Yes, dearies, The Moynihan Report is indeed back. And your intrepid host, who has never seen an episode of Star Trek (but who is a deep and unapologetic student of T.J. Hooker), determined that a TMR reboot required the wisdom and durability of William Shatner. So off to Los Angeles I went, to Comrade Kirk’s unassuming and slightly bedraggled office in the Valley, where Shatner and I kibitzed about AI, heavy metal, Brian May, Pascal’s wager, quantum physics, space, God, Roger Corman, and…death.
One more thing before you watch: do you really need to subscribe to another Substack? Why yes, you do. Because while Shatner and I mostly avoid politics—it intrudes, as it always does, but in a pleasant, Canadian manner—subscribers will, later today, receive the first TMR newsletter. It contains an essay on the proliferation of politicized junk history, one that accuses a best-selling writer (and former TFC guest) of massaging and misattributing quotes, and ends with recommendations that will make you a smarter, funnier, and inevitably more annoying dinner-party guest.
and we're back
Shatner had been trailed on the Fifth - the interview was waaay better than anticipated.