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<fs smaller>**AXACON REMEMBRANCE** In a November 11, 2018, interview on Alpha Waves Radio, AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza recounts his experiences trying to cover Axacon, Axanar's fan convention. [[yout>BKUiEtOALB0|Click here]] or on the image to listen.</fs> <fs x-small>//Image/Alpha Waves Radio//</fs>

<fs x-small>FEBRUARY 9, 2019<wrap indent> | </wrap><wrap indent> 3 MINS READING TIME</wrap></fs>

====== AxaMonitor's Adventures at Axacon ======

**//The So-Called Hidden Story Behind Axacon Actually Duly Reported Days After//**
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I traveled to Atlanta in November 2018 to try to cover Axacon, the Axanar fan convention.

I say "try to" because I was summarily disinvited after purchasing a ticket. That wasn't going to stop me; in the words of Captain Kirk in Star Trek III, "The word is no. I am therefore going anyway."

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===== Reporting on Axacon =====

My plan to publish a "reporter's notebook" was unfortunately stymied by the holidays, work travel and pressing professional obligations that kept me occupied through mid-January.

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<fs smaller>**//See also: [[axacon_schedule|Axanar Fan Convention Expected to Lose Money]] and [[axacon_records|Peters to Open Axanar Finances to Limited Inspection at Axacon]]//**</fs>
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==== Alpha Waves Radio ====

So I gladly accepted an invitation from Michael Hinman to appear on his show, Alpha Waves Radio, to talk about Axacon and Axanar. That show was broadcast November 11, about a week after Axacon. [[yout>BKUiEtOALB0|Watch here »]]

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<fs smaller><wrap indent>One poor Axacon volunteer was assigned as a guard specifically to keep me out of every panel.</wrap> \\
<wrap indent>Of the 22 hours of Axacon's programming, I was eventually invited to attend one event, the final one of the con. A trivia contest. I did win a bag of the (in)famous Axanar coffee.</wrap></fs>
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<WRAP>//**__« One poor Axacon volunteer was assigned as a guard specifically to keep me out of every panel. »__**// <wrap indent>//— AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza//</wrap></WRAP>

==== Barred From Event ====

Though I was shut out of virtually the whole event, I was invited to sit in on the trivia contest that was the last thing on the Axacon schedule. It was a generally positive experience, as was my encounter on Saturday night of the con at the hotel bar with a number of Axa-folk. Many were people with whom I'd previously had less-than-pleasant online tussles.

===== Complaints =====

Since then, Axanar supporters have complained I haven't written about my experience because heaven forbid I write something positive about Axanar. As you'll hear in this interview, I shared my experiences — positive and negative — right after Axacon. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
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<fs smaller>**AXACON INTERVIEW** AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza appears on Alpha Waves Radio.</fs>
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<wrap em>COMMENTS</wrap> \\
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