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TOS: Specter of the Gun
This Week we are back with the start of Season 3. We discuss telepathy in Star Trek, Aliens of Star Trek, how time travel might make you uncouth. Spock keeps forgetting who’s in charge of all this. Until he doesn’t. ANNNDDD we discuss the cheap price they produced this episode at. All this and so…
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Side Track: Lucille Ball and Other Things
It’s Lucille Ball week as we discuss the new documentary and new movie starting Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem. We take Lucy through her career and marriage to Desi.We talk about Desilu’s formation and how Lucy became sole runner of the studio which produced Star Trek. After the first half hour we discuss the the…
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Side Trek: 2001 A Space Odyssey
This week: 2001 A Space Odyssey. We discuss THE movie that influences Lots of Sci-Fi to come including the Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Wars. We discuss the Lynchian mood of the end of this film with a toe dip into Season Three of Twin Peaks.Matt talks about how this movie is full…
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Side Trek: 1968
This week: It’s a quick overview of the politics, pop culture and television of 1968. This week discuss the Rural Purge of television and what this means for the medium.We discuss the the Vietnam and how TV brought that to life for audiences of the sixties. And we discuss why Matlock and Murder She Wrote…
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TOS: The Omega Glory
This week: Ken loves the episode, Matt is less sure. Ken discusses ideology while Matt pokes holes and rolls his eyes at the reveal. There’s also a lot of laughter in this episode on both sides. Ken reminds us to never underestimate the fountain of youth, a recurring Trek trope. We also discuss the many…
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The Brothers Trek About: Star Trekking Every Episode 