261. Prisoners of Gravity: The Classic Sci-Fi Talk Show
Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
David Barr Kirtley
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2017
⏱️ 96 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Wired.com presents The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. |
| 0:13.0 | And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley. |
| 0:17.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 261 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. |
| 0:24.0 | Today on the show we'll be discussing Prisoners of Gravity, a great science fiction talk show that aired on TV Ontario from 1989 to 1994 |
| 0:31.0 | and I'm joined by three guests. |
| 0:34.0 | So first up we've got Rick Green. |
| 0:35.9 | He's written and performed in 700 episodes of TV and radio, including such series as |
| 0:39.9 | history bites, the Red Green, and Frantic Times. |
| 0:43.0 | He also created the groundbreaking website totally AED.com, and has produced over a dozen videos on every |
| 0:48.4 | aspect of ADHD. He also appeared as the on-air host of prisoners of gravity under the name Commander Rick. |
| 0:54.0 | So Rick, welcome to the show. |
| 0:56.0 | Thank you. Great to be here, David. |
| 0:58.0 | The next up we've got Mark Ask With. |
| 1:01.0 | From 1982 to 1987, he was the manager of the Silver Snail comic |
| 1:05.0 | book store in Toronto and he served as an advisor on the documentary comic book |
| 1:08.8 | Confidential. He also wrote the Prisoner Graphic Novel for DC Comics, |
| 1:12.8 | co-created Prisoners of Gravity, |
| 1:14.7 | served as showrunner for the author interview show Imprint, |
| 1:17.3 | and is currently the producer special projects |
| 1:19.2 | at the Space Network. |
| 1:20.4 | So Mark, welcome to the show. |
| 1:22.2 | Thanks for having me, David. |
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