SyFy Sistas

2.09 - Tawny NewsomeTamia and Yvette go to Star Trek Mission Chicago and get to meet and interview the delightful Actor, Writer, Comedian and Musician Tawny Newsome. We bond, we laugh, we cry and we don't record...ruh roh! Fast forward to post Awesome Con and we hit record for a conversation with our friend Tawny… 10 Jun 2022
1:03:39 2.08 - Behind the Scenes at the Strange New Worlds Premiere & VIP PartyWe experienced so many cool things, people, and places thanks to Anson Mount's kind invitation to the NYC Premiere. He is the real deal. We got to do something we never dreamed we'd do and had to share it with you. We'd like to thank Trek Geeks Bill and Dan (Hi, Ted!) for getting us on the… 20 May 2022
1:24:04 2.07 - Meet Jayne BrookThe SyFy Sistas sit down with Jayne Brook, a film and TV actor that has earned three Screen Actors Guild nominations for Chicago Hope and a Prism Award for Performance in a Drama Series for Boston Legal. We know her for her role as Star Trek Discovery's Vice Admiral Katrina Cornwell. This role… 13 May 2022
1:06:22 2.06 - Star Trek: The Cruise V ConvoIt's been a while, so the SyFy Sistas present our 12" Disco Version of Star Trek: The Cruise V. This is our love letter to Royal Caribbean Cruises and Entertainment Cruise Productions, some of the hardest working people at sea. But we aren't the only ones telling sea stories. We taped a few of our… 1 Apr 2022
1:37:27 2.05 - The Many Faces of David Benjamin TomlinsonDavid Benjamin Tomlinson, the alter ego of Star Trek Discovery's favorite Saurian science officer, Linus, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation. The talented writer, producer, and actor spills the tea on keeping up as a Klingon, his cast buddies, and how he made Sonequa Martin-Green crack up his… 25 Feb 2022
1:03:22 2.04 - Far Beyond the Stars 24th Anniversary TributeFar Beyond the Stars, one of the most celebrated episodes in the Star Trek franchise, was written by one of the most creative, thought-provoking, and prolific tv science fiction writers of our time, Marc Scott Zicree. The Sistas sat down with Marc to talk about how the then controversial Deep Space… 4 Feb 2022
1:23:03 2.03 - Dr. Mohamed Noor: The Bio Trekkie Explains EVERYTHING!It's 'Science with Mohamed' as the Sistas get the answers to those questions you've been dying to ask. The episodes "Distant Origin" and "Lineage" from Voyager, and "Masterpiece Society" and "Up the Long Ladder" from TNG come up in this conversation. But as we delve into that whale movie and any… 21 Jan 2022
1:10:11 2.02 - Critical Race Theory in Star Trek with Dr. Crystal FlemingThe SyFy Sistas sit down with Dr. Crystal Fleming, a critical race sociologist, author of three books and an internationally recognized expert on racism and antiracism. Her work empowers people of all backgrounds to become change agents and dismantle white supremacy. Our conversation ranges from… 7 Jan 2022
1:16:58 2.01 - Ladies, Gentlemen, and Variations Thereupon, the One and Only Nana VisitorWho would have believed that a nonchalant fangirl post on the SyFy Sistas Muthaship Facebook group could lead to an actual squeal before letting the Fabulous One into the zoom room. The best Anniversary present ever! Dr. Michelle Thaller - American Astronomer and research scientist for NASA… 24 Dec 2021
1:06:25 025 - The Thanksgiving Show: Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 1It was late on a Thursday night and the Sistas were a little punchy. But never fear they perked up just enough to give you their opinions on Star Trek Discovery's latest episode "Kobayashi Maru". Although we were a bit distracted by the Grace Jones - like costume changes. This is the Season 1… 22 Nov 2021
1:02:53 024 - Interview with the Andorian: Noah Averbach-KatzIt happened in Vegas, and we are going to spill the tea. The SyFy Sistas have never laughed as hard as we did with everyone's favorite Discovery Season 3 cast member, Noah Averbach-Katz. The Son of Rachelle, while living a Trekkie's ultimate dream, earned his spot on the cast with his Julliard… 5 Nov 2021
1:13:18 023 - Black Representation in the Star Trek MoviesThis week the SyFy Sistas look at the thirteen Star Trek films to see how Black actors have fared in them. We rate the TOS crew, the TNG crew, and the Kelvin crew on inclusion. With the help of a repurposed Bechdel-Wallace type test (which gauges how women fare in films) that we call the SyFy… 29 Oct 2021
1:07:35 022 - Collecting 101 with The Divine TreasuryIt's our first Trek Geeks Crossover Show with the Divine Treasury. The fun we have with our Fandom Friday social media posts on the Muthaship group page made the Sistas curious about collecting. So, we decided to go to the pros, Mike Bovia and Jamie Rogers, host of our sister show The Divine… 22 Oct 2021
1:20:40 021 - Picard and the Sistas: Guinan, Lily, and RaffiThe SyFy Sistas look at the special relationship Captain Jean-Luc Picard maintains with three amazing Black women; Guinan, the El-Aurian bartender from his days on the Enterprise-D, Lily Sloane from his temporal incursion in the film Star Trek: First Contact (1996), and Raffaela (Raffi) Musiker, XO… 24 Sep 2021
1:06:18 020 - Malissa Longo of the 7th Rule PodcastJoin us for a long-awaited chat with the beautiful, talented, and resilient Malissa Longo, co-host of the 7th Rule Podcast with Cirroc Lofton and Ryan Husk. Malissa is also a business owner and the wife of our beloved Aron Eisenberg. But Malissa is a true multi-hyphenate, dancer, actor, and artist… 10 Sep 2021
57:05 019 - B'Elanna: Before and AfterThis week the SyFy Sistas sit down with Lucila M or Dr. Luz to talk about our other favorite Chief Engineer, B'Elanna Torres. She is the sister who saves the ship; brilliant, passionate, and loyal. But she is also a sister with deep-seated issues. Our talk with Dr. Luz ranges from B'Elanna… 13 Aug 2021
1:10:04 018 - The LeVar Burton Love JamAs LeVar Burton wraps up his week guest hosting Jeopardy, the SyFy Sistas celebrate him with a look back at Star Trek: TNG and its Chief Engineer, Geordi LaForge. But being the Sistas, they also discuss a serious omission in Picard Season 1, an 'if-only' alternate ending to the Leah Brahms… 30 Jul 2021
1:21:50 017 - Recap of The Sam and Bucky Show Finale - "One World, One People"We come to the end of the Falcon's story. And, while the Sistas are okay with "a Black man carrying the Stars and Stripes" they are split on the new costume. Yvette and Tamia won't give Bucky a break about that phone call, and everybody is so done, done, done with Karli, that J.D. must explain… 23 Jul 2021
38:01 016 - Recap of The Sam and Bucky Show - Episode 5This episode is emotional for the SyFy Sistas as Yvette breaks down the role of a good soldier being a "good soldier," Tamia breaks down 'erasure' and Isaiah Bradley near breaks down the Sistas. But they bounce right back with an impromptu Black History lesson (see list below). Leave it to J.D. to… 9 Jul 2021
1:27:52 015 - Recap of The Sam & Bucky Show: - Episode 4J.D. continues to take the point on our FAWS deep dive where the Sistas ask: Can you be a superhero without being super? Yvette keeps it real deconstructing the dilemma of lost people. We get back to the everyday with a Tina Fey reference, a discussion of snatching Lemar's Black Card, and Tom Hanks… 25 Jun 2021
1:20:12 014 - Recap of The Sam and Bucky Show - Episode 3Things get real in "Power Broker" as Sam and Bucky are involved in a jailbreak and spy antics in the search for Karli, the Angry Child. The Sistas discuss poor Bucky's reprise as the Winter Soldier. Yvette gets him, Subrina thinks he's alright, Tamia thinks he's layered, but J.D. nails his problem… 11 Jun 2021
1:11:14 013 - Recap of The Sam and Bucky Show - Episode 2The Sistas react viscerally to the happenings in the Falcon and the Winter Soldier #102. While Tamia does her best to keep the discussion on track and J.D. drops more incredible Easter Eggs, Yvette takes us to the Lord of the Rings, Subrina makes a temporal incursion to Episode 3, Fran is clear… 28 May 2021
49:10 012 - The Sam & Bucky ShowFrom a Sista in the Seat to a Brother with the Shield, J.D. leads Fran, Subrina, Tamia, and Yvette into a deep discussion that covers DC versus Marvel comics, code switching, big sisters and little brothers, and all sorts of Marvel Easter eggs. Yes, we are back in series recap mode, and no, it… 14 May 2021
51:41 011 - Michael Burnham Kirkin' It Up?Black female lead on the bridge is an idea that sent a vocal minority of Star Trek fans into a feedback loop. But relax, because Michael Burnham is really our hero, James T. Kirk! Listen as the Sistas demonstrate how Burnham and Kirk, captains from the same era, are far more alike than you think… 30 Apr 2021
48:30 010 - The Sisters Who Save The S*#t…um, SHIP.Latina/Klingon B'Elanna Torres of Star Trek: Voyager and Belter Naomi Nagata of The Expanse, are our favorite chief engineers. Besides being two of the smartest characters in sci-fi, they also have enthralling story arcs that border on 'messy'. All flux couplers being equal, our final question is… 16 Apr 2021
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