Pat and Amy are excited to continue their series Taking It From the Top, in which they look at the premiere episode of each Star Trek series in in-universe chronological order and discuss all the elements that make for a good pilot. This week, Star Trek: Discovery's “The Vulcan Hello.”

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Tim Cooper
Kevin Parlagreco
Simon De Luca
Chrissie De Clerck-Szilagyi
Tom Elliot
Mahendran Radhakrishnan
Vera Bible
Justin Oser
Victor Gamboa
Greg Molumby
Kevin Scharf
Christopher Lutz
Alexander Gates
Chris Tribuzio
Thad Hait
C. Roger McCubbins
Jim McMahon
Ann Marie
Vanessa Vaughan
 
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Ken Tripp and Amy Nelson talk Una McCormack's novel, Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope which explains the events leading up to Admiral Picard’s stepping down from Starfleet. They discuss the Romulans, their reluctance to save their own people, and their hesitancy to work with the Federation which makes Picard’s actions even more brave and heroic.

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Justin Oser
Victor Gamboa
Greg Molumby
Kevin Scharf
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Alexander Gates

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1979 was a banner year for the following spring’s Oscars; five movies were nominated for Best Visual Effects with Star Trek: The Motion Picture being one of them. Ken Tripp and Amy Nelson discuss fan favorite special effects in the movie and provide background information for those scenes.

Doug Trumble Interview (July 26, 2019): https://trekmovie.com/2019/07/26/interview-vfx-pioneer-douglas-trumbull-on-how-it-took-a-miracle-to-complete-star-trek-the-motion-picture/

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Tom Elliot
Mahendran Radhakrishnan
Vera Bible
Justin Oser
Victor Gamboa
Greg Molumby
Kevin Scharf
Christopher Lutz
Alexander Gates
Chris Tribuzio
Thad Hait
C. Roger McCubbins
Jim McMahon

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Star Trek has been described as a beacon of hope and as a mirror to reflect society’s issues. But which is it? Can it be both? After 50+ years watching, learning and loving Star Trek, are we seeing Star Trek at its best - a beacon of hope? Amy Nelson and Ken Tripp compare the recent Trek series to the old. Ken also shares an update on the CBS/Viacom/Paramount merger.

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Chrissie De Clerck-Szilagyi
Tom Elliot
Mahendran Radhakrishnan
Vera Bible
Justin Oser
Victor Gamboa
Greg Molumby
Kevin Scharf
Christopher Lutz
Alexander Gates
Chris Tribuzio
Thad Hait
C. Roger McCubbins

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Oh the games we play! Patrick Devlin and Amy Nelson talk the purpose of games, real life and online gaming, and the harms and benefits of gaming through discussing TNG's "The Game" and DS9's "Move Along Home."

Second Life articles:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/14/second.life.divorce/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/nov/13/second-life-divorce

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Spock tells us that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Can we use this logic in determining the needs of an individual? Patrick and Amy discuss ENT's “Similitude” and VGR's “Tuvix," where both Sim and Tuvix have an overwhelming desire to live, yet their captains have different outcomes in mind for them.

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Two young men were raised by fathers and families not their own. So what is their culture? Is it the culture they were raised in or the culture of their family history? Jono from TNG's “Suddenly Human” and Rugal from DS9's “Cardassians” face similar difficulties in answering this question. Pat and Amy discuss the ideas of nature vs. nurture and compare and contrast the two episodes.

*Please forgive the audio quality of this episode. Due to unforeseen circumstances a power surge blew out Patrick's microphone input on his mother board during recording, and its effect wasn’t discovered until after recording had ended.

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Pat and Amy are excited to start a new series, Taking It From the Top! They'll be looking at the series premieres of each Star Trek series in in-universe chronological order and discussing all the elements that make for a good pilot. This week, ENT's "Broken Bow."

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Tim Cooper
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Vera Bible
Justin Oser
Victor Gamboa
Greg Molumby
Chris Tribuzio
Christopher Lutz
Kevin Scharf
Paul McHale

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Technology now permeates our lives, but does it continue into the afterlife? Can we
save ourselves within a computer program? Star Trek seems to think so. Amy and Ken
discuss TNG's "11001001" and "The Inner Light," VGR's "Memorial," and DSC's "An Obol for Charon" to see how downloading a computer program changes a civilization and its history.

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It only took two years for Amy to finish her rewatch of Deep Space 9 and she has some questions. Thankfully, Ken and Zach were around to answer them. We highlight characters, storylines, and favorite moments of this series all the while trying hard to not compare it to TNG, which is still Amy’s favorite Star Trek series.

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