Random Pursuit (from Game Show)

For the second time this year, we bring together some lovely, generous Kickstarter backers who helped make Uncanny Magazine Year 12 happen! The cards bring us scandals, numbers, and lots of fun!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Ben Ostermeier, Glenn Fleishman, Laura Majerus, Peter Jones and Timothy Reed

Ben Ostermeier

Glenn Fleishman - Aperiodical Publishing

Laura Majerus - Vote!

Peter Jones - Imperfect Practice

Timothy Reed - The Upstart Crow Theatre Company

Erika & Steven - Uncanny Magazine

Trivia, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Random Pursuit. Its 90-minute mission: to explore Star Trek Trivial Pursuit, to seek out new answers to new questions, to boldly go where no podcast has gone before! (And where no podcast should probably go again.)

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Cicero Holmes, David J. Loehr, Heather Berberet, Jason Snell, Moisés Chiullán and Scott McNulty

Cicero Holmes - Discovery Debrief

David J. Loehr - don’t watch Enterprise

Heather Berberet - Free the Squee

Jason Snell - The Incomparable Podcast Network

Moisés Chiullán - Office Hours - whatritataughtme.com

Scott McNulty - Vulcan Hello

In this edition of Random Pursuit there’s a lot of guessing, many colours, and quite a bit of self-doxxing. Most importantly, a good time is had by all!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Jay Miller, Jesse Reid, Lex Friedman, Monty Ashley and Scott Ensign

Jay Miller

Jesse Reid

Lex Friedman -

Monty Ashley -

Scott Ensign

Once again, we bring together some lovely, generous Kickstarter backers who helped make Uncanny Magazine Year 12 happen! Will the cards be kind to a first-timer? Will there be lots of sports and too much math? As always, it’s up to the luck of the dice!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Dan Moren, David Matthewman, Fred Paffhausen and Seb Pollard

Dan Moren -

David Matthewman -

Fred Paffhausen -

Seb Pollard -

Erika & Steven

In the return of the choose-your-edition edition of Random Pursuit, we bring back the same players with their same chosen editions, but this time we make sure they get more questions from their chosen edition. This is helpful…to some players…

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Dan Moren, Jason Snell, Kirsten Goruk, Monty Ashley and Shelly Brisbin

Dan Moren -

Jason Snell -

Kirsten Goruk -

Monty Ashley remains really cool.

Shelly Brisbin -

It’s the 50th edition of Random Pursuit! Erika was too lazy to do anything that took extra work, so this is basically a regular episode. But we do have a new player — who even tried to study! Plus, it’s mostly Canadians — and all players who live in Commonwealth nations, so maybe we can call this a slightly belated Canada Day episode?

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Annette Wierstra, Ben Rice McCarthy, Jesse Reid, Sandra Wong and Sarah Murphy

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Jesse Reid

Sandra Wong -

Sarah Murphy -

Does everyone on this episode have a good time playing trivia—with THREE new editions? Oh yes we didgeridoo!

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Glenn Fleishman, Jason Snell, Monty Ashley, Sandra Wong and Shelly Brisbin

Glenn Fleishman -

Jason Snell -

Monty Ashley is really cool.

Sandra Wong -

Shelly Brisbin -

In another experimental Random Pursuit, we bring you the Ghost Points Edition, in which ghost points become REAL! Will knowing another person’s answers help someone claim victory? Only the ghosts know! (And you will, if you listen!)

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Annette Wierstra, Kathy Campbell, Mikah Sargent and Tony Sindelar

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Kathy Campbell

Mikah Sargent

Tony Sindelar -

It’s Random Pursuit, but with a twist! Welcome to the pilot episode of Random Pursuit: Choose Your Own Edition! In this new occasional variant, each contestant chooses their preferred edition of Trivial Pursuit, limiting the pool of questions to five editions. Now, how many players will actually randomly select questions from their preferred editions…

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Shelly Brisbin, Monty Ashley, Jason Snell, Kirsten Goruk and Dan Moren

Dan Moren -

Shelly Brisbin -

How many sport editions of Trivial Pursuit are too many? This many.

Host Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Brian Hamilton, Heather Berberet, Helen Zaltzman, Sandra Wong and Scott Ensign

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Heather Berberet -

Helen Zaltzman -

Sandra Wong -

Scott Ensign -