TTA Podcast 273: John de Lancie - A Rally for Reason
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Veteran actor John de Lancie is a featured speaker at the 2016 Reason Rally. He joins Seth Andrews to discuss his own views on reason, religion, the 2016 rally in Washington DC, and of course, his decades as film and television icon.
John de Lancie's website: delancie.com
Wow, Seth. This show was a big feather in your cap. John de Lancie is no small potatoes.
Congrats on landing an interview with him.
So delightful to find out Q is a smart secular person. It seems fitting actually.
+stiimuli Truly fitting, after all Apollo or the Organians in TOS and Q in TNG are the "physical" representation of Clarke's famous law that on a high enough level of sophistication technology can become indistinguishable from magic... Q is just putting it even a level higher by melting together technological sophistication and evolutionary advancement into "persons" being able of incredible degrees of manipulation of energy and matter without visible influence of technology... and "we" or the average (if highly educated) Federation citizen of the 25th century can not determine the methods how they do it or what technology may be hidden behind it.
God is an atheist. How perfect is that?
Late, reply is late, but I don't recall Morgan Freeman ever claiming the label of atheist. I do think he rejects religion.
Affable Sage
that sounds accurate
Most star trek fans are really butthurt that the writers and cast are mostly secularists.
This is great!!! John de lancie is such a great orator as well as everything else. Very entertaining and intelligent. Good stuff.
I get to say, "I knew him when..."! John and I performed on stage together many (oh, so many!) years ago. He was just starting out on his career and I was a mere child. But I still remember John's gentle and considerate bearing. Here I was just a snot-nosed kid and John a grown-up, but he treated me and spoke to me like a fellow-being. I'll never forget that.
Congratulations on your success, John; you earned it and you deserve it.
I envy you… Q was my favorite character on TNG growing up. Star Trek was my window into a safe, affirming, fun, curious, rational world, from a life of fear and isolation. I'm lucky to have *those* memories.
Thank you sir. Your experience in so many ways parallels my own. How good it is to see someone with such talent is basically the same human as me.
An absolutely fascinating interview. Thanks so much to Seth and John.
I am so glad, Seth, that you had him on the show. His sense of curiosity mirrors my own. It's good to know I'm not alone John de Lancie, thank you.
Love John de Lancie, great job landing the interview. Glad to know he's a man of reason!
You can love him for MLP. You can love him for Star trek. You can love him for all his amazing performances. And now you can love him for being a critical thinker as well. John deserves all the love in the world ^__^
I thought this was a good episode. I enjoyed learning about John's background and views. It gave me a newfound respect for the man.
Awesome. One of your best interviews yet. Thank you Seth, and thank you John.
I've always thought Seth Andrews and John De Lancie sounded similar, and I'm so amused that they actually did something together.
This was an amazing interview. Thank you for posting it.
Thank you! A brilliant actor and brilliant person and delightful episode.
Loving these interviews Seth. Nicely done. I love John de Lancie.
When I saw this video I screamed while jumping up and down, OHMIGOD, IT'S Q!
Then I reminded myself I'm an adult and I should calm down.
BUT WOW, IT'S MOTHER FUCKING Q. WITH SETH. AND HE'S A FEATURED SPEAKER AT REASON RALLY. DAMMIT, I'M JUMPING UP AND DOWN AGAIN.
I hope that John de Lancie has the time to come on your show to just talk again. I could listen for a couple hours. I bet this guy has stories on all topics, he seems to be that sort of person. Cool show Seth and TTA!!
Did best radio voice and best voice actor just do a collab? My life is complete.
Great interview. What a wonderful man.
His advice about "what do you think" vs "what do you believe is great.
An excellent interview, which expanded my view of John de Lancie well beyond that one famous role of "Q."
Thank you , Seth. Thank you, John.
Oh wow I am really looking forward to the show with Tracie!
That was wonderful! Thanks Seth!
I want to come to a John de Lancie science party!
My brother and I are going to have science catch ups soon, once the gear arrives.
I was an atheist at 8 and the mother superior at my school called me satan after months of detention for arguing with my teacher. I was quite proud frustrating a nun then the principal
It would have been so cool to do an in person interview, with your audio equipment. You both have such amazing voices.
absolutely great interview
OMG. John de Lancie invited you to his place/party. OMG. OMG.
Great talk, he's very intelligent and charming. I loved his work with Leonard Nimoy on a Radio Stage Play of Journey to the Center of the Earth, absolutely wonderful!
Wow, you got an actual god on the show! ;)
+merinsan All hail Discord!
I really enjoyed that interview so much.
Love this podcast.
Like many people, I've heard of John De Lancie. My favourite role he played was "Q" in Star Trek. I also remember seeing him in MacGyver, opposite Richard Dean Anderson. I never would've figured him to be an atheist, much less secular.
My husband was kicked out of a youth group as a teenager for simply asking questions that the youth pastor couldn't answer.
REALLY nice to hear he has such a nuanced view of both secularism and religion :) ... as if there weren't enough reasons to like him as a person or actor already.
I am so looking forward to seeing John de Lancie at the Denver Comic Con this June.
Acting (good acting) is truly a noble profession and art.
How strange! I never thought that I would hear the High Lord Alarak (my favorite Starcraft character) on TheThinkingAtheist. Seth has served his High Lord well enough. :)
I love John De Lancie. I'm so happy he has a secular view of reality.
Enjoyed the interview
I also began to question religion at an early age. I was about 8 when I started asking my parents about the illogical bible stories I was taught
. I never liked going to church but was forced to go until I was 14, and by then I had already lost all faith at least 2 years earlier. That was 45 years ago and I haven’t been to church since except for weddings and funerals. I didn’t bring up my children in any religious faith either.
I was never a fan of the Q character because I dislike the idea of an all powerful being. As an atheist I don’t believe gods or godlike beings exist. However after listening to this I’m going to watch the episodes featuring Q again. I suspect I will enjoy them a lot more now.
Seth! I love your podcast! I'm wondering, have you ever done an episode on health related to the presence or absence of religion? if not, would you consider that topic?
10:00 Why is John so strongl prominent in Star Trek even though he was on just a few episodes? Because he is really fucking good.
Especially considering in Trek they run into something or someone with godlike powers every other fifth episode and movie. Shame he wasn't part of the TNG movies.
This was an awesome interview,
it was intriguing to hear more from deLancie on these issue.
it seem he hint at a book- not a memoir (the third of those eh?),
but maybe a book more on forms of non belief et reason,
or to expound more on his philosophy also?
when will delancie do standup comedy again?!
deLancie's views on 'the Essential Exponential!" would be excellent to hear more about also,
and what futures deLancie envisage...
maybe even some geopolitics or perspective on history.
thinkingatheist,
this almost make up for the interviews with atheism+'ers,
such as dillahunty et shives...
stay curious, keep questioning, and be willing to learn.
Ohh my, and I watched all Q episodes just yesterday!!!
OMG you got Discord on the show!
+Luffyrulz09 disQord
+Luffyrulz09 And Discord episode confirmed as well. Midseason hiatus? Season 7? Luffy is that you?
John de Lancie is the anti Kevin Sorbo.
+David Smith You mean sane?
Yes, exactly.
David Smith DISAPPOINTED!
But Kevin Sorbo is one of the world's greatest actors and The God is not dead movies among the greatest movies ever invented that absolutely changed my life and gave me a whole new.......... I'm sorry I can't keep saying that shit with a straight face. Kevin Sorbo is a complete religious zealot and they god is not dead movies are the very worst kind of hot garbage😄
i had my pic taken with kevin sorbo at wizard world in richmond va. then i found out he was a religious derp. now i only think of him only as Hercules.
Q is basically a God so if anyone could debunk God it would be Q. :D
+Deconverted Man Q's also Jesus-Light as he got punished by being made mortal and suffering to the degree of almost dying at the hands of lesser beings he had senselessly tortured before (and afterwards again... D'uh) which might not QUITE be the way a christian would describe the deific nature of Little Yeshua but then they seldom face the truth about their weird little fairy tale book and the cult they've made up around it...
Urs F Q is a way better God then God. But Sisko punched him, making Sisko UBER-God
Deconverted Man
Actually is makes Sisko just badtempered and rude. Had Q wanted he could have transformed him into an amoeba in the blink of an eye (or the time a fingersnip takes)
But then they made Janeway godmother of their new little Q... better than Mary too, isn't she? Not the least because she was not raped by an invisible spirit at age 13/14 (only by Lizard Tommy in Treshold but we do not speak about treshold, or do we?) to create that godling :D
(And i still savor the incident where a german TV magazine or announcer got a horribly wrong translation, turning "godmother" into the literal mother of god in german ;) instead of just the witness to the christening)
You'd think Q would have better communications technology. Lol
(Love the interview)
I think everyone liked Q because of how much he liked to annoy Picard. ;)
The book he wrote, "I, Q." I think its called was a lot of fun.
we do not have to know all the answers.....that is ok. Great interview.
I had that question of 'World created' except it was "WOuld you believe the world we know was created in this year of 4500 BC? We think the society that was the basis of our world now started about then. After billions of years the earth was stewing about and life coming and going, man figured out how to create a larger society past clans and this is where our world today started." and then pulled out the bible and I thought "oh no no no." he then said "This is the product of such a society but it is the work of man's hand. A guidebook, not a history book, if you keep that in mind." I could get behind that.
Hi Seth, regarding an "atheist rock" theme next week, you might check out my favorite band, Nightwish, and their most recent album Endless Forms Most Beautiful. It's all themed around Darwin's Origin of Species, and even includes voice work from Richard Dawkins. They aren't an atheist group (past songs make that debatable) but the album is a great touch on relevant subject matter!
Just gonna drop this here for you, Seth. 😉
#StarTrek #Picard #StarTrekPicard #StarTrekPicardSeason2 #Se02 #Q #JohnDeLancie
When the HELL can I get this on SiriusXM???
That was a really really good interview.
Seems like autocorrect butchered the sponsor link in the description...
+Jan DL1JPH yeah lootcreate.com never existed or is down
+TheThinkingAtheist
Yeah, the link says loot crEate. With an extra E
+Jan DL1JPH Fixed. Thanks for the heads-up. My fault. -Seth
+TheThinkingAtheist Not a problem... I found your show only fairly recently and just managed to get through most of the archive. Absolutely love the show, keep up the good work.
Those eyes are drawing Me in.
He also did a start up helper for compaq back in the 90's
What a nice guy... Thanks.
OMG, Days fan here from back in the day!!!! Score!!!
John de Lancie is a featured speaker at the 2016 Reason Rally? It makes sense that 'Q' does not believes in other imaginary gods. Perfectly done Seth. ᵔᴥᵔ ★★★★★
Katalyzt
It would be hilarious if he came out on stage in "Q" character.
Wow, at first I just really liked de Lancie for voicing one of my fav MLP:FiM characters (Discord); now that I find out he his and advocate for reason, I am truly a fan of his.
Same here. Discord is my favorite MLP character and I had no idea John De Lancie he was an advocate for reason. :)
discord is what got me really watching mlp. and im 36 yo burly cis white male.
WOOHOO! God Himself; 'Q' =P
How come his introductions never include mentioning Discord? D:
+RoleplayHumor At least John mentioned MLP.
@@ArcasDevlin I think this was before Discord was voiced. It sounded like he was talking about shows his agent was suggesting he should look into when he was talking MLP.
Where is show 272?
+David Meier 272 was the Alix Jules interview, which already existed in video form. It can be a bit confusing, but I didn't want to upload an audio-only "podcast" version of the same thing. Thx.
That was awesome.
Hey Seth, anyone ever tell you that you kind of look like Mr de Lancie?
AKA: DIS' CHORD!
Discord awakens.
+ShipIsLove ShipIsLife you. I like you /)
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Science brightens my day.
Mischievous. There is no second 'i'.
"God is my bus driver". I'm willing to bet it was a short bus at that.
So the Q is really an Atheist. Well, ofc a near omnipotent, all knowing being would be smart enough to know that there is no god. {:-p
The Q probably think that, were there a god, they would at least have his number.
Read the book, "I, Q", by John de Lancie. It shows that yes, Q is an atheist, as a first person narration as he saves the galaxy with the help of his sidekicks... Picard and Data.
Also the audiobook is amazing, since it is narrated by the man himself.
Q this, Q that, Q Q Q. What about Discord?
To be honest (I didn't know it was him actually) It's the same character, haha.
Funny that this video starts with an ad for PureFlix. LOL
It's Q!
+d3st88 my first thought
I'm sorry, but who is Q? Like, what show is it from?
EDIT: Oh, John's character. Got it.
+Tome Chan
star trek the next generation
He reprises his role in Star Trek Voyager and Star Trek DS9 as well.
+d3st88
it's discord :D
lol the add for this video was for a movie about Jesus
It’s the talent behind Alarak! Glory to the Highlord!
Oh shit, it is Q time :) I love it...
When you believe something you think it's real. For the believer there is no distinction between private belief and objective reality, and you can't expect them to make that distinction. Try it for yourself, try believing something and not thinking it's real.
I kind of do. All the great stories I have watched and read kind live in me. At times I have to have little chats with myself to reestablish the boundaries between reality and imagination, and the desires for fantasies to be real.
Isnt it a personal responsibility to learn critical thinking skills, to grow into a human capable of holding truth and rejecting falsehood?
I suppose some dont hold that to be true, and others do and yet believe silly things...
Hey isn't that the guy from My Little Pony?
+greenghost2008 Among other things, yes.
Hey, it's Discord!
Seth had the only person with a voice that can outshine his, John de Lancie. Suspiciously his microphone is not that good.
+manamaster6 ;-) glad you said this and not me lol
+Chris LeDoux someone had to. ;-)
I'm guessing John doesn't work from home much...
O capitaine mon capitaine!
I was hoping to hear Mr De Lancie's opinion on the Q document and Qanon 🤣
Kinda disappointed that Q didn't snap his fingers.😞🖖
DISCORD! /j
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So awesome! /)(^3^)(\
shame he didnt turn to religion after jane died. could have averted a catastrophe.
Very Q-te!
3 minutes looking at that face without recognizing its Q
Ow?
What do you expect from a person who plays Q...
Q!!!
Mr. de Lancie is a very good actor, but sadly he's most well known for a character I disliked, Q. :(
+SDW175
but he played the character well :D
I loved the character, but, this guy was a dick at a Trek convention I took a nephew to in the early 90's. Maybe he's mellowed, so, I'm listening.
*****
look up star trek, the next generation and then if you want to see an episode with him in it, find one with a Q in the title
+Adam Swift or Star Trek Voyager..
Oh man, next weeks show... You should've gotten CJ Mcmahon from Thy Art Is Murder, that man has a lot to say about religion and the cancer that it is.
Q wasn't much of a god. After all, Jean Luc Picard thwarted him every time.
+mikeyvester That was the point ;)
+mikeyvester Did he really?
Q did stuff for mankind that alloved "us" to survive in a place we othervise would had died out in.
This is most easily seen in Q WHO but each time Q appeard it was with a purpouse behind the obvious purpouse.
And remember the one that act like a fool is always seen as a lesser threatening thing to deal with.
Doctor Who is entierly based on that notion.
Anna-Karin Nyström
I hope you understand the Star Trek and Dr. Who are just stories. This reminds me of a couple friends that used to get into fist fights about whether the Enterprise is more powerful than the Tardis.
mikeyvester WTF Ar You saying??!
Arent they real?
OMG
The Doctor and his older sister will just not stand for it.
Just because the Doctors mother had to travel into a previous Universetimeline and meet up with his father so he could be born after the Big Bang that was casued by the exploding OMEGA at around the end of 2009 and that crated our classical series Universettimeline; dosent mean You can claim that neither Star Trek nor Doctor Who arent real.
So prove to me our Doctor´s real name is NOT Tony Tyler; Younger brother of Rose Tyler that hooked up with the DoctorDonnahuman Valeyard from inbetween the 12th and final regen and then moved on to have a kid:
A kid that made our Doctors life a living hell epecially after he/she died when Gallifrey was transported away from the classic series Universetimeline (seen 1963-2006; 2010 and 2013)and ascended into becoming the new Black Guardian of time in the "new" Universetimeline (seen 2006-2010 2010-2015)that was Created on 26th of June 2010 after the TARDIS exploded as per mentioned in the series 2 episode "Doomsday" and later seen in series 5 episode "Big Bang".
SO DOnt You DARE Speak to me about this not being real just because our Doctor is a hybrid born by parents from 2 diffrent Universetimelines!!!!
agreed
Discord on My Little Pony.
*Fangirls all over* Sorry, needed to do that.