In this episode we speak with Meteorologist and Trek fan Katie Nickolaou. She’s known for her stealthy Trek cosplay and her weather reporting on KMEG-14 in Sioux City, Iowa.
Topics
- Middle School bulling
- Anxiety as a kid
- Katie’s highlighter ranking system
- BBC America isn’t the BBC
- How to tackle Star Trek when there is so much to watch
- Streaming vs original broadcast
- Star Trek Lower Decks reactions
- What drew Katie into Star Trek
- The science in Star Trek and how it affected Katie
- Katie’s Survivor Audition
- Stealth Star Trek cosplay
- Mini-Spock and the TARDIS
- First convention experience
- Katie’s date with Chase Masterson
- Collecting Trek scripts & autographs
- Surviving the Game movie
- The holodeck would primarily be a training tool
- What ever happened to the Iotians?
- Macedonia & Scotland
- Katie’s first holodeck program
- Katie’s ideas for the best and worst weather planets in Star Trek
- Filk music
- What it all means
Katie’s Fandom Forecast
Episodes Discussed
- Gambit TNG S7E04 & E05
- Best of Both Worlds TNG S3E26 & S4E01
- Worst Case Scenario VOY S3E25
- Trials and Tribble-ations DS9 S5E06
- Let He Who Is Without Sin DS9 S5E07
- Sub Rosa TNG S7E14
Katie’s Star Trek Art
Connect
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeteorologistKatieNickolaou
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weather_katie/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/weather_katie
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe6VSi0jOHIdOez6MfX3BTQ
- Fandom Forecast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N24mG3ZU6y4&t=1s
Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Chief Atmospheric Scientist at the Federation Terraform Command
Background photo by Joseph Ngabo on Unsplash