028 - Racism, Overpopulation, and a Russian History Lesson

This week I am joined by my wife, Abbie, and our friend, Nate, as we discuss: Let that Be Your Last Battlefield, The Mark of Gideon, and That Which Survives The Trouble with Tribbles story Elaan of Troyius recap now that Abbie is back Overt messaging in shows Star Trek without Gene Roddenberry Is a good message enough to carry an episode? A Captain’s responsibility to keep the ship out of enemy hands Great Enterprise security The transporter as a weapon Nuclear codes in history Strangelove A good message – “Don’t hate” Terrible movies with heavy-handed messaging Watching people watch people on TV Episode context What is the call to action in this episode? Being extra-Spock Spock needs to be more precise Abbie gets attacked by a kitten The Tunguska Event Another callout to The Beginning of Infinity Limits on human knowledge? A victim of the medium at the time? The decline of the series Over Warp 14 More multi-culturalism on the Enterprise A game plan to finish The Original Series Planning a Star Trek trivia challenge Looking ahead to The Next Generation Abbie fires some shots at DS9 Nate throws down the gauntlet for the best episode ending in all of Star Trek A Star Trek producer spoke in my video production class in college Something about whales