Recorded December 22, 2014

This episode contains: Ben lawless, Xmas, evil santa, NORAD, deceiving kids, Harry Potter, wonder as a kid, parenting, memories of Xmas, Quantum mechanics of Santa, Elf on the Shelf, spying on kids, secular guilt, lethargic FTL, cloud cities on Venus, temperatures on Venus, new ways to get to Mars, Hohmann transfer, Manifold: Time by Stephen Baxter, Star Trek, fan made shows and films, Star Trek comics in new timeline, TNG/DS9/VOY in new timeline, Federation’s last stand at Wolf 359, Q, Star Trek: New Voyages, Star Trek: Continues, Attack on Titan, Nemesis, Prelude to Axenar, The 4 Year War, Star Trek: Renegades, why TOS?, iconic pop culture, TNG sweet spot, Mission Logs podcast, Kirk diplomacy, The Prime Directive, Shatner, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Star Trek: The Search for Spock, Star Trek: The Voyage Home, Romulans as the enemy in Star Trek three, incomplete self-destruction of the Enterprise, Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, The Improvised Star Trek, TNG Recut, Futurama quote, Ben’s Xmas present, Red Shirts by Jon Scalzi, Timothy Zahn Star Wars trilogy, new Star Wars canon, what Ben learned