Podcasts about starship captains

Welcome to our One Hundredth and Thirty-Fifth episode!Our podcast is dedicated to all things board games, RPGs, CGs and more.Pour your favourite beverage, pull up a comfy chair 'cuz we are ready to roll.We kick off this episode with our first true gaming chat. dmNorth gameplay videos: Starship Captains & Steampunk RallyDice Station Zebra YouTubeUntil next time, on a Double Double ‘n Dice!--------------The following music was used for this media project:Music: Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeodFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-timeLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Game Music Series 001 [8bit arcade]Free download: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/12207-game-music-series-001-8bit-arcade--------------Send us a textContact us: tripledpodcast@dm-north.comCheck us out on www.dm-north.comSupport us at ko-fi.com/dmnorthtvJoin the dmNorthTV DiscordNeed a dice bag? Contact Jocelyn and/or visit JoceStitch Etsy store

The Oscars, Freedom Five, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Reacher, Starship Captains, Lorcana

It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the showHave you ever wanted to listen to a "Come Dine With Me" special merged with a games day?  Thought not but that is exactly what you have in the second of JP's episodes of this run.  Expect nonsense, expect backstabbing comments, expect drama as we played "Come Game With Me"FIRST PLAYER: JPOTHER PLAYERS: Becky, Rob, TamboIn this episode you'll learn:- about JP's experience with Undaunted 2200 Calisto and also Undanted Stalingrad by Osprey Games- that Split Stone Games gets another mention with Becky's take on Mycelia - how Tambo has become a Starship Captain in his latest game by CGE- Rob has finally had a proper playthrough of Gloom of Kilforth by Hall or Nothing Games- what a mashup of "Come Dine With Me" centred around a games day sounds likeLINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOWBecky mentions her experiences with The Enchanted Needle which you can find right here - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/enchantedxneedleEPISODE CHAPTERS0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count1:31 - TURN 2 - Let's Talk About Hex1:44 - Tambo - Starship Captains7:14 - JP - Undaunted Stalingrad & 2200 Calisto19:21 - Becky - Mycelia25:45 - Rob - Gloom of Kilforth33:52 - TURN 3 - Main Event: Come Game With Me38:08 - Game Day 1 - Becky's World of Tomorrow44:28 - Game Day 1 - Scoring47:25 - Game Day 2 - Tambo's Horror House51:52 - Game Day 2 - Scoring54:27 - Game Day 3 - JP's Thunderstruck 80's Arcade57:51 - Game Day 3 - Scoring1:00:15 - Game Day 4 - Rob's Gaming Express1:08:19 - Game Day 4 - Scoring1:11:24 - The Reveal & Winner1:16:10 - TURN 5 - Penultimate Turn: What's Coming Up1:21:29 - TURN 6 - The Final TurnThe Whose Turn Is It Anyway Podcast is supporting & sponsoring a much loved board gaming event in the South West called The Devon Board Game Weekend on Friday 8th November to Sunday 10th November at The Fox & Hounds Country Hotel in Eggesford (near Exeter). For more information on tickets and pricing click on the link below https://whoseturn.zohobackstage.eu/DevonBoardGameWeekendNov2024Support the showSUPPORTING THE SHOW- Support us on Ko-FiENGAGING WITH THE SHOWWe want your questions so engage with the show through our channels below:- Email Us - BoardGameGeek - Facebook - Instagram- Youtube - TikTok

In Episode 191 we provide our hot take review of Maracaibo covering the mechanisms, the production, and our overall feelings of the game. We discuss a poll on investigating card decks before playing games and then we discuss some board games on our table including Starship Captains, Sagnir, and Djinn. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Question: When introduced to a board game that contains cards, at what point do you look through the deck to see distribution? 08:15 Maracaibo Description 10:07 Gameplay and Mechanisms 22:02 Production and Theme 26:22 Final Thoughts 35:35 Starship Captains 42:47 Sagnir 47:03 Djinn

Welcome to the Friendly Local Game Pod! We discuss games we have been playing, games we are excited about, and other nerdy news!Games Radar:Sea Salt and PaperStarship CaptainsGames Forecast:Paperback adventuresMCDM RPGIn Other Nerdy News:Social Media and Fantasy NovelsThe Mossheart's PromisePlease reach out to us at friendlylgpmail@gmail.com, we would love to hear from you!

Reviews of Aqua-Biodiversity in the oceans, Darkest Dungeon the board game, Starship Captains and so many more. Featured review: Kutná Hora: The City of Silver by Czech Games Edition. Board game discussion starts at 33:09. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep260.Thank you to our sponsors: Queen Games, Grand Gamers Guild, and AEG. Timestamps: 33:09 - Aqua-Biodiversity in the Oceans; 42:47- Starship Captains; 48:53 - Witchstone; 55:53-Darkest Dungeon-The Board Game.

In episode 260 the Pegs discuss A board game purge, Harper goes to Comic Con, beating Bauldurs Gate 3, a proud gamer moment, getting older, and tattooed legs. Review Aqua, Starship Captains, Darkest Dungeon: the Board Game, and Witchstone Deep dive Kutna Hora

In this episode, we spend some time talking about our favourite sci-fi board games. To go with that we will also be reviewing Starship Captains, a game with a familiar theme, and MLEM Space Agency. We wrap up with a longer-than-usual week in review including first thoughts on My City, Cartographers Heroes, Zensu, and the recently re-released digital version of Dominion. (00:00:00) Checking In (00:01:38) Suggestion Box (00:05:10) Announcements (00:06:35) Ask The Bellhop (00:47:03) The Game Room - Starship Captains A light sci-fi euro clearly inspired by a certain popular sci-fi franchise. Starship Captains Unboxing https://youtu.be/y-tHBtIm1Q8?si=jwcW6WA2FK6VvsKk Pick up Starship Captains: https://miniature-market.sjv.io/QyWOo3 The Tabletop Bellhop Patreon https://www.patreon.com/tabletopbellhop (01:08:41) The Game Room - MLEM Space Agency Cats, in space! A push your luck dice game from Reiner Knizia Unboxing MLEM https://youtu.be/OSoCn8evUXo Pick up MLEM Space Agency https://amzn.to/42vuy1w (01:28:09) The Bellhop's Tabletop (02:01:38) VIP Guests (02:02:04) Closing the Doors This is an edited version of our live show recorded 01/31/2024. Join us live on https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop Full show notes with links can be found here: https://tabletopbellhop.com/episode231/ Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com or sean@tabletopbellhop.com If you enjoyed the show be sure to tip The Bellhop https://www.patreon.com/tabletopbellhop FIND US: Webpage:https://tabletopbellhop.com Newsletter: https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.com Discord: https://discord.tabletopbellhop.com Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop Twitch: https://twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@TabletopBellhop Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/tabletopbellhop.bsky.social]

Tonight we share our thoughts on miniatures in board games and whether we personally prefer meeples or minis. After that, we've got three featured reviews, The Turkey Trial, Aurum, and Reality Shift Deluxe. Then Moe's got four new-to-him game plays to talk about in the Bellhop's Tabletop. Hear first impressions on Astra, The Artemis Project, Starship Captains, Bah! Humbug, The 12 Games of Christmas, and more. This is an edited version of our live show first recorded on 25/10/2024. Join us live on https://www.twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop Full show notes with links can be found here: https://tabletopbellhop.com/podcast/episode222 (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:43) The Suggestion Box (00:03:07) Announcements (00:03:35) Ask The Bellhop: Minis or Meeple? (00:49:23) The Lobby - Game Suggestions (00:59:10) The Turkey Trial A Thanksgiving-themed Holiday Hijinks game. Written review of The Turkey Trail https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/turkey-trial/ Pick up a copy of The Turkey Trail https://amzn.to/473Eykd (01:06:34) Aurum A trick-taking card game that breaks a lot of traditions. Unboxing Aurum https://youtu.be/13kantgM264?si=lS_kRN9VNKGXJdAB Written review of Aurum https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/aurum/ Pick up a copy of Aurum https://amzn.to/3QeoUuP (01:17:28) Reality Shift Deluxe Racing taken to a new dimension Unboxing Reality Shift Deluxe https://youtu.be/Q59fJ-dQQQ4 Written review of Reality Shift Deluxe https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/reality-shift-deluxe Grab a copy of Reality Shift Deluxe https://amzn.to/3SjjiSO (01:31:20) The Bellhop's Tabletop (01:49:02) VIP Guests and Closing Send feedback to moe@tabletopbellhop.com or sean@tabletopbellhop.com If you enjoyed the show be sure to tip The Bellhop https://www.patreon.com/tabletopbellhop FIND US: Webpage:https://tabletopbellhop.com Newsletter: https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.com Discord: https://discord.tabletopbellhop.com Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop Twitch: https://twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@TabletopBellhop Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/tabletopbellhop.bsky.social

Chris takes a look at DnD adventure book Keys to the Golden Vault, plus board games Starship Captains and Marvel Age of Heroes.

The years of training and sacrifice have all lead to this moment - the big chair - your first command of a starship! Each mission will require your leadership and many tough decisions as you explore the vast unknown sectors of space.

The years of training and sacrifice have all lead to this moment - the big chair - your first command of a starship! Each mission will require your leadership and many tough decisions as you explore the vast unknown sectors of space.

This time, The Brandt and Eric take on Cartaventura: Lhasa, Dice Manor, Mountain Goats, and Marrakesh. The D12 of Fate leads us to talk about board game transport, and we finish the show with a Doubles Review of Starship Captains 04:00 Cartaventura: Lhasa 07:36 Dice Manor 12:39 Mountain Goats 16:58 Marrakesh 23:46 The Big Roll: Game Transport 35:45 Doubles Review: Starship Captains -- Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/914270393090805 Discuss in our BGG forum: https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4193

Episode 272 starts out with an oldie but a goodie, Chris' Movie review segment in which he kinda talks about the Tetris movie and trails off into something else. Then the gang gets busy with the games they've been playing including Yokohama, 51st State: Ultimate Edition, Core Worlds, Starship Captains, Revive and a feature review of Masters of the Universe Clash for Eternia from CMON. Then after Tony T goes ape with the best damn news segment in the third Galaxy, the Founders discuss what makes a Civilization game. Masters of the Universe Review 00:58:02, News with Tony T 01:26:41, Civilization Games 02:22:51

Welcome to three chaps talking everything board games. On this episode: 00:01:19 Dominion 00:23:58 Gin Rummy, Starship Captains, Careers, Robin Hood 00:34:22 Six of the Best: Cascadia Landmarks, Beyond the Sun: Leaders of a New Dawn, Architects of the West Kingdom, Firefly, Santorini, Age of Innovation 00:49:15 Topic: Miniatures in Boardgames 01:19:55 Bonus Content Why not join us on Instagram and Twitter, we also have a growing Discord community. Check out our website or send us an email. Neal @ the Marathon

This week Bob and Natasha are reviewing Starship Captains and Dinner in Paris. If you are a fan of Star Trek you might like this fairly light game about flying around space and completing missions. Dinner in Paris sounds delightful, but don't let it fool you, it's a mean one. They wrap up the show talking about their top 5 really popular games that they just don't like and can't understand why they are so popular.  Let us know what you think, email us at boardgameshenanigans@gmail.com

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It's time to travel through space as we review Starship Captains. Is it Startrek? Pretty close! We also cover a new favorite song of James's. And to wrap things up, James shares his trauma from the ending of the old cartoon, David the Gnome. For good messure, we cover the top ten WTF endings from tv shows.

3:38 ***Introducing our guest Grant Lyon***  Board gamers, stand up comedian and self defence instructor 13:58 ***Sponsor break***  Arcane Wonders late pledge for Foundations of Rome. New releases: Dice Manor, Mother of Frankenstien, Mobile Markets 17:39 ***Things that make the King go Hmmm!***   Renegade Games studio publishing Axis and Allies and now Acquire 22:50 ***Your thoughts in out poll***  Listening to what you said about our poll about games of 2022 and what you are looking forward to in 2023 32:09 ***What game is behind the door?*** Our quiz show section, where we quiz our guest, Grant Lyon in our dungeon, about games. Can you guess what the answers are before us? 1:15:00 ***Sponsor break***  Amazing March Madness and late pledge on Game Topper 1:17:29 ***The Babble***  Humour is subjective, but is it any different at the gaming table between friends? --------------------------------------- You can find on Youtube https://youtube.com/live/iGpSB62Yqt4 or at Board Game Theater (http://www.boardgametheater.com/) or Board Games Everybody Should...(https://www.boardgameseverybodyshould.com/) Like us on Facebook, Twitter or our guild on Board Game Geek 2248 Big Thanks to Arcane Wonders (https://www.arcanewonders.com/)and Game Toppers (https://www.gametoppersllc.com/)for their support. Music and effect by The Balance Of Power & Syrinscape Games mentioned:   Dice Manor, Foundations of Rome,  Furnace, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Starship Captains, Wonderland's War, Fake Artist Goes to New York, Inside Job, Mille Fiori,  Last Light, Sheriff of Nottingham, Green Team Wins, Codenames,  

On this weeks Game Highlight episode the boys Jason & James are adorning the coloured work uniforms and reporting to the fleet commanders as they take on Czech Games Edition 2022 release "Starship Captains".The boys will be highlighting all the things they like and dislike about the game, its components & the rulebook. They will also give your their opinions on if this game is worth your time and more importantly your hard earned money.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find our audio Podcast on all good podcast platforms or find the links on our host site . https://meepleminded.buzzsprout.com/ You can join the ever growing Meeple Minded community https://www.facebook.com/MeepleMindedMedia https://discord.gg/HtgzKDAB https://twitter.com/MeepleMinded https://www.instagram.com/meepleminded/ Please also Like, Share & Subscribe here on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCInqK3k50OVrutTCodvw3FA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you all so much for choosing to listen to our humble down to earth Table top gaming podcast. If you do like what you hear, please do subscribe as we will be uploading a new show every Tuesday & Thursday @ 7am GMT, ready for that commute into work, or gym session :)

Where would we be without the mailbag? We get such lovely questions from you lot, that we rarely get the chance to answer, so when the opportunity comes, one has to strike. Time to hear what's on your minds, kids. Before we rustle in the cloth, we talk about Dinosaur Gauge, and Starship Captains. Timecodes: 01:39 - Dinosaur Gauge 10:18 - Starship Captains 21:24 - Holiday games? 21:51 - Fire in the Hole 25:10 - Weather Machine 26:12 - Surprise Top 50 games? 29:56 - Has how you play games changed? Check out our wiki at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/wiki Join the discussion at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/discord Join our Facebook group at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/facebook Get a Board Game Barrage T-shirt at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/store

In Episode XI, the first guest host joins - and of course it had to be Eric Summerer! Mandi, Suz, and Eric discuss Votes for Women, Dungeon Pages, King of Monster Island, Oros, and Starship Captains. The Game Pie of the show is full of "Hey pal, it has been a while kinda games..." or "kinda old... like us... sort of... game"... or however Eric interpreted it.   BGG Guild: https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaltNSassGames YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames Email: SaltAndSassGames@gmail.com

On this episode of the Cardboard Time Podcast: What we've been playing: Paperback Adventures, Starship Captains, Oros An Interview with Riley Stock of the Board Game Community Show (Twitter) Our social media: Website, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cardboardtime/message

Hey Now Cabalists! It's time for your weekly dose of Cabal nonsense! Today the gang takes a look at a bunch of awesome games including The Shivers, Autobahn, Raiders of the North Sea Digital, Fall of the Mountain King, Cat in the Box and Don and Jamie feature Starship Captains designed by Peter B. Hoffgaard and published by CGE. Then Tony T gives you all the relevant news from around the gaming verse. And finally, the Founders host another Short Topic Extravaganza with topics like how factors game for a great game session, who are some of our favorite content creators and do you think it's okay to have multiple game with the same style or theme. Starship Captains Review 00:49:11, Founders Update 01:20:21, News with Tony T 01:23:32, Short Topic Extravaganza 02:30:45

Drive Thru FM #34 - The Other Guys Intro (00:00); The Other Other Guys (07:32); The Other Guys - Reviews (13:41); Dungeon Universalis (14:20); Trudvang Legends (19:19); Starship Captains (25:04); Puzzle Strike 2 (29:19); Basketboss (34:14); Massive Darkness 2 (39:49); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (42:50); Skymines (53:42); Frostpunk (57:44); Tinderblox (01:00:39); Feed the Kraken (01:02:53); Dune Imperium: Immortality (01:07:46);

In Episode VIII, Mandi and Suzanne discuss Crystallo, Joan of Arc Orleans Draw and Write, Starship Captains, and Sea Salt and Paper. Aaron Wilson joins us to share his thoughts on how board games could improve the NFL. And the Game Pie of the show is full of great games for gifting. Aaron Wilson: https://gravitation.games, https://twitter.com/InternetsMagic, https://twitter.com/Cardboard_Mechs BGG Guild: https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/4131 Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaltNSassGames YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames

We're excited to announce an all-new endeavor for BGA coming in 2023: Board Game Academics! Join us for a discussion of what brought us to this point, how we're approaching our newest project, and what you can expect from us in 2023 and beyond.===================Interested in checking out the Fan Roll Dice set featured in our gift guide? Check out their site here: https://fanrolldice.com/ref/2755/=================== Question of the Week: Is there a fun hobby board game (so not purely educational) you feel helped you learn something important about yourself or the world? Acquisition Disorders: Mosaic: A Story of Civilization, Arabella At the Table Reviews: Wildstyle, Starship CaptainsIf you haven't yet, be sure to connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/boardgamersanonymous), Twitter (http://twitter.com/bgapodcast), and our website (www.www.boardgamersanonymous.com). You can support the show as well by donating on Patreon (www.patreon.com/bga) or using our Amazon affiliate link.

In diesem SPIELT Podcast sprechen wir über "Starship Captains" aus dem aktuellen Jahrgang. Wir besprechen ob sich das Spiel wirklich lohnt, für wen es was sein könnte und vor allem wie viel Star Trek DNA in dem Spiel steckt. Mit dabei sind Johannes, Peter und Daniel.Das Spiel gibt es bei der Spiele-Offensive direkt zu kaufen.In BSN SPIELT sprechen wir regelmäßig über Brettspiele, die mehrere Personen aus der Redaktion kennen. Wir stellen das Spiel zum einen vor, lassen aber auch unsere Meinungen einfließen und falls nötig machen wir einen separaten Spoiler-Teil.Schnitt: DanielIhr habt Feedback zu dem Podcast und Themen- oder Gastwünsche? Schreibt uns auf Facebook, Twitter oder Instagram. Außerdem könnt ihr auf unserem Discord Server vorbeischauen und den Podcast auch auf Youtube anhören.

Essen has been and gone but we've got to play many of the hot new releases at GRIDCON 3, a Gaming Rules run convention primarily focused on the playing of games rather than the commercial presence.  We have a jam-packed expansion pack episode for you!!!FIRST PLAYER: N/AOTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, JP, Davey & KerleyOVERVIEWIn this week's expansion pack, the group get together to chat about their experiences at GRIDCON 3. The convention based in the South West UK ran by Gaming Rules! In this episode you'll learn:- Which games we've managed to play on each day and our initial thoughts- That Lacrimosa could do with a "Simply Red" expansion- What everyone's "Game of the Weekend" was- that even the fry up gets a review- how to navigate the bring & buy just like TKMaxx- how personal GRIDCON feels to attend (spoiler it's awesome)LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOWWhat is GRIDCON?Paul Grogan's Gridcon 3 Wrap Up VideoGaming Rules Youtube ChannelEPISODE CHAPTERS0:00 - TURN 1 - Player Count2:20 - TURN 2 - What is GRIDCON 3?4:49 - DAY 1 - FRIDAY5:00 - The Great Wall8:24 - Astra13:20 - Space Base14:02 - It's a Wonderful Kingdom16:48 - Marvel United18:09 - An aside on social anxiety at conventions22:05 - Starship Captains27:52 - DAY 2 - SATURDAY28:10 - Lacrimosa37:05 - Furnace42:10 - Northgard46:53 - Gugong47:25 - The Gallerist52:12 - Deal with the Devil1:01:36 - Hoplomachus Remastered1:08:45 - DAY 3 - SUNDAY1:09:46 - Golem1:16:30 - A quick note about the food1:17:55 - Terraforming Mars1:19:06 - Castles of Burgundy1:23:13 - The epic raffle draw!!!1:28:00 - Revive1:43:22 - Bring & Buy experiences1:47:25 - Signing off from GRIDCON1:53:14 - TURN 3 - The Final TurnSupport the showSUPPORTING THE SHOW- Support us on Ko-FiENGAGING WITH THE SHOWWe want your questions so engage with the show through our channels below:- Email Us - BoardGameGeek - Facebook - Instagram- Threads - TikTok

We're back from BoardGameGeek's big show, BGG.CON 2022! Your hosts Christina and Shoe sit down to talk about their Top 10 games panel with Our Family Plays Games, stand-up comedy with Grant Lyon, our own live Board Game Quiz Show events, and of course, all the great games they got a chance to check out. Timeline: 1:47 - BGG.Con highlights, including our live Board Game Quiz Show! 4:50 - Our Family Plays Games Top 10 games panel 8:21 - Grant Lyon's board game standup 12:09 - Exhibit Hall, Many Worlds Tavern 13:59 - Gaming stories 19:50 - BGG Top 5 games we played 20:07 - Starship Captains 27:13 - Lacrimosa 31:40 - Tiletum 36:40 - Atiwa 42:28 - Splendor Duel

This week, We Played the galaxy exploring, crew commanding, medal winning Starship Captains! In this episode, we will be diving into the things we liked and breaking down the elements that make it great, because, at the end of the day we only play awesome games, and Starship Captains, boldly goes all sorts of places in a legally distinct manner. Have you recently visited the stars? Do you want to command a spaceship of your own? Are you willing to overlook the suspiciously familiar colour-coding of your crew to avoid a lawsuit?

Aquí estamos de vuelta con un gran vivero en el que comentamos las primeras impresiones a muchos de los juegos que mas han llamado la atención de los presentados en la Feria de Essen 2022. Ahí os va el menú: (4:00) El Vivero: (5:19) Endless Winter (21:16) Starship Captains (27:25) Deal with the Devil (51:55) Atiwa (1:14:24) Autobahn (1:30:17) WoodCraft (1:40:20) Heat: Pedal to the metal

Vendredi 4 novembre 2022, saison 2, épisode 71 Notre retour du côté A avec nos expériences ludiques. Au programme, plein de nouvelles découvertes dont Heat de Days of Wonder, Twilight Inscription de FFG, Astra de Mind Clash Games, Starship Captains de CGE, Trekking the world et Splendor Duel... sans oublier notre minute philosophique et la controverse de la semaine ;)Encore une fois, toujours dans la bonne humeur !Abonnez vous pour découvrir nos meilleurs jeux de société !Martin Montreuil de La Société des Jeuxhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfqyNsXex7pLonYUyCTeJ4QMartin Lafrenière de la Zone Jeux de Sociétéhttps://www.youtube.com/zonejeuxdesociete

Joel, Lewis, and Nick bring you another podcast, filled with news, Kickstarters, and lots of games they have been playing in the shortest time possible.  Spiel Essen 2022 stats Wingspan Asia expansion Watch It Played tutorial Gay Sauna: Board Game Kickstarters Oathsworn 2nd printing Warcrow Adventures  Queen Dilemma What we have been playing The Hunger It's a wonderful world board game  The wandering Tower Lacrimosa 3000 Scoundrels Happy Potter (cash and Guns) King of Tokyo (story)  Everdell London (2nd edition) Orléans boardgame  Sea Salt & Paper (BGA) Remember if you join the discord channel and are the first to leave a comment in the discussions then I send you a Starship Captains jigsaw puzzle. courtesy of Meeples' Corner Here is the link to our discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z Find us on Twitter @DevonDiceUK, Facebook page, BGG Guild Find us on @DepressedMonk3y @spoonofmilk @The_BreweryTour @meeplescorner @njshaw2   Our web page www.devondice.co.uk Youtube - DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel  devondice2015@gmail.com And our new discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z Where you can continue the discussion there and tell us how rubbish we are.  Thank you listen  

Tom, Zee, Camila, & Chris take a look at Starship Captains!

Ronan is here to ramble around his thoughts about our visit to Spiel 2022 and then give some initial opinions on seven new releases. The games he licks this time are; Starship Captains, Kites, Flamecraft, Marvel Remix, Orichalcum, Donkey Valley and Joan of Arc: Draw and Write. Head to www.dicetower.com for all the gaming coverage you could ever handle. Hit us up at thegamepitpodcast@gmail.com if you have something we need to know

Cette semaine, il s'agit d'un côté B pour BONUS !En effet, c'est avec un grand plaisir que nous parlons avec Martin M. en direct de l'Europe afin qu'il puisse nous donner ses impressions de la convention à Essen en Allemagne. Martin L. en profitera pour lui poser plein de questions et Martin M. nous donnera sa liste des jeux qu'il ramènent de la convention. Une petite anecdote très croustillante sera aussi dans ce podcast.Voici les jeux qui seront discutés dans ce podcast: Eleven, Starship Captains, Precognition, Challengers, Atiwa, Tiwanaku, Terracotta Army, Woodcraft, Sabika, Hamlet, My shelfie, Planet B, Heat, Lacrimosa et bien d'autres.Abonnez vous pour découvrir nos meilleurs jeux de société !Martin Montreuil de La Société des Jeuxhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfqyNsXex7pLonYUyCTeJ4QMartin Lafrenière de la Zone Jeux de Sociétéhttps://www.youtube.com/zonejeuxdesociete

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 10, 2022. This week, Bezier does some renovations, Dead Death Dies for a third time, and Essen, essen, essen, essen, ESSEN.   SPECIAL REPORT: ESSEN (1:41)   TOP STORIES (5:14) Renegade Games expands licensing with Hasbro GIC: Britain's first game industry conference Persona 5 Royal card game by Matsuuchi Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Renovations Cluedo murder mystery boxes Cthulhu: Death May Die season 3 - Fear of the Unknown   CROWDFUNDING (9:59) Factions of Sol Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game Rise and Fall Elevenses: The Guilty Party Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin Age of Comics   SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (18:22) Lucky Duck Games picks up Cosmoctopus for release   THE HOTNESS (20:4) 11 - Endless Winter: Paleoamericans 10 - Flamecraft 9 - Lacrimosa 8 - Woodcraft 7 - Horizons of Spirit Island 6 - Ark Nova 5 - John Company 2E 4 - ISS Vanguard 3 - Revive 2 - Starship Captains 1 - Wingspan: Asia   CONNECT: Follow our Twitter newsfeed: twitter.com/dicetowernow Dig in with Corey at DiceTowerDish.com. Have a look-see at Barry's wares at BrightBearLaser.com.

Die Spiel 2022 in Essen ist im vollen Gange. Wir berichten von der Messe, unsere Eindrücke, unser (bisheriges) Loot und die ersten Spiele, die wir bereits gespielt haben.

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 3, 2022. This week, the hottest news is from 2004, pigs gobble fruit quickity pickity, Phalanx runs out of river names, and we agree - an arcane manor of dice is essential.   TOP STORIES (2:30) Deep Water Games becomes independant of parent company OxEye Media CMoN to be excludsive distributor for Lucky Duck Games in Asia HeroScape: Age of Annihilation crowdfunding on Hasbro Pulse Reiner Knizia's Yellow and Yangtze rebranded by Phalanx as Huang Dice Manor is newest Dice Tower Essential title from Arcane Wonder Railway Boom coming from OKAZU Brand and designer Hisashi Hiyashi More details on Isle of Cats followup, Race to the Raft Artipia Games and designer Gustaf Sundström announce Ceres Itten Funbrick series of pocket games detailed Quickity Pickity is newest title from from Oink Games Grease Monkey Garage by designer Fedor Sosnin getting published copy Flowar coming from Llama Dice and publisher Primigenio   CROWDFUNDING (13:15) USC Reach Atlas Lost: Rise of the New Sovereigns Naturopolis Pueblo Age of Inventors Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan   SPONSOR UPDATE (21:45) Andromeda's Edge   THE HOTNESS (24:50) Starship Captains from CGE and designer Peter B. Hoffgaard FlameCraft by Manny Vega and Lucky Duck Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood Yellow and Yangtze by Reiner Knizia Deal with the Devil from designer Matúš Kotry and CGE Village Rails from Osprey Games, designed by Matthew Dunstan and Brett J. Gilbert Terraforming Mars the Dice Game from Stronghold Games Ark Nova by Mathias Wigge ISS Vanguard by Awaken Realms Everdell: The Complete Collection     CONNECT: Follow our Twitter newsfeed: twitter.com/dicetowernow Dig in with Corey at DiceTowerDish.com. Have a look-see at Barry's wares at BrightBearLaser.com.

Vi har en særlig gæst i Papstinenser-studiet. Peter Balling Hoffgaard har siden 2015 slået sine folder på Tabletop Together og er manden bag det flittigt benyttede Spiel-værktøj, Tabletop Together Tool, som mange Essen-farende bruger til at få overblik over haller og spil på verdens største messe for brætspil. Men nu er Peter også sprunget ud som brætspilsdesigner og han debuterer på Essen i år med et tematisk Eurogame i rummet! Så vi snakker i denne episode Essen og Starship Captains og Peter fortæller om proces, Star Trek, designproces og samarbejdet med Czech Games Edition. Spil nævnt i denne episode: Woodcraft Come Together Revive Orichalcum Tiletum

Aquí estamos otra vez, con una semana de retraso respecto al programa anterior, pero cargados de energía con los que son nuestras apuestas de este año de entre todo lo que se presenta en la Feria de Essen. Pero antes toca hacer un repaso a las predicciones del año pasado. Ahí os va el menú: (4:31) Repaso a las predicciones 2021 (17:43) Starship Captains (24:48) Woodcraft (34:45) Deal with the Devil (47:45) Council of Shadows (54:46) Sabika (1:12:33) Atiwa (1:21:31) Revive (1:33:24) Maui (1:43:39) StationFall (1:56:56) The Wolves (2:05:05) Hiroba (2:11:02) Rise and Fall

Gen Con is a week away! We're headed to Indianapolis (hope to see you there!) but before we do, we're looking down the preview list to get ourselves hyped. These are our five games we're each most excited to see at the show! Before we go Indy, we talk about Vabanque, Orongo, and Blood on the Clocktower. 02:06 - Vabanque 07:25 - Orongo 15:12 - Blood on the Clocktower 23:49 - Our most anticipated Gen Con 2022 games 25:50 - San Francisco 27:07 - Diamond Dig 28:28 - Turing Machine 29:55 - Weirdwood Manor 31:02 - Deal with the Devil 33:00 - Last Light 34:30 - Starship Captains 35:22 - Framework 36:49 - ??? 37:04 - Time of Empires 38:38 - Green Team Wins 40:58 - Catherine: The Cities of the Tsarina 41:53 - The Shadow Planet: The Board Game 43:30 - Cat in the Box 45:30 - Autobahn Check out our wiki at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/wiki Join the discussion at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/discord Join our Facebook group at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/facebook Get a Board Game Barrage T-shirt at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/store

Interessante Brettspiel-News gehe ich im ersten Teil der heutigen Abenteuer Brettspiele Podcast-Episode durch. Zudem stelle ich 10 interessante Brettspiel-Ankündigungen und 3 neue Erweiterungen vor, die in den letzten Wochen angekündigt wurden.

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

This weeks game highlight sees Jason & James going back to the year 2018 to chat all things Dice Hospital. With the impending delivery of the sequel (dice theme park) due any day nowthe boys wanted a quick refresher on the game mechanics used . The boys talk about what comes in the box, the quality of the components, the gameplay, what they like & what they dislike about the game,  as well as awarding it there personal Meeple Rating.Paul is also on hand to bring you all of this weeks gaming News & crowdfunding campaigns that we think you need to know about including : Starship Captains by Peter B Hoffgaard published by Czech Games EditionCodenames by Czech Games EditionLost Ruins of Arnak by Czech Games EditionWizKidsDungeons & Dragons 5EIcons of the Realm: Dragons of Stormwreck IsleCavalier (Paladin), Fighter, Thief, Wizard, Acrobat (Rogue) and BarbarianMarvel Champions: The Card Game by Fantasy Flight GamesMarvel Champions:  Mutant Genesis by Fantasy Flight GamesMarvel Champions: X-Men Mutant Genesis by Fantasy Flight GamesArcs by Leder GamesRoot by Leder GamesOath by Leder GamesBark Avenue by TerreDice GamesAmulet of Thrayax by Tom Truman and Trolls n Rerolls, artwork by Vincent Vyce Pugs In Mugs by Stop Drop and Roll StudiosEarth Rising: 20 Years to Transform our World by Stop Drop and Roll StudiosHedge Hopping Hooligans by Stop Drop and Roll StudiosDisarm the Base by Dissent GamesLibrary Labyrinth by Dissent GamesRoll and Colour by Dissent Games-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Support he Meeple Minded.while it is true we do not have any form of direct support from the listeners we do NOW have a small affiliation link with our Friendly Local Game Store "The Comic Shop" in Crawley, UK.if you purchase any products through the link below a small percentage of your purchase is given to the meeple minded to purchase more games for review :) SO you will be supporting a FLGS & helping us buy all the brand new games to review on the podcast.thecomicshop.co.uk/meepleminded--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Find our audio Podcast on all good podcast platforms or find the links on our host site .  https://meepleminded.buzzsprout.com/You can join the ever growing Meeple Minded communityhttps://www.facebook.com/MeepleMindedMediahttps://discord.gg/4F2H3xDhttps://twitter.com/MeepleMindedhttps://www.instagram.com/meepleminded/Please also Like, Share & Subscribe here on Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCInqK3k50OVrutTCodvw3FA--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you all so much for choosing to listen to our humble down to earth Table top gaming podcast. If you do like what you hear, please do subscribe as we will be uploading a new show every Tuesday @ 7am GMT, ready for that commute into work, or gym session :)

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4'22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

On Mark's drive across Canada (the first time), he stopped in Drumheller, Alberta for some dinosaur tourism. It has a truly impressive nodosaur specimen. The nodosaur is a close relative of the ankylosaur, a key difference being the former's lack of a thagomizer, the club-like appendage at the end of an ankylosaur's tail. Mark bought a plastic ankylosaur as a souvenir. Its name is Angie.Perseverance doesn't have any ankylosaurs or nodosaurs. A shame. Games Played Last Week:00:53 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022)04:53 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022)11:16 -Imperium: Legends (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2021)15:08 -Titan (Matthieu Podevin, Holy Grail Games, 2022)21:19 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)27:25 -Get on Board: New York & London (Saashi, IELLO, 2022)28:31 -Omicron Protocol (Brendan Kendrick & Bernie Lin, Dead Alive Games, 2022)News (and why it doesn't matter):34:05 Starship Captains by CGE (not Vlaada)34:56 Leave the Church in the Village: Quoridor-esque?35:50 Spiel des Jahres Nominees: Cascadia, SCOUT, Top Ten. Kennerspiel: Living Forest, Cryptid, Dune: Imperium37:13 Escape from New York38:07 Feature Game: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles Episodes 1 & 2 (Richard Amann, Thomas Vande Ginste, Viktor Peter, Wolf Plancke, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2022)1:09:53 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: The Kid Detective

THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts, MARK A. ALTMAN (showrunner, Pandora; writer/producer The Librarians, Castle, Agent X) & DAREN DOCHTERMAN (visual effects supervisor, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) renew their License to Trill as they talk Sixties Super-Spies and Starship Captains and the strange synergies between Star Trek and 007. Joining them is Agent 009, ROBERT MEYER BURNETT (host, The Burnettwork) as he strikes like Thunderball. Don't miss another all-new episode of INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS which comes straight From Romulus... With Love. New episodes of INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS available every Friday. And don't miss our in-depth curated episode audio commentaries on TREKSPERTS BRIEFING ROOM every Saturday night wherever you listen to podcasts. This week: Professor Mohammed Noon joins Peter & Lisa to talk Voyager's "Favorite Son." Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. And if you're a James Bond fan, don't miss NOBODY DOES IT BETTER, in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from Forge Books. And don't miss SECRETS OF THE FORCE, the definitive unauthorized, uncensored oral history of STAR WARS, now available in hardcover, digital and audio!! Follow Inglorious Treksperts and Treksperts Briefing Room at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram. THIS FALL'S ELECTRIC SURGE PODCAST LINE-UP available wherever you listen to podcasts and streaming on the free Electric Now app! Monday: Best Movies Never Made Thursday: The 4:30 Movie (Season Five Coming This Fall) NEW DAY! Wednesday: The Rebel & The Rogue (New Episodes Coming Soon) Friday: Inglorious Treksperts With Mark A. Altman & Daren Dochterman Saturday Mornings: Cartoon Barroom w/ Ashlely & Steve Saturday Night: Treksperts Briefing Room (Season Two Premieres This Week, Now On Saturdays!) Leverage: Redemption AfterShow (streaming exclusively on video on Electric Now) #StarTrek #TOS #TAS #TNG #DS9 #VOY #ENT #DISCO #PICARD #LLAP #comics #IDW #Marvel #DC #GoldKey #Discovery #Superman #STTMP #StarWars #CaptainPike #StrangeNewWorlds #55YearTour #casting #ST55 #StarTrek55 #TheCage #StrangeNewWorlds #SNW #NoTimeToDie #007 #JamesBond #NTTD During the pandemic, we are still recording remotely and not in the studio. As a result, the quality of the audio may not be up to our usual high standards. We trust you will nursemaid us through these difficulties. Please stay healthy and safe... and keep on Trekkin' - ingloriously, of course!

Are you getting in the way of your handmade business moving forward? Yeah, it’s time to get out of your own way. Lately we’ve been doing a series on how to make your 2020 goals come true. In episodes 292 and 293, I gave you lots of applicable, step-by-step advice on how to increase sales, so be sure to head over to TaraSwiger.com/launch if you missed that. But as I said in those episodes, only a small percentage of people will follow through with the action plan. Why? Well, for some listeners, what I shared just isn’t applicable. Maybe you don’t have a business. Maybe you are just starting and you don’t have any products yet. For some listeners, growth isn’t their primary goal in 2020. Maybe you have more demand than you can supply. Or perhaps your work day has gone wonky, and what you want to work on this year is working LESS or taking more time off or stopping work at a certain time. We’re not always in a place of growth. Or maybe you’re like I was in 2019, where your life has been upended and your main goal is to just HOLD ON and try to figure out a new way to move forward (or even stay in the same place) with totally new circumstances. Last year my own focus wasn’t the growth of my business, it was the growth of my family. Wherever you are is perfect. But what about those listeners who DO have products, who have a way to sell them, and who have the goal to increase their sales in 2020? Why don’t they follow through? We hit on some of the reasons last week (in episode 294) - you may feel unfocused, feel like you don’t have enough time, or feel overwhelmed and stuck in self-doubt. In other words, you’re not moving forward because YOU are holding yourself back. Last week I gave you some homework - to write down HOW you were holding yourself back and WHY you might have done that. (If you skipped the homework you can hit pause now and write it down, or even record it as a voice memo to yourself!) Why are you doing this? Well, without hearing your answers, I can make a guess, because this is what stops me: Fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear that I won’t be safe. Fear that everyone will realize I have no idea what I’m doing and they (you) will think it’s all a scam and everyone will hate me (and I’ll be broke and alone). Fear that I’ll get it wrong, that people will see me get it wrong and then will all leave and my business will fall apart (and I’ll be broke and alone). That’s kind of intense, right?  But that’s why this fear is so good at holding us back - we never look directly at it, so it just bubbles up underneath the surface and we feel a kind of uneasiness or nervousness or self-doubt. We don’t feel “quite right” so we don’t step forward. What do you do about it?  Good news: We’ve already done the first step! The first step is to bring it to conscious awareness so we can SEE the fear, so it stops running the show from the background. Then, we need to acknowledge it for what it is. It isn’t that WE suck. It isn’t that we need to do more or learn more or get more confident. Fear holding you back is a NATURAL part of growth and exploration. Your fear is your sweet little brain trying to keep you safe. That’s it’s whole job! It’s saying “Hey there, I don’t know about that, I need to keep you alive so BACK AWAY FROM THE UNKNOWN.” If you’ve experienced trauma (whether it was one-time acute trauma or ongoing trauma like an unsafe childhood), your brain is a SPECIALIST in spotting danger (maybe where there isn’t any!) and keeping you safe. This may be why you experience something that SEEMS simple  (like talking to strangers in your craft booth, or posting a personal post on Instagram) as terrifying and flight-fight-freeze inducing. Understanding and accepting this about yourself and your sweet little (confused) brain is vital to you moving forward. It shifts your focus from “pushing forward” to “gently finding a way forward.” Because when you push? Your fear pushes back. When you gently find a way to feel safe while doing the thing?” Your fear settles down. Your fear just wants to be noticed and heard. So we’ve identified it, we’ve recognized that it’s trying to keep us safe, but how do we hear it without letting it run the show? Let it have it’s say - let your fear tell you what’s the worst that can happen. Tim Ferris calls this “fear-setting”, it’s like the opposite of goal-setting, but is important if you’re going to move forward with a goal. Marie Forleo has a version of this exercise in her book Everything is Figureoutable. In other words, this works. So try it. Pull out a piece of paper and answer: What am I afraid of actually happening? What is the absolute worst case scenario if that fear comes true? And then what else horrible will happen? And now that you’ve listened to your Fear, you’ve let it really unspool its dark fantasy,  it’s time to apply some reality to your fear. If that happened, the absolute worst case scenario… what would you do? How could you come back from it? What skills, abilities and experiences do you have that you could use? When I’ve done this with Starship Captains, we always take a deep breath and feel a little shaken and a little relieved. It is SCARY to think of all that can go wrong! But I bet you noticed that your worst case scenario is actually kinda… figureoutable? There’s very little you’re going to do in your business that’s going to shake the core of what you value. Your Etsy shop isn’t going to kill your loved ones. Your email newsletter isn’t going to push your friends away. Unless you’re becoming a skydiving instructor, your business is unlikely to cause you bodily harm. So, how do you feel? Deep breath! Do you feel a little more able to move forward? (If not, did you do this in your head, or in writing? When you just think it, your brain often distracts you with other stuff and you don’t really go all the way. Write it down.) Now, listen. This is not a one-time thing. If it were, I would be fearless and unwavering since the first time I did this back in 2006! Instead, this allows us to take the NEXT STEP. Which is all we need for now. But it is very likely the fear is going to jump back up when we come to the next unknown thing. Elizabeth Gilbert says (in her book Big Magic, which is great) that we may not ever be able to get Fear out of the car, on our journey. But we CAN stop Fear from driving the car or grabbing the steering wheel or pumping the breaks. We can ride with Fear next us. We can acknowledge the work it’s trying to do (keep us safe), appreciate that, and still choose to not let it run the show. (This is a lot like driving with a screaming toddler in the backseat.) Sooo, bad news! You’re going to have to do this a lot. I need to acknowledge and listen to my Fear every time I set a new goal. Every time I start a new project. Sometimes I have to do it before a speaking gig, when my nerves get bad! I had to do it when I became a foster mom! Every time I level up or my business levels up, I have to do it again. But here’s what I hope you take from this podcast episode - YOU are holding yourself back, because your brain is trying to keep you ALIVE. YOU are a smart, capable, adorable human who is capable of so much more than you think, if you find  a way to gently move past your stuck places. You don’t need to feel (or be) fearless to take the next step. You will build confidence through ACTION. I am wishing you so much peace and courage this week.   Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast295

As a culture we talk a lot about planning the year for about 2 seconds on December 31st and January 1st, but the fact is, when you’re building a business or following a dream, you are planning and implementing a plan all the time! Today I’m going to share how I planned my New Year, warts and all. Welcome to the New Year! Over the years I have written (and recorded) a lot about New Year and seasonal planning, so this year I decided to share exactly what I’m doing, with a bit of my feelings and experience as I do it, so you know you’re not alone. You can get access to ALL of my episodes about planning your New Year AND a new worksheet, at TaraSwiger.com/2020Goals. Download it now! It started in early December... Inside the Starship, we read the book Everything is Figureoutable, by Marie Forleo, as a part of our Q4 Book Club. This book is packed with encouragement and tough love for moving forward on your big dream, no matter how unreachable it feels. I really committed to not just reading it, but also working through the exercises. It helped me get clear on what’s held me back from setting a bigger goal (like, really big) and work through that. The book is so uplifting and encouraging, I think this helped me shed a bit of self-doubt that has held me back in the last 2 years. Self-doubt Actually, let’s chat about self-doubt holding me back. I talked about this a bit in episode 252, if you’d like to hear more about how I worked through it then. The thing is - I had a major depressive episode in 2018 and it rattled me. Even after I came out of it, I had this lingering fear that I wasn’t going to be able to follow through on anything, that I shouldn’t commit to anything because I wouldn’t be able to complete it. Soon after that, we became licensed to foster parent, and since I had never been a parent before, and I had no idea what to expect, I also became convinced that I would no longer be able to follow through on things, because kids. The thing that’s so insidious about this self-doubt is that it presented as LOGIC. Like, it’s totally reasonable to expect that I’ll be able to do less as a parent, than before… but what level of “less”? I didn’t know, so I assumed the worst. I assumed that the kids would be some kind of hurricane that completely exhausted my ability to adult, let along to show up to students, captains and partners. Now, I can see how a lot of that was just catastrophizing - I didn’t know what to expect, either about recurring depression or parenting, so I just assumed the worst. I needed to tap back into Confident Tara in order to dream big and create a plan and follow through, because you must believe it’s possible before you’ll actually do the work. I’m sharing this because in the middle of it, it felt very real, very logical, and TRUE.  If you are feeling tons of self-doubt or battered by life, give yourself some grace. It is ok. You don’t have to dream BIG right now. You don’t have to be on top of everything. Get inspired a confident again, by listening to my podcast and/or by reading Marie Forleo’s book (she also has a great YouTube show!) Where I plan Ok, before I go any further, I wanna talk about WHERE I actually do this planning - both where I write it and where I sit physically to do it. The thing is, you need to find what works for you, but I know we all love to hear about these kind of details. I always plan my year (and do quarterly maps and monthly planning) in one notebook. That way I can keep a whole year in one place and go back to it, without having to search around. This year I’m using a Happy Notes so that I can add pages and different kinds of paper to it. In the past I've used a big Moleskine. I typically do the review at a coffee shop, next to a fireplace, with a fancy latte in a mug. Last year I had a brand-new toddler at this time of year, so I didn’t do any planning until late January, and then I did it during naptime under a blanket on my couch. Review the last year I start by reviewing the last year, because it is VERY inspiring to remember all of the good of the last year and to get grounded in where I am in my business right now. I use my own book Map Your Business to do this! It starts with several pages of worksheets to get really clear where you are right now. Now, it’s easy to use this as a chance to beat yourself up. Maybe you didn’t hit your goals last year. Maybe you didn’t do ANYTHING last year. Maybe you are looking at where you are right now, thinking there is NO WAY you can get to your goal. Hey, that’s ok. Deep breath. You are exactly where you need to be. You are capable of more than you’ve done before. You are further ahead than you’ve ever been before!  You have learned so much this year! (even if it’s not what you wanted to learn!) This is why Map Your Business really focuses on the lessons you’ve learned and what you want to take from last year into this year. There’s also a section on releasing all your regrets. We all have them. It’s ok, you can let go of them and move forward. Dreaming the next year Ok, so once I've let go of my regrets and I’ve looked at what lessons I want to bring forward into the next year, it’s time to think about the upcoming year. I like to start with FEELINGS. There are several worksheets in Map Your Business that you help narrow in on this - the things you value, the qualities you want in your life and in your business. How do I want to feel this year? What could help me feel that way?  For me, I want to feel strong, confident, loving. Strong - capable, calm, resilient Confident - capable, trust myself, move forward on scary stuff Loving - with my family, with everyone in foster care, with myself What could make me feel this way? (I’m still making my list!) I use Map Your Business to dive into the specifics of what I want to create, in every area of my business. So at this point, I already have in mind my sales goal, but there’s a lot more to my life than just sales. For example:Jay and I need to trade his 20 year old car in for a newer one that we can put kids into. We want to pay off debt. I want to have more than enough money saved up to pay my taxes quarterly. Map Your Business has you list out EVERYTHING you want to accomplish, then zoom in on 3-5. I also love the idea i got from Leonie to list 100 things I want to do in the year. There are so many things I want to do that aren’t really GOALS, but things I do want to do and remember to do. So I make a big list that I keep adding to, of allllll I could possibly do. After I have a goal, it’s time to make a plan. Here’s where allllll the uncertainty in my life comes into play. I have NO idea what my home will be like in a year. Will we have 2 kids? Will they be 6 months old or 5 years old? A new placement or an adoptive placement? Daily therapy or no appointments? There are so many variables that it’s easy to think there’s no way I can plan. But that’s NOT TRUE! What I can do is make a plan for what needs to be done and chunk it down into what I need to do next. In Map Your Business we do this in three month chunks. But if you’re life has a lot of uncertainty, you can still make this “quarterly” plan… and accept that something might interrupt and it’ll take longer than expected. Here’s what it looks like with my goal. My goal is a sales goal, that is twice what I’ve sold before (keep in mind sales is NOT profit, we go into this in my free Masterclass). My first step in breaking it down is to chunk it into halves or quarters of the year. If you’re increasing your sales, it’s not likely to happen in a smooth progression. For example, if you’re goal is to make 36,000 in sales this year (I picked a number it’d be easy to do the math for!), you’re not going to make 3,000 every month, you’ll likely start where you are now (maybe a little lower because January tends to be slower than December in most industries), and then increase as the year goes on. You’ll also want to look at you are already doing - craft shows? A big Black Friday deal? New wholesale customers in the spring? So maybe you’ll make 13,000 in the first half and 23,000 in the second half of the year. You can then break that into quarters: Q1: 5,000 Q2: 8,000 Q3: 10,000 Q4: 13,000 If you don’t break it up and take into account industry trends, marketing plans, and natural growth, you’re going to feel very frustrated and far from your goal. If you thought you needed to make $3,000/mo and you just make $1,5000 in January, you’re going to feel SO FAR away, when in reality you may be right on schedule to grow. (Just to be clear my goal is quite a bit bigger than this, but I wanted to use numbers that are more in line with the goal a lot of you have set).  After I split my goal up like this in quarters I then looked at months. I looked at what I have planned - travel, events, vacations. Map Your Business has a page where you can list out what’s happening in each month, so you can see when you’re likely to have time and energy for your business. Once you have the goal for your quarter, you do the most important step: forget all the other quarters. I just focus on the sales goal for this quarter. And I ask myself: What can I do to reach this goal? For my business and my audience (you!), this is a lot more about systems than one-time tasks - I put systems in place to share my work with more people as the year goes on. And because of foster parenting, I make sure the system doesn’t need ME to keep running. I want to spend my time and energy working with Starship Captains and writing/recording podcast episodes and videos. So my to-do list for a sales goal is related to implementing, testing and tweaking systems. I have a specific list of things to implement and variables to test. I have joined a program that includes a community where I can get these questions answered. Now, because there’s so many unknowns in my life - so many events and appointments that come with a new placement that I don’t even know about yet - I just do what’s in front of me. I make a plan that would probably fill 2-3 months as they are RIGHT NOW, but I know that I’ll need to be flexible. If it takes longer to get a placement, I’ll go faster. If I get a complicated case, it’ll probably go slower. So that’s it for planning! The next step is to make sure the list of current projects stay front of mind - so I typically use my map to make a list and add it to my planner and I create projects with tasks and deadlines inside Asana. I talk about both of these things in a lot more detail in episode 287 + episode 288, so if you want to more about tracking daily and weekly tasks, go listen to those!   Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast291

Are you stuck between two really great ideas? Wondering if you have to choose or if you should just do them both at the same time? How could you choose between them? Today I’m going to help you answer one of the BIGGEST questions I get about creating do-able plans for your next goals: Do I have to pick just one and how the heck do I do that?! In my book Map Your Business and in my Starship Program, you begin by getting clear on your big vision. Then you set a goal and break it down into steps and actionable to-dos. For the last two weeks we’ve talked about how to stay on top of those To Dos, so they actually get done. But this week we’re going to back up and answer the question: How do you even pick the next goal? Especially when you have several projects that all look like good options? This question came up in the monthly coaching call inside the Starship Program (learn more at taraswiger.com/starshipbiz) and it’s one I know we all deal with. So let’s break it down - do you need to pick just ONE goal? And if so, how can you decide? You can find a worksheet to help you apply what you learn in today’s episode here. Do you need to pick just ONE goal? I get this question ALL the time, because my Map Making process involves making a really detailed plan for ONE goal at a time. So the short answer is yes, in order to make a detailed plan and get it accomplished, you need just one goal. Can you work on more than one goal at a time? Well, it depends. What’s your time frame? Over the course of a year, you’re going to be reaching a lot of different goals. Over the course of a week, you will get distracted if you focus on too many at once. This is why I set the timeline in the Map Making process for three months. That’s a good amount of time to set a goal, work on it, adjust your path, and learn quite a bit about what the project requires. It’s a short enough time frame that you won’t forget what you’re working towards and you won’t get bogged down in doing the same thing, and still a long enough time frame that you can see some real progress. It also depends on the kind of goal you have. There are income or sales goals. There are habit goals. There are KPI goals. There are award goals. For example, most makers I talk to want to get more consistent with their social media. That is something you can do while you’re working on a sales goal. I’d encourage you to make the goal more measurable, like “I want to post on Instagram 5x/week”. You’re going to do that alongside a lot of other stuff. And still, I recommend you let that be your ONLY goal for at least the first month as you get used to it. Why focus? Why focus on just one at a time: You’ll be focused (this is one of the main benefits of setting ANY goal) You’ll know what to do next and how to prioritize You’ll see faster progress You’ll learn faster and can change it up The sense of accomplishment will keep you going. If you want to learn more about setting the right-sized goal, check out episodes 191 on stretch goals and episode 91 on why you’re afraid of big goals. So you want to narrow it down, but you’ve got two really great ideas. Perhaps you’re debating, as one of my Starship Captains did: Should I focus on increasing my online sales or my wholesale sales? Or: Should I focus on my email list or Instagram? Should I self-publish a book, or sell more patterns to magazines? First, some good news. Any goal is good.  Anything you commit yourself to, make progress on, and learn from, is going to improve your business and your life. You’re going to be in a better place in 3 months than if you didn’t pick anything. So take some of the pressure off, ok? Now, when it comes to choosing a goal, I like to ask Captains two questions: Questions to ask to choose the next right project: What is closer to money? Where is your enthusiasm? What is closer to money? This is one of my favorite questions, because it’s gonna get you fast results: What is the project you can work on that is closest to making money? For example, if you have products in your shop, selling one of them is the absolute fastest way to make money. If you have customers, having them buy again is closer to money than finding new buyers. Self-publishing your finished pattern is a lot closer to money than pitching it to publishers. You feel me? However, lemme warn you that you can not build your whole business doing just what’s closest to money, because it will wear you out and not necessarily take you the direction you want to go. You want to balance choosing quick-money options with long-term right-direction goals. But I’m really disappointed at how many people say they have a business but NEVER do the thing that will make money - instead they focus on metrics that look good - like more instagram followers or more prestigious partnerships. If it’s been a while since you focused on SELLING your thing directly to the people who want to buy it, then I’m going to suggest you pick whichever project is closer to money Where is your enthusiasm? Here’s the thing: most people who tell me they can’t decide between a few options, it’s because they are piling up the SHOULDS. Well, I SHOULD do this. A REAL business would do this.I don’t have as big an Instagram following as that person, so I should improve that.  No, no, NO.  Our aim isn’t to build A business, it’s to build YOUR dream business. Which goal is aligned with what you’re most enthusiastic about? Are you LOVING working with your newest retail shops? Are you throwing confetti every time you get a response to your newsletter? Yeah, you might not be enthusiastic about the WORK involved in your goal, but are you enthusiastic about the end goal? Or some part of the process? Then go with that.  You are going to have the MOST progress and grow the fastest by looking at what you’re genuinely enthusiastic about,and following it. It might not be strategic but all of my best moves have been following my enthusiasm. I did plan to start a podcast, but I started it in one week and it’s been one of the best things for my business. I did not plan to start a Facebook group right before Thanksgiving, but it’s been an amazing place to be - I LOVE meeting and approving new people who apply. I did not plan to create a worksheet for this podcast episode, but you know what? I’m feeling it! If you go with your enthusiasm, you’re going to be more likely to follow through. So that’s how I decide on a project - commit to following through on ONE aim in the next three months and then ask yourself - what is closest to money? What am I most enthusiastic about? Drop all the shoulds, and go full speed to what you want. I created a worksheet to help you answer these questions, you can grab it here. Wishing you an enthusiastic and peaceful end of year!   Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast289

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How do you keep track of all the moving parts in a recurring or upcoming projects? What if you’re waiting on other people to do their part before you can do your part? I do this with project management apps, so today we’re going to make it a bit less overwhelming and how to pick the software that will help you. This week I’m answering the question that occurs after you make a map - how the heck do I keep track of all the moving parts? You see, in my book Map Your Business and in my Starship Program, you begin by getting clear on your big vision. Then you set a goal and break it down into steps and actionable to-dos. But after you have that big list of what you need to do and the order you need to do them in, then what? How do you make sure you don’t forget the stuff that comes LATER? And that’s where a lot of us get stuck. So for the month of December on the podcast, we’re having a series on planning - the actual figuring out what to do each day and week. Last week we started by talking about how to keep track of the current week and how I use paper planners for that. Today we’ll talk about task management software to keep track of ongoing or recurring projects. Next week, we’ll talk about how to pick your next big project. And we’ll kick off the new year with an episode on January 1, about planning your best year yet. I started using digital planning tools when... I started tracking to-dos digitally in my business, (especially recurring projects like marketing and this podcast), when I hired my first virtual assistant (VA). The easiest way for me to communicate what I did for each project, and to make sure we didn’t miss a single step, was to put it all in a checklist. What I learned right away is that having it down on a checklist made every single task so much faster to do, not just for my VA, but for me too! There’s a whole book about this - The Checklist Manifesto. Basically, knowing exactly what to do next saves you time, it saves you energy thinking of what’s next, and it saves you mistakes. We started out using Evernote, but soon we moved to Asana. Evernote was great at having a checklist, but it didn’t make any reminders or prompt us to do the next step. If you’ve got ANYONE else in your business, even if they’re just super part-time (my VA started at 2 hours a week!), you definitely need some way to communicate tasks, deadlines and checklists. It’s going to give you peace of mind when you can SEE that they’ve done each part of the task, (and you will save time by not having to talk about every single thing, every single time). Now, if you don’t have anyone else in your team, you can still use project management software to keep YOU on top of things. Do YOU need digital planning tools? Here’s how to decide: First, know your projects. I have Starship Captains start by listing ALL of their projects - onetime things they’re working on, recurring projects, the steps to their social media posts, anything they do or plan to do in a month. Then you can split it down into “repeating” and “one-time”. How many things do you have to hand back and forth to someone else? Second, ask yourself - how do you keep track of the repeating tasks now? Maybe you have a paper system that works great (I put my first marketing plan on a post it and just kept the post it on my computer screen). Or maybe you’re forgetting half of every repeating task, or it’s taking you twice as long to remember - in which case, a checklist would be SUPER helpful. You could do the checklist manually or digitally - whichever you’re more likely to see. Third, how do you keep track of next steps for one-time projects? Is that working for you? Would you prefer to be reminded of deadlines or next steps? Captains use project management software to keep track of production, including wholesale orders and show prep. (If you’re in the Starship Community you can ask about how exactly they organize it all!) But WHAT tool do you need? If you’re current tools aren’t working for you, then let’s look at some digital options. Now, before we go any further, I really want to stress one point - NOTHING WORKS UNLESS YOU USE IT. Sometimes we get all wrapped up in finding the “perfect” tool or the one other successful biz owners use, but none of that matters. What matters is if YOU use it or not. The tool that will work best for you is the one you regularly use, put information into, and actually look at. There are so many options for To Do list apps, I’m not even going to get into all the specific options. What you need to know is that a checklist app like ToDoist is different from a note-keeping app that has checklists like Evernote or GoogleKeep, which is different from task management software. I’ve used Evernote and I currently use GoogleKeep to keep track of notes on the fly and checklists related to my personal life. I like that I can save documents, links, checklists, everything in one place. This was great when I was starting - my VA and I created a folder in Evernote for Standard Operating Procedures (we called it the Flight Manual) for everything - from checklists to launch plans, to project mapping. But project management software takes it to the next level by letting you create TASKS. You can give those tasks deadlines, you can create a checklist under the task, and you can set the task to repeat! This is really great if you: Have a project that needs to be done in the exact same way every week or month (like my podcast!) Have a project that is waiting for other people (knitwear designers who use editors, test knitters, etc.) Have a project that needs to be paced out (you need to do step 1 by this date, step 2 by this date, so step 3 can get done by a big deadline.) Using a system for these things: Keeps you on a schedule Takes it off your mind so you’re not trying to remember all the steps before you’d done the next step Prepares you to scale up and do more and bring people on who can do parts of it Helps you visually SEE all you do, which makes you feel accomplished and proud Where to start with digital planning? I recommend most people start with the steps I mentioned earlier - listing the projects you have. And then, making checklists first. Use something like GoogleKeep or Evernote and keep all your checklists together. Once you start to see that you want something to reoccur or repeat, you want to assign just part of the checklist to someone else, then put those checklists into tasks and projects inside a project management program. How I do it Now, I’ve filled this episode with tips for you to figure out what will best help you and with steps for you to follow, I know you will still ask what I use and what I do, so I’ll share my process with you, in hopes that it will inspire you to get going, and not worry about being perfect! I’ve been using Asana for years. It’s totally free and it has all the bells and whistles I need. The initial set-up took a bit of time, and I had to train myself and anyone who works with me to actually USE it regularly, but I’ve been building tasks in it one at a time, and it is a lifesaver. For my weekly projects like this podcast or my weekly emails or blog posts: I think through the task and add every single tiny step to the task (like a checklist) I run through DOING the task once using the checklist and I add anything I forgot I set the task to repeat I’ve learned through the years that if a task has more than one person who’s working on it, I CAN assign subtasks to different people, but it’s easiest to just create separate tasks for each person and then put them in the order they need to be done. For example, I write and record this podcast episode, that’s a task. Jay has a task to edit it. Holly has a task, once it’s been edited and uploaded to take all the pieces - the transcript, the recording, the video, any links and put it all in the blog post. That’s one tasks with quite a long checklist, because the blog post has a lot of moving parts, and she can’t do any of them until we’ve done our part. Now, even if I didn’t have Holly, I would still use this task, to remind MYSELF of what all the steps are. And what’s great about this is now I can hire anyone to do the task. I have to teach them the software involved, but the task even gives me a checklist of what software is involved in all the steps. It was much MUCH harder to start working with people when I had no checklists. Now, when I have a new project, like I started a Facebook group recently (join us! It’s free: fb.com/groups/taraswiger) - I put that in Asana too. Often I’ll talk out the project with Holly or Joeli inside Asana, then I’ll start to put the task list together. Then I keep adding ideas as I have them, then I assign it to people and pace out the due dates so the final project is done when I want it done. The Facebook group is actually a great example, because I’m the only one that worked on it, and yet I still created tasks to mark off as I went because I was learning from a few different sources and wanted to keep all my ideas in one place and then be sure I actually DID them. So that’s how I use project management software in my business to both plan and be sure I follow through on my plans. I’d love to know what apps and tools YOU use and how you plan... and guess what? You can come tell me in the group! Come over to facebook.com/groups/taraswiger  to join makers who are growing in confidence AND in profit, just like you! The group is limited to those who have a creative business, so if that is you, please come join us! And remember to tune in next week where I’ll be sharing how you can choose between all the projects you’re excited to create in 2020.   Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast288

What is the BEST tool to promote your business? How do you say NO without losing customers? How do you balance multiple businesses? Today I am answering YOUR questions in this Q+A episode! Thank you to my Patrons:  Brenda Erin Marianne Weber of MWsDesigns Sarah Schira of Imagined Landscapes Kim Werker Rowena Roberts Most weeks I teach a lesson to help your creative business, but today I am answering YOUR questions! I gathered questions from my community of supporters on Patreon, and my Instagram comment section. I am going to answer your questions about the BEST tool to use right now to promote your business, how to balance multiple businesses and how to say NO. And if you want to learn how to avoid the three mistakes I see most creatives making, come to my workshop THIS week: TaraSwiger.com/foundations. Before we get into answering these questions, I want to thank Sarah Schira of Imagined Landscapes for her support of the show! Sarah makes best Gnome puns around! If you need more gnomes in your knitting, check her out! Thank you to Kim Werker, longtime friend, colleague and fellow Enthusiast. She’s starting a free community, that you should definitely take a look at. The Questions: A patron asks: I would be interested in hearing ideas about how to balance multiple small businesses.  I have a vintage clothing business in a brick and mortar antique store, an etsy shop selling vintage sewing patterns (both of these are very established, but small volume), and a much newer fine art business making art toys.  I also freelance as a filmmaker and event photographer (my main source of income). I feel like if I picked only one of these, doubled down and really ran with it, I would get further, but I like the variety and I like having multiple sources of income.  So all of them kind of poke along slowly. Thoughts? This is a lot of businesses! I think your intuition is right – the way to build fast would be to focus on one… but if that leads to a life you don’t want, why do it? Why do you need them to get any further? Growth is not the highest good – your own wellbeing, enjoyment and the business doing what it needs to do is the goal. So DO they need to grow faster? What gives you the most joy? What do you need your businesses to do financially? What would that look like? How could they work together to do what they need to do? Then divide up your time accordingly. Kristina asks:  How to say no to a potential or current client without being mean or burning bridges. Do I always need to give a reason or excuse?  I have a whole series of articles and podcast episodes, on how to say NO, with scripts! The first thing is that you need to reframe this! Saying no, especially when you simply can’t take on a job at all, is not mean, it’s a part of business. In fact, someone reaching out to see if you can take a job is probably expecting that you may say no. That doesn’t mean they won’t come to you with their next project. They may even appreciate that you are so in-demand, and book ahead next time. Now it’s slightly different if you’re not just turning down a job, but you are saying no to a current client on a current job. Like no, I can’t ALSO do X, the scope of this project is Y. But you have to remember: that’s why they’re asking. You have the choice to say no. In most cases I would NOT give a detailed reason or excuse, the other person doesn’t want to hear it! Also, the more you say, the more they have to argue with. They can delegitimize your reasons. For example, I have had conferences ask me to do more than we had contracted for, “oh, could also be available during this time? Could you also sit on this panel?” Quite often I say yes, because I like getting chances to talk to more people. But if it doesn’t sound fun or it will exhaust me, I say “Oh, our agreement was X, so that’s all I’m going to be able to do.” It’s hard, but don’t give any more explanation. You can have a standard reply, like “Thank you so much for reaching out, I would love to work with you. However, I’m booked up with projects and my timeline is X weeks out, so unless that works for you, I’m going to have to say no.” And if they’re asking for more once you’ve started working together, quote a policy. “My policy is to not….” or even, “Our initial agreement is…” Before I answer the last question, which is quite a doozy, I want to thank Brenda, who makes gorgeous knitting patterns. I’ve linked up to a blog post she wrote on her site about the experience getting her website made, because it’s really great! Thank you to Erin, who designs beautiful shawls. On Instagram someone asked: What is the best tool to promote your creative business these days? When you are just starting and don’t have time to be on every platform and do email, blogging, in-person promotion, etc?  My answer is the same as it was 5 years ago when I wrote my first book, Market Yourself, and I’ve seen newer data that shows it is still the right answer: Email is the most effective place to make a sale. So if you want to increase sales, and you want to REACH the people who want to hear from you, email is the answer. Email reaches those who have said they want to hear from you, and people take action from emails. It doesn’t take much time at all to set it all up, so the hardest part is getting people ON the list (who are you sending these emails TO?!) and then actually SENDING the emails. The good news is – once you have decided what you’re going to regularly send, it doesn’t actually take that long to put it together each month or each week. If it is taking a really long time (because you’ve made your emails complex), then simplify it. Simplify it down to whatever you can consistently do. That can be as simple as hooking up Mailchimp to Etsy and having it populate your 5 most recent products. So hook it up in an afternoon and decide what you’re going to send. Every email software generates a form that you can either link to or embed, so the “where do these people come from” question is simple – anywhere you already are. Put the form on your site. Link it in your etsy profile and your Etsy thank you messages. Link to it on Facebook and in your Instagram profile. Every time you send an email, do a post WHEREVER YOU ALREADY HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS about what will be in the email and share the link to sign up. It could be that you have a personal facebook page, and you think your family and high school friends aren’t going to want your emails? Link it up anyhow, you may be surprised! They may be super into whatever you’re selling or they may have a sister or cousin who is. My husband’s uncle shares links to my work sometimes, and I’m surprised by how many people who he knows who sign up to hear from me. So, you may be thinking, but Tara, it sounds like you’re saying we have to be everywhere to get people on our lists! And the truth is – you do need to be somewhere other than just in your shop and in your emails. You have to GO somewhere and meet new people. For you it may be having a booth at the local farmer’s market (one of my Starship Captains has absolutely CRUSHED her local markets and doubled her sales), or it may be a FB group with local moms, or it may be talking to your local yarn shop about carrying your work. But your work (and you) have to show up somewhere where people can encounter you. And when they do, invite them to sign up for your emails because that’s going to be the most effective way to make sales. I hope that answers your questions! If you want to learn more about how emails fit in with everything else you have to do in your business and how to focus ONLY on what matters, join me in a LIVE workshop TOMORROW! Sign up at TaraSwiger.com/foundations. Before I go I want to thank Marianne Weber of MWsDesigns , who makes notecards and greeting cards! And the artist Rowena Roberts, who does beautiful paper-cutting! Thank YOU so much for listening, for leaving a review, liking this on YouTube and subscribing! I wish you an enthusiastic week!   Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast276

Hello! I am back! After a summer of pre-recorded episodes and rebroadcasts, I am back with you in nearly-real-time! Today we are going to talk about how to recover from your summer - whether you took time off, or you got tons of work done, or you did a bunch of craft shows or you went on vacation - how do you get back into it and move forward and reach your goals for the year? Today I'm going to give you an update on my summer, we're going to talk about how to learn from the summer and move forward, and I'll share some changes I'm making in my business! First, I have to thank YOU for sticking with me over the summer - for staying subscribed, for sharing the show with friends, for leaving a review on iTunes or comments on YouTube and for those of you who supported the podcast on Patreon - I'm going to be thanking my patrons AND linking them up over the next several episodes. If you want to support the show and get some bonuses every single month, head to Patreon.com/Taraswiger. Thank you to long-time patron, Jacie of BandofWeirdos. Jacie makes the most awesome geek-inspired pins, patches and I proudly wear my Band of Weirdos pins, Cat Spock and "Slayers Gonna Slay" on my jean jacket. A giant thank you to long-time supporter, friend, and Starship graduate, Lisa Check of Flying Goat Farm. Lisa is a farmer with angora goats and sheep, whose fiber she dyes and spins into beautiful yarn! If you want to get yarn that is well-loved from animal to needle, head to FlyingGoatFarm.com I had a summer that NEEDS to be recovered from - on May 30th, two toddlers came to live us, ages 2.5 and 3.5. The sisters are sweet and so loving and they have just flourished. The young one went from quiet and shy to a little chatterbox in the last few months and they are both just so totally fun and silly. ADJUSTING to living with two toddlers has been its own challenge. I spent the first month napping every time they napped or left the house. We're blessed that they were already enrolled in a preschool, and to make the transition as easy as possible for them, we've kept them there, even though it means driving an hour round trip, twice a day. It looks like they'll be with us until the end of September, they have a court date September 26th, and we'll hopefully know a bit more after that. If you want more updates or to see the very adorable back of their heads, be sure you're subscribed on YouTube, where I share a weekly vlog or your watching my Stories on Instagram, for daily updates. So now that we're three months in, I'm at the spot where I feel pretty capable of thought, on most days, which is significantly better than how foggy I was all summer. So I've been thinking a lot about how to get back to work, how to move forward. I know many of you are in the same place. Maybe your kids were home for the summer and so you didn't get as much work done. or maybe you traveled a lot for shows, or for fun. Maybe you don't have any particular reason, you're just ready to move on from the summer and get back to your business. Plus we're about 4 months from the end of the year, so you may be feeling a bit freaked out about the goals you set and how you're going to reach them. To start with, we're going to expand on the good. Yes, I am sure that there are a million things you didn't do and a million projects you're behind on. But if you try to operate from a feeling of "behind", you're going to feel scrambly. (Spellcheck tells me that's not a word, but I've decided it is.) And you can't be productive when you're scrambly. Let's start by answering the following questions: What went well this summer? (list anything, even things that aren't work related!) What in your work was easy? What were excited about? What new ideas did you have? (You might need to flip through your planner or journal for this) What projects are you excited to work on in the next season? What did you try this summer? What worked well? What didn't? Why do you think that is? (THIS is the lessons you learned this summer! It is so easy to NOT learn them and make the same mistakes again and again!) Next, let's zoom out: What were the goals you had for 2019? (If you've got Map Your Business, pull that out and look at it. It guides you through doing this every quarter but maybe you need the reminder to  open it again?) Which of the goals have you already met? (You may be surprised! Almost every quarter I hear from a Starship Captain who already reached their yearly sales goal and they DID NOT EVEN KNOW IT.) Which of these goals do you want to let go of? (Maybe you just don't care about them, or they aren't the direction you want to move in.) Which of the goals really excite you? This is your OFFICIAL PERMISSION to let go of all the goals that don't excite you. You may come back to them later, or never. But let them go for now. Don’t skip this! You may be listening right now and thinking, yeah, yeah, review my goal, I'll do that later. I need to get back to work NOW. But please, don't skip this. This is a very important step in being productive AND in staying on the right track. It is SO easy to just get stuck in the day to day of what you think you should do, without it ever lining up with and moving you towards, what you really want. It is also very easy to get burned out and disappointed because you're not hitting your goals and you don't feel like you're making progress. Do you know what solves both of these problems? Regularly looking at your goals and CHANGING them based on what you really want, what's actually WORKING in your business, and focusing in on how you're going to get them. Then create a plan: So the next step is to look at the answers to your questions and start to combine it into a plan: how can you work more on what has you excited? How can you reach the goal based on what you learned this summer? What other ideas are you having? At this point you may be noticing that this doesn't look anything like following someone else's blueprint for your business. Your plans and ideas might look totally weird. And you know what? THAT is how you build a business that stands out, that doesn't blend in. Learning lessons from YOUR business, from YOUR customers, then applying them to YOUR enthusiasms. It may lead you down a weird path, but you'll be moving close to what will make you feel fulfilled and to a business and product that YOUR people will like. I did this process myself, and lemme tell you what I came up with! But first, a giant thank you to long-time Patron, Marrietta of Inner Yarn Zen. She dyes beautiful yarn and when I popped over to InnerYarnZen.com, I noticed that she has yarn advent packages available, inspired by both Game of Thrones AND Outlander! Now, when I did this process myself, here's what I came up with: Even in the busiest time with toddlers, it was always fun for me to do a few things - chat live with my Starship Captains each week, read books, watch booktube videos and make videos about what I was reading, or my planner, or whatever struck me. I participated in several reading challenges and vlogged my way through them (vlog = daily or weekly video journal) and it was SO MUCH FUN. Now, that's only tangentially related to what I do for work (which is guiding and inspiring women to create sustainable businesses and lives around their enthusiasm). But it was following MY enthusiasm and it was giving me energy (I could do more than just nap!), so I gave myself permission to focus on it this summer. And it's always easy for me to host the weekly accountability check-in in the Starship, which is great, because I love what the Starship provides to creative women, and I want to open it to even more makers and artists this fall. I've got a list of new bonuses I'm creating and tools I'm making for Starship Captains, and I'll be announcing those soon. You can head to Taraswiger.com/StarshipBiz to be the first to find out about it. So that's one area of my business and focus settled - I find it easy, it aligns with my goals and with my bigger mission. Check! But what about this area that was so fun and easy, making more videos and talking about books? Is there a way to integrate that more into my life? One of the things I tried this summer was participating in the reading challenges, and hosting a book club for my Starship Captains and essential oil customers. That went SO well and had such a great participation and feedback I knew I wanted to do it again. So looking for connections and putting it together with some other new videos I want to make, I realized the answer was to host a new book club for ANYONE who wants to join, and give those same people all the weird videos I want to make every month. For $2/mo you can support the podcast, get at least one extra video each month, and join my book club - where you'll vote on the book and we'll read it together. If you want to support the show for $7, you can TELL me what to add to my own reading list each month, get a shout out on social media, and pick the specific topics I cover on the podcast. Head over to Patreon.com/TaraSwiger to join the book club and get extra videos. Nothing about this podcast will change - you'll still get new episodes every Wednesday, FOR FREE, and the full transcript here at TaraSwiger.com/blog. And if you subscribe on YouTube, you get a video every Monday, usually a bit of behind the scenes of running my own business. If you support the show, you get extra videos, the book club, and more, but most importantly you make THIS free show more sustainable, so I can keep helping more women craft the business they want, so I can keep encouraging you through hard times, and so I can keep taking time to parent my foster kiddos. Thank you so much for being here, wishing you an enthusiastic week!   Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast274

This week, we’re Trekking Out a BIG lead on SHORT Treks. Then Michelle Paradise discusses showrunning and writers rooms, and Marina Sirtis talks Deanna Troi - then and now. In Star Trek Online and gaming news, the 2019 Risian Lohlunat Festival is around the corner, “Rise of Discovery” hits consoles, and Star Trek Fleet Command nabs a Star Trek alumni. And in our monthly Astrometrics Report, Dr. Robert Hurt explores the rocky road traveled by the OSIRIS-REx mission to hopefully return a sample of an asteroid to Earth. Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages!   This Weeks COMMUNITY QUESTIONS are: If you could Reboot Star Trek: TNG, who would you cast? AND What are you most looking forward to getting during the 2019 Risian Lohlunat Festival? Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan Rebecca Romijin and Ethan Peck Back. Short-ly If you thought Rebecca Romijin’s time as Number One wasn’t LONG enough, or that Ethan Peck met the TALL order of playing Spock, and you wanted more - then you may be happy to hear that they’re likely getting their own SHORT Trek! On May 30th, Writer/Director/Producer Mark Pellington posted an Instagram photo of a Star Trek Discovery Director’s Clapboard with the title “Chaos Theory”, along with the message//QUOTE//Goodbye Toronto. Thanks for an amazing crew and adventure//END QUOTE//. Pellington followed up with a second Instagram photo of himself, on June 30th, flanked by Rebecca Romijin and Ethan Peck, posting //QUOTE//Romijn, Pellington, Peck. Trek Shorts. #chabon #trek #rebeccaromijin #ethan//END QUOTE// While the story, brought to light by Trekmovie.com on June 23rd, may not definitively verify a Spock/Number One Short Trek, the evidence certainly points to “MORE-THAN-LIKELY” Variety’s Showrunner Panel - Michelle Paradise On June 15th, Variety posted a drama panel discussion - A Night in the Writer’s Room - which featured show runners from some of entertainments biggest programs; including “Good Girls”, “The Walking Dead”,”Ozark”,and “Star Trek: Discovery” Michelle Paradise represented the CBS All Access Science Fiction Franchise, and had some interesting insight into Star Trek’s writers room. On the topic of how disagreements are handled, Paradise said //QUOTE//Sometimes, on our show, we find that if someone has a reason for bumping so strongly on something, that there is something we really do need to look at. In Sci-Fi, you can have space and aliens and all sorts of things like that, but it always represents what’s actually happening HERE, and what’s happening in society, and what’s happening culturally. And so if someone is really bumping on something, it may be that there is an angle that the rest of us in the room aren’t quite seeing yet//END QUOTE// On the difference between having a show written before filming and writing a show in the process of filming, Paradise reflected on her time on Ex’s and Oh’s - a show written before filming - and Star Trek: Discovery which writes during production, saying //QUOTE//It’s just tricky. It just makes for a lot of balancing. We try to write as many episodes as we can [...] but inevitably you have to start shooting. And then inevitably, as your doing that, time in the room slows down and then you’re trying to catch up and trying to keep ahead of the train that is coming - right for your face.//END QUOTE// Marina Sirtis Talks Deanna On the day of this recording, June 25th 2019, Marina Sirtis will make her West End debut in the comedy “Dark Sublime”. She spoke with Digital Spy about the production - and of course - Star Trek. Sirtis was asked about “Star Trek: Picard”, and her involvement with the production, to which she reiterated previous statements //QUOTE//If they ask me, I would love to be in it. But I have to be honest, the phone hasn't rung yet, so I'm not holding my breath. But I'd love to do it – as long as I don't have to wear that spacesuit again, because I've put on a bit of weight since then, and I don't fancy going to the fat farm to lose it all again!//END QUOTE// On the possibility of her own TROI Spin-off, Sirtis replied //QUOTE//To be honest, I don't think there's ever going to be a Troi spinoff. I don't think that's going to happen.[...] The reason I'd love to do it is not just because I'd like to resuscitate Troi, because actually I've played her. As far as an acting challenge goes, it's not one, really. I've played her for so long. But I'd just love to work with my mates again, because that was the best time of my life.//END QUOTE// When asked who she would cast as Troi, Sirtis told Digital Spy //QUOTE//I think Mila Kunis would make a good Deanna Troi. I think she's a lovely actress. She's got the right kind of look, and that wouldn't be too much of a stretch for her to play that part.//END QUOTE// THIS WEEK IN STAR TREK HISTORY This week in Star Trek history, we travel to the year 1991 to watch Mr Robot Gleam the Cube in a Will Scarlet-Red uniform. On June 21, 1991, Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins got his Star Trek break, filming as an unnamed Excelsior Communications Officer in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The then-21 year old actor, a life-long trekkie, got the part thanks to his mother - casting director Mary-Jo Slater - and was better known by his stage name...Christian Slater. Despite this being his first on-screen role with the franchise, Slater had connections to Star Trek prior to the cameo. Slater’s godfather, Michael Zaslow, played science officer Darnell, the first dead crewman in Star Trek history. Zaslow later had a role in TOS’s second season episode, “Mudd’s Women”. Early in his career, Slater teased an interviewer that his signature eyebrows were due to the fact that he had shaved them to look like Mr. Spock, and they hadn’t been right since. The actor admitted later,though, that he regretted the joke, saying people still ask him about the "Halloween costume gone bad". In regards to “The Undiscovered Country”, Slater’s credit, “unnamed Excelsior Communications Officer”, was the same credit given to former-Star Trek Yeoman Grace Lee Whitney and, in the novelization of the film, Slater’s would-be scene was given to Whitney’s character. In a 2017 Interview with Graham Norton, Slater talked about his time on set, and admitted to stealing the uniform he wore in his scene //QUOTE//I stole the costume, by the way. I have it in a box somewhere. It was William Shatner's costume from Star Trek II, actually//END QUOTE//. STAR TREK ONLINE AND GAMING NEWS by Jake Morgan The 2019 Risian Lohlunat Festival! It’s been a long, winter. The cold, the snow, the blood-thirsty enemies trying to mercilessly tear you limb from limb. But fret not, intrepid Starship Captains. It’s time to relax! It’s time for Risa’s annual Lohlunat Festival! That’s right. Starting July 2nd and running through August 15th, you’ll be able to hit the soft sand beaches of Risa to collect Lohlunat favors and Prize Vouchers (2019) - and you’ll be able to play whether you’re on the PC, Playstation 4, or XBox One! This years Festival is jam-packed with new items, including new baseball uniforms, floaters, and powerboards featuring the “Bozeman Titans” and “Deneb V Slime Devils” team designs, Discovery inspired food consumables - like Jippers for sipping on the beach, Sport-inspired Audio Space Emotes, A Baseball ground device, and the ALL-NEW Team-Themed Vanity Shields which feature the colors of your favorite Star Trek baseball teams. You’re also warned to keep your food stores safe, lest you breed a new species of baseball...er tribble. To purchase these new items, you’ll need Lohlunat favors - and to obtain said Lohlunat favors, you’ll need to Powerboard race, compete in the Biathlon, Horga’hn hunt, scavenge with Sovak, and “do the snake” at the dance party. The real prize, though, is the Upgraded TIER 6 Risian Corvette. As of this recording, no stats have been released, but the Risian Lohlunat Festival blog teases that the upgraded ship will be “speedy” and //QUOTE//include a brand new ship-related feature that we’re excited to reveal//END QUOTE// “Rise of Discovery” Is Now LIVE On Console! Console Captains, your wait for Star Trek Online’s latest expansion - Rise of Discovery - is finally over! Launching June 25th on Xbox One and Playstation 4, console Captains can play 2 new featured episodes starring Star Trek: Discovery’s Jason Isaacs as Captain Gabriel Lorca and Rehka Sharma as Commander Ellen Landry. In “The Plausibility of the Possible” and “Impossibility of Reason”, you’ll aid the Buran and her crew in a fight against J’Ula of House Mo’Kai’s forces - both in space and on the frozen Priors World. Captains will also have access to the “Discovery Legends” Reputation. Unlock new traits and equipment, including Burnham's Armor and the Disruptor Wide Angle Dual Heavy Beam Bank, using Discovery legend marks and P.stellaviatori Spore Canister - earned by playing Discovery Task Force Operations. In a blog post on Star Trek Online’s news page, Executive Producer Andre Emerson said //QUOTE//We’ve been running parallel to a Star Trek TV show for the first time in our history, and Rise of Discovery tells the story of a pivotal moment in the lives of both Gabriel Lorca and Ellen Landry. You’ll get to experience the events that brought them both to the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery, and you’ll get to be a part of the story alongside them.//END QUOTE// Top Tip Bailing, Brah You’re on Risa, you’ve got a quiver of the best boards, and you’ve been hitting the waves. It’s glassy and you are ready to drop in and go off, brah. Well young grommet, the Powerboard Race can get choppy. A common trap some of us fall into is overshooting the finish flag, fin chopping our first place finish into a runner up defeat. If you find it near impossible NOT to overshoot the flag, or lag has made it difficult to time the activation properly, the simplest solution is to bail off the board. Here’s how - First, drop the board in your hot bar. To make it easy, assign the board to the position in the tray that activates when the number “1” is depressed. Next, race your way to the finish line! Prior to crossing, aim your board directly at your flag. If you are neck and neck with another racer - and are not confident that you can pull off the maneuver YET - aim for the next highest flag. As you approach the flag and cross the finish line, hit the “1” key. This will remove your board, slowing you down but giving you more control of your character! Continue to move towards the flag if you are too far away. Step 4, hit f until the flag is yours! Finally, celebrate with an emote! This may take a while to perfect, but it will help if you have consistent trouble overshooting the flag! Surfs up, Dudes! Other Gaming News Star Trek Fleet Command Adds Alice Eve as Carol Marcus Star Trek Fleet Command - Scopely’s open world, free-to-play 4X Strategy mobile game - has scored its first Star Trek alumni - Alice EVE. Eve, who portrayed Dr. Carol Marcus in 2013’s “Star Trek: Into Darkness”, is reprising her role as the brilliant scientist in Star Trek Fleet Command, with stories written by prolific Star Trek comic book writer Mike Johnson. Eve shared the news via an Instagram video on June 18th. Star Trek Fleet Command is described as //QUOTE//the first free-roaming multiplayer Star Trek experience to combine role-playing game style progression and real-time battles with enemy ships—all on mobile devices. A fast-paced strategy experience, the game brings players unparalleled access to the Star Trek universe along with an epic narrative that unfolds as they travel to the furthest corners of the galaxy.//END QUOTE//

This week, we're Trekking Out a BIG lead on SHORT Treks. Then Michelle Paradise discusses showrunning and writers rooms, and Marina Sirtis talks Deanna Troi - then and now. In Star Trek Online and gaming news, the 2019 Risian Lohlunat Festival is around the corner, “Rise of Discovery” hits consoles, and Star Trek Fleet Command nabs a Star Trek alumni. And in our monthly Astrometrics Report, Dr. Robert Hurt explores the rocky road traveled by the OSIRIS-REx mission to hopefully return a sample of an asteroid to Earth. Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages!   This Weeks COMMUNITY QUESTIONS are: If you could Reboot Star Trek: TNG, who would you cast? AND What are you most looking forward to getting during the 2019 Risian Lohlunat Festival? Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan Rebecca Romijin and Ethan Peck Back. Short-ly If you thought Rebecca Romijin's time as Number One wasn't LONG enough, or that Ethan Peck met the TALL order of playing Spock, and you wanted more - then you may be happy to hear that they're likely getting their own SHORT Trek! On May 30th, Writer/Director/Producer Mark Pellington posted an Instagram photo of a Star Trek Discovery Director's Clapboard with the title “Chaos Theory”, along with the message//QUOTE//Goodbye Toronto. Thanks for an amazing crew and adventure//END QUOTE//. Pellington followed up with a second Instagram photo of himself, on June 30th, flanked by Rebecca Romijin and Ethan Peck, posting //QUOTE//Romijn, Pellington, Peck. Trek Shorts. #chabon #trek #rebeccaromijin #ethan//END QUOTE// While the story, brought to light by Trekmovie.com on June 23rd, may not definitively verify a Spock/Number One Short Trek, the evidence certainly points to “MORE-THAN-LIKELY” Variety's Showrunner Panel - Michelle Paradise On June 15th, Variety posted a drama panel discussion - A Night in the Writer's Room - which featured show runners from some of entertainments biggest programs; including “Good Girls”, “The Walking Dead”,”Ozark”,and “Star Trek: Discovery” Michelle Paradise represented the CBS All Access Science Fiction Franchise, and had some interesting insight into Star Trek's writers room. On the topic of how disagreements are handled, Paradise said //QUOTE//Sometimes, on our show, we find that if someone has a reason for bumping so strongly on something, that there is something we really do need to look at. In Sci-Fi, you can have space and aliens and all sorts of things like that, but it always represents what's actually happening HERE, and what's happening in society, and what's happening culturally. And so if someone is really bumping on something, it may be that there is an angle that the rest of us in the room aren't quite seeing yet//END QUOTE// On the difference between having a show written before filming and writing a show in the process of filming, Paradise reflected on her time on Ex's and Oh's - a show written before filming - and Star Trek: Discovery which writes during production, saying //QUOTE//It's just tricky. It just makes for a lot of balancing. We try to write as many episodes as we can [...] but inevitably you have to start shooting. And then inevitably, as your doing that, time in the room slows down and then you're trying to catch up and trying to keep ahead of the train that is coming - right for your face.//END QUOTE// Marina Sirtis Talks Deanna On the day of this recording, June 25th 2019, Marina Sirtis will make her West End debut in the comedy “Dark Sublime”. She spoke with Digital Spy about the production - and of course - Star Trek. Sirtis was asked about “Star Trek: Picard”, and her involvement with the production, to which she reiterated previous statements //QUOTE//If they ask me, I would love to be in it. But I have to be honest, the phone hasn't rung yet, so I'm not holding my breath. But I'd love to do it – as long as I don't have to wear that spacesuit again, because I've put on a bit of weight since then, and I don't fancy going to the fat farm to lose it all again!//END QUOTE// On the possibility of her own TROI Spin-off, Sirtis replied //QUOTE//To be honest, I don't think there's ever going to be a Troi spinoff. I don't think that's going to happen.[...] The reason I'd love to do it is not just because I'd like to resuscitate Troi, because actually I've played her. As far as an acting challenge goes, it's not one, really. I've played her for so long. But I'd just love to work with my mates again, because that was the best time of my life.//END QUOTE// When asked who she would cast as Troi, Sirtis told Digital Spy //QUOTE//I think Mila Kunis would make a good Deanna Troi. I think she's a lovely actress. She's got the right kind of look, and that wouldn't be too much of a stretch for her to play that part.//END QUOTE// THIS WEEK IN STAR TREK HISTORY This week in Star Trek history, we travel to the year 1991 to watch Mr Robot Gleam the Cube in a Will Scarlet-Red uniform. On June 21, 1991, Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins got his Star Trek break, filming as an unnamed Excelsior Communications Officer in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The then-21 year old actor, a life-long trekkie, got the part thanks to his mother - casting director Mary-Jo Slater - and was better known by his stage name...Christian Slater. Despite this being his first on-screen role with the franchise, Slater had connections to Star Trek prior to the cameo. Slater's godfather, Michael Zaslow, played science officer Darnell, the first dead crewman in Star Trek history. Zaslow later had a role in TOS's second season episode, “Mudd's Women”. Early in his career, Slater teased an interviewer that his signature eyebrows were due to the fact that he had shaved them to look like Mr. Spock, and they hadn't been right since. The actor admitted later,though, that he regretted the joke, saying people still ask him about the "Halloween costume gone bad". In regards to “The Undiscovered Country”, Slater's credit, “unnamed Excelsior Communications Officer”, was the same credit given to former-Star Trek Yeoman Grace Lee Whitney and, in the novelization of the film, Slater's would-be scene was given to Whitney's character. In a 2017 Interview with Graham Norton, Slater talked about his time on set, and admitted to stealing the uniform he wore in his scene //QUOTE//I stole the costume, by the way. I have it in a box somewhere. It was William Shatner's costume from Star Trek II, actually//END QUOTE//. STAR TREK ONLINE AND GAMING NEWS by Jake Morgan The 2019 Risian Lohlunat Festival! It's been a long, winter. The cold, the snow, the blood-thirsty enemies trying to mercilessly tear you limb from limb. But fret not, intrepid Starship Captains. It's time to relax! It's time for Risa's annual Lohlunat Festival! That's right. Starting July 2nd and running through August 15th, you'll be able to hit the soft sand beaches of Risa to collect Lohlunat favors and Prize Vouchers (2019) - and you'll be able to play whether you're on the PC, Playstation 4, or XBox One! This years Festival is jam-packed with new items, including new baseball uniforms, floaters, and powerboards featuring the “Bozeman Titans” and “Deneb V Slime Devils” team designs, Discovery inspired food consumables - like Jippers for sipping on the beach, Sport-inspired Audio Space Emotes, A Baseball ground device, and the ALL-NEW Team-Themed Vanity Shields which feature the colors of your favorite Star Trek baseball teams. You're also warned to keep your food stores safe, lest you breed a new species of baseball...er tribble. To purchase these new items, you'll need Lohlunat favors - and to obtain said Lohlunat favors, you'll need to Powerboard race, compete in the Biathlon, Horga'hn hunt, scavenge with Sovak, and “do the snake” at the dance party. The real prize, though, is the Upgraded TIER 6 Risian Corvette. As of this recording, no stats have been released, but the Risian Lohlunat Festival blog teases that the upgraded ship will be “speedy” and //QUOTE//include a brand new ship-related feature that we're excited to reveal//END QUOTE// “Rise of Discovery” Is Now LIVE On Console! Console Captains, your wait for Star Trek Online's latest expansion - Rise of Discovery - is finally over! Launching June 25th on Xbox One and Playstation 4, console Captains can play 2 new featured episodes starring Star Trek: Discovery's Jason Isaacs as Captain Gabriel Lorca and Rehka Sharma as Commander Ellen Landry. In “The Plausibility of the Possible” and “Impossibility of Reason”, you'll aid the Buran and her crew in a fight against J'Ula of House Mo'Kai's forces - both in space and on the frozen Priors World. Captains will also have access to the “Discovery Legends” Reputation. Unlock new traits and equipment, including Burnham's Armor and the Disruptor Wide Angle Dual Heavy Beam Bank, using Discovery legend marks and P.stellaviatori Spore Canister - earned by playing Discovery Task Force Operations. In a blog post on Star Trek Online's news page, Executive Producer Andre Emerson said //QUOTE//We've been running parallel to a Star Trek TV show for the first time in our history, and Rise of Discovery tells the story of a pivotal moment in the lives of both Gabriel Lorca and Ellen Landry. You'll get to experience the events that brought them both to the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery, and you'll get to be a part of the story alongside them.//END QUOTE// Top Tip Bailing, Brah You're on Risa, you've got a quiver of the best boards, and you've been hitting the waves. It's glassy and you are ready to drop in and go off, brah. Well young grommet, the Powerboard Race can get choppy. A common trap some of us fall into is overshooting the finish flag, fin chopping our first place finish into a runner up defeat. If you find it near impossible NOT to overshoot the flag, or lag has made it difficult to time the activation properly, the simplest solution is to bail off the board. Here's how - First, drop the board in your hot bar. To make it easy, assign the board to the position in the tray that activates when the number “1” is depressed. Next, race your way to the finish line! Prior to crossing, aim your board directly at your flag. If you are neck and neck with another racer - and are not confident that you can pull off the maneuver YET - aim for the next highest flag. As you approach the flag and cross the finish line, hit the “1” key. This will remove your board, slowing you down but giving you more control of your character! Continue to move towards the flag if you are too far away. Step 4, hit f until the flag is yours! Finally, celebrate with an emote! This may take a while to perfect, but it will help if you have consistent trouble overshooting the flag! Surfs up, Dudes! Other Gaming News Star Trek Fleet Command Adds Alice Eve as Carol Marcus Star Trek Fleet Command - Scopely's open world, free-to-play 4X Strategy mobile game - has scored its first Star Trek alumni - Alice EVE. Eve, who portrayed Dr. Carol Marcus in 2013's “Star Trek: Into Darkness”, is reprising her role as the brilliant scientist in Star Trek Fleet Command, with stories written by prolific Star Trek comic book writer Mike Johnson. Eve shared the news via an Instagram video on June 18th. Star Trek Fleet Command is described as //QUOTE//the first free-roaming multiplayer Star Trek experience to combine role-playing game style progression and real-time battles with enemy ships—all on mobile devices. A fast-paced strategy experience, the game brings players unparalleled access to the Star Trek universe along with an epic narrative that unfolds as they travel to the furthest corners of the galaxy.//END QUOTE//

      It started, as it often seems to these days, with a tweet: And when you’ve been the President of the Twelve Colonies, and an invitation like that is sent into the universe, what else can you do but respond? Lady Bam Podcast hit the road, and traveled to Atlanta to meet with the one and only Stacey Abrams. Mary and Stacey’s mutual respect and admiration for each other’s work set the stage for a lively and wide-ranging discussion on politics, what her experience in the gubernatorial election taught her about her passions to effect change for her constituents, as well as the influence that pop culture has played in her life as she’s drawn strength from Woman Presidents, Starship Captains and Police Commanders to inform and inspire her own work as she looks to her political future. Listen now as Leader Abrams and President Roslin’s summit takes place! More at www.ladybampodcast.com.  Follow us at LadyBamPodcast and tweet using #LadyBamPodcast!  

You told me you'd like to meet other makers and here about their business, so by popular demand I bring you our new semi-regular series: In Conversation! In today's conversation, Joeli Kelly, teacher and coach, will be talking to Mary Roth, the mad scientist and dyer behind Elemental Fiberworks, where you can find science-inspired yarn and fiber to geek out over. Both women have created amazing businesses and both have been Starship Captains! (The Starship is open right now, if you'd like to join them!) In this conversation they discuss the milestones in their business, the goals they've reached, and how the Starship helped them.   Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast237

Now that you've reviewed the year so far, you have probably recognized some things that did not turn out as planned. How do you feel?  Do you feel horrible about that? Crushed? How do you handle it when things don't turn out as planned? Disappointments. They happen. I've heard from a lot of you that you actually skip doing your monthly or quarterly review, because you know you didn't hit your goal and you don't wanna acknowledge it. But here's the thing: You have to acknowledge where you are in order to move forward. You have to come face to face with both disappointments and triumphs so that you can make an effective plan for what's next. I lead all new Starship Captains through Chart Your Stars before we make a plan or take classes because getting oriented in where you REALLY ARE is the most important step. Nothing can move forward until you know you're starting from. In the spirit of acknowledging those goals-that-don't come true, the disappointments and how hard it is, I'll share a story in my own life, that's been unfolding over the last 3 years. As many of you longtime listeners know, 3 years ago, Jay quit his office day job to work part-time in my business and part-time in the local comic shop, that we intended to buy. We were both super excited - I was proud because this meant that my biz went from being around 70% of our income to 100% of our income. I think this is especially meaningful to me, because SO MANY people assume that my husband has been supporting me financially throughout my business. He has been supporting me emotionally, but my biz income has always been 60% or more of our annual income. This is my own thing I need to work on - I need to not care what people think and the stupid assumptions they make. But, ya know, it felt good to answer the "and what does your husband do?" question with "he works in my business". He was excited, because this allowed him to learn the comic shop business, while getting to know the people who would be his customers and build relationships. But, after 2 1/2 years...it didn't work out. The owner didn't give us what we needed for the banks, when we needed it and it became clear (to me) that he wasn't ready to sell. After 6 intense months of it almost happening, but with lots waiting and hoping, it was official - we weren't going to be buying the shop. This was September 2017. That was a huge disappointment. And Jay needed to take time to just grieve that (it helps that we know we did everything possible and by the end of the process, we just wanted it to be over). And it totally changed our lives because Jay stopped working 6 days a week at the comic shop and was suddenly home....all the time. We decided he should wait a minute before getting another job. He could do more in my business, he could travel with me, we'd have such a freer life if he wasn't tied down by hours. It would give him a chance to think about how we could still reach the dream of owning a shop, but without buying THIS shop. And we'd already been living off my income, so nothing there changed. We did have a good time - he went to San Francisco with me in October, then we spent a week with my parents in Oregon. We had a great holiday season without the stress of juggling schedules. (All of our parents require a road trip to visit, so now we could!). But when it came to just daily work time, I have to be honest. It was really really hard. I need either total silence or coffee shop white noise and Jay is...chatty. And loving. He took such good care of me and our home during those months, but it felt like I was always balancing work with family, even in hours that we both agreed should be about work. My daily routines really slid, and here's the thing - even if Jay said nothing to me all day, it just felt different with him here all day. But we didn't get much time to get used to that, because in February a friend with a sick kid asked Jay for help with his shop...and Jay stepped in. At first a little, and then a lot. I've talked about it a lot on Essential Enthusiasm podcast (you do listen to that, right?), but Jay is an Obliger. And around April, after months of bouncing between my business and his friend who needed help, he told me: I feel I'm constantly doing what people are obliging me to do and NOT what I need to be doing to move forward on my goal (I know you obligers feel him on that). What he wanted was to feel like he was moving forward on the future comic shop and the biggest thing that would make that possible is MONEY. So although he can support me in tangible ways that will lead to my business growing, he can't directly do things in my business that makes money. No one can. I get a lot of help, I hire people to do things like edit videos and put together podcast posts, but what that does is free up my time and focus to do the stuff that directly money. For Jay to feel like he's working on his dream, he needs to see the direct result. Here's another factor: I was having some...not-great-mental health months. One of the lies my anxiety tells me is that I will never feel like myself again. And that by not feeling like myself, my whole business will fall apart. And when my business is 100% of our income? Our whole life will fall apart. I definitely wouldn't say I felt pressured...I loved that my biz was supporting us. But when it came to thinking about growth... I definitely felt a kind of existential dread and that dread took away all of my creativity. I couldn't see all these amazing ways to grow or improve my business, because I was wrapped in "OMG WHAT IF IT ALL FAILS". So he decided to get a day job. So that he can contribute directly to our family's dreams. And this isn't going to make any sense for the international listeners, but I just have to tell you, that the health insurance was a deciding factor. Although my insurance is ¼ of Jay’s monthly pay, it’s still less than we were paying before, out of pocket. I realize for most people, getting a job that has insurance, that pays pretty well for our area, for a person with a BA in history, is ONLY GOOD NEWS. It is such a blessing. But I'll admit my biz ego was a little disappointed, because this is NOT the direction I thought we were moving. I thought we both would never have traditional employment again. We were going to own a retail shop! And yet, I have to admit, it's been great. In just the two weeks he's been working, I have gotten so much done! OMG! I am alone for 8 hours every day, which is just so restorative. And even though his job won't be contributing to our bills (we're using it pay off debt + save for the future), it loosened something in my head, it relieved some pressure I didn't know I was feeling and I have been SO much more able to be creative about the next direction in my business. I’ve had SO MUCH clarity in the last 2 weeks, it's just unbelievable. So, that is our tale of not reaching our goal and things not going as planned. I wanted to share it with you, because I think it's our tendency to look at everyone else and assume they are where they want to be. Or that things are going pretty easily. Or that if they've hit one big goal (like a six figure business), everything else just comes easily. I also wanted to talk about it, because a lot of people dream of quitting day jobs, or even retiring their spouse and I gotta tell you - it's not always fun, easy or fulfilling for both people. Life changes, and what you want changes. Your mission isn't to hit some certain milestone, it's to create a LIFE that you like, and maybe a business (or maybe not!) that supports that life. My brother, who works at a tech startup in San Diego told me one time (when I was making about $40,000/year and he was making $60,000), "I don't know why you are so concerned that you do work that is what you want to do with your time. You know you could just get a job that pays enough for you to do the stuff you want with your non-work time." At first I thought, ugh no, that sounds horrible, but then I realized - in our online biz world we romanticize loving what you're doing with every minute. But even in a business you LOVE you're going to do things you don't like. And as you build that dream? You're going to do a lot of things you don't like. You're going to work hard, you may need to do other work to pay the bills or to finance your art. By the way, I reminded by brother that I didn't get a BA in computer security like he did, mine is in French Lit. I'm pretty unemployable, and spending time grinding away while making not-much was a long term investment into the business I have today that pays me well, doing what I care passionately about. But that's not the right answer for everyone, in every situation. To sum up, when things don't go as planned, remember: Acknowledging what isn't going the way you wanted, helps you get oriented to where you are now. You have to start any plan from where you are. You are not alone. It's not supposed to be different (it's easy to think "I should already be passed this" "I shouldn't have these struggles” but you’re not the only one who does). Take time to grieve and to flop about. Try things to see if they work for you. Notice what's not working for you (like Jay did) and know you can always make a different choice. Sometimes that choice might look like something you didn't think you'd do. That's ok, if it's the right next thing for you. If something you dreamed of just isn't working for you. That's ok too. You're allowed to change your mind. I thought having my biz employ both of us and having Jay around all the time would be great. I was wrong. Keep changing your dreams as you change. Don't give up. All of this is just details. Identify the BIG THING you care about, the ONE THING that matters to you and organize everything around that. As long as that is still what you want, let go of all the details and focus in on it. To help you set goals from this place, this place of focusing on what REALLY matters, I'm sharing a worksheet called "Creating Do-Able Goals". Listen in and get your free worksheet at TaraSwiger.com/podcast216

Father. Starfleet Captain. The Emissary of the Prophets. Benjamin Sisko is perhaps the most complex of the Starship Captains, and this week, we'll take a long look at why he's one of our favorite characters in all of Star Trek! Plus, product news, an update on Five Year Mission's YEAR 4 album, and an incredible giveaway from our friends at FanSets. This is one episode of Your Independent Star Trek Podcast that you won't want to miss! Direct Download Link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/trekgeeks/TGP_Episode130.mp3 FIVE YEAR MISSION We can’t thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out–they’re writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960’s. Get ready, because their brand-new album YEAR 4 debuts on April 27, 2018! To prepare, get yourselves over to FiveYearMission.net and get your mitts on their entire catalog! You can get them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, Spock’s Brain!  Please show them some support and download all their music! =/=

Father. Starfleet Captain. The Emissary of the Prophets. Benjamin Sisko is perhaps the most complex of the Starship Captains, and this week, we'll take a long look at why he's one of our favorite characters in all of Star Trek! Plus, product news, an update on Five Year Mission's YEAR 4 album, and an incredible giveaway from our friends at FanSets. This is one episode of Your Independent Star Trek Podcast that you won't want to miss! Direct Download Link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/trekgeeks/TGP_Episode130.mp3 FIVE YEAR MISSION We can’t thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out–they’re writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960’s. Get ready, because their brand-new album YEAR 4 debuts on April 27, 2018! To prepare, get yourselves over to FiveYearMission.net and get your mitts on their entire catalog! You can get them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, Spock’s Brain!  Please show them some support and download all their music! =/=

Exploration and Expanding Knowledge.   The worldview depicted in the Star Trek universe is grounded in the assumption that the pursuit of increased knowledge is intrinsically valuable, such that it is worth the risks and dangers inherent to exploration of the unknown. In this episode of Meta Treks, hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling examine this underlying assumption of the Star Trek universe: Does knowledge have intrinsic value or merely instrumental value? What ethical and practical constraints should be placed on the pursuit of knowledge? Should all knowledge be open-source and publicly available, or are some forms of knowledge tainted by having been achieved through ethically questionable methods? Join Mike and Zachary as they explore and expose the hidden tensions in the pursuit of knowledge and of the exploration of the unknown in the Star Trek universe.   Chapters  Welcome to Episode 66 (00:01:07)  The Intrinsic Value of Knowledge as the Underlying Assumption of the Star Trek Universe (00:06:18)  Intrinsic Value vs. Instrumental Value (00:08:56)  The Risks of Exploration (00:15:10)  Starship Captains and Chutzpah (00:22:05)  Species Authenticity - The Rational Animal (00:23:46)  Ethical Constraints on the Intrinsic Value of Exploration (00:34:13)  Tainted Knowledge vs. Open-Source Knowledge (00:39:54)  Gnosticism and The Omega Directive  (00:45:00)  Essential Attributes vs. Non-Essential Attributes (00:52:35)  The Unknown - We Don't Know What We Don't Know (01:07:07)  Science without Scientism (01:14:47)  Final Thoughts (01:17:47)   Hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling   Production Mike Morrison (Editor) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Patrick Devlin (Associate Producer) Kay Shaw (Associate Producer) Kit Loffstadt (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm  Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm  Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm  Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact  Visit the Trek.fm website at http://www.trek.fm/  Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Matt Mira ("The Nerdist Podcast") joins Cole and Vanessa to chat about Spectre, Apple devices, the size of Daniel Craig, Chopped Tank, lens flares, Children of Men, 80's on 8, Starship Captains, the Genius Bar, The Olsen Twins' Christmas List, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and the multitude of James Bond wardrobe Matt owns and wears regularly. Leave your answer to the Firsts question (the first spy thing you were into) on our website for a chance to win a comfy Pop My Culture T-Shirt!

This week's show starts with Mike replying to listeners who feel he's been too soft on Donald Trump. After that, it's a look at Trump's truly bad week, some high-profile endorsements for Hillary Clinton, what Jay says is a massive U.S. ransom payment to Iran, President Obama's commutation-mania, and Mike's cranky middle-aged guy thoughts on … Continue reading "PG61: Peak Trump?, Jobs, Planes Full of Money, Commutations, Starship Captains" Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy