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March 7, 2025 Remembering George Zebrowski, who died on December 20th, 2024 at the age of 78, by going back to George's appearance in the WUSB studio during the I-Con 10 Mystery Guest special on April 19th, 1991. The winner of the 1999 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for his novel Brute Orbits, George was part of a group of authors, scientists, and editors who appeared live on Destinies, joining co-hosts Howard Margolin and Glenn Greenberg for an impromptu gathering during the annual convention of science fiction, fact, and fantasy. Along with his partner in work and life, Pamela Sargent, scientist and author Charles Pellegrino, and Marvel Comics promotions director Steve Saffel, George and the group talked about their individual and mutual projects, the state of science fiction at the time, working with cover artists, and the differences in publishing between novels and comic books.



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February 28, 2025 Actor Mark Strickson, who played Vislor Turlough during the Peter Davison era of Doctor Who, returns for an update interview, exactly 39 years to the day after his first appearance. In a conversation recorded at last summer's Long Island Doctor Who convention, you'll learn about the direction Mark's life and career went since 1986, including his evolution into a producer of nature documentaries, and his occasional return to Doctor Who through Big Finish audio productions. Also, Doctor Who actors Colin Baker and Terry Molloy star as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in an onstage performance of act one of their version of "The Hound of the Baskervilles," as the first edition of the L.I. Who Cabaret begins. Plus, in memory of actress Michelle Trachtenberg, who died on February 26th at the age of 39, you'll hear her songs from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More With Feeling."



February 21, 2025 The Destinies Film Review Avengers (Howard Margolin, Audrey Dettmering, Dave Campfield, Timothy Gillespie) assemble to discuss Captain America: Brave New World. Is the movie a worthy successor to the previous Captain America series, which included some of the best in MCU history? How does Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson take up the mantle of Captain America without the benefit of Steve Rogers' super-soldier serum? Is the movie unwittingly prescient, in making the President of the United States into a red rage monster? What did Marvel do to address threats of boycotts if the Israeli character Ruth Bat-Seraph remained in the film? And what is the movie worth on the famous Destinies zero to $9.50 rating scale?



February 14, 2025 Saluting the release of Captain America: Brave New World, with Tom Taylorson telling the story of how Steve Rogers met Sam Wilson as he reads from the novelization of Captain America: The Winter Soldier on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler. In memory of humorist Jules Feiffer, travel back to 1981 for an encore performance of Feiffer's sketch "George's Moon," performed by Cameron Douglas and Robert Smedfjeld of the Little Theater Company of Commack. Christina M. Rau reads her poem "Our Sacred Geometry." Patrick Thomas' "Dear Cthulhu" answers a letter from a man with a gambling problem.

  

February 7, 2025 Destinies is pre-empted by WUSB's semi-annual Regis Marathon:

"I'm out of control!" I meant Reggae Marathon.

January 31, 2025 An all-memorial special as The Voice of Science Fiction brings you its 40th annual tribute to the crews of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. Learn about the crew and the preparation that went into Columbia's last mission when Evelyn Husband reads part 15 of High Calling: The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband. Travel back to 1966, to relive the Broadway debut of the late actress Linda Lavin, with her songs from It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman. In memory of cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer, hear his take on "Superman," in a sketch from his 1969 collection, "Feiffer's People," performed by the Destinies crew in 1986. And, learn about the career of director Jeannot Szwarc, over music from John Barry's score for his 1980 film Somewhere in Time.



January 24, 2025 Learn the history behind the long friendship of Saul Tigh and William Adama as Jonathan Davis reads part 2 of Craig Shaw Gardner's Battlestar Galactica: The Cylons' Secret on the Destinies Audio Book Sampler. Return to the Smithtown Historical Society's Frank Brush Barn Grounds on the evening of July 23rd, 2024 for part two of the Smithtown Community Band's final "Starry Nights" concert. Associate Conductor Bradley S. Hartman leads the Band in his own "Ascending to the Skies Above" and Yukiko Nishimura's "Starship." Then, Conductor William T. Link takes over for a medley of John Williams' "Star Wars Marches." And, learn about the Smithtown Community Band's 2025 concert schedule.

  

January 17, 2025 Return to the Smithtown Historical Society's Frank Brush Barn Grounds on the evening of July 23rd, 2024, for part one of a two-part concert by the Smithtown Community Band. Under the direction of William T. Link, the band performs a medley of songs from the soundtrack of Guardians of the Galaxy, and, with guest-vocalist Georganna Piazza, "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera. Then, in honor of the 20th anniversary of Sci-Fi's Battlestar Galactica series, learn how the original war with the Cylons began when Jonathan Davis reads part one of Craig Shaw Gardner's novel The Cylons' Secret on the Destinies Audiobook Sampler.

January 10, 2025 Travel back to 2024's Long Island Doctor Who convention for an exclusive update interview with Jason Haigh-Ellery, producer of Big Finish, which has been releasing original Doctor Who audio dramas since 1999. Returning to Destinies for the first time since 2012, Jason reflects on the origins of Big Finish; how he got the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Doctors to come on board, and later, the 4th, 9th, and 10th Doctors; how Big Finish's recording techniques had to adapt to the 2020 pandemic; and how he continues to reunite Doctor Who cast members who live around the world. In addition, Patrick Thomas' "Dear Cthulhu" answers a letter from a man who is dealing with the consequences of a golfing accident. Plus, Christina M. Rau reads her poem "Everything in Totality."



January 3, 2025 The Destinies Film Review Team (Howard Margolin, Audrey Dettmering, Dave Campfield, Justin Paul, Alex Blaut, Evan Iervalino) assembles live to list their favorite and least favorite science fiction, fantasy, adventure, horror, super-hero, and genre-adjacent movies of 2024. Out of the 150 films eligible for consideration, will there be a consensus among the group? Which, if any, of the year's biggest films will make the best lists? Will there be any surprises or absolute disagreements? Were there any unseen titles that sounded intriguing upon review? And what movies are the team most looking forward to in 2025?

  

December 27, 2024 Destinies explores the multiverse from the point of view of the history of the Beatles. Author Paul Levinson returns for his third appearance to discuss and read from his novel It's Real Life: An Alternate History of the Beatles. It's 1996, and in a world where the Beatles never disbanded, DJ Pete Fornatale walks in the tunnels under Fordham University to emerge and find that the world of music he inhabits is very different. As he struggles to understand how to get in and out of alternate realities, and make sure John Lennon isn't killed in any of them, he will meet the woman who inspired Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne," learn how she can travel between realities at will, and find out how much the world differs when the history of the Beatles changes.

  




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