An Empires Lullaby
Detective Maza from Gargoyles guest stars on Deep Space 9 and Sisko is smitten. Briar tries not to go on tangents about dopamine and epigenetics. Matt talks about the cultural origin of terraforming. Visit Mixolydian Gray on SoundCloud:
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CW: policing, the fascist Cardassian occupation of Bajor
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In this episode, Grand Nagus Zek returns and sends Quark and a waiter at Quark's bar on a quest filled with capitalism, love, and surprise twists!
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CW: disability, accommodations, ableist frameworks
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CW: Surgery, invasive medical procedures
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Starfleet tries to hold the fort on DS9 while Kira and Dax smuggle key evidence to the Bajoran prov. government.
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CW for The Circle: Torture
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CW: concentration camps, forced labor, genocide
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It's our Season 1 retrospective and Q&A episode! Matt and Briar answer a handful of questions submitted by people. Matt reveals a secret project to be completed, and hoarse Briar is slightly hoarse, of course.
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In the finale of DS9 Season 1, a Bajoran spiritual leader with lofty political aspirations arrives to shake things up on the station. Matt and Briar compare the issues Vedek Winn brings up to real-world conflicts between faith and secularism to point out what works, and what could have used a little extra time in the writing room.
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And Matt and Briar kinda just aren't feeling it.
Also:
Is the twinned Miradorn phenomenon cultural or telepathic? Why are Faberge eggs so highly valued in space? Is there an ethical dilemma in using a single-cell colony of mimetic organisms as a key?
We can't answer these questions canonically, but we're starting to gather up questions for our Season 1 retrospective and Q&A episode! Send questions and comments to: [email protected]