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INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS

744. TREKSPERTS LIVE! w/ BRENT SPINER & GATES MCFADDEN

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Brent Spiner and Gates McFadden join the Treksperts live for their first joint interview.
The episode is a live Q&A session hosted by Darren Dockerman of the Inglorious Treksperts podcast, featuring guests Brent Spiner and Gates McFadden. It begins with lighthearted banter as the hosts welcome the actors, noting this is their first joint interview on the show. The hosts ask about their childhood inspirations, leading Brent Spiner to share stories about Jerry Lewis and falling down stairs to make his family laugh, while Gates McFadden talks about building dollhouses and her parents' hopes for her to marry a prince like Grace Kelly. Brent Spiner recounts a skiing accident that nearly killed Gates McFadden during her time on All My Children. He also discusses his connection to Stephen Sondheim, including a lunch where Sondheim revealed he wrote episodes of Topper as a teenager. Audience questions drive much of the episode, with topics ranging from the on-screen relationship between McFadden and Patrick Stewart to Spiner's approach to playing Data as an android. Gates McFadden shares experiences working with David Bowie on Labyrinth and as a puppet movement director. Brent Spiner tells a story about receiving a historic Colt .44 as a gift after wearing a sweaty costume on set. The actors reflect on episodes like 'Sub Rosa,' which McFadden initially found baffling but has become a cult favorite, and praise makeup artist Michael Westmore's contributions to Star Trek. They discuss missing the show, reasons for its end after seven seasons, and potential returns to Star Trek. The episode concludes with quick audience questions about voice acting, movie analysis, and sci-fi influences before wrapping up due to time constraints.

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A lively Trek Q&A where production stories, Bowie memories, and a stray holodeck promise carry the room.

Darren Dockerman's live Raleigh Q&A with Gates McFadden and Brent Spiner has the easy snap of a room that knows the clock is running. It starts loose, with Dockerman ribbing them about earlier separate interviews, then moves through television work, Labyrinth, and the small…

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You get Bowie memories, a sweat-soaked costume, and a holodeck answer with very specific legal energy.

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