Episodes

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.

Tuesday Aug 05, 2014
White Rocket 046: Guardians of the Galaxy Roundtable (Spoilers!!)
Tuesday Aug 05, 2014
Tuesday Aug 05, 2014
Van Allen Plexico is joined by Ralph Angelo, Jr, and James Hickson for a roundtable, spoiler-filled review of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

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.

Thursday Jul 31, 2014
White Rocket 044: Cosmic Marvel & Guardians of the Galaxy
Thursday Jul 31, 2014
Thursday Jul 31, 2014
This week, Midnight Entertainment's Jim Yelton returns to discuss the COSMIC side of the Marvel Universe and to peek ahead at the Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

Friday Jul 18, 2014
White Rocket 043: Novel Writing + Ala Phoenix Fest
Friday Jul 18, 2014
Friday Jul 18, 2014
Driving back from Alabama Phoenix Festival, Van thinks back over the weekend that was, then discusses several key things to keep in mind when writing a novel.

Friday May 16, 2014
White Rocket 042: Writing Influences & The Shattering
Friday May 16, 2014
Friday May 16, 2014
This week Van flies solo, discussing many of the influences on his writing over the years, and particularly how they impacted the writing of his new SF series, "The Shattering," beginning with the award-finalist novel LEGION I: LORDS OF FIRE.

Friday May 02, 2014
White Rocket 041: Windy City Pulp Con 2014
Friday May 02, 2014
Friday May 02, 2014
This week Van interviews a bunch of writers, artists and publishers at Windy City Pulp Con 2014, including Rob Davis and Ron Fortier of Airship 27, Tommy Hancock of Pro Se Productions, Joe Gentile of Moonstone, plus Chris "BC" Bell, Wayne Reinagel and Bob Kennedy.

Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
White Rocket 040: Downton Abbey, with Mike Gordon
Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
Downton Abbey, the TV series created by Julian Fellowes and aired in the US on Masterpiece on PBS, is this week's topic, and Van is joined by fellow show enthusiast "New Legend" Mike Gordon of the mothership ESO Podcast and New Legend Productions to talk about all things Dowager Grantham!

Sunday Mar 16, 2014
White Rocket 039: READY PLAYER ONE!
Sunday Mar 16, 2014
Sunday Mar 16, 2014
John Ringer, co-host of the Wishbone Podcast, joins Van again this week to dig into one of their favorite books (and upcoming movies!)--READY PLAYER ONE! Warning: the second half of the episode has lots of Spoilers!!!

