The Friendship Onion

In this second half of our two part episode, Sean, Billy, and Dom discuss some onset tensions during Lord of the Rings, their favorite restaurants in New Zealand, and enjoy Big League Chew for Eat the World!

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In this first half of a two part interview, Sean Astin joins Billy and Dom to talk about their initial days on Lord of the Rings, when they realized how big the film was, how they coped with the elements and long hours, and their hilarious adventures flying in helicopters.

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Billy and Dom discuss writing poetry and music, dying in dreams, collecting vinyl and cassette tapes, answer a quiet riddle, and Eat the World with Utah's finest Fry Sauce!

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Billy and Dom discuss the one person they'd bring to the Grey Havens, video games as an art form, Dom’s favorite sandwich, Tayto Skips for Eat the World, and more!

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In this second half, Stephen Colbert discusses his favorite science fiction and fantasy series, the one question he'd ask Professor Tolkien, and provides homemade boiled peanuts from his brother in law for Billy and Dom to Eat the World!

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Stephen Colbert - who Peter Jackson called the King of Lord of the Rings nerdom - joins Billy and Dom to talk about how he got into LOTR, working on The Late Show, his passion for science fiction and fantasy, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and more! 

Tune in every Tuesday for new episodes and please be sure to rate, subscribe, and leave a comment/review! Take a screenshot of your Apple review, tag the show on IG and we might feature you on our story! And be sure to follow and add your favorite funky jams to our Spotify playlist "The Friendship Onion."

Feel free to leave Billy and Dom a message with your comments, questions, or just to say hello! https://www.speakpipe.com/thefriendshiponion or write us an email at [email protected] 

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In this second half, Richard Taylor discusses how he approached the epic set design of Lord of the Rings, the many challenges they faced, his advice to aspiring artists, and Eats the World with some of New Zealand's finest Jaffas!

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Richard Taylor joins Dom and Billy as they discuss how Richard got started as an artist, his work at Weta Workshop, his first experience reading Tolkien, how he met Peter Jackson, their work on Meet the Feebles and more! Tune in next week for part two!

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Feel free to leave Billy and Dom a message with your comments, questions, or just to say hello! https://www.speakpipe.com/thefriendshiponion or write us an email at [email protected] 

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Billy and Dom discuss doing a drunk history of The Silmarillion, who they'd snog, marry, or kill between Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, what type of animal they see each other as, review Scotland's finest soft drink Irn Bru, and more!

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Billy and Dom discuss breaking bones, whether LOTR paved the way for the MCU, eat Chicago style hot Giardiniera, and interview astronaut Michael-Lopez Alegria who's logged the most spacewalking hours in NASA history!

Michael López-Alegría has over 40 years of aviation and space experience with the U.S. Navy and NASA in a variety of roles including Naval Aviator, engineering test pilot and program manager, NASA astronaut, and International Space Station commander. He is currently the Vice President of Business Development for Axiom Space, and has been selected to command the crew of Ax-1, the first fully private orbital space mission in human history. 

Tune in every Tuesday for new episodes and please be sure to rate, subscribe, and leave a comment/review! Take a screenshot of your Apple review, tag the show on IG and we might feature you on our story! Also be sure to follow our Spotify playlist "The Friendship Onion" and add your favorite funky tracks which we might review on a future episode.

Feel free to leave Billy and Dom a message with your comments, questions, or just to say hello! https://www.speakpipe.com/thefriendshiponion or write us an email at [email protected] 

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