Tahmoh Penikett on Feeling Destined to Play Helo and Why BSG Matters More Than Ever
Release Date: 08/12/2025
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Hi everyone and thanks for joining me for another amazing year of The Sackhoff Show! I am so proud of the year we had together and so grateful to all of you for being part of this amazing community. On this special end-of-year Hindsight, my producer Jeph talk about our personal year in review (I won my F1 Fantasy league!) and our plans for 2026. Most of all, we share some important updates about the future of The Sackhoff Show! Don’t worry, we’re not going anywhere, but the show will look a little different going forward. I’m excited for a new chapter! Happy Holidays to you and your...
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Todd Stashwick Talks Star Trek: Picard, VisionQuest, 12 Monkeys, D&D and More
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Happy Tuesday and Happy Holidays, Everyone! If anyone can convince me to join their Dungeons & Dragons campaign, it’s Todd Stashwick. If you don’t know Todd, he plays Deacon on 12 Monkeys and Captain Liam Shaw on Star Trek: Picard, among many other roles. He is also playing Palladin in the upcoming VisionQuest from creator Terry Matalas. Todd is a brilliant actor and a true nerd and we have so much fun in this conversation. We talk about how he got from doing comedy at Second City to playing killers on TV. We get into what it was like growing up as a nerd and the pinch-me experience of...
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Katee Catches Up With Her TV Husband Michael Trucco
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Hi everyone, happy Tuesday! You didn’t think I could keep Michael Trucco away for long, did you? The last time I had Michael on the show, it was audio-only, so if you’ve been dying to see his beautiful face, today’s your lucky day! I first met Michael on Battlestar where he played Samuel T. Anders, but we have stayed close over the years. As an actor, he has been on a role recently— you may have seen him as Sean Del Monte in The Rookie, Luke Leone on Fire Country, or in one of Mike Flanagan’s recent projects, from Life of Chuck, to Fall of the House of Usher, to Midnight Mass. Why is...
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Skeet Ulrich on Scream, Riverdale and Five Nights At Freddy’s 2
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Happy Tuesday! I have been looking forward to interviewing this week’s guest for a long time and I am so happy we were finally able to get him on the show. This week I’m talking with none other than Skeet Ulrich! I have been a fan of Skeet’s work since he played Billy Loomis in Scream and Chris Hooker in The Craft. You may also know him from Riverdale, where he played FP Jones, or from roles in As Good As It Gets, Jericho, Law & Order: LA and many others. He is one of those actors that is able to make you absolutely fall in love with his characters, even ones that are twisted or a...
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Holiday Cheer and High-Level Coverups
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Hey everyone! This week’s episode is a repost of a live episode we did over on my Patreon. I was recently told I HAD to watch the new documentary The Age of Disclosure all about UFOs and UAPs, so I thought I’d grab the two middle-aged men I know that will always talk to me about aliens, my producer Jeph Porter and my friend Kristian Harloff. So if you want to know my thoughts on the film, check this one out. Jeph and I also do a little AMA at the end. If you want me to answer your questions or you want to be a part of these live streams, head over to patreon.com/thesackhoffshow and join...
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Ernie Hudson Knew Ghostbusters Was Something Special
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Paul Sun-Hyung Lee Unboxes His Carson Teva Action Figure, Plus AMA with Katee!
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James Callis Talks Battlestar, Gaius Baltar and Why Playing Bad Guys is Fun
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Happy Tuesday, Everyone! I can’t believe it’s taken this long, but this week I am finally talking to my friend and Battlestar legend James Callis! On Battlestar, James played Dr. Gaius Baltar. He is also known for playing best friend Tom in the Bridget Jones’ Diary movies, as well as appearances in Star Trek: Picard, 12 Monkeys, Arrow and most recently as Claude Whelan in Slow Horses. James was an intimidating person for me to interview — he’s so smart about acting (and about everything else) and he plays a really good bad guy— but in this conversation, you get to see his goofy...
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Katee Watched Oculus for the First Time in Over a Decade
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Hi everyone, this week we have a Halloween surprise for you! My producer Jeph and I are rewatching Mike Flanagan’s 2013 horror film Oculus, which I starred in. Grab some popcorn and candy and get ready for some southern gothic scares. I haven't seen this movie in over a decade, so it was a lot of fun to sit down and try to remember what happened. Jeph had never seen it, so he was coming in blind! For this audio companion, Jeph and I introduce the movie and talk through some behind the scenes stories about the rest of the cast, which included Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Kate Siegel and...
info_outlineHi Everyone, Happy Tuesday! As many of you know, I am currently shooting up in Vancouver with none other than my amazing BSG co-star Tahmoh Penikett. So of course that means now is the perfect time for him to join me on the podcast! In addition to his role as Karl “Helo” Agathon in Battlestar, Tahmoh has also appeared on Supernatural and as Paul Ballard on Dollhouse. It has been such a joy getting to reconnect with him on this new job— and you’ll see why in this interview. We talk about his childhood as the son of a politician in the Yukon, his relationship with his First Nations grandmother, his journey as an actor and why Helo was a part he felt destined to play. Tahmoh is such a thoughtful, charismatic guy and our conversation goes deep, fast! We have a really important conversation about the state of the world and why Battlestar still matters after two decades. We also talk openly about navigating doubt as an actor and what it takes to re-build your confidence after difficult on-set experiences. There’s lots of laughter and even some tears, but that’s talking with Tahmoh! Please remember to stick around for the Hindsight this week, where my producer Jeph and I talk about the interview and celebrate Jeph’s one-year anniversary as Hindsight co-host!
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