598: Should You Enroll In Starfleet Academy?

The Star Trek universe goes teen drama -- and, for once, does it in the/a future instead of the pre-TOS "past." Since it's a Trek property, Andrew returned to talk about Paul Giamatti feasting on his anachronistic lines, whether the show works better as sci-fi or Space High, and where it ranks in Paramount-era Trek shows. We went Around The Dial with Ponies, Andrew's middlebrow-TV catch-up, and Shining Vale before Tara used up her djinn wishes on a What We Do In The Shadows Canon entry. Profilers won, McConaughey lost, and we prayed for guidance in a religious-network Game Time. Escape from your hidden prison planet and join us!
GUESTS
👤 Andrew Cunningham (extrahotgreat.com/guests/andrew-cunningham)
TOPICS
Lead Topic: 🧑🏽‍🏫 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Around The Dial: 🕵🏻‍♀️ Ponies
Around The Dial: 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 The Diplomat
Around The Dial: 💪 Invincible
Around The Dial: 🧠 High Potential
Around The Dial: 👻 Shining Vale
The Canon: ⚰️ What We Do In The Shadows S04.E06: The Wedding
Winner & Loser: 🔎 Ann Burgess
Winner & Loser: 🍺 Matthew McConaughey
Game Time: 🙏 Thou Shalt Guess The Title
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NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site (extrahotgreat.com/ehg-598)
🦋 Andrew Cunningham on Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/andrewwrites.bsky.social)
📚 Andrew's book-discussion podcast, Overdue (overduepodcast.com)
🖖 Alan Sepinwall's review of Starfleet Academy (whatsalanwatching.com/starfleet-academy-tktk)
👔 Tara's Justin Theroux piece for GQ (gq.com/story/in-fallout-justin-theroux-reminds…)
✊ Minneapolis-St. Paul mutual-aid resources (standwithminnesota.com)
🦋 Norm Charlatan on Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/normcharlatan.bsky.social)
💄 Listen To Sassy (listentosassy.com)
📷 Photo: Brooke Palmer / Paramount+