DESTINIES - THE VOICE OF SCIENCE FICTION
airs on Fridays at 11:30 PM on WUSB, 90.1 FM, the radio station of the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Hundreds of writers, artists, editors, actors, producers, directors, and musicians have appeared on the program since its debut in April, 1983. Here are some of the best Classic Destinies episodes from the last 27 years.
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November 2, 1990 Soundtrack Spotlight on Trevor Jones' score for "Arachnophobia." "The Space Story" discusses how NASA deals with its technical problems. Peter Fernandez stars as Spider-Man in "The Mark of The Man-Wolf" on the Destinies Radio Theater.
May 1, 1992 Destinies celebrates its 9th anniversary with encore presentations of Jesse Flint reading "The Road to Hell," Dave MacPherson reading "Jamais Vu," and Howard Margolin reading "Nellthu" and "Pattern for Survival;" Bobby Enriquez's version of "Classical Gas," Maynard Ferguson's interpretation of the theme from "Star Trek," and Dennis Daniel and Steve Morrison's "Star Trek VI: The Search for Depends Diapers." Plus, a new installment of NASA's "The Space Story" featuring Carl Sagan, and an interview with author John Peel, recorded at I-Con XI.
February 7, 1986 John Madonia previews upcoming movies and reviews Judith Tarr's novel "The Hounds of God" in "Things to Come." Howard Margolin, Gary Halada, and Glenn Hauman perform "Pulpworld" by R.K. Lyon. Howard and Glenn discuss upcoming developments in the comic book industry in the 7th edition of "Graphic Detail." Plus, music from the Alan Parsons Project album "Stereotomy." Includes a surprising Joe Evangelista introduction and response.
May 16, 2003 Live telephone interview with Mateo Latosa, publisher and editor of Powys Media, who discusses his company's output, including the new generation of "Space: 1999" and "The Prisoner" novels, and the original novel "Mary's Monster" by William Latham.
June 11, 1999 Rene Auberjonois reads part two of Dafydd Ab Hugh's "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine-Fallen Heroes" on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler. More music from Dennis McCarthy's score for "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine-The Visitor." Plus, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre performs at the I-Con 18 Cabaret.
June 4, 1999 A Star Trek special featuring part one of Dafydd Ab Hugh's "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" novel "Fallen Heroes," read by Rene Auberjonois, on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler, a Soundtrack Spotlight on Dennis McCarthy's score for the DS9 episode "The Visitor," and a Star Trek comedy routine by Dragon's Lair at the I-Con 18 Cabaret.
March 20, 1992 Celebrating the 30th anniversary of "The Incredible Hulk" first appearance with "Graphic Detail # 63" featuring an interview with Peter David. Plus the Destinies Radio Theater presents "The Incredible Hulk at Bay" narrated by Peter Fernandez.
July 19, 2002 The Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight shines on Robert Rodriguez and John Debney's score for "Spy Kids." Christopher DeFilippis discusses the works of author Jeffrey E. Barlough in volume 2, number 12 of "DeFlip Side." William Shatner reads part one of "TekLords" on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler. Plus, the Boogie Knights perform at the I-Con 21 Cabaret.
May 14, 2004 Nana Visitor analyzes the first season episode "Ghost in the Machine" in an installment of N.E. Genge's "The Unofficial X-Files Companion." Plus, the I-Con 23 Cabaret begins with "Ghoul-A-Go-Go's" Vlad Tsepis introducing a capella filksinger Adam Goss.
May 28, 1993 The Destinies Radio Theater salutes the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of the original trilogy with "The Story of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi." Plus, the extended single version of "Lapti Nek" by Sy Snootles and the Rebo Band.
May 25, 1990 The Destinies Radio Theater presents "The Adventures of Luke Skywalker: Star Wars-The Empire Strikes Back" in celebration of the film's 10th anniversary. Plus, a special "in-store play disc" featuring excerpts from the five albums released by RSO Records in conjunction with "The Empire Strikes Back."
May 22, 1987 The Voice of Science Fiction salutes the 10th anniversary of "Star Wars" with an hour-long special featuring "The Story of Star Wars" on the Destinies Radio Theater, plus Howard Margolin's memories of the first decade of "Star Wars."
September 2, 2005 Live telephone interview with Charles Ross, who discusses and performs a scene from his off-Broadway and world-touring show "The One-Man Star Wars Trilogy."
December 10, 2004 Destinies' annual Christmas special featuring a Soundtrack Spotlight on John Debney's score for Elf. Christopher DeFilippis discusses "The Dark Side of the Claus" in volume 2, number 41 of "DeFlip Side." And, The Six Million Dollar Man meets "The Toymaker" in a holiday presentation of the Destinies Radio Theater.
April 29, 2005 Destinies' 22nd Anniversary Special featuring encore readings from authors Justin Gustainis, Glenn Greenberg, Marc Vun Kannon, Gary Tigerman, Scott Nicholson, Dr. William Katz, and Keith R. A. DeCandido, as well as music by David Arkenstone, Alan Parsons, and the Ventures. Plus, Christopher DeFilippis looks back at the best science fiction of the past 75 years in volume 2, number 45 of "DeFlip Side."
November 28, 2003 In a live telephone interview, Neil Norman makes his third Destinies appearance to discuss and introduce tracks from his Super Audio CD, "Sci-Fi in Hi-Fi."
September 19, 2003 Live telephone interview with actor and author Richard Hatch, who discusses and reads an excerpt from his "Battlestar Galactica" novel "Paradis."
January 15, 1985 In a Pre-"Graphic Detail" segment, Howard Margolin reviews "Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars," "Camelot 3000," and the first issue of "Crisis on Infinite Earths." Then, Howard, John Madonia, and Ralph Schiano present some of their favorite science fiction soundtrack music. Featuring selections from "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," "Brainstorm," "Things to Come," "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," and "History of the World-Part 1.
April 15, 2005 Live I-Con 24 Retrospective, a 65-minute special covering the high and low points of the convention with Howard Margolin, Christopher DeFilippis, Jim Knusch, Barry Loberfeld, Adam Goss, and Phil Merkel, making his Destinies debut.
April 21, 1995 Destinies celebrates its 12th anniversary with a spotlight on women in science fiction. Features readings of stories by Richard Matheson and Geri Levinson, Peter David's "Take Your Daughter To Work Day" read by Shana David, music by Taylor Dane and Mason Williams, an installment of NASA's "The Space Story," episode 9 of "Batman: The Complete Knightfall Saga" on the Destinies Radio Theater, and an exclusive interview with actress Sarah Douglas, recorded at I-Con XI.
March 12, 2004 I-Con 23 Performers Preview featuring Peter Jurasik, Sudden Death, Kenny Young & the Eggplants, Voltaire, and Emerald Rose. Plus, Christopher DeFilippis discusses some controversial casting considerations in Volume 2, Number 32 of "DeFlip Side."
October 7, 1994 Live telephone interview with Walter Koenig, who discusses his work on "Star Trek," "Babylon 5," and the comic book mini-series "Raver."
June 20, 2003 Christopher DeFilippis discusses his favorite comic books in volume 2, number 23 of "DeFlip Side," aka "Graphic Detail" # 143. Captain Zorikh makes his debut at the I-Con 22 Cabaret, along with Morrie the K. Plus, the Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight shines on Danny Elfman's score for "Hulk."
February 11, 2005 Live telephone interview with composer David Arkenstone, who makes his second Destinies appearance to discuss and introduce selections from his Grammy-nominated album "Atlantis-A Symphonic Journey."
February 8, 2002 Live, in-studio interview with Jim Knusch aka Professor Kinema, who makes his second Destinies appearance to discuss the history of genre cinema from the 1900's to the 1960's.
January 16, 2004 The Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight shines on Don Davis' and Juno Reactor's score for "The Matrix Reloaded." Christopher DeFilippis reviews his best and worst reads of 2003 in volume 2, number 30 of "DeFlip Side." Dwight Schultz and Robert O'Reilly present part 6 of Phil Farrand's "Nitpicker's Fun and Games for Next Generation Trekkers."
January 28, 2005 Saluting the memory of the crews of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia with a retrospective look at the Apollo 1 disaster from 1967. Plus, music by Vic Mizzy from the soundtrack of "The Reluctant Astronaut." Christopher DeFilippis describes his best and worst reads of 2004 in volume 2, number 42 of "DeFlip Side." And, in honor of the 10th anniversary of "Star Trek: Voyager," the City of Prague Philharmonic performs Jerry Goldsmith's theme for the series
January 8, 1985 John Madonia reviews "The Merchant's War" by Frederick Pohl and "Circumpolar" by Richard A. Lupoff in "Things To Come," then joins with Howard Margolin and Ralph Schiano to discuss their favorite science fiction, fantasy, and adventure films of 1984. The first ever Destinies Year-In-Film Review Show.
December 27, 2002 "Graphic Detail" # 140, featuring a live full-length review of the best, worst, and most disappointing developments in the comic book industry for 2002 with Howard Margolin, Jim Rowland, and Bob Rozakis.
November 27, 1984 A digitally-re-edited pre-recorded interview with author Frank Herbert and screenwriter/director David Lynch about the making of the movie "Dune." The Amazing Spider-Man receives help from a "Strange Ally" in part 5 of "From Beyond the Grave" on the Destinies Radio Theater. Plus, music from the Intergalactic Touring Band and the soundtrack of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
December 11, 1984 Howard Margolin introduces selections from the soundtrack of "Dune." John Madonia previews upcoming films, television, and books in "Things To Come," then teams with Ralph Schiano to review "2010" and "Starman."
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