done in my life,
and it brings
tears to my eyes
every time I even talk
about the story.
Shatner: Over a period
of several years,
we've raised several
hundred thousand dollars
for these 3 charities.
This is what Star Trek does.
Star Trek is part entertainment
and part philosophy,
and this part of Star Trek
goes unnoticed
to most of the public.
I have a question.
Have you thought
about actually talking
to schoolteachers?
I'm a schoolteacher--
and talking to schools
and getting them
to talk to the kids about it?
- Can you help us organize that?
- Sure!
Woman:
I teach kindergarten,
so sometimes it's a little hard
for them to grasp
the concept of racial diversity
and ethnic diversity,
so if you have a show
like Star Trek
that shows a bunch of different aliens
and a bunch
of different-colored people
and different types of people
all getting along,
it works wonderfully
to illustrate that point.
Star Trek has changed the way
that I teach science,
specifically space science.
By giving children
an immediate frame of reference
that they know of,
that they can get excited about,
it just inspires
their imagination.
This is something
we've been excited about
because it's carried on.
Having Kate Mulgrew portray
the captain on the Voyager...
They feel that it's the first time
that they can sit down as a family
and view a woman
in a leadership role
as a family without having to
carry on a conversation
about who's being victimized
or what does she stand for.
She is so obviously a woman
of authority and strength,
but she's not a witch
with a capital "B," you know?
She's-- She's just
a person in authority.
I get a great deal of mail
from women who say
that they watch Voyager
with their daughters
and how good it makes them feel
to be able to point
to the screen and say,
"See? You can be anything."
What do you want to do
when you grow up?
Be an astronaut.
Mae Carol Jemison--
first African-American
woman in space.
She flew on the shuttle--
became a scientist first
and then an astronaut
because she saw
Nichelle Nichols
on the original
Star Trek series
and said, "You know what?
That's for me."
There were two little girls
around 9 years old,
8 years old,
when Star Trek
first came on,
and one of them told me
years later,
"l looked on that television
and I saw you.
I saw this black lady,
and I ran through the house
screaming,
Come quick! Come quick!
There's a black lady
on television,
and she ain't no maid!"
Ha ha ha!
And she said,
"l knew right then and there
I could be anybody
I wanted to be.
I could be anything
I wanted to be."
And so she decided to be
a superstar.
Ha ha! And her name
is Whoopi Goldberg.
I'm Joyce Mason.
And I'm Evelyn de Biase.
And we host a radio show called
Talk Trek and Beyond.
The way it got started was,
we were on our lunch hour
one time at work,
and we thought
about Trek-- talking Trek.
You know, it's a lot of fun,
something we do a lot of,
so we decided it would be
a great radio show.
How do you do it?
Well, I called up
the directory assistance
on the phone,
and I asked for the telephone number
of a radio station,
and she asked me...
"Which one do you want?"
I didn't know,
so I said, "Pick one."
And she did.
She picked out
this radio station--KAV.
We packed up our things,
went over.
Two weeks later,
we were on the air.
First time.
That was 7 years ago,
and we're still on!
Ha ha ha! And it's been
a lot of fun.
We didn't have the foggiest idea
what we were doing that first night,
but--
And we still don't. Ha ha!
Man:...a convention on the air.
[Fanfare Playing]
Evening, gentle beings.
How are you all doing tonight?
Welcome to Talk Trek and Beyond.
This is Joyce.
We're delighted
to be with you.
We're going to have
a good time tonight.
We have a very special guest
with us-- Denise Crosby.
Denise Crosby!
Yay! Woo-hoo!
Hey, guys,
are you ready?
I know that our