{"podcast":{"title":"Dropping Names ...and other things","slug":"dropping-names-and-other-things-7683531","podcast_index_feed_id":7683531,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/dropping-names-and-other-things","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/dropping-names-and-other-things","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/5f/38/95/e6/5f3895e6-a5c7-4a0d-8b2f-5dba4b0d8b97/5f77623bd371ecfa2ccda46e5275eba8d68e7ff5380407b19b49dab7cae75949bbef1ede6d798a9078fcc9e98192d8514a796ea86c224e63e1cdd05efb5050b9.jpeg","author":"Brent Spiner & Jonathan Frakes","episode_count":19,"summary":"Dropping Names ...and other things with Brent & Jonny is a conversation podcast show from Star Trek: The Next Generation stars Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes. Each episode, these longtime friends sit down with fascinating characters they’ve met across decades in Hollywood. Whether you're a sci-fi fan, a film buff, or just here for the laughs, this is the show where great stories meet great conversations… and a few names get dropped along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T08:17:02.072829+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dropping-names-and-other-things-7683531"},"episode":{"title":"Wil Wheaton on the Stand By Me moment that got him cast in Star Trek","slug":"wil-wheaton-on-the-stand-by-me-moment-that-got-him-cast-in-star-trek","published_at":"2026-09-16T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dropping-names-and-other-things-7683531/wil-wheaton-on-the-stand-by-me-moment-that-got-him-cast-in-star-trek","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dropping-names-and-other-things-7683531","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/6b2e4065-a554-4aec-9629-00fc9a3385fc.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/6b2e4065-a554-4aec-9629-00fc9a3385fc.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Wil Wheaton joins Brent Spiner and Jonny Frakes on Dropping Names and starts with the movie everyone knows him for, Stand By Me, then keeps going to the part nobody talks about. He explains how a memo from David Gerrold about the kid from Stand By Me is the reason Wesley Crusher exists at all, and how narrating the Stephen King novella The Body four decades later triggered a full five senses flashback to the day they shot the Gordie and Chris scene, right down to River Phoenix in his eyeline and the boom operator in powder blue corduroy shorts. He also talks about the touring anniversary screenings with Jerry O'Connell and Corey Feldman, losing Rob Reiner, and standing in a tiny green room at the Oscars trying not to fall apart while telling Meg Ryan what Joe Versus the Volcano and When Harry Met Sally meant to him. There is a lot more here than Star Trek: The Next Generation. Wil tells the story of meeting his hero Henry Rollins, recognising the Black Flag tattoo on the back of his neck, and then failing to get out of a locked recording studio door. He talks about the Family Ties job he lost to Star Trek, the director on The Buddy System who moved him around by the elbow while Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss looked after him, and the on set teacher Marion Fife who asked him what he wanted to do with his life when nobody else would. There is LeVar Burton blessing the podcast It's Story Time with Wil Wheaton, Ready Player One possibly being the best selling audiobook ever recorded, celebrity Jeopardy against Ike Barinholtz and Patton Oswalt, a public apology to Ken Jennings, his son Ryan growing wheat in the desert, and the line about Jonathan Frakes used to be cool that has followed Jonny around for thirty five years. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy…","meta_description":"Wil Wheaton joins Brent Spiner and Jonny Frakes on Dropping Names and starts with the movie everyone knows him for, Stand By Me, then keeps going to the p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5022,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dropping-names-and-other-things-7683531/episodes/wil-wheaton-on-the-stand-by-me-moment-that-got-him-cast-in-star-trek/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dropping-names-and-other-things-7683531/wil-wheaton-on-the-stand-by-me-moment-that-got-him-cast-in-star-trek.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}