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Top Five Chakotay/B'Elanna Moments. 

Robert Beltran and Roxann Dawson may not have had much one-on-one screen time together as Cmdr. Chakotay and Lt. B'Elanna Torres. But the moments they did share on-screen were memorable and helped to establish a strong sibling-like bond between these two former members of the Maquis. From brother-sister banter to tough-love interventions, hosts Zachary Fruhling, Suzanne Williamson, and Kay Shaw compare their top five Chakotay/B'Elanna Moments in Star Trek: Voyager.

Chapters
Intro (00:00:00)
It's a Brother and a Sister Kinda Thing (00:01:40)
Chronic Oversleeping (00:04:25)
Trying to Kill Your Animal Guide (00:07:15)
Over a Hot Cup of Pejuta (00:08:50)
The Tattooed Terror (00:11:27)
A Little Spiritual Guidance (00:14:11)
Tough Love - Doing It the Maquis Way (00:15:30)
The Mountains of the Antelope Women (00:19:39)
Fake Walking Down the Fake Aisle (00:22:31)
Quit Whining and Suck It Up (00:23:23)
Highly Qualified Klingon Wins Nobel Prize (00:25:31)
She's The Captain (00:27:08)
Do We Know Each Other? (00:29:28)
You Have Lousy Taste In Women (00:30:13)
Bad Dad Jokes (00:31:53)
Crazy or Lycanthropy? (00:33:24)
Final Thoughts (00:34:48)
Closing (00:34:44) 

Hosts
Zachary Fruhling, Suzanne Williamson, and Kay Shaw 

Production
Kay Shaw (Editor) Suzanne Williamson (Producer) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) C. Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Kenneth Tripp (Executive Producer) Bruce Lish (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Norman Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) 

"Sacred Ground" and Religious Explanations.   What happens when a scientist has a religious experience not fully explainable by science? When Kes's life falls in jeopardy, Captain Janeway, with tricorder in hand and eagerly willing to face any challenge she might face, volunteers to participate in a religious ritual to petition the Ancestral Spirits of the Nechani (or rather, the Bajorans of the Delta Quadrant...) and plead for Kes's life.   In this episode of Meta Treks, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison discuss Captain Janeway's journey of self-discovery, as she learns to reconcile her faith in science with her openness to new experiences, including the question of whether the relationship between scientific explanations and religious explanations is one of contradiction, complementariness, or coherence.   Chapters  Welcome to Episode 57 (00:01:06)  Initial Thoughts on Sacred Ground (00:01:50)  The Nechani - Delta Quadrant Bajorans (00:06:00)  Sciencing the Religion - Bring Your Tricorder (00:08:27)  Is Science a Type of Faith? (00:10:56)  Modes of Explanation (00:14:16)  The Voyager Files - Kathryn Mulder and Dr. Scully (00:18:39)  Scientific Explanations for Miracles - Spirits of the Gaps (00:22:23)  Falsifiability and Private Religious Experience (00:35:58)  Kirekegaard and Religious Conviction - Comparison of Janeway/Kes to Abraham/Isaac (00:38:10)  Physical Challenge! The Mouth of Truth (00:41:57)  Analyzing Past Religious Experiences (00:47:21)  Janeway's Expectations and Waiting on the Spirits (00:50:10)  One Universe = Unified Explanations (01:00:55)  Final thoughts (01:02:27)   Hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison   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

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"Sacred Ground" and Religious Explanations.  

What happens when a scientist has a religious experience not fully explainable by science? When Kes's life falls in jeopardy, Captain Janeway, with tricorder in hand and eagerly willing to face any challenge she might face, volunteers to participate in a religious ritual to petition the Ancestral Spirits of the Nechani (or rather, the Bajorans of the Delta Quadrant...) and plead for Kes's life.  

In this episode of Meta Treks, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison discuss Captain Janeway's journey of self-discovery, as she learns to reconcile her faith in science with her openness to new experiences, including the question of whether the relationship between scientific explanations and religious explanations is one of contradiction, complementariness, or coherence.  

Chapters 
Welcome to Episode 57 (00:01:06) 
Initial Thoughts on Sacred Ground (00:01:50) 
The Nechani - Delta Quadrant Bajorans (00:06:00) 
Sciencing the Religion - Bring Your Tricorder (00:08:27) 
Is Science a Type of Faith? (00:10:56) 
Modes of Explanation (00:14:16) 
The Voyager Files - Kathryn Mulder and Dr. Scully (00:18:39) 
Scientific Explanations for Miracles - Spirits of the Gaps (00:22:23) 
Falsifiability and Private Religious Experience (00:35:58) 
Kirekegaard and Religious Conviction - Comparison of Janeway/Kes to Abraham/Isaac (00:38:10) 
Physical Challenge! The Mouth of Truth (00:41:57) 
Analyzing Past Religious Experiences (00:47:21) 
Janeway's Expectations and Waiting on the Spirits (00:50:10) 
One Universe = Unified Explanations (01:00:55) 
Final thoughts (01:02:27)  

Hosts 
Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison  

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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Discovery gains a new cast member but once again gets pushed from its expected release date, SpaceX gets back on track with a successful launch, Amazon's Alexa now answers to "Computer", and NASA pays tribute to the lives lost throughout our history of space exploration. Stories Star Trek: Discovery (00:00:21) DSC Pushed Back EW: http://trekfm.link/2knKAWg TrekMovie: http://trekfm.link/2kvTdk9 Sarek Casting: http://trekfm.link/2jJl6R4 DSC Teaser CBS News: http://trekfm.link/2knBed5 TrekNews: http://trekfm.link/2l1bmng Patrick Stewart Cast in Emoji Movie (00:03:23) Nerdist: http://trekfm.link/2knKXQE SpaceX (00:04:01) Gizmodo: http://trekfm.link/2knK9eu ArsTechnica: http://trekfm.link/2k21KHH Asteroid Naming (00:04:39) CNet: http://trekfm.link/2k1ZtMK NASA: http://trekfm.link/2kyIc0Y Amazon Alexa (00:04:57) LifeHacker: http://trekfm.link/2k1MDOC Star Trek Adventures (00:05:23) Official Site: http://trekfm.link/2kntFTF NASA Day of Remembrance (00:06:02) NASA: http://trekfm.link/2jJqCDm Astronaut Gene Cernan (00:06:33) ABC News: http://trekfm.link/2k7pBZb Recommended Viewing (00:07:30) 360 Video: http://trekfm.link/2jDMwws Quantum is Calling: http://trekfm.link/2l1oGI3 Host Luke Weir Production Luke Weir (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager)

Star Trek IDW Comics: Sarah Gaydos & Mike Johnson.

As fans, we get our Star Trek fix in many different forms: television, film, novels, and comics. And no comic publisher has been quite so prolific as IDW when it comes to publishing Star Trek stories! Waypoint, Ongoing, Boldly Go, New Visions, and Stranger Worlds are just a few of the titles that IDW publishes on a regular basis.

In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson welcome Sarah Gaydos and Mike Johnson from IDW to the show! We ask them about their personal Star Trek stories, the Boldly Go series, Crossovers, Waypoint, new series coming up, and then ask some questions submitted by our listeners on the Babel Conference.

In the news segment we discuss how the delay of Star Trek: Discovery will affect the book and comic release schedule and share our thoughts on the newest issue of the Star Trek/Green Lantern crossover comic.

News
Delayed Discovery Book (00:02:10)
Stranger Worlds #2 (00:06:54)

Feature: Sarah Gaydos & Mike Johnson
Comic Creators (00:12:31)
Coming to Star Trek (00:13:37)
Working Together (00:18:23)
Boldly Go (00:24:10)
Crossovers (00:28:43)
Waypoint (00:32:24)
New Comics Coming Up (00:36:02)
Listener Questions (00:37:50)
Final Thoughts (00:52:31)

Hosts
Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson

Guests
Sarah Gaydos
Mike Johnson

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)

Discovery gains a new cast member but once again gets pushed from its expected release date, SpaceX gets back on track with a successful launch, Amazon's Alexa now answers to "Computer", and NASA pays tribute to the lives lost throughout our history of space exploration.

Stories

Star Trek: Discovery (00:00:21)
DSC Pushed Back
EW: http://trekfm.link/2knKAWg
TrekMovie: http://trekfm.link/2kvTdk9
Sarek Casting: http://trekfm.link/2jJl6R4
DSC Teaser
CBS News: http://trekfm.link/2knBed5
TrekNews: http://trekfm.link/2l1bmng

Patrick Stewart Cast in Emoji Movie (00:03:23)
Nerdist: http://trekfm.link/2knKXQE

SpaceX (00:04:01)
Gizmodo: http://trekfm.link/2knK9eu
ArsTechnica: http://trekfm.link/2k21KHH

Asteroid Naming (00:04:39)
CNet: http://trekfm.link/2k1ZtMK
NASA: http://trekfm.link/2kyIc0Y

Amazon Alexa (00:04:57)
LifeHacker: http://trekfm.link/2k1MDOC

Star Trek Adventures (00:05:23)
Official Site: http://trekfm.link/2kntFTF

NASA Day of Remembrance (00:06:02)
NASA: http://trekfm.link/2jJqCDm

Astronaut Gene Cernan (00:06:33)
ABC News: http://trekfm.link/2k7pBZb

Recommended Viewing (00:07:30)
360 Video: http://trekfm.link/2jDMwws
Quantum is Calling: http://trekfm.link/2l1oGI3

Host
Luke Weir

Production
Luke Weir (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager)

Diamonds are Forever.

As the James Bond creators came together after On Her Majesty's Secret Service, they had a lot to figure out, who would be the next Bond with George Lazenby not returning and just as importantly what was the upcoming adventure for Bond to be?

In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by 00 agents Christy Morris and John Champion to talk about Diamonds are Forever. We discuss Christy's history with Bond, continuing the character, Americanization, does it work, theme and music, Blofeld, henchmen, Bond women, the setting and our ratings.

Chapters
Christy's Bond Story (00:03:39)
Continuing Bond (00:06:24)
Americanization (00:13:26)
Does it Work (00:17:11)
Theme and Music (00:26:00)
Blofeld's Back (00:30:11)
Interesting Henchmen (00:35:29)
Bond Vehicles (00:39:48)
Bond Women (00:41:32)
Tiffany Case (00:46:14)
Plenty O'Toole (00:51:33)
The Setting (00:54:36)
Ratings (01:02:07)

Host
Matthew Rushing

Guests
Christy Morris
John Champion

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)