#52 – ‘Scavengers’ Discovery S3E06

Burnham and Georgiou pal around on a junkyard planet while Stamets and Adira bond over dead boyfriends. Join your ‘Running Man’ enthusiast hosts as they discuss the cornucopia of narrative devices available to sci-fi writers, how the desire for normalcy can lead to poor command decisions, and the many benefits of a meowing, holography-enabled cat tracker.

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Next week: Burnham encounters some Vulcans and Romuloids in ‘Unification III’ – the seventh episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s third season!

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#51 – ‘Die Trying’ Discovery S3E05

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Commander Burnham goes searching for seeds while Emperor Georgiou makes a new friend. Join your horticulturally-inclined hosts as they discuss the warm comforts of classic Trek-style storytelling, debate the chain of command, and consider the architectural drawbacks of programmable matter.

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Next week: Book is back, and so are those ‘Running Man’-style exploding-head fences!

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#50 – ‘Forget Me Not’ Discovery S3E04

Commander Burnham helps Adira reconnect with their past, while Culber and Saru cheer up the crew! Join your tentacle-adoring hosts as they discuss the relationship between mental health, human connections, and acceptance of identity and the value of sci-fi for unpacking these sorts of complex ideas. Also, in celebration of our 50th episode, we call out a racist Star Trek fan!

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Next week: The crew of the Discovery learn that knowing is just half the battle…

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#49 – ‘People of Earth’ Discovery S3E03

Commander Burnham reunites with the crew while Tilly and Stamets tangle with an aggressively intelligent future-teen. Join your tightly-uniformed hosts as they discuss the importance of representation of otherwise marginalized people in popular media, the clever twist of having Earth be the “planet of the week,” and the return of whimsical music to the live-action Trek fold.

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Next week: Discovery departs Earth to help Adira unlock some old memories in ‘Forget Me Not’ – the fourth episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s third season!

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#48 – ‘Far From Home’ Discovery S3E02

Saru and Tilly visit a local saloon while Jet Reno life-coaches an injured Stamets. Join your neuroblocker-addicted hosts as they examine the emerging philosophical themes for this season of Discovery, discuss how various characters have grown over the course of the series, and debate the purpose of the weirdly-slow-to-kill weapons favored by bandits in the future.

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Next week: The crew of the Discovery, now reunited with Michael Burnham, head back to Sector 001 in search for the ‘People of Earth’ – the third episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s third season, heading to the third rock from the sun.

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#47 – ‘That Hope Is You, Part 1’ Discovery S3E01

Burnham meets a new friend and obtains some chemically-induced revelations. Join your cat-friendly hosts as they ruminate on the state of the Federation in 3188, how myths shape society, and the peculiar fat-shaming of a perfectly normal feline.

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Next week: We catch up with the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery and see how they are handling their new temporal digs.

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