Starbase: The Next Generation

Here's a blast from the past. In 2009 we had the absolute honor of speaking with (not quite yet) Dr. Harrison Solow, author of many books including Gene Roddenberry: The Last Conversation, and wife of former head of Desilu Herb Solow, and since it's not one of the shows from the vault that's readily available I am pleased to repost it here. I hope you all enjoy it as much as Karen, Kennedy, and I did.

You may know him as Jiminy Cricket in Once Upon a Time, or as the voice of Kaidan in Mass Effect, or as the villainous Jonas in Star Trek: Voyager, or even as 'that guy in everything I've ever watched', but you DO know Raphael Sbarge, and we are thrilled to welcome him to the Starbase!!

Rick doesn't get Wandavision, so he assembled a crack team of smarty-pantses to help explain it.

Jenn, Josh, Unkk, and Rick talk about the life and legacy of the one and only Darth Vader...David Prowse.

As we learned the sad news that Herb Solow, Executive in Charge of Production on Star Trek, and so many other shows over the years, passed away this week, here is the conversation Karen, Kennedy, and Rick had with Herb back in 2008. Thank you, Herb, for all you did for us!!

Unkk and Rick have a few adult beverages and discuss everything from Star Wars to Burlesque to NASA and beyond.

Womp Womp!

Stu Perry (you remember Stu!) and Rob Bond (you WILL remember him!) of The Silly History Boys Show join the Admiral to talk about their hysterical new historical podcast (send your Tik Tok videos of you trying to read that ten times fast to Mr. Will Tristram)

So we talked about some current events, then the sky decided we were done.

This is the first of our shows celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek: Voyager. In this episode we talk about our original impressions of the show, and do an overview of season 1.

Craig (@thescreamman) joins us to talk about some of his favorite Anime movies.

Emma, Jenn, Unkk, and Rick discuss the current state of Star Trek, and the many projects on the horizon.

The Admiral is joined by Kennedy and former guests Dave and Keith to discuss the recent passing of Rush drummer Neil Peart, and the importance of Rush's music over the years.

A gift from all of us, to all of you!

The gang's all here to suggest some reading/watching ideas to while away the hours.

Rick is joined by college students Ana, Noah, and Sarah to talk about growing up around Star Wars.

John Irons, host of the Captain Gameshow podcast, puts Jenn, Unkk, and Rick through their mental paces with games of trivia and wordplay.

After clearing off the piles of unopened junk mail and cat food bowls Rick and Unkk dust off the Admiral's Table to talk about scientific realism in spaceship design.

What was Star Trek? What is Star Trek? Why is Star Trek? These questions and many more on a very special (well, we think it's special) episode of SB:TNG!