Enterprising Individuals

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

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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 . . . Spock 2!

The Animated Series is an oft-overlooked wing of the Trek universe that nevertheless gave us a continuation of the five-year mission and a variety of charming and creative adventures for the crew of the Enterprise. Likewise, Walter Koenig rarely takes center stage in the world of Star Trek, but but his warmth and humor both brought Pavel Chekov to life and kept fans in stitches with his screenwriting and his non-fiction accounts of his life in Trek. On this episode, we discuss TAS as the underappreciated chapter of the Trek universe, the way the Star Trek survives by reinventing itself, the persistence of elements introduced into canon by TAS, the continuing career of Walter Koenig, the work of Hal Sutherland, and the narrative lenses employed in Trek storytelling.

We also discuss parenting tips from Captain Kirk, Duncans Idaho, "sci-fi with conveniences", bad Philip K Dick books, Shatner's big week, sending Spock to the bathroom, talking OG BSG with the TOS cast, Tuvok's Brain, overlapping continuities, a Trek news roundup, and even MORE Starlost talk!

Give us Giant Ethan Peck, cowards!

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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!

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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 reality and his fantasies will both be destroyed!

Sometimes the healthy, confident, and accomplished characters on Star Trek can feel unrelatable to our Earth-bound, replicator-free existence, but a character like Reginald Endicott Barclay III serves as the perfect avatar for many fans who also experience anxiety and detachment. In saving the ship and his crewmates, Barclay proves that a person's value isn't in their physical strength or their winning personality but in their unique viewpoints and their determination to solve the problems life presents us. On this episode, we discuss the relatability of Barclay's personality, the increasing importance of seeing yourself in Trek's characters, the emergent dangers of the holodeck, the way that Trek can be popular and niche simultaneously, the way TNG grew by leaps and bounds in its third season, why Trekkies can sometimes be prickly, and the different managerial styles present on the Enterprise-D.

We also discuss bothering your loved ones about comics, getting a job through YouTube, "nerd" episodes of popular shows, the holodeck program "2020", Geordi cringe, sweetening an employee review, "bully Riker", cosplaying therapy, the ultimate dream womb, alien asbestos, Michael Jackson gloves, and the many physical talents of LeVar Burton!

It's been 31 years and I *just got* that it's HOLO Pursuits...

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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.

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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 strengths as a show is in its characters and the actors that portray them. Being cooped up on a small ship in the middle of nowhere could have been an exercise in monotony, but Voyager was always adept at finding a new wrinkle of characterization to exploit for drama or comedy. On this episode, we discuss the way the Voyager mined its premise, the powerful charisma of the show's leads, the show's sometime rocky road to character development, the fandom split over Neelix, and why it's important that your characters like each other.

We also discuss Jedi sashimi, introducing Gen Z to call-in shows, a "past version of the future", Maquis liking it raw, Donnie Brascoing the Kazons, Voyager's phone logs, who the main character of Voyager is, comparing Enterprise to anime, Neck Breakin' Jesus, Romulan pudding, the Star Trek Breakfast Club, "Dad and Daddy-o", some Cyberpunk talk, and why video games are the least cool addiction.

Go, Neelix! Go!

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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".

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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?

The short run of the Original Series was marked by unbridled creativity, with many episodes presenting multiple, original premises that made the nascent universe of Trek feel living and lived in. Supported by the work of contemporary sci-fi authors and creators, Star Trek delivered prime-time escapism that challenged the existing paradigm of sci-fi television. On this episode, we discuss the way in which TOS reflected the unbridled creativity of '60s sci-fi, what makes a TOS story, layering multiple premises into a single episode, the attraction of generation ship stories, using religion as a mollifying social force, the technological status quo of the Trek galaxy, and the Original Series' real opinion of utopias.

We also discuss adding cyborgs to TOS, whether or not Catwoman can fly a helicopter, the lack of CPR in Trek, getting married for the hospice care, "have typewriter, will travel", thumbing your nose at the Nuclear Age, classic full-sentence episode titles, pandemic storytelling, an "evenness of difference", having Trek as your only credit, VHS board games, fascinating failures like Lynch's Dune, "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex", how to tell your congregation your god is just a computer, and once again we play the Starlost game!

Never promise to marry the alien priestess!

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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.

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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 episode of QL, because Sam sees in Moe a kindred spirit, someone who is a dreamer and someone who is also curious about time travel. On the episode, we discuss the events of October 1957 including Sputnik, The Bridge on the River Kwai, alien abduction, and more. We also talk about using the blood code, subtle sci-fi elements, "Hey, it's that guy!", eccentricity vs. mental decline, having the "chops", drinking like a weirdo, Casey Jones, how Twitch replaced call-in shows, and a weird set of birthday coincidences.

HOLY SMOKING RETRO ROCKETS!

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