Starship Troopers - Episode 2 (e) 
2023-09-06
Chris Hamm, Chris Jacobsen, Travis Rowe
Wherein we talk about the second half of Starship Troopers and we also discuss: how the government in this book was established, Parallels between bug and military brains, Fighting like a gentleman in the shower, how many lives justify a war, and the Dark Forest theory of alien contact.
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Things of note in this episode:
- Intro Clip: Other Chris almost got in a fight
- Book reactions
- Rank Wrangling
- How this government was established
- Where were we?
- Sympathy for top brass messing up
- Parallels between bug and military brains
- Fighting like a gentleman in the shower
- How many lives justify starting a war?
- The Dark Forest theory of alien contact
- Time Management techniques for survival situations
- A raid on Planet P
- A glimpse of the future and sequel potential
- Homework for next time: Watch the movie version
- "What Else Is Good?"
- On Second Thoughts
- After Credits: Went hard on your tonsils
What Else Is Good?:
Chris
Other Chris TravisAn automatically generated transcript of this episode is available here