Oral Traditions (Or, The One with Picard‘s Flute)

<p>An exploration of oral traditions in Judaism and Star Trek with two very different interviews.</p> <p>Xava De Cordova, Torah scholar and co-host of the queer Talmud podcast <a href='https://www.patreon.com/xaihowareyou'>Xai, How Are You</a>, joins to teach about study of the Jewish oral tradition, and what it means to find and transmit new and changing meanings within an ancient text.</p> <p>"Dr. Trek" Larry Nemecek is the modern keeper of Star Trek's oral history: a writer and archivist dedicated to preserving the stories of the making of Star Trek. Author of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion and many other reference works, Larry's current project, <a href='https://thetrekfiles.libsyn.com/'>The Trek Files</a>, uses never-before-seen primary documents from the personal archives of Gene Roddenberry and first-hand accounts to dive into the history of Star Trek.</p> <p>--</p> <p>HSHW: TNG The Inner Light (5x25)</p>