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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S1: Caught Off Guard
Star Trek and Terrorism. In the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing, we look at terrorism as reflected in the Star Trek universe.
2: Levar Burton’s Stand-In
The Manchurian Candidate and The Mind’s Eye. We compare TNG’s story of Romulan subterfuge with John Frankenheimer’s 1962 tale of mind control and political murder.
1: Destroyers of Worlds
In the first episode of Trek.fm’s new podcast Primitive Culture, Tony Black and Duncan Barrett look at Star Trek’s debt to the father of the atom bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer.