In this episode we speak with my friend Marina Kravchuk. She’s not only a Star Trek fan, but an inveterate fandom convention attendee. She’s a member of the New York Star Trek Away Team and also an administrator of the Unofficial Star Trek Las Vegas Facebook group.
Topics
- How to pronounce “Kravchuk”
- The country of Belarus
- Bootlegs of American movies and TV in the USSR, here is one account
- Rutger’s University
- The Star Trek Communicator magazine
- Marina’s decision to not be “complete” on watching Trek
- The correct “viewing order” for all Star Trek
- Dejaren’s Hammer from Star Trek Voyager, Revulsion (Click the image for larger picture)
- Another screen-used prop, a “Spider Hunting” tool from Gravity (Click the image for larger picture)
- Marina’s Wrist-Lamp, used on screen, from Voyager (Click the image for larger picture)
- The “It’s a Wrap” Auction
- Marina’s “Five Captains” photo
- Marina has some Star Trek costumes
- The Shore Leave podcast
- The Chiller Con
- New York Comic Con
- Starbase Indy Con
- Hyperspace book by Michio Kaku
- Star Trek novel Echoes
- The Universe Splitter app
- Story about the concept
- Link to the Apple store for the app (iOS only currently)
- Epic of Gilgamesh
- The Trek Nation documentary
- The William Shatner Beam Me Up! live shows
Episodes Discussed
- Let that Be Your Last Battlefield TOS S3E15
- Plato’s Stepchildren TOS S3E12
- Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
- Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
- Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
- City on the Edge of Forever TOS S1E28
- Timeless VOY S5E06
- Darmok TNG S5E02
- Bride of Chaotica! VOY S5E12
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
- Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
- For the Love of Spock (2016)
- Inner Light TNG S5E25
- What We Left Behind (2019)
- Coda VOY S3E15
Connect
- Connect with Marina on Twitter here
- She can also be found on Facebook hanging out as an admin for the Unofficial Star Trek Las Vegas Convention group. This group is a great place for newbies and long time attendees to hang out and plan their next STLV visit.
- Listen to her Shore Leave podcast
Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Chief of Alumni relations for Starfleet Academy
Background photo of the sea as seen from New Jersey by Kevin Rajaram on Unsplash