Like a Fish Needs a Starship: A Bitterly Feminist Sci-Fi PodcastExplicit

by Steph and Kat

On Like a Fish Needs a Starship, hosts Steph and Kat are bad-ass feminist sci-fi nerds, and aren't afraid to admit it. Join us as we talk about sci-fi television, movies, literature, and other things that tickle our inner nerd (and some things that don't). Because It's Always About Gender, we have no shame in viewing it all through a feminist lens, but have no fear - there are lots of laughs along the way. Of course, we also... Read more

Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • S01 E08 - Disturbing Nursery Rhymes from the Old Country

    S01 E08 - Disturbing Nursery Rhymes from the Old Country

    Finally, the long-teased peek inside Rios's cabin! Did YOU have him pegged for a Hemingway fan? Because Steph and Kat did. Join Rios...and Rios, and Rios, and Rios, and Rios, and, uh, Rios as Episode 8 plunges deep into this serie...

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  • S01 E07 - Epstein Didn't Kill Himself, He Just Goes By Captain Crandall Now

    S01 E07 - Epstein Didn't Kill Himself, He Just Goes By Captain Crandall NowExplicit

    We tried, you guys. We tried to live the hygge life with Riker and Troi and their fucking outdoor pizza oven and their ten thousand candles. But then this episode took a dark, dark turn. Somewhere between the discussion about the ...

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  • S01 E06 - Therapeutic D

    S01 E06 - Therapeutic DExplicit

    It's Episode 6 of Like a Fish Needs a Starship! In our latest installment, Steph schools Kat on TikTok, Kat schools Steph on the subtle nuances of expressing your obsessive fandom through ugly costume jewelry, and together, they s...

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  • S01 E05 - Like a Fish: After Dark

    S01 E05 - Like a Fish: After DarkExplicit

    It's the "Like a Fish: After Dark" edition! QUICK! What do this year's song of the summer, the early 2000s, and season 1, episode 5 of "Star Trek: Picard" have in common? If you guessed "why, ladyparts, of course," well, gold sta...

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  • S01 E04 - Classic Literature from the Oppressor Culture

    S01 E04 - Classic Literature from the Oppressor CultureExplicit

    We're BACK! And as your reward for waiting patiently for our return, please enjoy this VERY timely discussion about quarantining, Tiger King (NO ONE HAS EVER PROVEN THAT DON LEWIS IS DEAD, you guys), and Episode 4 of Star Trek: Pi...

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