Enterprising Individuals

Whether you're binging on DS9 episodes on Netflix, or tucking into your favorite Star Trek novel, or just climbing the walls in anticipation of Star Trek: Discovery, there's a couple living in California that you can thank for it all. Bjo and John Trimble join the show this week to talk about the letter-writing campaign they organized in 1967 to save Star Trek from cancellation after its second season, and along the way they share stories about the "power of ten", the wisdom of on-set caterers, eating BBQ chicken with the Original Series crew, rigging Nielsen ratings, the Star Trek Concordance, and their additional efforts in influencing NASA to name the first Space Shuttle "Enterprise"! Plus, they share stories about Gene Roddenberry, George Takei, John de Lancie, Ricardo Montalban, and David Gerrold's adventures in ice cream making! All that and Bjo gives us the real dirt on Harlan Ellison! Fascinating! Listen today!

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Get ready to sing a few bars of "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" as we get infected by "The Naked Time"! Dave Rossi joins us to talk about his journey from repo man to Hollywood producer as we discuss one of Trek's most memorable episodes!

We talk the merits of "crazy gas" plots, the Enterprise as a character, the effectiveness of shower curtains in a biohazard situation, swapping your Farrah poster for a Kirk one, and putting Keith DeCandido on your hit list! Join us for an insider's look at the production of a Trek episode and find out what Porthos is like in real life! Ice cream for everyone!

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We control the commentary this week as we bring you updates on Star Trek: Discovery and make some huge announcements about some big upcoming developments for the show!

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We have engineered a superior show for you this week as we discover "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"! President of the Board of Directors for Fearless Comedy, CONvergence Co-Head of Programming, and podcaster Cetius d'Raven joins us for an examination of the life of DS9's Chief Medical Officer and the secret that may bring his career to an end!

Along the way, we hold forth on the great guest stars of Trek's past, epic bromances, the ethics of holodeck recreations, the effect of a lack of scarcity on a society, what happens to the puppies, and we pitch a reboot of TNG with nothing but sexy teens!

This is, without a doubt, the best Star Trek podcast you will hear that features multiple uses of the word "fishmonger"! Listen today!

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Check out Fearless Comedy on the web!
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http://www.convergence-con.org

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Enterprising Individuals has the week off! Find out why with this short announcement.

Be the glue that holds us together this week as we talk about our favorite recurring characters in the Star Trek universe! Plus, we have fresh news about Star Trek: Discovery, and we address the recent internet controversy surrounding the newest Star Trek show! Privilegey!

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It's a Q-led exploration of regret and second chances this week as we get in a fight with Tapestry! Author and former Star Trek Pocket Books editor Dave Stern joins us for a look at the life of Captain Picard as he experiences an near-death opportunity to Scrooge up his past for better or for worse! We talk adapting the vocabulary of cinema to television, nuanced Q as the best Q, the dilemma of two irreconcilable "goods", and the genius of Ronald D. Moore. Plus, we reference Westworld, Stranger Things, and score a hat trick of Star Wars references! Possibly counterproductive!

Patty Stew got maimed and all we got was this fascinating episode!

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Mockery is the sincerest form of flattery this week as we look at our Top 5 Star Trek Parodies! Plus, there's big news about Star Trek: Discovery from the TV Upfronts and we break it all down for you. And, a harrowing tale of an encounter with a famously crabby sci-fi author whose name rhymes with Barlan Bellison! Tricky!

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Order Alan Gratz's new book on Amazon, too!
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Leave us a rating and review on iTunes to be entered into our drawing for a Star Trek Trivial Pursuit set!
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Be careful with your cordrazine this week as we jump into The City on the Edge of Forever! Author, poet, essayist, and podcaster Kevin Lauderdale joins us for a look at what is arguably the most famous Star Trek episode of all time! We talk the power chords of Trek storytelling, the value of a good editor, staying on Harlan Ellison's good side, the possibility of Scotty dealing drugs, and whether or not Edith Keeler must die! It's the best Outer Limits story written by the self-proclaimed "most contentious person on Earth"! I have a mouth and I must scream, "Listen to this episode"!

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Check out Kevin's work on Amazon!
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Check out Kevin's Podcasts!
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Say bonjour to to more Enterprising Individuals this week as we bring you a show stuffed like an eclair of content! Hear the ongoing woes of the belabored Star Trek: Discovery! Marvel at the possibility of no Star Trek 4! And, find solace in a clutch of Canadian Star Trek news! Bone apple tea!

Leave us a rating and review on iTunes to be entered into our drawing for a Star Trek Trivial Pursuit set!
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