Episode 52: The Prime Directive Sarah Gould joins Oren and Mike in discussing The Prime Directive, the most sacred law of Starfleet. July 19, 2015August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi and Mike Hernandez
Episode 51: Good and Bad Beginnings Chris, Mike, and Oren discuss what a good beginning should accomplish. July 5, 2015August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Mike Hernandez, and Oren Ashkenazi
Implications of Replicator Technology How Star Trek's futuristic duplication device would alter our world. July 4, 2015July 26, 2021 by Mike Hernandez in Worldbuilding
Five More Star Trek Technologies Taken to Their Logical Conclusion The writers might not have thought these devices out, so we did it for them. June 28, 2015July 31, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Five Failed Character Arcs These protagonists plummeted well before they should've peaked. June 26, 2015October 23, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Social Justice, Storytelling
Episode 49: Depictions of Nature Chris, Oren, and Mike discuss the way wildlife is portrayed in speculative fiction. June 7, 2015August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Oren Ashkenazi, and Mike Hernandez
Episode 46: Best and Worst Roleplaying Systems April 26, 2015August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Johnathan Preshaw
Four Popular Shows That Strived for Gender Equality These series almost hit the mark on avoiding sexism—but still fell a little short. April 3, 2015June 20, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Social Justice
Six Characters Who Should Have Died The Reaper should've been more aggressive in pursuing these characters. March 8, 2015August 1, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 42: Using Non-Humans in Stories Chris, Mike, and Oren discuss the upsides and downsides of including non-humans in stories. March 1, 2015August 26, 2021 by Mike Hernandez, Oren Ashkenazi, and Chris Winkle
Episode 39: Scientific Accuracy in Stories January 18, 2015August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Mike Hernandez, Chris Winkle, and Brandon Kier
Five Secondary Characters Who Deserve Their Own Stories These NPCs got stuck at second fiddle when they should've been concert master. January 10, 2015June 20, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 38: Gendered AI Grace joins Oren, Mike, and Chris in discussing how artificial personalities are gendered. January 4, 2015June 20, 2022 by Grace Moore, Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Mike Hernandez
Episode 37: Best and Worst Endings Chris, Mike, and Oren praise their favorite and least favorite endings. December 21, 2014June 20, 2022 by Chris Winkle, Mike Hernandez, and Oren Ashkenazi
Five Characters With Too Much Candy These protagonists needed to lay off the junk once in a while. December 20, 2014August 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 35: Theming Worlds Chris, Mike, and Oren discuss how themes are a common part of worldbuilding. November 23, 2014August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Mike Hernandez, and Oren Ashkenazi
The Three Traits of Annoying Characters Why some characters get on our nerves—and what you can do to avoid it. November 14, 2014August 4, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Storytelling
Episode 33: Growing a Beard and Jumping the Shark Oren, Chris, and Mike discuss TV shows that get noticeably better or worse during their run. October 26, 2014August 26, 2021 by Mike Hernandez, Chris Winkle, and Oren Ashkenazi
The Best Quotes From GeekGirlCon 2014 The highlights from this social justice-centric storytelling convention. October 17, 2014June 20, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Commentary
Five Rules for Retelling Old Stories How to make your remake stand on its own and stay true to its source. August 24, 2014August 7, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Social Justice, Storytelling
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