Enterprising Individuals

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrek Discovery episode “People of Earth”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

This week, Mark A. Altman joins the show to talk about his life with Trek, including Free Enterprise, The Fifty-Year Mission, and Inglorious Treksperts, plus his CW series Pandora, watching TOS on an 11" black and white screen, being a nerd who got inside Hollywood, writing the definitive Galactica 1980 text, and poetry of episode titles, and how a rerun of Star Trek II got us Star Trek VI!Plus, we've got an interview with Peter Kaczmarczyk, president of the Captain Janeway Bloomington Collective about Bloomington's new monument to Janeway and Kate Mulgrew!This means something!Follow Mark on Twitter and dive into his work!https://twitter.com/markaaltmanPandora, Sunday nights on the CWhttps://www.cwtv.com/shows/pandora/The Fifty-Year Missionhttps://amzn.to/34CppIHNobody Does it Better: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bondhttps://amzn.to/35PIjvbhttps://twitter.com/inglorioustrekLearn more about the Janeway Statue!https://twitter.com/janewaystatuehttps://www.janewaystatue.comAccept y

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrek Discovery episode “Far From Home”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

The cons are closed but our annual live panel is open for business as we host a virtual round table discussion of the much-maligned Star Trek: Nemesis, with featured guests Jen Dallman, Ella Pearson, Gooey Fame, and Thad Hait!Join us for a look at a Star Trek "film" that was hampered from the start, with a shrinking budget, way too many storylines, and a director who'd never seen Star Trek! We do our best to find the good in the last, tired effort of the TNG crew to find continuing success at the box office and *one more* reason why Worf is even there. Along the way, we talk about the dangers of infecting a pre-dune buggy society, space nosferatu, a hard stance against back hair, pre-jacked Hardy, a million knives, ramming it hard and backing it out, Shinzaway and Shinzo, psychic Ouija power, and having your pizza and root beer night RUINED!Don't worry, Hell is dark...and Star Trek: Nemesis is playing on a loop!Do yourself a favor and check out the work of our fabulous guests!Jen Dallmann - instagram.com/rose

We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrek Discovery episode “That Hope Is You. Part 1”! Tweet to the show at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join the conversation!

This week, Katharine Trendacosta of the Electronic Frontier Foundation joins the show to talk about data rights, intellectual property, and digital free speech in Star Trek and our own world.. On the episode, we talk about the EFF's efforts to create a Star Trek future and not a Mirror Universe one, how the Federation protects the digital rights of its citizens, IP law of the future, the obsolescence of ownership in a digital future, why security experts are Luddites, the Aeneid and the Divine Comedy as fan fic, punching up on CBS, the biometric Bill of Rights, Dukat's Internet Off-Switch, and why LCARS *must* be open-source.Look at this podcast!Follow Katharine on Twitter and learn more about the EFF!https://twitter.com/k_trendacostahttp://www.eff.orgAccept your mission and sign up for Trek the Vote!http://trekthe.votehttps://twitter.com/trekthevotehttps://www.facebook.com/trekthevoteCommunicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!http://www.facebook.com/eistpodhttp://www.twitte

We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode “No Small Parts”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress

Get out your dermal regenerator as we sit down for "Indiscretion"!Podcaster Mikanhana returns to the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that introduces us to Dukat's more "human" side. When Kira finds a long-lost freighter carrying Bajoran slaves, she's forced to take Legate Dukat on her expedition. But when a Dukat "family secret" is revealed, she'll have to risk everything to save the life of a defenseless girl!Skrain(?) Dukat is a fascinating character and really the first and arguably most successful recurring villain in the Trek franchise. He is not, however, a "cool guy". We admire qualities like self-sufficiency and confidence in others, but those qualities are divorced from any particular value system. They are admirable in empathetic and conscientious characters like Sisko or Kira, but they're onerous in venal, petty, and sadistic characters like, well, Dukat. On this episode, we discuss the way that some fans miss the point of Dukat in the narrative of DS9, the persis

We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode “Crisis Point”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

Singer/songwriter and activist Tae Phoenix joins the show this week to talk about political activism, protesting, and Star Trek. On the episode, we discuss what protesting looks like in the Federation, the unfathomable empathy of Trek characters, staring down the barrel of history, finding (or lacking) a moral center, scaling the helping impulse to systemic issues, conservative Trek fans, socialism saving Quark's, using genre spaces to explore social injustice, Sisko explaining Reaganomics, Tae pitches two cool new Trek series, and Kal achieves a new level of depressed sighing!WARNING: THIS ADULT DISCUSSION CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND IS 30% COOLER FOR ITAccept your mission and sign up for Trek the Vote!http://trekthe.votehttps://twitter.com/trekthevotehttps://www.facebook.com/trekthevoteFollow Tae on Twitter and experience her music!https://twitter.com/taephoenixhttp://taephoenix.bandcamp.comhttp://taephoenix.comCommunicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!http://www.facebook

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

Get ready to make an impossible choice this week as we examine "Similitude"!Writer, producer, and podcast host Jason Inman joins the show this week to discuss an episode of Enterprise that pushes the crew of the NX-01 to the breaking point. The ship becomes mired in the Delphic Expanse and Trip is fatally wounded in an engineering accident. When Phlox creates a "disposable" copy of Enterprise's engineer, Archer will have to make the ultimate choice between his friend and his mission!Enterprise (*just* Enterprise) was short-lived in comparison to other Trek series, but it stands shoulder to shoulder with them in terms of the depth of its characters and the strength of its premise. It presented us with heroes that lacked the invulnerability of 24th century technology and the certitude of the Untied Federation of Planets. More than that, it charted the path of Starfleet from eager, artless explorers to honed and seasoned protectors of life in the galaxy and it proved that there was still life left in sci-fi's gr

We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode “Much Ado About Boimler”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

This week, Mikanhana of the Just Enough Trope and Sailor Noob podcasts is back on the show to round up the latest Trek news! We've got stories about tardigrades, Star Trek Day, Lower Decks, Discovery season 3, Star Trek 4, and new Disco characters! Plus, some Enterprise talk, name theories, scary Trills, dumb Christopher Nolan, Team America, healing snakes, and the debut of Tacoguy!Goo goo ga ga yay!Follow the Just Enough Trope podcast on Twitter and check out the show!http://www.twitter.com/justenoughtropehttp://www.justenoughtrope.comGet your fill of anime and Japanese culture with Sailor Noob!http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailorCommunicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!http://www.facebook.com/eistpodhttp://www.twitter.com/eistpodhttps://discord.gg/APk2cCyJoin our crew 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 LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode " Terminal Provocations”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

Try to resist the siren call this week as we get tied up in "Favorite Son"!Duke University Dean of Natural Sciences and Star Trek science consultant Dr. Mohamed Noor returns to the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that proves Trek can be educational even when the science is bad. The ship discovers a planet of beautiful women who are eager to welcome Harry "home". Will Voyager's pluckiest ensign learn the truth about his heritage before it's too late or will he be consumed by his sinister new brides?In the interest of good storytelling, Trek often prioritizes the "fi" over the "sci" in sci-fi. However, Trek has always been concerned with exploring the story potential of real-world physics and biology, often incorporating contemporary discoveries and theory into its scenarios. Even when they get the facts wrong or new discoveries are made, Trek's focus on scholarship and the sciences has inspired countless viewers to examine the world more scientifically or to become scientists themsel

We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode "Cupid’s Errant Arrow”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!

This week, comedy writer JM McNab joins the show to talk about comedy in Star Trek and why seeking out new life isn't always a laugh riot. During the discussion, we talk about letting the air out of the franchise, what constitutes "punching down", being a fish out of '50s water, the loving parody of "Chief O'Brien At Work", Planet Scotland, Sh*t My Captain Says, open mic night in the mess hall, "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot Take", and whether or not Bev's sex ghost holds a cure for cancer!The clown can stay but the Ferengi in the gorilla suit has to go!Listen to JM's podcast "Rewatchability" and check out his other work!http://www.rewatchability.com/https://www.cracked.com/members/keatonbrows/http://www.twitter.com/jmmcnabagainhttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-daily-zeitgeist-28516718/Here's some links to what we discussed on the show:Star Trek Experiencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDMk8DO4wJ4Riker's software commercial (and grin gif source)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN6mp5hVSScTNG IS AVAILABLE ON VHS!!!

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

Pull on your worst sweater and get ready to save the day again as we play "The Game"!New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente returns to the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that gives the Wesley Crusher we didn't know we wanted. A new pleasure-inducing video game is quickly becoming everyone's favorite shipboard pastime. But when the game is revealed to be a sinister plot to take over the Federation, Wesley and Robin will have to outwit the adults take back the ship!Wesley Crusher may be everyone's favorite Trek punching bag, but in reality he's one of the franchise's most interesting characters. For a show that's all about going boldly, we meet him at an age of uncertainty and fear and we see him grow into a character with his own self-created sense of moral integrity. He's someone with all the gifts of the Federation's best citizens, and yet he bravely rejects the path that he seems destined to take, military service for an organization who