual Secret Romulan that we didn't make up? A GIFT FOR US! (Also, again, aliens among humans, THERE'S A THEME)
The UNIT Dating Controversy of it all
It took three goes, but finally Khan Noonien Singh is played by a South Asian actor!
Anika calls it: we're gonna see Brent Spiner in the finale
"Progress requires trauma" - does it, though? Does it really?
Are we the first Star Trek podcasters to talk about Pete Davidson?
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55min
June 27, 2023143. Star Trek: JAG (SNW 2.02)
Anika and Liz don their dress uniforms and stand trial for the crime of ... oh, something. Background bird noise and that helicopter, probably. But ALSO we are here to talk about season 2, episode 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: "Ad Astra Per Aspera", including...
Gene Roddenberry would be SO MAD there's a civil rights lawyer in Star Trek! Which is not the ONLY reason it's great, but it's one!
Utopias are hard work and civil rights progress via litigation is incremental, and this episode gets that
This is a Neera Ketou Stan Podcast
HOWEVER Liz thinks the writing veered into a couple of ugly tropes
What's Vice Admiral Pasalk's deal? Is he a Secret Romulan???
It would be interesting to dig further into genetic alteration as a cultural practice versus eugenics as a violation of civil rights
It's allegories all the way down!
"Aliens hiding among humans" seems to be a theme this season, but NOT in a paranoid way? Aside from our new hobby of Seeing Romulans Everywhere, of course
Ortegas has a new facet to her character! She's racist!
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58min
June 20, 2023141. Fake It Til You Make It (SNW 2.01)
Anika and Liz are left unsupervised for a moment, so what choice do they have but to steal the Enterprise?
Yes, season 2 of Strange New Worlds has begun, and we are here to discuss:
This was a solid B+ of an episode! Why does The Algorithm want us to think everyone hated it?
We know more about Pelia from two scenes than we've learned about Ortegas in a whole season
The algorithm keeps bringing us the Bad Spock Takes
But seriously, we can criticise the heteronormativity without being biphobic and/or misogynistic
Anika makes the argument for Spock/Christine
La'an and Spock are mirror images
M'Benga, Chapel and the homebrew super soldier serum
Conceptually, the super soldier serum is great; in practice, the racial dynamic is … bad
How much do we love Pelia? SO MUCH
"This is getting out of hand. And awesome."
The costume design for the away team is amazing and we love it
For Nichelle
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1h
June 13, 2023141. The Ninth Episode Curse (Star Trek: Picard season 3 - part 2)
Anika and Liz put on their most stylish Starfleet tactical vests and walk right into a trap. And along the way, we finish our discussion of season 3 of Star Trek: Picard, including...
We are not impressed by Captain Shaw
The Jack and Seven relationship is a HIGHLIGHT
Worf treats Raffi better than literally anyone else in the whole of Star Trek: Picard, which is … bad. Like, it's great! But it's bad
Liz hijacks the podcast to talk about Succession, and how Terry Matalas is like Logan Roy
"Vox" is better than previous penultimate episodes of the seasons, but still not great! Everyone is suddenly an idiot!
Order 66, Star Trek style
Romance is … not this series' strong suit
We spend a good few minutes working out how an unexpected pregnancy in middle-age can happen in a 24th century "utopia", which is probably more time than the writers put in
It's really hard to root for Seven/Raffi when they don't seem to actually like each other
Stepford Laris
Liz has a whole rant about autistic representation in Picard; Anika responds with nuance
In conclusion, this is our pitch to showrun Star Trek: Legacy
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1h 6min
June 06, 2023140. The Main Character Of The Federation (Star Trek: Picard season 3 - part 1)
We're putting on our old uniforms, hijacking a starship and stealing a shuttle to rescue Beverly Crusher, and we have NO REGRETS. Yes, it's finally time for Anika and Liz to talk about Star Trek: Picard...
There is a strong possibility that this was … bad
In Star Trek: Picard, Borg nonsense is always on the horizon
Is Terry Matalas mirror!Anika? The signs are there!
A lot of our problems with this season are actually with season 2, ie, the discarding of the original cast
Some TNG characters were incredibly well-served in season 3. Others…
Returning female characters, fridging, and men who hold grudges for three decades
The MCUification of Star Trek
Anika cannot be normal about Jack Crusher
Something very odd is happening with the passage of time in this series, and in the absence of any other evidence, we're going to assume it's Janeway's fault
Hey, remember when Soji was the female lead? Anyone?
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49min

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