Scifi Diner Podcast

SciFi Diner Pilots 399 – Star Trek: Enterprise (There may have been some Karaoke involved.) Star Trek: Enterprise, titled simply Enterprise for its first two seasons, is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. It originally aired from September 26, 2001, to May 13, 2005, on UPN (see list […]

Scifi Diner Podcast 398 – Our Zenkaikon Interview with Anime Anthropologist Charles Dunbar Charles Dunbar is graduate of Hunter College, CUNY, where he received a BA in Religion and Anthropology and an MA in Cultural Anthropology. His thesis, Pilgrimage, Pageantry and Fan Communities was published in 2011 and focused on anime convention participation, including spending […]

Scifi Diner Pilots 397 – Star Trek: Voyager with Author Keith R.A. DeCandido Star Trek: Voyager is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor. It originally aired from January 1995 to May 2001 on UPN, lasting for 172 episodes over seven seasons. The fifth series in the […]

SciFi Diner Podcast 396 – And Interview with Kiba the Cosplay Corgi, translated by his mom Nicole This interview took place at Zenkaikon 2019. Zenkaikon was created in 2006 through the merging of two Philadelphia-area events — Kosaikon, an anime convention held at Villanova University, and Zentrancon, an anime and science fiction convention held on […]

SciFi Diner Pilots 395 – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. It originally aired from January 1993 to June 1999, in syndication, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. The fourth series in the Star Trek franchise, it served as the third sequel to Star Trek: […]

SciFi Diner Podcast 394 – Our Interview with Special Effects Master Doug Drexler (The Orville, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise) Doug Drexler (born in New York City) is a visual effects artist, designer, sculptor, illustrator, and a makeup artist who has collaborated with such talents as Al […]

SciFi Diner Podcast 393 – Our Farpoint Interview with Penny Johnson Jerald (The Orville, Star Trek: DS9, 24) Penny Johnson Jerald (born March 14, 1961) is an American actress. She played Beverly Barnes on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show, Kasidy Yates on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sherry Palmer on the Fox action/drama series 24, Captain Victoria “Iron” Gates on the ABC comedy-drama series Castle, and […]

SciFi Diner Pilots 392 – Star Trek: The Next Generation with Dr. Star Trek (Larry Nemecek, author of The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion: Revised Edition) Star Trek: The Next Generation Pilot – Encounter at Farpoint In 2364, the new flagship of the United Federation of Planets, Starfleet‘s USS Enterprise, travels to the planet Deneb IV for […]

Scifi Diner-Podcast 391 – Snoop Dogg’s Star Trek Parody “Unbelievable” Release Information, Superman: Man Of Tomorrow, and What AMC and Regal Cinema’s Delayed Opening Means

Scifi Diner Pilots 389 – Star Trek: The Animated Series with Special Guests Michael Schilling from the Shore Leave Convention Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS), originally aired as Star Trek and as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek, is an American animated science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It originally […]

SCIFI DINER PODCAST 388 – WHY ANIME ADAPTATIONS FAIL; THE CURSE OF THE DEPARTING SHOWRUNNER; AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS Our stories and discussion tonight: Author Michael Jan Friedman’s The Immigrant and Other Stories Kickstarter SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch was NASA’s most-watched online event ever Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Setting Up A James T. Kirk […]

SciFi Diner Podcast 387 – Our Interview with Comic Book Author R.A. Jones (Twilight Grimm/Silverline Comics) R. A. Jones Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he still resides, R.A. Jones has been a professional writer and editor for more than 35 years. He first came to the attention of the comics field through the […]

SciFi Diner Pilots 386 – Star Trek: The Original Series “Where No Man Has Gone Before” with Michael Jan Friedman (Crazy 8 Press) “Where No Man Has Gone Before” is the third episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series, Star Trek. Written by Samuel A. Peeples and directed by James […]

SciFi Diner Podcast 385 – Our Interview with Comic Book Author Brent Larson (Kayless/Silverline Comics) Brent Larson Brent’s father was career U.S. Army, and moved the family around every few years. Thus, as he tells his friends, he is from everywhere… and nowhere (“Nowhere” ended up being a small town in southern Arizona). The first […]

SciFi Diner Podcast 384 – How Covid 19 Will Change Movie Theaters Reminder that the SciFi Diner Podcast is now take out only. We share what is going on in our SciFi World, share some late breaking Shoreleave 42 news, share some Time Travel shows to pass quarantine time and to remind us what life […]

SciFi Diner Pilots 383 – Star Trek (Original Series) The Cage – With Special Guest John Jackson Miller (Author of the Star Trek Discovery Novel Enterprise War and Die Standing) New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller has spent a lifetime immersed in the worlds of fantasy and science fiction. He’s best known for […]

SciFi Diner Podcast 382 – The Picard Finale and Our Interview with John Tilden, President of the Heinlein Society (A Farpoint 2020 Interview) John was born in New York and currently resides near Baltimore, Maryland. He first encountered Robert Heinlein’s work as one of the cool books with the “atom” sticker on the spine in […]

SciFi Diner Podcast 381 – The Mirror Universe (A Farpoint 2020 Panel) The Mirror Universe is a parallel universe in which the plots of several Star Trek television episodes take place. It resembles the fictional universe in which the Star Trek television series takes place, but is separate from the main universe. The Mirror Universe has been visited in one episode of Star Trek: […]

SciFi Diner Podcast 380 – Our Interview with Cosplayer Jay Justice (Farpoint 2020) This week on the Scifi Diner Podcast we discuss trailers for the Vagrant Queen and Black Widow (this was recorded before it was delayed), Shore Leave’s response to the Coronavirus, and our thoughts about Picard episodes Nepenthe and Broken Pieces. We also […]

Scifi Diner Podcast 379 – Our Interview with Anthony Montgomery (Star Trek: Enterprise) – A Farpoint Interview Anthony Dwayne Montgomery (born June 2, 1971) is an American film and television actor, as well as graphic novelist. He is best known for his portrayal of Ensign Travis Mayweather on the UPNscience fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise (the fifth live-action series in the Star Trek franchise). Montgomery is currently […]