Wired.com presents the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello and welcome to episode 285 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show will be discussing the new TV series Star Trek Discovery.

And this will include spoilers for the first nine episodes of the show, so just be aware

of that. And I'm joined by three guests.

So first up we've got our producer John Joseph Adams. He's the editor of Light Speed and

Nightmare magazines and he also oversees John Joseph Adams books and imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

He's the series editor of the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, and he's also edited many other books,

including anthologies of Outer Space Adventure like Cosmic Powers and federations.

So John, welcome back.

Always good to be here.

The next up we've got Sarah Lynn Missioner,

who you may remember from our panel on Blade Runner 2049 back in episode

277, our panel on The Handmaid's Tale back in episode 263, and to our panel on

Star Trek Beyonds back in episode 214. She writes about feminism, culture, and politics for medium, and crafts laser cut jewelry and soap with swear words inside.

She lives in Northern California with a Renaissance engineer, a dog and a bird, and considers Star Trek her third and best parent.

So Sarah, welcome to the show.

I'll be here.

And also joining us today is Anthony Ha, who you may remember from our panel on Valerian back in

episode 266, our panel on Incorporated back in episode 247 our panel on Black Mirror

season 3 back in episode 2 27 and our panel on Star Trek Beyond back in

episode 214 he covers media advertising in pop culture for the news site

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