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Episode 17: Exploring Strange New Worlds...Again 46:14

4M ago46:14

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Hey all! We apologize for the delay in subspace transmission, Adam's been busy with other projects, and we've had a couple of episodes sitting in the can waiting to be edited. But with the spare time over the holidays we're now ready to publish, so enjoy the first new episode here on Acast, where we're joined once again by Dylan Roth to share our t…

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Episode 16: After the Fall 1:18:23

1y ago1:18:23

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One of the precepts of Star Trek was always that it was going to get worse before it got better. In Trek's imaginary future history, the near future is supposed to be very bleak indeed, with nuclear war, genetically engineered overlords, and near-complete societal collapse on its way before we finally get our act together and build the Federation. …

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Episode 15: I’m Not A Miracle Worker, Captain! 1:10:48

1y ago1:10:48

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One of the biggest appeals of Star Trek is the advanced technology to which the characters have access--some of which has, famously, influenced inventors and engineers in the real world. It seems like there's rarely a problem that a Starfleet engineer can't solve with a bit of technobabble and some time puttering around in the Jeffries tubes. But T…

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Episode 14: Voyager vs. Enterprise 1:12:12

1y ago1:12:12

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This podcast was born partly out Douglas and Adam both commenting on Carl Garcia (@carlinspace)'s twitter livetweets of Star Trek, and as he moved into the late Rick Berman era we made a bet to see which of the two "bad" Star Trek shows Carl would like more: Voyager or Enterprise? This blew up into a larger discussion, with Douglas defending Voyage…

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Episode 13: Especially the Lies 1:05:17

1+ y ago1:05:17

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Appropriately enough, this 13th episode turned out to be fairly cursed, with technical and scheduling issues delaying it until 2023. Nevertheless, we enjoyed taking this look at one of the most well-regarded Star Trek spinoff novels, A Stitch in Time, which tells the story of one of Trek's most well-realized characters, Elim Garak. For an extra lay…

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Episode 12: Exploring Strange New Worlds 1:15:08

1+ y ago1:15:08

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The latest Trek series boldly goes where many of them have gone before. Is that a bad thing? Douglas and Adam dissect their thoughts on Strange New Worlds in this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Av mirroruniverse

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Episode 11: Beneath Lower Decks 1:02:00

2y ago1:02:00

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With multiple Star Trek shows on the air right now, they've had to do something to distinguish themselves, and it's hard to think of a harder let turn than doing an animated comedy. But Lower Decks has quickly become one of the best Trek shows--not just funny and irreverent, but true to the spirit of Trek in surprising ways. With Douglas finally ha…

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Episode 10: The Masterpiece Society 53:39

2+ y ago53:39

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Funny how Star Trek's all about creating an ideal society...but every time the Trek heroes encounter a supposedly ideal society other than their own, it's usually a mess and needs to be destroyed. We've returned for an episode dealing with Trek's recurring theme of social engineering, either via well-meaning but restrictive laws, or a literal all-p…

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Episode 9: "...And Sky's the Limit" 1:13:36

3y ago1:13:36

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All Good Things must come to an end...even Star Trek. But as of this moment the future still looks bright for our favourite sci-fi franchise, with many more Trek shows in production. In this final episode (for now?) of Mirror Universe we look at what the future may hold for this story of the future, what's likely to change and what hopefully never …

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Episode 8: The Savage Curtain 1:07:09

3y ago1:07:09

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As we may have mentioned a few times on this podcast, Star Trek is a TV show. That means that its concerns, themes, and storytelling have been heavily shaped by the medium of television, and that's one of the things that sets it apart from many other science fiction stories. In this episode we look at how Star Trek makes use of the medium of televi…

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Episode 7: Infinite Diversity? 1:09:42

3y ago1:09:42

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Star Trek is the most progressive Science Fiction show of all time! Right? That's certainly how it presents itself, and it may be true, but Trek's supposed progressiveness has run into bumps from time to time. While it's certainly a mostly well-meaning show, and it certainly has accomplished some significant milestones from a left-wing perspective,…

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Episode 6: The Planet of Hats 1:03:47

3y ago1:03:47

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Aliens! They're a big part of the reason we watch SF shows in the first place, and some of the most iconic aliens in pop culture reside on Star Trek. But Trek has a very specific approach to its aliens, one that provides both opportunities and limitations. In this episode we look at Trek's approach to building alien cultures and their relationships…

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Episide 5: Tomorrow Is Yesterday 52:09

3y ago52:09

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We've talked about how our history impacted Star Trek. But what about Star Trek's own history? The multiple Star Trek series have outlined a future history spanning over a millennia, and that arc is just as contradictory and conflicting as anything else about Star Trek. In its way, though, the rough, awkward, ill-fitting narrative Trek has created …

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Episode 4: Commercial Enterprise 1:06:07

3y ago1:06:07

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Star Trek is a show about big dreams, that looks to the best and purest impulses of human nature, and a future without material needs...but it's also a owned by a major studio, and its artistic impulses are tempered by capitalism as much as anything. In this episode we look at how Trek has struggled with the demands of being a major, big-budget fra…

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Episode 3: 'Watch Your Futures End' 1:11:05

3y ago1:11:05

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In this crucial episode we take a look at the Rick Berman and JJ Abrams eras of Star Trek and how they were shaped by the politics of the era. The end of the Cold War brought a new age of supposed peace and stability, neoliberalism, and political stagnation that had a major impact on Star Trek's worldview during the peak of its popularity. Then 9/1…

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Episode 2: A Trek For The People 1:01:50

3y ago1:01:50

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This week Douglas and Adam tackle one of the most fascinating aspects of Trek, the fact that so much of it--even more than most genre fandoms--was and is kept alive by the fans. In particular, the decade after the cancellation of the original show saw an explosion of fascinating digressions and ideas added to Trek from fanzines, RPGs, comics, spino…

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Episode 1: Through A Trek, Darkly 1:27:09

3y ago1:27:09

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In our first episode, we look at the origins of Star Trek, the competing voices that went into creating and shaping it (of whom Roddenberry was just one) and what it was intended to be vs. what it became. The original series was shaped heavily by the era--the 1960s--in which it was created, and that had an impact on its politics, its views towards …

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Episode 17: Exploring Strange New Worlds...Again 46:14

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Episode 16: After the Fall 1:18:23

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Episode 15: I’m Not A Miracle Worker, Captain! 1:10:48

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Episode 14: Voyager vs. Enterprise 1:12:12

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Episode 13: Especially the Lies 1:05:17

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Episode 12: Exploring Strange New Worlds 1:15:08

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Episode 11: Beneath Lower Decks 1:02:00

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Episode 10: The Masterpiece Society 53:39

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Episode 9: "...And Sky's the Limit" 1:13:36

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Episode 8: The Savage Curtain 1:07:09

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Episode 7: Infinite Diversity? 1:09:42

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Episode 6: The Planet of Hats 1:03:47

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Episide 5: Tomorrow Is Yesterday 52:09

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Episode 4: Commercial Enterprise 1:06:07

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Episode 3: 'Watch Your Futures End' 1:11:05

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Episode 2: A Trek For The People 1:01:50

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Episode 1: Through A Trek, Darkly 1:27:09

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