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Connections:

• The Enterprise encounters two warring races, one white on the right side and the other white on the left, in The Original Series S03E15, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield."
• Spock's half-brother Sybok is introduced in the film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
• Spock's childhood home city, ShiKahr, is actually named in "Yesteryear." In later appearances and the extended universe, it is established as the capital city of Vulcan.

Works Cited:

• Adichie, C. (2009, July). The danger of a single story [Address]. TEDGlobal 2009, Oxford, U.K. https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story
• Benares, C. (1977). Zen without Zen masters. And/Or Press.
  • The quotation on "One of the hazards of refusing to accept change in yourself..." is found on p. 45.
• Gerber, S. (Creator). (1980-1981). Thundarr the barbarian [TV series]. Ruby-Spears Productions.
• Glassner, J., Wright, B., Cooper, R., Mallozzi, J., Mullie, P., Anderson, R. D., & Greenburg, M. (Executive producers). (1997-2007). Stargate SG-1 [TV Series]. MGM Television, Double Secret Productions, Gekko Film Corp., Sony Pictures Television, Showtime Networks, & Sci-Fi Originals.
• Homer. The Odyssey.
  • The Lotus Eaters appear in Book IX.
• Malaclypse the Younger. (1979). Principia Discordia: or how I found Goddess and what I did to her when I found her: the magnum opiate of Malaclypse the Younger, wherein is explained absolutely everything worth knowing about absolutely anything. Rip Off Press.
  • The "Sermon on Ethics & Love" is on p. 38.
• Toth, A. (Creator). The Herculoids [TV series]. Hanna-Barbera Productions.
• von Daniken, F. (1968). Chariots of the gods? Unsolved mysteries of the past. Bantam Books.
• West-Puckett, S., Caswell, N. I., & Banks, W. P. (2023). Failing sideways: Queer possibilities for writing assessment. Utah State University Press.

For our next episode, we'll watch Star Trek: Prodigy S01E09-10, "A Moral Star" parts 1 and 2, written by the entire Prodigy writing team and directed by Ben Hibon.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Transcripts are in progress and will be added to this post when complete.

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

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Connections:

• Q drops his imperious act at the end of The Next Generation S07E25-26, "All Good Things."
• Q tries to convince Captain Janeway to bear his child in Voyager S03E11, "The Q and the Grey."
• Lwaxana Troi undergoes "super-menopause" (actually the Phase, a period of hyper-fertility and -sexuality) in TNG S02E19, "Manhunt."
• The Betazoid term of affection, "imzadi," first appears in TNG S01E01-02, "Encounter at Farpoint."
• Mr. Homn, Lwaxana Troi's valet, first appears in TNG S01E11, "Haven." He's played by Carel Struycken, who also portrays The Giant and The Fireman on Twin Peaks.

Works Cited:

• Brake, E. (2012). Minimizing marriage. Oxford University Press.
• Bryant, P., Chibnall, C., Collins, J., Collinson, P., Davies, R. T., Gardner, J., Hinchcliffe, P., Lambert, V., Letts, B., Lloyd, I., Minchin, B., Moffat, S., Nathan-Turner, J., Penhale, F., Robinson, J. A., Sherwin, D., Skinner, C., Strevens, M., Tranter, J., Wenger, P., Wiles, J., Willis, B., Williams, G., & Young, M. (Producers & Executive Producers). (1963-present). Doctor who [TV Series]. BBC Television, BBC Wales, BBC Studios, BBC Studios Productions, Bad Wolf.
• Gross, E., & Altman, M. A. (1995). Captains' logs: The unauthorized complete Trek voyages. Little Brown & Co.
  • Director Cliff Bole offers excuses for misogyny in a quotation on p. 219.
• Nordgren, A. (2012, July 6). The short instructional manifesto for relationship anarchy. Tumblr. https://log.andie.se/post/26652940513/the-short-instructional-manifesto-for-relationship

For our next episode, we'll watch The Animated Series S01E02, "Yesteryear," written by D. C. Fontana and directed by Hal Sutherland; and S02E05, "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth," written by Russell Bates and David Wise and directed by Bill Reed.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

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Connections:

• This episode is Risa's first appearance. It is portrayed in three more episodes of various series (and mentioned a few more times).
• Picard memorably appears even more nude in The Next Generation S06E11, "Chain of Command, Part II."
• Picard lives an entire life and learns to play the Ressikan flute in The Next Generation S05E25, "The Inner Light."
• Beckett Mariner warns Brad Boimler about jamaharon in Lower Decks S01E02, "Envoys."

Works Cited

• Moffat, S. (Writer) & Lyn, E. (Director). (2008, May 31). Silence in the library (Series 4, Episode 9) [Tv series episode]. In Davies, R. & Gardner, J. (Executive Producers), Doctor who. BBC Wales.
  • This is the first appearance of River Song (from the perspective of the viewers).
• Spielberg, S. (Director). (1981). Raiders of the lost Ark [Film]. Lucasfilm Ltd.
  • This is the first appearance of the adventuress Marion Ravenwood.
• van Gennep, A. (1977). The rites of passage. Routledge & Kegan Paul.
• Verhoeven, P. (Director). (1990). Total recall [Film]. Carolco Pictures.
• Zemechis, R. (Director). (1984). Romancing the stone [Film]. El Corazon Producciones S.A.

For our next episode, we'll watch The Next Generation S04E20, "Qpid," written by Ira Steven Behr and Randee Russell and directed by Cliff Bole.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Please let us know what you think about the show! Hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media (we’re now also on Mastodon: @beforethefuturecame@trekkies.social), or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

For our next episode, we'll be watching The Next Generation S03E19, "Captain's Holiday," written by Ira Steven Behr and directed by Chip Chalmers.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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.

If you don't want to play the game yourself, you can watch the same video Lucy did on Youtube.

(The transcript for this episode is in progress and will be added to this post when it’s ready.)

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Connections:

• The Etherians do not appear in any other Star Trek works.
• Nick Locarno is the rude, hotshot leader of Nova Squadron in The Next Generation S05E19, "The First Duty."
• The Infinity Modulator, or "I-MOD," only appears in the Elite Force games and Star Trek Online. The Borg's personal shielding, which adapts to phaser frequencies, is first introduced in The Next Generation S02E16, "Q Who."
• The Hirogen are introduced in Voyager S04E14, "Message in a Bottle."
• The Malon are introduced in Voyager S05E01, "Night."
• Jefferies tubes first appear in The Original Series S01E06, "The Naked Time."

Works Cited:

• Connel, R. (1924, January 19). The most dangerous game. Collier's.
• Half-life [Video game]. (1998). Valve.
• Hocking, C. (2007, October 7). Ludonarrative dissonance in Bioshock: The problem of what the game is about. Click Nothing.
• McTiernan, J. (Director). (1987). Predator [Film]. 20th Century Fox, Davis Entertainment.
• The operative: No one lives forever [Video game]. (2000). Monolith Productions.
• Wilmot works it out [Video game]. (2024). Hollow Ponds & Richard Hogg

For our next episode, we'll watch Deep Space Nine S06E18, "Inquisition," written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle and directed by Michael Dorn.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

Please let us know what you think about the show! Hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media (we're now also on Mastodon: @beforethefuturecame@trekkies.social), or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Connections:

• The Tholians first appear in The Original Series S03E09, "The Tholian Web," which also shows how the Constitution-class Defiant departed the prime reality.
• The mirror universe is first portrayed in The Original Series S02E10, "Mirror, Mirror." Its history is further expanded in several episodes of Deep Space Nine, much of Discovery Season 1, and Prodigy S02E14, "Cracked Mirror."
• Garak and Quark discuss the insidiousness of root beer and Federation principles in Deep Space Nine S04E02, "The Way of the Warrior" Part 2.
• T'kuvma warns against the Federation greeting, "we come in peace," in Discovery S01E01, "The Vulcan Hello."
• A memetic infection hits the crew in Strange New Worlds S02E09, "Subspace Rhapsody."
• Lieutenant Marlena Moreau is the "captain's woman" of the mirror universe Kirk in "Mirror, Mirror."
• As of Discovery S01E12, "Vaulting Ambition," the title of the Terran Emperor is "Her Most Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo'noS, Regina Andor, [Given Name] Augustus Iaponius Centarius."
• The shots of starship combat in the opening sequence are from assorted episodes of Enterprise and Voyager.

Works Cited:

• American Standard Version Bible. (1901). 1 Corinthians 13:12.
• Costanzo, M. A. (2009). The effects and effectiveness of using torture as an interrogation device: Using research to inform the policy debate. Social Issues and Policy Review 3(1), 179-210.
• Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the oppressed (M. Ramos, Trans.). Seabury Press. (Original work published 1968)

For our next episode, we'll play the first four levels of the video game Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force, developed by Raven Software. That's through the end of the Scavenger Base sequence. The game is available at GOG.com and has a widescreen patch for modern resolutions.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

Please let us know what you think about the show! Hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Connections:

• The Kobayashi Maru scenario is introduced in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and is later depicted in Prodigy S01E06, "Kobayashi."
• Chekhov's accent is notably used for comedic effect in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where he carefully enunciates "nuclear wessels" to a cop.
• Khan Noonien Singh is first discovered (in the primary timeline) in The Original Series S01E24, "Space Seed."
• Khan is only one of the antagonists of Star Trek Into Darkness; the instigator of the plot is a Starfleet admiral trying to provoke a war.
• Star Trek Online primarily takes place in 2409-10, twenty-two years after the destruction of Romulus. Player characters can also be from the Original Series or Discovery time periods; they travel through time to the 25th century at the end of their introductory storylines.

Works Cited:

• Abrams, J.J., Kurtzman, A., & Orci, R. (Creators). (2008-2013). Fringe [TV series]. Bad Robot; Warner Bros. Television.
• Bechdel, A. (1986). The rule [Comic]. In Dykes to Watch Out For. Firebrand Books.
  • This strip introduces the so-called Bechdel Test.
• Woerner, M. (2009, Apr. 27). J.J. Abrams admits Star Trek lens flares are "ridiculous." io9. https://web.archive.org/web/20121221114522/http://io9.com/5230278/jj-abrams-admits-star-trek-lens-flares-are-ridiculous

Our next episode will cover Enterprise S04E18, "In a Mirror, Darkly," written by Mike Sussman and directed by James L. Conway, and S04E19, "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II," written by Mike Sussman & Manny Coto and directed by Marvin V. Rush.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

(The transcript for this episode is in progress and will be added to this post when it’s ready.)

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

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Connections:

• Deanna Troi's mother Lwaxana Troi first appears in The Next Generation S01E11, "Haven."
• Picard's brother Robert is first seen in The Next Generation S04E02, "Family."
• Beverly Crusher hits Wesley Crusher while under the telepathic influence of Sarek's emotions in The Next Generation S03E23, "Sarek."
• Data's brother Lore is introduced in The Next Generation S01E13, "Datalore."
• Gwyn's troubled relationship with the Diviner is depicted throughout Prodigy, but especially in S01E01-02, "Lost and Found," and S01E09-10, "A Moral Star."
• Sarek's estrangement with his son Spock first appears in The Original Series S02E15, "Journey to Babel."
• Tendi visits her homeworld of Orion in Lower Decks S04E04, "Something Borrowed, Something Green." She begins the show working in Medical, but later becomes a science officer trainee.
• A xenophobic conspiracy theorist is proven right in Lower Decks S04E08, "Caves."
• We previously discussed Star Trek racism in Discovery S01E01, "The Vulcan Hello," and S01E02, "Battle at the Binary Stars."
• Mesk, an Orion adopted by humans, appears in Lower Decks S03E06, "Hear All, Trust Nothing."
• The Orion pirate queen we mention is Osyraa, the Minister of the Emerald Chain, first introduced in Discovery S03E08, "The Sanctuary."
• James Callis (who played Gaius Baltar on Battlestar Galactica) portrays an imaginary psychiatrist in Picard S02E07, "Monsters."
• Kor seeks to go out in a blaze of glory in Deep Space Nine S04E09, "The Sword of Kahless," which we talked about recently.
• It's not Boimler who spends time in the security division, but Rutherford, in Lower Decks S01E02, "Envoys."
• Uhura rotates through the various ship departments throughout the first season of Strange New Worlds.
• Vindicta's Shakespeare quotes and the vector graphics of the Chronogami are references to the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
• As discussed on a previous episode, Braxton pursues temporal revenge in Voyager S05E24, "Relativity."
• Toral, son of Duras, seeks revenge in Deep Space Nine S04E09, "The Sword of Kahless."
• The holodeck has been used to play westerns (TNG S06E08, "A Fistful of Datas"), Robin Hood (TNG S04E20, "Qpid"), Beowulf (VOY S01E12, "Heroes and Demons"), Gothic novels (VOY S01E13, "Cathexis"), and noir (TNG S01E12, "The Big Goodbye), among many other genres.
• Yar is unceremoniously killed in The Next Generation S01E23, "Skin of Evil."
• Mike McMahon, the creator of Lower Decks, was a writer and producer on Rick and Morty; he was among those who won an Emmy for S03E03, "Pickle Rick."

Works Cited:

• Benioff, D. & Weiss, D. B. (Creators). Game of thrones [TV series]. HBO Entertainment, Television 360, Grok! Television, Generator Entertainment, Startling Television, Bighead Littlehead.
• Bruner, J. S. (Jerome S. (1990). Acts of meaning. Harvard University Press.
• Clinchy, B., Goldberger, N. R., Tarule, J. M., & Belenky, M. F. (1997). Women’s ways of knowing : the development of self, voice, and mind (Tenth anniversary edition.). BasicBooks.
• Kring, T. (Creator). (2006-2010). Heroes [TV series]. Tailwind Productions, NBC Universal Television Studio, Universal Media Studios.
• Moore, R. D. & Eick, D. (Executive producers). (2003-2009). Battlestar Galactica [TV series]. David Eick Productions, R&D TV, NBCUniversal Television Studio, Universal Media Studios, Universal Cable Productions.
• O'Bannon, R. S. (Creator). (1999-2003). Farscape [TV series]. Hallmark Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company.
• Parker, T. & Stone, M. (Creators). (1997-present). South Park [TV series]. Celluloid Studios, Braniff Productions, Parker-Stone Productions, South Park Studios.
• Roiland, J. & Harmon, D. (Creators). (2013-present). Rick and Morty [TV series]. Williams Street; Harmonious Claptrap; Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!; Starburns Industries; Rick and Morty, LLC; Green Portal Productions.

Our next episode will cover the 2009 film Star Trek, written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman and directed by J.J. Abrams.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

(The transcript for this episode is in progress and will be added to this post when it’s ready.)

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

Please let us know what you think about the show! Hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Connections:

• La'an Noonien-Singh hooks up with an alternate version of James Kirk in Strange New Worlds S02E03, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow."
• The Original Series confronts race in several episodes, including S03E12, "Plato's Stepchildren" (which includes an interracial kiss) and S03E15, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" (which features bigotry between a race that is white on the left half and a race that is white on the right half).
• Strange New Worlds retells LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" in S01E06, "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach," which has a society's prosperity dependent on one child's suffering.
• Spock mindmelds with a rock (a Horta) in S01E26, "The Devil in the Dark."
• Nyota Uhura is promoted from cadet to ensign between seasons one and two of Strange New Worlds.
• Second contact is depicted as involving the installation of a subspace communications array starting in Lower Decks S01E01, "Second Contact."
• The Nexus is entered via a temporal energy ribbon in the film Star Trek: Generations.
• Whalesong plays a central role in the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
• Una Chin-Riley is arrested for hiding her status as an augment in Strange New Worlds S01E10, "A Quality of Mercy," and is tried and exonerated in S02E02, "Ad Astra per Aspera."
• Klingon opera is first mentioned (as far as we can find) in The Next Generation S05E08, "Unification II." Another Klingon musical genre, acid punk, is depicted in Lower Decks S02E03, "We'll Always Have Tom Paris."
• Klingons first appear as swarthy, smooth-foreheaded humanoids in The Original Series S01E27, "Errand of Mercy." In the film Star Trek: The Motion Picture, they appear with cranial ridges. Starting in Enterprise S04E15, it's revealed that the TOS-era smooth foreheads are the result of the Augment virus. In Discovery S01E01, "The Vulcan Hello," Klingons appear more alien than either their TOS or post-Motion-Picture designs, although this difference becomes less dramatic later in the series. By Strange New Worlds S02E01, "The Broken Circle," Klingons are very similar to their Motion Picture design. The alternate-universe film Star Trek Into Darkness has its own unique Klingon design.
• Christine Chapel tries to drug Spock in The Animated Series S01E10, "Mudd's Passion," finds an android recreation of her husband in The Original Series S01E09, "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", and helps Spock through his pon farr in TOS S02E05, "Amok Time."

Works cited:

• Arnold, L. (2024). Forging communities in contested spaces: Critical media literacy as a social justice practice. In Teaching for equity, justice, and antiracism with digital literacy practices (pp. 87-103). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003430209-8/forging-communities-contested-spaces-lucy-arnold
• Mackenzie, W. (Director) & Fordham, D. (Writer). (2007. Jan. 18). My musical (Season 6, Episode 6) [TV series episode]. In Lawrence, B., Goldman, N., Donovan, G., Hobert, T., Quill, T., Callahan, B., Braff, Z., Bycel, J., & Groff, J. (Executive producers), Scrubs. Doozer Productions; Touchstone Television.
• Swift, T. (2024) I can do it with a broken heart [Song]. On The tortured poets department [Album]. Republic.
• Takegami, J., Kamisaka, H., & Yonemura, S. (Writers). (1999-present). One piece [TV series]. Toei Animation.
• Whedon, J. (Director & Writer). (2001, Nov. 6). Once more, with feeling (Season 6, Episode 7) [TV series episode]. In Whedon, J., Greenwalt, D., Noxon, M., Fury, D., Kuzui, F. R., Kuzui, K. (Executive producers), Buffy the vampire slayer. Mutant Enemy Productions; Sandollar Television; Kuzui Enterprises; 20th Century Fox Television.
• Wright, B., Cooper, R. C., & Binder, C. (Executive producers). Stargate universe [TV Series]. Acme Shark Productions; MGM Television.

Our next episode will cover Lower Decks S01E09, "Crisis Point," written by Ben Rodgers and directed by Bob Suarez, and S03E08, "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus," written by Ben Rodgers and directed by Michael Mullen.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

(The transcript for this episode is in progress and will be added to this post when it’s ready.)

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

Please let us know what you think about the show! Hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Connections:

• Sarek first appears in The Original Series S02E15, "Journey to Babel," and Mark Leonard reprises this role in The Animated Series S01E02, "Yesteryear," and several films.
• Sarek's other son Sybok dies in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
• Spock finally dies of old age after travelling to the past, as revealed in Star Trek Beyond.
• Michael Burnham travels to the future at the beginning of season three of Star Trek: Discovery; she has not died as of this episode airing.
• The Original Series S02E15, "Journey to Babel," and S01E25, "This Side of Paradise," establish that Sarek and Spock's family name is unpronounceable by humans.
• The novel Ishmael gives Sarek and Spock's family name as S'chn T'gai, but non-screen works are generally not considered canon, despite this name appearing on some promotional ephemera for Strange New Worlds.
• Spock's mother Amanda Grayson first appears in The Original Series S02E15, "Journey to Babel." She makes many appearances in Star Trek: Discovery, often in flashback.
• The Vulcan mating phase, pon farr, is first depicted in The Original Series S02E05, "Amok Time."
• Enterprise S02E25, "Bounty," involves T'Pol entering pon farr out-of-cycle, retconning earlier information to establish that pon farr occurs for Vulcans of any sex/gender.
• Data's cat Spot will first appear in The Next Generation S04E11, "Data's Day."
• We weren't able to find another scene that duplicates Sarek's hood-removal reveal.
• The Qowat Milat, Romulan "honesty nuns," are introduced in Star Trek: Picard S01E04, "Absolute Candor."

Works cited:

• Glassner, J., Wright, B., Cooper, R., Mallozzi, J., Mullie, P., Anderson, R. D., & Greenburg, M. (Executive producers). (1997-2007). Stargate SG-1 [TV Series]. MGM Television, Double Secret Productions, Gekko Film Corp., Sony Pictures Television, Showtime Networks, & Sci-Fi Originals.
• Saitō, K. (Director). (2023-2024). Frieren: Beyond Journey's End [TV series]. Madhouse.
• Straczynski, J. M. (Creator). (1993-1998). Babylon 5 [TV series]. Babylonian Productions, Inc. [Vir is a Centauri.]

Our next episode will cover Strange New Worlds S02E09: "Subspace Rhapsody," written by Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff and directed by Dermott Downs.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

(The transcript for this episode is in progress and will be added to this post when it's ready.)

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

Please let us know what you think about the show! Hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Connections:

• Kor previously appears in The Original Series S01E27, "Errand of Mercy"; The Animated Series S01E12, "The Time Trap"; and Deep Space Nine S02E19, "Blood Oath." He makes his final appearance in Deep Space Nine S07E07, "Once More Unto the Breach."
• Toral, son of Duras, previously appears in the two-part episode of The Next Generation S04E26-7, "Redemption."
• The "ancient humanoids" are explored in The Next Generation S06E20, "The Chase."
• Iconian gateways appear in The Next Generation S02E11, "Contagion," and Deep Space Nine S04E23, "To the Death."
• The Guardian of Forever appears in The Original Series S01E28, "The City on the Edge of Forever," and the two-part episode of Discovery S03E09-10, "Terra Firma."
• The Tkon Empire is introduced in The Next Generation S01E05, "The Last Outpost."
• An ancient Dyson sphere appears in The Next Generation S06E04, "Relics."
• The Hur'q are mentioned again in Enterprise S04E15, "Affliction" and are featured in the video games Star Trek: Invasion and Star Trek Online.
• The USS Discovery travels forward in time 930 years between seasons two and three of Star Trek: Discovery.
• The future history of the Vulcan and Romulan cultures and the christening of Ni'Var are revealed in Discovery S03E07, "Unification III."
• The story "Those Who Walk Away from Omelas" is heavily alluded to in Strange New Worlds S01E06, "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach."
• B'Etor and Lursa, the Duras sisters, first appear in the two-part episode of The Next Generation S04E26-7, "Redemption."
• The cloned Kahless II first appears in The Next Generation S06E23, "Rightful Heir."
• We learn that the Klingons killed their gods because they "brought more trouble than it was worth" in Deep Space Nine S04E11, "Homefront."
• Worf's vision during the Rite of MajQa is also discussed in The Next Generation S06E16, "Birthright, Part I" and S06E23, "Rightful Heir."
• The Timekeepers, Klingon monks who secretly guard time crystals, are featured in Discovery S02E12, "Through the Valley of Shadows."

Works cited:

• David, P. (1993). Worf's First Adventure. Pocket Books.
• Glassner, J., Wright, B., Cooper, R., Mallozzi, J., Mullie, P., Anderson, R. D., & Greenburg, M. (Executive producers). (1997-2007). Stargate SG-1 [TV Series]. MGM Television, Double Secret Productions, Gekko Film Corp., Sony Pictures Television, Showtime Networks, & Sci-Fi Originals.
• Kunzelman, C. & Lutz, M. (Hosts). (2021-2023). Homestuck made this world [Audio podcast]. Ranged Touch. https://rangedtouch.com/homestuck-made-this-world/ [For discussion of "deflationary moves."]
• Le Guin, U. K. (1973). The ones who walk away from Omelas. In Silverberg, R. (Ed.), New dimensions 3. Nelson Doubleday/SFBC.
• Lucas, G. (1977). Star wars [Film]. Lucasfilm Ltd.
• McCourt, D., Liggett, T., Burton, L., & Buttino, T. (Executive producers). (1983-2006). Reading rainbow [TV series]. Lancit Media Productions, RCN Entertainment, On Screen Entertainment, WNED-TV.
• Reeves-Stevens, J. & Reeves-Stevens, G. (1995). Federation. Pocket Books.
• Shakespeare, W. (c. 1597). Henry IV, part 1. [First appearance of Sir John Falstaff.]

Our next episode will cover The Next Generation S03E23: "Sarek," written by Peter S. Beagle, Marc Cushman, & Jake Jacobs and directed by Les Landau.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Spoiler Warning: From 1:18:30 to 1:23:34, we discuss a plot point that is revealed in Discovery S01E11, "The Wolf Inside."

We come in peace! Lucy brings "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars," the two-part premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, written by Bryan Fuller, Gretchen J. Berg, and Aaron Harberts and directed by Adam Kane. Like "Relativity," these episodes feature a mentor relationship between two women. We discuss the framing of Burnham as a protagonist, the ambiguous morality of her actions, and the Federation as a colonialist threat. We also talk about war and honor, whether Sarek is a good dad, the show's difficulty with morality, Klingons, space battles, and Javid Iqbal.

(The transcript for this episode is in progress and will be added to this post when it's ready.)

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Please let us know what you think about the show! Hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Connections:

• Discovery premiered in 2015, making it the first Star Trek series since Enterprise ended in 2005: over ten years.
• Lorca gives a sinister speech in Discovery S01E03, "Context Is for Kings."
• Sarek's fraught relationship with his son Spock is first portrayed in The Original Series S02E15, "Journey to Babel."
• It's revealed that Sarek gave Burnham's opportunity with the Vulcan Expeditionary Group to Spock in Discovery S01E06, "Lethe."
• It's not Jadzia who tells Worf that Klingons laugh, but Guinan, in The Next Generation S04E26, "Redemption."
• Tuvix appears in Voyager S02E24, "Tuvix."

Works cited:

• Benedict, R. (1946). The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture. Houghton Mifflin.
• Iino, S. & Matsushita, S. (Directors). (2019-present). Dr. Stone [TV series]. TMS Entertainment.
• Kōjina, H. (Director). (2011-2014). Hunter x Hunter [TV series]. Nippon TV, VAP, Shueisha, & Madhouse.

Our next episode will cover Deep Space Nine S04E09: "The Sword of Kahless," written by Hans Beimler and Richard Danus and directed by LeVar Burton.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

It's time! Melissa brings "Relativity," the 24th episode of the fifth season of Star Trek: Voyager, written by Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, and Michael Taylor and directed by Allen Eastman. Like First Contact, this episode features time travel and the Pogo Paradox. We talk about how Star Trek explores trust, curiosity, and power. We also chat about temporal mechanics, nascent continuity, Seven of Nine's character, space sickness, Janeway's first day, and how Star Trek technology always seems to lag behind the real world.

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

We'd love some feedback on how we're captaining this vessel. You can hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Connections:

• Seven of Nine debuts in Star Trek: Voyager S04E01, "Scorpion, Part II."
• The Temporal Prime Directive is first mentioned by name in Star Trek: Voyager S03E09, "Future's End, Part II." It is confirmed to be Starfleet policy prior to Voyager's departure from the Alpha Quadrant in the series finale, "Endgame."
• Captain Braxton previously appeared in Star Trek: Voyager S03E08-09, "Future's End."
• Out of phase:
  • Crusher is trapped in a warp bubble that is "phasing" into a parallel universe in Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E05, "Remember Me."
  • La Forge and Ro find themselves out of temporal phase in Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E24, "The Next Phase."
  • The Devidians conceal themselves by being out of temporal phase in Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E26, "Time's Arrow."
• Captains' First Days:
  • Kirk's first day as captain of the Enterprise (in an alternate universe) is portrayed in the 2011 film Star Trek.
  • Picard's first day as captain of the Enterprise D (but not his first day as a captain) is depicted in Star Trek: The Next Generation's premiere, "Encounter at Farpoint," and finale, "All Good Things."
  • Sisko's first day as commander of Deep Space Nine is depicted in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's premiere, "Emissary."
  • Archer's first day as captain of the Enterprise NX-01 is depicted in Star Trek: Enterprise's premiere, "Broken Bow."
  • Pike's first day as captain of the Enterprise (but not his first day as a captain) is depicted in Star Trek: Discovery S02E01, "Brother."
  • Burnham's first day as captain of the Discovery is depicted in Star Trek: Discovery S03E13, "That Hope Is You, Part 2."
  • Dal's first day as self-appointed captain of the Protostar is depicted in Star Trek: Prodigy S01E03, "Starstruck."
• An alternate future version of Janeway appears in the Voyager series finale, "Endgame."
• Seven of Nine and Raffi Musiker have a heated argument in Star Trek: Picard S02E08, "Mercy."
• The crew of the Discovery receive new multipurpose combadges in Star Trek: Discovery S03E06, "Scavengers."

Works cited:

• Frakes, J. (Director). (1996). Star Trek: First Contact [Film]. Paramount Pictures.
• Holland, T. (Writer & Director). (1995). The Langoliers [TV miniseries]. Laurel Entertainment.
• Kōjina, H. (Director). (2011-2014). Hunter x Hunter [TV series]. Nippon TV, VAP, Shueisha, & Madhouse.

Our next episode will cover the two-part premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, "The Vulcan Hello" (written by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzmann, and Akiva Goldsman and directed by David Semel) and "Battle at the Binary Stars" (written by Bryan Fuller, Gretchen J. Berg, and Aaron Harberts and directed by Adam Kane).

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

In honor of our first episode, Gregory brings Star Trek: First Contact, written by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore and directed by Jonathan Frakes. We discuss Star Trek's views on exceptionalism vs. collectivism, the idea of destiny and the "right timeline," and the film's theme of fantasy and visions as figured worlds.

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

We'd love to hear what you think! You can hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Connections:

• Picard is assimilated into Locutus in the two-part episode "The Best of Both Worlds," the season 3 finale and season 4 opener for Star Trek: The Next Generation, which also depicts the Battle of Wolf 359.
• Lore takes control of a group of Borg in the two-part episode "Descent," the season 6 finale and season 7 opener for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• Lore announces his perfection in Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E13, "Datalore."
• The Temporal Prime Directive is speculated to exist in the future of Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E09, "A Matter of Time," and is apparently official Starfleet policy as of Star Trek: Voyager S07E11, "Shattered."
• The Guardian of Forever first appears in Star Trek: The Original Series S01E28, "The City on the Edge of Forever," and appears in hiding in Star Trek: Discovery S03E09-10, "Terra Firma."
• The Borg Queen's transtemporal awareness is revealed in Star Trek: Picard S02E02, "Penance."

Works cited:

• Holland, D., Skinner, D., Lachicotte Jr., W., & Cain, C. (1998). Identity and agency in cultural worlds.  Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
• Kubrick, S. (Director). (1968). 2001: A space odyssey [Film]. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• Scott, R. (Director). (1979). Alien [Film]. 20th Century Fox.
• Shakespeare, W. (1623). The tragedie of Macbeth. Edward Blount, William Jaggard.
• Spiegel, A. & Miller, L. (Hosts). (2015, Jan. 23). How to become Batman. [Audio podcast episode]. In Invisibilia. NPR News. https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/378577902/how-to-become-batman
• Steppenwolf. (1968). Magic carpet ride [Song]. On The second. ABC Dunhill.

Our next episode will cover "Relativity," the 24th episode of the 5th season of Star Trek: Voyager. It was written by Nick Sagan, Brian Fuller, & Michael Taylor, and directed by Allan Eastman.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Our last episode of the Strike Era has us reading "SCP-6001: Avalon" by T Rutherford! We talk about queer phenomenology, pacifism, the incarceration mindset, grief, and epistolary works. We also talk about unifying works of fan fiction, the joy of cats, and explicit vision statements.

A glossary to the story for those unfamiliar with the SCP Wiki: https://beforethefuture.space/scp-6001-avalon-glossary/

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

The SAG-AFTRA strike was a success! With our next episode, we'll be covering the film Star Trek: First Contact, available on Paramount+ or wherever you find films in your future utopia that has eliminated money. That episode was recorded before "Binti."

Please give us a five-star review on iTunes! You can send us asks at https://cohost.org/beforethefuturecame or hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space. Let us know what you think of the show!

Works Cited:

• Ahmed, S. (2020). Queer phenomenology: Orientations, objects, others. Duke University Press.
• Asimov, I. (1942, April). Time pussy. Astounding Science Fiction, 29(2), 113.
• Brown, P. (2016). The Wild Robot. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
• Harman, G. (2018). Object-Oriented Ontology: A new theory of everything. Pelican.
• Holmes, R. L. (2016). Pacifism: A philosophy of nonviolence. Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Okorafor, N. (2015). Binti. Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.
• Rosenblatt, L. (1938). Literature as Exploration. D. Appleton-Century.
• Straczynski, J.M. (Writer & Producer). (1993-1998). Babylon 5 [TV Series]. Babylonian Productions, Inc., Synthetic Worlds, Ltd., Warner Bros. Television.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

With the AMPTP still refusing to pay actors properly, we discuss The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy! We talk about hard and soft science fiction, wealth and labor, and the book's strange use of appendices. We also touch on wizard battles, robotic freedom, princesses, cloning via teleportation, rivals in genre fiction, and Cherenkov light.

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

Our next episode will cover "SCP-6001: Avalon," by T Rutherford. Gregory has prepared a glossary for those unfamiliar with the SCP universe.

Please give us a five-star review on iTunes! You can send us asks at https://cohost.org/beforethefuturecame or hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space. Let us know what you think of the show!

Works Cited:

• Asimov, I. (1951). Foundation. Gnome Press.
• Barrie, J. M. (1911). Peter and Wendy. Hodder & Stoughton.
• Borges, J. L. (1962). Labyrinths (Irby, J. E., Yates, D. A., Fein, J. M., de Onis, H., Palley, J., Fitts, D., and Murillo, L. A. [Trans.]). New Directions. (Original works published 1931-1960)
• Bradbury, R. (1950). The Martian chronicles. Doubleday.
• Corey, J. S. A. The expanse [Novel series]. Orbit books.
• Elbow, P. (2009). The believing game, or methodological believing. Journal for The Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, 13.
• Frayn, M. (2000). Copenhagen. Anchor.
• Heinlein, R. A. (1970). I will fear no evil. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
• Le Guin, U. K. (1974). The dispossessed. Harper & Row.
• Lee, S. & Ditko, S. (Creators). (1963-present). The amazing Spider-Man. Marvel Comics.
• Lucas, G. (Director & Writer). (1977). Star wars [Film]. Lucasfilm Ltd.*
• McCarthy, Wil. (2003). Hacking matter: Levitating chairs, quantum mirages, and the infinite weirdness of programmable atoms. Basic Books.
• McCarthy, Wil. (2021). Rich man's sky. Simon & Schuster.
• Park, N. (Director & Writer) & Rushton, S. (Writer). (1989). A grand day out with Wallace and Gromit [Film]. National Film and Television School, Aardman Animations.
• Roddenberry, G. (Creator). (1966-1969). Star trek [TV series]. Desilu Productions, Paramount Television.*
• Rowling, J. K. (1997). Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone. Bloomsbury.
• Shakespeare, W. (1623). The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Edward Blount, William & Isaac Jaggard.

* We believe this may be struck work under the current SAG-AFTRA strike guidelines. Our discussion of these works should not be considered promotion. Please do not view these titles on streaming services because of our citation.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

With Hollywood strikes ongoing, we discuss The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. We talk about community and ownership, philosophical wildness, and Object-Oriented Ontology. We also dip into practice, found families, refrain, robots in science fiction, individuality, and cheerful pooping.

For images discussed in this episode, visit the episode page on our website.

Please share your thoughts! You can hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space. We'd also love a five-star review on your favorite podcast platform.

Works cited:

• Akao, D. (Writer) & Suzuki, K. (Director). (2019). My roommate is a cat [TV series]. Zero-G.
• Asimov, I. (1950). Runaround. In I, Robot. Gnome Press.
• Asimov, I. (1957). The naked sun. Doubleday.
• Auel, J. M. (1980). The clan of the cave bear. Crown.
• Bogost, I. (2012). Alien phenomenology, or what it’s like to be a thing. University of Minnesota Press.
• Bourdieu, P. (1986). The forms of capital. In Richardson, J.G. (Ed.), Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education (pp. 241-58). Greenwood Press.
• Čapek, K. (2014). R.U.R. (D. Wyllie, Trans.). The University of Adelaide. (Original work published 1920).
• DiMartino, M. D. & Konietzko, B. (Creators). (2005-2008). Avatar: The last airbender [TV series]. Nickelodeon Animation Studio.*
• Eastman, P. D. (1960). Are you my mother? Random House.
• Favreau, J. (Creator). (2019-present). The Mandalorian [TV series]. Lucasfilm, Fairview Entertainment, Golem Productions.*
• The forest [Video game]. (2018). Endnight Games.
• Foucault, M. (1977). Discipline and punish: The birth of the prison (A. Sheridan, Trans.). Pantheon Books. (Original work published 1975).
• Gunn, J. (Writer & Director) & Perlman, N. (Writer). (2014). Guardians of the galaxy [Film]. Marvel Studios.*
• Halberstam, J. (2020). Wild things: The disorder of desire. Duke University Press.
• Harman, G. (2018). Object-Oriented Ontology: A new theory of everything. Pelican.
• J.Deku [@TheJadedGuy]. (2017, March 21). David Cage: Can a robot learn to be human? Yoko Taro: Can a human? Cage: what Yoko Taro: Can a [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/TheJadedGuy/status/844352570470645760
• Kaba, M. (2021). We do this 'til we free us: Abolitionist organizing and transforming justice. Haymarket Books.
• Kreider, T. (2013, June 15). I know what you think of me. The New York Times. https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/
• Lewis, C. S. (1966). On three ways of writing for children. In Hooper, W. (Ed.), Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories. Geoffrey Bles.
• Shelter 2 [Video game]. (2015). Might and Delight.
• Moffat, S. (Writer) & Hawes, J. (Director). (2005, May 21). The empty child (Series 1, Episode 9) [TV series episode]. In Davies, R. T., Gardner, J., & Young, M. (Executive Producers), Doctor Who. BBC Wales.
• Morrison, Toni. (1987). Beloved. Alfred A. Knopf.
• Nietzche, F. (1968). The will to power (Kaufmann, W., Ed. & Trans. and Hollingdale, R.J., Trans.). Random House. (selected notes from 1883–88)
• O'Dell, S. (1960). Island of the blue dolphins. Houghton Mifflin.
• Paulsen, G. (1986). Hatchet. MacMillan.
• Sendak, M. (1963). Where the Wild Things Are. Harper & Row.
• Quinn, D. (1992). Ishmael. Bantam/Turner Books.
• Wordsworth, W. (1807) I wandered lonely as a cloud. In Poems, in Two Volumes. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orms.**

* We believe this may be struck work under the current SAG-AFTRA strike guidelines. Our discussion of these works should not be considered promotion. Please do not view these titles on streaming services because of our citation.

**Lucy incorrectly quoted the poem in the ep. It should be "a thousand saw I at a glance," not a million. That's just how much Lucy likes daffodils.

Our next episode will cover the book The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

We're not yet a Star Trek podcast! Instead, we open with Binti, written by Nnedi Okorafor. We discuss the tension between violence and empathy, the nature of magic and mysticism in science fiction, and how it feels to be ostracized by every inch of your skin and finding a path forward anyway.

We'd love to hear what you think! You can hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Works cited:

• Clarke, A. C. (1968). 2001: A space odyssey. Hutchinson.
• Clarke, A. C. (1973). Rendezvous with Rama. Gollancz.
• Czerneda, J. E. (1997). A thousand words for stranger. DAW.
• Marron, D. (Host). (2023). The redemption of Jar Jar Binks [Audio podcast]. TED. https://www.ted.com/podcasts/the-redemption-of-jar-jar-binks
• Moon, E. (1992). The deed of Paksenarrion (1st omnibus ed.). Baen Books.
• Straczynski, J.M. (Writer & Producer). (1993-1998). Babylon 5 [TV Series]. Babylonian Productions, Inc., Synthetic Worlds, Ltd., Warner Bros. Television.*
• Verne, J. (1871). Twenty thousand leagues under the seas (1st collected ed.). Pierre-Jules Hetzel.
• Villeneuve, D. (Director). (2016). Arrival [Film]. FilmNation Entertainment, Lava Bear Films, 21 Laps Entertainment.*
• Vygotsky, L. (1972). Thought and language (Hanfmann, E. & Vakar, G., Trans.). MIT Press. (Original work published 1934)
• Wells, H. G. (1898). War of the worlds (1st collected ed.). William Heinemann.
• Williams, T. (1996). Otherland. Legend Books.

* Struck work under the current SAG-AFTRA strike guidelines.

Our next episode will cover the book The Wild Robot by Peter Brown.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Lucy and Melissa have been out of town for the end of July, so only Gregory was available to record a replacement episode. As a result, we're delaying our already-recorded-and-edited premiere episode discussing Star Trek: First Contact and we'll instead be reading and discussing the novella Binti by Nnedi Okorafor on our first released episode at the start of September.

You don't have to read the book to listen, but if you want to, you can get either the novella Binti or the omnibus Binti: The Complete Trilogy wherever you want to get books. Note that Binti: Home and Binti: The Night Masquerade are sequel books; those are included in the trilogy, but make sure not to get one of them alone instead of the first book, which is just Binti.

If you have any questions, you can hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

The first episode will discuss 1996's Star Trek: First Contact, the second movie featuring the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. You don't need to watch it to listen, but if you want to, you can stream it on Paramount+ or find it elsewhere. At the end of each episode, one of us will surprise everyone else with the selection for the next one.

We'd love to hear what you think! You can hail us at onscreen@beforethefuture.space, contact us on social media, or comment on our website at beforethefuture.space.

Before the Future Came is edited by Lucy Arnold, transcribed by Melissa Avery-Weir, and webmavened by Gregory Avery-Weir.

Our theme is “Let’s Pretend” by Josh Woodward, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.