So, I have traditionally only listened to Pop Culture Happy Hour intermittently, or perhaps even occasionally, pretty much only when they were talking about something I already had an opinion on so I could get it reinforced (or be mad about it being contradicted, I guess, but I can’t recall any examples of that) and there hasn’t been a lot of opportunity for that because I spend a lot of time under a rock. But I guess I caught up enough on my other podcasts that PCHH has autoplayed enough to get me interested in what they have to say about stuff I have heard of but haven’t decided if I want to seek out. So, partway into the ep about Starfleet Academy and it sounds pretty fun.

My Star Trek watching has been, shall we say, spotty. I only ever saw TOS in late night syndication, so I’m not certain I’ve seen all the episodes but what I have seen was definitely not in any kind of order and it was a long time ago. TNG I mostly watched by switching to it when it was halfway through after watching the local news (this would have been in the summers when I was home from college, with my mom while making dinner, in between whatever part-time job I had, so also probably incomplete although the way it aired on multiple channels in the area on different schedules may have let me see at least parts if most episodes). DS9 I watched more faithfully, and eventually did binge watch the complete series. Voyager aired on a channel that I got very poor reception on where I was living at the time, and I didn’t have cable, so I saw hardly any of that. Enterprise, weirdly, I watched from start to finish. Discovery I watched the first season but kind of fell off of, and same for Picard. I bought the Lower Decks comics but haven’t read them and haven’t watched any of the show because it always occurred to me that it was an option when I just really didn’t have time - I am very confident I will like it whenn I do get around to it.

Which is all a long-winded way to get to: I unsubscribed from Paramount+ and I’m not sure if I should consider getting it back for Starfleet Academy. Maybe?

But first I will probably watch at least some Bridgerton