Science fiction writer Scott Pearson and cohost Ella Pearson discuss what they’ve been up to in 2022—spoilers: conventions and moving—and why this is the first time they’ve gotten around to recording an episode all year!
Segments
01:55 We’ve Been Remiss
02:50 Star Trek: Mission Chicago
04:33 The Famous Tom Paris Plate
05:55 Meeting Trek People
09:15 Ella Moves House
09:44 San Francisco
10:53 Thrillerfest
14:38 Hello, COVID
15:25 Scott Moves House
18:27 Shore Leave featuring John Billingsley
24:57 A Moment of Silence for Dave Galanter
25:43 San Diego Comic Con
39:10 Twin Cities Con featuring Elijah Wood and Sean Astin
45:13 Interlude: Jared Padaleki
46:01 Then There’s Sean Astin
49:26 Shameless Self-Promotion: Tales of the Weird World War
53:37 Final Thoughts
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64. Interview: Jim Johnson
Science fiction writer and editor Scott Pearson and cohost Ella Pearson welcome author Jim Johnson, lifelong Star Trek fan, three-time Star Trek: Strange New Worlds winner, and project manager of the Star Trek Adventures role-playing game to talk about—you guessed it—Star Trek (and plenty of other geeky things)!
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63. Holmes Beyond Doyle (with Christopher D. Abbott)
Science fiction writer Scott Pearson and cohost Ella Pearson welcome author Christopher D. Abbott to discuss Sherlock Holmes on screen and in books not by Arthur Conan Doyle, including Abbott's own Watson Chronicles series of novellas. The game's afoot!
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62. Interview: Erin Macdonald
Science fiction writer Scott Pearson and cohost Ella Pearson welcome astrophysicist, teacher, writer, and, last but not least, science consultant for the Star Trek Universe Erin Macdonald to talk about gravity waves, Star Trek tattoos, science consulting, and, for our older listeners, her favorite Scotch whisky.
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61. Interview: Noah Averbach-Katz
Science fiction writer Scott Pearson and cohost Ella Pearson welcome actor Noah Averbach-Katz, Star Trek: Discovery’s Ryn the Andorian, who regales us with stories of growing up with a Trekkie mom, his (mis)adventures with Grudge the cat, working with his wife Mary “Tilly” Wiseman, and more geeky goodness.
Generations Geek is a more-or-less family-friendly pop culture podcast hosted by sci-fi writer and editor Scott Pearson and his recent-college-graduate daughter, Ella, as they discuss geeky television, movies, books, comic books, games, and more. They also interview geeky guests from New York Times-bestselling authors to screenwriters to astronauts!