Episodes

Tuesday Oct 20, 2015
White Rocket 080: Thundarr the Barbarian - panel at DragonCon 2015
Tuesday Oct 20, 2015
Tuesday Oct 20, 2015
Van is joined by a cast of luminaries from DragonCon 2015's American SF Classics panel to discuss the great Eighties animated series, Thundarr the Barbarian!

Sunday Jul 26, 2015
White Rocket 075: DragonCon SF Classics Track with Gary Mitchel
Sunday Jul 26, 2015
Sunday Jul 26, 2015
Gary Mitchel, Co-Director of DragonCon's American SF Classics Panel, joins Van this week to discuss what's coming up this year in one of the con's most entertaining tracks as well as looking back at some highlights from previous years.

Monday Jul 06, 2015
White Rocket 073: Game of Thrones Season 5 Review
Monday Jul 06, 2015
Monday Jul 06, 2015
John Ringer returns to discuss Season 5 of HBO's GAME OF THRONES-- how we felt about it and how it compared with (and varied from) the books. SPOILER WARNING!!

Friday May 15, 2015
Friday May 15, 2015
Presenting Van's interview with Bruce "John Sheridan" Boxleitner and Mira "Delenn" Furlan before a huge audience at DragonCon, as part of the American Sci Fi Classics track.

Friday Jan 09, 2015
White Rocket 054: Avengers Assemble!
Friday Jan 09, 2015
Friday Jan 09, 2015
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the AvengersAssemble.net web site, founded by Van in 1995. To celebrate, this week he's joined by David Wright and Kell Carpenter to discuss the greatest Avengers heroes, villains, storylines, and much more.
The show is available via iTunes (search White Rocket Podcast) or via WhiteRocketBooks.com or listen via the player below.
As always, you can access this and any of our 60 (and climbing!) past episodes at our Podbean archives site: http://whiterocket.podbean.com.
Please visit our sponsor, White Rocket Books, for the best in New Pulp and SF/F.
A proud part of the Earth Station One Network of programming!

Tuesday Dec 30, 2014
White Rocket 053: Frank Herbert's DUNE Saga
Tuesday Dec 30, 2014
Tuesday Dec 30, 2014
John Ringer joins Van this week to dig into the greatest SF novel of all (and its five direct sequels), DUNE by Frank Herbert. They also discuss the David Lynch movie and the two Sci Fi Channel mini-series productions.
The show is available via iTunes (search White Rocket Podcast) or via WhiteRocketBooks.com or listen via the player below.
As always, you can access this and any of our 60 (and climbing!) past episodes at our Podbean archives site: http://whiterocket.podbean.com.
Please visit our sponsor, White Rocket Books, for the best in New Pulp and SF/F.
A proud part of the Earth Station One Network of programming!

Friday Oct 17, 2014
White Rocket 050: 50th Episode Special!
Friday Oct 17, 2014
Friday Oct 17, 2014
For the big 50th episode of the White Rocket Podcast, Van is joined by many past guests including Anthony Taylor, Jim Beard, Chris Barnes, Jim Yelton, Josh Reynolds, John Quiring, Barry Reese, Bobby Politte, John Ringer, Mike Gordon, Ethan Ringer, Ralph Angelo, and Percival Constantine--and everyone has to answer the same single pop-culture question. What's the question, how do they answer--and will Van answer it, too? Tune in!

Friday Sep 05, 2014
White Rocket 048: Andrew Gaska on Space: 1999 at DragonCon
Friday Sep 05, 2014
Friday Sep 05, 2014
This week we present the first of several episodes recorded live at DragonCon 2014 in Atlanta. Here Andrew E. C. Gaska, writer and creative force behind the new SPACE: 1999 graphic novels from Archaia, talks about the show and about the new books with host Van Allen Plexico. Recorded live on the American SF Classics track at DragonCon.

Sunday Aug 10, 2014
White Rocket 047: Battlestar Galactica Classic
Sunday Aug 10, 2014
Sunday Aug 10, 2014
Jim Yelton of Midnight Entertainment joins Van Allen Plexico this week to delve into the classic TV space opera from 1978-79, the original Battlestar Galactica.

Sunday Aug 03, 2014
White Rocket 045: Animated Superhero Shows
Sunday Aug 03, 2014
Sunday Aug 03, 2014
Van Allen Plexico is joined by Ethan Ringer, son of AU Wishbone co-host John Ringer, to discuss the best and worst of superhero animated shows from the Seventies through today.