Episode 15 - James Luceno Interview

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Duration: 3:01:08
Description: For this show, I interviewed James Luceno, the surviving half of the "Jack McKinney" pair whose Robotech novels became one of the most controversial subjects in early Robotech fandom. Luceno has gone on to write a number of novels in the Star Wars universe, and many questions were asked about his work in that franchise as well. A good deal of new information came out of this interview, clearing up a lot of long-held misconceptions about the books.

Links:

• Brian Daley memorial website
  
• A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope
• The McKinney Purist FAQ (via the Internet Archive)
• The Robotech Companion

EPISODE 16 - Melanie MacQueen Interview

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Duration: 44:24, 49:13, 58:21, 57:12
Description: After an apology relating to a somewhat slanted editorial in Prerecorded Show #1, I introduced this episode's guest: Melanie MacQueen, best known to Robotech fans as the voice of Lisa Hayes, Marlene Rush, and Marlene/Ariel, also long-time spokeswoman for the Virginia State Lottery. I had a bit of phone trouble early on, but soon cleared it up (and went back and rerecorded my own lines from early on after the show completed). Late in the show we were again joined by Tommy Yune, who stayed around after Melanie bowed out late in Part 3 to answer more Shadow Chronicles questions.

EPISODE 11 - Robotech Saturday Night

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Duration: 2:15:05
Description: A conversation about various Robotech-related matters. Highlights include discussion of what's known about Shadow Chronicles, and whether or not Leonard was a villain.

EPISODE 10 - Harmony Gold Brand Coordinator Tom Bateman Interview

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Duration: 2:45:23
Description: For this show, we were joined by Tom Bateman, Brand Coordinator at Harmony Gold and Script Editor for The Shadow Chronicles movie. The show followed the same format as the Tommy Yune interview: an hour or so of one-on-one question and answer time with me, followed by round-robin caller questions and then a Robotech roundtable with Tom and the show's regulars. A good time was had by all!

EPISODE 9 - If you like Robotech, you'll also like...

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Duration: 2:01:02
Description: For a change, we only touch lightly on Robotech, as we recommend a number of other shows, movies, books, and so on that we feel Robotech fans would also enjoy. Highlights include a quote from The Quantum Connection by Dr. Travis Taylor, recommendations of Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet, John Ringo's Legacy of the Aldenata, Lord of the Rings, Apocalypse Now, Taran Wanderer, and many more. We are joined for this discussion partway through by Tom Bateman of Harmony Gold.

EPISODE 7 - Harmony Gold Creative Director Tommy Yune Interview

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Duration: 3:02:03
Description: This episode featured special guest Tommy Yune, Creative Director of Harmony Gold, co-writer/co-director of the new Robotech feature The Shadow Chronicles, currently scheduled for release on February 6th, 2007. This three-hour episode starts as an interview show, with many interesting questions asked, then in the third hour turns into more of a fan roundtable in which some matters of Robotech and Shadow Chronicles continuity are discussed and questions answered. There has not been an interview or fan chat as long or thorough as this one outside of a comic convention!

EPISODE 6 - Darkwater & Smitty

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Duration: 2:06:54
Description: I was joined for this show by Darkwater, blogger for The Unofficial Robotech Reporter, and Jason "Smitty" Smith, a long-time Robotech fan from the old Robotech Mailing List days. I interviewed Darkwater at length about his fan experiences and about the Shadow Chronicles News site he administered prior to Reporter. I also talked to Jason Smith about the good old days of the Robotech Mailing List. After that, we were joined by Brooklyn Red Leg, CavScout, Justy Ueki Tylor (for a while), and Fernando Gonzalez (chat only) for a roundtable discussion that covered such topics as the fate of the Zentraedi species, the future of the Robotech franchise, and the Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles comic books.

EPISODE 5 - "Mad" Mike Choi - WARNING: MANY, MANY FOUR-LETTER WORDS

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Duration: 2:33:00
Description: WARNING: This episode contains many, many four-letter words. This impromptu fan chat was joined by Michael "Mad Mike" Choi, a long-time flame warrior from the good old days of the Robotech mailing list. "Mad Mike" is one of those people who uses four-letter words as punctuation in the course of ordinary conversation, so this episode is liberally sprinkled with them (and some three- and five-letter words too). Don't even start listening if that is likely to offend you. Also in attendance are prior guests Presley Cannady, CavScout, Justy of RDF Underground, Fernando Gonzales, and Brooklyn Red Leg (later in the show). After I briefly interview Mike about how he got started in Robotech, and his time on the Robotech mailing list, we talk about yesterday's Peter Walker interview, Robotech fandom today, Roy Fokker's age in both Robotech and Macross, Thinking Caps, Macross continuity, Lancer's Rockers, and the latest Frank Agrama news, then we digress at length into Southern Cross mecha discussion, and finally close out the show with a discussion of the prospects for Shadow Chronicles's success and the future of Robotech fandom. REMEMBER: This episode contains many, many four-letter words.

EPISODE 5 - "Mad" Mike Choi - WARNING: MANY, MANY FOUR-LETTER WORDS

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Duration: 2:33:00
Description: WARNING: This episode contains many, many four-letter words. This impromptu fan chat was joined by Michael "Mad Mike" Choi, a long-time flame warrior from the good old days of the Robotech mailing list. "Mad Mike" is one of those people who uses four-letter words as punctuation in the course of ordinary conversation, so this episode is liberally sprinkled with them (and some three- and five-letter words too). Don't even start listening if that is likely to offend you. Also in attendance are prior guests Presley Cannady, CavScout, Justy of RDF Underground, Fernando Gonzales, and Brooklyn Red Leg (later in the show). After I briefly interview Mike about how he got started in Robotech, and his time on the Robotech mailing list, we talk about yesterday's Peter Walker interview, Robotech fandom today, Roy Fokker's age in both Robotech and Macross, Thinking Caps, Macross continuity, Lancer's Rockers, and the latest Frank Agrama news, then we digress at length into Southern Cross mecha discussion, and finally close out the show with a discussion of the prospects for Shadow Chronicles's success and the future of Robotech fandom. REMEMBER: This episode contains many, many four-letter words.

EPISODE 4 - Peter Walker Interview

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Duration: 1:49:07
Description: Arguably the most controversial man in Internet Robotech fandom, Walker created the Objective: Reflex Point glossaries that subsequently evolved into the Robotech Reference Guide. This guide became known as one of the pre-eminent sources of fan speculation and reasoning about the timeline of Robotech and the probable capabilities of the Robotech mecha, based on visual cues from the TV series and on translations of the original Japanese source material. And the more vocal members of the Robotech fandom community have been arguing about it ever since. The interview covers how the whole thing got started, what he's been doing since then, and what he thinks of where Robotech fandom is going today. We talked about the fandom experience early on, RoboCon 10 in 1995, and what Peter has been doing since largely departing from Robotech fandom. Other callers included fellow Robotech fans CavScout and Brooklyn Red Leg.

EPISODE 3 - Old-School Night

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Duration: 4:29:37
Description: What began as an ad-hoc Robotech chat turned into a four and a half hour long conversation as I was joined by most of the on-line Robotech fans I know, including some newcomers but also a number of old-school folks from the good old days of the Robotech mailing list—Presley Cannady, Justy Ueki Tylor, CavScout, Brooklyn Red Leg (aka "Rabid Southern Cross Fan"), Fernando—and we discussed a wide-ranging array of interesting topics, including Robotech fandom through the eighties and nineties, the nature of Protoculture and other technical and historical minutia about the Robotech background, visual cues in the show, our various fanfic "epics" (including the one Robotech fanfic ever known to be MiSTied) and so on. I apologize for the length, but in our defense, there's a lot of truly fascinating stuff here…and wouldn't you rather have "too much" Robotech neepery than too little? You may want to listen to this one a little bit per day for a week or so. It's worth it, trust me.

(Also to note, I changed the grade of the show from All Audiences to Parental Control because there ended up being an occasional four-letter word from time to time; nothing too offensive but I figured better to be safe than sorry.)