96. It’s a Metaphor for Capitalism!

About this episode

The episode discusses Star Trek episodes that explore themes of memory manipulation and the struggles of characters in oppressive work environments.

Happy Monday, everyone! To celebrate the start of the working week, we’re looking at Star Trek episodes where people mess with the memories of our cast and put them through menial, awful work. O’Brien must continue to suffer in Hard Time, where he’s lived through decades of prison time just for being a bit nosey. Can he deal with the mind-shattering prison sentence, or will he still be traumatised and we’ll never speak of this after the episode’s end? Then our main feature is a two-parter where the crew of Voyager are brainwashed into factory jobs (apart from Paris who couldn’t even manage that). Watch the rivalry between the Emergency Command Hologram and Harry Kim! Janeway has a romance plot and there’s some bad CGI! Timecodes: 03:30 What Non-Star Trek Thing We’ve Been Enjoying 09:02 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Hard Time” 41:43 Star Trek: Voyager “Workforce” Talking points include: Poirot’s facial hair, talking Miles down from reading Ayn Rand, Mark Morrison, No Gods No Mayors, a harsh burn from Miles, DS9 has a counsellor? What is Miles’ middle name anyway? A bee gets loose in Charlie’s room. Buffy. Farscape. Tek War. Isn’t it good that prisons aren’t run for profit in the…

People in this episode

Host: All Nerd & Tie Network Podcasts

Topics covered

• Star Trek episodes
• memory manipulation
• prison experiences
• factory jobs
• character dynamics
• social commentary

Keywords

• Star Trek
• Deep Space Nine
• Voyager
• O’Brien
• Janeway
• factory jobs
• memory manipulation
• prison
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Ayn Rand, Buffy, Farscape, Tek War, Voyager: Across the Universe

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