Enterprising Individuals

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “New Eden” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @Mikanhana of @JustEnoughTrope

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery second season premiere, “Brother” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @DaveGalanter

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery #ShortTrek “The Escape Artist” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest @AlanGratz

2018 is winding down but come along with us as we look back on the last year of Enterprising Individuals! We've got some of the best moments, plus Get ready to evolve to the next level as we cross the barrier to reach "Threshold"!Happy Holidays!Shop on Amazon and help support the show!https://www.amazon.com/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=jet01-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=975104c31622a0db2ab9ac5642e1b937&camp=1789&creative=9325Get our Trek T-shirts, including our Janeway and Gowron shirts, on Teepublic!https://www.teepublic.com/user/justenoughtropeHear our live episode with Melinda Snodgrass from CONvergence 2018!https://www.patreon.com/posts/20122260Ring in the New Year with us on Facebook and Twitter!http://www.facebook.com/eistpodhttp://www.twitter.com/eistpodBuy us presents on Patreon!http://www.patreon.com/eistpodSubscribe to the show on iTunes!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery #ShortTrek “The Brightest Star” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation! w/ guest Dave Galanter

This week, we dive deep into the world of SASSY Trek gossip and question the veracity of certain Trek news outlets. Plus, we talk historic kisses, getting salamander tattoos, and the heat gets hottest when we call out the 5 worst DS9 episodes! *airhorn* *airhorn* *airhorn*Is this the best episode we've ever done?Please consider donating to relief efforts for those affected by the California wildfires!https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/california-camp-woolsey-wildfires-help-charity-donations.htmlhttps://www.unitedwayla.org/en/give/disaster-relief-fund/https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/california-wildfires/Get that perfect gift for your Number One with these links!Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 on Blu-ray!https://amzn.to/2QoBqLwLive Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worldshttps://amzn.to/2E7ChKEStar Trek: The Art of John Eaveshttps://amzn.to/2Q6Z8wnStar Trek Costumeshttps://amzn.to/2QlwmHVSuit up with our new T-shirts!https://www.teepublic.com

Get ready to evolve to the next level as we cross the barrier to reach "Threshold"!New York Times best-selling author Alan Gratz returns to the show to examine an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that sets a new low for the franchise. When Tom Paris dares to break the warp barrier, he finds himself forever altered. Now, as he struggles to remain himself, the crew's ideas of what's possible and what's acceptable collide!We do our level best to drag this Emmy-winning episode back from the halls of shame as we examine what makes an episode of Star Trek truly "bad". Along the way, we discuss the missed storytelling opportunities of Voyager, Tom Paris as THE white guy of the show, the Hudsuckerian rise of Michael De Luca, the constraints of streaming TV and the freedom of fan films, and the unsung little person actors on the show!We also talk about banned books, the first Trek depiction of a virginity loss, mind grapes, some toy talk, why piloting means having a high WPM in the future, Kal CORRECTLY predicts the Geor

We're nearly at the end of this season of Enterprising Individuals, but before we get there, we take a moment to appreciate everyone's favorite half-human, half-Vulcan first officer! Plus we've got news about a Yeoh show, Calypso, and a home that's got to go!Please consider donating to relief efforts for those affected by the California wildfires!https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/california-camp-woolsey-wildfires-help-charity-donations.htmlhttps://www.unitedwayla.org/en/give/disaster-relief-fund/https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/california-wildfires/Live in a piece of Star Trek history for a cool $6 mil!http://www.come2malibu.com/properties/startrekhouse/You can pre-order David A. Goodman's "The Autobiography of Spock" on Amazon!https://amzn.to/2quHX8QRead Eleanor's article on i09!https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-we-need-utopian-fiction-now-more-than-ever-1830260945Listen to our "Calypso" recap show!https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16174362Suit up with our new T-shirts!https://www.teepublic.com/user

We are talking the #StarTrekDiscovery #ShortTrek “Calypso” LIVE! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage!

Take a double dose of Space Claritin and squat on your mushroom this week as we brave the happy spores to find "This Side of Paradise"!Former Trek producer and lifelong Trek nerd Dave Rossi is back on the show to talk about an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that represents an early high point for the show. After arriving at colony Omicron Ceti III, Kirk and crew find the presumed-dead colonists to be alive and living in "complete peace". One by one, however, the landing party succumbs to the euphoric powers of the local flora, are ready to leave their old lives behind, and Kirk must play the serpent in Eden before he loses his crew, his ship, and his friend to Paradise!Great episodes of Trek often have many parents, and on this episode, we pay homage to names like Fontana, Sohl, Senensky, and more. We also discuss the versatility of Leonard Nimoy, the nascent social equality on display in Star Trek, the austere life of a Federation colonist, why the Enterprise crew is the best of the best, the righ

Ok . . . so enlightened 24th century humans don't believe in ghosts and goblins. But we're not in the 24th century yet! This week, we're celebrating Halloween and talking about some of the scariest monsters in Trek. Plus, we've got DIY costume tips for creating your own alien costumes!Calories schmalories, replicator! I said MORE CANDY!Relive Destination Star Trek 2018 with our exclusive coverage!http://enterprisingindividuals.com/blog/2018/10/28/destination-star-trek-birmingham-2018/Listen to our "Runaway" recap show!https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15883656Suit up with our new T-shirts!https://www.teepublic.com/user/justenoughtropeJoin our crew on Patreon and get access to our new feature, Stellar Commentaries!http://www.patreon.com/eistpodClick through our Amazon link on enterprisingindividuals.com to support the show!http://www.enterprisingindividuals.comhttps://www.amazon.com/?tag=jet01-20&linkCode=ezFollow us on Twitter and Facebook for Trek news and updates!http://www.twitter.com/eistpodhttp://www.

Destination Star Trek Birmingham 2018 has come and gone, but we're just warming up!Ella Pearson (co-host of the Generations Geek podcast and the Discoverage podcast) was on-hand at this year's DST, taking the pictures, doing the interviews, and pounding the deck plates to bring you a definitive report on Europe's largest Star Trek convention. She's got a recap of the con's events, a review of the world premiere of What We Left Behind, the DS9 documentary, pictures from the red carpet and the day's panels and more! Plus, she sat down with Andrew Robinson and Max Grodénchik at the show to ask them about their involvement with the documentary, their time on DS9, and the legacy of Trek!Back in the studio, Aaron talks with two more attendees of the show, Will Turland and Rick Parker of the 10backward podcast, about their experiences at DST, Trekkies in the UK, the toxic side of Trek fandom, and how to make it better!All that and a bag of Jason Isaacs! Listen today!10backward interview 03:24Andrew Robinson intervie

Our exploration of the spooky side of Trek continues this week, as we stalk the fog-strewn streets of Argelius II looking for the "Wolf in the Fold"!Author Marc Giller returns to the show to talk about the best episode of Star Trek: The Original Series in which Jack the Ripper possesses the USS Enterprise. Scotty's got a bump on the noggin and a distrust of girls and Dr. McCoy prescribes a little belly-dancer-related R&R to get the chief engineer back on his feet. But when the bodies begin to pile up, Kirk and crew must face down a ghost from Earth's past before the lights go out . . . PERMANENTLY!"Rational" Trek takes a powder in this episode, as we're served not only a murder mystery, but a ghost story, a slasher flick, zombies, demons, and haunted house tale, all in a script from the author of "Psycho"! During the show, Marc and I discuss Trek's desire to "laugh at the boogiemen," genre mashups, "Arthur C. Clarke" magic, the endurance of the Ripper myth, the longest scene in the series, the conflict be

It's a wealth of discussion this week as Manu Saadia, author of Trekonomics, joins the show to talk about what's in Picard's wallet! The "no money" economy of the Federation has always been one of its major selling points, but how would a system like that actually operate? Manu and I discuss the "economic plumbing" of the UFP, as well as what it might take for us to reach a similar economic reality. We also touch on "unlimited cookies", the responsibility of ownership, reputation as currency, the socioeconomic benchmark of smoked salmon, wielding soft economic power, and how the Federation could buy the entire galaxy without breaking the Bank of Bolius!Plus, we've got news about Discovery Season 2, a report from last weekend's screening of the DS9 Documentary, What We Leave Behind, and we look ahead to this weekend's Destination Trek in Birmingham!By Spock's beard, this is a great episode!Get Trekonomics on Amazon!https://amzn.to/2Csh78DBone up before the documentary with Paula and Terry's Deep Space Nine Com

This week, we're exploring the difference between Creole and Cajun as well as prudence and paranoia as we examine "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost"!Writer Eleanor Tremeer comes back to Enterprising Individuals to talk about a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine two-parter that explores the question, "What is it worth giving up in order to feel safe?" A Dominion act of terror on Earth shakes the security of the Federation government, and Starfleet Security responds by increasing their readiness and curtailing the freedoms of the populace. Can Sisko uncover the dark conspiracy at the highest levels of command before he loses his ship, his family, and the Federation's soul?Utopia is put on trial in this pair of episodes, as the writers of DS9 push the show out of the "Roddenberry Box" and critique the socialist paradise that Trek fans (and Trek characters) take for granted. Over the course of this episode, we discuss the show's prescient parallels to political debates in our own world, we examine the inherent paradox in ut

We are talking #StarTrekDiscovery’s “Runaway” LIVE! Tweet to the show at #discoverage!

This week, we welcome aboard Clarence Brown of the Discussing Trek podcast to talk about what's coming up in the world of Star Trek! We break down the news about the new Picard show, discuss the positives and negatives of "canon", talk about the changing face of fandom in the digital age, and we speculate on the "future" of the future!Plus, we take a look back at Season 1 of Star Trek: Discovery, we take a look ahead at Season 2 and "Short Treks", Clarence talks about "catching up" as a young fan without satellite TV, and Aaron is obsessed with Rob Liefeld's feet! It's less weird than it sounds!Come back this Thursday @ 9:00pm central for our live recap of "Runaway", the first Discovery Short Trek!Pre-order Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 on Blu-ray!https://amzn.to/2zPAGFXRead "The 34th Rule" by Eric Stillwell, David George, and Armin Shimerman!https://amzn.to/2OEcJdiFollow Discussing Trek on Twitter!http://www.twitter.com/discussingtrekJoin our crew on Patreon and get access to our new feature, Stellar Comment

Put away your shoes and your old life as a Starfleet captain as we illuminate "The Inner Light!"Writer and co-founder of BAR'D SOAP Sara Lynn Michener joins the show this week to talk about an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that's arguably the best and most affecting hour of the series. When the Enterprise encounters an ancient probe, Captain Picard is zapped into the shoes of Kamin, a simple iron-weaver. Will he find a way back to his old life, or will he find peace and contentment with a family whose reality he struggles to accept?The strength of any story (or sci-fi franchise) is in its characters, and Patrick Stewart gives a tour-de-force performance as he takes Picard through the loss of his old life, the halting acceptance of his new circumstances, and the devastation of returning home and learning he can never go home again. On this episode, we discuss the value of skepticism and critical thinking, the psychology of Kataan, trading your space program for top-notch VR, the most contextual flu

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 sense of determination and self-identity, and The Green Girl is a fascinating look at a life too short but well-lived.Get more info about "The Green Girl" at www.thegreengirlmovie.com!Buy "The Green Girl" on DVD!https://amzn.to/2O1sjPACheck out Mike McMahan's book, "Warped: An Engaging Guide to the Never-Aired 8th Season!"https://amzn.to/2DgaGrmJoin our crew on Patreon and get access to our new feature, Stellar Commentaries!http://www.patreon.com/eistpodClick through our Amazon link on enterprisingindividuals.com to support the show!http://www.enterprisingindividuals.comhttps://www.amazon.com/?tag=jet01-20&linkCode=

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 by the USS Horizon has altered the primitive society, and "gangsters" vie for control of the planet. Now Kirk and crew must prevent an all-out gang war before Oxmyx and Krako can rub them out!Humor in Trek is always welcome and on this episode, we talk about some of Trek's funniest moments and why it's necessary to occasionally pop the bubble of ostentation. We also discuss how Sigma Iotia is the Galaxy Quest of planets, the vagaries of the Prime Directive, the way humor humanizes your favorite characters, Trek's history of employing comedy actors, and the granular detail of 23rd century books about the 1920s.We also