Meta Treks is a Trek.fm podcast dedicated to a deep examination of the philosophical ideas found in Star Trek. In each episode, Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison take you on a fascinating journey into the inner workings of Star Trek storytelling, deeper into subspace than you've ever traveled before.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 9 minutes
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29: Punishment Protocol 9-Alpha
Crime and Punishment. From engramatic purges to virtual prison sentences, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison discuss the many forms of punishment seen throughout the Star Trek universe and different ethical theories about punishment.
28: Transporter Toenail Clippers
Enterprise Season Four - Essential Trek Philosophy. Meta Treks hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling are joined by fellow Trek.fm hosts Jeffrey Harlan and Norman Lao to discuss "Essential Trek Philosophy" from Enterprise season four.
27: Ample Conference Table
The Industrial Design Philosophy of Star Trek. From its technological and social progressivism to its roots in 1960s counterculture, Zachary and Mike explore the implicit values and assumptions behind the industrial design philosophy of Star Trek.
26: A Good Day for Euthanasia
Euthanasia in Star Trek. From physician-assisted suicide to the ritual suicide practices of various alien races, Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling debate the ethics of euthanasia in Star Trek.
25: Feed Me Gagh
In this episode of Meta Treks, hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison discuss Risa, hedonism, and the clash of Federation values seen in the Deep Space Nine episode "Let He Who Is Without Sin."
24: Making R'uustai
The Bonding. Mike and Zachary explore the philosophical themes of death and loss in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Bonding."
23: Spocknoza
Vulcan Philosophy and Spinoza. Zachary and Mike examine the philosophical roots of Vulcan philosophy in the work of the Western rationalist philosopher Baruch Spinoza.
22: Down in Cetacean Ops
Star Trek IV and Environmental Ethics. From whale consciousness and intelligence, to whales' ability to feel pain, to whale pods and the ethics of care, Mike and Zachary have a whale of a time discussing environmental ethics down in Cetacean Ops.
21: Uncle Manu's Cool Arm Cannon
Manu Intiraymi. In this episode of Meta Treks, we're joined by Manu Intiraymi to discuss his role as Icheb on Star Trek: Voyager, his appearance in Star Trek: Renegades, and his latest film project, The Circuit.
20: Bay of Targs
Preemptive War and Star Trek Into Darkness. Hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling examine the ethical issue of preemptive war in Star Trek Into Darkness.