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

• 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