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June 26, 2009 The Destinies Film Review Team (Howard Margolin, Jim Rowland, Phil Merkel) assembles live to discuss "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
Take the TARDIS to hear all the Classic Destinies episodes including the
August 1, 1986 episode featuring James Doohan staring in an original "Star Trek" comedy sketch at the 1986 Cabaret.
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June 19, 2009 Destinies joins in WUSB's Blues Marathon with its 11th annual Science Fiction Blues Special, featuring music from Jim Byrnes' and Lynda Carter's new albums, as well as songs by Robert Klein, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and Denny Zeitlin, and selections from the soundtracks of "Rest Stop: Don't Look Back," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
June 12, 2009 Live preview of the Big Apple Con Summer Sizzler, featuring a telephone interview with Spat, director of operations for Big Apple Con.
June 5, 2009 Live telephone interview with author
Justin Gustainis, who makes his third appearance to discuss and present an exclusive audio excerpt from his latest novel, "Evil Ways," the second adventure of Supernatural Investigators Quincey Morris and his partner, white witch Libby Chastain.
May 29, 2009 The Destinies Film Review Team (Howard Margolin, Jim Rowland, Stevel Lowenthal, Christopher DeFilippis, Phil Merkel, and Audrey Dettmering) assembles to discuss "Terminator Salvation."
May 22, 2009 Howard Margolin marks the 25th anniversary of his first solo production of "Destinies" by saluting the release of "Terminator: Salvation," with Jonathan Davis reading the prologue from the novelization of "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler, and a Soundtrack Spotlight on Marco Beltrami's score for "Terminator 3." In addition, Nana Visitor discusses the science behind the first season episode "Eve" in a new installment of "The Unofficial X-Files Companion."
May 15, 2009 Destinies returns to the final frontier with a review of
Star Trek Featuring Jim Rowland, Steve Lowenthal,
Christopher DeFilippis, Phil Merkel and Brian Krey
May 8, 2009 Destinies begins its 27th year with the film review team eXaming
X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Featuring Jim Rowland, Steve Lowenthal,
Christopher DeFilippis, Audrey Dettmering and Phil Merkel.
May 1, 2009 Hour-long 26th anniversary special, featuring encore readings by authors Andy Remic, Patrick Thomas, Peter David, and Keith R.A. DeCandido, plus Jenna George's story "Second Chances In The Fourth Dimension;" music by Michael Wandmacher (The Punisher: War Zone), Kevin Kiner (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), and Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica: Season 3), as well as a reggae version of "Classical Gas." Also, Christopher DeFilippis discusses the recent "Quantum Leap" 20th anniversary convention in volume 2, number 91 of "DeFlip Side.
April 17, 2009 Part two of the
Forrest J Ackerman (4SJ) Memorial, featuring a talk by Forry recorded at
Dragon Con in 1997by John L. Coker, III. In this segment, Forry tells stories about his trips to Holland and Japan, and relates anecdotes about a number of legendary SF writers, including Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, L. Ron Hubbard, Robert Heinlein, David Kyle, and Dr. David Keller (who also managed an insane asylum).
April 10, 2009 The Voice of Science Fiction remembers the late
Forrest J Ackerman (4SJ) who
died on Decemeber 4th, 2008 at the age of 92 with part one of a two part talk by Forry recorded by John L. Coker III at
Dragon Con in 1997
April 3, 2009 "Graphic Detail" # 170: Jarrett Crippen, aka "The Defuser" returns to discuss the long-awaited release of "Who Wants To Be A Superhero?: Defuser" from Dark Horse Comics. Also, you'll learn some more behind-the-scenes secrets from the SciFi Channel reality series, find out about Jarrett's charity organiziation, "Scare For A Cure," get an update on the SciFi Channel Original Movie "Lightning Strikes," and hear an excerpt from the latest episode of "Feedback: A Hero's Calling" featuring the Defuser in his original incarnation as "Takedown."
March 27, 2009 Destinies Radiothon 2009 series begins with a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the release of Detective Comics # 27 and the first appearance of Batman. Learn the true story of how the Caped Crusaders began in "The Legend of Batman and Robin" on the Destinies Radio Theater. Plus, on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler, Commander Adama walks through the corridors of his ship for what he thinks will be the last time, and greets his crew in part two of Jeffrey A. Carver's novelization of "Battlestar Galactica," read by Jonathan Davis.
March 20, 2009 Saluting the conclusion of "Battlestar Galactica" with part one of Jonathan Davis' reading of Jeffery A. Carver's novelization of the original mini-series on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler. Christopher DeFilippis discusses President Obama's recent reversal of President Bush's ban on embryonic stem cell research in volume 2, number 90 of "DeFlip Side." Plus, the Destinies Debut Soundtrack Spotlight shines on Stephen Endelman's score for "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li."
March 13, 2009 Howard Margolin celebrates his 25th anniversary with the Voice of Science Fiction as the Destinies Film Review Team (Jim Rowland, Steve Lowenthal, Christopher DeFilippis, Phil Merkel, Audrey Dettmering, Brian Krey) assembles to discuss "Watchmen," and rate it on the newly-expanded scale of zero to eight dollars.
March 6, 2009 Soundtrack Spotlight Memorial Special for composer Leonard Rosenman (September 7, 1924-March 4, 2008), including selections from his scores for "The Twilight Zone," "Fantastic Voyage," "The Lord of the Rings," "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," and "RoboCop 2."
February 27, 2009 The Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight shines on
Michael Wandmacher's scores for "Punisher: War Zone" and "My Bloody Valentine 3D," and features a live telephone interview with the composer, who discusses and introduces selections from those scores.
February 20, 2009 This week's show deals with a life lived in reverse, alternate lives, and the afterlife. The Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight shines on
Alexandre Desplat's Oscar-nominated score for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Christopher DeFilippis discusses the ghosts of past Presidents of the United States in volume 2, number 89 of "DeFlip Side." And, Jenna George's "Second Chances in the Fourth Dimension," the winner of the ITS Science Fiction Short Story Contest, is read by a full cast of WUSB staff, including
Howard Margolin, Christopher DeFilippis, Christine from
"Mix Tape Radio," (Thursdays 12am - 3am) Eve from
"Long Island Sound,"(Thursdays 7pm - 8pm) and
Christina from
"The All Ages Show." "(Wednesdays 8pm - 10pm)
February 13, 2009
Saluting the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln and Valentine's Day with a 60-year flashback on the Destinies Radio Theater. The ghost of Abraham Lincoln remembers his life as a young man and recalls his first love in "Valentine," as originally aired on the February 13, 1949 episode of "Quiet Please."
Wyllis Cooper of Quiet Please
February 6, 2009 Destinies is pre-empted for the WUSB
Reggie Marathon
Whoops!....make that the Reggae marathon!
January 30, 2009 24th annual memorial to the crews of the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia featuring a look back at the Apollo 1 disaster in an excerpt from the audio collection "In Their Own Words: The Space Race." Christopher DeFilippis reviews his best and worst reads of 2008 in volume 2, number 88 of "DeFlip Side." The Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight shines on Andrew Lockington's score for "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D." Plus, a preview of season two of the internet audio drama series
"Feedback: A Hero's Calling."
January 23, 2009 Graphic Detail # 169 featuring author
Keith R A Decandido discussing the new Farscape comic book published by Boom Studios.
January 16, 2009 Live telephone interview with John Kenneth Muir, who makes his eleventh Destinies appearance to preview the third season of his internet TV series, "The House Between."
http://www.thehousebetween.com/
January 9, 2009 The Destinies Soundtrack Spotlight is live and on Bear McCreary, Composer of the 4th season of the new Battlestar Galactica, the 2nd season of Eureka, Rest Stop: Don't Look Back and the just released soundtrack to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles featuring "Samson and Delilah" performed by Shirley Manson
Destinies Bear McCreary Playlist: Battlestar Galactica Season 3: Heeding the Call, All Along the Watchtower,
Eureka: Allison's Theme, The Mask of Fargo,
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back: Jesus, He Forgives You Too,
Rest Stop Dead Ahead: Nicole Fights Back,
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Sarah Connor's Theme , Motorcycle Robot Chase,
Eureka: Sheriff Carter's Theme
Bear's Galactica Blog
http://www.bearmccreary.com
January 2, 2009 The Destinies Film Review Team (Howard Margolin, Jim Rowland, Steve Lowenthal, Christopher DeFilippis, and Phil Merkel) assembles to discuss the best and worst science fiction, fantasy, adventure, and horror movies of 2008. Also includes the list of absentee reviewer Audrey Dettmering.
See the complete list of films we considered for the 25th annual review of the year in films by clicking the film projector below
Then read Audrey's film picks by clicking Linn Minmei,
she'll send you to Audrey's list!
December 26, 2008
"Graphic Detail" # 168: A live review of the best, worst, and most disappointing developments in the comic book industry for 2008 by Howard Margolin and Brian Krey, featuring the debut of the William Katt promo.
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