Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi

Braid At Tribeca Festival

From 2018, I interviewed the cast and their director in a roundtable setting and also covered the red carpet. This is a compilation of these interviews that include director Mitzi Peirone and her actors, Madeline Brewer, Sarah Hay, and Imogen Waterhouse. Plus I chat with composer Michael Gatt.

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Trek Tuesday Anson Mount And Sonequa Martin Green

Anson Mount talks about if Christopher Pike has a limited backstory and Sonequa Martin-Green talks about the complex Spock-Burnham relationship in season two of Star Trek Discovery.

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Tribeca Festival Red Carpets

Interview with the stars and creators of genre film at The Tribeca Film Festival. Included is American Psycho director, Mary Harron. 

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M3GAN 2.0: Behind the Code, Beyond the Screams

On Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi, I'm diving headfirst into the high-tech horror and haunting heart of M3GAN 2.0. This sequel’s sharper, smarter, and even more spine-chilling than the original.

First up, Allison Williams, the ever-intense Gemma, whose tech-savvy brilliance has consequences that spiral way out of control. Then, we hear from Violet McGraw, returning as Cady, whose bond with M3GAN has only grown more… complex. And steering the whole thrilling ride is director Gerard Johnstone, back at the helm to elevate the tension, the laughs, and the mayhem. 

So buckle up—because M3GAN isn’t just back. She’s evolved. And we’re peeling back the layers of how this eerie icon was reengineered to terrify us all over again.

 

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On Byte: Galactic Misfit, Cosmic Mission: The Story of Elio

On Byte on Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi, a journey into the heart of Elio, Pixar’s imaginative new adventure about a boy who accidentally becomes Earth’s ambassador to the galaxy. Join us as we chat with the out-of-this-world talent behind the film, uncovering how this cosmic story came to life.

Featured Guests:

• Yonas Kibreab, the voice of Elio, on channeling courage and curiosity into this unlikely hero.

• Brad Garrett, who brings depth and laughs to an alien emissary like no other.

• Zoe Saldaña, who plays Elio’s mother, Major Olga Solis, on parenting, interstellar style.

• Madeline Sharafian & Domee Shi, co-directors, sharing how they balanced sci-fi spectacle with a deeply personal story.

• Mary Alice Drumm, producer, on weaving visual wonder with Pixar’s signature emotional storytelling.

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Batman And Harley

From the roundtables are James Krieg and Bruce W. Timm about this interesting team up to bring down a world wide threat in this new animated series.

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Gaming In Color

Gaming In Color follows gay gaming involiving Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer gamers..Director is Phillip Jones features  George Skleres of Riot Games and Colleen Macklin who appeared at Gaymer X convention. I chat with Phillip Jones about the good, the bad and treatment of gay gamers.

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Anthony Zuiker's Dark Prophecy

Innovative Author and CSI creator who talked to me about his work at the time Dark Prophecy. This is an interactive story with links to videos in each page readers can see online. His Level 26 Trilogy concluded with Dark Revelations.

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Trek Tuesday Dee Bradley Baker

An actor and voice artists who voices characters on Star Trek and Star Wars animated series tells me about his work as Murf in Star Trek Prodigy and also voice the clone troopers in Star Wars The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch.

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A Soldier Against Herself: Thora Birch on Overleaper

In this episode, we sit down with the incredible Thora Birch to dive into her intense and gripping role as Special Forces Staff Sergeant Audrey Beach in the cinematic audio drama Overleaper. This fast-paced thriller follows Beach as she discovers an eerie truth—there’s another her from an alternate universe. How do you fight an enemy who shares your face, your skills, and your memories?

Birch shares her experience bringing Audrey Beach to life, unpacking the emotional weight of playing a soldier caught between worlds. She takes us behind the scenes of the performance, revealing how she captured the duality of Beach’s struggle—her military precision, raw vulnerability, and unsettling realization that nothing is as it seems.

 

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