Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy Jews - Episode 20 - Captain Janeway's Transporter Trolley Dilemma

Episode 20 - Captain Janeway's Transporter Trolley Dilemma

01/18/23 • 46 min

January 18, 2023
Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy Jews
Episode 20 - Captain Janeway’s Transporter Trolley Dilemma
Ethan takes us back for a rewatch of an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, titled “Tuvix.” A miscalculation with the transporter causes two crew mates to be merged into a new being. Captain Janeway has quite the conundrum in front of her and Judaism has a few pieces of advice for her. Also, we help prepare the rabbis for important decisions they will need to make in regards to replicators.
00:01:58 Season 2, Episode 24 - Tuvix
00:06:55 Pikuach Nefesh - To save a life
00:11:06 The Trolley Problem
00:14:05 Clarifications on Captain Kathryn Janeway
00:16:55 Some heroes kill way too many people
00:19:24 Is Tuvix made in the image of God?
00:27:50 The Captain who made decisions
00:29:48 Struggling through change
00:31:29 Future Jewish Problems
00:35:48 Computer: Run Torah Smash Holodeck Program
00:41:53 What Star Trek should someone start with?
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Episode 19 - Movie Midrash: May Wakanda Forever Be A Blessing ...With Special Guest Myq Kaplan

January 4, 2023
Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy Jews
Episode 19 - Movie Midrash: May Wakanda Forever Be A Blessing
We laugh and cry until it hurts in this look at Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with special guest Myq Kaplan. Join us as we celebrate the lives of both Chadwick Boseman and T’Challa. Also, why did they change the name to Talokan?
00:03:18 A solemn opening
00:06:47 A movie in mourning
00:15:01 Elephants and experiences
00:25:02 Memories as a blessing
00:30:24 Rituals of mourning
00:37:41 Talokan and the spelling of Hanukkah... chanukah... you get it.
00:41:47 “Sin Amore” and changing the truth we know
00:50:10 MCU mutant timeline discussion
00:53:36 Everyone has suffered loss
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Episode 21 - Phase IV: The Genesis Saga

February 1, 2023
Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy Jews
Episode 21 - Phase IV: The Genesis Saga
The first book of the Torah, Genesis, has many of the characters exploring the questions of “How do we know who we are or who we are supposed to be?” Lucky for us, similar themes run through the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four projects! Get ready for a dive on some of your favorite Marvel projects from the last two years!
00:00:50 Starting at the beginning, Genesis
00:04:18 Clarifying MCU Phase IV
00:06:30 Rapid fire of all 17 Marvel projects
00:12:35 Resetting the game board
00:20:29 The Torah Cinematic Universe’s Kang
00:29:56 Favorite Phase 4 Projects
00:35:38 When did you discover who you were supposed to be?
00:44:46 The changing of spaces that shape who we become
00:48:25 Rating MCU Phase 4
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