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Children of Time.   In the Deep Space Nine episode "Children of Time," Captain Sisko and company discover a planet with a colony of 8,000 descendants of the Defiant crew, the Defiant having been marooned 200 years in the past as a result of the attempt to escape the quantum bubble surrounding the planet. Forced to choose between saving the life of Major Kira and preserving the timeline and lives of their 8,000 descendants (dashing any hope of returning home to their lives and families on Deep Space Nine), Captain Sisko must weigh the lives of 8,000 colonists and descendants, the life of Major Kira, and the individual rights of the Defiant crew members to determine their own destiny.   In this episode of Meta Treks, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison discuss the many philosophical themes and issues in "Children of Time." From phenomenological reflection on genealogy and legacy, to the competing rights at play in this episode's principle ethical dilemma, Zachary and Mike share their perspectives on "Children of Time" and the impact of multi-generational thinking on morality and ethics in the Star Trek universe.   Chapters  Welcome to Episode 53 (00:01:06)  Comparison with Enterprise "E2" (00:02:00)  Synopsis of "Children of Time" (00:05:09)  The Phenomenology of Genealogy (00:08:53)  Legacy and Legend - Multi-Generational Virtues (00:13:25)  Worf's Mek'leth and the Things We Leave Behind (00:21:07)  The Importance of Telling Our Stories (00:29:52)  A Multilayered Ethical Dilemma - The Defiant Problem (00:33:06)  The Episode's End - Resolving the Dilemma (00:38:28)  Comparison with Judith Jarvis Thomson's Violinist Argument (00:41:54)  A Change of Heart and Getting to Know People (00:49:28)  Sacrificing the Duplicate Defiant Crew Members (00:55:34)  Did Alt-Odo Do the Right Thing? (00:59:38)  Temporal Time Lag (01:08:15)  Final Thoughts - Quantum Duplicates and the Reset Button (01:12:23)   Hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison   Production Mike Morrison (Editor and Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Patrick Devlin (Associate Producer) Kay Shaw (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production 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

Children of Time.  

In the Deep Space Nine episode "Children of Time," Captain Sisko and company discover a planet with a colony of 8,000 descendants of the Defiant crew, the Defiant having been marooned 200 years in the past as a result of the attempt to escape the quantum bubble surrounding the planet. Forced to choose between saving the life of Major Kira and preserving the timeline and lives of their 8,000 descendants (dashing any hope of returning home to their lives and families on Deep Space Nine), Captain Sisko must weigh the lives of 8,000 colonists and descendants, the life of Major Kira, and the individual rights of the Defiant crew members to determine their own destiny.  

In this episode of Meta Treks, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison discuss the many philosophical themes and issues in "Children of Time." From phenomenological reflection on genealogy and legacy, to the competing rights at play in this episode's principle ethical dilemma, Zachary and Mike share their perspectives on "Children of Time" and the impact of multi-generational thinking on morality and ethics in the Star Trek universe.  

Chapters 
Welcome to Episode 53 (00:01:06) 
Comparison with Enterprise "E2" (00:02:00) 
Synopsis of "Children of Time" (00:05:09) 
The Phenomenology of Genealogy (00:08:53) 
Legacy and Legend - Multi-Generational Virtues (00:13:25) 
Worf's Mek'leth and the Things We Leave Behind (00:21:07) 
The Importance of Telling Our Stories (00:29:52) 
A Multilayered Ethical Dilemma - The Defiant Problem (00:33:06) 
The Episode's End - Resolving the Dilemma (00:38:28) 
Comparison with Judith Jarvis Thomson's Violinist Argument (00:41:54) 
A Change of Heart and Getting to Know People (00:49:28) 
Sacrificing the Duplicate Defiant Crew Members (00:55:34) 
Did Alt-Odo Do the Right Thing? (00:59:38) 
Temporal Time Lag (01:08:15) 
Final Thoughts - Quantum Duplicates and the Reset Button (01:12:23)  

Hosts 
Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison  

Production 
Mike Morrison (Editor and Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Patrick Devlin (Associate Producer) Kay Shaw (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager)  

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Standard Orbit 154: By Any Other Name

What is in a name? What is in a title? Zach and Ken explore the more interesting episode titles of the original series and "try" to correlate the names to the plots of the episodes. In some cases; they're an easy match. In other cases; there isn't a direct link as to what the episode was about. In a very humbling moment for Ken--confusion on a title and actual episode becomes apparent. No editing here-Ken owns his error and makes for some good fun at his own expense.

Zach and Ken explore all the more interesting titles and ask for your input as to what some of these titles mean to you and how you have been interpreting them. Ken and Zach put out a host of theories and reveal the history of some of these lines from great literature.

Hosts
Ken Tripp and Zach Moore

Features  
Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:09)  
What will Discovery do? (00:03:20)  
That's the wrong episode Ken!! (00:06:47)  
City on the Edge of Forever (00:10:14)  
Friday's Child (00:13:35)  
The Immunity Syndrome (00:15:50)  
Return to Tomorrow (00:17:26)  
Bread and Circuses (00:20:00)  
And the Children shall Lead (00:22:59)  
Is there in Truth no Beauty (00:25:00)  
Whom God's Destroy (00:27:01)  
Mark of Gideon (00:29:21)  
The Cloud Minders (00:30:45)  
The Savage Curtain (00:32:00)   
Requiem for Methuselah (00:34:18)  
The Undiscovered Country (00:37:48)  
Final Thoughts (00:48:19)  
Thank you for listening (00:54:25)  

Production   
C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer), Ken Tripp (Executive Producer), Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer), Zach Moore (Editor), Renee Roberts (Associate Producer), Richard Rutledge (Associate Producer), Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer), Richard Marquez (Production Manager)

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The Mephisto Waltz with John Takis.

*I would like to apologize as there are some audio issues in this episode.

Released in 1971, The Mephisto Waltz was almost a response to the cult hit Rosemary's Baby. In this film,  Alan Alda plays a music journalist named Myles Clarkson, whose career as a piano player came to an end when his debut concert received terrible reviews. Then, Clarkson and his wife find themselves on the path of the Macabre when an aging pianist wants to trade souls with Myles so that he can become immortal.

In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by film score journalist Jon Takis to take a deep dive into Jerry Goldsmith's score to the film The Mephisto Waltz. We compare it to two of his other scores, Planet of the Apes and "The Invaders," an episode of The Twilight Zone. We talk about his techniques used for this score, including over dubbing, playing cues backwards, and the unique sound known as "The Lion's Roar," and determine that this is a strong contender for Goldsmith's creepiest score.

Chapters
In Memorial (00:00:00) 
"Princess Leia's Theme" (from Star Wars composed by J. Williams) (00:00:39) 
Melodic Treks Intro (00:03:04) 
Contest and Happy New Year! (00:04:02) 
"Part of the Bargain" (from The Mephisto Waltz composed by J. Goldsmith) (00:06:23) 
Welcome, John! (00:08:04) 
Let's Jump In (00:19:04) 
The Mephisto Waltz Trailer (00:24:16) 
"Main Title" (from The Mephisto Waltz composed by J. Goldsmith)  (00:27:52) 
"The Mephisto Waltz" (F. Liszt) (00:31:09) 
"Main Title" (from Planet of the Apes composed by J. Goldsmith) (00:36:25) 
"The Invaders" (from The Twilight Zone composed by J. Goldsmith) (00:40:00)
"End Title" (from The Mephisto Waltz composed by J. Goldsmith)  (00:45:09)
"Dogfight" (from The Mephisto Waltz composed by J. Goldsmith)  (00:50:34) 
"A New Miles" (from The Mephisto Waltz composed by J. Goldsmith)  (00:53:20) 
"The Search Continues" (from Planet of the Apes, composed by J. Goldsmith) (00:55:58) 
"The Hospital" (from The Mephisto Waltz composed by J. Goldsmith)  (00:59:58) 
Spoilers! (01:02:53) 
"One Night in Mexico" (from The Mephisto Waltz composed by J. Goldsmith)  (01:05:11) 
Clip from "The Last Day of Scoring The Mephisto Waltz" (01:09:21) 

Host
Brandon-Shea Mutala

Guest
John Takis

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

Former "To The Journey" co-host Tristan Ridell joins Aaron Harvey to compare and contrast Star Trek The Animated Series episode "The Time Trap" to Star Trek Voyager's "The Void".

Both stories have their respective ships getting caught in a starless void with no seeming way out, but even the animated series wasn't the first the crew of the Enterprise faced a similar predicament nor was it for the Voyager crew.

Join Aaron and Tristan as they talk comics, video games, TAS, Voyager and Lt. President Obama!

Chapters  
Intro (00:01:05)  
"Time Trap" and "The Void" synopsis (00:02:20 )  
Air Date, Writer & Voices (00:03:47)  
Psionic (00:08:17)  
Dayton Ward tie-in book (00:10:29)  
GoldKey "Museum at the end of Time" (00:11:07)  
Star Trek Voyager Elite Force (00:14:19)  
The Bonaventure (00:19:12)  
"Time Trap" and "The Void" comparison (00:22:07)  
Simon (00:32:11)  
Lt. Obama (00:32:48)  
Trek Canon (00:34:23)  
Bloopers (00:44:12)  
Closing (00:48:20)  

Hosts  
Aaron Harvey

Guest  
Tristan Ridell

Production  
Aaron Harvey (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Eric Extreme (Associate Producer) Mike Bovia (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager)