Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (feat. Sam Adler-Bell)

Is a Star Trek movie a political and military thriller? We think so! Which is why, for this thirteenth episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John (and their guest, Sam Adler-Bell of the “Know Your Enemy (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-your-enemy/…)” podcast) discussed Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. They talked about the nature of Star Trek’s utopianism, questioned whether the Federation is actually a good thing, and gave a close reading of the film’s Cold War allegory.
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Links from the episode!
New York Times front-page for December 6, 1991 (timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1991/12/…)
IMDB page for Nicholas Meyer (imdb.com/name/nm0583292/bio)
The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years (amazon.com/Fifty-Year-Mission-Complete-Uncenso…)