This week, Dan Deevy of Gaaays in Spaaace joins the show to talk about LGBTQ+ representation in Star Trek, pushing the envelopes of media, and partying through a pandemic! #WeWantWorf Check out Gaaays in Spaaace and follow Dan on Twitter! http://www.gaaaysinspaaace.com http://www.twitter.com/gaaaysinspaaace http://www.twitter.com/dandeevy Join our crew on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/eistpod Subscribe to the show on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id111316...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Grab a spray can of your grandaddy's special pesticide as we marvel at "The Infinite Vulcan"! Writer Ryan Britt returns to the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series that was written by the multi-talented Walter Koenig. When the Enterprise discovers a long-lost civilization of plant-like aliens, Spock is kidnapped and cloned by a Eugenics War scientist. Now, Kirk and crew must save their friend, stop the Phylosians' plans for galactic domination, and face . . . Sp...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 23 min
Justine Mastin and Larisa Garski are back on the show this week to talk about their new book, "Starship Therapise" and the future of mental health in the Star Trek universe! Charge up the sanity laser! Get Justine and Larisa's book, "Starship Therapise"! https://amzn.to/3u5W6rw Check out the Starship Therapise podcast and their other work! http://starshiptherapise.com http://https ://blueboxcounseling.com/ http://www.twitter.com/mindbodyfandom http://www.twitter.com/spocksallears Join our crew o...
May 20, 2021•51 min
We're rejecting reality and substituting our own as we enjoy “Hollow Pursuits"! Casually Comics host Sasha Wood joins the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that introduces a character to the Trek universe who feels like an outsider but represents us perfectly. Lt. Barclay can only find solace in his holodeck recreations of his co-workers. When an invisible contaminant begins to infect the ship, he'll need to find the courage to step into the real world or his...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Dr. David A. Banks is back on the show this week to help answer a question: what would an average town in the Federation look like? A future with no scarcity, no cars, and a Creole joint on every corner sounds great, but what happens to community when property and regionalism are irrelevant? I don't let my kids watch Mr. Beast's Ghost Kitchen. Check out David's website and listen to Ironweeds! http://www.davidabanks.org http://www.twitter.com/da_banks http://ironweeds.podbean.com Communicate wit...
May 06, 2021•1 hr 20 min
We're finding out how deep the rabbit hole goes this week as we conduct “Investigations"! Comedian, writer, and podcaster Asterios Kokkinos returns to the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that shakes up the Season 2 status quo. Neelix's talk show is the only place in the quadrant you can see juggling AND slides of the Klingon glottis. But when Tom Paris abruptly jumps ship, Neelix will follow a thread of mystery that leads to conspiracy and death! One of Voyager's greatest streng...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Artist Jenny Parks joins the show this week to talk about Star Trek Cats, science illustration, whether Federation citizens are cat people, and what Trek characters are secretly cat lovers! Odo would *totally* have a cat named "Julian". Check out Jenny's website and books! http://www.jennyparks.com Star Trek Cats https://amzn.to/2QsojLb Star Trek TNG Cats https://amzn.to/3tGSSLy Communicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord! http://www.facebook.com/eistpod http://...
Apr 22, 2021•33 min
We're coming out of our shell this week as we explore “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"! Author Greg Cox returns to the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that is full to bursting with innovative sci-fi ideas. The Enterprise has discovered an ancient civilization living in a hollow asteroid generation ship. Can Kirk and crew save the unknowing inhabitants from their fate or will they---and Dr. McCoy---see their journey end in destruction? Th...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 25 min
This week, Justin McLachlan of EOS 10 joins the show to talk about acting, writing, and creating podcast sci-fi audio drama. In our discussion, we talk about the influence of his sci-fi and Trek fandom on his work, innovating on one of technology's oldest media, his book "Treknology", walking the DS9 Promenade, creating fiction in a hologram world, why the uncanny valley is so steep, directing (and protecting) actors, and whether or not humanity can learn from the lessons sci-fi teaches us. Fair...
Apr 08, 2021•46 min
It's About Time is the Quantum Leap podcast whose mission is to pod right what once went wrong! This week, Gooey Fame of the Virtual Theater Podcast leaps in to talk about episode number 44, "Future Boy"! When Sam leaps onto the set of a 1950s sci-fi show, he meets the time-travelling hero Captain Galaxy. But when Galaxy's alter ego Moe begins to lose touch with reality, Sam will have to heal Moe's relationship with his daughter before the unthinkable occurs. This is a particularly poignant epis...
Apr 01, 2021•57 min
Choose your cha'DIch and sharpen your kut'luch as we atone for the "Sins of the Father"! Writer and musician Fred Love returns to the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that helped set the scene for decades of Klingon stories. When Worf discovers he has a long-lost brother, he must join him in defending their late father's honor. But when a conspiracy involving the Klingon High Council is uncovered, he'll have to give up his most treasured possession to protec...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 11 min
This week, Gooey Fame of BackTrekking is back on the program to act as a Trek archeologist as we unearth Gene Roddenberry's original pitch document, "Star Trek Is..."! The kernel of the idea that became the Trek we know was refined over time by many hands, but this is the raw ore of "Wagon Train to the Stars"! You'll hear tales of smart cows, skinned tyrannosaurs, dog men, and a whole lot of Christ metaphors! And Torx! All done on the cheap! Listen to BackTrekking to hear the stories behind your...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 30 min
Hold on to yourself and get for battle as we fight "The War Without, The War Within"! Anika Dane and Liz Barr of Antimatter Pod are back on the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Discovery that sees our heroes wrestling with threats both physical and emotional. The crew of the Discovery has gone from the frying pan to the fire as they return from the Mirror Universe to a Federation shattered by war with the Klingons. Now, Cornwell and Sarek plan a desperate strike at the Klingon ...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 26 min
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 updates on the 5 (or is it 6?) Trek shows currently in production/development, plus stories about the Saturn Awards, Trek lit, Star Trek 4, and more! Our revels are just getting started! Follow the Just Enough Trope podcast on Twitter and check out the show! http://www.twitter.com/justenoughtrope http://www.justenoughtrope.com Get your fill of anime and Japanese ...
Mar 11, 2021•56 min
Prepare yourself for for the experience of someone else's lifetime because we're remembering "Memorial"! New York Times and Sunday Times best-selling author James Swallow returns the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that reminds us of the importance of memorializing tragedy. When certain crew members begin to experience flashbacks to an alien massacre, they wonder if they could have participated in its execution. But when Voyager discovers a strange monument memorializi...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 21 min
This week, Darren Mooney of the Escapist is back for the second half of our discussion about all things Star Trek (and Doctor Who). On the show, we talk about writing pop culture commentary during the lockdown, the changing role of the Doctor in Doctor Who, how Trek's role has changed in society in the current era, how Enterprise wasn't *that* bad, and the end of "The End of History"! This episode of outtakes (and ALL of our outtakes) are available weekly on our Patreon, at patreon.com/eistpod! ...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Make sure you're caught up on your shots because we're studying "The Immunity Syndrome"! We're back for an all-new season as Darren Mooney of the Escapist joins the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series in which we're all, like, little microbes in the galaxy, man. A colossal organism from beyond the galaxy is devouring entire star systems and Kirk and crew will have to find a way to squash this bug before they become its next meal! Star Trek may present a stolid philosophy...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 30 min
We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekDiscovery episode “That Hope Is You, Part 2”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #StarTrek
Jan 08, 2021•52 min
We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekDiscovery episode “There Is A Tide…”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #StarTrek
Jan 03, 2021•49 min
We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrekDiscovery episode “Su’Kal”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress! #StarTrek
Dec 27, 2020•55 min
We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrek Discovery episode “Terra Firma, Part 2”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Dec 18, 2020•45 min
Whether or not you want it, 2020 is coming to an end and we've got a look back at the past season of Enterprising Individuals episodes. Plus, a tribute to dearly departed author and friend of the show, Dave Galanter. May you find a better year waiting for you under the tree this Christmas! Happy Holidays! Remember Dave with his online memorial! http://www.dave-galanter.com Help support the show when you shop on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/?tag=jet01-20&linkCode=ez Learn the stories behind...
Dec 16, 2020•53 min
We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrek Discovery episode “Terra Firma, Part 1”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Dec 11, 2020•41 min
Dr. Djoymi Baker joins the show this week to talk about Star Trek and mythic storytelling. The characters of Trek seem larger than life and it's not by accident; in addition to using the tropes of epic storytelling to enthrall and entertain its audience, the Trek franchise has striven to establish itself as modern mythology with iconic heroes. On the show, we discuss the ways in which Trek employs myth to market itself, the representation of "God" and religion in Trek, the "myth" of the Federati...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 6 min
We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrek Discovery episode “The Sanctuary”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Dec 04, 2020•53 min
Get ready to catch an important arrow as we wonder "Who Watches the Watchers"! Data visualization engineer and designer Millie Pettit joins the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that presents a pitiless examination of Starfleet's most sacred law: the Prime Directive. While assisting a team of scientists observing a developing world, the Enterprise crew accidently reveals their existence to the planet's natives. Now, Picard must choose between letting a nascen...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 14 min
We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrek Discovery episode “Unification III”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Nov 28, 2020•45 min
This week, The Star Trek Communist Will Nguyen joins the show to talk about Marxism and socialism in the Star Trek franchise! Everyone gets that no money, replicators, and an equal distribution of wealth is how the Federation became a utopia, but maybe it's not quite that simple. On the show, we talk about the flaws in Trek's "socialist" utopia, how money doesn't equal capitalism, the parallels between the USSR and the Federation, Space Che Guevara, "degenerated space worker state", DS9 as the u...
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 10 min
We are talking LIVE about the #StarTrek Discovery episode “Scavengers”! Tweet at @eistpod with the hashtag #discoverage to join our conversation currently in progress!
Nov 20, 2020•54 min
Slip on your lobe enhancers because we're learning the "Rules of Acquisition"! Author and educator Cassandra Rose Clarke joins the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in which Quark gets a lesson in Ferengi inequality. When Grand Nagus Zek wants to expand Alliance trade into the Gamma Quadrant, he picks Quark as his front man. But when Quark picks a female Ferengi posing as a male as his partner, he'll learn an uncomfortable truth: that females have the lobes for b...
Nov 19, 2020•59 min
