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Here's a link to the official Troubadours on Trek Spotify Playlist, where you can hear all the featured songs from every episode in one playlist (songs will be added as episodes air on Patreon):
- Calloway's song pairing for this episode: "Satan and Saint Paul," by John Fullbright.
- Grace's song pairing for this episode: "Evil Twin," by Buddy Guy.
- Calloway's featured song is a Ruby Dice tune: "Don't Call Me Baby."
Corrections/Further Insights:
- For more on the “Toledo War” see wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War
- Who did the unicorn dog belong to?? I was not able to answer this question. If you are able to find our more about its breed, owner, and name, please let us know! The technical name for the "creature" is the Alfa 177 canine.
- More background on Spock's "last name":
- In "This Side of Paradise" (TOS 01:24), Spock establishes that has a named that's unpronounceable to humans (thanks, Jerry Gilio for that info).
- Vulcan culture is seemingly both patrilineal and matriarchal, which is interesting. On the one hand, Vulcans name themselves using their paternal lineage (“Spock, Son of Sarek.”) On the other hand, many (most) of their leaders seem to be female (examples include T’Pau in the Original Series, T'Lar in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, T’Pan in Next Generation, Oh in Picard and T'Rina in Discovery). But Vulcan society is not a feminist paradise. In “Amok Time” (TOS 02:01), we see that Vulcan females can be betrothed in childhood and only released from that betrothal by combat between their betrothed and a second male of their choosing. Whoever wins in combat earns the right to marry the female. She becomes the “property of the victor.”
- The episode I mention that features lots of Riker’s chest hair and women running things is “Angel One” (TNG 01:13).
- I could not find a definitive answer to the question of which Star Trek series includes the most incidents of shirtless-ness. I'm sticking to my original guess that the Original Series probably wins this trophy, thanks to Captain Kirk.
