May 2, 2021
Wherein Andy and Justice discuss death, punishment, and applied state power in the acclaimed political drama The West Wing and the sci fi franchise Star Trek. Foucault's The History of Sexuality helps us to critically read the summary executions, cultural hegemony, and deadly indecisiveness in these episodes. Topics range from moral philosophy, revenge, and assisted suicide to, as Sam Seaborn would say, the idea of being absolutely nowhere.