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Her commentary about watching this show as a child hit home for me. I was one of those children in the TOS days. I see the shows that added to the Trek universe as I grew up. My understanding of many of the issues all of the series touch on has grown as well.

Love Nana ❤

Love the podcast.

Love the show Dominic Keating my fav character on Enterprise

46:00 Major Mel! I absolutely adore her and happy to call her a friend ❤️

42:20 😭

Amazing how Dominic has learned not to interrupt anymore! I think it's a huge improvement! ♥ No insult or harm intended on my part. ♥ Hugs from Spain! By the way, Michael Dorn took over the role from Denise Crosby because she didn’t believe in the show. She even laughed about it later. Despite realizing how good Star Trek: The Next Generation was, she made a mocking documentary called Trekkies. Fans were really upset, so in Trekkies 2, she toned down the nonsense. Michael Dorn would never replace Nana Visitor because she was the real deal. ♥

what klind of hair is that??? :p lol.... Nice interview ♥

The whole interview is great but the DS9 talk starts around 40 mins in if anyone is here just for that

Welcome back Guys! and Nana! I've been reading enterprise novels, it was making me miss you two.

A whole Samuel Jackson! (British person)

you guys are Back!! Been waiting since you closed up shop on the shuttle pod show! 😍😍

I have high hopes for Prodigy

What beeped John Billingsley :)

Major kudos to Dom for admitting his biases re: Discovery and then *learning* from them. Not many people would have the courage to admit that. 🖖

Still looks great at 67.

Good that, sat and watched the whole interview with Nana. I'm not sure if some of it is a British versus American thing, or maybe a generational thing, but was quite surprised by some of the comments and perspectives. Just interesting to hear. For me I never really saw Avery Brooks or Kate Mulgrew as anything other than "the Captain". Or in Nana Visitor's case "the Major". I've watched DS9 as a fan of Trek since my teenage years and earlier with STTNG. I recently saw the DS9 S1 episode "Progress" for the first time recently about a month ago in 2024, having not seen it after watching DS9 for 20+ years. Nana Visitor has starring role in it dealing with a farmer on a Bajoran moon. Completely changed my view (after watching virtually every single DS9 episode) and is the definitive one regarding understanding the trauma that the Bajorans went through. Completely changes the understanding of background in the series. That specific episode in S1. More for me than any other. I also think one of Nana's best performances in the entire series. I said this only a month ago. Anyway. Was a great "D-CON" podcast episode. Well worth listening to. BTW, "Enterprise" was a great series, with a fantastic cast and very high production values. I didn't see some of the "tropes" myself. It did seem to be "episodic" with good individual stories. With only several or more arcs. I understand some of the comments about the cast being well rounded, because it was. I think some of the modern series have gone too much on the "Game of Thrones" or "Lost" style of arc based series and too many try and be them, rather than the episodic format. Personally.

I love Star Trek 🖖

Interesting mentioning the Bechdel Rating, because I realised recently that with regards the star trek movies it's not until Star Trek Insurrection (the 9th movie) that two women talk to each other properly. And that conversation is about boobs.

Is there something up with the patreon accounts. I cant see this in my oatreon feed as ita locked, tells me to become a member but it also says i am a member (bronze beagle) level.

Yes, Nana! Yes! There is not one way to do it.

great conversation, really enjoyed it.

I wonder, at the time . If Voyager: "Omega " episode was one of the first TV episodes. That had female characters running the whole storyline. Doing just busines. And no girl chat. Just complaining the task as thinking woman.

Remember the creator of the Bechdel Test ( Alison Bechdel) said it was only a joke. Like Nana said. Women aren't a monolith. " I didn't intend for it to become a real gauge that it has become"

Feminism and frankly many other "ISM's" have gotten a really bad RAP recently because they've become militant but I will always LOVE Boomer/Gen X Feminism. Women took their power in one hand and the children in the other hand won wars, ran businesses and went to school. They really did DO IT ALL. They were the Superwomen. They didn't hate men. That's not the case today.

Brooklyn is NYC guys, if you want to differentiate the name you're looking for is MANHATTAN 😊

This is why I hate modern Star Trek. The forced, shoved down your throat "Diversity" and we are not just talking about race or sex here but all sorts of stuff. Stuff that I am told, no shouted at, has to be and I am to absorb it and be kind, support strange new languages and allow my friend to define as a rabbit, I must accept this. Well I for one will not, I will go to my grave fighting this absurdity and illness. This is also why Modern Star Trek is a failure on a large scale.

Grateful you folks are back ❤

One of the things that I enjoy the most about the interviews with people who have worked on Star Trek is that look behind the curtain and the chance to see what happened during those productions. We love these shows, the characters, the stories, etc. but often times, there was a lot of pain and hurt that happened during those productions. Thanks for another great interview, Dom and Connor! And thank you Nana for coming on and talking about this most important thing!

Thrilled that you are back! Looking very much forward to all the new episodes and guests! Thanks so much for the birthday photo 🥰 - it was a wonderful surprise from my husband! LLAP 🖖

What are you getting sued for?

Lol re: "historical document". The Thermians are interested.

I still remember her guest appearance on Battlestar Galactica.

Good podcast to start the new season! My wife told me she wants Nana’s book so I’ll get right on it.

What happened to the Shuttlepod Show??

Make a $5 patreon option!

I'm attending a week-long State convention for counselors and watched this episode of The D-Con Chamber last night in my hotel room. Today, in a six-hour ethics class, we were discussing the effects of personal bias in our profession; I shared about your program and Nana Visitor's book, then gave the examples of bias you all discussed. At first, I was worried about getting a bunch of "eye-rolls" using Star Trek production as an example, but it is amazing how many Trekkies are counselors... lol.

Considine Alley

Ohhh so glad you are back! Love Nana!

Amazing interview! I just got the book, looking forward to every page! I was a young girl in the 1960s who found mentors in Uhura and Mr Spock and found a career in Computer Science, because of Star Trek. Major Kira is one of my favorite, most impactful characters in all of Star Trek! 🖖

What a great actress and woman.

Sorry to tell you, SNW is shot in Canada, the reason Anson Mount got time off is probably Canadian employment laws, not some revelation in the film and television industry in the US.

being in LABOR while feeling you have to continue working ..that is shameful. (for the show, not her.)

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Brava!! 👏🏻👍🏻❤

Looking forward to reading this book. Seems like it could be a documentary as well. Intrigued at this comment about Marina Sirtis refusing to participate because she "doesn't want anyone making money off her back". What's that all about?

Kathlyn Trail

Fantastic interview and a book that I recommended for purchase to my local library. What an important topic. General comment: I'm a writer, and STAR TREK taught me, a straight white male, how to realistically write and portray non-white, non-straight, non-male characters. I realize that with every character I've ever written who isn't "like me," I learned the basics from STAR TREK and its portrayal of characters who aren't "like me." Going all the way back to the original series: Uhura wasn't "the black woman on the bridge;" she was THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. Her ethnic background and sex were a part of who she was, but those things didn't define her. STAR TREK has done this right up through to STRANGE NEW WORLDS. It's something I can never be grateful enough for having been taught, not pedantically, but by example: JUST MAKE YOUR CHARACTERS PEOPLE. Specific comment: I have seen all the fan hate for Mary Wiseman, Tilly, and DISCOVERY, and it always makes me want to scream ARE YOU PEOPLE OUT OF YOUR MIND? ESPECIALLY the complaining about Tilly and Mary Wiseman's portrayal of the character, who is so different, interesting, fun, and multifaceted; who undergoes an amazing growth arc during DISCO's five seasons; and who, in the end, is right up there with Seven of Nine and Kira as one of the most INTERESTING female characters in the franchise. So it's so refreshing to hear you all give her and DISCOVERY props. Best TREK podcast out there, bar none. Thanks as always!

I'd like to see the guys put that model together.