Captain's Log, Stardate 202509.07. We have entered a neutral zone of pure debate, where thoughts are the final frontier. Our mission: to explore strange new questions, to seek out new opinions and bold perspectives, to boldly argue where no one has argued before.

Trivial Debates – Star Trek: The Next Generation (Episode 97)

This Month’s Questions:

0:03:58 Movies: If you could make a stand alone movie with one character from Star Trek: The Next Generation, who would be the focus and what would the plot be?

0:15:47 TV: If you can take one episode from another Star Trek TV series and convert/redo it with the TNG cast, what would it be and how would you adapt it?

0:25:21 Music: If you can switch Riker's trombone for any other instrument, what would it be and why would Riker choose it?

0:33:30 Sports: Invent and pitch a new sport using only equipment found on the Enterprise D.

0:48:27 History: If you could write a two part episode like "Time's Arrow" in any period in time that hasn't been done in the franchise previously, what time/event would your story centre around and describe the basic plot.

0:53:18 Wildcard: Pick two characters and have the actors switch roles. Explain your change and why it would be better.

1:02:49 Tiebreaker

1:12:54 Speed Round

1:35:24 Outro

This Month’s Contestants:

Dave Mader – Captain of the Live Long & Podcast, his insight navigates the nebula of Star Trek lore with precision.

Heather Narduzzi – Chief Operations Officer of the Live Long & Podcast and guitarist for The Galpines, she provides a unique harmonic frequency to this Subspace Rhapsody

Seán Ferrick – Head of the Trek Culture department and author of the stellar novels Down to the Bridge and Shadows In The Stars. available for sale through Amazon, via Kindle or Hard Copy

Episode Host:

Jody Simpson – Our Nagilum for the day, prepared to test our crew to their limits.

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Episode Date: Sept 7, 2025, at 3:00 PM (EST)

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