Enterprising Individuals

Just say "yes" to Enterprising Individuals this week as we take a bite out of a Next Generation episode that features a thoughtful examination of the Prime Directive, two actors who were in The Wrath of Khan, another moment of Riker-in-distress, and the moral indignation of Beverly Crusher! And not to be outdone, Tasha Yar sits young Wesley down for a confessional talk about the dangers of drugs, just before she waves her way off of the show!

Actor, director, and writer Garrick Dietze joins us this week for a look at Season 1's Symbiosis! All this and a pitch for the Roots Minute podcast, too!

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Get your (Spock) ears on this week as we precisely report the news from around the Trek sphere. We've got a few updates to previous stories, plus more info about Star Trek: Discovery, and new crew announcements. Then, we initiate you into the rich world of Star Trek fan films! Lights, camera, listen!

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Take a deep breath of space air and get ready to go through the looking glass with us as we talk "Mirror, Mirror"! Jonathan Lane of FanFilmFactor.com join us this week as we step into the Agony Booth for a look at one of Star Trek's most famous and (most imitated) episodes! We talk the origins of the doppelganger in genre fiction, naming menu items for the Star Trek Experience, how many shuttlecraft are aboard the Enterprise, and the alter ego of an entire universe! Plus, a special appearance by 6 year-old Star Trek (and Star Wars) superfan, Jayden! Be here or be in an alternate universe of sheer terror!

Read up on Star Trek fan film productions at FanFilmFactor.com!

Check out Jonathan's Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/smallaccess!

Get more info about the Starfleet International Fan Association at http://sfi.org!

It's a full complement of news this week as we report the latest developments from Star Trek: Discovery, talk remastering DS9, and set the record straight on Wardilmore! Plus, a few plugs for some other shows, and George Takei gets into the comic business. Hope you survive the experience!

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When the system you've worked 30 years for fails you, it's time to take the law into your own hands! Mission: Impossible's Leonard Nimoy guest stars this week in a case that will push Hooker's sense of justice to the breaking point. Lt. Paul McGuire, Hooker's old friend and partner, sees his daughter attacked by a creep who's above the law, and now he's on the edge, in search of his own brand of justice! Can Hooker rein McGuire in, catch a rapist, *and* keep his friend from losing his soul?

Join your hosts Kaliban and Alan Gratz for a look at William Shatner's most memorable role, police sergeant T.J. Hooker, in "Vengeance is Mine"!

It's a lesson in moral relativism this week as New York Times best-selling author David Mack returns to the show to talk In the Pale Moonlight! The Federation is losing the war to the Dominion, and Sisko must weigh what his soul is worth against the mounting casualties. Join us for a discussion about exploding the myth of utopia, sin-eating, pissing off Gene Roddenberry, talking about Romulan ale but meaning something else, and the reality that every man has a price. This is, without doubt, the best Star Trek episode with a title that's a Batman reference. Check it out!

Find out more about David at http://davidmack.pro or @DavidAlanMack on Twitter!

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Keep your eyes on the links below for David's upcoming Star Trek: Discovery book and his book, The Midnight Front, from Tor!
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Strap in, nuncle, and hide your gold-pressed latinum because we're joined on the show by film, stage, and screen actor Armin Shimerman! We talk growing up as a fan of Trek, making something out of the Ferengi, the tools of an actor from screen to stage, and being "from" New Jersey! Plus, Armin talks some of his most famous screen and voice roles, and the value of following your dream (while playing a talking box)! And, we've got news of the Trek world and some Trek actors who may be on a stage right now near you!

Join us for a fascinating discussion with one of Trek's most talented stars!

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Raise a single eyebrow this week as we weigh in for a fight against Tsunkatse! Doctor Christopher Dows joins me on the show for a look at the highest rated episode of Voyager's sixth season . . . one that features Seven of Nine punching people, J.G. Hertzler and Jeffrey Combs together again for the first time, a sun-burnt Neelix, and the most electrifying alien in holographic sports-entertainment, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson!

Get ready to smell Neelix cooking as we discuss Trek fandom in the UK, the best and worst of Voyager, the Don King of the Delta Quadrant, the Tao of Cheap Shots, and a touching moment between a Vulcan and a former Borg drone.

Plus, Chris reveals his controversial opinions! New Doctor Who? Meh. Riker? Unimpressive. Farscape? You really don't want to hear what he has to say about Farscape. Little yellow bolts of light fired!

Buy Chris's WWII adventure novel, Lokomotive here!
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Anticipate Chris's WH40K audio drama, Scions of Elysia, here!
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On this supplemental edition of Enterprising Individuals, we bring you news from the world of Star Trek, including stories about Patrick Stewart becoming an American, and updates on Star Trek: Discovery and the DS9 documentary, What We Left Behind. Plus, a review of the Leonard Nimoy documentary, For the Love of Spock, we present this week’s top comment from our social media, and we give you a sneak peek at next week’s episode!

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It's a close encounter of the deadly kind this week as the Enterprise must face a space log from another galaxy and a commodore who will sacrifice everyone to revenge himself on it! Author Scott Pearson is back this week to discuss the TOS episode, "The Doomsday Machine", and we talk berserker probes, Star Trek and Melville, the dramatic stylings of Milton Berle, Trek Fu, and Nichelle Nichols's singing career. This Moby Dick-metaphor is 20 billion tons of neutronium and could spell death for the whole galaxy! Problematic!

Check out what Scott is up to on his website, yeahsure.net, and listen to his awesome podcast, Generations Geek, on the Chronic Rift Network!

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