Enterprising Individuals

On this supplemental edition of Enterprising Individuals, we bring you news from the world of Star Trek, including a few stories about Star Trek technology making its way into the 21st century. Plus, we report on a $35 million dollar Trek dream home, present this week's top comment from our social media, AND a sneak peek at next week's episode!

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Grab a shotgun, put on your Arby's hat, and get ready to stand up to the man as returning guest Jenna joins us to talk the oddly prescient Deep Space Nine episodes, Past Tense, parts 1 and 2!

On this show, we marvel at how much the DS9 writers got right, like ubiquitous internet access, the marginalization of the disenfranchised, and how embarrassed we'd all be of our 90s tribal tattoos! Join us for a chilling look at a future all too similar to our own, and we don't just mean one with Clint Howard in it! Plus, the shortest episode recap ever!

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It's our first supplemental show, where we bring you news about the Star Trek universe, in addition to interviews with special guests and a few surprises. On this show, we talk recent Star Trek news AND we talk to Kristine M Smith, author of DeForest Kelley: Up Close and Personal, and hear about her 30-year friendship with the singular and generous Trek actor.

Check out more of Kristine's work at YellowBalloonPublications.com and hireme.wordwhisperer.net.

You can find Kristine's book and From Sawdust to Stardust by Terry Rioux on Amazon.com.

Enterprising Individuals is back for an all-new season of missions! First up, we explore the vagaries of first contact with the quintessential Next Generation episode, Darmok! Join us for a look at this inside-baseball show, as we talk the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, firing your wife as your “agent”, just how exactly Tamarian kids learn their language without the help of Memory Alpha, and whether or not the Children of Tama are Space 4chan! Plus, we discuss Data getting counseling, the importance of your Wire DVDs in intergalactic cultural exchange, and we feature the first guest commentator to nail a 25 word synopsis EXACTLY!

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This episode, we wrap-up the first season of Enterprising Individuals, with news about Axanar, Star Trek: Discovery, George Takei, and more! Plus, we've got clips for some of the best moments from our past shows! Come celebrate our journey so far! Still looking for more? Continue the conversation by chiming in on Twitter at @EISTpod or on the Enterprising Individuals Facebook page, and check us out on iTunes or on Spreaker!

Revisit two of Trek's most beloved episodes as returning guest Ryan Richards helps us cover The Best of Both Worlds, eps. 1&2! On this show, we talk the complacency of Riker, the ambition of Shelby, bemoan the big wait between seasons 3 and 4, talk the "freaky other", the genius of Michael Piller, the specifics of beaming, and plenty of Pontiac plugs! Plus, Ryan tells us about the time he introduced Patrick Stewart to Jesse Ventura! This is real and you have to hear it! Find out more about Ryan, Cult of the Month, and Shudderbooks at http://www.shudderbooks.com and follow Ryan in Twitter at @messiahcomplex. Have some Borg pizza recipes to share? Continue the conversation by chiming in on Twitter at @EISTpod or on the Enterprising Individuals Facebook page!

It's Captain's Prerogative this week as Kal selects The Big Goodbye, the first TNG episode to really show us what the Holodeck can do. Just Enough Trope's Mikanhana is along for the adventure as we discuss whether you can get beaten up in the Holodeck, Pierce Brosnan's pain face, whether Noonian Soong was a cinephile, and the ethical implications of a room containing people that disappear every time you leave it. Grab your fedora, your 20th century anthropologist, and join us in Holodeck 3 for a rip-snortin' adventure! Catch more of Mikanhana on the Just Enough Trope Podcast, available on iTunes! Have some thoughts about therapeutic paintball? Continue the conversation by chiming in on Twitter at @EISTpod or on the Enterprising Individuals Facebook page!

It is a good day to pod this week as the show is invaded by Thought Admiral Qob (aka Bill Hedrick) for a look at Day of the Dove! We dive deep into the philosophy of the Star Trek's favorite "bad guys", the Klingons, and we discuss the majesty of Kang, why the Klingons killed off their gods, the bitter lot of a Federation colonist, female Klingons, and what is up with Chekov's (non-existent) brother. Grab a bowl of gagh (live, preferably), down some bloodwine, and join us for a talk about one of the episodes that make the Klingons what they are today! Qapla'! Bill can be found online at the Klingon Assault Group and appearing in A Klingon Christmas Carol.

Accept your assignment this week as we go back to the '60s for Assignment: Earth! New York Times best-selling author Greg Cox is on-board for this deep examination of the Star Trek episode that didn't quite launch a Gary Seven series. Throughout the show, we discuss the roots of spy-fi, similarities to The Day the Earth Stood Still, theories of time travel in fiction, who influenced Who, and how that is absolutely NOT Victoria Vetri! Grab your servo, fire up the Beta 5, and feed the cat; it's time to talk Trek! Find out more about Greg at his personal site and check out his work available on Amazon. Still think that's Victoria Vetri? Continue the conversation by chiming in on Twitter at @EISTpod or on the Enterprising Individuals Facebook page!

Gather laurel leaves with us (or don't; up to you) as we examine man's relationship to the divine in the Original Series episode, Who Mourns for Adonais? Author and screenwriter David Mack joins the show this week as we delve into the spiritual philosophy of Trek, the theory of ancient aliens, and the triumph (or tragedy) of secular humanism in the 23rd century! Plus, we talk Chekov's wig, *that* costume, and whether or not your iPhone is a palantir! David's work is available on Amazon and check out his website at davidmack.pro! Thinking big thoughts after hearing the episode? Continue the conversation by chiming in on Twitter at @EISTpod or on the Enterprising Individuals Facebook page!