Let's Do Lunch

On this week’s Naked Lunch podcast, hosts Phil Rosenthal and David Wild sit down to eat with Brent Spiner, best known around the world, as they write, “for his brilliant performance as the android Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation and in other Star Trek films and series as well as playing Dr. Brackish Okun in the Independence Day films. But Phil and Brent are longtime friends, and this wide-ranging lunch held at the sadly just-closed Malibu Kitchen covers galaxies of territory, from Brent's work experiences with icons like Walter Matthau, Stephen Sondheim and Martin Scorsese, as well as a wild story of being stalked that inspired Brent's 2021 book, Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events. On a far more pleasant note, David has lots of questions about Brent's impressive musical life, including Dreamland, Brent's fantastic 2008 concept album with the extraordinary vocalist Maude Maggart featuring great voice acting work by Mark Hamill.” 

One quibble:  Left out in their description of his musical career and the discussion is that Spiner also starred on Broadway as ‘John Adams’ in the revival of the musical 1776.  ​No small thing...  But at least I can mention it here!

I can’t embed the audio, but if you click on the link here, it will take you to the website, where you just click on the “Play” arrow underneath the photo.