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Dial the Gate is a series which aims to celebrate the success of the Stargate television and movie franchise with the creators and fans in long-form, multi-part retrospective interviews.

David Read


    • Sep 28, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 15m AVG DURATION
    • 302 EPISODES


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    312: John G. Lenic (Producer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 86:22


    Starting off as an assistant to the producers of Stargate SG-1, John G. Lenic worked his way through the ranks to become a full producer and production manager in his own right. He joins us on Dial the Gate for a pre-recorded discussion on his journey through the franchise and shares behind the scenes details you've never heard before!

    309: The Complete Earth Weapons Guide to Stargate with Rob Fournier

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 104:01


    Stargate SG-1, Atlantis and Universe Armorer, Rob Fournier, returns to Dial the Gate to detail every projectile weapon covered in the franchise. We cover well over one hundred pieces from a production and historical perspective. Put on your learning cap, because we're diving in!

    307: Dean Marshall ("Sergeant Bates")

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 66:57


    With Colonel Marshall Sumner swiftly dispatched by the Wraith in the pilot of Stargate Atlantis, it fell upon Sergeant Bates to be the foil to push back against Major John Sheppard in the early episodes of the series. We are thrilled to welcome Dean Marshall to the show to discuss that chapter of his life and to take your questions LIVE!

    306: Corin Nemec Part 3 ("Jonas Quinn")

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 67:32


    We are privileged to welcome the return of Stargate SG-1's Corin Nemec! We will delve deeper into his book, "Creating a Character for the Stage or Life," by unpacking and contrasting two characters from his past: Harold Lauder and Jonas, of course!

    305: Robert C. Cooper Part 11 (Executive Producer, Writer, Director)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 83:17


    Our long discussion with Stargate Executive Producer Robert C. Cooper on Stargate SG-1 finally comes to an end. Season Ten comes into complete focus with this episode, and with it some interesting thoughts about episodes such as "200," "Unending" and much more.

    304: Lane Gates ("Shifu")

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 49:07


    A fan-favorite since his first appearance, Shifu solved some of the earlier questions in Stargate SG-1 lore and brought us closer to the characters of Sha're and Oma Desala. Actor Lane Gates joins us LIVE to share memories from his childhood performance and to take your questions!

    302: Rob Lee ("Colonel Pierce")

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 66:54


    What made Stargate Command so realistic was the rotating personnel throughout the base, making the environment a living, breathing thing filled with real people. Rob Lee played Colonel Pierce for four seasons in Stargate SG-1, and he joins us LIVE to share some stories and take your questions!

    301: Vanessa Angel ("Anise" and "Freya")

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 54:18


    Welcome to Season Five! It brings us great pleasure to reopen the show with one of the most recognized guest stars from Season Four of SG-1, Vanessa Angel. She joins us LIVE to discuss her time on the series and answer your questions!

    300: Michael Shanks Part 2 ("Daniel Jackson")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 93:01


    As Season Four draws to a close with episode 300 it seemed appropriate to invite Dr. Daniel Jackson himself, Michael Shanks, back to the program. We are excited to share more stories from the show and to give you an opportunity to ask him your questions!

    299: Brandy Ledford ("Zarin" and "Norina")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 31:24


    We are privileged to welcome Brandy Ledford to Dial the Gate to share stories of her life and career and talk about her experience on both SG-1 and Atlantis!

    298: Gerard Plunkett ("Nem" and "Tuplo")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 24:30


    In 2019 Gerard Plunkett sat down with David to discuss the roles of Tuplo of the Untouched ("The Broca Divide") and the Nem of the Oannes ("Fire and Water") for Dialing Home. Sadly the second season was never released. However, we are now proud to present this unaired episode on Dial the Gate to make his memories part of the oral history project!

    297: Blu Mankuma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 51:36


    We are privileged to get the opportunity to sit down with veteran musician and film, television and stage actor Blu Mankuma! In addition to playing "Sheriff Knox" in Stargate SG-1's "Nightwalkers" he was a close friend of Don S. Davis, and thus are eager to have him share memories of both his friend and his own career.

    296: Aaron Craven (Multiple Roles)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 39:41


    Aaron Craven has portrayed three different characters in Stargate, From Captain Kyle Rogers and Matar in SG-1 to a Wraith Commander in Atlantis. We are pleased to welcome him to Dial the Gate to discuss his experiences in the show and share stories about his career!

    295: Lexa Doig ("Carolyn Lam")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025 66:11


    We are thrilled to welcome "Dr. Carolyn Lam" actress Lexa Doig to Dial the Gate to explore her career, filling the shoes of Stargate Command's chief medical officer, and putting up with Dr. Daniel Jackson on a daily basis!

    294: Rittenhouse Archives (Stargate Trading Cards)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 86:57


    Dial the Gate is pleased to welcome Rittenhouse Archives president Steve Charendoff to discuss the history of his industry as well as creating beautiful Stargate trading card collectibles!

    292: Elyse Levesque Part 2 ("Chloe Armstrong")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 47:57


    Dial the Gate is privileged to welcome the return of Elyse Levesque to our show to explore "Earth Abides," her brand-new series on MGM+, as well as share more memories from the sets of Stargate Universe!

    291: Kwesi Ameyaw ("Olokun")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 46:52


    We finally got to see the Goa'uld System Lords and their full strength in SG-1's "Summit" and "Last Stand", and actor Kwesi Ameyaw was on full display as Olokun! We are privileged to sit down with the actor to talk about his career, this pivotal two-parter and his appearance in the Stargate Atlantis episode, "Outcast."

    289: Doug Abrahams ("Hale" and "Ori Prior")

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 95:46


    The Ori Priors were key to executing the final two seasons of Stargate SG-1, not to mention "The Ark of Truth." One in particular, the one-eyed Prior, was played by actor Doug Abrahams. This was his second role in SG-1, behind the Langaran Commander Hale, but he was unrecognizable under the makeup! The actor joins us to share some stories from the Stargate sets and discuss his love of coaching actors!

    288: Colin Cunningham Part 3 ("Paul Davis")

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 69:49


    Dial the Gate is privileged to welcome the return of our friend, Colin Cunningham! We are delighted to welcome back the "Major Davis" actor to update us on his life and discuss his new film, "He Never Left!"

    287: Stargate Fan Creations 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 102:51


    Welcome to the first annual episode of Dial the Gate dedicated to exploring fan creations of all shapes and sizes. We have scoured the internet in search of unique and creative ways fans have used Stargate to express themselves in creativity. Join us and discover some amazingly gifted people!

    286: Stargate Feature Film Trivia with Tom McBeath ("Harry Maybourne")

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 95:09


    We are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Stargate feature film with a special round of trivia hosted by Harry Maybourne himself, Tom McBeath! Join us LIVE and participate in the chat!

    285: Roger Cross ("Captain Conner")

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 44:04


    We rarely got to see glimpses into other SG units operating out of Cheyenne Mountain. By Season Two SG-11 was under the command of Captain Conner, played by actor Roger Cross. The Character was introduced in Season One's "The First Commandment." We are excited to sit down with him to discuss his career and explore the first two seasons of the series!

    284: GateWorld's 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 78:51


    It is October 22, 1999. Apophis takes his helmet off, revealing his identity, at the end of "Jolinar's Memories." Darren Sumner had finally enough and decided to create a little Stargate Web site to keep track of the continuity. GateWorld is with us to this day. Join us as we celebrate 25 years of informing -- and entertaining -- the online Stargate community!

    283: Kelly Vint ("Young Catherine Langford"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 45:55


    It is almost impossible to think that we are days away from the 30th anniversary of the Stargate feature film. We as fans have been influenced by this work of art. It's only fitting we sit down with the film's youngest star, Kelly Vint as a young Catherine Langford, to see how the movie influenced her.

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    282: Ryan Nixon (Owner of StitchsLoft.com)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 64:20


    For seventeen years Ryan Nixon (Known by the moniker "Stitch") has been creating custom-made, affordable military costumes based on Stargate uniforms. His screen-accurate work has won him fans the world over. We are pleased to bring him to Dial the Gate to share his story of a United States Navy veteran applying his trade for fans, and are going to geek out on some of the hardware that makes the shows look and feel real!

    281: Kate Ritter (Author, Owner of RDAnderson.com)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 61:53


    Kathleen "Kate" Ritter, Stargate author and owner of the venerable RDAnderson.com, is joining Dial the Gate to share memories of meeting Richard Dean Anderson through MacGyver fandom, following his work to Stargate, and ultimately writing content for Stargate merchandise!

    280: Martin Wood Part 4 (Director, Producer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 57:06


    We are thrilled to welcome back Stargate Director and Producer, Martin Wood, to talk more Stargate history and update us on his latest projects!

    279: Sam J. Jones ("Aris Boch")

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2024 5:52


    Dial the Gate only had a few minutes with Sam J Jones at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, but we wanted to touch both on his appearance as Aris Boch in Stargate SG-1's "Deadman Switch" and the things which matter most to the actor! Here's hoping we can get him back for more!

    278: Stargate 30th Anniversary Celebration

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 58:35


    Join our panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 as we look back on 30 years of the Stargate franchise and the fandom it inspired -- with a special introduction by Erick Avari!

    277: Cath-Anne Ambrose (Script Coordinator, Production Associate)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 73:30


    So much happens behind the scene to create our favorite television shows. Cath-Anne Ambrose, Script Coordinator and Production Associate from Season Two to Seven of Stargate SG-1, joins Dial the Gate to share some of those details and update us on her world as an instructor!

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    276: Torri Higginson ("Elizabeth Weir")

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 80:05


    To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Stargate Atlantis, Dial the Gate is privileged to release David's interview with Torri Higginson from 2018. Originally filmed for Season Two of Dialing Home on Stargate Command, this interview encompasses much of the exact material he has since been covering with other guests. With a surprise or two along the way!

    275: Tor Valenza Part 2 (Writer, Story Editor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 66:20


    We are pleased to welcome the return of Tor Valenza to explore more stories from "Point of View" and "Past and Present" to "Urgo" and "Divide and Conquer!"

    274: Robert C. Cooper Part 10 (Executive Producer, Writer, Director)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 79:07


    When Stargate SG-1 went into its ninth season it very nearly became Stargate Command. Executive Producer, Writer and Director Robert C Cooper is back to share that story and many others from the last two years of the show.

    271: Craig VandenBiggelaar (Visual Effects Supervisor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 61:16


    Stargate's believability is often defined by its visual effects. One of the key people responsible for 15 seasons of the franchise is Craig VandenBiggelaar. Join us as we talk creating Replicators, fully-CG Asgard and more!

    270: Neil Jackson ("Khalek" and "Punk Wraith")

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 57:32


    From the son of Anubis to a Wraith hiding in Las Vegas, Neil Jackson has certainly made his mark in Stargate. But an actor's path isn't often a straight line. We are pleased to welcome him to Dial the Gate to share memories from the set and bring us up-to-date in his current world of fitness!

    269: Tony Amendola Part 3 ("Bra'tac")

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 51:31


    We are so excited to welcome the return of Tony Amendola LIVE to Dial the Gate! Having recently completed "Rough Magic" in which he plays William Shakespeare, we can't wait to discuss this role with him along with delving back into everyone's favorite Jaffa master.

    268: Alan McCullough (Writer and Producer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 82:34


    He wrote for all three series and made an indelible imprint on our televisions with some of the more off-the-wall science fiction ideas. Dial the Gate welcomes writer Alan McCullough LIVE to the show to talk about his stories from each of the three Stargate series!

    267: Tom J. Astle (Writer, "Cor-Ai")

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 55:34


    David has never been shy about Stargate SG-1's "Cor-ai" being his favorite Teal'c episode. We are privileged to sit down LIVE with the writer behind the show to discuss his original idea for the episode and how it ultimately evolved.

    266: John O'Callaghan ("Niam")

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 62:47


    Stargate team members have a history of doing Replicators dirty, no matter what galaxy in which they live. We got closer than ever in bringing one of them to our side, as it were, with Niam. John O'Callaghan joins Dial the Gate LIVE to discuss this role along with his broader career!

    265: Christina Cox (Multiple Roles)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 63:14


    We never felt we got enough of actor Christina Cox in Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis, mainly because she made such a mark with her three roles! We are excited to have her on LIVE to talk "T'akaya," "Kershaw," "Teldy" and more!

    264: Robert Moloney ("Borren" and "Koracen")

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 62:57


    Robert Moloney has been one of the villains we really loved to hate, from the Aschen "Borren" in SG-1 to the duplicitous "Koracen" in Atlantis. We are delighted to have him on LIVE to talk about the complexity of these very different characters and discuss his life and career!

    263: Heather E. Ash Part 2 (Writer, Exec Story Editor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2024 129:30


    Dial the Gate is delighted to welcome the return of Heather E. Ash, Writer and Story Editor, Stargate SG-1! We got off to a great start in part one of our last discussion with two of her episodes, and now she returns LIVE to answer more fan questions and share stories from creating "New Ground," "Beneath the Surface" and "Rite of Passage!"

    262: Bill Marchant ("Adrian Conrad")

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 104:35


    Would you steal medicine to protect a family member? What if your life was on the line, and you had unlimited resources? Adrian Conrad invited us to ponder those questions and actor Bill Marchant, who brought him to life, joins us LIVE to discuss his take on the character and his own career!

    261: Armin Shimerman Part 2 ("Anteaus")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 66:01


    Armin Shimerman has always been an integral part of Stargate canon as one of the Nox, and as a sci-fi fan in his own right he understands how important it is for humanity to explore big ideas. We are thrilled to welcome him back to Dial the Gate to discuss science fiction's role in exploring humanity's goals and dreams, Quark's significance in Deep Space Nine, and finding meaning in the texts of Shakespeare!

    260: Anne Marie DeLuise and Peter DeLuise (Actor and Writer/Director/Producer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 68:36


    We have been huge fans of Anne Marie DeLuise since her initial appearance as "Farrell" in Stargate SG-1's "The Other Side," and were delighted when she returned as "Amy Vandenberg" in "Bounty." We are tremendously excited to get to catch up with her, along with her husband -- and Stargate Writer/Producer/Director -- Peter DeLuise, LIVE!

    258: Torri Higginson and Rachel Luttrell ("Elizabeth Weir" and "Teyla Emmagan")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 62:53


    Dial the Gate is privileged to sit down with two of Stargate Atlantis's finest, and a couple of fan favorites! Torri Higginson and Rachel Luttrell are going to catch us up on their careers and reflect on (nearly) twenty years of Stargate memories.

    257: Peter Flemming ("Malcolm Barrett")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 54:55


    You can count on one hand the number of NID agents trusted by Stargate Command. The gem of the bunch, Agent Malcolm Barrett, was played by Peter Flemming. He joins us to share stories from the show and his career!

    256: SGA Season Six Unfilmed Episodes Revealed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 62:47


    Yes, you read that right, we now have information on the episodes of Season Six which were (very) loosely outlined but never filmed. Click the link below for Joseph Mallozzi's outline and follow along in our read-through!

    254: David Hewlett and Kate Hewlett ("Meredith McKay" & "Jeannie Miller")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 62:41


    Your two favorite Stargate siblings are coming your way for double-trouble in this very special Dial the Gate interview! David Hewlett and Kate Hewlett, Meredith McKay and Jeannie Miller, respectively, will take your questions LIVE... while trying not to cause trouble.

    253: Stargate Trivia 10 with Rainbow Sun Francks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 101:12


    We have been long overdue for another episode of Trivia! This time we are pleased to welcome Rainbow Sun Francks as our host. Join us LIVE and participate in the chat, because this is going to be a good time!

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    252: Gildart Jackson ("Janus")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 59:26


    He only appeared in one episode of Stargate, but many fans suspect a great deal of Ancient technology can be attributed to Janus. He was portrayed with tremendous depth by Gildart Jackson, and now, Dial the Gate is delighted to have the actor on to discuss his role in the franchise, his career, and the magic of oral storytelling through his program, Fireside Reading.

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