016 - Halfway

Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast. I am joined again by my wife Abbie and our friend Nate as we discuss: The next 3 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series – Journey to Babel, Friday’s Child, and The Deadly Years Starting with the last episode Aging the characters, compared to reality Are we aging differently now? Or is it a social construct? A good leader surrounds himself with good people Don’t embarrass the boss Budgetary constraints and command Trying to do the right thing, but not knowing how to do it Stockton or Stocker? The Beginning of Infinity How does the Neutral Zone work? The return of Corbomite Watching on a phone instead of a TV making the series more palatable? A better episode if made today? Earliest-born Star Trek actor – born in 1882!! A murder mystery on the Enterprise Sarek – a character with depth that I don’t realize Additional episode context and how these episodes are received Orions? Or Gorn? Lack of recurring characters Genetic espionage Strange episode titles A strong start and a slow, weak finish We’ve seen this episode before Good music The Godmother of Star Trek Who punched first? Reactions to Chekov’s Russia claims Computing in the 1960s, Teletype, and how technologically forward-looking we can be Technological inspiration from Star Trek Chick Fil-a vs Raisin’ Canes Thumbnails for next week’s episodes Thinkgeek.com