Interesting, thanks for that.
Have to be honest in that I'm a bit amblivelent about Zack Estrin. He suggests in his programs that he's a little on the virtue signalling side of things. All the women characters and there are a lot of them are strong and independant. Not so much most of the men. Dr. Smith a female ? Works, but why ?
Just an observation rather than a dislike although I prefer authenticity even if it doen't fit into the liberal agenda and its one area LIS, and Netflix, slips into from time to time. Lost In Space all strong women leads, Stranger Places, woman lead. Star Trek Discovery, woman lead but generally baddie leads like in Breaking Bad are men. Getting the balance right is hard but would be nice and I'm sure other shows are not so biased.