SPOILER ALERT:   To miss the totally unavoidable Discovery spoilers in the first part of this week's show, feel free to skip ahead to 19:15 where we start the episode proper.

Today we talk about the baddest, scariest, space zombies in the Trek verse...and their sexpot overlord.  Paige is pissed, Amber is tipsy, and yes, we left the part about android ejaculate in...you're welcome.  We hope you enjoy this at times thoughtful, at times giggle infused, and somewhat off the rails episode!

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SPOILER ALERT:   Yes, we're still starting with the spoilers...to the Discovery talk in the first part of this week's show, feel free to skip ahead to 36:15 where the music starts and we move into the episode proper.

Get out the Bloodwine and the Gagh, and let's get this galactic throwdown started!  That's right, this week is all about Klingon women- attitude, hair, boob windows and all.  Amber and Paige highlight some of their favorite feisty females, from villainesses to diplomats, Klingon women play many roles but area always standing up for themselves...and of course their family honor.

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SPOILER ALERT:   As usual, this week Amber and Paige talk about a new episode of Discovery, so please beware of spoilers.  However, we actually start the episode with a shout out to Amber's cousin Michael, and it's a very sweet tribute to a life long Trek fan, so feel free to listen until about 3:15, and then skip forward to 27:00 for the rest of the episode proper.

On this week's audio adventure, we talk about the very conspicuous lack of matriarchal societies in the Star Trek oeuvre: from one end of the galaxy to the other, from one quadrant to the next, and from series to series, we continue to see this imbalance.  Amber and Paige discuss two specific episodes which approach the matriarchy in very different ways, and speculate on the missed opportunities more matriarchies might have brought.

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SPOILER ALERT:   To miss the totally unavoidable Discovery spoilers in the first part of this week's show, feel free to skip ahead to about 31:30 where the music break kicks in and we get into the episode proper.

New Arc!  Tonk'peh.  Aefvadh.  Qechmey'e' majQo'...that's right, this week we're talking aliens.  The good, the bad, the ugly, and the way too pretty, join us this week to dip into the xenobiology of the galaxy we call home- according to Star Trek anyway.

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SPOILER ALERT:  Wait, there isn't one!  Since all we gave you last week was spoilers, this week you can just start at the top and listen without a care for spoilers...for the new season of Discovery that is- we're still totally spoiling everything else that's come before, as usual.

This week we wrap up our Women of TNG side mission with Marina, Denise, and Susan ("who?" you might ask- well listen to the end to find out!).  From British invasion to a Hollywood dynasty, this week's women are just as unique as their characters.  

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SPOILER ALERT:  Well...we did it again...we fell down a wormhole and accidentally spent an entire episode talking about something that should have taken no more than a 20 minute intro- two weeks worth of new Discovery episodes.  In our defense, they were episodes with a lot to dive into, and we hope you enjoy diving into it with us.  So, suffice it to say that this whole episode is one big spoiler, but we had fun with it!

Here's the link to the Variety article we reference in the episode: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/star-trek-discovery-trans-non-binary-blu-del-barrio-ian-alexander-1234824183/

Join us again next week as we finish our real Side Mission on the women of TNG, where we'll talk about Marina Sirtis, Denise Crosby, and Susan Sackett.

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SPOILER ALERT:   To miss the totally unavoidable Discovery spoilers in the first part of this week's show, feel free to skip ahead to 21:10 where we have a short, non-spoiler intro before getting into the episode proper.

We're coming to you this week with an unusually long (but hopefully enjoyable!) Side Mission episode, diving deep into Gates McFadden and Whoopi Goldberg - two of our favorite Next Generation women.

*Technical note: Towards the end of the episode you'll notice Amber's recording goes a little fuzzy as her recording equipment was being temperamental, but the show must go on!  We hope your listening ears aren't too offended, and will be back with tip top sound quality next week.

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It's our first break!  Amber and Paige are taking the week off from recording because the US Election has overloaded their data systems.  We'll be back next week with round two of our Side Mission on the women of The Next Generation.

Spoiler Alert!  For the next 8 weeks, Amber and Paige will be talking about the newly released Discovery episode at the top of the show.  If you want to watch along with us and check out our discussion, feel free to start this podcast at the beginning, but if you want to just move on to the episode proper, skip forward to 14:10!

Today we talk parity in all of its forms: gender identity, representation, sexuality, and where we thought this conversation would begin- nudity.  Does a ripped Kirk shirt off set a barely-there, ingenue of the week space bikini?  Does more objectification of men make the objectification of women more palatable?  Does an episode about a non-gendered culture really speak to the diversity of the human experience, or does it show the cultural limitations of our perspective to even suggest that binary gender is something that all races in the galaxy would experience?  Explore these questions and more with Paige and Amber in this weeks' episode.

Rounding out our three episode Holodeck mini-arc, we finally made it to the prurient pursuits of the starship Enterprise...well of her crew members anyway, the Enterprise herself has unimpeachable character.  From discussion of the morality behind building your own ideal (but totally not real) mate, to cringing at the future of HR departments (or lack thereof), to musings on who has to clean the Holodeck (really Amber?!), this one's a lot of fun.