Late in 2025 they announced they we starting a podcast together called Once We Were Spacemen. I was very excited to say the least. I rushed to my computer and went to oncewewerespacemen.com to learn more. There was nothing there. In fact the domain was available for purchase. I panicked. My first thought was that I should buy it to keep it safe from a squatter or poacher. But what if the OWWS team takes that as an offense and sics the law on me. I called out to my amazing wife for advice. She said, just buy it. It will be fine. So I did. I put this up at the domain.

Time passes and I get a message on the site from Siobhan on the production team. I went to LinkedIn did some digging. Everything seemed legit so I transferred ownership of the site over. A little white later they contact me saying they want to send me some swag and if I could wait until after the first of the year. “Of course” I reply. They wanted to make sure I got some cool stuff and Nathan was going to pick something special out. I may have squeed. You probably heard it. Time passes and I get an email saying to expect a package (more squeeing).

Here is what I received. I was gobsmacked. Floored. Grateful. Stunned even. I had the Mrs take pictures as I unboxed the goodies.

WOW!!! I was floored and blown away by the generosity.

But wait there is more. I had shared the story up to this point with my friends. On Feb 26, 2026, my friend Laura sent me a link to this podcast called Dropping Names with Brent and Johnny. They being Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes. She told me I should listen because I got a shout out. I was baffled. It turns out Nathan and Alan were the guests, and I did in fact get a shout out.
I was giddy and squealing. These four actors and good humans were talking about me (mostly).

Here is the full podcast episode. My shout-out is in the first 4 minutes.

Then just when I thought it couldn’t get better, they released this short…

I truly feel like I leveled up.

I will update this after Awesome Con…

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We are going to start recording episodes again. This time there will be 2 of us.

In it, we will talk about what is coming and how this picture happened.

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I mention 2 book. The Power of Now and Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill.

Thanks for listening. Please ask questions.

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Asking for help is the strong thing.

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I started to solidify my reason for being here, for staying here and motivation for moving forward. 

I talk about the first few weeks after waking up and start laying the ground work for the next batch of episodes. 

It gets better. Ask for help. Ask questions.

Doug

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I could have made a better choice, but it propelled me forward and I haven’t stopped moving forward since. 

Ask for help. Call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255

From here on the episodes get much more uplifting and motivational. 

Thanks for listening. Ask questions.  

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Robert Cooper from the BrewDog News Podcast tracked me down and we talked about the trip and BrewDog. 

Take a listen here:  BrewDog News Podcast 

BrewDog round three of fund raising is going on. Buy a share or two and use my code!!!

www.equityforpunksusa.com  Intro Code: A116938

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How affection seems to be taboo in many cases, when it is something the world sorely needs.

I give my answer to what is the main thing holding humanity back. 

Want to be a guest Do you have any questions?

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We discuss struggles with relationships and anxiety. Talk about how the past can keep coming back to trip you.

She has found EMDR to be very helpful and suggested the following resources from WebMD & Psychology Today.

I am so grateful she is so open and honest. The more we share, the smaller the world gets. The more we understand we are not alone, the better.

As always, ask questions. If you are struggling, ask for help.

What to be a guest?

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Part two will be a little more personal and talk about anxiety and struggles within relationships. That will be episode eight.

Episode 7 is up next. Brett will be joining me to talk about transactional relationships. We will also talk about internal change vs external and the ego.

 www.elizarickman.com

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My favorite quote about fear:

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” Frank Herbert, Dune

My favorite quote about love:

“Anyone can love a thing because. That’s as easy as putting a penny in your pocket.
But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.” Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear

Episode 6 will be part one of my conversation with Eliza Rickman.

Here is the post where I asked Brett to marry me.

Thank you for listening, spread the word. Love each other. Have a question or want to be a guest?
doug@douginapub.com

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