{"id":4743,"date":"2009-03-07T12:19:43","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T12:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2009\/03\/07\/the-humanism-of-the-star-trek\/"},"modified":"2009-03-07T12:19:43","modified_gmt":"2009-03-07T12:19:43","slug":"the-humanism-of-the-star-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/07\/the-humanism-of-the-star-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"The Humanism of the Star Trek Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/472\/files\/2012\/04\/i-3f2f66a0b2d43a01afdc6acfdd6aa34b-mn_atheists.jpg?w=604\" alt=\"i-3f2f66a0b2d43a01afdc6acfdd6aa34b-mn_atheists.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> The Humanism of the Star Trek Universe.  Scott Lohman and Robert Price on Atheists Talk #0060, Sunday March 8, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Gene Roddenberry convinced the executives at Paramount that a show about exploring space would appeal to a mass audience. They funded a weekly series for three beautiful years, and it turns out he was partially right.  The show was not a ratings giant until it went into syndication and cartoons some five years after it had been canceled.  From there it fostered a &#8220;Big Bang&#8221; of cultural infusion.  Movies, fan fiction, spinoff series and &#8220;cons&#8221; exploded the concepts of Star Trek into our society.<\/p>\n<p>Is it the underlying humanist message which infuses the Star Trek Universe that has led to its huge popularity as a cultural phenomenon?  Robert Price and Scott Lohman will spend some time on our airwaves examining the issues of humanism in the Start Trek Universe, and science fiction&#8217;s role in teaching us about ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inset\" alt=\"image.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/images\/bumper sticker-static cling.JPG\" width=\"345\"\/>&#8220;<strong>Atheists Talk<\/strong>&#8221; airs live on AM 950 KTNF in the Minneapolis\/St. Paul area.<\/p>\n<p>To stream live, go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.am950ktnf.com\/listen\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcasts of past shows are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesotaatheists.org\/\">Minnesota Atheists<\/a> or<br \/>\nthrough iTunes.  For all other podcast systems, such as one you might be running on Linux, use <a href=\"http:\/\/mnatheists.org\/index2.php?option=com_podcast&#038;feed=RSS2.0&#038;no_html=1\">this feed.  <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Humanism of the Star Trek Universe. Scott Lohman and Robert Price on Atheists Talk #0060, Sunday March 8, 2009 Gene Roddenberry convinced the executives at Paramount that a show about exploring space would appeal to a mass audience. They funded a weekly series for three beautiful years, and it turns out he was partially &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/07\/the-humanism-of-the-star-trek\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Humanism of the Star Trek Universe<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1ev","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}