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Mon, 29 April 2013

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Episode 8, Destination Geek

Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek Myriad Universes: Shattered Light) and his daughter interview special guest Thomas D. Jones—astronaut, scientist, and Star Trek fan—about geeky things both fictional and real. Plus, listener questions for Tom.

Segments

Intro :32

Star Trek 1:05

Becoming an Astronaut 3:20

Getting the Call to Go to Space 5:13

Listener Question: Holodecks 8:20

Current State of NASA 10:24

Asteroid Mining 15:11

Going to Mars 17:30

Listener Question: What’s Next in Space 18:58

Listener Question: Colonization 21:28

Listener Question: Trek vs. Real Space 25:20

Listener Question: Six Million Dollar Man 27:05

Hell Hawks of World War II 28:05

The Feelings of Being in Space 30:43

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Direct download: GenerationsGeek8.mp3
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Tue, 26 March 2013

Generations Geek: King Geek

Episode 7, King Geek

Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek Myriad Universes: Shattered Light) and his daughter compare and contrast the 1933, 1976, and 2005 King Kong movies, plus a little bit about the King Kong X-Box game (based on the 2005 version) and other Kong movies.

Segments

King Kong, 1933 - :45

King Kong, 1976 - 9:30

King Kong, 2005 - 25:35

Kong vs. Kong vs. Kong - 42:01

King Kong for the X-Box - 43:45

A Little Bit About Sequels and Stuff - 44:50

Direct download: Generations_Geek_7.mp3
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Sun, 24 February 2013

Generations Geek: Night of the Living Geeks

Episode 6, Night of the Living Geeks

Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek Myriad Universes: Shattered Light) and his daughter welcome back Star Trek and Doctor Who novelist Una McCormack, their first guest, and discuss more Doctor Who, the writing life, watching M*A*S*H, Babylon 5, and Stargate, Peter Jackson and The Hobbit and The Lord of the Ringsmovies, Sherlock, and Elementary in a special double-length episode. Part two of two!

Check out part one of the interview here.

Segments

Intro :30

More Doctor Who 1:09

Writing Plans? . . . Not So Much 2:05

ReDeus Anthologies 2:50

Balancing Writing and Other Stuff 4:50

Watching Star Trek and M*A*S*H 7:55

Babylon 5 and Stargate 9:59

The Hobbit movies 15:30

Middle-earth Fan Fiction 25:25

Denethor in the Movies 27:48

Peter Jackson’s Early Films 31:10

Bad Choices in LOTR Movies 32:15

Women in Hobbit and LOTR 35:10

Viggo Mortensen 37:50

Merry and Pippin 40:15

Looking Forward to the Rest of The Hobbit 42:00

Sherlock and Benedict Cumberbatch 44:40

Elementary 50:50

Direct download: Generations_Geek_6.mp3
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Mon, 28 January 2013

Generations Geek: Forbidden Geek

Episode 5, Forbidden Geek

Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek Myriad Universes: Shattered Light) and his daughter welcome Star Trek and Doctor Who novelist Una McCormack as their first guest and discuss Trek, fan fiction, Who, other British TV shows, and more in a special double-length episode. And this is just part one of two!

Segments

Intro :44

Becoming a Star Trek Fan in England 2:00

Watching Blake’s 7 and Doctor Who 4:48

Next Gen in HD and Loving DS9 6:20

Fan Fiction and Going Pro 10:03

Writing Doctor Who 20:00

Primeval and UFO 29:52

Franchises Una Would Like to Write 33:56

Firefly and Serenity 35:50

Doctor Who episodes: “The Rebel Flesh” and “The Almost People” 36:55

Watching Who and UFO and Next Gen skants 40:31

Latest Trek novels and Who and Blake’s 7 audio plays 45:02

Teaching Writing 50:35

Direct download: Generations_Geek_5.mp3
Category:Generations Geek -- posted at: 3:00pm EDT

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