Enterprising Individuals

This week, Foz Rotten, the frontman of Star Trek punk outfit Boldly Go! stops by the show to talk about music, punk rock, and punk rock Star Trek music! Every Star Trek character seems to play an instrument or is musical in some way and music has always played a signature role in the Trek franchise. During the episode, we talk about Foz's history with Trek and the beginnings of Boldly Go!, as well as the necessity of punk in the Federation's future, the healing power of whale song, jammin' out with space hippies, the future "Metallica", what's in Rios's vinyl crate, Q at Woodstock, Dixieland klezmer, the Paula Cole of the 24th century, Trip and the Dropkick Murphys, and concert night on the NX-01!

ANARCHY IN THE UFP!

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Get ready to meet cute this week as we search for "Someone to Watch Over Me"!

New York Times and USA Today best-selling author David R. George III returns to the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that puts an intriguing twist on an old standard. Seven of Nine is ready to start dating, and the Doctor makes a bet with Paris that he can show her the ropes of relationships and romance. But when the teacher falls for his student, Voyager's EMH will have to choose between his responsibility to his pupil and his feelings for Seven!

Star Trek has never been opposed to borrowing from other media for a good story hook, and some of Trek's best hours have been the product of an "old" idea seen through the lens of a new generation. This episode begins as pure "Pygmalion" (with a little "My Favorite Year" mixed in) and ends as a touching examination of the complexities of romance on a ship of outsiders. On this episode, we talk about love being part of the human adventure, putting your own spin on a classic tale, Trek's frequent use of homage and pastiche, the net increase in complexity among modern TV series, the (exaggerated) death of the five-act structure, the winning chemistry of Jeri Ryan and Robert Picardo, the way new Trek quotes and responds to old Trek, why love and romance are often dangerous in Trek, and why series regulars can't have significant others.

We also discuss Trek's love of the outsider character, "doing a Rashomon", Gilligan in space, man vs. whatever, Voyager as the first broadcast fanfic series, Dr. McCoy being unlucky in love, whether a hypothetical 4th season of TOS would have embraced the counterculture of 1969, showing not telling, adults being kids being adults at a tea party, redeeming "The Way to Eden", the dangers of fraternization, Dave talks about his Voyager episode "Prime Factors", and Kal debuts his theory about movies named after pop songs!

We Can't Hardly Wait for you to hear this episode!

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This week, author and editor Robb Pearlman stops by the show to discuss his new book, "Body by Starfleet", a fitness guide for Star Trek fans of all ages and abilities. During the episode, we talk about Robb's history with Trek, the inspiration behind the book, valuing positive change over big muscles, working out in the holodeck, and how fitness can be just as nerdy as sci-fi. We also discuss this year's Star Trek Cruise, making a book with Charlie Kaufman, Purple Monkey Dishwasher, calming people the F down with puppies, UnderArmor vs. medieval armor, redshirt jokes, and a tourist-free New York City.

There's no calories in quarantine!

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Step up to the plate this week for our discussion of "Take Me Out to the Holosuite"!

Ella Pearson of the Generations Geek podcast joins the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that shifts from the field of battle to the ball field. Captain Sisko and Captain Solok have hated each other since the Academy, but when Solok and his team of Vulcans challenge the crew of DS9 to a friendly baseball game, Sisko will have to whip his gaggle of lollygaggers into fighting shape!

Baseball died minutes after it was born in the Star Trek universe when it was declared that mankind had no time for such frivolous pursuits in its new future. But baseball is all about hope, guts, and heart, the very emotions that will always define humanity, regardless of the century in question. On this episode, we talk about the warmth and emotion present in some of DS9's best hours, how baseball and Michael Piller inspired the development of the series, the rare but welcome moments when Trek "goes funny", the episode of "Fame" inspired this story, the ubiquity of baseball in American culture even as the sport is in decline, the need to root for an underdog, and the sentiment and nostalgia anchor all baseball-related media.

We also discuss the game's crazy traditions and legends, huge cats in space, confusing Netflix advisories, a 25-year-long wrestling match, Dogstar, handicapping Max, vibe check on Ezri, 186 Turkey Toms, Rube Waddell, was Flint Ty Cobb?, RIP NISHIOKA, Tiger Woods Jake, a plea for an "Outlaws" reboot, Ella reviews Loyola Marymount, Aaron's charging the mound, and we pick our Star Trek dream team starting lineup!

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This week, educator and social scientist Dr. David A Banks returns to the show to discuss the human rights of artificial life and AI as seen in the Star Trek franchise. Back in the Original Series, Captain Kirk had a knack for talking computers to death, but as the Trek franchise has evolved so has its depictions of and its opinions about artificial intelligence. During our conversation, we discuss Trek's humanoid chauvinism in the depiction of artificial life, the value of AI labor in a Marxian sense, the social sophistication required of cosmopolitan Federation citizens, the possibility of empathy being a finite resource in the future, whether the stagnation of the Federation is inevitable, and why Trek is so far behind in addressing the realities of computational intelligence. We also talk about the depiction of information security and data collection in Star Trek: Picard, how communism is the ultimate ad-blocker, trading our personal data for "fun treats", taking shifts at the Peoples' Data Co-Op, murder at the HOA meeting, being careful how you talk to nascent AI, whether Soong ever published anything, Kal brings up the Culture for the thousandth time, and Dave breaks the news that Watson is a boy, period.

Eternally attending conferences is the price of Utopia!

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Prepare your best double facepalm because we're meeting "The Offspring"!

Anika Dane and Liz Barr of Antimatter Pod are back on the show this week to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that represents not only a poignant exploration of what is "human" but also an important turning point in TNG storytelling. After attending a conference on cybernetics, Data is inspired to create a "daughter" named Lal. But when Starfleet learns of the existence of another Soong-type android, Data and Picard are forced to defend Lal's essential humanity as well as Data's right to parent her

Star Trek began with "Star Trek Is...", creator Gene Roddenberry's somewhat ambiguous pitch document, but over the course of a half-century, hundreds of writers and creators have worked to deepen Trek's universe and to reinforce the core values of egalitarianism and positivity that he originally proposed. Through their efforts and imagination, Trek went from a quirky TV show with dramatic potential to an exemplar of allegorical storytelling in the television medium. On this episode, we talk about the synergistic effect of collaboration in the Trek franchise, the gradual realization and maturation of Gene's spark of an idea, filling in the blanks of your universe retroactively, the meteoric rise of Trek writing in the mid-TNG era, the essential respect of personhood in Trek, and the "cardinal sin of treating people as things."

We also discuss "The Measure of a Child", homophobic narcs, "Android vs. Admiral", Dark Lal, Data said Trans Rights, 'splodey episodes vs. talky episodes and where CBS Trek fits, "real" fake fans, robots making robots, just how "good" the Federation actually is, gaslighting Data, a real "Age of Ultron" situation, the hell of being Kylo Ren's personal assistant, Data Spiner is best Spiner, "I just want my kid back beep boop", Anika drops social science on us, and Liz doesn't believe Picard is *actually* going to quit Starfleet!

It's Mary Wiseman's favorite episode!

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We're back with an all-new season of shows, guests, and stories that are truly beyond belief!

Writer and podcaster Scott Pearson joins the show to take our weekly challenge: watch five chilling too-weird-to-be true tales and separate the factoids and falsehoods from the real-life details we've dug up! This week's stories include a pregnancy problem, a cursed mansion, a wax executioner, a deadly bloodsucker, and Robert Z'Dar!

Plus, we talk about trying to avoid indoctrinating your nerd child, give our ratings on host Jonathan Frakes, balk at Bernsen films, take bomb selfies, discuss platelet vampires, and ASWANGS!

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Senior Chief USN (Ret) Kenneth Tripp joins the show this week to talk about life in the Navy and whether or not the depiction of military life on Star Trek passes inspection. We also discuss the way Trek leadership styles have changed over the years, how the TOS films brought naval tradition back to the franchise, the extreme broadness of Starfleet's charter, no Ten Forward on Navy ships, getting a band together, PTSD and counseling services in the real-world armed forces, why bringing families into combat is a no-no, and what Federation citizens really think about Starfleet.

Starfleet officers don't lie! *wink*

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