146: A Mess of Thompsons

Published: April 24, 2016, 3 p.m.

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Burden of Knowledge.

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The Original Series is an era of Star Trek that lends itself to\\nbeing depicted in the pages of a comic book: bright colors and\\noutlandish plots all make for entertaining comic stories! However,\\nwhat makes these stories quintessential Star Trek is the fact that\\non top of being entertaining, they give us the opportunity to think\\nabout issues in a way that other forms of entertainment don\\u2019t.

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In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan\\nGunther are joined by Bruce Gibson to talk about the Star Trek\\ncomics Burden of Knowledge. We discuss the artwork, Uncertain\\nPerceptions, A Failure to Communicate, A Matter of Perspective, The\\nBurden of Knowledge and our ratings.

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In the news segment we talk about the last issue of Starfleet\\nAcademy and the first issue of Manifest Destiny.

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News
\\nStarfleet Acadamy #5 (00:02:18)
\\nManifest Destiny #1 (00:07:35)

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Feature: Burden of Knowledge
\\nTOS Comics (00:12:02)
\\nThe Artwork (00:14:05)
\\nUncertain Perceptions (00:17:08)
\\nA Failure to Communicate (00:29:16)
\\nA Matter of Perspective (00:38:16)
\\nThe Burden of Knowledge (00:44:33)
\\nRatings (00:54:29)
\\nFinal Thoughts (01:00:19)

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Hosts
\\nMatthew Rushing and Dan Gunther

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Guest
\\nBruce Gibson

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Production
\\nMatthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) Norman C. Lao (Executive\\nProducer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt\\n(Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard\\nMarquez (Production Manager) Will Nguyen (Content Manager) Ken\\nTripp (Associate Producer) Will Nguyen (Associate Producer)\\nBrandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate\\nProducer)

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