In the interview Noah Hershkowitz describes when he first attended a Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC) in 1981 or 1982; was the long time editor of Plasma Sources Science and Technology, and he discusses the overlap between people involved in that journal and the GEC, and he is especially good on the international aspects of the field and future applications. Throughout he mentions Bill Graham, Peter Ventzek, Will Allis, Art Phelps, Mark Kushner, Richard Anderson, Dan Schram, Jim Willard, Alan Garscadden, Leanne Pitchford, Mike Lieberman, Mel Turner, and others.