The Wire! A really bad headache leads to Garak finally opening up to Bashir about his past. Except he really doesn't since pretty much every single thing he says is a lie. So it's basically a bunch of lies with a bunch of accidental slips of truth, and by the end even Bashir's a little sick and tired of it. But what do we think?! Tune in to find out!

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0:00 - Intro

3:35 - Around the Sun

16:49 - Sponsor (Ekster)

30:04 - Episode recap and discussion

1:22:37 - Mailbag

1:30:46 - Outro