Today we are discussing season 2, episode 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Where Silence Has Lease.” 

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Today we are discussing season 2, episode 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “The Child.” 

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Today we are discussing season 1, episode 26 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “The Neutral Zone.” 

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Today we are discussing season 1, episode 25 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Conspiracy.” 

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Today we are discussing season 1, episode 24 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “We'll Always Have Paris.” 

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Today we are discussing season 1, episode 23 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Skin of Evil.” 

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Today we are discussing season 1, episode 22 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Symbiosis.” 

The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about lentils, weird bumper stickers, and our “what nice things have you done lately?” segment.

The Lower Decks episode we talked about is called "Trusted Sources."

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Today we are discussing season 1, episode 21 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Arsenal of Freedom.” 

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Can Humanity have a better future, as a treat? Today we are talking with Hannah McGregor about the special place Star Trek occupies in the sci-fi genre, and what we can learn from it. Also featuring conversation about Doctor Who, Octavia Butler, and a host of book recommendations! 

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Here are Hannah’s hopepunk book recommendations:

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 

Love After the End edited by Joshua Whitehead 

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Today we are discussing season 1, episode 20 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Coming of Age.”

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