More podcasts to sample—and why not do it with me!?

As promised in a recent initial spate of these—I wanted to share two more excellent and unique Trek podcast series that had me on recently. And if you haven't tried downloading podcasts as a way to expand your Trek enjoyment and edification—what's your excuse? Time to start now....

...Especially as I have been making a conscious effort lately NOT to take on more than five sentences at a time. Yes, really. So see how I did:

First off, an always fun time was had by all with a revisit to the G & T Show—mine being a special Supplemental Log a weekend ago.  Yep, Terry, Nick, Mike and I talked about all my "stuff"—led by Star Trek Stellar Cartography, adventures in gap-filling and canon clampdown over the years... and playing Bones again for ST Continues— plus all the jawboning about Trek overall lately. Thanks again, guys! Too kind. Too much personality of the old-school radio talk variety. (And that's a compliment).

On the other hand, I was also marooned on an epsiode of Desert Island Trek where I had to divulge my own five across-the-board Trek episodes that I had to have if stranded forever without further contact on Episode 65 of Trek Mate's Ten Forward show, with hosts Sina, Chris and Matt. Do any of my picks surprise you? Half of them you likely know, if you read these lines and soundings often enough—but a couple may surprise, including my Voyager pick. Plus, the trio grill me on just what my take is on Trek's longterm popularity, and how that stacks up against all the current hullabaloo. And yes, we hit up STSC and my other stuff of late—including a sneak peek about the Trekland Trunk!  (What that, you say? Stay tuned ...)


Sunday G&T and TenForward—two more great podcasts you ought to be listening to.

Trekland on pods: Doomsday, McCoy, and the Tour

Whoa—now it's the last TWO months that have been a blur...

But one thing that's easy to do no matter how intense the "day job" gets is a friendly little blog interview when Trek is the subject... and Trekland, too.

Shame on me, for I've been remiss in sharing when some of the best Trek and sci-fi podcasts have been good to have me on ... at times with Teras Cassidy of Geek Nation Tours and our second annual Hollywood2Vegas Trek film site tour just before the Creation Vegas con. It's been a flurry.

In all of these we talk about not just the new Trek Tour for 2013, but also what's going on in Trek at large—according to what the hosts bounce off us—and I even wax poetic about esotrekica (yes, that is now a word). Because we turned over another generation in fandom the past couple years, in case you didn't know. In fact, you may have been part of the turnover (okay, I'll stop talking about you, now).

Of course, if you're already a fan or subscriber of these fine pods, you know this already—and if you're not much of a podcast downloader yet, here's your entree. They make a great way to spend a jog or a long commute or an interminable airflight. The hot air in mine alone is enough to start a balloon ride with.

Trekland got even more global than the Internet when UK-based Colin HIggins at Trek News & VIews over trek.fm had me on just today in Ep. 66 to talk about my fave "The Doomsday Machine" with Lou Costanza of The Lou Trek Show, plus explain how I came to be wearing McCoy garb in Georgia last month, and saying things like "Well, it's damn peculiar, Jim." And other Trekland stuff.

Then, Teras joined me to be grilled by Terilynn and "@Gettysburg7" NIck re: a lot of Trekness on their G&T Show for my beardless McCoy experience, the JJ "defection" to Star Wars (whoooo cares?) ... plus the Tour—and even a shoutout to 1701 Pennsylvania Ave on YouTube (you're welcome, Pony and Ralph!) ... Steve & Co. had us on as well for a new Tour Tart entry on the tasty menu at Sci-Fi DIner, Ep. 162B ... and Tom Cruz and Risa of STOked Radio over trekradio.net went way beyond the realm of Star Trek Online gaming for a trifecta of guests on Ep. 27 (the 41:30 mark; or download only here) where we went on about forgotten true fans, the upside of having no Trek TV (blossoming fandom), the future of the "next" Trek TV show, the fun of playing McCoy and of course the Tour—along with Teras, AND Mr. Enterprise-D Non-Profit Restoration & Museum himself, Huston Huddleston, and his project.

Which is all pretty cool considering I haven't even told YOU gentle readers about my Kingsland, GA experience as Bones... much less the Secret Project that's kept me from posting and vidchatting more with you here at TREKLAND... including today's Oscar guest post at startrek.com.

And more podcasts coming up quick ...

I'm so behind on guesting! These ARE the podcasts you want ...

So many hosts have been keen to hear about The Con of Wrath ... or our Hollywood-to-Vegas film site trek with Geek Nation Tours, which closes guaranteed booking June 15 (but can likely still keep taking Trek tourists after that) ... or just jaw with me about various topics of pure-dee-ol' Trek awesomeness lately ...

...and I have been negligent to let you know about them.  So, as long as it does not slow you down from getting to SoonerCon 21 this weekend ... then download away! Per each one...

—Amid another ear-worthy funkfest with Nick Minecci and the great Terry Schull on The G & T Show ... Teras Cassidy and I pop in for Trek Tour talk, after Terry asks me about Con of Wrath, too  (though the whole show is, of course, worth a whole listen!)





—If it's VISUALS you want, Darren Maloney of the new Trekseak video podcast (yes, video)  in Limerick, Ireland —yes, Ireland—caught me while passing through his town—and amid other things he corners me for an opinion on all things hometown Irish in Trek: take a look!


—And then host Carl Stark has me on his Stolen Droids brand in the first of his new "Presents" format ... and I guess he had a good time talking Trek TV, films, industry dynamics: you decide!




—Then, back in the UK, a gobsmacked Wayne Emery, Marc Stamper and Paul Drinkwater conned me into making the virtual trip cross-pond for their TrekMate show, where this time we go down whatever path those crazy Brits care to veer into.

And finally, if you want to hear how a GERMAN Trek podcast sounds, then give a listen to Trekcast Germany—not to be confused with the recently resurrected US version, as this one hosted by Yann-Patrick Schlame and Malte Kirchner had me on as their first international guest, woo-hoo! And of course we all spoke solely in Mandarin, to commemorate.  NOT.

The Trek Tour comes in for special focus, but we also talked about an American's perspective on FedCon, the old Galileo-7 cons, and other bits of German fandom. Thanks for having me on, der herren!


So it really is a wide array of the best of fan pods that blitzed me in later May and June. 'Twas an honor to be invited on in each and every case (well, all except for Nick & Terry), and each has a distinct personality, angle or insight to share. I hope you give them all a try, and forgive me if I duplicate a story here or there across the different time zones.