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SciFi Diner Podcast Ep. 118 – Merry Christmas, Baby! With Larry Nemecek (Dr. Star Trek) And John Fraizer (ThinkGeek)

by Scott on December 5, 2011

Tonight, the diner is decorated all sorts of Christmas-like, we’re serving up great conversation, and we’re giving away some awesome gifts. We’re so glad you joined us. The main part of our show will be sharing what is on our geeky Christmas lists this year. For some reason everything John picked was from ThinGeek 8^) We announce our ThinkGeek Contest winners and share some of your awesome lists. We also talk about a nonprofit that we woukld love for you to support: The Haitian Connection Network. We also talk about Sci Fi themed restaurants, the new Alcatraz trailer has us remembering what we loved about Lost, Star Trek 13 Release Date, Life after Trek Pod Cast talks w/ Rod Roddenberry, and Trek Nation News.

Tagged as: Alcatraz, Haitian Connection Network, Life After Trek, Lost, Rod Roddenberry, Star Trek 13, Thinkgeek, Trek Nation

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SciFi Diner Podcast Ep. 117a – We Announce ThinkGeek Mega Giveaway, Discuss Current TV Ratings, Star Trek Online News, and More.

November 15, 2011

We decided to break up this week’s podcast into two parts because of the awesome interview we had with Mr. Aaron Rosenberg. We’ll bring that to you later this week. In this episode segment, we announce our awesome, uber ThinkGeek Giveaway and share the winner of out 2001 signed print, and we share an update to Farpoint Con 2012. We also discuss the following news: TV ratings, Miracle Laurie News, Batman: Dark Knight Rises News, and the Connan DVD/Blu-ray release date. In the TWIST, Miles discusses Star Trek Online going free, Wanna be a red shirt? and Life After Trek Podcast interviews another Trek Alumni. We end with the Sci Fi Five @5: The Quotable Walter Bishop.

Tagged as: 2001, a red shirt, Batman: Dark Knight Rises, Connan, Farpoint Con, Fringe, Miracle Laurie, Star Trek, Star Trek Online, Thinkgeek, TV ratings, Walter Bishop

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SciFi Diner Podcast Ep. 84 – Our Interview with Kevin Sorbo from Andromeda and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

November 19, 2010

Here at the SciFi Diner Podcast tonight, Miles and Scott interview Kevin Sorbo from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and the Gene Roddenberry show Andromeda (He also recently appeared in the Hawaii 5O reboot). We reveal the answer of our Caprica trivia contest and the winner of the $100 Thinkgeek Gift Certificate. We have new Superman trivia and a Kevin Sorbo signed Andromeda to boot. We want to know what is on your SciFi Christmas List. In news we discuss whether this is Fringe’s last season, report that Caprica DVDs are a coming, The Event relaunches in February, Smallville still surprises while Supernatural sputters, the Incredible Hulk is coming BACK to TV as is Batman, The Cape has a new trailer, and it looks Friggen AWESOME, and there is some Blood and Chrome gossip and a bit on Human Target as well. In movie news, Pirates of the Caribbean 4 teases us, Wolverine gets titled and rebooted, Harrison Ford thinks Hans Solo should have died (Is Harrison Ford trying to commit suicide?), we talk about the Green Lantern clip, and discuss the ten SciFi movies you should watch if you want to go green. In This Week in Star Trek, Miles brings us a first look: The Edge from the Starfleet Academy book series and in the SciFi Five in Five, we discuss the five best actors to have guest appear on your show.

Tagged as: Andromeda, Batman, Battlestar Galactica, Blood and Chrome, Caprica, Fringe, Gene Roddenberry, Hans Solo, Harrison Ford, Hawaii Five-O, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Human Target, Kevin Sorbo, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Smallville, Star Trek, Starfleet Academy, Superman, Supernatural, The Cape, The Edge, The Event, The Green Lantern, The Incredible Hulk, Thinkgeek, Wolverine

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SciFi Diner Podcast Ep. 83 – Our Interview with Riese: Kingdom Falling Creators Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff

November 10, 2010

On this week’s science fiction podcast, we interview with Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff, creators of the new SciFi Webseries Riese: Kingdom Falling. We also give you a final chance to win $100 Thinkgeek Gift Certificate by answering our Caprica Trivia question. Our Listener Question this month is: What do you want on your SciFi Christmas List? We also bring you the news: Walking Dead Gets More Life, Battlestar Galactica Prequel (Blood and Chrome) gets lit, you can learn how to curse like they do in Firefly, the comic Firefly: Downtime is now available, the next Torchwood Series WILL disturb you, J.J. Abrams gets Canceled, X-files 3: The Truth is Out There, Ford Interested in Indy 5, and Scarlett Johansson becomes a Sexy Alien. In This Week in Star trek, Miles brings you his review of “Captains of the Final Frontier.” Scott brings you the SciFi Five in Five with the five reasons to like Spiderman.

Tagged as: Battlestar Galactica Prequel, Blood and Chrome, Caprica, Captains of the Final Frontier, Firefly, Firefly: Downtime, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jone 5, Kaleena Kiff, Riese: Kingdom Falling, Ryan Copple, Scarlett Johansson, Spiderman, Star Trek, Thinkgeek, Torchwood, Undercovers, Walking Dead, X-files 3

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SciFi Diner Podcast Ep. 80 – How Important is Science in Science Fiction? John from ThinkGeek, Darren from The Trekcast Podcast, and Chris from Subspace Communique and Life After Trek.

October 15, 2010

Here on this science fiction podcast, we decided to go with a simple menu tonight. As an appetizer we give you the trivia winner for the trivia question from the past two weeks. Our main dish though is a culinary delight. Ok, ok. Enough with the food puns. We discuss the age old question: does science fiction need science?

Tagged as: Chris Wood, Dr. Who, Harlen Ellison, Life After Trek, Science Fiction, scifi, Star Trek, Subspace Comminuque, Thinkgeek, Trekcast

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