165. Hallmark Trek (VOY 5.22)

Anika and Liz fire up the ancestry.com subscription and do a deep dive into an episode which does a deep dive into Kathryn Janeway's heritage. Yes, we're watching "11:59", an episode which has aged badly but maybe wasn't ever good to start with.

• This is ostensibly the sort of filler episode that people now say they want more of, but it mistakes trivia for character development
• "Small town business owner who hates progress and reveres the past" is a type that hits different in 2024
• Henry Janeway voted for Mike Pence
• Why are so many (white) starship captains from small town America? 
• "11:59" is not interested in exploring the forces that would drive a woman out of STEM and into homelessness
• Has any problem in the history of humanity ever been solved by a benevolent corporation? 
• At 26:06, Liz says "dystopian" when she means "utopian", please be assured this will keep her up at night for the foreseeable future
• We debate the benefits and otherwise of genealogy (content warning: from 34:03 to 34:27, this includes revelations about incest)