Ep 81 | Is 'The Orville' More 'Star Trek' than 'Star Trek'? | Guest: Dan Maffei
The Political Orphanage
Andrew Heaton
4.9 • 1000 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
"Alienating the Audience" returns for a deep dive on science fiction, this time with former congressman and current commissioner of the the Federal Maritime Commission Dan Maffei. Heaton and the commissioner discuss "Majority Rule," from Season 1 of "The Orville," regarding absolute democracy, freedom of speech, and social media mobs. Plus how "The Orville" stacks up to Star Trek and hopes for the forthcoming series "Picard."
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Something's Off with Andrew Heaton. I'm your host Andrew Heaton. I am 85% |
| 0:17.0 | Andrew Heaton. And today we're going to bring back alienating the audience. I have |
| 0:21.0 | former representative Dan Maffey on. We're going to talk about Star Trek and the Orville. the Something's Off with Andrew Heaton is brought to you by Up Machines Unlimited, proud manufacturers of |
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