In this episode we speak with the podcast creator and comic book fan Brianne Leeson about her Star Trek fandom, her autism and ADHD and why those diagnoses led her to discover some things about why she loved the show.
Topics
- Dad recording the show on VHS
- Setting the alarm for Star Trek
- Star Trek is background noise for life
- Working at the comic book shop led to a collection
- The Prisoner of Vega kid’s book
- Brianne’s Star Trek tattoo
- Autism diagnosis
- Convention hopes and plans
- The Starfleet Backup Emergency Halloween costume
- Brianne’s podcast Today’s Lucky Winner
- Trek influences from a young age
- Data tried to human and Brianne identified with the struggle
- Trek inspires aspiration
- Growing up in a fundamentalist household
- The friendships we deserve
- The Trek Profiles episode with Jenée Fowler
- Using a Star Trek episode to explain autistic behavior
- LaForge & Data as a model of friendship
- Autistic Masking
- The Star Trek sandbox
- Peanut Hamper polarization problems
- Seeing ADHD and Autism reflected in the show
- Seven’s Bi-Sexuality was a beacon
- The two-minutes hate for Seven’s parents
- Lizard Baby Predictions
- From the Bonus Material
- Squirrel Girl
- Earth is not a Snickers. It does not satisfy.
- Gold Balls, if you can believe it
- Zeitgeist, with the power of toxic barf
- The mutant who can change into any ice cream flavor
- Possibly the worst idea for a character ever: Hemo-Goblin
- Bailey Hoskins, the exploding X-Man
- Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Head writer for the 24th century reimagining of Dixon Hill for the Holodeck
Episodes
- Peak Performance TNG S2E21
- The Measure of a Man TNG S2E09
- Data’s Day TNG S4E11
- The Elysian Kingdom SNW S1E08
- Body and Soul VOY S7E07
Connect
- Talk with Brianne on Twitter
- She’s also on Instagram
- Brianne’s TikTok is here
- Find her podcast Today’s Lucky Winner anywhere you get your audio or listen online here
Support
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Acknowledgements
Background photo by Dan Dennis on Unsplash