Episode 210: Anson Mount

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NacelleCast Studios

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

5 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Anson Mount played Captain Pike on Paramount Plus’ Discovery and now on Strange New Worlds. His background was theatre before he was scooped up by Hollywood. He is a lover of carpentry, nature, and podcasting. Smart and funny, he opens up about how he got into acting and his growing up going to school in Tennessee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Anson Mount has star power.
0:03.0	He's an individualistic man, it seems to me, a builder both in real terms and metaphorically speaking.
0:10.0	I wish Gene Roddenberry had a chance to meet him, as he is an ideal Star Trek captain.
0:16.0	He was superb on Hell on Wheels, and it's wonderful to see his Captain Pike, who, while a strong leader, is quite different from the put-a-phone but magnificent Cullen Bohannon.
0:26.6	He and his friend Brannan Edgians showcase a wide range of artists and subjects on their podcast, The Well.
0:33.6	Anson is exploring new worlds every day in real life as well as from the universe of Star Trek.
0:40.1	He's become a father.
0:42.6	Live long and prosper.
0:49.4	Well, welcome, Anson.
0:52.2	Thanks.
0:53.1	Thanks.
0:53.6	Thank you so much. Thank you so much for agreeing to do this on your spare time.
0:58.0	Oh, my pleasure.
0:59.0	I've been doing a deep dive into your life.
1:02.0	Oh, boy.
1:03.0	I've been very impressed.
1:05.0	And I love your podcast, The Well.
1:08.0	Talk about that a little.
1:09.0	The podcast, The Well, is, it was just sort of an idea that I'd been hip pocketing for several years.
1:19.6	And then it occurred to me one day that it would be a lot of fun to do it with my friend Brannon,
1:27.4	who was one of the smartest people
1:29.2	I've ever met and has deeply, deeply curious mind because we really have these conversations
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