About this episode

The episode discusses the use of theater as a tool for trauma recovery in Starfleet Academy and its implications within the Star Trek universe.

Starfleet Academy turns trauma recovery into theater—smart therapy tool or off-model Trek? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh Our Town’s role, Tilly’s authority shift, and Sam’s 17-years-in-2-weeks reset. The post The Life of the Stars (SFA) appeared first on StarQuest Media .

People in this episode

Host: Dom Bettinelli

Guests: Jimmy Akin, Fr. Jason Tyler

Topics covered

• trauma recovery
• theater
• Starfleet Academy
• Tilly's authority
• reset
• Star Trek

Keywords

• Starfleet Academy
• trauma recovery
• theater
• Our Town
• Tilly
• Star Trek

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: StarQuest Media

Books & works: Our Town, The Life of the Stars

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