Season 1, Episode 01: Dream Jobs and Other Bullshit

In this episode, we discuss topics ranging from capitalism & Star Trek, to cats & bunnies, to healthcare & stigma.

This episode is not sponsored. We are not medical providers, and nothing we say should be construed as medical advice.

Hosted By:

FaeBun (she/her)
Jen (she/her) - https://twitter.com/Jenathi
Justin (xe/xem) - https://www.justingrays.org/

Content Warning - Mentions Of:

COVID-19
Armed Security
Broken Elevators
Workplace Injuries
Weight Stigma in the Medical Community
Reproductive Organs
Medical Conditions
Death
Joss Whedon
Seth MacFarlane
Executives Abusing Power
Game of Thrones
13 Reasons Why

#notsponsored

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The shared image about labor that Justin referred to:

The URL to the original tweet: https://twitter.com/PlAClD_/status/1277960418187755520

Memory Alpha article on Money in Star Trek: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Money
Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek by Manu Saadia: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27040338-trekonomics
The Economics of Star Trek: The Proto-Post-Scarcity Economy by Rick Webb: http://www.rickwebb.net/the-economics-of-star-trek-fifth-anniversary-edition
Steve Shives has a wonderful YouTube video that talks about this - “How Do the Economics of Star Trek Actually Work?”: https://youtu.be/7_474dBpn6c
EC Henry has a great YouTube video that speculates on the value of Gold Pressed Latinum in US Dollars: https://youtu.be/7SSnwRshpDc
The TNG episode that Justin couldn’t think of was “The Measure of a Man” (TNG 2x09)
When Justin was trying to remember the TOS episode with the spores and thought it was “The Paradise Syndrome” (TOS 3x03), it was actually “This Side of Paradise” (TOS 1x25). Similar titles, wildly different episode premises.

CGP Grey on the “Weekend Wednesday”: https://youtu.be/ALaTm6VzTBw
One of the articles Justin read on work-tracking software: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/2/21195584/coronavirus-remote-work-from-home-employee-monitoring

“Did Redshirts REALLY Die More Often on TOS??” on StarTrek.com: https://www.startrek.com/article/did-redshirts-really-die-more-often-on-tos
TL;DR version: NO.
John Scalzi's book Redshirts: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13055592-redshirts
Image of Stormtrooper vs Redshirt (original creator unknown): https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/652553

EC Henry’s video on Stormtrooper accuracy: https://youtu.be/P2TA9coGLzM

“Systems, Not Sith: How Inter-service Rivalries Doomed the Galactic Empire” by Ben Adams is what Justin is referencing when saying “one of the reasons that the Empire did not do well”: https://www.overthinkingit.com/2012/09/17/star-wars-empire-inter-service-rivalries/

Wookieepedia article on the Chiss Ascendancy: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chiss_Ascendancy

The species that Jen’s characters were were Iktotchi and Kyuzo.

• Iktotchi: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Iktotchi/Legends

• Kyuzo: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kyuzo

Leonidas:

D.O. means Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, while M.D. means Doctor of Medicine. Here’s some information on the difference on these two types of medical doctors:

• Mayo Clinic

• WebMD

• St. George's University

• Healthline

The show that Justin called “Strange and Unusual Deaths” was actually titled Curious and Unusual Deaths: https://press.discovery.com/us/dfh/programs/CURIOUSANDUNUSUALDEATHS/
The episode that Justin is referring to is “Death Under Pressure” (S2E13): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2363711/

#notmedicaladvice
#notaphysician

The Political Compass Test that FaeBun was referring to: https://www.politicalcompass.org/
FaeBun was Economic Left/Right: -9.63, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.13
Justin was Economic Left/Right: -8.25, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.15
Jen was Economic Left/Right: -6.88, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85

Where do you score? Please feel free to leave a comment.

The character from The Orville whom we are talking about is Lieutenant Alara Kitan: https://orville.fandom.com/wiki/Alara_Kitan
More on why Justin doesn’t like Seth MacFarlane: https://www.justingrays.org/my-blog/2017/9/16/review-of-the-orville-spoiler-warning
Justin’s takes on The Orville: https://www.justingrays.org/my-blog/tag/The+Orville

Justin’s words on polyamory: https://www.justingrays.org/my-blog/tag/Polyamory

PBS Digital Studios: https://www.pbs.org/digital-studios/
Crash Course: https://thecrashcourse.com/

Tupac Malik Shakur resides in Kentucky: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/495048-kentucky-governor-apologizes-after-accusing-resident-named-tupac-shakur

The TryPod episode where Eugene Lee Yang is back from Korea: https://youtu.be/U2BvmmLBnVs

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