In our last episode of Star Trek Month, Nova and Athena are joined by special guest Aivu of Tech Believe to talk about classic TNG episode "The Measure of a Man", where Data has to defend in a hearing his right to exist and to be an independent individual with autonomy as opposed to property of the Federation.

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwI6py78gsI&t=2s 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59BaaifBuFI 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxqQwAVEbM8

https://neuroclastic.com/an-open-letter-to-the-nyt-acknowledge-the-controversy-surrounding-aba/

cw: slavery, abuse, nazism, dehumanization

Athena and Nova are joined again by Lonesome Comrade as we discuss the second half of Deep Space Nine two-parter Past Tense. Don't try to be a Great Man, just be yourself.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory

As Star Trek month continues, Nova and Athena with special guest Lonesome Comrade discuss an episode of Deep Space 9 where time travel to a dystopian past presents a nightmare vision of the dystopian future as envisioned in the 1990s, and it winds up being our dystopian present. Shit sucks, yo.

The HegeHogs are joined with Parker from the Overcritical podcast as they discuss deep space communism and labor organization while analyzing the mercantile "Ferengi" from an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

The HegeHogs--with the help of Brett from StreetFight Radio WCRS Columbus--discuss the Simpsons season 11 episode "Bart To The Future" and how it depicts Native American stereotypes and a future where a liberal president has no idea how to clean up after Trump.

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With the help of Henry Williams, co-founder of The Gravel Institute, the HegeHogs break down Sorkin-brain and the liberal mindset behind the sap-fueled glorification of reporting the news, specifically the news surrounding the death of Osama Bin Laden.

The HegeHogs take a look at black experiences under capitalism through an episode of "The Boondocks" with guidance from content creator Akeem King.

CWs: police brutality, murder, rape, white supremacy, racism, child labor

The HegeHogs discuss the morality of theft in this review of the Disney classic, Robin Hood.

Jack and Nova discuss the imperialist hegemony of No Man's Sky and other 4x games, and why it is so pervasive in interactive entertainment media.

The HegeHogs get to the bottom of Dorothy's mysterious illness and talk about how the Golden Girls tackles issues of misogyny and ageism in healthcare.