Enterprising Individuals

Prepare your best double facepalm because we're meeting "The Offspring"! Anika Dane and Liz Barr of Antimatter Pod are back on the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that represents not only a poignant exploration of what is "human" but also an important turning point in TNG storytelling. After attending a conference on cybernetics, Data is inspired to create a...

We're back with an all-new season of shows, guests, and stories that are truly beyond belief! Writer and podcaster Scott Pearson joins the show to take our weekly challenge: watch five chilling too-weird-to-be true tales and separate the factoids and falsehoods from the real-life details we've dug up! This week's stories include a pregnancy problem, a cursed mansion, a wax executioner, a deadly bl...

Senior Chief USN (Ret) Kenneth Tripp joins the show this week to talk about life in the Navy and whether or not the depiction of military life on Star Trek passes inspection. We also discuss the way Trek leadership styles have changed over the years, how the TOS films brought naval tradition back to the franchise, the extreme broadness of Starfleet's charter, no Ten Forward on Navy ships, getting...

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekPicard episode "Et in Arcadia Ego Part 2”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

We are talking LIVE about the #Picard episode "Et in Arcadia Ego Part 1”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

We're hitting the old familiar places this week as we revisit "It's Only a Paper Moon"! New York Times bestselling author David Mack returns to the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that explores one man's struggle to come to terms with loss and fear. Nog has survived the Siege of Ar-558 but at the cost of his leg and his self-confidence. When he turns to the holod...

We are talking LIVE about the #Picard episode "Broken Pieces”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

This week, Mikanhana of the Just Enough Trope podcast is back on board to round up the latest Trek news! We've got stories about engagements, birth announcements, casting news, corporate sales, financial turmoil, and tropical cruises! Plus, we talk about SETI@Home shutting down, throwing up coffee, coronavirus cancellations, Picard, rolling an "Elnor", backup Doctors, crazy Canadian confidence, Ba...

We are talking LIVE about the #Picard episode "Nepenthe”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

Grab your remote control and get ready for pain and delight as we go looking for "Spock's Brain"! Novelist William Leisner returns to the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that has become emblematic of the low points of TOS. When a lady in go-go boots puts the whammy on the Enterprise, the crew wakes up to find Spock's cranium empty. Now, Kirk must take a cave...

We are talking LIVE about the #Picard episode "The Impossible Box”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! trek, Picard, startrek, startrekpicard, discoverage

We're taking a different path this week as we feature a special episode of the BackTrekking podcast, hosted by Ka1iban and Gooey Fame! BackTrekking examines the real-world inspirations behind classic Trek episodes and this week we're putting the 1992 classic film "The Crying Game" up against the Voyager two-parter "Scorpion, Pts. 1 & 2"! You already know the story. There's a scorpion that needs a...

We are talking LIVE about the #Picard episode "Stardust City Rag”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

Prepare to remodulate your phaser frequencies as we go for a ride with "Scorpion, Pts. 1 & 2"! Author, teacher, and community activist Kelli Fitzpatrick joins the show this week to discuss a pair of Star Trek: Voyager episodes that see Captain Janeway contemplating a deal with a devil she knows in order to defeat a much more terrifying enemy. Voyager's journey back to the Alpha Quadrant has finall...

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekPicard episode "Absolute Candor”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! w/@dave_galanter

This week, writer, sex worker, and sex worker activist Maggie McNeill joins the show to talk about sex work in Star Trek. We've seen the Enterprise stop at its share of "pleasure planets" on Star Trek and no one bats an eye, which means that Risa either has the best roller coaster in the galaxy or the Federation is a lot cooler with sex work than our governments are in the 21st century. But how wo...

We are talking the #StarTrekPicard premiere "The End is the Beginning” LIVE! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation!

We are talking the #StarTrekPicard premiere "Maps and Legends” LIVE! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation!

We are talking the #StarTrekPicard premiere "Remembrance” LIVE! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation!

Open your copy of Ulysses and display your horga'hn as we go on a "Captain's Holiday"! Editor and comics scribe Kevin Church is back on the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that gives the hardest working man in Starfleet a break. Captain Picard has been ordered to take some R&R on Risa and he's determined to not have any fun. But when a beautiful woman, a sche...

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery #ShortTreks "Children of Mars” LIVE! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation!

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery #ShortTreks "The Girl Who Made the Stars” and “Ephraim and Dot” LIVE! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation!

We're limping across the finish line this year, but we've got just enough power to give you one last look at this past season of Enterprising Individuals! This collection of the best moments and guests from 2019 is so good you'll forget it's all a clip show! Happy Holidays! Help support the show when you shop on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/?tag=jet01-20&linkCode=ez Please consider donating to D...

This week, Alan Gratz is back on the show to explore the intersection between Star Trek and the works of William Shakespeare! Why do the characters on Star Trek love Shakespeare so much? How does each era of Trek approach Shakespeare differently? Why does the Enterprise have scenery flats onboard? "Lay on, Macduff, and damned be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'” Happy Thanksgiving! Follow Ala...

Dust off your cloak and shine up your dagger as we examine "Improbable Cause" and "The Die is Cast"! Author Alan Gratz returns to the show this week to discuss an epic Deep Space Nine two-parter that changes the game and proves that the Dominion are a foe not to be taken lightly. When Garak's tailor shop explodes unexpectedly, Odo goes searching for answers. But a case that seems open and shut lea...