Hosts Bryan Kreutz and Lili Fox-Lim open this week with a special commissioned art piece made for Bryan Kreutz by their interview guest, John D. Adams. Adams is an award-winning writer, editor and artist. His spent more than 25 years in the editorial industry as an award-winning Editorial Director, Managing Editor and writer, for a variety of international publications. Adams discusses his more recent work as a freelance writer, specializing in personal interviews with artists and actors. He discusses his work for the highly acclaimed Star Trek fan website "Warp Factor Trek," interviewing Star Trek personalities. His love of "Star Trek" began with childhood viewing and a love for reading science fiction. Ultimately, this lead to successful writing and art careers. Bryan conveys to viewers in his next question to John D. Adams, that he has published more than 300 stories on subjects that include: science fiction; technical writing; international business; science; technology; design; travel and adventure; celebrity and professional profiles. John D. Adams also talks about owning his U.S. based company, PhoenixPhotography, and talking about his life-long passion for photography. During COVID, Adams began focusing on creating, what he calls, "collage homage" art pieces, with special emphasis on "Star Trek." Bryan points out the Leslie Hoffman Star Trek stuntwoman article Adams wrote and created the art for when he interviewed her a few years ago. Lili asks John about Star Trek: The Motion Picture director Robert Wise having worked with remastered producer David C. Fein as it relates to John D. Adams' Warp Factor Trek story, interviewing Mr. Fein. Additionally, Adams talks about his TOS "Bread and Circus" art piece plus additional Star Trek original series art pieces and a unique Star Trek: The Next Generation commissions set for a New York based collector. John D. Adams expounds upon his recent art commission with a New York-based collector, creating more than 175 individual artworks, and seeing perhaps the largest and most complete set of authentic actual worn wardrobe collections and props in one place while visiting. Plus, Adams shares many pictures of his Star Trek: The Original Series, Next Generation and Picard art pieces in a fascinating half hour interview.
