Star Trek: Voyager, Season 5, Episode 20 - "Think Tank"

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🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Think Tank," Voyager encounters the most insufferable type of interstellar consulting firm. Sure, they'll help you out of a bind, but the price for their service is far above industry standard. Special guest host John Billingsley sizes up the Thank Tank on Mission Log.

Hosted by John Champion & John Billingsley

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0:00.0	You're listening to a Rotenberry Podcast.
0:07.0	Mission Log, A Rotenberry Podcast.
0:11.0	Mission Log, A Rotenberry Star Trek podcast. I'm John
0:35.3	Champion. And I'm special guest John Billingsley sitting in for Norman Lattle. Each week
0:42.2	on Mission Log we put our collective minds, such as they
0:45.3	are, together to analyze and discuss an episode of Star Trek, picking it apart for
0:50.6	morals, meanings, and messages, and asking ourselves if it stands the test of time.
0:56.0	This week, Think Tank, the one where Janeway and crew get themselves into a bind and need the
1:01.6	help of one of those high-power consulting firms to help them run the
1:05.4	numbers on their pain points and see if a synergistic solution could be a game changer for them.
1:11.7	Also if downsizing means losing seven of nine there's
1:15.2	going to be some trouble getting buy-in from management.
1:18.6	Or in friends, one where George Costanza goes to outer space.
1:25.0	Yes, yes.
1:26.5	John, welcome to Mission Log.
1:28.7	Thank you so much for sitting in the guest coho seat this week I really appreciate it.
1:34.3	I'm honored to be included the Joan Rivers of Mission Long.
1:38.0	That's we actually we should just have a wall we should have a plaque we should have something that honors the the many Joan Rivers of I date
1:46.8	myself obviously that those those of you who are under the age of 64 might not remember
1:51.3	Donnie Carson missed more weeks than he actually showed up for and he had a number of
1:56.7	guests host. Joan Rivers, I believe, had the most number of turns in the posting shape.
2:02.7	I think that's right and that she got her own show which did not last very long.
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