About this episode

Ryan and Brady discuss the Deep Space 9 episode 'The Abandoned' while exploring various tangents.

In this wide-ranging episode about a very good episode of Deep Space 9, Ryan and Brady go off on several tangents, everything from nostalgia for parenting young kids to the efficacy of sci-fi metaphor to classic VeggieTales music to which Star Trek species would be the nastiest to bone down with. In between, we talk about the Jem'Hadar and an unsung performance from Bumper Robinson.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan, Brady

Topics covered

• Deep Space 9
• sci-fi metaphor
• parenting
• Star Trek
• Jem'Hadar
• Bumper Robinson

Keywords

• nostalgia
• VeggieTales
• Star Trek species

Mentioned in this episode

Products: DS9 S3E6

Books & works: The Abandoned, Deep Space 9, Star Trek

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