TFM (Trek.fm & The 602 Club)

Star Trek is known for making forward thinking and social commentaries on today's issues. "The Outcast" is no exception. In The Next Generation's fifth season, we experience first hand the writers' take on gender issues and equality. These issues are just as relevant today as they were in 1992.  

In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Lee Hutchison, Richard Marquez, and Amy Nelson discuss the J'naii, an androgynous race. The J'naii consider identifying as male or female as a sickness and as such, must be treated. We learn of this species' treatment of those who are different and reflect upon how we now treat those who are sexually different from ourselves.  

http://trekcore.com/blog/2014/07/reflections-on-lgbt-themes-in-tngs-the-outcast/  

Chapters    
Opening (00:00:00)   
Valentines Day (00:00:38)   
Looking Back To 1992 (00:02:24)   
The Sexes (00:09:22)   
Gender Neutral (00:22:21)   
Bullying and Childhood (00:29:12)   
The Outcast in 2017 (00:32:03)   
Gay Characters in Star Trek (00:39:25)   
I Love You (00:52:15)   
Riker and Troi (00:58:13)   
Individuality (01:00:07)   
This is Star Trek (01:02:00)   
Competition (01:03:15)   
Closing (01:05:44)  

Hosts  
Lee Hutchison, Richard Marquez, and Amy Nelson

Production  
Lee Hutchison (Editor) Richard Marquez (Producer) Amy Nelson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E. Hueter (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Dimensions.   Reflecting on dimensions has a long history in popular culture, from the geometrically minded satirical novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott to the 1937 film The Fourth Dimension by director Jean Painleve. But how is the relationship between different dimensions explored in the Star Trek universe? From a plane of two-dimensional beings in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Loss," to higher-dimensional beings like members of the Q continuum with their ability to pop in and out of three-dimensional space at will, Star Trek is replete with examples of dimensional interplay.   In this episode of Meta Treks, hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling are joined by Trek.fm Patreon manager and host of Melodic Treks and Warp Five, Brandon-Shea Mutala, to discuss the physics, the philosophy, and the geometry of dimensions in the Star Trek universe.   Chapters  Welcome to Episode 58 (00:01:09)  Introducing Brandon-Shea Mutala and Patreon (00:01:58)  Flatland and The Fourth Dimension (00:15:26)  Time as a Dimension vs. Higher Spatial Dimensions (00:18:46)  Lower-Dimensional and Higher-Dimensional Beings (00:21:01)  Bending Space - Warp Drive and Wormholes (00:30:28)  Higher-Dimensions and Omniscience (00:43:20)  Slices of Cheese - Alternate Three-Dimensional Realms (00:45:51)  Four-Dimensionalism and Wormhole Aliens (00:50:23)  The Motion Picture and Visualizing Dimensional Slices (00:57:28)  Fluidic Space - A Different Kind of Cheese (00:59:07)  Captain Proton and The Fifth Dimension (01:03:12)  Dimensions in Theoretical Physics - String Theory (01:04:46)  The Paranormal and Pseudoscience (01:08:26)  From Theoretical Physics to Experimental Physics (01:12:14)  Dimensions, Transporters, and Personal Identity (01:14:06)  The Mathematics of Higher Dimensions (01:16:57)  Final Thoughts (01:18:14)   Hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling   Guest  Brandon-Shea Mutala   Production Mike Morrison (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Patrick Devlin (Associate Producer) Kay Shaw (Associate Producer) Norman Lao (Associate Producer) Kit Loffstadt (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm  Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm  Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm  Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact  Visit the Trek.fm website at http://www.trek.fm/  Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Episodes Rebooted.

Zach and Ken welcome Nic Anastassiou to discuss which episodes would be fun to remake with the Kelvin timeline cast fitting within the new timeline narrative . Each person behind the mic has a list of three that no one had discussed prior to the show.

We think there are some great surprises coming for you and maybe a little controversy.  Join this outstanding discussion on how these shows could be framed and changed to fit in the new timeline universe. We invite you to enjoy listening and providing your feedback to Nic, Zach, and Ken on the Babel Conference.
 
Hosts 
Ken Tripp and Zach Moore 
Guest
Nicolas Anastassiou
 
Feature 
Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:08) 
Acknowledging Matt Rushing (00:02:11) 
Nic's premise (00:03:25)  
A Piece of the Action (00:8:45) 
What are Little Girls Made of? (00:13:22) 
The Immunity Syndrome (00:22:55) 
Tholian Web (00:29:19) 
The Omega Glory (00:37:58) 
We interupt this broadcast...(00:48:44) 
The Enterprise Incident (00:52:26) 
Scotty, a Romulan? (00:55:00) 
Amok Time (01:14:24) 
Previous on Trek FM (01:23:00)  
See you next week- Sign off (01:27:52)  
  
Production 
Zach Moore (Editor and Producer)  Ken Tripp (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Renee Roberts (Associate Producer) Nicolas Anastassiou (Associate Producer)  Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Dimensions.  

Reflecting on dimensions has a long history in popular culture, from the geometrically minded satirical novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott to the 1937 film The Fourth Dimension by director Jean Painleve. But how is the relationship between different dimensions explored in the Star Trek universe? From a plane of two-dimensional beings in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Loss," to higher-dimensional beings like members of the Q continuum with their ability to pop in and out of three-dimensional space at will, Star Trek is replete with examples of dimensional interplay.  

In this episode of Meta Treks, hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling are joined by Trek.fm Patreon manager and host of Melodic Treks and Warp Five, Brandon-Shea Mutala, to discuss the physics, the philosophy, and the geometry of dimensions in the Star Trek universe.  

Chapters 
Welcome to Episode 58 (00:01:09) 
Introducing Brandon-Shea Mutala and Patreon (00:01:58) 
Flatland and The Fourth Dimension (00:15:26) 
Time as a Dimension vs. Higher Spatial Dimensions (00:18:46) 
Lower-Dimensional and Higher-Dimensional Beings (00:21:01) 
Bending Space - Warp Drive and Wormholes (00:30:28) 
Higher-Dimensions and Omniscience (00:43:20) 
Slices of Cheese - Alternate Three-Dimensional Realms (00:45:51) 
Four-Dimensionalism and Wormhole Aliens (00:50:23) 
The Motion Picture and Visualizing Dimensional Slices (00:57:28) 
Fluidic Space - A Different Kind of Cheese (00:59:07) 
Captain Proton and The Fifth Dimension (01:03:12) 
Dimensions in Theoretical Physics - String Theory (01:04:46) 
The Paranormal and Pseudoscience (01:08:26) 
From Theoretical Physics to Experimental Physics (01:12:14) 
Dimensions, Transporters, and Personal Identity (01:14:06) 
The Mathematics of Higher Dimensions (01:16:57) 
Final Thoughts (01:18:14)  

Hosts 
Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling  

Guest 
Brandon-Shea Mutala  

Production 
Mike Morrison (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Patrick Devlin (Associate Producer) Kay Shaw (Associate Producer) Norman Lao (Associate Producer) Kit Loffstadt (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)  

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Headlong Flight: Dayton Ward.

A long term mission of exploration far beyond the boundaries of the Federation has yielded many surprising discoveries, but none more surprising than the crew of the Enterprise-E crossing not only temporal boundaries, but dimensional ones as well. In the latest TNG novel, generations and realities collide as the crew of the Enterprise-E meets the crew of an alternate timeline's Enterprise-D!

In this episode of Literary Treks, Dan Gunther, Bruce Gibson, and Matthew Rushing are joined by renowned Trek author Dayton Ward about his latest book in The Next Generation, Headlong Flight. We ask him about alternate versions of our heroes, T'Ryssa Chen, the Romulan angle, the temporal prime directive, homages and references, and what's coming next from Dayton.

For the news we review the latest New Visions issues, #14.

News
New Visions #14 (00:02:44)

Feature: Dayton Ward
Yet Again (00:11:36)
A Synopsis (00:12:59)
Spoilers (00:15:00)
An Alternate Take (00:18:53)
Wanting Data Back (00:22:34)
Captain's Shadow (00:26:53)
Wesley Crusher (00:30:19)
Chen (00:34:13)
The Romulans (00:38:18)
One Big Decision (00:44:41)
Easter Eggs (00:51:10)
Hints for the Future (00:52:31)
A Sly Reference (00:54:13)
Coming Next (00:56:11)
Final Thoughts (01:02:41)

Hosts
Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson

Guests
Dayton Ward
Matthew Rushing

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)

Dust and The Invaders with Tom Elliot.

Prolific composer Jerry Goldsmith, began his composing career with television in 1954 with the television series The Lineup. Throughout the fifties, his resume slowly started to grow until it exploded in the sixties with over forty different productions that he would work on. One of the television shows that he would compose for in the early sixties was the cult classic called The Twilight Zone.

In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Tom Elliot, host of The Twilight Zone Podcast, to discuss Goldsmith's contributions to two classic episodes from the second season of that show. We also compare the music of "The Invaders" to Bernard Herrmann's work on Psycho, as well as the effectiveness of the score in an episode that has almost no dialogue. We also talk about Goldsmith's Mexican influenced score to the episode "Dust," and the legacy of that episode.


Chapters
In Memorial: Richard Hatch (00:00:00) 
"Colonial Anthem" (composed by B. McCreary) (00:00:45) 
Intro (00:02:25) 
Welcome, Tom! (00:03:23) 
"The Invaders" (composed by J. Goldsmith) (00:12:59) 
"Dust" (composed by J. Goldsmith) (00:28:24) 
Finding Tom (00:47:06) 

Host
Brandon-Shea Mutala

Guest
Tom Elliot

Production
Brandon-Shea Mutala (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Tony Robinson (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Powerless.

In October of 2012, The CW premiered Arrow, bringing superheroes back to television and since that time there has been a proliferation of these genre shows in the media landscape and this year DC Comics decided to dip it's toes into the sitcom pool.

In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Aaron Harvey to talk about the new DC Comics show Powerless. We discuss the different versions of the pilot, our first impressions, if it's for families, the characters, look and feel, losing the joy and our ratings.

Chapters
Charm City Train Ride (00:03:16)
First Impressions (00:09:48)
For Families? (00:13:26)
The Characters (00:16:57)
The Look and Feel (00:26:27)
Losing the Joy (00:29:16)
Ratings (00:33:30)

Host
Matthew Rushing

Guest
Aaron Harvey

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Davis Grayson (Associate Producer)

An old ship, an older engineer, and a structure that’s older than anyone knows. Old things, but not useless things. It is part flashback, part after school special. Say hello again to Montgomery Scott when we put Relics in the Mission Log.

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