MarkWHO42

An ensign who is starting his career and a dangerous villain with an unknown agenda. A starship captain and a defender of a marginalized group. The voice of The Doctor's second-best friend. Come join Mark Baumgarten, Vicky Jakubowski, and Juan Sanmiguel as they remember Walter Koenig, Patrick Stewart, and John Leeson.

• Vote for MarkWHO42's own Mark Baumgarten in the Top Host competition, sponsored by iHeartRadio and Ryan Seacrest, so he can join Ryan Seacrest as a special guest on his morning show, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, host his very own six-episode podcast, professionally produced by iHeartRadio, and $25,000 to bolster his career in broadcasting. Go to https://tophost.org/2026/mark-baumgarten and vote once every 24 hours, or vote more if you donate to the Ryan Seacrest Foundation (RSF). This nonprofit organization creates interactive media studios, named Seacrest Studios, in children's hospitals nationwide.

• To listen to our previous episodes from 2012 to the present, featuring more than 150 celebrity interviews from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Farscape, and others, visit our MarkWHO42 Classic Episodes YouTube playlist!
• To reach out or contact us, write to [email protected]
• And for a full calendar of anime, comic book, cosplay, horror, pop culture, sci-fi and toy conventions, events & shows in the state of Florida, plus news, reviews and more, go to Florida Geek Scene... They are where pop culture happens!

Is there anything you cannot do in Star Trek? The fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has horror, partying, noir, soap operas, and puppets! Did it work? Join Juan Sanmiguel, Vicky Jakubowski, and special guest Ann Michelle Harris (nerds of a feather) as they explore the final frontier.

• Vote for MarkWHO42's own Mark Baumgarten in the Top Host competition, sponsored by iHeartRadio and Ryan Seacrest, so he can join Ryan Seacrest as a special guest on his morning show, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, host his very own six-episode podcast, professionally produced by iHeartRadio, and $25,000 to bolster his career in broadcasting. Go to https://tophost.org/2026/mark-baumgarten and vote once every 24 hours, or vote more if you donate to the Ryan Seacrest Foundation (RSF). This nonprofit organization creates interactive media studios, named Seacrest Studios, in children's hospitals nationwide.

• To listen to our previous episodes from 2012 to the present, featuring more than 150 celebrity interviews from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Farscape, and others, visit our MarkWHO42 Classic Episodes YouTube playlist!
• To reach out or contact us, write to [email protected]
• And for a full calendar of anime, comic book, cosplay, horror, pop culture, sci-fi and toy conventions, events & shows in the state of Florida, plus news, reviews and more, go to Florida Geek Scene... They are where pop culture happens!

Are you obsessed with a singular goal? Do you double your effort while forgetting your goal? Have ACME products harmed you? If so, check out Juan Sanmiguel and Kim Farah as they explore Coyote vs. ACME.

• To listen to our previous episodes from 2012 to the present, featuring more than 150 celebrity interviews from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Farscape, and others, visit our MarkWHO42 Classic Episodes YouTube playlist!
• To reach out or contact us, write to [email protected]
• And for a full calendar of anime, comic book, cosplay, horror, pop culture, sci-fi and toy conventions, events & shows in the state of Florida, plus news, reviews and more, go to Florida Geek Scene... They are where pop culture happens!

Swing into the chaos of Spider‑Man: Brand New Day as we break down the twists, secrets, and spellbinding surprises that have fans and new converts buzzing. We dig into how Sony ended up with the rights to Spider‑Man, and why the tangled history of film rights for Marvel characters still shapes the stories we see today.  Will the studio ever hand the web‑slinger back to Marvel/Disney? Has Spider‑Man finally learned that a superhero can never truly trust the government? Is the bond between Peter, Ned, and MJ stronger than Doctor Strange’s magic? And was Jean Grey hidden in plain sight all along? For more on your friendly neighborhood Spider‑Man, join Vicky Jakubowski and Juan Sanmiguel as they dive deep into the Brand New Day.

• To listen to our previous episodes from 2012 to the present, featuring more than 150 celebrity interviews from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Farscape, and others, visit our MarkWHO42 Classic Episodes YouTube playlist!
• To reach out or contact us, write to [email protected]
• And for a full calendar of anime, comic book, cosplay, horror, pop culture, sci-fi and toy conventions, events & shows in the state of Florida, plus news, reviews and more, go to Florida Geek Scene... They are where pop culture happens!

The BBC has been preparing to put Doctor Who out to Competitive Tender—and as of 17 September 2026, the process has begun. What does the Invitation to Tender mean, and why should Doctor Who fans be excited? Mark Baumgarten and guest Jarrod Cooper discuss much more than that on this very special episode of MarkWHO42.

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• To listen to our previous episodes from 2012 to the present, featuring more than 150 celebrity interviews from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Farscape, and others, visit our MarkWHO42 Classic Episodes YouTube playlist!
• To reach out or contact us, write to [email protected]
• And for a full calendar of anime, comic book, cosplay, horror, pop culture, sci-fi and toy conventions, events & shows in the state of Florida, plus news, reviews and more, go to Florida Geek Scene... They are where pop culture happens!

Get ready to hear about a classic story. It is about a man trying to get home and the obstacles in his way. It is about the best and the worst in humanity. Join Juan Sanmiguel and Kim Farah as they journey on their look at Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

• To listen to our previous episodes from 2012 to the present, featuring more than 150 celebrity interviews from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Farscape, and others, visit our MarkWHO42 Classic Episodes YouTube playlist!
• To reach out or contact us, write to [email protected]
• And for a full calendar of anime, comic book, cosplay, horror, pop culture, sci-fi and toy conventions, events & shows in the state of Florida, plus news, reviews and more, go to Florida Geek Scene... They are where pop culture happens!

Still worried about Competitive Tender and Doctor Who's future? Well, Mark Baumgarten and guest Jarrod Cooper aren't... But it still seems that nothing is happening. Is it, as Mark Gatiss thinks, that Doctor Who may not come back in the foreseeable future (while doing his press junket for Season 2 of Bookish), or, unlike some of our podcast competitors have been saying, does the BBC want the show to continue? We say the latter, and we discuss it during this very special episode of MarkWHO42.

• To listen to our previous episodes from 2012 to the present, featuring more than 150 celebrity interviews from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Farscape, and others, visit our MarkWHO42 Classic Episodes YouTube playlist!
• To reach out or contact us, write to [email protected]
• And for a full calendar of anime, comic book, cosplay, horror, pop culture, sci-fi and toy conventions, events & shows in the state of Florida, plus news, reviews and more, go to Florida Geek Scene... They are where pop culture happens!

It's Hugo Awards time again. The Hugos will be awarded on August 30 at LA Con V, the 84th Worldcon, in Anaheim, CA. In this bumper-length episode of MarkWHO42, join Juan Sanmiguel, Trish Matson, and Paul Weimer, from The Skiffy and Fanty Show as they discuss the Media and Prose Finalists.

• To listen to our previous episodes from 2012 to the present, featuring more than 150 celebrity interviews from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Farscape, and others, visit our MarkWHO42 Classic Episodes YouTube playlist!
• To reach out or contact us, write to [email protected]
• And for a full calendar of anime, comic book, cosplay, horror, pop culture, sci-fi and toy conventions, events & shows in the state of Florida, plus news, reviews and more, go to Florida Geek Scene... They are where pop culture happens!

This is an interview between Mark Baumgarten, host of the MarkWHO42 podcast, and Charles McFall, Digital Media Track Director at Dragon Con, discussing the upcoming 40th-anniversary convention scheduled for September 3-7, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. Charles explained that Dragon Con has grown from 1,500 attendees in 1987 to approximately 74,000-76,000 attendees across five host hotels, featuring almost 36 programming tracks, including the BritTrack, Star Trek, Star Wars, and main programming with celebrity guests such as David Tennant, Billie Piper, Katee Sackhoff, Edward James Olmos, and Jonathan Coulton. Mark discussed his plans to attend as both press and a fan, expressing particular interest in the BritTrack programming and the famous parade that shuts down downtown Atlanta streets. They covered practical aspects, including hotel locations, accessibility accommodations, weapons policies, and tips for first-time attendees, with Charles emphasizing that Dragon Con offers something for everyone across multiple genres while maintaining its fan-run and fan-focused nature. Oh, and Mark goes on a Doctor Who Competitive Tender tangent... but of course he does.

• For more information, go to https://www.dragoncon.org/

• To listen to our previous episodes from 2012 to the present, featuring more than 150 celebrity interviews from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Farscape, and others, visit our MarkWHO42 Classic Episodes YouTube playlist!
• To reach out or contact us, write to [email protected]
• And for a full calendar of anime, comic book, cosplay, horror, pop culture, sci-fi and toy conventions, events & shows in the state of Florida, plus news, reviews and more, go to Florida Geek Scene... They are where pop culture happens!

Is this movie about aliens or are aliens a vector to a deeper truth the filmmaker wants to tell us? How do we deal with learning a hidden truth? What really makes us human? Join Juan Sanmiguel and Arturo Serrano (nerds of a feather) as they examine Disclosure Day.

• To listen to our previous episodes from 2012 to the present, featuring more than 150 celebrity interviews from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Farscape, and others, visit our MarkWHO42 Classic Episodes YouTube playlist!
• To reach out or contact us, write to [email protected]
• And for a full calendar of anime, comic book, cosplay, horror, pop culture, sci-fi and toy conventions, events & shows in the state of Florida, plus news, reviews and more, go to Florida Geek Scene... They are where pop culture happens!