NPS Special 05: Unapologetically Black with Karan Ashley and Nakia Burrise (1:25:32, 59 MB) [MP3 Direct Download]

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Show Notes

Hosted by: Lisa J and guest co-host Danielle

Topics: In celebration of Juneteeth, Lisa J and Danielle are joined by Karan Ashley and Nakia Burrise to speak on their experiences living unpologetically black in everyday life and online.

Links

You can help support anti-racism and learn more here: linktr.ee/nopinkspandex

You can listen to our guest co-host Danielle on the Toku Ladies Podcast.

Be sure to check out Rangerstop & Pop Con in Atlanta, GA March 5-7, 2021.

And lastly, subscribe to Power Rangers Playback on YouTube!

In the interview, they discuss being part of such a lasting brand, what it felt like literally and figuratively to wear the spandex, and they even strike the iconic morphing pose.  You can view the segment below.

(Courtesy: Cameron Samurai and Zeo-Ranger from Rangerboard)

The latest TV series to receive the treatment is Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, and Ford has enlisted the voices of Jason David Frank, Steve Cardenas, Karan Ashley, David Fielding (the first face and voice of Zordon), and Kerrigan Mahan (Voice of Goldar).

(Courtesy: Roadrunner3000 from Rangerboard)

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Show Notes

Hosted by: Lisa J and Jer
Topics: We talk with Karan Ashley and David J. Fielding about their project The Order. You’ll learn what the movie is about, their writing and producing processes, and get some clarity on key decisions made. Also, someone’s hair falls out. All that and more coming up!

Links

The Order Movie Website – See the teaser trailer and contribute to a portion of their film budget today!

Now it’s Karan Ashley’s turn to be featured in Episode 7 “Class Action.” Check it out below!

Power Pin Ups is a 2016 calendar featuring Pink and Yellow Rangers from several seasons of the franchise in cheesecake imagery evoking the artistic style of modeling posters from the 1930s and ’40s.  Featured are Erin Cahill (Jen from Power Rangers Time Force), Karan Ashley (Aisha from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Catherine Sutherland (Kat from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Deborah Philips (Katie from Power Rangers Time Force), Ciara Hanna (Gia from Power Rangers Megaforce), Nakia Burrise (Tanya from Power Rangers Zeo), Anna Hutchison (Lily from Power Rangers Jungle Fury), Alyson Kiperman Sullivan (Taylor from Power Rangers Wild Force), and Alison MacInnis (Dana from Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue), Alyson and Alison being the visionaries of this idea along with the behind-the-scenes help of Steven Skyler (Antonio from Power Rangers Samurai) and Secret Sky Productions.

The 2016 Calendar Girls project was spearheaded by Wild Force Yellow Ranger, Alyson Kiperman who, through friend, Realm Aquino, contacted Time Force Pink Ranger, Erin Cahill, who then contacted the rest of the wonderful ladies who are officially the 2016 Calendar Girls! Together with Alison MacInnis and Steven Skyler of Secret Sky Productions and Power Pin Ups, the team made this calendar into a reality!

Power Pin Ups was a daydream of Alison M’s when Erin contacted her to discuss the calendar idea, and when the assembled group gathered to discuss themes, it just made sense for the calendar project to make its debut as a “pin up” project, thus why several of the girls have a true pin up vibe! It was joy to work with such amazing, talented and creative women, each one is so beautiful inside and out! Special thanks to Alden Dobbins, a key member of our team!

By visiting the official website, you can purchase the calendar shipping in mid-December for $55.  You can also add a signature from the actresses who posed at an additional $20 each, as well as complimentary images featuring Jason Faunt (Wes from Power Rangers Time Force) and Najee De-Tiege (Kevin from Power Rangers Samurai) for $40 each.

Keep up with Secret Sky Productions via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram

Karan Ashley interviewed David Yost on her radio show Uncensored Radio and they also had a surprise guest. Spoiler! It was Amy Jo Johnson! Check out the interview below:

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A couple of good people have Indiegogo fundraisers going on right now and I’m here to spread the word!

Karan Ashley is raising funds to make a reality show for her internet radio show Unscripted Radio. Her along with her co-hosts will film their misadventures in New York and California, including Power Morphicon. The crew is raising $5,500 and have 16 days left (as of this post). To donate: http://www.indiegogo.com/unscripted

Last but not least, Mike and the folks from R5 Central are bringing back their podcast and need your help to do so. They’d like to cover certain events, including Power Morphicon, and they produce really good work. They’re raising $2,500 and have 43 days left (as of this post). To donate: http://www.indiegogo.com/r5-central

Karan Ashley is a host on Unscripted Radio, and they’ve announced that every Friday will have a half-hour Q&A. So get your questions ready and call her up on the show!

Power Morphicon 3 have announced their first round of guests: Karan Ashley, Steve Cardenas, Walter Jones, Paul Schrier, and Catherine Sutherland. Power Morphicon will be held on August 17-19, 2012 in Pasadena, CA.

Karan Ashley is raising funds for shooting her TV pilot Grown Ups in November, and she’s got a lot of cool perks for your contributions: Autographs, DVDs, tickets to the taping, phone call from Karan Ashley herself, and even a dinner with the cast of Grown Ups!

For more information: http://www.indiegogo.com/GrownUps

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Full List of Ranger Guests:

Walter Jones (Zack from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
Catherine Sutherland (Kat from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Power Rangers Turbo)
Karan Ashley (Aisha from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
Steve Cardenas (Rocky from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Power Rangers Zeo)
Nakia Burrise (Tanya from Power Rangers Zeo – Power Rangers Turbo)
Blake Foster (Justin from Power Rangers Turbo)
Barbara Goodson (Voice of Rita Repulsa)
Robert Axelrod (Voice of Lord Zedd)
Roger Velasco (Carlos from Power Rangers Turbo – Power Rangers in Space)
Jessica Rey (Alyssa from Power Rangers Wild Force)
Felix Ryan (Spike from Power Rangers Samurai)
Tony Oliver (Producer from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)

Walter Jones (Zack from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
Catherine Sutherland (Kat from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Power Rangers Turbo)
Karan Ashley (Aisha from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
Steve Cardenas (Rocky from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Power Rangers Zeo)
Nakia Burrise (Tanya from Power Rangers Zeo – Power Rangers Turbo)
Blake Foster (Justin from Power Rangers Turbo)
Barbara Goodson (Voice of Rita Repulsa)
Robert Axelrod (Voice of Lord Zedd)
Roger Velasco (Carlos from Power Rangers Turbo – Power Rangers in Space)
Jessica Rey (Alyssa from Power Rangers Wild Force)

In this installment of OMGURLFTW!, we look at Karan Ashley’s new Facebook Fan Page created just recently. I point this out because she and many other PR alums have expressed that they want to connect with the fans more, and anyone who wants to connect with us is good in my book!

She’ll be discontinuing her current Facebook account, so make sure you follow her at the brand spanking new one.

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During the second scene, when Orlando Magic star Mickael Pietrus flies into the crowd and begins fixing the hair of the person he collided with, Karan is over to the right of the screen in her seat looking over and laughing.

(Picture courtesy: Henshin Vault)

Walter Jones, Steve Cardenas, Karan Ashley, and Catherine Sutherland will appear at MAX 2010 July 1 in Los Angeles, CA. See site for details.

NPS interviews Roger Velasco.
(Picture courtesy: Henshin Vault)

After flying in early Thursday afternoon, getting a flat tire, and completely missing the SPD and Lost Galaxy cast, I was through. I couldn’t take anymore disappointment! But meeting Roger Velasco (Carlos from Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers in Space) really perked up my spirits, and he was such an easy guy to talk to. Unfortunately he was the first interview, and we were having some major audio problems. I was so afraid that it would be like this for the rest of the weekend, but I quickly troubleshooted it for Selwyn Ward’s (TJ from Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers in Space) interview right after. Selwyn looks exactly the same as he was on the show eons ago. If you didn’t know by now, black people don’t age. It’s true. Look at Walter Jones! But I digress.

Interviewing Selwyn was a little nerve-wracking for me because…well, I don’t know why. All I remember is being very nervous, but he was a sweetheart, and he knew when to dish out the dirt! Loved it! In fact, when asked about Christopher Khayman Lee (Andros from Power Rangers in Space), him and Roger both had to hesitate and both said the same thing about Chris being more to himself. Very interesting.

Production Assistant and Cameraman Tristan helps set up for the day.
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Friday, we had a bunch of interviews, including Steve Cardenas, Karan Ashley, and Nakia Burrise. Every morning, the NPS crew were stationed 3 feet away from Steve and Karan’s table, so after seeing each other for 3 days straight for 8 hours a day (give or take), people get loopy. There was a lot of waiting around for rangers to sneak away time to come by us, but since Steve and Karan were right there, they were easy. One of the production assistants, Johnathan, mentioned that Karan was really happy to see me. Karan’s really happy period!

Lisa J meeting Nakia Burrise for the first time.
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When I was interviewing Steve. JC (the person who organized the reunion at AX) noticed Nakia coming over to the ranger booth and nudged her over to Steve while I was interviewing him so that their reunion could be caught on camera. And it was! Then Nakia came around to me and gave me a hug as well! Ever since I interviewed her back in May 2008 (even before then), we’ve been exchanging emails back and forth. Finally we meet, so I’m glad that moment was caught on camera as well, no matter how bad I look! During her interview though, Steve interrupted by hugging Nakia on camera. Love that guy! If you haven’t seen it, it’s the blooper at the end of Nakia’s video interview.

NPS interviews Blake Foster.
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Then Blake was up next, and the cool tidbit about this was that he had just gotten a tattoo (among others) of the Blue Ranger Turbo helmet on his right arm that Thursday of the convention. Hardcore stuff! The tat was cool, but I’m still old school. I’d still be worried when I’m 80 and everything’s sagging!

Nakia Burrise, Lisa J, and Karan Ashley.
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Finally! A good picture! I had to throw in the obligatory “Chocolatey Goodness – The Female Edition” in there. Makes a sistah proud! A good way to end off Friday, I’d say.

NPS interviews Catherine Sutherland.
(Picture courtesy: Karen Shih)

Saturday was a whirlwind! Many more interviews, the Power Rangers Panel, and did I say more interviews? Interviewing Catherine Sutherland was a trip because I had just interviewed her back in March, so what else was I going to ask her? I didn’t care though, because this woman needs to be on camera as much as possible! Very sweet, and very tall! During the interview, Steve came in midway and hugged Catherine, continuing the Nakia running gag! Again, love that guy when’s he’s bored!

Production Assitant Jessica and Lisa J over by Walter Jones.
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Walter Jones was suppose to be at the convention the whole weekend, but he was shooting a vampire movie in Louisiana, got on a plane early Saturday morning to fly into Burbank Airport, rushed home, and then rushed to come right in the middle of the Power Rangers Panel. That’s some dedication! Unfortunately, we didn’t get to interview him. He forgot. Twice. And that’s all I’ll say!

The weekend was a blast! There were some amazing moments that weren’t able to be caught on still camera, but I’m a video person. I tape everything! I’ll be finishing off the Anime Expo coverage this week, and I hope you got more than a glimpse of our experience. This chapter will end but another will open up sooner than you think!

Before I go back into my editing cave, I want to thank you all for making this happen. No Pink Spandex would not have been at Anime Expo without the support and the MANY donations. I’m being very honest. There was a time where I wasn’t going because I didn’t have the funds, but you guys made it happen. If you really want to make more trips like this happen, then keep supporting and keep donating! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Show Notes

Hosted by: Lisa J
Topics: Anime Expo 2009 – Interview with Karan Ashley

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Show Notes

Hosted by: Lisa J
Topics: Anime Expo 2009 – Interview with Karan Ashley

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NEIL KAPLAN

Known to PR fans as the voice behind Diabolico and Gluto, Neil Kaplan has had an illustrious career in voice acting, including numerous roles on Digimon and being only the second person to voice Transformers’ Optimus Prime!

BRUCE KALISH

The executive producer from PRSPD to PRJF, Bruce Kalish is a second-generation television writer who has been working continuously since the 1970’s. More recently, Bruce created the hit Disney series Aaron Stone.

KARAN ASHLEY

Best remembered as Aisha Campbell, the fashionable second Yellow MMPR Ranger (and Earth’s first Yellow Ranger, Miss Alicia), Karan has had a variety of entertainment roles, from leader singer of the group “Krush” in the early 1990s, to producer/editor/co-writer/actress of the movie Devon’s Ghost alongside fellow PR alums Johnny Yong Bosch and Koichi Sakamoto.

There’s also an interview with Peter Shinkoda (asian guy with long hair standing near Masked Rider guy) from Up & Comers, but honestly, it wasn’t a great interview (not Peter’s fault, of course). Peter did talk about the cast, so that’s always a plus!

(Courtesy: the light via Rangerboard)

Below is an interview from a “Saturday morning teen variety show called ‘Scratch’”, and Karan…uh, I mean Ashley Jackson in this clip, is all over it!

Additional Power Rangers and talents in attendance include:

* Barbara Goodson – Empress Rita Repulsa – MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS (Fri., Sat. and Sun.)
* Nakia Burrise – Yellow Power Ranger-POWER RANGERS TURBO (Fri, Sat. and Sun.)
* Blake Foster – Blue Power Ranger – POWER RANGERS TURBO (Fri, Sat. and Sun.)
* Patricia Ja Lee – Pink Power Ranger – POWER RANGERS TURBO and POWER RANGERS IN SPACE (Sat. and Sun.)
* Dan Southworth – Quantum Power Ranger – POWER RANGERS TIME FORCE (Sat. and Sun.)
* Cerina Vincent – Yellow Power Ranger – POWER RANGERS LOST GALAXY (Thurs. only)
* Reggie Rolle – Green Power Ranger – POWER RANGERS LOST GALAXY (Thurs. only)
* Amy Rolle – Trakeena – POWER RANGERS LOST GALAXY (Thursday only)
* Brandon Jay McLaren – Red Power Ranger- POWER RANGERS SPD (Thurs. only)
* Monica May – Yellow Power Ranger – POWER RANGERS SPD (Thurs. only)
* Chris Violette – Blue and Red Power Ranger – POWER RANGERS SPD (Thurs. only)

Johnny Yong Bosch will not be attending Anime Expo due to prior engagements. Boy is shooting a movie and gotta make that money!

But with the aforementioned new guests added along with Karan Ashley, Steve Cardenas, Catherine Sutherland, Walter Jones, and Robert Axelrod, that totals the guest count to 16. Do not miss this!

(Courtesy: Anime Expo)

Anime Expo® Goes GO! GO! POWER RANGERS!!!

Nation’s Largest Anime and Manga Convention Announces Power Ranger Reunion and Panel

Anaheim, California (April 17, 2009) ‹ Blast off with Anime Expo® and members of the Mighty Morphin’ Power Ranger dynasty as they storm into the Los Angeles Convention Center for one of the biggest Ranger Reunions to date at the nation¹s largest anime and manga convention held July 2-5, 2009. More information can be found on the website http://anime-expo.org.

Rangers in attendance include:

* Karan Ashley – Aisha, the Mighty Morphin’ Yellow Power Ranger
* Steve Cardenas – Rocky, the Mighty Morphin’ Red Power Ranger
* Walter Jones – Zack, the Mighty Morphin’ Black Power Ranger
* Catherine Sutherland – Kat, the Mighty Morphin’ Pink Power Ranger
* Johnny Yong Bosch – Adam, the Mighty Morphin’ Black Power Ranger
* Robert Axelrod – Lord Zedd

In addition to attending Anime Expo® 2009, the Mighty Morphin’ Power Ranger Reunion event will include a panel as well as a booth in the Anime Expo® Exhibit Hall where fans can meet, take pictures with and obtain autograph head shots of their favorite convention attending Rangers!

This’ll be the first time that the “replacements” in MMPR will reunite in one place, being Karan, Johnny, Steve, and Catherine. Adding Walter to the mix is the icing on the cake! And since this will be in Los Angeles, no doubt other alums will stop by. Dan Southworth is notorious for showing up to ranger events, so I’d bet money that he’s be there. Tony Oliver is usually there with Bang Zoom! Entertainment. Patricia Ja Lee has been to AX in the past, so she may be there as well.

Don’t hold your breath for anyone showing up unexpectedly or spontaneously who isn’t living in the LA area. Trust me.

Show Notes

Hosted by: Lisa J
Topics: Power Rangers going animated for good?; Interview with Karan Ashley