Academic Trek

Welcome back to Academic Trek! We have been on a bit of a 'life' induced hiatus but are back with a bang with today's interview with Dr Christopher Nunn of Grennwich University. We discuss Chris' teaching, the new iterations of Trek and a couple of classic episodes: TNG episode 'Yesterday's Enterprise' and DS9 two parter ' Way of the Warrior' We also talk about Voyager's 'Living Witness' Hope you enjoy it.

Today i talk to Leigh McKagen about imperialism in Star Trek: Voyager We talk a lot about Janeway as well as Seven of Nine and Neelix. The theme music is 'Resistance is Futile' by the Beverley Crushers - You can find them on Bandcamp You can find Leigh on Twitter: @leighmckagen You can find the podcast on Twitter: @academictrek47 I hope you enjoy the show!

Today I speak to Rick Webb about his essay The Economics of Star Trek: The Proto-Post Scarcity Economy We discuss how the economics of Star Trek work. You can find Rick on Twitter: @rickwebb The theme tune is 'Resistance is Futile' by the Beverley Crushers and you can find them on Bandcamp The pod is on Twitter: @academictrek47 I hope you enjoy the episode!

Today I talk to Jacob Held about the Ferengi and Business Ethics. We discuss what the Ferengi can tell us about our own economic and business models. How Quark changes through the series and the role that Rom plays alongside Quark. The intro music is 'Resistance is Futile' by the Beverley Crushers, you can find them on Twitter and Bandcamp. You can find Academic Trek on Twitter: @academictrek47 and on Facebook: @academictrek I hope you enjoy the episode.

Today I talk to Greg Garcia, an historian and teacher. We discuss how he uses trek in his teaching and his thoughts on trek in general You can find Greg on Twitter: @trekteachers and YouTube: Trek Historian The intro music is 'Resistance is Futile' by the Beverley Crushers from their new album 'Sick Bay' You can find them on Band Camp You can follow the pod on Twitter: @academictrek47 Thank you for listening!