DT Fan Radio Feb 2013

Here is a summary of what happened in the Josh Gates DT Fan Radio episode recently hosted by DT fan ambassador Amanda @DTonSYFYfans. Thanks to Erika for helping!

• Josh is sorry for not being at NYCC last Fall – had a disfiguring poison ivy incident
  
• said it had been a while since he was on "DT" Fan Radio
  
• he's not sure as of 2/20/13 if he had won the shortyaward.com award for travel yet
• he appreciates everyone who did vote for him and to those who put up with his nagging for votes
• he developed Syfy's "Stranded" himself with help from Casey and Brad from Ping Pong Prods.
  
• "Stranded" follows new interesting paranormal format, something "voyeuristic"
  
• Jason Bloom who made "Paranormal Activity”, "Insidious" and "Dark Skies" helped with "Stranded"
  

• ”We really hope that folks turn out to watch the show [Stranded] ... I have to say, any and all promotional bullsh*t, I'm really proud of the show”
• Locations: small groups of 3 or more with diff POV on paranormal to live in a haunted place for five days. Track their experience, hands off, surveillance cameras, totally alone. Premiere episode is on island off coast of NH in old hotel during off season. Others are an abandoned prison, huge hotel like in "The Shining", an old hospital. Some locations are big, some small, some more comfortable than others.
• some people made it on "Stranded" who knew DT, but while another group were real Truthies, saying “that's always fun to have people that knew DT and work on the new project 
• they want the show to continue on
  
• show's goal is to get people who are interested in the paranormal and literally have them live in that world
  
• 10 mins 20 sec – 10 mins 45 sec: tech error on blogtalkradio blocks out audio
  
• “It's interesting to see people really scared.” Says on DT, people are stoic compared to "Stranded"
• CASUAL Q's:
• he's really considering doing vlogs or Google+ hangouts – wants to 100% use new website once it's done
  
• Blogging and such is an issue of free time. Really wants to hear from and speak with people who like DT and Stranded
• Josh last cried when it was from pain when he was flying home with poison ivy last October. "Worst travel day of my life…covered head to toe in poison ivy, I just had a hoodie on, and was just so fearful I wasn't gonna make it on the plane…I looked like an absolute freak". Said it was hard to sit still on a plane seat with an oozing rash.
• READING LIST: "The Wind Up Girl" by Paolo Bacigalupi, "The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta, and he will take DT Fan Ambassador Amanda's suggestion of reading "Warm Bodies" by Isaac Marion  
• FAN Q's:
• Josh spoke to Mendy who asked if he was stuck on a deserted island, what three things would he have with him. "Obviously I’m going for the satellite phone and GPS locator and stuff like that. But if I am not allowed to get rescued and have to just make a life for myself on the island, I would think that I would want at least one really good book...a  volleyball named Wilson and a Nick’s roast beef sandwich from Beverly, MA." He'd also want an umbrella and mattress.
• Valerie asked if Josh will switch up his outfit if "DT" comes back AKA the cargo pants and Josh says he swears by them.  They're good for the pockets, ventilation and covering of legs from bug/animal bites. He also said he'd love to start a adventurous clothing line someday.
• Josh gave a fan named Erin diving instructing advice: "There are a couple of main certifying bodies for scuba diving, PADI is the really big one...now a lot of it is done from home, you watch videos, you have a book that you go home with and a workbook. It’s really fun, it’s not incredibly difficult, it’s a lot of common sense stuff and just learning the basics of it. [...] I think the only down side of becoming a scuba diver is there is a little bit of cost that you are going to incur at the very beginning of things because you probably DO want to own a few of the elements. You want to own your own mask, fins, and regulator, the thing you breath out of. But the great thing about it is it’s kind of like skiing, it’s like a one time thing, where the gear will last you a really long time. So I would find the nearest dive shop to where you live and see when they are offering courses and get into it!"
• Erika, runner of the @StrandedSFfans on Twitter, asked if Josh would be appearing on "Stranded". Josh says: "You will be hearing my voice very briefly at the top of each episode" but "The reason for that it [is] we talked about me appearing at the beginning of the show, and we talked about Jason Blum from "Paranormal Activity" who is with us on this project, [about] appearing at the top of the show as well, but in the end we really felt like what makes Stranded STRANDED is that it’s really ABOUT these participants. It’s about their journey and we want to see their footage, and really follow THEM. We really didn’t want to inject ourselves into that, and so I’m thrilled, actually, to be able to produce the show and to be behind the scenes here" He also thanked Erika for helping promote his project!
• ON WANTING TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK & IF "DT" WILL BE BACK: "Both my focus and attention have been on Stranded, and that’s one of the reasons we don’t have more Destination Truth right now as well. It’s that it’s really only possible to do one of these things at a time. I’ve had an amazing last 5 years shooting DT, and that really is my passion, is to be working in travel. That’s what I love to do, but to be able to work with Brad and Casey at Ping Pong and to work with Jason Blum on a totally new type of show is really satisfying. I really had a great time doing it and I hope that the show continues and I hope that folks tune into it, and I wish I had a better answer as to when DT might come back but I think for now I just am so focused on Stranded and getting that ready that that’s all I’ve been able to do."
• ON THE CHALKBOARD ART ON DT: "my handwriting is terrible. It’s not always the same person. Ryder has written a lot of the boards, Jael has written some of the boards, and other people in the room who have neat handwriting have contributed to them, but it’s not always the same person"
• Randy of TheArnoldFans.com says since Josh Gates is such a badass, he wants to know what his favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger film is? "That’s such a tough question. Probably Terminator. I love Predator, too. But probably Terminator." 
• EVENTS: "in March, I have 3 different events, go to joshuagates.com I will make sure all the information gets up there so that you can see it!"
• he thanked Amanda for running DT Fan Radio and the fan site, and asks that everyone visit his site and his Twitter account @joshuagates