We discuss the nature of celebrity and our way of dealing with celebrity deaths as well as party politics.

Listen to the episode at this link: http://www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest163/eastmeetswest163.mp3

It turns out, Counsellor Troi is an ideological agent of the Federation’s dictatorship. Who knew? We also discuss the green avatar support for Iran on Twitter.

Listen in at this link: http://www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest162/eastmeetswest162.mp3

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