It’s genre fiction at its most capitalistic! Join us as we discuss the history of Star Trek, Part 2 - the latter half where, like Marvel and Star Wars and Indiana Jones and anything else that was ever geek culture blockbuster fodder, the suits ruined everything. Will we finally get Chris to become a fan of Star Trek? Will Alex Kurtzman learn to create a coherent story? Will we ever learn how to not talk all over each other? And why is the answer to all of these questions, “no?” Find out this week!

0:00 - Intros
6:30 - The Rocketman Show (Rus Anderson)
13:00 - Atlians (Outkast)
18:30 - Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Zulu (1964)
23:30 - Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam (Netflix, 2024)
29:00 - Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
36:00 - Star Trek for Noobs Beyond!
39:05 - Enterprise
49:30 - JJ Abrams Star Trek (2009)
52:50 - Star Trek Into Darkness (2011)
57:10 - Star Trek Discovery (2017)
1:01:40 - Lower Decks (2020)
1:03:34 - Prodigy (2021)
1:04:45 - Strange New Worlds (2022)

Here's our minimal list of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes you should watch
Encounter at Farpoint (Season 1, episodes 1 & 2)
The Measure of A Man (Season 2, episode 9)
Q Who (Season 2, episode 16)
The Defector (Season 3, episode 10)
Yesterday’s Enterprise (Season 3, episode 15)
The Offspring (Season 3, episode 16)
The Best of Both Worlds, parts 1 and 2 (Season 3, episode 26 & Season 4, episode 1)
Family (Season 4, episode 2)
The Drumhead (Season 4, episode 21)
Darmok (Season 5, episode 2)
Ensign Ro (Season 5, episode 3)
Conundrum (Season 5, episode 14)
The Inner Light (Season 5, episode 25)
Time’s Arrow (Seasons 5 & 6, episodes 26 & 1)
Chain of Command, Parts 1 & 2 (Season 6, episodes 10 & 11)
The Chase (Season 6, episode 20)
All Good Things… (Season 7, episodes 25 & 26)