Episode 303: Todd Stashwick

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NacelleCast Studios

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

5 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Todd Stashwick, Captain Liam Shaw in Star Trek: Picard joins me to discuss our individual journeys to Los Angeles, how his Midwestern upbringing shaped his adulthood, and how his love of Dungeons and Dragons has enhanced his life as a father and human. With the energy of a two year old, and the wisdom of a 100 year old, Todd shocks and surprises in this candid, must-listen episode that touches on his time in Second City, his love of coffee, and of course… Viking Lore! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.9	Todd Stashwick has more energy than a two-year-old. He also has the wisdom of a hundred-year-old.
0:37.2	His brain, folks, is going like 200 miles
0:40.1	an hour while I'm still trying to get mine into gear. If we get asked a question at a panel,
0:45.9	he will answer immediately, giving a hilarious response. Me, I'm still listening to the question.
0:51.6	A trivia and improviser king, he is like a professor at the university of anything and everything you can think of.
0:58.1	Dragon Master, coffee lover, vegetarian, lover of lore.
1:01.6	No, not the data lore.
1:03.4	I'm talking Viking lore.
1:05.3	Lord of the Rings lore.
1:06.5	Todd's a consummate actor who owns the screen from 12 Monkeys, Picard season three, and his years on stage with Second City.
1:14.6	This man is an improviser.
1:16.6	But the one thing we certainly have in common is that neither of us want to greet the world without that perfectly brood morning cup of Joe. You can just rip it.
1:30.3	No.
1:31.3	No.
1:32.3	I like the anticipation.
1:34.3	No, I have to rip it.
1:36.3	Yeah, you do, see.
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