25. Your Laws Are Stupid

Did you know that some planets in Star Trek might not have the best laws? Especially utopian ones which are suspiciously wary of joining the Federation. Today we’ve got a trio of planets that are up to no good, from an algorithmic war, a fuck planet with some deadly attitudes about lawns and a sky city which will fail if you don’t plug a child into it for… some reason. Timecodes:<br /> 09:54 TOS – A Taste of Armageddon<br /> 36:00 TNG – Justice<br /> 59:10 SNW – Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach We’ve got some fun attempts at bad line delivery, discussion of Ursula LeGuin and a new bottom shooter for our list one episode after our first real contender for a new best of all Trek. Incredible! Talking points include: Those Who Walk Away from Omelas (a lot), Zardos, Hello from the Magic Tavern, Arkham Horror: The Living Card Game, Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker, Glam Thunderbirds, keeping your pwning hygienic, James Doohan: War Hero, Ben Reilly, Wil Wheaton’s oeuvre, Phonogram, Librarians, Man of Steel, Dr Who, X-Men’s Krakoan Era, South Park Centrism, The Quiet Year… oh, and occasionally Star Trek. https://shsdavisapes.pbworks.com/f/Omelas.pdf [ Additional Show Notes ] Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog. [ Support this show on Ko-fi ] Subscribe to this Podcast: Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyAndroidRSS