Rob was very excited to record today's podcast. He had something he wanted to share.

Rob really enjoyed the latest episode of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' - calling it the best, single episode of Star Trek since 2005. That being said and Rob being who he is, he did have one bone to pick with the show ...

The story behind the episode appeared to be a direct copy of a short story by legendary sci-fi author, Ursula K. LeGuin. That story ("The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas")
is comparable to Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" (not the juggling troupe) - but the similarities between the SNW episode and LeGuin's story (from the late 70s) are far more than just "comparable."

The similarities between the SNW episode and LeGuin's story are so close, that it's shocking that LeGuin isn't, at the very least, acknowledged at all in the credits of the episode. Some articles cite SNW's reputation for "deep-cut pop culture references" but Rob and I both feel these cuts are less like a referential nod and more like cribbing plot points and other details in order to take less time to write an episode treatment.

As always, I'll be writing more about all this on the ROADTRIPPIN' blog later today (and will probably post it this evening). You can check it out on our website: https://postgeeksingularity.com/roadtrippin-with-rmb/

And remember, you can always send us a letter. Just click on the "Contact Us" button in the main navigation of our website at postgeeksingularity.com and you'll be able to send us a message to let us know how we're doing and what's on your mind.

We look forward to hearing from you.

I invite you to listen in on my weekday conversations with my friend and business partner, Robert Meyer Burnett, as we talk about the things we love: great movies, inspiring television programming, nostalgic genre entertainment, and pop culture.

This episode was recorded on June 9, 2022.

(**NOTE: Due to some audio difficulties while we were recording, Rob and I re-cut the second half of the podcast when he returned home after work and he was able to jump on a Zoom call with me from the Robservatory. You can hear a tremendous difference in the audio quality as a result. We'll continue to work on improving the audio quality of these podcasts - although I doubt we'll get things to work quite so well from Rob's car while he's driving as they do when he's behind the mic in the Robservatory.)