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Greetings and Felicitations

John Champion and MissionLogPodcast.com, Part 1-The Journey Begins

Welcome to the Greetings and Felicitations, a podcast where I explore topics which might not seem to be directly related to compliance but clearly influence our profession. In this episode, I begin a two-part series with John Champion, one of the founders of MissionLogPodcast.com. John’s original mission was to do a podcast on every episode of Star Trek, beginning with TOS, TAS, the movies, TNG, DS9, Voyager and beyond. It began as a 14-year odyssey and has only grown in length. In this Part 1, we take up the founding of  MissionLogPodcast.com and John’s work with his original co-host Ken Ray to explore the morals, messages and meanings of Star Trek up to TNG. Highlights include:

1. The vision of Rod Roddenberry and Roddenberry Entertainment for Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast.
2. Start of the podcast and working through TOS.
3. Some of the hidden gems in TAS.
4. The movies.
5. The work of Dorothy (DC) Fontana
6. The David Gerrold interview.
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MissionLogPodcast.com
Roddenberry Entertainment

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Trekking Through Compliance

The Science of Star Trek- Journey to Babel and the Medicine of TOS

Welcome to the Science of Star Trek, a podcast series inspired by my review of Star Trek, the Original Series in the summer podcast special series Trekking Through Compliance.In this series I am joined by Astrophysicist and  Healthcare Futurist Ben Locwin. In this podcast we consider the TOS episode Journey to Babel as a starting point for the consideration of the medicine portrayed in the Original Series.
The Enterprise transports ambassadors to a conference to discuss the admission of Corridon, a star system composed of many mutually combative races, to the Federation. Corridon contains a nearly unlimited supply of dilithium crystals, but its small population and lack of strong government has allowed illegal mining operations by outsiders seeking to exploit its natural resources. To Kirk’s surprise, Sarek the 102.437-year-old ambassador from Vulcan and his his wife Amanda, who is human, are Spock’s parents. Sarek reveals that he has had three previous Vulcan heart attacks and has been taking Bengacydrine to combat it. He requires an open-heart operation, but the ship’s stores do not have a sufficient supply of blood, especially of Sarek’s rare Vulcan T negative blood. Despite the fact that Spock’s blood is a mixture of human and Vulcan factors, he provides a blood transfusion to Sarek after McCoy uses an experimental stimulant to increase the rate of blood production.
The Enterprise is then attacked by alien ship while Sarek and Spock are on the operating table, endangering both their lives. Spock, who is recovering from the operation, surmises that the perpetrators were from Orion, since Orions are known to have been smuggling dilithium from Corridon and are anxious to prevent interference.
 
Highlights include:
 
1.     Why is the TriCorder such a significant piece of medical technology, even up to today?
2.     What are the diagnostic aspects of the TriCorder?
3.     What is augmented reality and how is it being used in medical treatment today?
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Trekking Through Compliance

The Science of Star Trek-Tomorrow is Yesterday and Black Holes, White Holes, and Wormholes

Welcome to the Science of Star Trek, a podcast series inspired by my review of Star Trek, the Original Series in the summer podcast special series Trekking Through Compliance.In this series I am joined by Astrophysicist and  Healthcare Futurist Ben Locwin. In this podcast we consider the TOS episode Tomorrow is Yesterday as a starting point for the consideration of the science around black holes, white holes, and wormholes.
In this episode, USS Enterprise is thrown back in time to Earth during the 1960s by the effects of a high-gravity “black star”. The Enterprise ends up in Earth’s upper atmosphere and is picked up as a UFO on military radar. Spock and Chief Engineer Scott inform Kirk of a possible escape method by slingshotting around the Sun to break away and return to their time. The maneuver is risky, since even a small miscalculation could destroy the ship, or make them miss their own era. Kirk okays the maneuver, and time on board the Enterprise moves backwards. The Enterprise is then successfully returned to the 23rd century.
Highlights include:

  1. Is a black star the same thing as a black hole?
  2. How does a white star become a black star?
  3. What is the Quality Exclusion Principle and how does it apply?
  4. What is the Chronology Protection and how does it work?
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Trekking Through Compliance

The Science of Star Trek-The Naked Time and Warp Drive

Welcome to the Science of Star Trek, a podcast series inspired by my review of Star Trek, the Original Series in the summer podcast special series Trekking Through Compliance.In this series I am joined by Astrophysicist and  Healthcare Futurist Ben Locwin. In this podcast we consider the TOS episode The Naked Time as a starting point for the consideration of the science around the warp drive.
A landing party from the Enterprise beams aboard Psi 2000, an ancient planet about to break up. They find all six of the crew manning the station dead. Crewman Joey unwisely removes his gloves is contaminated by a red liquid. As Psi 2000 shows a shift in magnetic field and mass, the Enterprise begins a close orbit requiring constant vigilance. Unfortunately, an infected Lt. O’Reilly has turned off the warp engines. To restart the warp engines, matter and antimatter must be mixed in a controlled implosion. However, after mixing matter and antimatter at a colder than recommended temperature according to an untested intermix formula, the Enterprise is thrown into a time warp which causes the chronometer to run backwards. This allows the Enterprise to escape the breakup of the planet, returning it 71 hours into the past and therefore before any of the episode’s events took place.
Highlights include:

  1. Why must you suspend your disbelief for this episode?
  2. How would a warp drive work in practice?
  3. Why does E=MC²control this issue?
  4. What is antimatter?
  5. What is the time wise effect on high speed travel?
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Trekking Through Compliance

The Science of Star Trek-Where No Man Has Gone Before and Phasers

Welcome to the Science of Star Trek, a podcast series inspired by my review of Star Trek, the Original Series in the summer podcast special series Trekking Through Compliance.In this series I am joined by Astrophysicist and  Healthcare Futurist Ben Locwin. In this podcast, we consider the TOS episode Where No Man Has Gone Before as a starting point for the consideration of the science around the phaser.
The Federation starship Enterprise is on an exploratory mission to leave the galaxy. At the edge of the galaxy, the ship it encounters a strange barrier which damages the ship’s systems and warp drive, forcing a retreat. At the same time, nine crew members are killed and both helmsman Gary Mitchell and ship’s psychiatrist Dr. Elizabeth Dehner are knocked unconscious by the barrier’s effect. When he awakens, Mitchell’s eyes glow silver, and he begins to display remarkable psychic powers. Alarmed that Mitchell may take over the Enterprise, Kirk decides to maroon him at an unmanned lithium-cracking facility on the remote planet of Delta Vega. Once there, the landing party tries to confine Mitchell, but his powers have become too great. Kirk follows with a phaser rifle, the only time in the Original Series it was seen. Kirk uses the phaser rifle to create a rockslide, killing Mitchell.
Highlights Include:
  1. Why are there phasers being used today?
  2. Why is air the biggest problem in creating a phaser?
  3. How can you aim and shoot at a target using a phaser?
  4. How do you deal with the energy lose?
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Trekking Through Compliance

The Science of Star Trek–Mirror Mirror and Transporters

Welcome to the premier of the Science of Star Trek, a podcast series inspired by my review of Star Trek, the Original Series in the summer podcast special series Trekking Through Compliance.In this series I am joined by Astrophysicist and  Healthcare Futurist Ben Locwin. In this podcast we consider the TOS episode Mirror Mirror as a starting point for the consideration of the science around the transporter.
 In this episode, a landing party Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura beams back up to the Enterprise. Interference from an ion storm, however, causes them to be transported into a parallel universe and a mirror image Enterprise. Now aboard the Imperial Starship Enterprise, the landing party discovers crew members who are mirror images of themselves and belong to an evil Federation known as the Empire. Their first experience is the torture of transporter operator Mr. Kyle with an agonizer for his alleged failure to beam the landing party up quickly enough. Immediately, Kirk realizes that a mirror image landing party must have been beamed aboard the real U.S.S. Enterprise.
Kirk, Uhura, McCoy, and Scotty impersonate their mirror image counterparts while finding a way to return to their universe. When Kirk and the party return, they find that their Empire counterparts were immediately recognized and put in detention. The Enterprise’s crew attributes this to the fact that it is easier for logical men to appear barbarous than for barbarous men to appear civilized.
Highlights include:
  1. Quantum transportation of information.
  2. While we cannot yet teleport, we can recreate.
  3. How does the telegraph signal explain this science used in Star Trek?
  4. What about the radio signals from the Apollo moon flights?
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Trekking Through Compliance

Trekking Through Compliance-Episode 79 – Turnabout Intruder

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Turnabout Intruder which aired on June 3, 1969 and Star Date 5298.5.
Compliance Takeaways:

  1. Who monitors the senior executives?
  2. What happens when you have C-Suite involvement in the bribery scheme?
  3. How can your company make a comeback?
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Trekking Through Compliance

Trekking Through Compliance-Episode 78 – All Our Yesterdays

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode All Our Yesterdays which aired on March 14, 1969 and Star Date 5943.7.

Compliance Takeaways:
  1. What is targeted training?
  2. What is effective training?
  3. What is your training governance protocol?
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Trekking Through Compliance

Trekking Through Compliance-Episode 77 – The Savage Curtain

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Savage Curtain which aired on March 17, 1969 and Star Date 5906.4.
Compliance Takeaways:

  1. Executives behaving badly?
  2. Internal control work-arounds and overrides.
  3. Who watches the watchers?
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Trekking Through Compliance

Trekking Through Compliance-Episode 76 – The Cloud Minders

In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Cloud Minders which aired on February 28, 1969 and Star Date 5818.4.
Compliance Takeaways:
  1. What is institutional justice?
  2. What is institutional fairness?
  3. How do you know your discipline is consistent?