Special Q&A with Lolita Fatjo | The D-Con Chamber - Ep. 3

You asked - we answered! Welcome to a special episode of The D-Con Chamber, where we sit down with our Executive Producer and Star Trek legend, Lolita Fatjo, to answer the questions you've been dying to know! Get ready to get personal with the guys in an exciting fan-inspired Q&A.
Each week, we explore and celebrate the lives that the Star Trek universe has forever changed. From former and future cast and crew members to celebrities, scientists, and astronauts whose personal and professional journeys have been affected by the franchise, we sit down and dive deep with a new friend, laughing and learning from their stories. Sit back, grab a drink, and join alongside our hosts, Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer, as we get geeky in The D-Con Chamber.
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[@jasonthomas8602]

We Love you Dominic and Connor and are with you no matter where you go.

[@jamiethomas18]

As soon as you said the magic words that you will have the entire cast of Enterprise rounded with the final 3 members, I was 100% back in. I CAN NOT WAIT to hear from Scott, Jolene and Linda. Thank you in advance. Live Long and Prosper.

[@PC-vg8vn]

to be fair they werent definite about that.

[@sparky955]

I was heartsick when you left the previous podcast. THANK YOU for coming back with a new one. And, I agree, you two are better than ever. 🌹🌹

[@dee_mcgee11]

Agree with Dom. You're even better and really finding your stride with the new show. Love you!

[@ZamWeazle]

Great to have you guys back. Much missed

[@ravipeiris4388]

Christ, glad I found the channel again ❤

[@edwardpado6754]

Truly loved this Q&A episode, in particular Lolita asking the questions from the fans, I’d have to admit I wouldn’t want to get on her wrong side 😅. As for Connor and Dom you two guys are just such a wonderful duo together. Keep on doing this great show. Ed from South Australia 🍷🇦🇺🍷

[@trekon2023]

Thank you so much for the explanations and your vision. It seems like it was a hard decision. I'm not sure you can rely on Patreon as your only source of revenue. I would totally be fine with some ads placed at reasonable locations in your interviews. Some celebs use Westwood One to connect with advertisers. You should really connect with Michael Rosenbaum and ask him for introductions. He is somehow able to get interviews on his YT channel from everyone he meets at cons. Shuttlepod got Frakes and Gates, but Rosey got Frakes, Gates, and Brent without even being an ST alum. Other sci-fi celebs that have interviewed w/ him: - Katee Sackhoff of Battlestar and Mandalorian has a YT channel, is super nice, candid, and I've seen her do reciprocal interviews with other YT celebs. - Ming-Na Wen who played Fennec Shand on Star Wars. Ming-Na is an actor's actor, has done formal and comprehensive training at Carnegie Mellon, and interviewed with Katee and Rosenbaum. - Jonathan-Rhys Davies also did an interview on Rosenbaum and he played Da Vinci on Voyager multiple times and beautifully. - Rosey has interviewed Paul Wesley who guests as Kirk on Strange New Worlds. - Wil Wheaton has been on Rosey advertising his book. - Doug Jones when Discovery was just starting. - Robert Patrick & Edward Furlong from Terminator - Nathan Fillion of scifi fan fav Firefly and all actors seems to love him; think he's a super nice guy - Jason Isaacs who was on Discovery; I hear he's good friends with Marina so if you get him you might get an intro to Marina, but Terry is also friends with Marina and you already know Terry - Sean Astin Lord of the Rings - Clancy Brown who guest starred on Enterprise during that episode where Trip and Archer are stuck on that dessert Wil is friends w/ Mayim Bialik who also has a YT interview channel and was on Big Bang Theory, a huge scifi and general nerd fan fav. You should also connect with Sean Ferrick of TrekCulture. He's a big fan of Enterprise and I'm sure he would loooove, love, love to interview you 2. TrekCulture has tons more subscribers than Shuttlepod and your appearance there would be a great opportunity to plug D-Con. Additionally, Rosey has a separate channel where he goes through each one of the episodes of Smallville one by one with clips and analyses. They're actually quite insightful and he answers Patreon member questions about the episode at the end of each review. You might be able to do the same for Enterprise being that Trip was in most episodes. Fans like to get insider info on how the episodes were filmed, what it was like working with each guest star, director, sweating on planet hells, etc. Hope that helps!! Good luck to you! I am looking forward to all the wonderful interviews that you will do. I love that you do the research and try to get as much as possible out of the guests while being totally respectful of their boundaries. 😇

[@philmarsh5593]

Great idea about TrekCulture. Sean Ferrick interviewing Con and Dom would be a great great plug for this channel.

[@trekon2023]

@@philmarsh5593 Sean has recently posted that he would like to hear from fans on social media on what content we would like to see.

[@realaurorabanshee]

Perfect suggestions! Pretty much name-checked many of my favourite podcasts and truly enjoyable guests! ❤

[@WW-wf8tu]

Well, this has spoke volumes w/out saying much of anything about how you 2 got here. lol Sorry things did not pan out as planned in your previous venture. However, here you are! Boldly going ... Looking forward to catching up! The past is the past and we cannot dwell in what was but learn from it and make the next of our journey one to be proud of! Here's to the future and may it be forever glorious!

[@IamJustJ.]

Kivas Fatjo was named as a reference to Lolita. She's definitely a legend.

[@purplejwhayes]

Had no idea what happened and wondered why you two stopped the interviews on the previous podcast. It’s nice to have you two back.

[@mariapapadopoulos3640]

What about an interview with Seth McFarlane and discuss the Orville

[@GreenHatAnimation]

He did guest star on Enterprise once if I remember correctly

[@meredithcolias-pete5421]

Dr Noor’s episode was one of your best. Scientists should be awesome

[@davesworld7961]

It's cool to see what great friends you guys are. I think it will make future viewings of Enterprise even more fun.

[@luckydog3]

Great to have you both back! Now that you've got so much more experience under your belts, maybe have Billingsley back on for another try and to show how far you've come from that initial effort. You had some great guests during your run and we're looking forward to all your future guests and the continued conversations between Connor and Dom. #TripsNotDead

[@XL-5117]

Loved the old show but love the new one even better. I think the two of you bounce of each other marvellously. Your episode with William Shatner was awesome, aside from the horse question 😅! He was very entertaining and honest. Can’t wait for more episodes.

[@davidcarlisle6244]

When I found out the show was called the De-Con chamber I pictured "the cast" in minimal wardrobe in the Enterprise's De-Con chamber.Thanks for continuing the interviews. The got Trip out of a pregnancy, Re-incarnate Commander Charles Tucker.

[@0Aberration]

Another great episode! I think you addressed the Shuttlepod situation with as much diplomacy as you could, and you've shown that all of the things I loved about that show are still intact in this new format! Looking forward to all you've got planned, including the science interviews! 🖖

[@Chris-ut6eq]

Shuttlepod show could be summed up with "All good things..." I was oblivious to any drama happening, but kept wondering why there was pause in shows. Hope to see another round of talks with the same folks, over time.

[@ZamWeazle]

Didn't think anyone was aware

[@ZimGunsbergSL]

I'm so glad to see you guys back. Been watching since the beginning of the old show, and it just keeps getting better and better. Can't wait to see what you two have got in store 🤎

[@ca-yp8tp]

Soo glad you mates are Back!

[@daveagreg]

So great ahcing the dynamic duo back and LOVE seeing Lolita! Thanks so much @D-ConChamberPod for answering some of those questions gracefully and with candor. No matter what, we're happy you're here! See ya at STLV! ❤💛💙🤓🖖🏾

[@CherylYelverton]

Congratulations Gents on the new show! Looking forward to more!

[@sammarshall8402]

Your show is better now because it's just the both of you. Tawny Newsome would be a great guest for the show!

[@ScottLuvsRenFaires]

Not just Tawny, I have loved all the interviews I have seen with STLD people! Plus, with the Save Lower Decks campaign getting some good traction I think the whole cast would be eager to enter the D-con Chamber.

[@MrSpock002]

The Shuttle Pod Show was GREAT guys!!!

[@lostaggie66-canderson17]

My all time favorite DS9 Ep is Past Tense(both parts)it is set now in 2024 and there are some parallels that hopefully don't happen in the next year or so.. Overall DS9 is my fav Trek.

[@mayborello1461]

Thanks so much for the Q&A with Lolota!! I'm loving your new D-Con Chamber show Connor and Dominic!! Can't wait for the next one!!

[@shadetree0095]

Glad to see this part of what you do back. Wasnt really a fan of the direction the old show was going. Getting caught up on episodes I had missed. Keep the conversations going!

[@ChipsAplentyBand]

Dom and Connor-professional working relationships sometimes work out, and sometimes don't. For the fans of ENTERPRISE and of the other STAR TREK franchises, what we most want-to continue to have the two of you as a recurring part of our lives and to look over your shoulders at the world of your show(s) and the people connected with them-WE HAVE BACK AGAIN and it continues on The D-Con Chamber. We're here most of all because you and your podcast guests helped bring something interesting and worthwhile into our lives and, in particular, you two are the faces and voices of two beloved characters in a thrilling storytelling world we have shared with you. The best part of all of this for me personally is getting to know you two and your guests as the persons you really are. To be able to leave comments here which you might actually read is not a 'silly' connection; it's a chance for the kid in all of us to find a way to connect with BOTH you and your characters. It's the same thing as the STORY of Santa coming to life for a five year old who actually gets to sit on a department store Santa's lap and IN PERSON tell them what's on their Christmas gift wish list. Having taken your ENTERPRISE voyages along with you, it's also a way to express our reactions and thoughts about your scripted adventures to someone who HAS to understand them because, though you were in FRONT of the camera, you were 'there' too. And as your audience, we found worth in your characters and because the power of the storytelling is so strong, we want a little bit more of them somehow. I find all the 'machinery' (people, jobs, skills) that go into a show like ENTERPRISE fascinating, but the core connection is-still, after nearly twenty years-to the characters and their stories. We love hearing YOUR recollections, perceptions and perspectives on the characters and those stories because WE WERE THERE WITH YOU TOO. Your perceptions are fundamentally professional; ours are fundamentally those of people to whom the stories were told. Our memories are of the finished product; yours are of creating it. Dom has several times in the past described walking behind the ENTERPRISE Engine Room set and noting that the engine energy flux radiation was a well-placed disco light! Of COURSE it was! But in the STORY it was a bonafide manifestation of a warp-coil powerhouse. We KNOW we were deceived by your set designers, but we were SO WELL deceived that THE STORY came alive and took us 'there' with it. People want and need stories because they remove us from the mundane to give us an adventure in the ideal. Why do we want and need the ideal? I personally think it's because otherwise the hardships and horrors of this life would otherwise be unbearable, and because (in my Christian worldview) we were created for an ideal existence that has been compromised, tarnished, and spoiled enough that we can't not notice. Art bridges the mundane-ideal gap for us to help make life more bearable and to restore to us pieces of something we're otherwise missing and which our souls intuitively long for and still seek. Money serves the mundane, and that's necessary; but love, beauty, adventure, nobility, loyalty, courage, pathos, humor, drama-these expose, and remind us of and immerse us in, the ideal of the human condition. Thank you for letting us kids of all ages who love your show/work sit on Santa's lap again via The D-Con Chamber. Love you guys! Thanks for keeping our two-way connection going.

[@rosebutler3685]

I was on the cruise and ran into both of you. The cruise was such fun. I enjoyed Connor’s interviews too.

[@alexanderhummel3917]

Seth MacFarlane would be a real joy. In my opinion he should have Kurtzman's job.

[@davidlavigne207]

What I love so much about this, and other episodes done by Dom and Connor, is the look into the minds of two great actors who continued to pursue their dream of being professional actors. I was studying to be an actor throughout high school. I even attended a summer stock theater apprenticeship after graduation. I wanted to go to college and aspired to a degree in Theater Arts, but decided to do a stint in the military on the advice of my father. He told me "There are more starving actors out there son, than starving soldiers." I gave in and went that way. I can really see that if I had just only tried a bit harder that I may have been one of the lucky ones, as they have been. I clearly see how much I have in common with them in many ways. Two finer actors I have rarely known. Keep up your good work in this new venture.

[@johndavis6119]

Great show guys. Sorry I missed the premier. This has been an odd day. If I had any money I would subscribe to your Patreon but not with my medical expenses. Keep up the good work.

[@danielceo4694]

Love you guys! This new show looks so professional...not that Shuttlepod Show was ever bad. However, you have gone a step up and it is glorious! I can't wait to see what more you have in store. I'm also secretly hoping that you guys will be able to interview Sir Patrick Stewart in the near future!

[@theodorebenton2286]

Agree Dom I think it's better! Big love ❤🎉 Been watching since start & yeh take all the positives from the before with you & some of the past magic moments ✨️ into this new incarnation & to grow on & the new look so love it. Keep moving forward you 2 are such✨️ stars 🌟🎉

[@CodeBluMagik]

So glad the show is back

[@estondunn]

Love Lolita! Great choice for a guest artist!

[@JM313]

Great show. Love the new podcast. It's been elevated even higher than your past podcast projects. Thank you for addressing the elephant in the room. I think your answer was well said. I think everyone can move on from it and no longer will need to be addressed. Thank you. P.s. I really wish I could sit and have a beer with these two and just hang out. I feel like it'd be some of the greatest conversations I'd ever have. Love the chemistry.

[@maxshenkwrites]

25:04 = Glad to hear you give DISCOVERY props!!! I agree that it's just completely underrated, sadly unappreciated by a lot of fans who won't appreciate it till it's gone. Also glad to hear you'll have some of the DISCO cast on... I can't think of one cast member I wouldn't love seeing as a guest.

[@thesegafan4472]

No one will remeber or care in 10 or 20 years

[@heart-sprout]

I asked the question about social media changing the industry! You have no idea how happy it makes me to hear it make it to the show!

[@heart-sprout]

also please add, like, a $2 'you might be broke but you still wanna support these guys' tier, no rewards needed other than seeing good art get made

[@Chris-ut6eq]

@@heart-sprout Can call it the full impulse level. The higher tiers are warp levels: warp 1, 3 & 5 (NX-01 was only warp 5 capable :)

[@heart-sprout]

@@Chris-ut6eq oo good idea

[@HistoryTeacherSteve]

loving the new format. thanks for addressing the situation with Shuttlepod. excited for many great shows to come, love you all!

[@Chris-ut6eq]

D-Con Chamber These are the podcasts of Connor and Dominic Its five year mission to seek out new guests To explore new scientific frontiers To boldly interview where no podcast as gone before. Not sure if this is mainly a podcast or YT show. Just found the channel a few hours ago and watched all three interviews.

[@leandabee]

Thank you for clearing up some questions 👌. It's been great hearing you both being interviewed 😊. ST Discovery has been far from my favourite, but I have continued to watch, and I loved in the final ep having an Enterprise episode harkback 👍🤗

[@TheNX7062]

Was working yesterday, happy to catch up with this today!

[@tbnone2501]

New show is awesome thus far! Nice to see the subscriber count going up as well👍

[@danfissel]

Please like this video.. we need them to make more

[@TyroneDaviesWELSHMAN]

Lovely this show! A treat to have on when I am working. Chucking at horse etiquette! Who knew! Keep it going gents! Great work!

[@catherineperry2344]

Love Enterprise. 20 years later I'm still reading the Fan Fiction that is still online.

[@tonyshane1]

Meanwhile I'm still stuck on Connor's Island..... Happy I found you guys again. Loving this new format. Can I suggest in a future episode that you touch on the fan fiction part of Trek. There are some great productions like Star Trek Continues, Renegades, Of Gods And Men and many others that have helped fuel the eternal flame.

[@robsocks12]

Another enjoyable show, thank you guys 😊 Even though you didn't read out my question 😔 And I agree Dom, I think so far this is a better format than Shuttlepod

[@markalvord7834]

Well I figured I wasn’t the only one who wanted to know. I am glad to be a Patreon member. Adding in a small part

[@TylerD288]

I wanted to hear the dirty laundry damnit! That's where the drama is, baby!!

[@TheCazbar]

Enjoyed this very much, you beautiful bunch of people! Throw in some Q and As every now and then and I’m set ❤ 😊

[@elizabet78]

Missed this!!! Love the new pod format, and sooo happy you both decided to continue on together ❤️ 🖖🫶👏👏

[@ariadnavigo]

Looking forward to having scientists on the show!! ❤❤❤❤

[@chrisgavin3330]

Quality interview folks! Hats off to Lolita🙂

[@bdchiaccio]

Thoroughly enjoying the new version

[@JSWmus]

Well done for not revealing any ‘dirty laundry’ in public. Politics happen, and sometimes you need to make tough calls. You really seem like two very amiable guys and we respect your decision. I think the comment about the chemistry between you was spot on! Will Shatner seemed to get on with you … I imagine he could be tough to interview, but you did it with aplomb. Btw where is Porthos?

[@0Aberration]

You see Porthos on Connor's lap during the credits (presumably he's been there the whole show, the camera just hadn't pulled back until that point). There also seems to be a second Porthos in Lolita's office 🤔

[@Zurpanik]

Absolutely wonderful to see you again! I've missed you terribly and looking forward to every episode my friends! I think I'll hop on the Patreon bandwagon this time around too =]

[@carlosvergara4132]

Heeeey, lovely! I still have hope for some animated "something" continuing Enterprise at some point, a mini series, a movie, anything!

[@StrandedLifeform]

I started watching day 1 of the previous show when you guys did the table read. I stopped watching when it became a show about watching the backs of your heads while you guys watched TOS with no sound, people being rude in the live chats and the "click" environment where only a select few had their questions read. Please understand that some people are on a fixed income and can't afford "pay to watch" sites like pateron, but we're still fans, we still love you guys and enjoy hearing your stories and we also have questions for you and your guests. I came over here (day 1) and I'm giving the new show a chance. It sounds like you guys have some big plans for the show and I'm wishing you all the best that it works out. I'm hoping you guys can get the Cap'n on the show. Anyways, wishing you guys the best, look forward to seeing where you take this and keeping fingers crossed for a better experience. ❤️🖖

[@steveblissett654]

Brilliant to have you back. Loving the new show so far! Thank you for the explanation about Shuttlepod. I respect what you are willing and not willing to say. Many of us have an idea of what happened but it's really none of our business. Big question: Will we be visiting Connor's Island any time soon? I find people answers really interesting

[@danduranduran]

I have a suggestion for an interesting Star Trek producer you can guys can interview sometime- Lolita Fatjo! Great to have you back!

[@Trekfanwanda]

Great show .

[@harlandmct]

Gentlemen, wonderful to see you back!

[@michaeldelaney7271]

Welcome back guys!

[@Reet64]

Great to see you guys back at it! You’ve been decontaminated!!!

[@iandennis1]

Great stream. I have been watching since the start. keep up the good work!

[@susanscott8653]

Great episode, I learnt a lot along the way. So enjoying the new show and looking forward to some very interesting guests, including Enterprise alums 🤞😁. Lovely to see Enterprise getting some love in the Discovery finale. ❤ Cannot recall if you have interviewed Matt Winston before, but if not I would love to see him on the new show. Best wishes and LLAP 🖖

[@carolwatkins8541]

I am so glad to see you both. Thank you. Thank you!!! ❤🖖

[@mugglescakesniffer3943]

Just binged all the episodes.

[@carolwatkins8541]

I love that scientists will be part of the guest list!!!

[@CONNIECOLVIN-wg8bq]

The Usual creative differences. As long as you are still friends and doing this. ThTs the main thing.

[@saywise1106]

As a non actor I have found your interviews about acting interesting!! You should do more of that with Star Trek actors and actors from other Sci Fi properties like Buck Rodgers or Battlestar Galactica!!!

[@lunnunis]

Hi, also hope you might add a cheaper tier, maybe just giving a little extra content? The way Delta Flyers do it is really good. 4.99 is more affordable especially for those of us who want to support more than one podcast. Thanks for making it back and hope you can get plenty of likes and subscribers. I also watch Sean Ferrick on Trek culture who is mentioned above in another post He would be a good fit to interview you especially if you like Discovery as he has reviewed that regularly.

[@marylynnconejo884]

Glad you are back. Bravo!

[@told2stop]

So glad you gents got this new show, loving it so far and wish you all the very best. Thanks for everything

[@petermaerkel9140]

It is great to see Dominick and Conner back! I've loved the 3 episodes thus far. Can't wait to see much more!

[@Prodbass]

I miss the “on a deserted island” segment. Any chance of bringing that back?

[@robertanthony5010]

Jolene Blaylock please

[@robertmacready8632]

I watched a podcast with Garrett Reisman ( Joe Rogan's I believe ) where he was a guest. He's had an interesting career since being an Astronaut. He's been a consultant on Ronald D. Moore"s " For All Mankind " as well as working for Elon Musk's Space X. He's a very interesting man. If you can get him on the show, he'd be a terrific guest. Ronald D. Moore would also be a great guest with TNG, DS9, Battlestar Galactica,, Outlander and For All Mankind to his credit as either a writer or Executive Producer/showrunner. I realize that both of these men are quite busy so scheduling might be a big issue but not impossible. Glad to see you both back with the new show. Loved the old one as well, but things change and whatever happened on the Shuttlepod Show is in the past. I'm just glad to see the two of you again on your new show. Looking forward to future episodes.

[@HistoryTeacherSteve]

imagine admiting to listening to Joe Rogan

[@robertmacready8632]

​@@HistoryTeacherSteve Sure why not? It depends on who the guest is and the topic being discussed.

[@HistoryTeacherSteve]

@@robertmacready8632 lol. lmao

[@ProfilesInUfology]

Nice Band, Great content… the former body of work from two seasons of interviews is why this new show will continue. Highest regards for your works Gents. Please interview Vic Mignogna of Star Trek Continues. Enterprise Out

[@mugglescakesniffer3943]

Last episode I cried a lot.

[@ritadib]

Like this a lot .

[@charlesrogers5805]

Great episode!

[@nigelobrien71]

Great stuff guys. Keep it up.

[@CONNIECOLVIN-wg8bq]

I love you guys.

[@lifeschool]

Nice to see Connor without a hat this series, he looks well groomed. Please dont delete negative feedback in the comments. People are only being honest.

[@told2stop]

I left a comment that wasnt at all negative and only a suggestion, and it oddly got deleted...

[@iambear.6526]

@@told2stop sure

[@marks47]

@@iambear.6526 mine too

[@9userip0eSJD7]

BRING ON THE SCIENTISTS!

[@mugglescakesniffer3943]

Found Ya !

[@AlaBear]

I would love to see a live a live show on Star Trek the cruise next year.....

[@LisetteSanabria-Velazque-ne9jb]

The D-Con Chamber 🌝 💯 🎉

[@johndavis6119]

Sorry I missed the live show. This has been a day of high strangeness on UselessTube

[@alisonlasset8794]

Fantastic to see yall back. Like seriously I really missed you both but in total honesty the "Shutllepod show" was a better name. Your new show is just as good but name wise dcon chamber is too clunky. I respect it though. Your drama is your business totally. Thank you guys!

[@GauguinLyon]

Just wondering, what happened to The Shuttle Pod? Why the change. Thanks.

[@PunksterNL]

Wish I'd known that six months ago so I could've left the members then. Had been wondering, but still feels a bit... bad.

[@superman01950]

Connor sounds like a real stand up guy

[@wildweasel3001]

I'd be like commercial reasons 😂

[@MrSpock002]

Got to say I did not understand the need for Ms. LaRosa on Shuttle Pod

[@daniellongworth7513]

Cause Scammer Mark wanted his girlfriend to get paid.

[@TylerD288]

@@daniellongworth7513 they were bangin'? Hm.

[@daniellongworth7513]

@@TylerD288 yes

[@TheHedgehogsDelimma]

To build her "brand" and clout. It was one of the earliest red flags when I realized she had a relationship with greed ridden Mark.

[@MaxFleye]

David Hewlett would be a great guest 👍👍

[@CONNIECOLVIN-wg8bq]

I want to say that the Xindi arc ws Greatzero Hour my God talk about pulse pound show. Also the Nazi Alien shows were really cool. the actress Golde was a great partner for Archer. I love Scott and all of yu. Just want you to know that.