To Baldly Go

019 - Space Nazis

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Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast.

As usual, I am joined by my wife, Abbie, and our friend, Nate, as we discuss:

  • The next 3 episodes of season 2 of Star Trek: The Original Series – A Private Little War, Return to Tomorrow, and Patterns of Force
  • What was the message of this episode? Do they even know?
  • TV makeup and High Definition
  • We don’t like Gene Roddenberry episodes?
  • Understanding why TOS was cancelled
  • Was TOS running out of ideas?
  • A Next Generation actress
  • Characters acting out of character
  • Star Trek and the Apollo missions
  • Other shows calling their shots
  • Command structure on the Enterprise
  • Risk vs. reward
  • Scotty’s voice and linguistic talents
  • Biblical connections?
  • Plot devices vs. realism
  • Fermi paradox
  • Aliens and Mexican parliament
  • A relative lack of surprise that Kirk and Spock dressed as Nazis
  • Blues Brothers discussion
  • Nazi imagery in the episode
  • An episode we wanted to dislike
  • Is there always a silver lining?
  • Moral ambiguity and how shows are received
    • ...more
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    To Baldly GoBy Aaron Emery