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 barged their way onto the station and into Bajoran space, and Lt. Commander Worf is dispatched to asses...
Aug 15, 2018•1 hr 5 min
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 Klingon Hamlet https://amzn.to/2MwwDlS The Autobiography of Jean Luc Picard https://amzn.to/2vywCHG Get...
Aug 09, 2018•27 min
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 former governor and his troupe aboard. But when the bodies begin piling up like Act V of Hamlet, he'l...
Aug 01, 2018•1 hr 9 min
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/2uTFQxV http://www.dangearino.com Listen to Kevin Lauderdale talk about The City on the Edge of Forev...
Jul 26, 2018•23 min
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 tough love of his estranged brother, Robert . . . and a well-timed mud fight. Join us as we look at...
Jul 18, 2018•1 hr 15 min
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://enterprisingindividuals.com/blog/2017/05/10/season-2-episode-8-the-city-on-the-edge-of-forever-tos...
Jul 14, 2018•34 min
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 brave crews! Join us as we break down the Original Series episode that gave us the Romulans, cloaking d...
Jul 04, 2018•1 hr 14 min
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 "one long episode" that is season one, as well as the evolution of TV storytelling, the mechanics of ...
Jul 02, 2018•1 hr 36 min
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; share yours by calling 612-234-5232 and leaving a message for the show! Follow the Tenutos on Twitter an...
Jul 02, 2018•10 min
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 old foe from introducing Kirk to cute, fuzzy death! Join us as Paula and Terry give a delightful play-...
Jun 20, 2018•1 hr 12 min
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 Trek allegorical storytelling from TOS to Disco! It's a discussion of brobdingnagian proportions! I...
Jun 14, 2018•1 hr 2 min
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 from passionate to horrifying as she learns of the dark secret possessed by the seemingly benign al...
Jun 06, 2018•1 hr 18 min
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, willingly or no. Also, we prove that articles and prepositions are secret weapons of the story-building g...
Jun 04, 2018•53 min
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 going to do, bad boys? You haven't said yet. Look at the tangle of thorns that is the CBS/Viacom de...
May 30, 2018•35 min
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 of Ventax II may be the victims of a millennia-long con! Over the course of the show, we discuss weap...
May 23, 2018•1 hr 11 min
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 show to talk Trek vs. Wars, Adam Savage being wrong (and orange), the cultural impact of Wars and Tre...
May 18, 2018•51 min
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 subordinates! It's like The Office except not funny and the accounting team are all killed. During o...
May 09, 2018•1 hr 22 min
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 Canto Bight on Amazon! https://amzn.to/2jqQJBn https://amzn.to/2rhwtqd https://amzn.to/2jnm0Fb http...
May 03, 2018•16 min
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 of the Klingon Empire, even if he has to spill blood in the process! Along the way, Keith and I cov...
Apr 25, 2018•56 min
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://www.gq.com/story/tig-notaro-stages-of-grief Pick up Star Trek: Discovery novels on Amazon! https:/...
Apr 20, 2018•27 min
Replicate yourself a tin foil hat and get ready to see the fnords as we overload our cortical implants to discuss "The Voyager Conspiracy!" Writer, researcher, and teacher Dr. David A. Banks joins the show to talk about an episode of Voyager that sees Seven of Nine question everything she thinks she knows about her crewmates and the circumstances that brought them to the Delta Quadrant. Will she expose the lies that are hidden in plain sight . . . or is it all in her fevered mind? It's an episod...
Apr 11, 2018•1 hr 22 min
Larry "Dr. Trek" Nemecek makes a house call to the show this week as we talk about the early days of Star Trek: The Next Generation and what it could have looked like without Gene Roddenberry's involvement. We also discuss Larry's NASA kid origins, the dream of getting to explore Roddenberry's archives, "writers vs. suits" in Chaos on the Bridge, and Larry gives us his thoughts about Star Trek: Discovery and the "next generation" of fans who are embracing it online. Plus, Shatner lives, wedding ...
Apr 04, 2018•45 min
This week on Castperanto, the Esperanto podcast, it's the most notorious Esperanto film, Incubus! When a succubus sets her sights on a virtuous young soldier, she thinks she's got an easy catch. But, can she resist the seductive nature of love and virtue? Hosts Aaron Coker and Jacob Gulliver take a long drink from this "Bergmanesque"(?) movie and discuss the film's perfume commercial cinematography, its "cursed" past, what lying to priests gets you, the Outer Limits, and a particularly angry goa...
Apr 01, 2018•48 min
Grab your lampshade and join the party this week as we look at an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that's a throwback in more ways than one: "The Schizoid Man!" New York Times best-selling author and perennial guest David Mack is back on the show to talk about a problematic TNG entry that starts with a dirty grandpa and ends with targ underwear wrestling. From casual sexism, to marginalization, to troubling implications for the Soong family, this early bit of TNG fluff has it all . . . ...
Mar 28, 2018•1 hr 30 min
We're back this week with more from sociology professors and Trek researchers John and Maria Jose Tenuto and the conversation ranges from the life and career of Ricardo Montalban, the transformation of a Viking superman into an Eastern tyrant, building a pop culture monument piece by piece, more Star Trek: Discovery talk, and a special appearance by Robert Rodriguez('s name)! Thanks again to the Tenutos for sharing their work with us! Join our crew on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/eistpod Clic...
Mar 22, 2018•44 min
He's a genetically-engineered superman, a temporal fugitive, and he can crush a phaser with his bare hands . . . given enough yoga-based preparation, of course. It's Khan Noonien Singh! Sociology professors and Star Trek researchers Maria Jose and John Tenuto take us to school this week for a look at the Original Series episode that gave us Khan: "Space Seed"! John and Maria share their insights from researching the Roddenberry archives, charting the episode's path from concept to screen and how...
Mar 14, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Our latest supplemental episode is here to say goodbye to a treasured performer and to dive into the allegorical pool we filled last week when talking "Duet". Trek and social commentary have always gone hand in hand, and I break down some of Trek's best cautionary tales AND "Past Tense" San Francisco vs. modern-day San Fran. Trick question! Same. Plus, a big announcement about a new live show at CONvergence this summer! Here's a link to the Reddit post I mentioned https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfra...
Mar 08, 2018•18 min
Season Three of Enterprising Individuals takes a serious turn as we look at the tangle of thorns that is "Duet"! New York Times best-selling author David R. George III returns to the show to talk about one of Deep Space Nine's (and Trek's) finest and most brutal episodes. Kira thinks she's captured a monster, but she learns that war and cruelty make victims of everyone. Our discussion touches upon the genius of Harris Yulin, the reality of history being edited by the victors, the importance of v...
Feb 28, 2018•1 hr 20 min
Enterprising individuals is back for 2018 and our first order of business is breaking down Star Trek: Discovery, complete with mild spoilers! Then, we take a look a the Original Series's much-maligned third season and see if we can't give it a second . . . er, third chance! And finally, we say good by to the leathery legend Jason Isaacs for our final "Isaac's Antics!" Seriously, Les. Call me about my Magnum pitch! Check out These Are the Voyages on Amazon! http://amzn.to/2sLgL9E Follow Gordon Pu...
Feb 21, 2018•21 min
Season Three of Enterprising Individuals is off and running as we try to break out of “The Tholian Web”! Comics artist Gordon Purcell joins the show to talk about an episode that’s a ray of light in a dark sector of interspace, Star Trek’s turd, er . . . third season. Along the way, we discuss the trials of Trek’s third season, including less money, losing staff, mismanagement, and the one-two-three punch of Laugh-In, Jerry Lewis, and Minnie Pearl. Plus we get a feel of those silver lamé space s...
Feb 15, 2018•1 hr 13 min
