Enterprising Individuals

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 persistence of "Dukat was right" memes, the dangers of failing up, weaponizing values when you have none, the "family feel" of DS9, liking unlikeable characters, and the virtue of being vulnerable.

We also discuss being the Flanders of the galaxy, fighting over Luke Skywalker, taking a long car ride with Hitler, an Empok Nor Surfin' Safari, dissing Shane, the first of many Ziyals, the difference between Ten Forward and Quark's, the secret of the long runabout scenes, #2 Kira hair, keeping away from Geordi, Kal's stuck on Farscape again, Mika's got a million unanswerable questions, and OW MY BUTT!

It's a big step!

Follow Mika on social media and listen to the Sailor Noob podcast!
http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor
http://www.instagram.com/noob_sailor
http://www.twitter.com/justenoughtrope
https://www.spreaker.com/show/sailor-noob

Get out and Trek the Vote!
http://www.trekthe.vote

Learn the story behind your favorite Trek stories with BackTrekking!
http://www.twitter.com/backtrekking

Eat rations with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/eistpod
http://www.twitter.com/eistpod
https://discord.gg/UeytGNP

Buy us a cool suit on Patreon and Ko-Fi!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod
https://ko-fi.com/E1E01M2UA

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

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 IT

Accept your mission and sign up for Trek the Vote!
http://trekthe.vote
https://twitter.com/trekthevote
https://www.facebook.com/trekthevote

Follow Tae on Twitter and experience her music!
https://twitter.com/taephoenix
http://taephoenix.bandcamp.com
http://taephoenix.com

Communicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/eistpod
http://www.twitter.com/eistpod
https://discord.gg/APk2cCy

Join our crew on Patreon!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

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 greatest franchise. On this episode, we discuss Enterprise's concept as a precursor story, the way it embraced serialization in the franchise and paved the way for it in genre TV, the show's unabashed emotionality, the military fiction aspects of Trek, the excellent casting, what makes an Enterprise story, and the reason the buck stops with a Starfleet captain.

We also discuss the privileges of rank, Trek switching affiliates on you, gas station comic books, Bob Seger's "Faith of the Heart", a Season of Hell, Star Trek's Donner Party, keeping up with BSG and Firefly, Enterprise's "Tuvix", the superlative chill of Dr. Phlox, Riker tanking his career, doppelgangers get all the action, and Sisko as Trek's "realest" military commander.

Kill your best friend or everyone on Earth dies!

Follow Jason on social media and listen to the Geek History Lesson podcast!
http://www.twitter.com/jawiin
http://www.instagram.com/jawiin
http://www.facebook.com/jawiin
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geek-history-lesson/id816803613

Pre-order Jason's new book "Jupiter Jet and the Forgotten Radio" on Amazon!
https://amzn.to/3mN1nBF

Learn the story behind your favorite Trek stories with BackTrekking!
http://www.twitter.com/backtrekking

Go to dinner and a movie with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/eistpod
http://www.twitter.com/eistpod
https://discord.gg/UeytGNP

Buy us new brain parts on Patreon and Ko-Fi!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod
https://ko-fi.com/E1E01M2UA

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

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/justenoughtrope
http://www.justenoughtrope.com

Get your fill of anime and Japanese culture with Sailor Noob!
http://www.twitter.com/noob_sailor

Communicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/eistpod
http://www.twitter.com/eistpod
https://discord.gg/APk2cCy

Join our crew on Patreon!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod

Subscribe 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 themselves. On this episode, Dr. Noor explains the science behind the premise of "Favorite Son" and other Trek episodes, and we talk about the prevalence of genetics-themed plots on Voyager, Star Trek's misconceptions about evolution, the real life behaviors used in luring mates, environmental gene activation, the plausibility of mixed-species babies on Trek, junk DNA, and the challenges that educators are facing during the current pandemic.

We also discuss adding "quantum" to everything, Voyager's "Trilogy of Terror", a "male fantasy piece with a dark twist", Lifeforce, ReGenesis, "Muller's ratchet", the passion of Harry Kim, losing your head ridges, getting demoted by your mom, androids "feeling" human, opening another Doctor instance, "dangerous sex" parables, some Battlestar Galactica talk, and feeling loathing for your enemies!

This is the best Voyager episode with a Terminator in it!

Follow Mohamed on Twitter and check out his YouTube channel!
http://www.twitter.com/mafnoor
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5zvlD5RnkzhIegG0gnSeSw

Get Mohamed's Book, "Live Long and Evolve", now in paperback!
https://amzn.to/2DKMcYc

Learn the story behind your favorite Trek stories with Backtrekking!
http://www.twitter.com/backtrekking

Bind yourself to us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!
http://www.facebook.com/eistpod
http://www.twitter.com/eistpod
https://discord.gg/UeytGNP

Buy us spot remover on Patreon and Ko-Fi!
http://www.patreon.com/eistpod
https://ko-fi.com/E1E01M2UA

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2