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Episode 238: Death and The Little Death
It has been suggested that all literature, at the end of the day, is about sex, death, and/or religion. And we've got the lot this week on "Voyager"! First up, the Prime Directive is getting destroyed along with a new species' concepts of mortality and the afterlife in "Emanations". After that, a bunch of creepy hedonists have insanely powerful tech and their own Prime Directive in "Prime Factors!" Also this week: surprising lack of spiders, Chicago gangster fascists, and title cards! [timestamps: "Emanations": 01:22; "Prime Factors": 31:28; analyzing title cards: 01:03:00] [this week's blog…
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