Overthinking It Podcast

Episode 428: Check Your Starfleet Privilege

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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by Trekonomics author Manu Saadia to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek with (another!) consideration of what makes Trek special as a kind of show, as a body of thought, and as a tradition handed down from being to being.

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Our Guest

Manu Saadia is the author of Trekonomics and a previous guest on the podcast.

Follow him on twitter @trekonomics.

Your Panel
  • Matthew Belinkie
  • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
  • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
  • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
    • Further Reading
    • “Overthinking It Podcast Episode 408: Boldly Going, and So Forth”
    • Trekonomics
    • “The Enduring Lessons of ‘Star Trek’” by Manu Saadia
    • Masks
    • How Much for Just The Planet
    • “Far Beyond The Stars” on Wikipedia and Memory Alpha

      • Episode 428: Check Your Starfleet Privilege originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

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