**Note: This review contains minor spoilers for Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard.** From the Publisher: The Alpha Quadrant is mired in crisis. Within the United Federation of Planets, a terrorist strike on the shipyards of Mars has led to…
Journalists serve an important role in society, empowering people to make informed decisions about their lives through knowledge. Unlike many occupations, journalism acts more as a public service or utility, defined by its purpose and principles, rather than it’s…
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS STAR TREK: PICARD SPOILERS Debuting in late January, season one of Star Trek: Picard wasted no time hitting us right in the feels. Whether it was agonizing over long-ago regrets and past traumas, mourning the…
If Star Trek shows us a better future, it seems only natural to imagine it would be one in which the destructive nature of addiction is completely eliminated. In our modern world addiction is still so stigmatised and misunderstood, and…
That handhold. Anyone who follows me on Tumblr is treated to weekly doses of it: over and over, the same gifs of the same clip, Seven of Nine and Raffi Musiker leaning close and clasping hands. I reblog them because…
Our crew dives into Una McCormack’s Star Trek Picard tie-in novel, “The Last Best Hope,” discussing the additional character and story background it provides and parallels to today’s geopolitical and social issues. Download Now (right-click and save) Hosts: Andi,…
In this super-sized episode, Jamala joins Jarrah and Sue to look back at the first season of Star Trek: Picard. We discuss overall impressions; new and returning characters; themes of xenophobia, mental health, queer representation, government corruption, sexuality; and SO…
Previously on Star Trek Picard: Jean-Luc Picard’s (Patrick Stewart) brain abnormality has become terminal. But he’s on one last mission to find and save androids he believes to be Data’s children. Turns out that Romulans are looking for them, too…