Richard Arnold
Biography:
Born in Vancouver, Canada, Richard Arnold was already a fan of science fiction when Star Trek began airing in 1966. He attended his first convention, the 1969 WorldCon, the summer his family moved to St. Louis, MO. There he ran Star Trek fan clubs in both his high school and college, and attended some twenty conventions in the U.S. and Canada. Among those was the first all-Star Trek convention, held in New York City in January of 1972, and it was at that convention that he first met Star Trek's creator, Gene Roddenberry, a man who would later greatly influence his life.
In 1974 Richard moved to Los Angeles, California, where he got to know Susan Sackett, Gene Roddenberry's newly-hired assistant and a fellow Star Trek fan. Due to his good working knowledge of the Star Trek universe, he soon found himself involved as a volunteer consultant to Roddenberry's office, and in 1986, after nearly ten years of being Paramount's 'resident Trekkie', he was hired by the studio (at Roddenberry's insistence!) and became the studio's official Star Trek Consultant. This was in time to work on the show's twentieth anniversary, the promotion of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and the early development of Star Trek: The Next Generation He also began attending some twenty to twenty-five conventions a year, becoming, in the minds of many, an ambassador for Star Trek. Richard remained in this position until shortly after Roddenberry's death. Richard now deals in Star Trek trading cards (a sideline that grew out of writing copy for the manufacturers and helping them design new sets.)
Past Shows:
Nuclear Attacks
Experts on terrorism and nuclear weaponry, author Steve Quayle and Shane Conner of KI4U, Inc. discussed the reality of nuclear terrorism and how we can protect ourselves. Quayle said that there could be as many as 4-5 dozen terrorist nuclear weapons within the U.S., and he warned that the anniversary date of the bombing on Hiroshima, August 6th, might be a time of an attack, since bin Laden has referred to "an American Hiroshima." According to Quayle's sources, the cities of Atlanta, Beaumont, TX; Boston, Chicago, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Seattle, and Washington have been possibly targeted by al-Qaeda nuclear weapons. He has prepared a set of web links related to this topic.Conner believes the US government has dropped the ball by not offering enough civil defense training to citizens. The rate of survivability is good after an attack, but only if people protect themselves from the fallout, he said. For instance, if someone sees a mu ... More »
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