Trekking Through Compliance
In this podcast series Tom Fox explores compliance through the lens of Star Trek - The Original Series in a 79-episode offering, movies and contemporary television shows. Each podcast reviews the episode creative team, story synopsis and three key lessons learned on compliance, leadership and governance. If you love Star Trek, this is the podcast series for you. So, listen over the next 79 episodes, revisit one of television’s great achievements and learn how you can use Star Trek to improve your corporate compliance program, as well as yourself as a compliance professional. We are going to have some fun.
Episodes
August 19, 2024 • 12 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Turnabout Intruder, which aired on June 3, 1969, with a Star Date of 5298.5.
After receiving a distress call from a science party on Camus II exploring the ruins of a dead civilization, the Enterprise rushes to assist. All party members appear dead except the leader, Dr. Janice Lester, and the medical officer, Dr. Arthur Coleman. According to Dr. Coleman, Lest...
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August 18, 2024 • 12 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode All Our Yesterdays, which aired on March 14, 1969, with Star Date 5943.7
In this episode, Captain Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy visit the planet Sarpeidon, whose sun is about to go supernova. They discover that the planet’s inhabitants have all disappeared, except for a librarian named Mr. Atoz, who oversees a complex time travel system called the Atavachron.
Th...
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August 17, 2024 • 10 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Savage Curtain, which aired on March 7, 1969, with a start date of 5906.4.
While scanning planet Excalbia, Spock detects strange readings that indicate the presence of carbon cycle life forms. The subsequent appearance of Abraham Lincoln on the viewing screen and his transportation to the Enterprise demonstrates that whatever intelligence resides on the pl...
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August 16, 2024 • 11 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Cloud Minders, which aired on February 28, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5818.4
When a botanical plague threatens to destroy all vegetation on Merak II, the Enterprise visits Ardana, the only known source of the xenite mineral needed to halt the plague; despite High Advisor Plasus’s request that they beam to the cloud city Stratos, Captain Kirk, and Spoc...
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August 15, 2024 • 11 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Way To Eden, which aired on February 21, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5832.3
Story Synopsis
This episode explores themes of counterculture, utopian ideals, and the clash between authority and freedom. It centers around the crew of the USS Enterprise as they encounter a group of space-age hippies led by the charismatic Dr. Sevrin. These travelers are on...
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August 14, 2024 • 12 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Requiem for Methuselah, which aired on February 14, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5843.7.
The episode begins with the starship USS Enterprise seeking a rare mineral, ryetalyn, necessary to cure a Rigelian fever outbreak among the crew. They arrive on the planet Holberg 917G, which appears to be uninhabited.
Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. Leonard ...
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In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Lights of Zetar, which aired on January 31, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5725.3.
On its way to the Memory Alpha planetoid, the storehouse of all the Federation’s cultural history and scientific knowledge, sensors detect a strange storm. The storm travels at a speed of Warp 2.6, indicating that it cannot be a natural phenomenon. The storm heads right for...
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August 12, 2024 • 11 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode That Which Survives, which aired on January 24, 1969, and occurred on Star Date Unknown.
McCoy, Sulu, Kirk, and senior geologist D’Amato beam down to investigate a strange planet the size of the Moon but with the mass of the Earth. The planet has no magnetic field but a well-developed atmosphere and plant life, even though it is only 1000 years old. As the lan...
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August 11, 2024 • 11 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Mark of Gideon, which aired on January 17, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5423.4
In an attempt to establish diplomatic relations with planet Gideon, Kirk beams down to the sensor-shielded planet using coordinates supplied by Gideon’s ambassador, Hodin. When Kirk materializes, he finds himself still on the transporter pad aboard the Enterprise. To his grea...
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In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, which aired on January 10, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5730.0
On its way to decontaminate the planet Arianis, the Enterprise intercepts a shuttlecraft stolen from Starbase 4 together with its pilot. The pilot is an alien with solid white on his right side and solid black on his left. His name is Lokai, and he claims to be...
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In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Whom Gods Destroy, which aired on January 3, 1969, and occurred on Star Date 5718.3
Kirk and Spock are on a medical mission to deliver sanity-saving drugs to an institute for the incorrigibly criminally insane. An inmate is a former commander. He is also a homicidal master strategist. As a former Starship commander, he takes over the asylum and then turns his ...
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August 8, 2024 • 11 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Elaan of Troyius, which aired on December 20, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 4373.5
Kirk and crew are playing taxi to Elaan from Elas and an ambassador from Troyius. (She is one of the greatest spoiled brat characters in all of TOS.) Their mission: get everyone safely from point A to point B. Sounds easy, right? Now add Elaan’s near-barbarism, a bit of sabota...
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August 7, 2024 • 12 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Empath, which aired on December 6, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 5121.5
Story Synopsis
The episode centers around Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy, who are sent to investigate a research outpost on Minara II.
Upon arrival, the crew discovers that the planet’s sun is about to go nova, threatening all life in the system. They encounter an alien spe...
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August 6, 2024 • 10 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Wink of an Eye, which aired on November 29, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 5710.5
While exploring an outer quadrant of the Galaxy, the Enterprise receives a distress call from the planet Scalos. However, a landing party needs help locating the transmission’s source. Kirk thinks he detects the buzzing of insects, but the tricorder does not register them. Queer...
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August 5, 2024 • 9 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Plato’s Stepchildren, which aired on November 12, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 5784.0
Story Synopsis
The episode begins with the USS Enterprise responding to a distress call from a planet populated by the Platonians, a group of telepathic humanoids who model their society in ancient Greece. Upon arriving, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy discover tha...
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August 4, 2024 • 11 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Tholian, which aired on November 15, 1968, and occurred on Star Date 3842.3.
When the Enterprise attempts to ascertain the fate of the U.S.S. Defiant, which vanished 3 weeks ago, Spock reports strange sensor readings. They visually detect the Defiant, but sensors indicate it is not there. A landing party beams aboard, and when McCoy tries to touch one of t...
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August 3, 2024 • 10 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky, which aired on November 1, 1968, Star Date Unknown.
McCoy calls Kirk to sick bay and informs him that the ship’s Chief Medical Officer (himself) has contracted an incurable fatal disease called xenopolycythemia and has only one year to live. However, McCoy assures Kirk he can still do his job until the end....
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August 2, 2024 • 11 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Day of the Dove, which aired on November 1, 1968, Star Date Unknown.
Story Synopsis
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Day of the Dove, which aired on November 1, 1968, Star Date Unknown.
Called to Earth colony Beta 12A by a distress signal which claims that the colony is under attack. Kirk’s suspicions of Klingon’s invol...
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August 1, 2024 • 12 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Spectre of the Gun, which aired on October 25, 1968, Star Date 4385.3.
Story Synopsis
On a mission to establish contact with the reclusive Melcotians, Kirk ignores the message of a space probe. The landing party encounters a Melcotian who informs them they are an outside disease that must be destroyed. Their trespassing is to be punished by death, and the patte...
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July 31, 2024 • 10 mins
In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Is There No Truth in Beauty, which aired on October 18, 1968, Star Date 5630.7.
The Enterprise is given the mission of transporting the Medusan ambassador Kollos, a member of a species so ugly that the mere sight of it causes humans to go insane back to his home planet. The ambassador arrives enclosed in a specially designed box and is accompanied by the telep...
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