Norman C. Lao is an enthusiastic part of many fandoms; from science fiction to fantasy to online gaming to medieval history. He launched his podcasting career in late 2015 with TREK.FM; first as an associate producer for the network and then to hosting such shows as Warp Five: The Enterprise Podcast and Standard Orbit: The Original Series Podcast. He went onto create BLOOD OF KINGS: A Highlander Podcast on the Fandom Podcast Network with his friend and co-host Kevin Reitzel in 2017 and later THE ZÓCALO: A Babylon 5 Livestream on YouTube – with Charlynn Schmiedt of The Nerd Party Network. THE ZÓCALO’s goal to keep the conversation of Babylon 5 alive and thriving in the consciousness of the science fiction communities and has been doing so since August 2018. When he’s not immersed in these fandoms, Norman practices HEMA: Historical European Martial Arts, is the father of two cats (Cookie and Spike) and two bunnies (Pippin and Buffy), enjoys a daily wee dram of Whisky from time to time and gives thanks every day that he is with Carol – his partner of 20 years.