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
That might be the single best interview of a notable person I have ever seen or heard. Just masterfully done by you and edited by some really talented people. Maybe the best thing about it was realizing that Shatner knew it was likely one of the best interviews he had ever done.