In this podcast:
An analysis of “Shore Leave.”
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17) Star Trek Season 1: “The Menagerie Parts I & II”
In this podcast:
An analysis of TOS’s only two parter, “The Menagerie.”
Why Star Trek’s first, rejected pilot “The Cage” was resurrected in this episode.
How much of the world building, diversity and inclusivity, and thematic elements that became the hallmark of the series were evident in “The Cage.”
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16) Star Trek Season 1: Mid-Season Analysis
In this podcast:
We perform a mid-season analysis of the first season of Star Trek .
2nd Quarter Trends: no technobabble; world building is fleshed out with Starfleet Command; strong roles for women and people of color; dominant theme of humanism being superior to technology.
Overall, a weaker batch of episodes than the first quarter of season one.
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DISCOVERY 002: Not a Fan, Not Not a Fan
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Justin introduces his co-host for the Discovery series: Vincent Marigna, who happens to be his husband, and who offers a unique perspective by being “not a fan, but not a hater either.”
We discuss our visit to the Original Series sets of Trekonderoga and meeting Nichelle Nichols with our daughter, and our approach for how we are going to cover the new Trek series in future podcasts.
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