Wherein Andy and Justice debate the greatest and worst first officers in the Star Trek canon, and everyone in between. Riker's trombone, Chakotay's conglomerate First Nations status, Tilly's reckless promotion, babysitter T'Pel, Kira's lost glories. And Spock, I guess.

Wherein Justice and Andy discuss the underrated Pink Floyd classic Animals and Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning film Parasite. Foucault and Ellen Meiksins Wood provide a lens to connect both texts to the theme of class and labor divisions. Neoliberalism, American Psycho, Censorship, and the privatization of public property all plunge their snouts into the trough during our exploration of the capitalist class's violence on labor. Where do you land in the capitalist continuum? Sheep, Dog, or Pig?

Wherein Andy and Justice welcome Patrick Fleis, an international copyright attorney based in Milwaukee, to discuss copyright law. What are your rights as an artist? What are our rights as consumers? Why does Amazon hate libraries? Find out here!

Wherein Justice and Andy dress down the supposed controversy of Potato Head and Dr. Seuss. Judith Butler provides a helpful context for unpacking these latest entries in the cancel culture kerfuffle. Are they canceled? Are they censored? Nope!

Wherein Andy and Justice take a look at the beauty of Ted Chiang's short story and the uniform grayness of Equilibrium. We explore Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and other methods of societal control. What if we didn't recognize beauty or felt emotion? Or had to watch Equilibrium again? We did it for you!

Wherein Justice and Andy struggle with Superman's poor depictions on the silver screen. We're tired of Superman as a champion! We've seen it all our lives! Before us, our parents and grandparents saw it all their lives! Let's imagine a Superman movie that works. Also, the Hulk.

Wherein Andy and Justice get caught up in the web-slinger as a permanent teenager. What might it be like to see Spider-Man as a middle-aged veteran? Is he married in Utica? Does he still wear the leotard? All this and more!

Wherein Justice and Andy explore the worst entry in the Star Trek oeuvre, Star Trek: Insurrection, and China Miéville's novel The Scar. Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer provides the theoretical foundations in this discussion that ranges from migration and displacement and tyrannical despotism to whales, Riker's foibles, and pirates.

Wherein Andy and Justice discuss the film Starship Troopers and the collected films of the Alien franchise. Along with the postmodern ideas of Jean-Francois Lyotard, they tackle the subjects of the military industrial complex, violence, corporate power, 90's teenage romance, and late capitalism.

Wherein Justice and Andy discuss the format and goals of the Mismatched Texts podcast.