Star Trek: Voyager, Season 6, Episode 9, "The Voyager Conspiracy"

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In the Star Trek: Voyager episode “The Voyager Conspiracy," Seven assimilates an overabundance of data from the ship's computer leading her to implicate the crew in nefarious plots. Is Tuvok hiding secret tech? Is Janeway leading an invasion into the Delta Quadrant? Mission Log is just asking questions about "The Voyager Conspiracy." Hosted by John Champion and Mike Rothschild During the devastation of the Los Angeles wildfires, we are encouraging our listeners to donate wherever your support can make a difference. This week's co-host, Mike Rothschild, has lost his family home and all of its contents. and consider joining to help. Welcome to Mission Log, a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we we explore the Star Trekuniverse one episode at a time. Each week, Mission Log examines a single episode of Star Trek, diving into its ethical subtext, metaphors, and cultural significance. From the show's most iconic moments to its hidden gems, we analyze what makes Star Trek one of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time. In this Episode of Mission Log we'll... Recap the story and analyze key moments. Discuss the moral dilemmas presented. Debate whether the episode holds up and if the messages are still relevant. Join the Conversation: What are your thoughts on this episode? Share your take on the ethical questions and themes explored, and let us know how it fits into the broader Star Trek narrative. We'd love to hear from you! For as little as $1 a month, you can gain access to our Mission Log Discord Community! There, we continue the discussion with dedicated channels and a weekly video chat with the hosts. Become a member of our Patreon today! Want to share your thoughts on an upcoming episode? Email us at for a chance to be featured during the episode. Follow us on Social Media: INSTAGRAM THREADS FACEBOOK Did you know Roddenberry Podcasts is on YouTube? Find the video versions of your favorite shows like Mission Log: Prodigy, Mission Log: The Orville, as well as exclusive content only available on YouTube. Subscribe now! Our shows are part of the Roddenberry Entertainment family. For more great shows and to learn how we live the legacy of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, follow us here: RODDENBERRY PODCASTS RODDENBERRY ENTERTAINMENT RODDENBERRY FOUNDATION THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: Listeners like you! for exclusive early access and the Mission Log Discord Subscribe and Stay Updated: Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your preferred podcast player, leave a review, and join Mission Log on the journey of weekly deep dives into the Star Trek universe. Produced by Roddenberry Entertainment | All Rights Reserved

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0:00.0	You're listening to a Roddenberry podcast.
0:10.2	Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. I'm John
0:34.9	Champion. And I'm Mike Rothschild sitting in for Norman Lau.
0:38.9	Each week on Mission Log, we're just asking questions about an episode of Star Trek,
0:43.3	trying to learn the forbidden truths. They don't want you to know about its messages,
0:47.9	morals, and meanings, and whether it stands the test of time.
0:50.9	This week, the Voyager conspiracy, the one where seven hooks herself up to the Voyager
0:55.8	database and runs absolutely wild connecting the dots where there may not be any dots or
1:03.4	connections. Welcome to the show, Mike. Glad to have you here. Hey, for our audience who may not know
1:10.0	you, I'm very excited because we get to do
1:12.6	an episode called The Voyager Conspiracy. And you, my friend, you might have a little special
1:18.6	insight on this. Yes. So I'm Mike Rothschild and I'm a journalist and author and I cover
1:25.0	conspiracy theories, disinformation, frauds, scams, hoaxes, essentially
1:30.4	anything that your aunt posts about on Facebook without having read it first, probably something
1:35.7	I have or will be writing about.
1:37.4	Very good.
1:38.2	And you know what?
1:39.2	I'm very happy that that particular bullet has been dodged by me and most of my family. It's only the far, far distant reaches, but I do still see it online. It's always somebody. Exactly. You know, it's rare on mission log that we actually get to have an expert witness sit in the chair and analyze an episode. So I'm glad. Normally it's just, you know, a couple
2:02.2	idiots to say, hey, here's what I found in the episode. But we'll be doing that later.
2:06.7	We'll be doing that. Of course. Of course. Excellent. Well, glad to have you here. And if you don't mind,
2:10.9	well, first of all, where can people find you? So my website is the microthild.com and I'm on Twitter and blue sky at Rothschild MD, and I've written a couple of books.
2:22.6	One is called Jewish space lasers about the myths about the Rothschild banking family to whom I am sadly not related.
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