EPISODE · Mar 3, 2026 · 1H 12M
225. The Liberal Arts Agenda (SFA 1.08)
from Antimatter Pod · host Anika and Liz
Anika and Liz watch Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's "The Life of the Stars" and have a little cry. Featuring a special guest appearance by Bradley Whitford and Liz reads a brief excerpt from Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah. We got Star Trekked. We got Our Towned. They got us RIGHT in the feels. The women that time forgot How much agency has Tarima had in her recovery? It seems like not much! Did Liz totally misread the Tarima allegory? Banshees and mental illness and maybe you can spend so much time looking for the allegory that you miss the story? "Stealth trauma counselling" isn't the MOST unethical use of psychology in Star Trek, but we have raised our eyebrows! At no point did we think Sam would die, but ALSO we were on the edge of our seats through this entire plotline "Not holding Sam's hand felt like a war crime." Us a few weeks ago: "Sam's makers feel like an allegory for helicopter parents." This week: helicopter parents fail to build resilience in their children The Tarima-Caleb-Genesis love triangle is handled … really maturely? What if you were attracted to someone and simply chose not to do anything about it?
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Anika and Liz watch Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's "The Life of the Stars" and have a little cry. Featuring a special guest appearance by Bradley Whitford and Liz reads a brief excerpt from Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah. We got Star Trekked. We got Our Towned. They got us RIGHT in the feels. The women that time forgot How much agency has Tarima had in her recovery? It seems like not much! Did Liz totally misread the Tarima allegory? Banshees and mental illness and maybe you can spend so much time looking for the allegory that you miss the story? "Stealth trauma counselling" isn't the MOST unethical use of psychology in Star Trek, but we have raised our eyebrows! At no point did we think Sam would die, but ALSO we were on the edge of our seats through this entire plotline "Not holding Sam's hand felt like a war crime." Us a few weeks ago: "Sam's makers feel like an allegory for helicopter parents." This week: helicopter parents fail to build resilience in their children The Tarima-Caleb-Genesis love triangle is handled … really maturely? What if you were attracted to someone and simply chose not to do anything about it?
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