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00b. Programming Note – Binti

There’s a actor’s and writer’s strike going on in Hollywood, and SAG-AFTRA recently clarified their guidelines on fan podcasts. We support the strike, and while the unions have not called for a general boycott, they’ve requested that folks not promote “struck work.” That includes Star Trek, and we want to abide by that request. Lucy and Melissa have been out...

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00. Before “Before the Future Came”

Coming soon: a Star Trek podcast about the ideals of the franchise, wandering out-of-order by following a breadcrumb trail of motifs. We love Star Trek and we love much of what it sets out to say about the way the world will be, but we think it often falls short of its goals. We want to talk about that. The...

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S01E14. Yesteryear, How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth

Behold me as I am! Melissa comes to us with two episodes from The Animated Series: “Yesteryear,” (S01E02) written by D. C. Fontana and directed by Hal Sutherland; and “How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth,” (S02E05) written by Russell Bates and David Wise and directed by Bill Reed. Like “Qpid,” these episodes involve paternalism echoing from the past. We talk...

S01E13. Qpid

Blood will be spilt! Gregory brings “Qpid,” the 20th episode of season 4 of The Next Generation, written by Ira Steven Behr and Randee Russell and directed by Cliff Bole. Like “Captain’s Holiday,” this episode features the recurring character of Vash (and a lot of misogyny). We discuss historical fantasy, amatonormativity, the ideal woman, power, pedagogy, and Q. We also...

S01E12. Captain’s Holiday

You’ve fulfilled your destiny all too well! Lucy brings “Captain’s Holiday,” the 19th episode of season 3 of The Next Generation, written by Ira Steven Behr and directed by Chip Chalmers. Like “Inquisition,” this episode revolves around an attempted holiday that goes awry. We talk about vacations, misogyny, bodies, liminality, archaeology, and antisemitism. We also discuss pre-trip research, amazing costumes,...

S01E11. Inquisition

I can assure you: this is no game. Melissa brings “Inquisition,” the 18th episode of Season 6 of Deep Space Nine, written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle and directed by Michael Dorn, the actor of Worf; one of only four episodes of Star Trek he directed. Like Elite Force, this episode contains a lot of questionable military ethics. We...

S01E10. Elite Force

Content Warnings: mention of motion sickness and vomiting Consider this your personal Kobayashi Maru. Gregory brings Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force, a video game released in 2000 by Raven Software. Like “In a Mirror, Darkly,” this episode involves the denizens of the Mirror Universe. We discuss first contact, video games, military orders, courtesy, romance, and canonicity. We also chat about Jefferies tubes, stealth, and technobabble.

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