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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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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I have my first guest this episode. Brett, my partner and fiancé. We talk about the difference between want and need. One of our first conversations about our relationship.

We also talk about BrewDog, our favorite brewery and the people we have met because of it.

Then I talk about the first time I understood memories could be completely false and how that changed me.

Here is a link to the Mind Field episode about false memories.

I will post my BrewDog love letter this week.

The next episode will have my conversation with Jason from Fez-O-Rama.

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Episode summary. I start off talking about the word why and how it has affected me. A brief story of how the Doug in a Pub podcast and blog came to be. I was the first guest on a podcast called “Life in a Kilt” it is now gone from the internet, but I have gotten my hands on the episode on which I was a guest. I will post it soon. We talk about life and kilts. The hosts, Rick and Cheri have started a new podcast called. This Epic Disaster. I never miss an episode, give it a listen. 

A review of one of my all time favorite bars, The Brick Store Pub. Here is a link to a review I posted on my blog. I finish up with a story of how changing a tire changed my life. Episode three will include two conversations with my partner Brett. We will talk about want vs need and BrewDog. I will also talk about a story from when I was little and how it changed over time and how those changes affected me.  Memories are not what they are cracked up to be.  Thanks for listening. What do you want to hear me talk about? Want to be a guest?  Please share!! You can subscribe to this podcast in most places. iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Beyond Pod….

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In the meantime, are there any questions you want me to try to answer?

Doug

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