Antimatter Pod

A Star Trek podcast talking fashion, feminism, subtext and subspace.

Antimatter Pod is a tv podcast hosted by Anika and Liz, with 242 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Anika and Liz hosts Antimatter Pod, a tv show with 242 episodes published.

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  Episode #247

  240. Casablanca Cosplay (SNW 4.04)

  Aug 18, 202659 min

  It's Antimatter Pod, but we're in black and white! We're discussing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 4, episode 4, "A Case of Chiaroscuro". Did Anika include a pronunciation guide in the show notes? She sure did! This episode scales the giddy heights of "it's fine, I guess" "It's interested in the aesthetics of resistance without actually exploring what it is we're resisting." Imagine if this episode spent less time having characters tell each other stuff they already know, and more time exploring those characters Don't learn anti-fascist opsec from a Star Trek podcast, but definitely don't follow the example of this fake resistance whose leader keeps photos and a database in her office This week we are TEAM LA'AN and also SPOCK STOP UNDERMINING HER Christine is a better boyfriend to La'an than Spock She has to be sidelined this season or else she would be TOO AWESOME A CHARACTER Maybe La'an deserves to stab Spock a little

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  Episode #246

  239. Dude Where's My Shuttle (SNW 4.03)

  Aug 11, 20261h 15m

  Anika and Liz hang out with a cactus. Is it a tribute to the Doctor Who serial "Meglos"? No, we're talking about episode 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' fourth season, "Human Best Friend"! Strange New Worlds has become a show dedicated to pastiches of better media How many episodes inspired by Star Trek Las Vegas are too many episodes inspired by Star Trek Las Vegas They did it -- they finally found a planet even worse than Risa Are the gimmicks getting in the way of storytelling? On the other hand, it feels like the story is setting La'an up to be the big bad before she is written out of the series Kirk, you have a baby. Why are you at a resort? Alone? "If you look hard enough, you'll always find something to be angry about." Which is a longer way of saying, "Don't overthink it." Liz is still formulating her thoughts on the depiction of alcohol in SNW Congratulations to SNW for discovering queerbaiting

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  Episode #245

  238. Evil Genes (SNW 402)

  Aug 4, 20261h 10m

  Anika and Liz beam over to a long-abandoned and extremely haunted space ship. And instead of talking about what we experienced over there in the shadows, we're going to discuss episode 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' fourth season, "The Griffin Institute". This episode is a huge step up from the premiere! And also still super-duper into the eugenics of it all! The away team's biggest fear is … their genes! This whole subplot with La'an is really leaning into racist stereotypes about Chinese women "I am continuously horrified by how this series portrays Spock's internal conflicts." The episode wants us to think that Carol Marcus is the bad guy in the relationship, not James T "actually I'm gonna go to this conference instead of seeing my infant son" Kirk We are obsessed with the conference. What could possibly be relevant to Spock, La'an and Jim? Was there only one bed? We are a Pro T'Pring Podcast Does SNW actually want us to be engaged with Spock/La'an? Liz has a pitch for a Division 12 comic (spoilers: it involves Lorca)

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  Episode #244

  237. A Forehead Situation (SNW 4.01)

  Jul 28, 20261h 12m

  The Enterprise goes back in time and doesn't prevent a genocide, but Anika and Liz would like to go back in time to prevent this episode from ever being made. Oh, did the fourth season premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds displease us? It sure did! "Don't overthink it!" This episode provides more evidence for our argument that Pike is bad at his job Words we use to describe this episode: "nonsense", "dreadful", "terrible", "morally broken", "anti Star Trek", "almost clever" Why does SNW want us to hate La'an? Leaning into the biological determinism with this Kha'an arc The Martians and Spock are totally incurious about each other, because this is The Least Curious Star Trek "Let's not worry too much about that genocide we facilitated" is … not a great twist in 2026. Or ever.

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  Episode #243

  236. Nixon Broke Starfleet (DSC 1.09)

  Jun 18, 20261h 3m

  Anika does 133 jumps while Liz infiltrates a Klingon ship. What could go wrong? Well, this episode is late, so... Yes, we are discussing season 1, episode 9 of Star Trek: Discovery, "Into the Forest I Go". A nice walk in the woods! Everyone comes home! Do all Starfleet captains disobey orders? Actually yes! Despite the stereotypes, the biggest exception is Kirk in TOS … and Liz has a theory about why that changed "This conversation reminds me of a Tumblr post that mildly irritated me two weeks ago…" "You can't say anything against my baby Ash, okay? He's my baby girl." We have some digressions and thoughts on the state of fandom and franchise media in the year 2026 Anika's Wonderland Corner: Cornwell, Ash and L'Rell as Knight, Death and the Devil

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