We're whatever you need to imagine this week as we discuss a classic sci-fi story and the Strange New Worlds episode it inspired: Ursula K. LeGuin's Hugo Award-winning short story "The One Who Walk Away From Omelas" and "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach"!

If imagining an orgy helps you, go ahead.

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This week, Backtrekking returns once again to the world of music and hip-hop to talk about an MC who is a not-so-secret Trekkie! MF DOOM is your "favorite rapper's rapper", an MC that came from tragedy and obscurity to be one of the weirdest, most talented, and most respected names in the game. And that name is spelled in ALL CAPS, btw.

On the show, we talk about DOOM's origins in '90s hip hop, the tragic death of his brother and bandmate, his reinvention as Metal Face, the way he subverts hip hop trends, his incredible collaborations with industry players, his mysterious and tragic departure, and of course, his endless use of sci-fi and Star Trek references in his songs!

The roach was never dead!

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Cult Film June comes to a close this week as we loop back to the '80s to compare two stories of time-travel and dire consequences: 1980's "The Final Countdown" and the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise"!

We have warp ships!

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Cult Film June is in full swing this week as we look at two stories concerning bombs too smart for their own good: the 1974 cult John Carpenter flick "Dark Star" and the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Warhead"!

We are Hard Sci-Fi Elephants!

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We're hunting two giant whales this week as we take on two epic tales of vengeance and desperation: the 1998 Patrick Stewart-led "Moby Dick" and the 1996 TNG smash film "First Contact"!

Worf has an arc!

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We're not kidding this week as we talk about two tales of out-of-control alien children: the 1985 Joe Dante film "Explorers" and the TOS episode "The Squire of Gothos"!

'60s Face is a real affliction.

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Dust off your deerstalker and dress up your Klingon 'cause we're headed to the holodeck to investigate two tales about Holmes and Moriarty: the Arthur Conan Doyle short story "The Final Problem" and the TNG episode "Elementary, Dear Data"!

Put Dracula in Star Trek!

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It's Vegas, baby, as we're ring-a-ding-dinging two stories of high-stakes heists: the Rat Pack classic "Ocean's 11" and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang!"

This hard eight new shooter has a come hand!

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We're seeing the ultimate unboxing this week as we tear into Larry Niven's short story "The Soft Weapon" and the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode it inspired, "The Slaver Weapon"!

Give me that juicy plot meat!

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We dare to interface with infinity this week as we compare the 2018 Swedish sci-fi film "Aniara" with the Voyager 5th season opener "Night"!

In space, no one can hear you. Period.

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