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Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: podcasts and Star Trek food [1]

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Date: 2022-09-09

People around the world mark Star Trek Day on September 8 to celebrate the legacy of one of the best stories, films, and T.V. shows in history. As one of the most beloved works of pop culture, "Star Trek" still enjoys a loyal fan base even after so many years.

Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about music, your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for supper…. Newcomers may notice that many who post in this series already know one another to some degree, but we welcome guests at our kitchen table and hope to make some new friends as well.

Discord is a free chat application that serves as a hub for people to connect. You can download Discord to dive into the wave of integrated communication. discordapp.com

Because I’m not on Facebook, for social media contact I sometimes “appear” in a segment on a podcast that has an associated Discord group which has been interesting in terms of having another online community outlet. It’s on a slightly smaller and more synchronous scale than DK.

I currently am ambivalent about continuing my “live” participation because as we know more public exposure, even narrow-casted can invite other unwanted and annoying attention like doxxing, etc. I do like helping with a weekly reading group in Discord related to the show if only to hone my study skills by doing some small presentations.

I prefer writing here because it is daily activity and am grateful for those who have taken an interest in my writing. Even then it’s a distraction from getting some other things done around the house, which I still need to work on. This is much like these Friday pieces here because of the specificity and comity of the group.

In general, I have other post-academic research stuff to do that it is important to me before I shuffle off this mortal coil.

x The Mop Up For September 5, 2022 https://t.co/KbGAGT3WeU via @YouTube — David Feldman (@David_Feldman_) September 5, 2022

x Trump is positive Fetterman does coke because Don Jr. says he sold him some — David Feldman (@David_Feldman_) September 5, 2022

The “Feldo community” of about 100+ people who serve as an on-air audience has been fun because it has people in my generation (OK, Boomer) and is generally diverse with an interesting mix of folks, although there are political tensions, much like the usual issues of DK. The Discord platform allows for more community building.

The eponymous host of the podcast, David Feldman, is worth your attention because he is the kind of writer and comedian who is in a tradition that goes back to Mort Sahl, and he wrote for comedians like Bill Maher and Dennis Miller before they became fascists. I like being in this discourse community because it’s as close as I will likely get to a comedy writers’ room.

From that group and because of the recently enforced COVID Zoom culture, I have met interesting people and shared some interests. I haven’t actually shared a meal with anyone, anywhere, for several years now. Maybe that will change, although I doubt it. We have yet to resume getting Kossaks together IRL, especially in my very-NIMBY state.

Recently, some cultural things like Star Trek food, which does signify how much people bond over shared meals, are a continuing scene topic in many episodes, unlike the feature-length movies.

Here’s some stuff from that Discord community about such food treats, Note that I am probably more of a casual Trekkie especially since I prefer the later trek “universes” but am glad to revisit the original series episodes in color rather than monochrome.

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