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Science Fiction and religion – “Religion and Technology into the Future” (Lexington Books, 2018) – Sam Gill interview – ArtandDesignSff (Episode 70)
Professor Sam Gill has studied dance, religion and science fiction for decades. He’s written books on the subject and here we discuss his latest book on religion and artificial intelligence. 1:50 – Sam Gill talks about how he got into writing about sci...
Stargate actor – Peter Williams interview – ArtandDesignSff (Episode 69)
Peter Williams is a Jamaican-born Canadian actor best known to sci-fans as Apophis on Stargate SG-1. Peter has done a number of roles in movie and tv and we spoke at Shore Leave 2018 about acting and his interests and insrpirations.
Argentine Horror Films – “Blood Circuits” (SUNY Press, 2018) – Jonathan Risner interview – ArtandDesignSff (Episode 68)
Jonathan Risner is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Indiana University Bloomington. He discovered Argentine horror and wondered how much of the country’s brutal dictatorship impacted that country’s horror films. We discuss his book on the topic.
Classical “monster” art – “Portraits of Human Monsters in the Renaissance” (Medieval Institute Publications, 2018) – Touba Ghadessi interview – ArtandDesignSff (Episode 67)
Touba Ghadessi is an Associate Professor of Art History at the Wheaton College Massachusetts. We spoke about her book on how the “monstrous” form was portrayed in 16th and 17th century art found among noble courts.
Stargate Universe actor – Peter Kelamis interview – ArtandDesignSff (Episode 66)
Peter Kelamis is a Canadian actor who’s done a lot of voice acting and live acting. He’s best known for his roles in Stargate Universe and as Rolf in Ed, Edd, and Eddy. He’s also played Goku in the English versions of Dragon ball Z.
Star Trek actress – Chase Masterson interview – ArtandDesignSff (Episode 65)
Chase Masterson was an actress on Star Trek Deep Space Nine for five years and is currently an activist with the Pop Culture Hero Coalition anti-bullying organization. She and coalition member Raymond Litster spoke to me about their campaign and anti-b...
Star Trek graphic designers – Michael and Denise Okuda interview – ArtandDesignSff (Episode 64)
Michael and Denise Okuda worked as graphic designers on Star Trek The Next Generation. They’ve also worked on a number of other Star Trek media projects and have written various books on Star Trek. In my intro I say they wrote a book on Star Trek but i...
X-Men actor – Shawn Ashmore interview – ArtandDesignSff (Episode 63)
Shawn Ashmore is a Canadian actor best know to comic book fans as iceman of the X-Men film series. He’s done horror, drama and animation work. I spoke with him at Shore Leave 2018. 0:57 – Shawn talks about he started acting as a hobby with his twin bro...
Sci-fi actor – Aron Eisenberg interview – ArtandDesignSff (Episode 62)
Aron Eisenberg is an actor and filmmaker who is probably best known to sci-fi fans as Nog on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He and I spoke at Shore Leave 2018 about acting. 1:01 – Aaron talks about how he first got into acting at the age of 17.
Sci-fi and fantasy author – Greg Bear interview – ArtandDesignSff (Episode 61)
Author Greg Bear has had and continues to have a prolific and successful career as a sci-fi and fantasy writer. Blood Music is one of his more famous novels and he also helped co-found the San Diego Comic-Con.