The Bonding (TNG)
When an away mission goes wrong, Spot Conlon is left without parents. But when Worf and an ancient alien compete to step into the empty space, Star Trek inspects the healing and grief process.
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The Bonding (TNG)
When an away mission goes wrong, Spot Conlon is left without parents. But when Worf and an ancient alien compete to step into the empty space, Star Trek inspects the healing and grief process.
Who Watches the Watchers (TNG)
When a hidden observation outpost is revealed to a primitive culture who long ago abandoned their belief in the supernatural, Picard becomes a god figure and the Prime Directive gets violated deeply, OH MYYY. Will Picard choose to play god, sabotage the achievement these people have made, and send them back into the Dark Ages of superstition and ignorance and fear?
The Survivors (TNG)
When the Enterprise responds to a distress call, they find an entire planet destroyed save for one 5 acre plot and a couple of elderly residents with good tea in a nice house. But when things aren't quite adding up, Picard breaks character and does some solo sluething.
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Sarah Ray
Producer / Host
Sarah Ray
Sarah Ray (she/her) is a transgender atheist woman. She came to humanism out of the “angry atheist” phase on seeing a need for secular communities to focus our energy into productive, positive impacts in our world. Sarah is an endorsed Humanist Celebrant and Vice President of The Humanist Society, Support Group Leader with Recovering from Religion, and co-founded the Atheist Community of Polk County (now the Humanist Community of Polk County), She has produced and hosted the “SarahTalk Podcast” since 2015 and “Freethought in Florida” from 2020-2021.
Allie Ashmead
Host
Allie Ashmead
Allie Ashmead (she/her) is a humanist who grew up in rural Virginia. She has been in the IT industry for nearly 30 years and has spent her career doing business analysis, supporting SaaS systems, and building cloud solutions to manage data. She actively supports many humanist organizations, has done volunteer work in her local community, and was co-host on the podcast and YouTube show “Freethought in Florida”. Relocated to Aurora, Colorado in recent years with her two cats, Rax and Mr. Digsby, she’s also a fluid abstract artist. She is a die-hard Star Trek fan, and sci-fi fan in general.
Becca Ray
Starfleet Academy Instructor
Becca Ray
Becca Ray (she/her) joins the show each week to stump Sarah and Allie with a trivia question about the episode.
Becca is also the Program Assistant at the American Humanist Association. Before joining the AHA, Becca was a Director and Co-Founder of The Atheist Community of Polk County, where she and her team developed various community outreach programs. She also served as an Assistant State Director for American Atheists for the state of Florida.
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