Star Trek Endures Because It's Funny
While we are welcoming to fans of all types, the "Bad Fans" that talk about Trek being "too woke" or taking Trek too seriously don't understand why Trek has endured. This year is the 60th anniversary of the franchise, and it has endured because it is inherently funny. It always has been.
Star Trek Properties Referenced:
Star Trek Properties Referenced:
- Star Trek: Those Old Scientists
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Star Trek: Scouts
- Star Trek: Prodigy
- Star Trek: Lower Decks
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
Episode Links:
- "Fry Is His Own Grandfather" - Rubber Duck
- "Many-worlds interpretation" - Wikipedia
- "The Cage" - Memory Alpha
- "The Menagerie" - Memory Alpha
- "Trials and Tribble-ations" - Memory Alpha
- "Balance of Terror" - Memory Alpha
- "The City on the Edge of Forever" - Memory Alpha
- "A Piece of the Action" - Memory Alpha
- "The Ultimate Computer" - Memory Alpha
- "Arena" - Memory Alpha
- "A Taste of Armageddon" - Memory Alpha
- "The Return of the Archons" - Memory Alpha
Guest Links:
- Roberto Baldwin: A Tribute to Prince and Bowie, SAE Automotive Engineering Podcast
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Creators and Guests
Host
Chad Kirchner
🇺🇸 Commanding officer of Temporal Investigations and a freelance automotive journalist. Favorite Trek Series: Deep Space Nine. Favorite Trek Character: Christopher Pike (A. Mount)
Guest
Roberto Baldwin
🇺🇸 Journalist and musician that lives in the Bay Area. Also makes amazing tamales. Favorite Trek Series: Strange New Worlds. Favorite Trek Character: Pelia.