the conclusion of our three-part star trek series takes a look at one of the less "classic" corners of the mega-franchise in lower decks, and we talk about romulans, fantasy archetypes, and communism.

join us for the second part of our star trek trilogy, when special guest taylor gets personal about star trek's relationship to identity and queerness and the political implications of what we talk about when we talk about "utopias." it's an extremely vulnerable and thought provoking episode in which we say the f-slur about a hundred times.

“If Star Trek can get a pass for having Klingons wearing Mexican #2, why can’t Cloud Atlas?” -Dylan Roth 2023

We sure do hope you enjoy the first of our Star Trek trilogy and all that time we spend talking about things that aren’t Star Trek. Today you’ll learn why this is the tentpole science-fiction franchise to have made a lasting impact on guest host Dylan Roth AND why public transit is actually pretty dope.

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this episode represents the end of the amber autumn's mic is dying arc, things will improve from here, audio-wise. thank you for your patience.

who better to talk about one of the most critically acclaimed fictional works of the twentieth century than the man who gave us such OCs as "big-titty jak and daxter character" and "offensive harry potter caricature?"

yes, bob did send us that video he was referencing at the end of the episode, and i am distraught to announce that it is exactly as advertised.

we're still mid "amber autumn's mic is degrading and we haven't caught it yet" era, so apologies for any audio hiccups.

the sun shines a pleasant green across the desert sands and our three podcasters make the wisest, most ingenious publicity choice they can: spending an episode reminding you of a better podcast you could be listening to instead.

the music used in this episode is by disparition, who you can find at disparition.bandcamp.com

*** this episode was recorded before we noticed Amber‘s mic was failing and we apologize ***

We felt like we did a bad job with this topic last time so we decided to give it another shot. Do you think we did better?