Episode 33: Kobayashi Maru: Is it a Metaphor for the Un-ending, Un-winnable Tests for BIWOC Leaders?

Star Trek Discovery Season 4 Episode 11 "Rosetta" is the most feminine, queer, and touchy-feely episode yet... and we're here for it!   Trek Table hosts Alison De La Cruz, Claudia Alick, and Maia Mills Low are joined by guests, Jadie Jang and Latisha Jones. Together, they celebrate the various duets this episode, including  Burnham/Rillak, Adira/Reno,  Adira/Detmer,  Book/Tarka,  T'rina/ N'Doye, Saru/T-rina and others.  They also discuss the unifying story of found family throughout the series, testify that land and space hold memory and emotion, and recognize the importance of context and cultural competency in dealing with the biggest threat to the universe.   ABOUT TREK TABLE Trek Table is a talkshow holding Trek Space for Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our Allies.  We welcome Trek heads, newbies, generational Star Trek families, the sci-fi curious, and all the evolving identities surrounding Trekdom to explore, celebrate, and dive deep into Star Trek Discovery.   Trek Table is brought to you with the support of Outside In Theatre, an evolving force in equitable and transformative storytelling.  Subscribe to Outside In Theatre at: http://youtube.com/outsideintheatre.  Support Outside In Theatre at http://outsideintheatre.org   IMPORTANT LINKS * Enter your email to get Trek Table updates in your Inboxhttps://www.trektable.com* Join the Trek Table Discord Community at https://discord.gg/gEWMSxMVCy* Miss the last episode of Trek Table?  Check out Trek Table episode #43 at:  https://youtu.be/x8R9mnru8rw* Watch full episodes of TrekTable at https://bit.ly/3w3a3rB   FOLLOW TREK TABLE * Instagram:  @TrekTable  https://www.instagram.com/trektable/* Twitter: @Trek_Table https://twitter.com/trek_table* Facebook: @trektablepodcast  https://www.facebook.com/TrekTablePodcast   SIGNAL BOOST ** MONKEY AROUND ** Trek Table is proud to amplify the debut novel of our guest, Jadie Jang.  MONKEY AROUND is an action-packed urban fantasy delivering a bold new take on the Monkey King in San Francisco - complete with murder and mayhem!  Learn more at clairelight.org.   ** Virtual Jane Con ** For all you fans of Jane Austen, Trek Table uplifts Virtual Jane Con -- a free, radically inclusive online convention by and for Jane Austen fans celebrating Jane Austen's life, works, and world through a range of programming events.  It's happening on July 16-17, 2022 at  https://virtualjanecon.com/ .  Shouts out to Bianca Hernandez-Knight, the creator of Virtual Jane Con, as well as host of The Jane Austen Universe fan group on Facebook.  Both groups focus on having inclusive, anti-racist, LBGTQIA-affirming, accessible spaces in the Jane Austen/Austen adjacent fandoms.   ** Disabled Black Talk **Led by Tinu Abiyomi-Paul, Disabled Black Talk  is a digital connection space  for and with the Disabled Community.   Weekly gatherings are on Wednesdays at 7pm ET/ 6pm CT/ 4pm Pacific.  Disabled Black Talk centers Black Disabled & Chronically Ill people, but all are welcome. Learn more at https://www.everywhereaccessible.com/set-your-reminder-for-wednesdays-twitter-space/   ** Women at Warp **For an act-by-act breakdown of Star Trek Discovery Season 4 Episode 11, check out Kennedy Allen's work at Women at Warp: https://www.womenatwarp.com/discovery-recap-season-4-episode-11-rosetta/   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  Do you have a recommendation for a woman of color content creator, world shaper or change maker you would like us to amplify?  If so, please reach out to us @Trektable on Instagram, @Trek_Table on Twitter, or via email at [email protected].    FOLLOW OUR MUSICIANS @Quetzalmusic on Instagram   FOLLOW OUR GUESTS * Latisha Jones is a writer, producer, and host of the podcast, "Interspectional" where nerds talk about sci-fi/fantasy media through a social justice lens. Follow Latisha on Instagram  @interspectionalpod   * Jadie Jang (a.k.a. Claire Light) is a San Francisco Bay Area cultural worker, activist, and author of the fantasy novel, MONKEY AROUND, published in 2021. Learn more at https://clairelight.org/.  Follow on Twitter @seelight   FOLLOW OUR HOSTSMaia Mills-Low: @maia-splaining (Instagram)Claudia Alick: @calling up justice  (Instagram)Alison De La Cruz : @picsbydela (Instagram) @TweetsbyDeLa (Twitter)   #StarTrekDiscovery#BIWOCTrek#TrekTable

Trek Table Episode 43 dives deep into Star Trek Discovery Season 4 Episode 10, "The Galactic Barrier".  Alison De La Cruz, Claudia Alick, and Maia Mills Low welcome back guest Lulu Matue and newest guest Dr. anupama jain.  Together, they discuss space snacks in that Federation Task Force, the complicated conflicts and discovering Tarka’s backstory as well as some deep conversations about Federation Bias.     Trek Table is a talkshow holding Trek Space for Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our Allies.  We welcome Trek heads, newbies, generational Star Trek families, the sci-fi curious, and all the evolving identities surrounding Trekdom to explore, celebrate, and dive deep into Star Trek Discovery.   Trek Table is brought to you with the support of Outside In Theatre, an evolving force in equitable and transformative storytelling.  Subscribe to Outside In Theatre at: http://youtube.com/outsideintheatre.  Support Outside In Theatre at http://outsideintheatre.org IMPORTANT LINKS * Enter your email to get Trek Table updates in your Inboxhttps://www.trektable.com* Join the Trek Table Discord Community at https://discord.gg/gEWMSxMVCy* Miss the last episode of Trek Table?  Check out Trek Table episode #42 at:  https://youtu.be/Yc97bHf6x-Q* Watch full episodes of TrekTable at https://bit.ly/3w3a3rB   FOLLOW TREK TABLE * Instagram:  @TrekTable  https://www.instagram.com/trektable/* Twitter: @Trek_Table https://twitter.com/trek_table* Facebook: @trektablepodcast  https://www.facebook.com/TrekTablePodcast   SIGNAL BOOST ** Dismantling Borders Book Club ** is a virtual space hosted by the School of the Americas (SOA) Watch Staff Collective where we come together to read, analyze, and discuss contemporary works by scholars, experts, and movement leaders working/organizing around issues of mass migration in the context of increasingly militarized borders.Virtual meetings will take place every other week on Sundays at the same time 4:00 PM PST | 5:00 PM MT | 6:00 PM CST | 7:00 PM ESTWhat we are reading: Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Neoliberalism by Harsha WaliaFor more info, and to join the book club, go to:  https://soaw.org/   ** Diversity Training workshops by Inclusant **How can you broadcast your passion for DEI to the world, especially prospective employers? Get certified by a trusted leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion education! Inclusant is previewing a brand new curriculum based on cutting-edge research. Sign up for online Basic Diversity Training beginning in February 2022 here: https://inclusant.com/certification/   ** Assassins **Assassins is a darkly comic Tony-award winner that examines the motives of the nine notorious Americans who took their shot at the President of the United States. This wickedly subversive spectacle explores the national fixation on celebrity and its violent intersection with the American dream.Directed by Snehal DesaiMusic Direction by Marc MacalintalChoreography by Preston Mui & Jasmine RafaelStage Manager is our very own, Brandon Cheng! Just opened on February 20 and runs through March 20th.For more info:  https://eastwestplayers.org/assassins/   ** Women at Warp **For an act-by-act breakdown of Star Trek Discovery Season 4 Episode 10, check out Kennedy Allen's work at Women at Warp:  https://www.womenatwarp.com/discovery-recap-season-4-episode-10-the-galactic-barrier/   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  Do you have a recommendation for a woman of color content creator, world shaper or change maker you would like us to amplify?  If so, please reach out to us @Trektable on Instagram, @Trek_Table on Twitter, or via email at [email protected].    FOLLOW OUR MUSICIANS @Quetzalmusic on Instagram FOLLOW OUR HOSTS anupama jain: https://www.facebook.com/inclusant Lulu Matute: www.lulumatute.com Maiamama: @maia-splaining (Instagram) Claudia Alick: @calling up justice  (Instagram) Alison De La Cruz : @picsbydela (Instagram) @TweetsbyDeLa (Twitter)

Trek Table Episode 42 dives deep into Star Trek Discovery Season 4 Episode 9, "Rubicon".  Host Marie Reine-Velez returns after a hiatus, and is joined by regulars Alison De La Cruz, Claudia Alick, and Maia Mills Low.  The full crew welcomes special guest, Dr. Malika Jeffries-EL, Professor of Chemistry, Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Boston University, and self-proclaimed "born-again Trekkie".  Together, they discuss complicated relationships, connection, accountability, organic semi-conductors, and other topics as they relate to this particularly anxiety-provoking episode. Trek Table is a talkshow holding Trek Space for Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our Allies.  We welcome Trek heads, newbies, generational Star Trek families, the sci-fi curious, and all the evolving identities surrounding Trekdom to explore, celebrate, and dive deep into Star Trek Discovery.   Trek Table is brought to you with the support of Outside In Theatre, an evolving force in equitable and transformative storytelling.  Subscribe to Outside In Theatre at: https://youtube.com/outsideintheatre.  Support Outside In Theatre at https://outsideintheatre.org IMPORTANT LINKS * Enter your email to get Trek Table updates in your Inboxhttps://www.trektable.com* Join the Trek Table Discord Community at https://discord.gg/gEWMSxMVCy* Watch full episodes of TrekTable at https://bit.ly/3w3a3rB   FOLLOW TREK TABLE * Instagram:  @TrekTable  https://www.instagram.com/trektable/* Twitter: @Trek_Table https://twitter.com/trek_table* Facebook: @trektablepodcast  https://www.facebook.com/TrekTablePodcast   SIGNAL BOOST ** KITE **     Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 1 pm Pacific Time.  Participate in a remote studio tour and performance, followed by an exclusive conversation, with the artist Kite.  Suzanne Kite, a.k.a. Kite, is an Oglála Lakȟóta performance artist, visual artist, and composer. Her performances, compositions, sculptures, and sound installations showcase the use of experimentation in new media and digital technologies that touch on issues such as nonhuman and human intelligence, the ethics of extractive technologies, and software design. Kite will take virtual attendees on a remote, roving tour and performance across three of her studio spaces in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Afterward, participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and engage in a remote conversation with the artist.    More info at https://visionsandvoices.usc.edu/   ** NOVA Beyond the Elements **Watch Trek Table Guest, Dr. Malika Jeffries-EL, break down the properties of plastic in the NOVA series, Beyond the Elements.   Learn more about the science of plastics and how Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic, is made: https://bit.ly/3oSAex1   ** Women at Warp **For an act-by-act breakdown of Star Trek Discovery Season 4 Episode 9, check out Kennedy Allen's work at Women at Warp:  https://www.womenatwarp.com/discovery-recap-season-4-episode-9-rubicon/   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  Do you have a recommendation for a woman of color content creator, world shaper or change maker you would like us to amplify?  If so, please reach out to us @Trektable on Instagram, @Trek_Table on Twitter, or via email at [email protected].    FOLLOW OUR MUSICIANS @Quetzalmusic on Instagram   FOLLOW OUR HOSTSDr. Malika Jeffries-EL: @chemdiva (Twitter)Marie Reine Velez:  @mariezpz  (Instagram)Claudia Alick: @calling up justice  (Instagram)Alison De La Cruz : @picsbydela (Instagram) @TweetsbyDeLa (Twitter)Maiamama: @maia-splaining (Instagram) #StarTrekDiscovery #BIWOCTrek #TrekTable  

Premiered on February 13, 2022 Trek Table Hosts Claudia Alick, Alison De La Cruz, and Maia Mills-Low welcome special guest Latisha Jones as they dive deep into Star Trek Discovery S4E9, "All In".  This episode we'll dive deep to try and cut through the illusion and poker faces.  We’ll discuss Strategies and Consequences as Burnham and Star Fleet try to make sense of Tarka & Book stealing the Spore Drive Prototype and going on the lamb lookin’ for Isolynium. Oh Wow! And we’re so here for Owosuken! Trek Table is brought to you with the support of Outside In Theatre, an evolving force in equitable and transformative storytelling.  Subscribe to Outside In Theatre at: http://youtube.com/outsideintheatre.  Support Outside In Theatre at http://outsideintheatre.org   IMPORTANT LINKS * Enter your email to get Trek Table updates in your Inbox https://www.trektable.com * Join the Trek Table Discord Community at https://discord.gg/gEWMSxMVCy * Watch full episodes of TrekTable at https://bit.ly/3w3a3rB   FOLLOW TREK TABLE * Instagram:  @TrekTable  https://www.instagram.com/trektable/ * Twitter: @Trek_Table https://twitter.com/trek_table * Facebook: @trektablepodcast  https://www.facebook.com/TrekTablePod...   SIGNAL BOOST * ** Women at Warp ** For an act by act breakdown of Star Trek Discovery S4 E8 , check out Kennedy Allen's full recap at Women at Warp:  https://www.womenatwarp.com/discovery...   ** Interspectional Podcast ** Our special guest today, Latisha Jones, is the creator of Interspectional, a podcast that focuses on nerds talking about nerd *ish through a social justice lens.    This month, in celebration of Black History Month, Interspectional is dropping a podcast every Friday!  The upcoming Interspectional episode dropping on 2/18/22 features our own Claudia Alick talking about Women of Color in Sci-Fi TV (2015-now).   Learn more at https://www.interspectional.com.   Find Interspectional Podcast wherever you find your podcasts.     FOLLOW OUR MUSICIANS @Quetzalmusic on Instagram   FOLLOW OUR HOSTS Latisha Jones: @interspectionalpod (Instagram) Claudia Alick: @calling up justice  (Instagram) Alison De La Cruz : @picsbydela (Instagram) @TweetsbyDeLa (Twitter) Maiamama: @maia-splaining (Instagram) #StarTrekDiscovery  #BIWOCTrek   #TrekTable  

Premiered on January 2, 2022 Trek Table Hosts Claudia Alick, Alison De La Cruz, and Maia Mills-Low welcome back  special guest Rose Portillo as they dive deep into Star Trek Discovery Season 4 Mid-Season Finale, "But To Connect".  Thematically, we'll explore Zora's sentience validation journey, the Federation DMA gathering, and the consideration of intention vs impact when determining a just response to egregious harm by an unknown species.   This special 'Holidaze' edition of Trek Table was pre-recorded and not livestreamed in front of a live digital audience, as per our usual practice, in order to offer the crew a shortened work week to enjoy more holiday weekend time with family and friends.  As such, this episode was produced with none of the regular pre-show meetings or script preparation. Hence, the hosts refer to this show as "Trek Table unprepped"   Trek Table is (usually) a livestream ritual holding Trek Space for Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our Allies.  We welcome Trek heads, newbies, generational Star Trek families, the sci-fi curious, and all the evolving identities surrounding Trekdom to explore, celebrate, and dive deep into Star Trek Discovery.   Trek Table is brought to you with the support of Outside In Theatre, an evolving force in equitable and transformative storytelling.  Subscribe to Outside In Theatre at: http://youtube.com/outsideintheatre.  Support Outside In Theatre at http://outsideintheatre.org #StarTrekDiscovery  #BIWOKTrek  #TrekTable   IMPORTANT LINKS * Enter your email to get Trek Table updates in your Inboxwww.trektable.com* Join the Trek Table Discord Community at https://discord.gg/gEWMSxMVCy* Watch full episodes of TrekTable at https://bit.ly/3w3a3rB   FOLLOW TREK TABLE * Instagram:  @TrekTable  https://www.instagram.com/trektable/* Twitter: @Trek_Table https://twitter.com/trek_table* Facebook: @trektablepodcast  https://www.facebook.com/TrekTablePodcast   SIGNAL BOOST ** Encanto **Trek Table Guest Host, Rose Portillo, is the voice of Señora Guzman in Disney's new animated film, Encanto.  Rose  was also involved in the development of the character Alma Madrigal, the abuela and matriarch of the Madrigal family who survived the escape from her Columbian hometown when it was overrun by junta.  Encanto tells the story of Mirabel Madrigal -- the only member of the magical Madrigal family who does not have magical powers -- who must find out what is happening to save both her family and her home, after the magic is in danger.  Encanto is now available on Disney+.  Find out more at https://movies.disney.com/encanto   ** Women at Warp **For an act by act breakdown of Star Trek Discovery S4 E7 , check out Women at Warp’s recap at https://www.womenatwarp.com/star-trek-discovery-s4e7-but-to-connect/   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  Do you have a recommendation for a woman of color content creator, world shaper or change maker you would like us to amplify?  If so, please reach out to us @Trektable on Instagram, @Trek_Table on Twitter, or via email at [email protected].    FOLLOW OUR MUSICIANS @Quetzalmusic on Instagram   FOLLOW OUR HOSTSRose Portillo: @roseportillohere (Instagram)Claudia Alick: @calling up justice  (Instagram)Alison De La Cruz : @picsbydela (Instagram) @TweetsbyDeLa (Twitter)Maiamama: @maia-splaining (Instagram)   FOLLOW TREK TABLE @TrekTable on Instagram  @Trek_Table on Twitter @trektablpodcast on Facebook www.trektable.com

Premiered on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, Trek Table Episode 38 dives deep into Star Trek Discovery S4 E6 “Stormy Weather”.  Hosts Claudia Alick, Maya Chinchilla, Maia Mills-Low and Alison De La Cruz tackle questions such as, "how would you handle an emotional "sentient being living inside a supercomputer" paralyzed by fear?"   We'll see how Gray is uniquely suited to help an emo super computer, and maybe, just maybe Grudge is finally liking Burnham!   This special 'Holidaze' edition of Trek Table was pre-recorded (not livestreamed as per usual) in order to give hosts some holiday weekend time with family and friends. Trek Table is a livestream ritual holding Trek Space for Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our Allies.  We welcome Trek heads, newbies, generational Star Trek families, the sci-fi curious, and all the evolving identities surrounding Trekdom to explore, celebrate, and dive deep into Star Trek Discovery. #StarTrekDiscovery#BIWOKTrek#TrekTable   IMPORTANT LINKS * Enter your email to get Trek Table updates in your Inboxwww.trektable.com* Join the Trek Table Discord Community at https://discord.gg/gEWMSxMVCy* Watch full episodes of TrekTable at https://bit.ly/3w3a3rB   FOLLOW TREK TABLE * Instagram:  @TrekTable  https://www.instagram.com/trektable/* Twitter: @Trek_Table https://twitter.com/trek_table* Facebook: @trektablepodcast  https://www.facebook.com/TrekTablePodcast   SIGNAL BOOST ** Starship Therapise **Looking for more women centered convos with a Star Trek frame? Well we invite you to Join Justine Mastin and Larisa A. Garski as they talk all things pop culture, fandom, and psychology. These co-conspirators are Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, writers, and full-time Starfleet officers. Together, let us boldly go into therapy!  They use fandom to make psychological theory and self understanding accessible. Super nerdy and Super educational. Find them at http://starshiptherapise.com/ or at Starship Therapise on Apple Podcasts   ** Women at Warp **For an act by act breakdown of Star Trek Discovery S4 E6 , check out Women at Warp’s recap at https://www.womenatwarp.com/discovery-recap-stormy-weather-season-4-episode-6/   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  Do you have a recommendation for a woman of color content creator, world shaper or change maker you would like us to amplify?  If so, please reach out to us @Trektable on Instagram, @Trek_Table on Twitter, or via email at [email protected].    FOLLOW OUR MUSICIANS @Quetzalmusic on Instagram   FOLLOW OUR HOSTSClaudia Alick: @calling up justice  (Instagram)Maya Chinchilla: @maya_chapina (Instagram)Maiamama: @maia-splaining (Instagram) Alison De La Cruz : @picsbydela (Instagram) @TweetsbyDeLa (Twitter) FOLLOW TREK TABLE @TrekTable on Instagram  @Trek_Table on Twitter @trektablpodcast on Facebook www.trektable.com

Recorded on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, Trek Table Episode #37 dives deep into Star Trek Discovery Season 4, Ep 5, "The Examples".  Hosts Claudia Alick, Maya Chinchilla, Alison De La Cruz, and Maia Mills-Low talk about Empathy for the Empaths as well as conversations about justice and non-punitive justice models and science - like when is the experiment literally too much?  Trek Table is a livestream ritual holding Trek Space for Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our Allies.  We welcome Trek heads, newbies, generational Star Trek families, the sci-fi curious, and all the evolving identities surrounding Trekdom to explore, celebrate, and dive deep into Star Trek Discovery.  Join us for the weekly live show on Sundays at 4pm Pacific Time on Outside In Theatre's You Tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/OutsideInTheatre/ #StarTrekDiscovery#BIWOKTrek#TrekTable   IMPORTANT LINKS Enter your email to get Trek Table updates in your Inboxwww.trektable.com Join the Trek Table Discord Community at https://discord.gg/gEWMSxMVCyWatch full episodes of TrekTable at https://bit.ly/3w3a3rB   FOLLOW TREK TABLE Instagram:  @TrekTable  https://www.instagram.com/trektable/Twitter: @Trek_Table https://twitter.com/trek_tableFacebook: @trektablepodcast  https://www.facebook.com/TrekTablePodcast   SIGNAL BOOST ** Native Voices at the Autry's 11th Annual Short Play Festival ** Trek Table uplifts Native Voices at the Autry's 11th Annual Short Play Festival, in which Native playwrights from across the world answered the question, "What is Home?"  [Home is family: broken, beautiful, and flawed.   Home is the past that may haunt us to the future that offers hope. Home is a living entity that is in constant change, and that will always be a part of us.]  Join us in celebrating the stories, dreams, and histories of eight Native playwrights as they guide us Home.  https://theautry.org/events/signature-programs/native-voices-at-the-autry   **Brown Elephant**   This holiday season, Trek Table invites you to rethink your white elephant gift exchange and check out Brown Elephant -- a new short film directed by Fawzia Mizra and co-written by Kausar Mohammed.  This short film is part of Freeform TV's @25Days of Christmas.   Congrats to Fawzia and all of the amazing South Asian creatives, actors, collaborators and their allies who made this piece come true!!! We are so excited to see more diverse comedy about the holidays!  Check our chat or the episode notes for the link to find out what makes the elephant brown!  https://twitter.com/25Days/status/1471872817255776257?s=20 If you have a woman of color content creator, world shaper or change maker you would like us to amplify - please reach out to us @Trektable on Instagram or @Trek_Table on Twitter.   ** WOMEN AT WARP **For an act by act breakdown of Star Trek Discovery S4 E5 , check out Kennedy Allen’s recap at Women at Warp https://www.womenatwarp.com/discovery-recap-the-examples-4-episode-5/   FOLLOW OUR MUSICIANS @Quetzalmusic on Instagram   FOLLOW OUR HOSTSMaya Chinchilla: @maya_chapina (Instagram)Claudia Alick: @calling up justice  (Instagram)Maiamama: @maia-splaining (Instagram)Alison De La Cruz : @picsbydela (Instagram) @TweetsbyDeLa (Twitter)   FOLLOW OUR DIGITAL PARTNER @OutsideInThtr on Instagram www.OutsideInTheatre.org   FOLLOW TREK TABLE @TrekTable on Instagram  @Trek_Table on Twitter @trektablpodcast on Facebook www.trektable.com

Recorded on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, Trek Table Episode #36 dives deep into Star Trek Discovery Season 4, Ep 4, "All is Possible".  Hosts Claudia Alick, Maya Chinchilla, Alison De La Cruz, Maia Mills-Low and Marie-Reine Velez assemble to discuss what DeLa considers "one of the best Star Trek Discovery episodes in the entire series!"   Major themes explored in this episode:* Self:  How Book, Tilly and Adira are coming into themselves* Service: As Tilly comes to terms with new opportunities, Burnham and Saru dabble in politics, and Culber honors his duality as Medical Officer and Ship's Counselor* Leadership:  We unpack the complexity of the Federation & Ni'Var negotiations and talk about leadership and building effective teams in a time of pandemic isolation - I mean, during a cadet training mission for the newly reopened Star Fleet Academy!   Trek Table is a livestream ritual holding Trek Space for Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our Allies.  We welcome Trek heads, newbies, generational Star Trek families, the sci-fi curious, and all the evolving identities surrounding Trekdom to explore, celebrate, and dive deep into Star Trek Discovery.  Join us for the weekly live show on Sundays at 4pm Pacific Time on Outside In Theatre's You Tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/OutsideInTheatre/ #StarTrekDiscovery#BIWOKTrek#TrekTable   IMPORTANT LINKS Enter your email to get Trek Table updates in your Inboxwww.trektable.comJoin the Trek Table Discord Community at https://discord.gg/gEWMSxMVCyWatch full episodes of TrekTable at https://bit.ly/3w3a3rB   FOLLOW TREK TABLE Instagram:  @TrekTable  https://www.instagram.com/trektable/Twitter: @Trek_Table https://twitter.com/trek_tableFacebook: @trektablepodcast  https://www.facebook.com/TrekTablePodcast   SIGNAL BOOST ** Trek Table Holiday Guide ** - We want to promote that traci kato kiriyama has their newest poetry collection out: Navigating With(out) Instruments. Find out more at their website www.traciakemi.com or on instagram at @traciakemi1   ** Kayden Phoenix** is a Chicana Writer and Director from Boyle Heights.  Check out her new series A LA BRAVA; a superhero universe where Latinas of different upbringings fight against female injustices.  Each book tells their origin story and social cause. Check out A LA BRAVA, and the team of Latina artists behind the comic book series, at www.LatinaSuperHeroes.com   ** The Earthlodge ** Located in what is known as Long Beach, CA, The Earthlodge Is home to one of the most potent urban ritual & ceremony healing and trauma transformation Earthwomb Pits in what is known as LA County.  The Earthlodge Center for Transformation is a spiritual sanctuary for people to transform their trauma into healing and justice. They service queer (LGBT), POC, womyn, children & men who support the rise of the feminine. - Learn more about them at linktr.ee/earthlodgeIf you have a woman of color content creator, world shaper or change maker you would like us to amplify - please reach out to us @Trektable on Instagram or @Trek_Table on Twitter.   ** WOMEN AT WARP **For an act by act breakdown of Star Trek Discovery S4 E3 , check out Kennedy Allen’s recap at Women at Warp https://www.womenatwarp.com/discovery-recap-all-is-possible-season-4-episode-4/   FOLLOW OUR MUSICIANS @Quetzalmusic on Instagram   FOLLOW OUR HOSTSMaya Chinchilla: @maya_chapina (Instagram)Claudia Alick: @calling up justice  (Instagram)Alison De La Cruz : @picsbydela (Instagram) @TweetsbyDeLa (Twitter)Maiamama: @maia-splaining (Instagram)Marie Reine Velez IG:  @mariezpz

Recorded on Sunday, 11/28/21, Trek Table Episode #34  Join host Alison De La Cruz and Co-Hosts Claudia Alick, Maya Chinchilla and Maia Mills-Low as we talk about “Anomaly.” This Trek Table assembled will talk about the grief - not only are Book, Burnham and the Federation processing the loss of Kwejian but we are also holding space for Tilly, Adira and Gray.  We'll talk about this Soongian technology that is going to help Gray get his body back. And finally, in this episode we'll look at how Discovery is expanding models of women's  leadership in Star Fleet.     Subscribe to the TrekTable channel:  https://bit.ly/3hslxRw Watch full episodes of TrekTable: https://bit.ly/3w3a3rB Like TrekTable on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/TrekTablePodcast   Follow TrekTable on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trektable/ Follow Trek Table on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Trek_Table   Trek Table holds weekly space for Black, Indigenous, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our allies.  We are fans of Star Trek Discovery and are currently moving through episode recaps and exploring each episode through segments such as Trek Table Questions, Space Runway, Discovery Design and Thematix.   ------   SIGNAL BOOST: We strive to hold space for Black, Indigenous, Brown, Womyn of Color. Here are some resources that amplify and highlight the work of Women of color content creators, community builders and world shapers.   Sistah Sci Fi Bookstore   Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afrofuturism; mysticism, science fiction, voodoo, magical realism, speculative fiction, and horror; casting spells to uplift literature written by Black and Native American women.  Learn more at sistahscifi.com   Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord - Streams December 1st - 14th for the link check the New York Theatre Workshop Website - Yay for accessible theater!  Links in the chat and our episode notes.   https://www.nytw.org/show/kristina-wong-sweatshop-overlord/ FOLLOW OUR MUSICIANS @Quetzalmusic on Instagram   FOLLOW OUR HOSTS Maya Chinchilla @maya_chapina Claudia Alick @calling up justice   Alison De La Cruz IG: @picsbydela Twitter: @TweetsbyDeLa Maiamama IG: @maia-splaining    FOLLOW OUR DIGITAL PARTNER @OutsideInThtr on Instagram www.OutsideInTheatre.org   FOLLOW TREK TABLE @TrekTable on Instagram  @Trek_Table on Twitter @trektablpodcast on Facebook www.trektable.com

Is Kobayashi Maru a new code word for un-ending, un-winnable tests for women of color leaders? Is President Relik the new Space Karen? Will Alex Kurtzman ever stop with planet genocide as a plot point?   Join hosts Alison De La Cruz, Claudia Alick, and Maya Chinchilla explore these topics and more as they dive into the Season 4 premier of Star Trek Discovery, "Kobayashi Maru".   Trek Table is a livestream ritual holding Trek Space for Black, Indigenous, Brown, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our Allies.  We welcome Trek heads, newbies, generational Star Trek families, the sci-fi curious, and all the evolving identities surrounding Trekdom to explore, celebrate, and dive deep into Star Trek Discovery.   Trek Table is brought to you with the support of Outside In Theatre, an evolving force in equitable and transformative storytelling.Subscribe to Outside In Theatre at: http://youtube.com/outsideintheatreSupport Outside In Theatre at http://outsideintheatre.orgTo discover more shows that speaks to our intersectional communities and amplify content created by and for underrepresented voices, you can like and subscribe to Outside In's Youtube Channel youtube.com/outsideintheatre. #StarTrekDiscovery#BIWOKTrek#TrekTable   IMPORTANT LINKS * Enter your email to get Trek Table updates in your Inbox www.trektable.com* Join the Trek Table Discord Community at https://discord.gg/gEWMSxMVCy* Watch full episodes of TrekTable at https://bit.ly/3w3a3rB   FOLLOW TREK TABLE Instagram:  @TrekTable  https://www.instagram.com/trektable/Twitter: @Trek_Table https://twitter.com/trek_tableFacebook: @trektablepodcast  https://www.facebook.com/TrekTablePodcast   SIGNAL BOOST ** PUENTES SONOROS **Puentes Sonoros (Sonic Bridges) is the new album of our favorite band -- the Grammy-winning East L.A. band QUETZAL. These musicians stand at the center of transnational and transformative son jarocho practice, bridging rural life of Veracruz, Mexico, and contemporary Chicano sensibilities of urban struggle for freedom and self-determination. The strumming of traditional strings and percussive zapateado blend purposefully with Afro-diasporic R&B and batá, drawing from cultural roots to craft echoes of the future.   Find out more on Instagram @Quetzalmusic, or at https://linktr.ee/Quetzalmusic   ** POPCORN MICHAEL BURNHAM**Check out this short video with Trek Table co-host, Maiamama, sharing Michael Burnham's backstory in 2 minutes or lesshttps://youtu.be/uAWCOsyCx0M   ** JULIANA LOH **We uplift Juliana Loh a VR world builder for social spaces, who specializes in spatial design and art.  Her work has been featured in Burning Man VR 2021, Vancouver International Film Festival, Queensland XR Festival - and you can see her work now as part of the 41st Annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival. where she is one of this year’s HIFF XR Artist Spotlights.Audiences, all over the globe, can check out the piece at HIFF.org  https://bit.ly/3HzYgaK   ** WOMEN AT WARP **For an act by act breakdown of Star Trek Discovery S4 E1, check out Women at Warp’s recap athttps://www.womenatwarp.com/star-trek-discovery-s4e1-kobayashi-maru/   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  Do you have a recommendation for a woman of color content creator, world shaper or change maker you would like us to amplify?  If so, please reach out to us @Trektable on Instagram, @Trek_Table on Twitter, or via email at [email protected].    FOLLOW OUR MUSICIANS @Quetzalmusic on Instagram https://linktr.ee/Quetzalmusic   FOLLOW OUR HOSTSMaya Chinchilla: @maya_chapina (Instagram)Claudia Alick: @calling up justice  (Instagram)Alison De La Cruz : @picsbydela (Instagram) @TweetsbyDeLa (Twitter)