In this episode we speak with the writer, podcaster, nurse, and Star Trek fan Stephanie Gerk.
Topics
- Peak Star Trek podcasting
- Admiral Ackbar knows it’s not a trap
- No gatekeeping
- Making it through the books and games too
- The novels can get wild
- Not knowing about 90’s Trek until the 2000s
- The “purists”
- Watching all of Trek through the pandemic
- More aliens, please. Head ridges & nose bumps too.
- You will be forced to play baseball against the Niners
- Las Vegas is weird
- Stephanie is scared of Trekkies
- The story of the con-goers
- Reedpop: Epic Fail
- The Killing Time controversy
- The Star Trek Comic Book discussion
- Getting scarred by Wrath of Khan as a child
- Growing up in Canada, Star Trek was limited in availability
- Generations caused a TNG backlash in my guest’s mind
- Spock’s Brain inspired an interest in science
- Star Trek is ridiculous and that’s ok
- That viewscreen shot
- The Horta gave my guest nightmares
- Canon chat
- Podcast Extravaganza Part 1
- McCoy and Spock are the blue-shirted heroes
- My guest wants to be the McCoy of her generation, minus the grumpiness
- The Nursing School Dean definitely thinks Stephanie is cool
- Much like Nog, my guest had to go against her family’s wishes
- Steph has PTSD due to her family’s abusive history with her
- My guest only saw a doctor once in her entire youth
- Star Trek raised my guest
- Stephanie stans Rom
- “Star Trek has got my back,” says Steph
- Trek raised my guest
- My interview with Jenée Fowler, who escaped a cult by watching Star Trek
- My guest was a hospital nurse when COVID-19 hit
- Steph was Jake
- My guest talks about what it was like as a nurse to make life or death decisions under limited time with very sick patients during the Pandemic
- Stephanie describes how death may occur from COVID-19
- A harrowing tale about one night when there were too many patients who needed a limited number of ICU beds
- Once again, Star Trek to the rescue
- My guest cannot rewatch the episode
- Stephanie is in treatment for her PTSD from working as a COVID nurse
- Star Trek has been the bestest of friends for my guest
- Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Medical Researcher at the Central Hospital of Altair IV
- From the Bonus Material
- Starbase 118 play by email RPG
- Discussion about Poutine and BC, Canada
- Apologies for peak Star Trek life
- Title controversies
- Questions are permitted
- Podcasting Extravaganza is 10 hours and 3 parts
- Hockey talk
- Route 91 Harvest Festival
- The Vegas Golden Knights
- Stephanie wonders why she picked Spock’s Brain
- Post-recording wrap-up
- What is lettuce, anyway?
- Podcasting time lag is real
- John opines on A+ Trek Profiles content
- Star Trek Cruise
- Thank you, Steph
Episodes Discussed
- Doctor’s Orders (Novel)
- Killing Time (Novel)
- A Stitch in Time (Novel)
- Wrath of Khan (Movie)
- Generations (Movie)
- Spock’s Brain TOS S3E01
- The Devil in the Dark TOS S1E26
- Miri TOS S1E08
- Facets DS9 S3E25
- Nor the Battle to the Strong DS9 S5E04
- It’s Only a Paper Moon DS9 S7E10
Connect
- Stephanie’s website is here
- The Debrief Weekly Report podcast
- Follow Steph on Twitter
- Her Instagram is here
- Steph also does Twitch here
- Contribute to Stephanie’s PTSD treatment here
Support
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Acknowledgements
- Background photo by Julien Kettmann on Unsplash