{"id":4205,"date":"2018-04-22T12:34:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/treksinscifi.com\/podcast_notes\/?p=4205"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:36:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:36:24","slug":"podcast-679-the-conscience-of-the-king-1804-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/treksinscifi.com\/podcast_notes\/?p=4205","title":{"rendered":"Podcast # 679 \u2013 &#8220;The Conscience of the King&#8221; \u2013 1804.22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.treksinscifi.com\/images\/tsf6792.jpg\" width=\"691\" height=\"518\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This week is a classic style podcast.&nbsp; First, I talk some about my excitement for the next &#8220;Avengers&#8221; film coming out later this week.&nbsp; I talk a little about what I&#8217;m watching on TV &#8211; including the cool new, &#8220;Lost in Space&#8221; series on Netflix.&nbsp; Then on move on to this week&#8217;s main topic.<\/p>\n<p>The episode from TOS called, <a href=\"http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/The_Conscience_of_the_King_(episode)\">&#8220;The Conscience of the King&#8221;<\/a> is from season one of the series and I play the episode and offer commentary.&nbsp; I&#8217;m actually reading a related Trek book right now that involves this story.&nbsp; The book is called, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Star-Trek-Discovery-Drastic-Measures\/dp\/1501171747\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1524414845&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=drastic+measures+dayton+ward\">&#8220;Drastic Measures&#8221;<\/a> and that involves some of the Discovery characters too.&nbsp; This TOS episode was not a big favorite of mine while growing up watching Trek reruns but I have come to appreciate it more these days.&nbsp; It has some interesting and unique moments and I do enjoy a good Uhura song scene too.&nbsp; Hope you enjoy my look at this episode for this week.<\/p>\n<p>Next week Mark will be here with a look at the film, &#8220;Red Planet Mars.&#8221;&nbsp; I will be back in two weeks.&nbsp; You can support the podcast via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/treksinscifi\">Patreon HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time, take care and enjoy your week ahead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5536\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4205-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/treksinscifi\/www.treksinscifi.com\/podcasts\/TreksinSciFi_679_Conscience_King.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/treksinscifi\/www.treksinscifi.com\/podcasts\/TreksinSciFi_679_Conscience_King.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/treksinscifi\/www.treksinscifi.com\/podcasts\/TreksinSciFi_679_Conscience_King.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/treksinscifi\/www.treksinscifi.com\/podcasts\/TreksinSciFi_679_Conscience_King.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/treksinscifi.com\/podcast_notes\/?powerpress_pinw=4205-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/treksinscifi\/www.treksinscifi.com\/podcasts\/TreksinSciFi_679_Conscience_King.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TreksinSciFi_679_Conscience_King.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/treksinscifi.com\/podcast_notes\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week is a classic style podcast.&nbsp; First, I talk some about my excitement for the next &#8220;Avengers&#8221; film coming out later this week.&nbsp; I talk a little about what I&#8217;m watching on TV &#8211; including the cool new, &#8220;Lost in Space&#8221; series on Netflix.&nbsp; Then on move on to this week&#8217;s main topic. 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