Episodes

Monday Mar 03, 2014
White Rocket 038: Star Trek Movies, Part 2
Monday Mar 03, 2014
Monday Mar 03, 2014
Jim Yelton of Midnight Entertainment returns to discuss the fourth, fifth and sixth films in the Star Trek movie franchise: The Voyage Home, The Final Frontier, and the Undiscovered Country.

Friday Feb 21, 2014
White Rocket 037: Star Trek Movies, Part 1
Friday Feb 21, 2014
Friday Feb 21, 2014
The multi-talented Jim Yelton returns this week to help Van explore the first 3 STAR TREK movies, including The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan, and The Search for Spock.

Wednesday Jan 29, 2014
White Rocket 036: Movies of 2013 in Review
Wednesday Jan 29, 2014
Wednesday Jan 29, 2014
The White Rocket Podcast makes its triumphant return this week as Bobby Politte joins Van to discuss what they loved and hated about the Movies of 2013!

Tuesday Sep 03, 2013
White Rocket 035: Larry Niven Interview at DragonCon 2013!
Tuesday Sep 03, 2013
Tuesday Sep 03, 2013
Yes, you read that correctly: Van's guest this week is SF legend Larry Niven, who sat down with him for an hour-long discussion about his career and works in front of a live audience at DragonCon 2013. From Ringworld to Dream Park to Lucifer's Hammer, they cover as much of his fantastic creations as could be fit into an hour. Enjoy!!

Tuesday Jul 30, 2013
White Rocket 034: HAWK: Hand of the Machine- Audiobook Special
Tuesday Jul 30, 2013
Tuesday Jul 30, 2013
White Rocket 034: Audiobook Special! Van reads Chapter 1 of HAWK: HAND OF THE MACHINE, his acclaimed SF/Space Opera/Military SF/New Pulp novel.

Tuesday Jul 23, 2013
White Rocket 033: Adventures with Barry Reese
Tuesday Jul 23, 2013
Tuesday Jul 23, 2013
New Pulp/adventure fiction author Barry Reese comes aboard the show this week to discuss his many works and the various books, comics and more that have influenced them. It's an hour of entertaining conversation with the author of the Rook, Gravedigger and Lazarus Gray, among other great characters.

Tuesday Jul 16, 2013
White Rocket 032: Space: 1999 with Anthony Taylor
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013
Anthony Taylor joins Van this week to discuss a show near and dear to both of them-- SPACE: 1999! Anthony has written extensively on 1999 and other Gerry Anderson properties and is generally considered a leading expert on the show. And Van just loves it. Well, mostly the first season. Enjoy as they geek out over this seminal Seventies SF TV spectacular!

Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
White Rocket 031: Batman and More with Author Jim Beard
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
Author, editor and comics scribe Jim Beard joins Van this week to discuss his comics and New Pulp writing, superheroes, pulps, and even the classic Batman TV show!

Tuesday Jul 02, 2013
White Rocket 030: Jack King Kirby
Tuesday Jul 02, 2013
Tuesday Jul 02, 2013
The topic this week is the "King of Comics," the one and only Jack Kirby--writer, artist, and creator or co-creator of half the Marvel Universe and a good chunk of DC, too, to name but a few things. Van is joined by a fellow longtime Kirby fan and old friend, John Quiring, to discuss the life and work of this legend of comics and beyond.

Tuesday Jun 25, 2013
White Rocket 029: The Art of Audiobooks with Chris Barnes
Tuesday Jun 25, 2013
Tuesday Jun 25, 2013
Chris Barnes of Dynamic Ram Audio (and Scotland!) joins Van this week to discuss everything that goes into the production of audiobooks for Audible.com and other venues, and how someone could (or did!) get into that business in the first place. It's an hour of great conversation about the art and craft of audiobooks and audio dramas!

