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In this special episode, take a tour of the history of Star Trek's most intense villains, the Borg, by teasing details out of Trek canon.

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This episode is made possible by the generous James Neumann. This episode would especially not have been possible without the hard mental work of Charlie Wertenberger, whose theories and assumptions are featured primarily in this episode.

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Video
The Best Of Both Worlds, Part 1, TNG, 1990
Star Trek: First Contact, 1996
Collective, VOY, 2000
Star Trek: Generations, 1994
Child’s Play, VOY, 2000
Stone Age hand Axe Shaped By Complex Brain, Emory University YouTube Channel, 2015
I, Borg, TNG, 1992
Endgame, Parts 1 & 2, VOY, 2001
Blood Fever, VOY, 1997
Dragon’s Teeth, VOY, 1999
The Matrix, 1999
Star Trek: The Motion Picture, 1979
Endgame, Parts 1 & 2, VOY, 2001
The Emperor’s New Cloak, DS9, 1999
The Forge, ENT, 2004
Twilight, ENT, 2003
Exile, ENT, 2003
Think Tank, VOY, 1999
Homestead, VOY, 2001
Hope And Fear, VOY, 1998
Scorpion Part 1, VOY, 1997
Maneuvers, VOY, 1995
Drone, VOY, 1998
Dark Frontier, VOY, 1999
Mortal Coil, VOY, 1997
Survival Instinct, VOY, 1999
The Omega Directive, VOY, 1998
Regeneration, ENT, 2003
Rivals, DS9, 1994
The Raven, VOY, 1997
The Neutral Zone, TNG, 1998
Emissary, DS9, 1993
The Best Of Both Worlds, Part 2, TNG, 1990
Descent, Part 2, TNG, 1993
Unity, VOY, 1997
Unimatrix Zero, Part 2, VOY, 2000

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Threshing of Grain in Ancient Egypt, taken and uploaded by Carlos E. Solivérez, 2006

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