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Once We Were Spacemen

by Nathan Fillion & Alan Tudyk
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Episode releases
#141#158#176#193#210Chart rankOct 15Oct 18Oct 21Oct 24Oct 27Episode released Oct 21: Once We Were the Shepard Shuffler with Josh Dean | Episode 50
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DateCombined RankApple Podcasts
Oct 27——
Oct 25#200#192
Oct 24#189#182
Oct 23#166#157
Oct 22#171#162
Oct 19#181#174
Oct 18#179#171
Oct 17#177#171
Oct 16#151#144
Oct 15#168#162

Latest episodes

  • Once We Were the Shepard Shuffler with Josh Dean | Episode 50

    October 21, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    Josh Dean has spent decades making Nathan laugh, occasionally at his own expense. Their friendship goes back to Edmonton, long before Josh was directing Alan and Nathan in giant mascot costumes. Despite his comedic chops, Josh swears he…

  • Once We Were in Saddam's Palace | Episode 49

    October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Alan once spotted a rock legend across a crowded bar and decided, with a little liquid courage, that he had to say hello. He had one shot at a first impression. He did not stick the landing. Nathan has his own brushes with greatness…

  • Once We Were 5, 6, 7, 8 with Mekia Cox | Episode 48

    October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    Mekia Cox doesn’t do anything halfway. Eight months after having a baby, she joined The Rookie and spent her first week sprinting after a stunt double and (literally) getting thrown by Nathan. She’s been going all out since age seven…

  • Once We Were Chased by the Military | Episode 47

    September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    In this episode, we learn just how close Alan came to spending time in a military prison. Spoiler, it was close. It was very close. Meanwhile, Nathan’s home seems to be conspiring against him. From critters (living and dead) to rogue…

  • Once We Were PAs, Then Icons with Bruce Campbell | Episode 46

    September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

    Bruce Campbell got his start hauling cable and holding cue cards in Detroit, back when the likes of Frank Sinatra were shooting car commercials as a favor to a friend. Decades later, he can tell you which lens is best suited for handsome…

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  • Once We Were Legends and Doctors | Episode 45

    September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    Alan Tudyk has been cemented as a Disney Legend, complete with a letter from a former Disney CEO… no, the other one. He wrote three acceptance speeches for the ceremony. The two that were cut for reasons of self-preservation get performed…

  • Once We Built Serenity with Loni Peristere | Episode 44

    September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

    Before Nathan and Alan ever set foot on a spaceship, Loni Peristere had to build the thing… that thing being Serenity. As Firefly's visual effects supervisor and co-founder of Zoic Studios, Loni has spent years chasing the gap between a…

  • Once We Got Clipped | Episode 43

    September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    Once We Were Spacemen was only ever supposed to run sixteen episodes. Forty-something episodes later, Nathan and Alan finally cash in that long-threatened break with a highlight reel pulled from the archives. In this episode, they run back…

  • Once We Logged on with Colton Dunn | Episode 42

    August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

    For twenty years, Nathan, Alan, and Colton Dunn have been gaming buddies. So much so that Nathan kept a sticky note handy during this recording so he wouldn't slip and call Colton by his gamer tag. Even after two decades of friendship…

  • Once We Were Committed Beyond Reason | Episode 41

    August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    Being interesting isn't enough – it's better to be interested, especially in things like overheard phone conversations and restaurant ordering systems. Nathan and Alan were once waiters who had to memorize the same brutal numeric code to…

  • Once We Drank Open-Sore Coffee with Lisseth Chavez | Episode 40

    August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    Early in her run playing Officer Celina Juarez on The Rookie, Lisseth Chavez accidentally introduced herself as a famous pop star. Nobody has let her forget that. By then she'd already spent years working steadily across television…

  • Once We Got Farts in the Drapes | Episode 39

    August 5, 2026 · 59 min

    Once, Alan set off on a camping trip he called The Quest for Freedom, chasing wide-open spaces and total independence from anything resembling a girlfriend. What he found instead involved a borrowed truck and a night that took…

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About the show

Nathan FIllion and Alan Tudyk were once spacemen. Since co-starring on Firefly, they have also been aliens, mystery writers, veterinarians, superheroes, chickens, robots, and policemen. Now, they’re doing a podcast where they get to know their fellow creatives, learning about who they once were and what they’re up to now. This is that podcast. Listen to Once We Were Spacemen wherever your mom gets her podcasts. If you’d like to listen early, join our community on Patreon. Once We Were Spacemen is a Collision33 production.