Mon, 26 June 2017
Standard Orbit 178: The Gospel According to Star Trek In this episode of Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore are joined by author and speaker Kevin C. Neece to answer that very question. Through The Gospel According to Star Trek book series and his The Undiscovered Country Project, Kevin poses questions about the spiritual significance of Star Trek as both popular art and cultural phenomenon from a Christian perspective. Chapters Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:23) Kevin C. Neece: Trekkie (00:02:46) Gene Roddenberry...Atheist? (00:08:44) Reconciling Christianity and Humanism (00:13:57) Bread and Circuses, Sun and Son (00:20:22) The Return of the Archetypes (00:27:08) Sympathy for the Devil (00:32:27) The Movie Era, Spock as a Christ Figure (00:42:57) The Kelvin Era, Free Will vs. Determinism (00:54:55) Final Thoughts (01:01:46) Closing (01:13:52) Hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore Production Zach Moore (Editor and Producer) Ken Tripp (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Renee Roberts (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer) Nicolas Anastassiou (Associate Producer) Tim Robertson (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Corey Elrod (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) |
Mon, 19 June 2017
Standard Orbit 177: Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold Revenge Stories. As the old Klingon proverb goes, "Revenge is a dish best served cold." When it comes to Star Trek, it seems revenge is a dish best served again and again. It's a story trope the that franchise frequently revisits for better or for worse; sometimes you get The Wrath of Khan, sometimes you get Turnabout Intruder. In this episode of Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore examine the many instances where revenge drives the narrative of TOS episodes, movies and reboots, which motivations are more relatable than others, and what Star Trek tries to teach us through these extreme examples of obsession and vengeance. Chapters Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:23) Listener Emails (00:01:48) Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Again and Again and Again (00:18:47) The Vengeance of The King (00:20:23) Arena (of Vengeance) (00:24:56) Revenge Court (Martial) (00:27:17) The Moby Dick Machine (00:34:05) Obsessed With Revenge (00:39:19) Let That Be Your Last Revenge (00:42:00) Turnabout Revenge (00:47:05) To The Movies! (00:53:48) The Vengeance Timeline (01:03:03) Closing (01:14:41) Hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore Production Zach Moore (Editor and Producer) Ken Tripp (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Renee Roberts (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer) Nicolas Anastassiou (Associate Producer) Tim Robertson (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Corey Elrod (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) |
Mon, 12 June 2017
Standard Orbit 176: Time Traveling Without a License The Temporal Violations of James T. Kirk. In the fan favorite DS9 episode "Trials and Tribble-ations," the Department of Temporal Investigations laments over James T. Kirk having the largest record of temporal violations on file; seventeen to be exact. We might not have seen all of them on screen, but Kirk did indeed often find himself in time periods that were not his own. In this episode of Standard Orbit, hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore take the time to travel through Kirk and co.'s many escapees across the space time continuum, the mechanisms that brought them backward and forward through time, and the various schools of thought on time travel itself. Chapters Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:22) Time Trek (00:03:40) The Naked Time Travel (00:06:10) We'll Figure Out the Rules Of Time Travel Tomorrow (Is Yesterday) (00:11:38) The Guardian That Doesn't Guard (00:17:23) Assignment: Spinoff (00:23:48) Sarpeidon Nova (00:27:31) Still Not Guarding Forever Very Well (00:34:30) The Time Travel Home (00:37:30) Nexus of Disappointment (00:42:16) Comments from the Babel Conference (00:49:55) Previously on Trek.fm (00:55:16) Thank You for Listening to Standard Orbit (00:57:04) Hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore Production Zach Moore (Editor and Producer) Ken Tripp (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Renee Roberts (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer) Nicolas Anastassiou (Associate Producer) Tim Robertson (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Corey Elrod (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) |
Mon, 5 June 2017
Standard Orbit 175: Continually Breaking Continuity |