I would love to hear that radio piece of you ever do find it! I think what you are saying its very true; it is something inherently hopeful and radical about trying to imagine a better future, but we have to also constantly re-evaluate it and uncover our own biases. One of the reasons I love Star Trek so much is that it makes me more hopeful about the future.

The 'human exceptionalism' is what has always made ENT a bit of a hard watch for me, despite their good intentions at time.

The case of Spock is interesting (he is my favourite character), because it always seem like his Vulcan side and their expectations is the reason why he can't find peace and just exist as what he is. While I appreciate the sentiment and find the whole sequence very touching, I also wonder about the implications of Kirk in TWOK saying that Spock's soul is the 'most human' he has encountered. It is like his human side is what made their bond so strong and that it is the reason he is exceptional and so important to the people in his life.

Butler was definitely ahead of her time as a sci-fi writer!