"Beam aboard for an exhilarating voyage with Energize, your go-to podcast for all things Star Trek! Join Sci-Fi enthusiast Anthony McLemore and Star Trek aficionado Steve Truitt as they delve deep into the latest episodes from "Strange New Worlds", "Picard", "Lower Decks", and "Discovery". Get ready...
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For over 20 years, Emmy award-winning writer/producer/director/host Anthony McLemore has enjoyed a multi-faceted career in television news, talk shows, reality, and documentary programming. After winning a Cable Ace in 1998 for the sketch comedy/magazine show "HEP-TV" 1998, Anthony moved to Hollywood. In 1999, he helped develop and launch E! Entertainment Television's successful lifestyle show "Celebrity Homes," which earned him his first Emmy award nomination. Soon after, McLemore co-created BET's smash hit celebrity lifestyle/documentary series "How I'm Living," which became the network's second highest-rated show.
From there, McLemore went on to produce and direct countless documentaries, reality, and talk shows, including CBS's Big Brother, A&E's The Jackson's: "A Family Dynasty," the critically acclaimed documentary series "Brat Camp" & "Border Security USA" for ABC, the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" for Bravo, Discovery Channel's hit show "Street Outlaws" and "The Dr. Phil Show", the highest rated talk show in daytime.
In 2022, Anthony won his first Emmy for the Netflix/Hulu documentary The New York Times Presents "Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson."
Anthony began his career in 1993 as a local news reporter/photographer/editor at the NBC affiliate KLSB-TV in Nacogdoches, Texas, while attending Stephen F. Austin State University. After graduating, McLemore was a reporter for se…
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Steve Truitt is known to television audiences as a Los Angeles news anchor and host of such science and technology shows as Discovery Channel's Cool Stuff: How It Works and Nat Geo's The Human Edge. Star Trek fans may recognize Steve from his one line in "Enterprise", Season 3, Episode 21 which he was rightfully awarded after begging the casting director for 5 years to appear on any Trek show.
An avid space enthusiast, NASA historian and memorabilia collector, Steve has been involved in space initiatives for almost 30 years. He has met five of the twelve original moonwakers, flown in a shuttle simulator with NASA astronauts, and served as the go-to space and technology reporter for KNBC-TV during the last of the shuttle missions. He is also a member of the National Space Society and the Planetary Society, and contributes regularly to private space ventures.
Currently the co-host of Energize! A Star Trek Podcast, Steve breaks down weekly episodes of Star Trek's TV series, providing deep insight and historical analysis of the shows with co-host Anthony McLemore.
Past radio broadcasting credits include his work with KNX, KABC and Metro Networks where he was the recipient of a Meritorious Service Acknowledgement for his work in reporting the Los Angeles riots, and L.A. RideShare's Traffic Reporter of the Year award. His producing credits include the documentary "Born Schizophrenic," for which he and his team won a Golden Eagle award for best documentary.
Steve is also the author of the upcoming Sci … Read More