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The man behind Darth Maul sits down.

Sam Witwer has been a Sith Lord, a Cylon, and a Starfleet officer, and he is remarkably candid about all of it. He is our new episode, and there is a new way to watch one being made.

Secrets from Star Wars and Star Trek with Sam Witwer

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Secrets from Star Wars and Star Trek with Sam Witwer

Sam takes Brent and Jonny through Battlestar Galactica, his run as Darth Maul, and what Juilliard actually taught him. He is unusually open about how he decides which parts to take, and which ones to walk away from.

Just over an hour. Out now on YouTube and in every podcast app.

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Also in this one

Somewhere in the middle, Brent decides there is something he has to get at.

“You know what the name of his first band was? A hundred bucks if you got it.”

Nobody got it.

“Love Plumber.”

“Anybody got a Love Plumber CD in their car? Teenage band, what could it possibly be if not Love Plumber?”

Sam has since cleaned the name up. Slightly.

From the archive

Good cracker

Long before Worf, Michael Dorn had a bit part on a show starring a man he had watched practically his whole life: Andy Griffith.

They were on a break. Craft services had Ritz crackers. Griffith took one. Dorn took one. They stood there eating.

“Good cracker,” Dorn said.

“Goood cracker,” said Andy Griffith.

That is the entire story, and it is somehow the best one he tells.

From Michael Dorn and his Untold Stories, about eight minutes in.

Come sit in the room

This is the new one. You can now put your name down for a seat in the studio audience and watch an episode come together in person, guests and all. Tell us how many seats you need and we will email you when a taping opens up.

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Got a story of your own instead? You can pitch yourself as a guest.

Season 2 Logo Contest

Still open, and still yours to win

Design the logo that represents Season 2, featuring Brent and Jonathan themselves. If yours is chosen, your art becomes the face of the show.

Grand prize: a VIP day at the studio during three guest recordings, lunch with Brent and Jonny, and credit as the official Season 2 designer. Runner up gets a merch package. Entries close October 1.

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The Daily Drop

Four clues, four guesses, one mystery guest from the show. A new one every day at midnight Pacific, and everybody starts at puzzle number one, so it does not matter when you join. There are 151 of them waiting.

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Sam Witwer, Darth Maul, and a teenage band called Love Plumber