Archer's Line 🎙️ by Rob Archer

Archer's Line 🎙️ by Rob Archer

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Rob Archer
Sep 08, 2021
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Star Trek, explained for non-Trekkies | Vox

Star Trek shows reflected -- and reacted to -- their times.

When "Star Trek" first premiered in the 1960s, the world wondered if it would survive. Nuclear war always seemed more or less imminent. Trek was notable in that it portrayed a future where not only did we survive, we solved some of humanity's biggest problems, and we discovered we were explorers…

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