016 - Halfway

Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast.

I am joined again by my wife Abbie and our friend Nate as we discuss:

• The next 3 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series – Journey to Babel, Friday’s Child, and The Deadly Years
• Starting with the last episode
• Aging the characters, compared to reality
• Are we aging differently now? Or is it a social construct?
• A good leader surrounds himself with good people
• Don’t embarrass the boss
• Budgetary constraints and command
• Trying to do the right thing, but not knowing how to do it
• Stockton or Stocker?
• The Beginning of Infinity
• How does the Neutral Zone work?
• The return of Corbomite
• Watching on a phone instead of a TV making the series more palatable?
• A better episode if made today?
• Earliest-born Star Trek actor – born in 1882!!
• A murder mystery on the Enterprise
• Sarek – a character with depth that I don’t realize
• Additional episode context and how these episodes are received
• Orions? Or Gorn?
• Lack of recurring characters
• Genetic espionage
• Strange episode titles
• A strong start and a slow, weak finish
• We’ve seen this episode before
• Good music
• The Godmother of Star Trek
• Who punched first?
• Reactions to Chekov’s Russia claims
• Computing in the 1960s, Teletype, and how technologically forward-looking we can be
• Technological inspiration from Star Trek
• Chick Fil-a vs Raisin’ Canes
• Thumbnails for next week’s episodes
• Thinkgeek.com