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Starbase Indy Podcast

On the Starbase Indy Podcast we talk to and about people who are inspired by Star Trek and science fiction to work towards a hopeful future in the real world. Many of our guests have been or will be presenters at the live Starbase Indy convention, which takes place in Indianapolis every year over Thanksgiving weekend. We talk to actors, scientists, musicians, writers, creators, fans, engineers, and geeks. Learn more about the live event and the mission at www.starbaseindy.org

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30:39

Creating Mental Health

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/12/10

In this episode of the podcast, recorded LIVE at Starbase Indy 2022, longtime volunteer Todd Wiley joins with Marianne Halbert, JD, from NAMI to talk about common mental illnesses and how to manage them at and away from conventions.

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14:23

Creating A Better World

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/12/02

Recorded live at Starbase Indy 2022, this episode speaks on how we can make the world a better place.

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56:02

Creating Aliens on Screen

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/11/27

This is the first episode recorded LIVE at Starbase Indy 2022. Bill Blair and Sandy Gimpel talk about their careers creating aliens and stunts on the screen.

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41:57

Creating Games

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/11/20

Local game designer John Kennedy talks about the process of bringing the world of Star Trek into tabletop gaming.

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33:36

Father of Klingons part 2

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/11/12

In this continuation of the conversation with Marc Okrand, we talk about the difference between linguistics and fluency, and what has made Klingon one of the most successful constructed languages on the planet.

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42:03

Father of Klingons part 1

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/11/05

In this episode, we talk about how closed captioning for the Oscars was related to the creation of the Klingon language. Listen to Marc Okrand talk about the way he became involved, and some of the decisions he made in designing the language.

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41:29

Spark of Creativity

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/10/29

Rue Sparks is a writer, artist, and poet. She's also a queer, disabled widow. We talk about how these aspects of her identity affect her work and her creativity.

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22:22

Rules Lawyering

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/10/22

Shannon Fauver's interest in Star Trek had drawn her to work that helps people - first in the Peace Corps and later law school and practice. She filed one of four cases that, lumped in with Obergefell, went to the Supreme Court to codify marriage rights regardless of sexual orientation. She's spoken at Starbase Indy and other conventions about whether we'll need lawyers in the future, and when a being has rights. Our conversation covers all of these topics and more.

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43:41

Indiana Sciences

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/10/15

Rufus Cochran is the cofounder of Indiana Sciences, a long-time speaker at Starbase Indy, and was recently recognized as Volunteer of the Year by Central Indiana United Way. We talk about the realities of data science and AI, and about the joy of a good Twitter beef. Join us for this fun conversation.

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32:15

Drawing Conclusions

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/10/08

Gavin Smith makes funny books - though I'm not sure how funny the Mirror Universe of Star Trek is supposed to be? But that's neither here nor there. Gavin has been creating comic books for years, and talks to us about his process and how to create dynamic stories in a static medium.

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21:53

Experiencing the Experiential Gamer

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/10/01

David Welch is the founder of the Experiential Gamer and PopUp Escape Rooms. He brings his events to conventions (He'll be running the Secret Aboard Starship Astraeus at Starbase Indy in November). We talk about his philosophy of game design, and how an experience room is different than an escape room.

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34:12

Making Up

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/09/24

Carl Taliaferro talks about his career as a makeup artist. Hear him discuss the biggest misconceptions about prosthetics makeup, the disadvantages of late night shoots, and what it takes to make a good makeup artist.

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27:27

Body Snatching Aliens

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/09/17

Shannon Eichorn is a scientist and a science fiction writer who has been writing about body snatching aliens since 8th grade. She talks about her work on Project Black Book, and about the engineers who have inspired her work and her life

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49:36

Talking with Dr. Trek

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/09/10

Larry Nemecek is the biggest Star Trek fan in the universe - having written books like the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion and Star Trek: Stellar Cartography. He got his start decades ago, and has interviewed more than 500 people about their involvement in Star Trek. Along the way, he's worked on fan films and his own documentary, as well as podcasts like PORTAL 47 and TREKLAND. We talk to him about the origins of Star Trek fandom, and about what's changing as Trek moves into its new

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28:05

A Comical Life

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/09/03

Paul Allor was just announced as the winner of the 2022 Indiana Author Award in the Genre category for Hollow Heart, his independent comic. His history with comics includes highly recognizable universes like Star Trek, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, GI Joe, Samurai Jack and many others. We talk about his writing process, what people get wrong in their heads about comic book production, and his history of adding in queer characters, often for the first time in a well known comic cannon.

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35:31

Submerge Universe

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/08/27

Award-winning filmmaker Demetrius Witherspoon created the Submerge Universe, which includes not only live action movies, animated movies, comic books, novels, and a wide variety of merchandise. We talk about what he likes about creating across such a wide spectrum of possibilities, and how he got his start in filmmaking.

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53:25

Learning about Alternative Realities

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/08/20

Travis Faas teaches interactive media experience design. His interests include not only a variety of alternative realities (Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality), but also in how people learn to create and design in those spaces.

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25:17

Vendor Spotlight: Author ES Fein

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/08/13

Author ES Fein is making his first appearance in the Starbase Indy vendor room this year. He's lived and worked around the world, using those experiences to inform his science and speculative fiction.

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23:25

Maker Spaces

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/08/06

Our guest Austin Owens describes maker spaces as "community gardens for your mind." He should know, he's been involved with local maker space Cyberia for 12 years, and leading it as its president for the past half decade. Austin is studying engineering at IUPUI, and we talk a bit about his research project on the strongest infill for 3D printing (it's not what everyone thinks it is.)

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27:03

Miss Liz the ScienceWiz

Starbase Indy Podcast ·

2022/07/30

Liz Bolger loves her job, teaching science to kids. She talks about how she got started, how she engages her audience, and gives advice for parents on how they can get their kids engaged in exploring the worlds around them.

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