What's New
The Classic Adventures
Destinies WUSB 90.1
Space:1999
Links
Contact Captain Phil
Home



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. Regular features include: the Destinies Audiobook Sampler, Soundtrack Spotlight, Graphic Detail, the Destinies Radio Theater, Christopher DeFilippis' "DeFlip Side," and I-Con highlights from
1985 - 2008, as well as host Dr. Howard Margolin's flawless interviews.

Listen Live to WUSB! Click to Stream Live Audio


WUSB Stony Brook Home Page


Support WUSB Stony Brook,
Radio Free Long Island! Donate Now!


WUSB Stony Brook My Space page

WUSB Stony Brook Wikipedia page

Destinies SUNY Stony Brook Podcast

Christopher DeFilippis, author of "DeFlip Side!"

Click the TARDIS to visit

the Classic Destinies page, then


Catch the USS Enterprise to visit

the Essential Destinies page



Destinies 2008 Archives

Destinies 2007 Archives

Destinies 2006 Archives

Download episodes of Destinies-The Voice of Science Fiction

Currently Available episodes left click to play or right click
and select "save as" to download




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.


Click for Classic Destinies

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.










DJ Optometrist Prime

You can write to Howard Margolin to request copies of Destinies episodes on CD by emailing DestiniesVoice@aol.com
or write:
Destinies c/o WUSB 90.1 FM
Stony Brook Union 266
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3263 U.S.A.


Optometrist Prime

To contact Destinies Webmaster, Captain Phil click the Captain's Lunchbox




Copyright © 2005 - 2008 captphil