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InterTREKtional

InterTREKtional

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Exploring Star Trek through an intersectional feminist lens.... Engage!
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Becca and Ryan discuss what they watched over winter break. (Star Wars!) Also: how a podcast gets made, and how to hear more of our lovely voices.

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InterTREKtional - One is the Trekiest Number
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12/31/19 • 57 min

What are we doing New Year's? Watching the Short Treks! We watch Q&A and Ask Not and discuss the trio du jour, Number One, Spock, and Captain Pike, with a heavy focus on the enigmatic and uber-competent Number One. Bonus discussion of Star Trek: Picard's trailers and the upcoming season.

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Becca and Ryan are VERY into Star Trek: Lower Decks and here's our pitch for why you should be, too. Join us for a SPOILERIFIC episode where we discuss everything from holomovies to calling out your friends when they say problematic shit.

Episodes: Lower Decks "Crisis Point" and "No Small Parts"

The Purge movies are born from Star Trek

THE PURGE Director Admits Which STAR TREK Episode Influenced His Movie By Devin Faraci via Birth Movies Death

Anti-Elitism Today

Anti-Elitism, the Trump Version by Harold Meyerson via The American Prospect

Combating antiscience: Are we preparing for the 2020s? by Peter J. Hotez via PLOS Biology

You’re Living in the Golden Age of Conspiracy Theories by Zack Stanton via Politico

The Value of Arts Education

New evidence of the benefits of arts education by Brian Kisida and Daniel H. Bowen via Brookings

How the Arts Benefit Your Children Academically and Behaviorally by Grace Chen via Public School Review

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InterTREKtional - Are You My (Naked) Mother?
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01/14/20 • 59 min

Take your mama out! We look at our two favorite matriarchs of Trek, Lwaxana Troi, and Ishka, aka Moogie. We watched The Next Generation "The Cost of Living," (S5:E20), and Deep Space Nine's "Family Business" (S3:E23)

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InterTREKtional - Toxic Masculinity with a Side of Space Whales
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09/24/19 • 65 min

*Content Warning: brief discussion of date rape.* Two fan-favorite characters are displaying signs of toxic masculinity: Lt Cdr Geordi La Forge and Neelix. Ryan and Becca shine a light on these characters' upsetting behaviors, and how they reflect real-life situations, especially in the workplace. Also featuring large space-dwelling creatures that are somehow never called space whales. We look at The Next Generation episode “Galaxy's Child” (S4:E16) and Voyager episode “Elogium” (S2:E4).

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InterTREKtional - Space Gays in Space

Space Gays in Space

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08/20/19 • 58 min

(Trigger Warning: discussion of rape) InterTREKtional explores two very special episodes about being born this way and asks: did they get it right? First, Ryan and Becca look at Enterprise’s “Stigma,” (S2:E14) which compares a Vulcan neurological disorder to AIDS. Then, they discuss TNG’s “The Outcast,” (S5:E4) about a genderless alien who secretly identifies as a woman.

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InterTREKtional - RERUN! She’s a Killer Queen
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04/05/22 • 52 min

Hi Intertrekkies! Here's a rerun of our ode to the Borg Queen, dedicated to all you Picard-watchers out there. And don't worry, we'll have a totally fresh Q ep out to you soonsoon!

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Repulsive yet seductive, powerful and enigmatic, the Borg Queen is one of our favorite Star Trek villains. In preparation for Star Trek: Picard, Becca and Ryan kick off InterTREKtional Season Two with this deep look at the Borg's baddest bitch. The film Star Trek: First Contact, and Voyager episodes "Dark Frontier" (S5:E15/16) and "Unimatrix Zero" (S6:E26; S7:E:1) are discussed.

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Data is restrained by a leather clad Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact, the kinkiest Trek film.

What We Watched Star Trek: First Contact

Memory Alpha

Voyager: Dark Frontier

Memory Alpha

Voyager: Unimatrix Zero

Part 1 - Memory Alpha

Part 2 - Memory Alpha

Data gives up/gives it up to Queenie without a fight

Check out the podcast "Our Opinions are Correct"

Episode 39: Monstrous Women and Women who Make Monsters

Why are you so obsessed with me? - Seven

Levar Burton didn't want to wear the VISOR anymore

AOL Chat interview with Ronald D. Moore via Memory Alpha

I could totally grow hair if I wanted to. -Queenie

Not that bitch, again.

Ryan suspects that blue eyes are linked to colorism, some context

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison via TV Tropes

But not too black via TV Tropes

Innocent blue eyes via All The Tropes

There can only be one woman trope

Territorial Smurfette via TV Tropes

Ugh, where's the mall?

Harry Kim never gets promoted

"Another odd turn, in my opinion, was the non-promotion of Ensign Kim. I mean, come on people! Kim was probed, beaten, tortured and held the distinction of being the first Voyager crew member to die and come back to life. What more does a guy have to do to get promoted to Lieutenant for frak’s sake?" -Garrett Wang

Straight Talk with Voyager's Garrett Wang, Part I via StarTrek.com

The Bechdel Test

The Bechdel Test - Everything You Need to Know via No Film School

Find out if anything and everything passes the Bechdel test at TheBechdelTest.com

This never gets old, apparently.

Special Effects

How the Borg Queen dies in First Contact via Fandango NOW Extras

Watch Jonathan Frakes rave about Alice Krige as well as some cool behind the scenes footage of the Queen's head and body joining in the Making Star Trek: First Contact Documentary via Pop Culture Pandora

Both actresses kill it as the Borg Queen, but Alice gets better lipgloss.

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InterTREKtional - Smashing the Matriarchy
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08/20/19 • 59 min

Becca and Ryan discuss why they created the podcast. Then, the InterTREKtional away team beams down to two female-run planets and asks: Is this the future MRAs think feminists want? We discuss The Next Generation episode “Angel One” (S1:E14) and The Animated Series episode “The Lorelei Signal” (S1:E4). InterTREKtional is an exploration of Star Trek through an intersectional feminist lens. Intersectionality explores intersecting forms of oppression, and how they affect the experiences of individuals with compound identities, such as race, gender, class, religion, sexual orientation, and species.

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InterTREKtional - Teaser

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08/02/19 • 0 min

This is InterTREKtional, an exploration of Star Trek through an intersectional feminist lens.

We are Ryan Ascolese and Becca Motola-Barnes. Ryan studied literary criticism and has seen every episode of Star Trek, including the animated series. Becca started watching The Next Generation before she could form memories... and she’s pretty sure she took a film class once! Star Trek is both a reflection of our society and an aspiration for our future; the stories it tells shape our world. Intersectionality explores intersecting forms of oppression, and how they affect the experiences of individuals with compound identities (such as race, gender, class, religion, sexual orientation, and *species*).

Star Trek is for feminists... Engage!

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InterTREKtional - Away Mission to Planet Cylon
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03/24/20 • 59 min

The pandemic is here, y'all! Due to sheltering-in-place, we could not record this episode in the same room, so please forgive any odd audio. ************************SPOILERS******************* Nevertheless, join Becca and Ryan, and the Motley Crew on their very first Away Mission

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FAQ

How many episodes does InterTREKtional have?

InterTREKtional currently has 43 episodes available.

What topics does InterTREKtional cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Tv Reviews, After Shows and Tv & Film.

What is the most popular episode on InterTREKtional?

The episode title 'Seeking Asylum in the Trek Universe' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on InterTREKtional?

The average episode length on InterTREKtional is 55 minutes.

How often are episodes of InterTREKtional released?

Episodes of InterTREKtional are typically released every 7 days, 3 hours.

When was the first episode of InterTREKtional?

The first episode of InterTREKtional was released on Aug 2, 2019.

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