Outcast: A Queer Star Trek Podcast

We’re joined by not one, but TWO fantastic guest hosts: Returning champion Sally and newbie Chris. The four of us have a deep discussion on Season 1 of Picard. This episode is longer than normal, but we cover a lot of ground, including taking a special look at the queer themes throughout the season.

In this episode, we reflect on the current state of the world, living with a global pandemic. Recorded on March 25, 2020, we pull out some of the episodes in Trek that may best reflect our times, and which help us use fiction to grapple with our reality. Viruses, pandemics, infection, isolation, separation, and more are the themes in this episode.

In this episode, we take a look at episodes where characters swap genders: A female Ferengi passes as male, Quark transitions to female, and the Doctor becomes Seven, and Janeway, and B’Elanna. We take a close look at how we read this in terms of queerness, homophobia, and gay panic.

And good news: We are again joined by the incomparable guest host Sally!

NOTE ON AUDIO: We apologize for the sound quality on this one. We hope to fix this problem in future episodes. Thanks for bearing with us.

Rejoin us as we get back on the podcast wagon! We are delighted to kick off our second season with a lovely and insightful guest host, Sally! In this episode, we debrief about the one and only Very Special DS9 episode featuring a same-sex romantic and sexual relationship, “Rejoined”.

On this eagerly anticipated final episode of season 1 of Outcast: A Queer Star Trek Podcast, we do a deep dive on two Star Trek: Enterprise episodes “Fusion” (S1E16) and “Stigma” (S2E14). These two episodes present a very clear allegory for queer subculture and HIV/AIDS - and much more! But mostly that.

In this episode, we examine The Doctor as a queer character, focusing on "Projections" and "Real Life." Join us as we delve into the underlying queer subtext of this beloved member of the Voyager crew.

We explore Odo's struggles with difference and full acceptance. We primarily focus on DS9 episodes "Chimera" and "Behind the Lines."

We explore The Outcast episode from The Next Generation, as well as our personal connection to Star Trek.

In this episode, we introduce our podcast and then go on to talk about our first topic: Garak and how gay he is, but maybe not literally. It's our first episode, so if the editing sounds rough, it's because it is.