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The Friendship Onion

Kast Media | Dominic Monaghan & Billy Boyd

Join your favorite Hobbits, friends and co-stars, Billy Boyd and Dom Monaghan as they take a look back at their time on The Lord of the Rings. Featuring interviews with cast and crew, diving deep into life behind the scenes, and answering the many fan questions, The Friendship Onion will peel back the layers of their friendship, both on screen and off.

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83:27

Kickboxing Champion & Comedian Anya Zova!

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2022/08/16

Billy & Dom discuss what dog breeds would play LOTR characters before bringing on world champion kickboxer and comedian Anya Zova. They discuss her growing up in the Soviet Union, her rise to kickboxing world champ, joining the WWE, her transition into comedy and her recent tour "Make Laughs Not War" in support of Ukraine.Anya Zova is a comedian, actress and professional athlete, born in the Soviet Union and raised by a Ukrainian mother and Russian father. She worked in the

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73:33

LIVE at FanExpo Chicago!

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2022/08/09

Live at FanExp Chicago, Billy & Dom lend their thoughts on deep dish pizza, explore the Chicago flag, Gene & Denver Dave discuss their favorite gangster movies, answer audience questions, have a live tongue twister battle, and Eat the World with some Chicago-style popcorn! Check below for other LIVE Friendship Onion recordings!Boston (August 12th)Toronto (August 26th) Get your Friendship Onion merchandise at https://www.thefriendshiponionpodcast.com! Tune in every

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85:45

Billy & Dom Talk to Rufiooo (Dante Basco)!

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2022/08/02

Billy & Dom talk to Dante Basco, discussing his role as Rufio in Hook, working with Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams, how he got his start as a hip hop dancer and moved into acting, meeting Stephen Spielberg, his passion for League of Legends, and then Eat the World with some Filipino Lumpia!Dante R. Basco is a Filipino American film, television and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg's Hook, and for his many

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84:19

Billy & Dom Talk to Lazy Game Reviews!

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2022/07/26

Billy & Dom talk about how to troll your friends while watching LOTR, the various Canadian provinces, the new Elder Scrolls/Skyrim co-op mode, and then have Lazy Game Reviews' Clint Basinger on to talk about his passion for all things vintage games and computers. Clint Basinger is the guy behind Lazy Game Reviews, a YouTube show that began in 2009 dedicated to revisiting retro technology and the history of computing. If it has a microprocessor, a keyboard, and comes in beige

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83:40

Billy & Dom Talk to Comedian Guy Branum

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2022/07/19

Billy & Dom talk about whether Merry and Pippin could have made Frodo's journey and their favorite animation movies before having comedian/writer Guy Branum on show. They talk about Guy's new book My Life as a Goddess, getting started as a stand up comedian, working in a writer's room, and offers his homemade peach cobbler for Eat the World!Guy Branum is an American comedian, writer, and actor best known as the head writer of, and a sketch performer on, X-Play on the G4

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65:27

Billy & Dom Talk to a Mead Maker!

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2022/07/12

Billy & Dom discuss Chinese food in the UK vs. US, the Halo game series, Star Wars books, and then Eat the World with Travis Sigler of Wyrd Leather and Mead. They taste and discuss Mead's origins, how it's made, its many flavors, and Travis' LOTR-inspired mead/leather shop in Portland, Oregon! Wyrd Leatherworks and Meadery is a medieval-themed hall, leather shop, and meadery all in one located in Portland, Oregon, and is the number one stop for all Adventurer's, Cosplayers,

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81:03

Billy & Dom Talk to The Potash Twins!

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2022/07/05

Now in their NEW STUDIO Billy & Dom talk to jazz musicians The Potash Twins. They discuss how they got started, the pros/cons of studying music in college, their latest album Hornography, what defines jazz, Eat the World with some Dried Squid, and host another LIVE jam performance for Funky for You!Adeev and Ezra Potash, professionally known as The Potash Twins are American identical twin musicians and television personalities from Omaha, Nebraska. The twins have hosted

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71:14

LIVE at MEGACON Orlando!

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2022/06/28

Billy & Dom host their FIRST LIVE SHOW at MEGACON Orlando! They discuss which characters they'd like to see cross over from Star Wars into The Lord of the Rings, the cleanliness of hotel remotes, explore some riddles, tongue twisters, and then Eat the World with Florida's former and current state foods - Key Lime Pie and Strawberry ShortCake! Check below for other LIVE Friendship Onion recordings!Denver (July 1st)Chicago (July 8th)Boston (August 12th)Toronto (August

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84:33

Billy & Dom Talk to a Fighter Pilot!

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2022/06/21

Billy & Dom talk about Billy's experience working in Nova Scotia before bringing fighter pilot Terry Pankhurst on the show who talks about how he got started as a pilot, his experience at flight school, and then diving into discussing the realism of Top Gun, including Goose's ejection, air brakes, targeting enemies, big egos, and more!Terry Pankhurst flew the S-3B Viking for nearly four years, going on many deployments to faraway places. In February 2000, he transitioned to

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79:41

Billy & Dom Talk to Podcaster Chris Mancini!

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2022/06/14

Billy & Dom talk with podcaster/writer Chirs Mancini who talks about his new graphic novel Long Ago and Far Away, his current podcast What're You Watching?, the old school art of video rentals, his favorite films from the last year, and Eats the World with some Trader Joe's mini ice cream cones! Chris Mancini is a writer, comedian, filmmaker, podcaster and parent. He has written on everything from soap operas to parenting books to comics to horror films, which are all more

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6:52

ALL EPISODES OF VIGILANTE ARE AVAILABLE NOW!

The Friendship Onion ·

2022/06/13

Tim Miller is a famous search-and-rescuer in Dickinson, Texas, who's helped to locate more than 300 missing persons. After 38 years of searching, he’s now convinced that he’s finally solved his own daughter’s murder. In the first season of VIGILANTE, Allie Conti (NYT, Vice) explores the human cost of Tim’s singular obsession with the case -- from the people he’s falsely accused in the past, to his estranged daughter, to the current girlfriend

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85:25

Oscar-Winning Composer Michael Giacchino!

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2022/06/07

Billy & Dom talk to Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino ( The Batman, Up, Rogue One) who discusses how he got started, his own experience with imposter syndrome, working on The Batman, winning an Oscar for Up, his favorite composers, how he approaches writing music, and then Eats the World with some homemade Hot Sauce!Michael Giacchino is an American composer of music for films, television, and video games, his work includes Jurassic World, Dawn of the Planet of the

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69:07

Billy & Dom Talk to Adam Savage!

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2022/05/31

Billy & Dom talk about the scariest horror films they've seen before diving into an interview with Adam Savage as he discusses how he got started, his relationship with WETA Workshop and Peter Jackson, crafting swords, his time on Mythbusters, and his future projects! Adam Whitney Savage is an American special effects designer and fabricator, actor, educator, and television personality and producer, best known as the former co-host of the Discovery Channel television series

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56:52

Billy & Dom Talk to a Rocket Scientist!

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2022/05/24

Billy and Dom talk to Rocket Scientist Olympia LePoint who talks about how she got started at NASA, being one of the few females in a male-dominant environment, her job in calculating catastrophic failure for shuttle missions, and her book Mathaphobia which explores how to overcome the fear of mathematics!Olympia Ann LePoint is an American author, professional speaker and rocket scientist. LePoint helped design rockets for 28 of NASA Space Shuttle missions between 1998 and 2007

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73:55

Billy & Dom Talk to Wil Wheaton!

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2022/05/17

Wil Wheaton joins Billy & Dom to discuss his passion for board games, video games, his iconicroles in Star Trek and Stand by Me, and his transition into writing books.Wil Wheatonis an American actor, blogger, and New York Times bestselling writer. He portrayedWesley Crusheron the television seriesStar Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the filmStand by Me, Joey Trotta inToy Soldiers, and Bennett Hoenicker inFlubber. Get your Friendship Onion merchandise at

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79:20

Billy & Dom Talk to an Entomologist!

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2022/05/10

Billy and Dom talk to Entomology Professor Richard Zack of Washington State University, in which they discuss how Dr. Zack got involved in the field, insects' connection to the greater ecosystem, all before specifically exploring house flies, mosquitoes, and even hissing cockroaches! Richard Zack is a professor in the Department of Entomology where he also serves as curator of the M. T. James Entomological Collection. Rich has received many recognitions including distinguished

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67:14

Doug Jones (Part 2) - Actor, Contortionist, and Mime...

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2022/05/03

In this second part, Billy and Dom talk to Doug Jones (Shape of Water, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth) about his role on Star Trek, working with Guillermo del Toro, how to get started in the creature actor world, and then recommends some Tuna Casserole for Eat the World and a somber Funky for You jam!Doug Jones is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist. He is best known for portraying non-human creatures, usually via heavy make-up and visual effects. He has most notably

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52:55

Doug Jones (Part 1) - Actor, Contortionist, and Mime...

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2022/04/26

Billy and Dom talk to Doug Jones (Shape of Water, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth) about how he got started in becoming some of Hollywood's greatest monsters, his approach to each of his characters, what he recommends to aspiring monster actors, and more! Doug Jones is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist. He is best known for portraying non-human creatures, usually via heavy make-up and visual effects. He has most notably collaborated with acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo

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60:03

The Tolkien Ensemble's Caspar Reiff (Part 2 of 2)

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2022/04/19

In this second part, Caspar Reiff performs a funky Bach jam, cooks a Danish Dream cake for Eat the World, and joins Billy in performing their original track "Where It Began". Cake recipe below! Caspar Reiff founded The Tolkien Ensemble in 1995. It is a Danish ensemble that successfully aimed to create "the world's first complete musical interpretation of the poems and songs from The Lord of the Rings". They published four CDs from 1997 to 2005, in which all the poems and songs

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57:18

The Tolkien Ensemble's Caspar Reiff (Part 1 of 2)

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2022/04/12

Caspar Reiff joins Billy & Dom to talk about how he transitioned from classical music to forming The Tolkien Ensemble, his relationship with Christopher Lee, how he got into Lord of the Rings, and plays a live LOTR jam with Billy!Caspar Reiff founded The Tolkien Ensemble in 1995. It is a Danish ensemble that successfully aimed to create "the world's first complete musical interpretation of the poems and songs from The Lord of the Rings". They published four CDs from 1997 to

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