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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 4 hours 51 minutes
episode 51: Doug Jones (Part 2) - Actor, Contortionist, and Mime Artist!
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...
episode 52: Billy & Dom Talk to an Entomologist!
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...
episode 53: Billy & Dom Talk to Wil Wheaton!
Wil Wheaton joins Billy & Dom to discuss his passion for board games, video games, his iconic roles in Star Trek and Stand by Me, and his transition into writing books.
Wil Wheaton is an American actor, blogger, and New York Times bestselling writer...
episode 54: Billy & Dom Talk to a Rocket Scientist!
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...
episode 55: Billy & Dom Talk to Adam Savage!
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...
episode 56: Oscar-Winning Composer Michael Giacchino!
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 Apes,...
episode 57: Billy & Dom Talk to Podcaster Chris Mancini!
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...
episode 58: Billy & Dom Talk to a Fighter Pilot!
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...
episode 59: LIVE at MEGACON Orlando!
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...
episode 60: Billy & Dom Talk to The Potash Twins!
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...