{"id":886,"date":"2009-05-13T19:38:39","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T03:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/wordpress\/?p=886"},"modified":"2024-12-14T20:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T04:04:16","slug":"204-rod-roddenberry-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/204-rod-roddenberry-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"#204 Rod Roddenberry Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this special episode of the NosillaCast, I interview Rod Roddenberry, son of Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry.  Rod tells us about his love for the Mac, the documentary he&#8217;s creating about his dad, and his passion for diving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=81677867\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:none\" src=\"https:\/\/podfeet.com\/NosillaCast\/artwork\/subscribe_w_itunes.jpg\" alt=\"itunes\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3?http:\/\/media.libsyn.com\/media\/nosillacast\/NC_2009_05_13.mp3\">Listen to the Podcast Once<\/a> (27 min)<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nToday is Wednesday May 13th, 2009 and this show number 204.  Yes, I know I forgot to say the date AND the show number on Sunday, but I was so excited about having Don McAllister live on the show that I got flummoxed and forgot to read my own script!  Well speaking of flummoxed and off script, what the heck am I doing broadcasting a show on a Wednesday?  This is the special Rod Roddenberry episode as promised last week.  In case you missed that show, last weekend Steve and I had the thrill of having Don come visit us for the weekend and for the three of us to go over to Catalina Island to see a special screening of the new Star Trek Movie.<\/p>\n<p>We had such a ball with Don &#8211; fed him Taco Bell (he came in on a Thursday), played ping pong, had a few beers, he taught me how to drink Jack Daniel&#8217;s and coke &#8211; and we played on our computers quite a bit.  The way we ended up on Catalina (which by the way is a 27 mile long island off the coast of Los Angeles) was because Rod Roddenberry, son of the legendary Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek actually invited us!  Adam Christianson of <a href=\"http:\/\/maccast.com\">the MacCast<\/a> is a friend of his and through him Rod invited all the Mac Podcasters.  For some reason none of the others came, but we were there in a heartbeat.  A great thrill for me was when we were walking down the street we recognized Rod (we&#8217;d been watching his video blog (<a href=\"http:\/\/web.me.com\/ewrrod\/rodpod\/rod_pod\/rod_pod.html\">The Rod Pod<\/a>) and of course I brashly ran up to him and introduced us.  Imagine my thrill when he said, &#8220;wow, that&#8217;s crazy hearing your voice NOT through my headphones!&#8221;  I couldn&#8217;t believe it, he actually listens to the show!  How cool is that?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/podfeet.com\/NosillaCast\/NC_2009_05_13\/al_rod_roddenberry_sm.jpg\" alt=\"Al and Rod chat\" style=\"float: right;\"\/>Well anyway, fast forward to the afternoon when Rod showed up at a beach side restaurant\/bar where we were hanging out (he&#8217;d actually said he&#8217;d be there) and of course I just HAPPENED to have my Zoom H2 with me, so I asked him if he&#8217;d mind terribly if I could have a five minute interview with him.  He said, &#8220;five minutes? is that all I get? I&#8217;ve always wanted to be on a Mac podcast but didn&#8217;t know if I was worthy!&#8221;  I loved it!  I decided, out of the goodness of my heart to let him have a 30 minute interview.  i think you&#8217;ll like it, he&#8217;s so genuine and fun and kind and enthusiastic I didn&#8217;t want it to end either. So enough of me yapping, let&#8217;s listen to the interview. <\/p>\n<p>====insert interview=============<\/p>\n<p>Well that&#8217;s going to wind up the show, I put a link in the shownotes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roddenberrydiveteam.com\/\">roddenberrydiveteam.com<\/a> so you can go check that out, and be sure to follow Rod on twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/roddenberry\">twitter.com\/roddenberry<\/a> and me at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/podfeet\">twitter.com\/podfeet<\/a>.  Keep all the great emails coming (especially those dumb questions!) and we&#8217;ll see you next week on the 4 year anniversary show complete with party gifts!  Thanks for listening, and stay subscribed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this special episode of the NosillaCast, I interview Rod Roddenberry, son of Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry. Rod tells us about his love for the Mac, the documentary he&#8217;s creating about his dad, and his passion for diving. 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