Primitive Culture is a Trek.fm podcast dedicated to a deep examination of the connections between Star Trek and our own history and culture. In each episode, Duncan Barrett and his guests take you on a fascinating exploration of how our world inspires the franchise we love—and how that franchise inspires us.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 19 hours 12 minutes
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episode 108: I Want to Direct NOW!
Robert Duncan McNeill on Star Trek's Directors' School. The actor who brought to life not only the character of Tom Paris but the stories of eight Star Trek episodes talks about how the time behind the camera shaped his career.
episode 107: Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues across the Delta Quadrant. We look at the influence of Jules Verne’s famous novel on the Star Trek: Voyager episodes “Thirty Days” and “Year of Hell”.
episode 106: Time After Time After Time
How Nicholas Meyer’s other time-travel caper inspired The Voyage Home. We look at Star Trek IV alongside Meyer's previous time-travel caper, Time After Time, to see how his directorial debut influenced Kirk and Spock's San Francisco romp.
episode 105: Room for All Philosophies?
The Scopes Monkey Trial, Inherit the Wind, and DS9’s “In the Hands of the Prophets.” We discuss how the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial—and its popular reimagining in the 1960 film Inherit the Wind—influenced Deep Space Nine’s first season finale.
episode 104: Absolute Horror
Suspiria and “Cold Fire.” We compare and contrast the Voyager episode and character of Kes alongside Dario Argento’s 1977 horror film Suspiria.
episode 103: What’s in a Name, Part VII
Episode titles since 2009. We conclude our look at Trek’s episode titles with installments from the Kelvin films, Short Treks, Discovery, Picard, and Lower Decks.
episode 102: And Then I Woke Up and It Was All a Dream
The original reset button. We look at Star Trek’s forays into Alice in Wonderland-style storytelling, in which a seemingly real scenario is revealed to be anything but.
episode 101: What’s in a Name, Part VI
Episode titles in Voyager and Enterprise. We continue our look at Star Trek episode titles as we wrap up Voyager, Enterprise, and the Next Generation films.
episode 100: Champagne and Confetti
Milestone Episodes of Star Trek. We mark Primitive Culture’s 100th installment with a look at some of Trek’s landmark stories.
Workers of All Worlds Unite
A Marxist analysis of “Bar Association,” with Will Nguyen. We take a look at the DS9 episode “Bar Association” from a Marxist perspective.