HTP Episode 186 – Amy Imhoff

Amy Imhoff is one of the Star Trek fandom’s best… an accomplished writer, public speaker, and champion of diverse voices in STEAM. Amy has managed many events that brought together real-world aerospace experts with their inspirations from Star Trek, and she’s also gathered fans together on her extremely informative social media feeds. Today she comes to Hungry Trilobyte to talk about space travel, how much it resembles Trek lore, what the potential is for the future. Amy was also heavily involved in TrekTalks 3 (which we referenced in Episode 179) and presented the ‘Women in STEM’ panel.

You can follow Amy on Instagram, BlueSky, Twitter, and Facebook, as well as her official website. On her website, she maintains an extensive list of the articles she’s written and panels in which she’s participated.

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HTP Episode 179 – John Billingsley and Trek Talks 3!

John Billingsley is back to talk about this year’s Trek Talks 3 event! Live-streaming on YouTube January 13 at 9:45 AM US Pacific time. Some of Star Trek’s top talent (on-screen as well as behind-the-camera) have come out to put on a full day of entertainment for a good cause. As in previous years, these efforts benefit the Hollywood Food Coalition. Please give generously, regardless of if you are reading this before, during, or after the event.

John previously visited Hungry Trilobyte in episode Episode 154 to lay the ground work for 2023’s TREK*Talks 2, and in Episode 68 to discuss his work with HFC. In Episode 173, we discussed advocacy of a different variety.

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HTP Episode 173 – Natalia Castellanos, Jonathan Del Arco… and John Billingsley!

John Billingsley (Seen in Star Trek: Enterprise as well as Episodes 68 and 154 of Hungry Trilobyte) returns with Jonathan Del Arco (Star Trek: Picard) and the two are led by Natalia Castellanos (Bosch). Their goal is to round up as many Star Trek fans, talent, and supporters for the picketing event United We Trek, which aims to show up at the gates of Paramount Studios on Star Trek Day, September 8. This will voice support for the ongoing strike efforts by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA. In this episode, the four of us focus on how the strike efforts can secure the quality of life of many creatives, and also how the AI components threaten people far outside Hollywood if the negotiations fail.

The picket locations are:

5433 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038 And 1515 Broadway New York, NY 10036.

Donate to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation if you want to make a monetary contribution.

You can follow Natalia Castellanos on her official website as well as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.

You can follow Jonathan Del Arco on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

You can follow John Billingsley on his Twitter and Instagram accounts.

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HTP Episode 167 – Ronald B. Moore

Ronald B. Moore’s work as a Visual Effects Producer was a major influence on Star Trek series such as The Next Generation, Voyager, and Deep Space Nine. That doesn’t even account for his efforts in timeless movies such as Ghostbusters and The Muppet Movie! Today, Ron comes to Hungry Trilobyte to discuss how hard work can get you into film no matter what your background is, and he and I weigh the pros and cons of TNG being mastered on video rather than film.

Though his original website can be found here, Ron tends to keep his internet adventures to his Facebook account, where you’ll see him post about not only his love of Star Trek, but his fondness for pet spiders and his touring with the Enterprise Blues Band.

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HTP Episode 166 – Kinsey Burke

Kinsey Burke, known for her work at the Pink Gorilla game shop and the Metal Jesus Rocks YouTube channel, is now having new adventures on the other side of the planet. Having moved to Japan, she’s keeping a travel log on her own Youtube Channel and acting as a producer at Chuhai Labs and VITEI Backroom. In this episode, Kinsey and I have a wild discussion on pairing down her Xbox 360 collection, pairing up my N64 collection, cultural shifts in retro game collecting, and the fun concept that is Cursed to Golf.

You can follow Kinsey’s adventures on the internet on her YouTube Channel, Instagram, Twitter.

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HTP Episode 165 – Phil Murphy

Phil Murphy is a cartoonist and character designer who is a true geek at heart. He comes to Hungry Trilobyte to discuss his work on Star Trek: Lower Decks, but I couldn’t resist asking about the Star Trek/Transformers crossover as well. This is the age to make what’s old new again!

You can follow Phil on Twitter and his official website!

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HTP Episode 158 – Sandra Gimpel

Sandra Gimpel is known to Star Trek fans as the Salt Vampire from M-113, but not a lot of fans know about her success as a stunt double. In this episode, she talks about how she got her gigs on Lost in Space as well as Star Trek (many people don’t know she was also a Talosian!). Sandra has some great insight into how people can balance more than one still, and how one person with multiple talents can be valuable on a movie set– and in other areas of life.

Be sure to check out her soon-to-be-released book Stunt Lady: Sandra Gimpel Falling for the Stars and watch for her upcoming website, SandraGimpel.com. She also released a range of workout DVDs.

Sandra will be appearing in person at Trek Long Island May 20 & 21, 2023!

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HTP Episode 154 – John Billingsley Returns!

Photo:James Sorenson/Paramount Pictures. ©2003 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

John Billingsley (who was on Hungry Trilobyte in episode 68) returns to talk about “Trektivism” or the way Trek fandom can be used to boost charity efforts. The best example we can give is TREK*talks2, an online telethon to help the Hollywood Food Coalition. This event aired January 14, 2023.

• Intro 0:00
• SyFy Sistas – 14:58
• Bonnie Gordon – 30:00
• Rod Roddenberry – 40:15
• Arnali Ray – 1:00:00
• Dr. Mohamed Noor, Robert Picardo, Dr. Erin Macdonald, Andre Berman, Ian Spelling, Naren Shankar – 1:05:46
• Five-Year Mission – 1:25:11
• John Billingsley, Anthony Montgomery, and Sabrina Wood – 1:35:29
• Brannon Braga, Jesska Werdi, Mike Richard – 1:50:56
• Hollywood Food Coalition – 2:05:58
• Mike McMahan – 2:18:45
• Ian Spelling, John DeLancie – 2:39:24

(show notes in progress- check back for updates!)

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HTP Episode 142 – Jeff Russo

Jeff Russo is the composer behind several of the newer Star Trek series, including Picard, Strange New Worlds, and Discovery. He comes to Hungry Trilobyte to talk about building music around emotion and his appreciation for building on the long-standing musical tradition of the franchise.

You can follow Jeff on his Twitter feed as well as Facebook, IMDB, and his official website.

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HTP Episode 133 – Dan Decker Returns!

Dan Decker (last seen in Episode 60) comes back to swap some ideas about why fandom affects different people in different ways– starting with very young kids and up through all stages of life.  He and I pull from examples such as Ghostbusters, Star Wars: Episode I, Transformers, and of course, Star Trek.

If you’d like the full context for this conversation, here are the earlier installments:

• Dan’s first appearance on Hungry Trilobyte
• My first appearance on Dan’s podcast
• My second appearance on Shall We Digress
• My THIRD appearance on Shall We Digress

You can follow Dan on Twitter, both on his personal account as well as his Podcast’s account.  Be sure to listen to Shall We Digress!

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