Enterprising Individuals

Hold on to your hats this week as we play ball with "Justice"!

Stuart Hollis and Thad Hait of the Delta Flyer Podcast and the Stargate Weekly Podcast join the show to talk about an early episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that pushes the Theiss Titillation Theory to the point of (wardrobe) malfunction! The Enterprise pulls into Rubicun III, a planet of sexually-liberated, Scandinavian jogging enthusiasts. But when Wesley stops to maul the roses, the crew learns that this Edenic paradise is deadly serious about the "broken window" theory and they've got "God" in their corner!

Our heroes get primed by their own Directive in this episode, as the Federation's twin pillars of integrity and non-interference are put on trial. During our talk, we discuss Justice's amazing pedigree and mediocre execution, protecting a society even if you don't like that society, interpreting legislative intent, marinating in the feel of season 1 TNG, the "smell test" of a Prime Directive violation, and why a planet with no crime is always a red flag.

We also talk about the scantily-clad Ring of Gyges, rolling the dice in a Purge situation, how a bicycle could let you rule Rubicun III, how many gangster planets are in the Federation's past, an eye for an eyeful, Gene's obsession with fist-fighting Jesus, the "emotion" of motherhood, discovering sex thanks to Chekov, Stuart goes to bat for worshiping pocket lint, Thad just KNOWS Riker got a free sample, and Aaron thinks the whole thing is an unconscious AIDS metaphor!

What does God need with all this baby oil?

*This episode is dedicated to John D.F. Black*

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Put that phaser away because we're looking at life . . . just not as we know it! Dr. Mohamed Noor of Duke University joins the show this week to talk about the biology and genetics of Star Trek! During the program, we discuss everything from Augments to Xindi, and Dr. Noor shares his insights and research into the real world examples of biological phenomena seen in various Trek series, like, horizontal gene transfer, designer diseases and babies, chimeras and polyploids, why our first aliens will probably be microorganisms, the important questions about home genetic testing kits, and why we're more closely related to grass than to Klingons.

Plus, we rate the science of Star Trek: Discovery, ponder the implications of a mushroom universe, flip through Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials, discuss unethical medical journals, take a look back at Threshold, and we definitely DO NOT know who BioTrekkie is!

It's hortas all the way down!

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This week, Mikanhana of the Just Enough Trope podcast adds her pop-culture distinctiveness to our own for an in-depth, JET-style look at the Trek news of today! We talk in detail about each new Trek series in development, what we know about the ongoing CBC/Viacom merger talks, the future of Trek films, and a special honor for LeVar Burton!

We also discuss "doing a Rashomon", "Lady and the Cat-Man", Doko Demo Doa, the "Szechuan sauce" of Trek, what Picard's future might look like, whether we'll ever see Eric Bana again, what a goob Geordie can be, keeping the faith during a Section 31 show, the missing in action Starfleet Academy and Khan shows, and just where exactly all the trash goes on the Enterprise!

Word up!

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Set your tricorders to scan for silicon as we look for "The Devil in the Dark"!

Artist and creator of the Star Trek 365 project Lee Sargent helps kick off our 4th season with a look at an episode of The Original Series that represents quintessential Star Trek. When pergium miners start dying mysteriously, Kirk and crew are tasked with killing the creature responsible. But, when the "monster" turns out to be a frightened mother, Kirk and Spock must race to save its life and the future of its species . . . if the miners don't get it first!

This Gene Coon-penned episode was a high point of Trek's early years, and its themes of acceptance and tolerance would come to define the franchise in all its iterations. In our discussion, we talk about the talents of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, the variety of alien designs found in Trek, the sometimes troubled legacy of Trek actors, the unsung efforts of Kellam de Forest, why '60s Trek wouldn't work today, and being clever with your "man is the real monster" reveal.

We also talk about how tall Gates McFadden is, being from Space New York, how you can never have enough hoses, the real reason the interior of the Enterprise-D looks like a hotel lobby, Old Devo, being pro-hand plant, who would *really* win in a captain free-for-all, that filthy word "canon", and Lee shares his Jason Momoa story!

*spikes camera* Looks like . . . WE'RE the devil in the dark. *smash cut to credits*

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