In this episode we speak with lifelong Star Trek fan, teacher, mom, and podcaster Abby Sommer.
Topics
- Star Trek since Middle School
- Living with pre-empted TV
- The Starfleet Academy fleece
- Abby is a nitpicker and sheâs not apologetic about it
- Judicious collecting
- Borg Advent Calendar
- Owning a Spock Helmet
- A weird Geordi mug
- Handing down the Trek toys to the kids
- Looking forward to Mission: Chicago
- Convention plans
- Bringing the kids into the fandom
- Connecting with the fans
- The police recognize the Trek fan in the wild
- Abbyâs Trek watching procedure (Warning: Nit Picking)
- About the Star Trek wines
- First Flight Podcast origin story
- The Top 5 Buzzer Beaters episode of Trek Ranks, Abbyâs first podcast experience
- Abby thinks Enterprise is due for a resurgence
- Putting yourself out there as a Star Trek fan
- John struggles with disliking some Trek episodes âin publicâ
- Donât act like a pineapple
- Mariner is the Anti-Hero
- Work and Life balance in Starfleet
- Discussion of the ethics in Enterprisesâ Similitude
- TâPol and Phlox steal the show in ENT
- So much eating in ENT
- Welcome to the Federation. Here is an artichoke.
- Are we the Vidiians?
- Generations is a Christmas movie?
- Enjoying Picard as a man who is no longer the Captain
- Abbyâs favorite Sisko GIF
- Previous discussion of Imzadi in episode 26 with Alexandra August
- Respect for Peter David
- Treating Beverly with care and with friendship
- An impassioned reflection on Sub Rosa
- Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Educationalist at the Starfleet School on the Lunar One Colony
Episodes Discussed
- Imzadi novel, 1992
- Parallels TNG S7E11
- Crisis Point LDS S1E09
- Similitude ENT S310
- Calypso (Short Trek)
- Futureâs End Part I & II VOY S3E08 & 09
- Innocence VOY S2E22
- Generations (1994)
- Our Man Bashir DS9 S4E10
- Sub Rosa TNG S7E14
- Ep name 3CODE S2E05
Connect
- Talk with Abby on Twitter here
- Follow her podcast, First Flight here
- Check out First Flight on Apple or Google
Support
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Acknowledgements
- Background photo by Dave Hoefler on Unsplash
- Would you like to write some Kobayashi Maru lightning round questions? If youâd like to submit some for possible inclusion on the show, you can send me a message via Twitter or email me. I give some suggestions on good questions here.