#259 - 'Tattoo' Voyager S2E09

Chakotay gets naked while The Doctor gets the flu. Join your hawkeyed hosts as they discuss the terrible decision to apply Star Trek's "unitary culture" trope to all indigenous peoples in the Western Hemisphere, the even worse decision to ascribe native culture and success to the influence of Elaine's boss, and the very good decision to listen to Robert Picardo. We also talk about the 1993 show Time Trax for reasons that aren't made entirely clear.

Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode of Star Trek: Voyager, so if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet – beware!

Link to an interesting essay on Chakotay from an indigenous American perspective: www.bluecorncomics.com/chakotay.htm

Link to Wikipedia entry on fraudster Jackie Marks, aka "Jamake Highwater": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamake_Highwater

Next week: We will be discussing an early classic from Star Trek: The Original Series, "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" - and yes, we will address the penis rock at length.

Note that this and all episodes of the It’s Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids.

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