Enterprising Individuals

We are back from Riverside, IA and the 34th annual Trekfest! Hear all about the yearly celebration in the town of Captain Kirk's future birth; hope he likes the statue!

Plus, Earth-shattering news about the next chapter of Trek on TV and the death of a legend of sci-fi and Star Trek history!

You Have Two Ears And You Must Hear This Show!

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Cover your Trill spots and pin up your beehive as we really pack 'em in for "Trials and Tribble-ations"!

Authors Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann join the show to give an oral history of one of Trek's most ambitious episodes. Sisko and the gang find themselves on the Enterprise during the events of The Trouble With Tribbles, but there's no time for sightseeing, because they've got to stop an old foe from introducing Kirk to cute, fuzzy death!

Join us as Paula and Terry give a delightful play-by-play of the efforts of the Deep Space Nine production team in creating a new classic Trek episode in the middle of an old one. We talk about the episode's connection to Forrest Gump, the team of heroes that assembled the show's technical effects, the mad brilliance of Greg Jein, bubble wrap belts, the Deck 15 Girl, beating Galaxy Quest to the punch, and why Trek should be "funny".

Plus, we discuss the aesthetics of smooth vs. crunchy style Klingons, the 29 year Charlie Brill drought, why Archer can't smile, Fargo Rock City, we take a Discovery break, Paula and Terry talk about their collaborative process, Kal tries to resurrect Obscure Celebrity Doppelgangers, and we contemplate the horror of Mirror Universe tribbles! We DO discuss this episode with outsiders! Listen today!

Happy Arne Darvin to you!

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We put our thinking caps on this week as writer and editor Eleanor Tremeer joins the show to talk about allegory in Trek, specifically how tragedy and atrocity in Star Trek reflects events in our own world. We discuss the Swiftian inspirations for Star Trek, the Holocaust metaphors present in episodes like "Remember", the ways in which societies attempt to process tragedy, and the maturing of Star Trek allegorical storytelling from TOS to Disco!

It's a discussion of brobdingnagian proportions!

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Check out Eleanor's DS9 retrospective, and her interviews with Ronald D. Moore and Ira Steven Behr!
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We return to the Delta Quadrant this week for a look at one of Trek's most affecting and poignant hours: "Remember"!

Author Dave Galanter is back on the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: Voyager that has chilling parallels to the history of our own society, and one that bears the warning that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. B'Elanna Torres is experiencing dreams that turn from passionate to horrifying as she learns of the dark secret possessed by the seemingly benign aliens aboard Voyager. Can she convince her crew that the events she's seen are real? Or will they be forever forgotten by the people that deny them?

Over the course of the episode, we discuss Trek's roots in social allegory, the stark possibility of "it happening here", the culpability of the bystander, processing atrocity as a nation, the power of self-delusion, swearing off Volkswagen and aspirin, and how to keep secrets in a telepathic society.

Plus, we speculate on the logistics of a holonovel, talk some Discovery, question the practice of discussing sexy dreams with your boss, talk Janeway as the female Kirk, the legendary game of Harry Kim, Dave asks for a shorter Voyager theme, and Kal falls for the ready-whipped smile of actor Bruce Davison!

You're a player, Harry!

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is 36 years old today and to celebrate, here's our live episode about the film from CONvergence 2017, with featured guests Christopher Jones, Naomi Kritzer, William Leisner, and Patrick Tomlinson!

Along the way, we talk about the virtues of videodisc, the persistence of Spock's Brain, the theme of the past coming back to haunt you, and the things we sacrifice, willingly or no. Also, we prove that articles and prepositions are secret weapons of the story-building game, an argument is made in favor of Star Trek Into Darkness, and why Shatner is better when he's tired.

Listening to this episode is your first, best destiny!

Do yourself a favor and check out the works of our fabulous guests!
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Christopher Jones - blog.christopherjonesart.com

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Get your long spoons ready this week as we sup with a whole host of devils! We take a look at the demonic and devilish in folklore from around the world and around the Alpha Quadrant!

Plus, we've got an update on the CBS/Viacom merger, news about Takei and Nichols, Star Trek Land, and The Expanse! Want a review of Solo: A Star Wars Story? We've got one! Just sign on the dotted line...

What ARE you going to do, bad boys? You haven't said yet.

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Get ready to shout at, dance with, and sympathize for Old Scratch this week as we pay the "Devil's Due"!

New York Times best-selling author John Jackson Miller returns to the show to discuss an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where Picard must lawyer for his soul, ship, and crew against the comely, coiffed Adversary herself! But, not everything is as infernal as it seems and the people of Ventax II may be the victims of a millennia-long con!

Over the course of the show, we discuss weaponized illusion, the social impact of fearing God (and the Devil), making lemonade out of bad circumstances, six degrees of Ardra, having 15 writers on a script, and why Picard sounds a lot like Kirk in this episode. Plus, we talk comics and Star Wars and Star Wars comics, how everything connects back to '80s procedural shows, needing a "guy in the chair", telling (again) the story of Dark Phoenix, John talks about how this episode inspired part of his Prey trilogy, and Kal makes a shaky connection to Watchmen! The contract clearly says, "Listen to this episode!"

Devil's due what Picard don't!

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Ignite your sabers this week as we pay tribute to the other "Star" franchise, checking in on that galaxy far, far away and how it compares to Roddenberry's future! Plus, tales of the Taco Bell Light Menu, putting the Star Wars CCG beatdown on some grade-schoolers, and the hum of a lightsaber being the background noise of our collective childhood. Later, Ella Pearson of Generations Geek joins the show to talk Trek vs. Wars, Adam Savage being wrong (and orange), the cultural impact of Wars and Trek, Carrie Fisher, bun escalation, not being a Solo try-hard, and some Last Jedi hot goss! Listen up, we're only doing this once, then it's back to the Alpha Quadrant!

Kathleen Kennedy, where's my "Lando in high school" show?!

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Dust off your arm capes and pull up your XXXXL corduroys as we go looking for "The Galileo Seven!"

Star Wars Minute and ABCDevo host Pete the Retailer comes aboard this week to discuss the episode of Star Trek: the Original Series where Spock must take charge after a shuttle crash, and our favorite Human/Vulcan hybrid must decide what's worse: the giant cavemen outside or his increasingly hostile subordinates! It's like The Office except not funny and the accounting team are all killed.

During our talk, we discuss the development of the character of Spock from TV to film, the limits of logical problem solving, the perils of assistant management, the return of competency porn, and the intersection of Trek and Wars. Plus, Fisher Price engine parts, Dom as the Spock of the Fast and Furious franchise, Chipmunk Punk, Elstree 1976, forcing Spock to eat pork, inappropriate bridge laughter, tweed lasers, Kal plays Obscure Celebrity Doppelgangers, and Pete invents The Thing With Two Minutes: going through The Thing With Two Heads, two minutes at a time!

It's dangerous to go Solo; take this show!

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Get high on Trek this week as we bring you huge updates about Star Trek: Discovery, new Star Trek movies, a little bit of crossing the streams as Trek debates Wars, a great deal on Star Trek books, AND Stephen Hawking!

May the Trek be with you!

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