Hello, my name is Tawny Newsom. I play Beckett Mariner on Star Trek Lower Decks.

I am Paul F. Tompkins and I play Dr. Migglymo on Star Trek Lower Decks.

But more importantly, we're just a couple of Star Trek nerds who are excited because we finally get to talk about Star Trek again with all of you.

And we will be featuring Deep Space Nine guests to celebrate the show's 30th anniversary.

We're gonna be talking Picard Season 3 with members of the original of the next generation cast.

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He has handsome and kind and amazing athlete coming in an incredible shape this season with a beard that won't quit.

Please welcome Brad for your episode.

Thank you. I really appreciate you guys having me back and thank you for such a nice introduction.

Listen, I love you. Were you dealing with any beard issues there? Was anybody trying to nest?

No, no. I do regret not taking the opportunity to have Tawny braid my beard when it was long enough. But maybe next time.

Yeah, that weird hair tie on it. I was just wondering why because it was only wrapped once.

Yeah, it was just like on there. That was for the wind.

I mean, Loki, I liked it. I'm not gonna tell you what it is.

But it was just kind of like it was kind of like a way to take a break.

There's a lot going on when your beard gets that long.

So when you just kind of tie it together and you don't have to feel the hair kind of blowing all over.

Just a nice little you know, break from the usual.

So how was the beard in this first part of the final?

Sorry, I'm a little... How did you feel?

I didn't know we were gonna start with the beard, but this is funny.

I think we're just gonna interview the beard completely.

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