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Synthaholics Episode 147: USS Callister

It’s 2018 and we are back. Discovery returns in less then a week, and before we jump back into that we thought it would be fun to talk about the latest homage/parody of Star Trek with USS Callister the first episode of the latest season of Black Mirror. Aaron and David are big fans for Black Mirror and so we had a great time getting to discuss a Black Mirror episode for the podcast and it’s so much fun that it is an episode with strong ties to Star Trek.

We recommend you logging on to Netflix to check out Episode 1 of Season 4 of Black Mirror to see USS Callister before you listen to this episode because we go full on spoilers for USS Callister. Grab your favorite holiday drink it’s time for your first Synthaholics of 2018!

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Synthaholics Episode 117: Star Trek Holograms Gone Wild

This week Aaron and David delve into the world of Star Trek Holograms Gone Wild this is something we teased way back in the earliest days of the podcast and we are now bringing it to you! For this first holograms gone wild we thought we’d talk about the two Star Trek The Next Generation Episodes that involve Professor James Moriarty “Elementary, Dear Data” and “Ship in a bottle”! These are two fascinating episodes of Star Trek and bring up interesting moral dilemmas such as; are holograms actual life forms, at what point does artificial intelligence become sentient, and are their any safeguards being considered to prevent this from happening? We hope this episode inspires you to watch these two episodes back to back it really is a fantastic way to see“Elementary, Dear Data” and “Ship in a bottle”. What are you having to drink with your weekly shot of Star Trek?