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Review: Strange New Worlds "Terrarium"
“Terrarium” places its characters inside an unfamiliar and dangerous environment where survival depends on questioning appearances and learning what they have misunderstood.
Jodi Pickens
Fueled by coffee, powered by sci-fi, and on a mission to do more good in this beautifully chaotic world. Podcaster, storyteller, and unapologetic nerd, boldly going wherever kindness and curiosity lead.
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The Plague of Gun Violence in America
Gun violence has become devastatingly familiar in America. Behind every headline are lives, families, and a crisis we cannot continue treating as inevitable.
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Review: Star Trek Strange New Worlds: “Four-And-A-Half Vulcans”
“Four-and-a-Half Vulcans” uses identity, transformation, and comedy to explore what happens when becoming someone else complicates your understanding of yourself.
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The Heart of What Is Starfleet? A Reminder That duty and Honor Live in Those Who Choose Them.
Starfleet is more than uniforms, ships, or institutions. Its ideals live in the people who choose duty, honor, compassion, and service when those choices become difficult.
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Ten Years Forward, Ten Steps Back
Ten years after marriage equality became the law, progress no longer feels guaranteed. Celebration and vigilance must share the same space.
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Review – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3E6: “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail”
“The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail” combines Strange New Worlds adventure with questions about instinct, fear, identity, and the patterns that keep consuming us.
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Review – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds “Through the Lens of Time”
“Through the Lens of Time” examines how memory, perspective, and the stories we preserve can change what we believe happened.
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Review: “A Space Adventure Hour” — A Love Letter to the Beginning of Trek, in All Its Camp and Courage
“A Space Adventure Hour” celebrates the theatrical camp, imaginative courage, and earnest sense of possibility that have been part of Star Trek from the beginning.
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Review – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3E3 “Shuttle to Kenfori”
“Shuttle to Kenfori” turns a dangerous mission into a character-driven story about responsibility, trust, and what people reveal when the plan falls apart.
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Review: Strange New Worlds S3E2 — “Wedding Bell Blues”
“Wedding Bell Blues” mixes romance, chaos, and Star Trek strangeness while asking what love looks like when expectations and reality stop cooperating.
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"Hegemony, Part 2” Launches Strange New Worlds Season 3 with Grit, Heart, and High Stakes
“Hegemony, Part II” opens Strange New Worlds Season 3 with danger, difficult choices, and an emotional reminder that the highest stakes are always personal.