Enterprising Individuals

Unstop the presses this week 'cause we've got news about the upcoming series of Discovery mini-episodes, Short Treks! Plus, we've got news about CBS, planet Vulcan, and a plaintive plea for Spock's Brain! Then, we review a documentary about the life of Trek guest star Susan Oliver, "The Green Girl!" Susan was a beautiful woman, a talented actress, a daring pilot, and a person with an incredible se...

Open up a fresh deck of cards and sit down for a game of fizzbin as we cut ourselves "A Piece of the Action"! Dr. Steven Mollmann joins the show this week to talk about a classic episode of Star Trek: the Original Series that sees our heroes trade their phasers for tommyguns and their uniforms for zoot suits! When the Enterprise arrives at Sigma Iotia II, they discover that cultural contamination...

Double check your TOS this week (that's Terms of Service) as Dr. David A. Banks comes back to the show to assess the state of data security and implementation in the Star Trek universe! No one in Trek has an ID or a social media account or watches cable news . . . instead, they're a bunch of Shakespeare-loving, flute-playing beatniks who take their benevolent surveillance state for granted. How di...

Cut yourself a slice of pecan pie and use it as ransom in a coerced cultural exchange as we consider "Prime Factors"! Producer and writer Eric A. Stillwell joins the show this week to talk about an early episode of Star Trek: Voyager that he wrote the story for, along with David R. George III. When Voyager meets the Sikarians, a race with technology that could cut their journey home in half, they'...

The party continues this week as Mikanhana of the Just Enough Trope podcast joins the show to discuss the good, the bad, and the clunky parts of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's fourth season! We cover Alan Moore textual whiplash, Lil' Fantastic Four, getting the "wheel spinning" out of the way, avoiding that "Troi contract", humanization via butt-rubbing, bat'leth lawyering, and Evil-Lyn working for...

Sharpen your bat'leth and pour yourself a tall glass of prune juice as we walk "The Way of the Warrior"! New York Times bestselling author and lecturer Dr. Una McCormack joins the show this week as we examine an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that opens a new chapter of the "Russian novel" that is Trek's most complicated series. The Klingons, spoiling for a fight with the Dominion, have bar...

This week, we've got news from Star Trek Las Vegas, plus, we get a Hawk confused with a hand phaser as we look at the connection between Shakespeare and Trek! What a piece of work is Patrick Stewart! Star Trek: Discovery Season One is available for pre-order on Blu-ray! https://amzn.to/2MagK7W Gird thyself with Shakespearean and Trek works! The Oxford Complete Works https://amzn.to/2OVTUPR The Kli...

The players are strutting and fretting and the stage is set for MURDER as we catch "The Conscience of the King"! Author and game designer Robin D. Laws joins the show this week as we investigate an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that's a little bit noir, a little bit Shakespeare, and 100% SPACE MYSTERY! When Kirk meets an actor that he suspects is Kodos the Executioner, he invites the f...

The nerds have left SDCC and we've picked up all the Star Trek: Discovery news and brought it right to your ears! Plus, updates on Star Trek 4, Tarantino Trek, and Star Trek vodka! We don't know our port from our starboard! Get Melinda Snodgrass's novel The Tears of the Singers from Amazon! https://amzn.to/2uRTvpp Pick up Dan Gearino's book, Comic Shop, and check out his website! https://amzn.to/2...

Finish that bottle of Chateau Picard '49 and let the mudslinging begin as we pay a visit to "Family"! Author Jeffrey Lang is back on the show to talk about one of Star Trek: The Next Generation's most offbeat and heartfelt episodes. Picard has escaped the clutches of the Borg and saved the Federation once again, but he can't win the battle against the memory of his traumatic experience without the...

We are back from CONvergence 2018 and an amazing live show with Melinda Snodgrass. Here more about it on the show! And, we sadly say good bye to a titan of sci-fi and Star Trek. Former guests on the show share their memories and stories of Harlan Ellison. Come join a celebration of his life and work! Here's our City on the Edge of Forever show with Kevin Lauderdale where we talk about Harlan http:...

We're running both silent and deep this week as we play cat-and-mouse with "Balance of Terror"! New York Times best-selling author and John W. Campbell Award winner Andy Weir joins the show to discuss the best submarine movie in space! The Enterprise is tracking a mysterious foe, but their prey proves far from helpless, leading to a deadly game of chess between two skilled commanders and their bra...

While we wait for the second season of Star Trek: Discovery, our recap show Discoverage looks back at Discovery's bombastic first season! Ella Pearson of Generations Geek, writer and graphic designer Sara Lynn Michener, and writer and editor Eleanor Tremeer join the show to discuss the adventures of the USS Discovery and the return of Star Trek to TV after 13 years. Along the way, we discuss the "...

We are back from Riverside, IA and the 34th annual Trekfest! Hear all about the yearly celebration in the town of Captain Kirk's future birth; hope he likes the statue! Plus, Earth-shattering news about the next chapter of Trek on TV and the death of a legend of sci-fi and Star Trek history! You Have Two Ears And You Must Hear This Show! We are collecting Harlan Ellison stories and anecdotes; shar...

Cover your Trill spots and pin up your beehive as we really pack 'em in for "Trials and Tribble-ations"! Authors Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann join the show to give an oral history of one of Trek's most ambitious episodes. Sisko and the gang find themselves on the Enterprise during the events of The Trouble With Tribbles, but there's no time for sightseeing, because they've got to stop an ol...

We put our thinking caps on this week as writer and editor Eleanor Tremeer joins the show to talk about allegory in Trek, specifically how tragedy and atrocity in Star Trek reflects events in our own world. We discuss the Swiftian inspirations for Star Trek, the Holocaust metaphors present in episodes like "Remember", the ways in which societies attempt to process tragedy, and the maturing of Star...

We return to the Delta Quadrant this week for a look at one of Trek's most affecting and poignant hours: "Remember"! Author Dave Galanter is back on the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that has chilling parallels to the history of our own society, and one that bears the warning that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. B'Elanna Torres is experiencing dreams that turn...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is 36 years old today and to celebrate, here's our live episode about the film from CONvergence 2017, with featured guests Christopher Jones, Naomi Kritzer, William Leisner, and Patrick Tomlinson! Along the way, we talk about the virtues of videodisc, the persistence of Spock's Brain, the theme of the past coming back to haunt you, and the things we sacrifice, willi...

Get your long spoons ready this week as we sup with a whole host of devils! We take a look at the demonic and devilish in folklore from around the world and around the Alpha Quadrant! Plus, we've got an update on the CBS/Viacom merger, news about Takei and Nichols, Star Trek Land, and The Expanse! Want a review of Solo: A Star Wars Story? We've got one! Just sign on the dotted line... What ARE you...

Get ready to shout at, dance with, and sympathize for Old Scratch this week as we pay the "Devil's Due"! New York Times best-selling author John Jackson Miller returns to the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where Picard must lawyer for his soul, ship, and crew against the comely, coiffed Adversary herself! But, not everything is as infernal as it seems and the people o...

Ignite your sabers this week as we pay tribute to the other "Star" franchise, checking in on that galaxy far, far away and how it compares to Roddenberry's future! Plus, tales of the Taco Bell Light Menu, putting the Star Wars CCG beatdown on some grade-schoolers, and the hum of a lightsaber being the background noise of our collective childhood. Later, Ella Pearson of Generations Geek joins the s...

Dust off your arm capes and pull up your XXXXL corduroys as we go looking for "The Galileo Seven!" Star Wars Minute and ABCDevo host Pete the Retailer comes aboard this week to discuss the episode of Star Trek: the Original Series where Spock must take charge after a shuttle crash, and our favorite Human/Vulcan hybrid must decide what's worse: the giant cavemen outside or his increasingly hostile...

Get high on Trek this week as we bring you huge updates about Star Trek: Discovery, new Star Trek movies, a little bit of crossing the streams as Trek debates Wars, a great deal on Star Trek books, AND Stephen Hawking! May the Trek be with you! Get more info on Trek/Wars: Visions of/for Humanity! https://www.facebook.com/events/169601323738482/ Pick up John Jackson Miller's Prey Trilogy novels and...

Get ready to risk it all as we come face to face with "Tacking Into the Wind!" Author, editor, podcaster, and musician Keith DeCandido comes aboard this week to discuss an episode of Deep Space Nine that represents a culmination of years of patient and skillful storytelling in the Star Trek universe. Kira and crew stage a daring heist of Founder technology, while Worf resolves to restore the honor...

This week, we bring you a little update from the world of Trek news, including two new casting announcements for Star Trek: Discovery! Plus, a review of the new Lost in Space, and a one-man jeremiad on the subject of "superproducers" . . . it makes sense in context. This is the "Drake approves by pointing to it" of podcasts! Check out this link about Discovery's newest engineer, Tig Notaro! https:...