Discoverage Season 3, Episode 5 “Die Trying”
We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrek Discovery episode “Die Trying”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Nov 13, 2020•59 min
Enterprising Individuals
Welcome to Enterprising Individuals, the podcast where we boldly go into excruciating detail about the series, characters, and stories of the Star Trek universe. On every episode, host Aaron Coker aka Ka1iban is joined by a special guest for an in-depth discussion of a selected episode from a Star Trek series. Enlist today for this fascinating mission!
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Season 5, Episode 19.5 Josh Zelikovitz of Star Trek and the Jews
This week, Josh Zelikovitz of Star Trek and the Jews joins the show to talk about Jews and Judaism in the Star Trek franchise. So many of the actors, writer, and creators behind Star Trek have been Jewish and yet Trek has never featured an explicitly Jewish character. On the show, we talk about depicting religion in a secular future, the Jewish coding of Trek elements, Gene Roddenberry's strained relationship with Jews and faith, the Jewish creators behind classic and modern Trek, how Bajorans a...
Nov 12, 2020•45 min
Discoverage Season 3, Episode 4 “Forget Me Not”
We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrek Discovery episode “Forget Me Not”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Nov 06, 2020•35 min
Season 5, Episode 19 “Let He Who Is Without Sin..." (DS9) with Katie Nickolaou
Pick up a horga'hn and put down those pamphlets as we head to Risa to check out "Let He Who Is Without Sin..."! Fandom Forecasts host and meteorologist Katie Nickolaou joins the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that had a mixed reception among fans but presents a fascinating look at the sexual mores of the 24th century. When Dax drags Worf to the pleasure planet Risa for a sun and fun-filled vacation, he's resolved to be miserable the entire time. But when a cad...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 18 min
Discoverage Season 3, Episode 3 “People of Earth”
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!
Oct 30, 2020•56 min
Season 5, Episode 18.5 Mark A. Altman and the Janeway Monument
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 Collecti...
Oct 29, 2020•48 min
Discoverage Season 3, Episode 2 “Far From Home”
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!
Oct 23, 2020•53 min
Season 5, Episode 18 Enterprising Individuals Live: Star Trek Nemesis 2020
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 t...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 40 min
Discoverage Season 3, Episode 1 “That Hope Is You, Part 1”
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!
Oct 16, 2020•32 min
Season 5, Episode 17.5 Data Rights with Katharine Trendacosta
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 C...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Discoverage Lower Decks: "No Small Parts”
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
Oct 09, 2020•51 min
Season 5, Episode 17 “Indiscretion" (DS9) with Mikanhana
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 re...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Discoverage Lower Decks: "Crisis Point”
We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode “Crisis Point”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Oct 02, 2020•42 min
Season 5, Episode 16.5 Trek Activism with Tae Phoenix
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 ...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Discoverage Lower Decks: "Veritas”
We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode “Veritas”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Sep 25, 2020•48 min
Season 5, Episode 16 “Similitude" (ENT) with Jason Inman
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...
Sep 23, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Discoverage Lower Decks: "Much Ado About Boimler”
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!
Sep 18, 2020•36 min
Season 5, Episode 15.5 Trek News with Mikanhana of Sailor Noob
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/...
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Discoverage Lower Decks: "Terminal Provocations”
We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode " Terminal Provocations”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Sep 11, 2020•36 min
Season 5, Episode 15 “Favorite Son" (VOY) with Dr. Mohamed Noor
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 consu...
Sep 09, 2020•59 min
Discoverage Lower Decks: "Cupid’s Errant Arrow”
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!
Sep 04, 2020•41 min
Season 5, Episode 14.5 Comedy in Trek with JM McNab
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 ...
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 34 min
Discoverage Lower Decks: "Moist Vessel”
We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode "Moist Vessel”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Aug 28, 2020•44 min
Season 5, Episode 14 “The Game" (TNG) with Catherynne M. Valente
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 ...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 44 min
Discoverage Lower Decks: "Temporal Edict”
We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode "Temporal Edict”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Aug 21, 2020•38 min
Season 5, Episode 13.5 Treknology with Dr. Ethan Siegel
This week, Dr. Ethan Siegel joins the show to talk about his book "Treknology", science outreach, finding your path, and the principles behind the Trek tech we could make in the 21st century! Risa, here I come! Get Ethan's excellent book, "Treknology"! https://amzn.to/3l0Bspj Join us Thursday nights for LIVE reviews of Lower Decks and Star Trek: Discovery! Communicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord! http://www.facebook.com/eistpod http://www.twitter.com/eistpod...
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Discoverage Lower Decks: "Envoys”
We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode "Envoys”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Aug 14, 2020•41 min
Season 5, Episode 13 “The Void" (VOY) with Dr. Erin Macdonald
Hold tight to what's yours as we examine the "The Void"! Astrophysicist, science consultant, and voice actress Dr. Erin Macdonald returns to the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that reaffirms the crew's commitment to the ideal of the Federation. When the Voyager becomes trapped in a pocket dimension, she's set upon by desperate scavengers. But, Captain Janeway hatches a plan to turn enemies into allies and makes a last-ditch attempt to get her crew back to normal space...
Aug 13, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Discoverage Lower Decks: "Second Contact”
We are talking LIVE about the #LowerDecks episode "Second Contact”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Aug 07, 2020•53 min
Season 5, Episode 12.5 Star Trek Adventures RPG w/Fred, Alan, & Josh
This week, we go to the 24th century as Fred Love returns to the show to run an introductory game of Star Trek Adventures! Kal, Alan, and Josh beam into the world of the the Galaxy-class USS Venture, assigned to patrol the chaotic Shackleton Expanse. When disaster strikes the ship, they'll have to use their wits, guts, and Starfleet training to save the day! If you're interested in playing Star Trek Adventures, there's never been a better time to get involved! Humble Bundle has a limited-time of...
Aug 06, 2020•2 hr 13 min
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