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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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