Mercedes Varnado on The Mandalorian and Trading Sasha Banks for Mercedes Moné
Battlestar React-ica: Katee Sackhoff's First Watch of BSG
Katee Sackhoff - Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica
4.9 • 522 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2025
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Happy Tuesday, everyone! For today's episode, I am getting into the ring with my friend Mercedes Varnado (more wrestling puns to come, don't worry). I met Mercedes on The Mandalorian where she plays Koska Reeves, and she is a superstar in the world of wrestling. As Sasha Banks, she was the first woman to headline a WWE Pay-Per-View Event and as Mercedes Moné, she is the current AEW TBS Champion in her first reign. She doesn't give very many interviews out of character, so this was a real treat. We talk about wrestling and acting, and what they have in common, and we just talk about life. It was interesting to hear her reflect on her evolution as an entertainer and what it has taken to become the CEO of her own career. Be sure to get up off the mat and stick around for the Hindsight (see what I did there?) where my producer Jeph and I talk about the interview and answer fan questions from the Mail Sack! You can join me for a live recording of The Sackhoff Show at the Indiana Comic Convention! Tickets are on sale here: https://indianacomicconvention.com/feature/the-sackhoff-show/ Send me an email thesackhoffshow@gmail.com Produced by Rabbit Grin Productions Mail Sack Song by Nicolas @producer_sniffles
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome to the Sackoff show. I am your host, Katie Sackoff. Happy Tuesday. Thank you for coming to hang out with us on this beautiful day. I am super excited about this episode. But before we get there, I just want to remind you all to stick around for the hindsight after the episode where my producer, Jeff and I talk about the episode |
| 0:21.3 | and what's going on in our lives and conventions and all that fun stuff. You can also send |
| 0:26.7 | your comments and your questions to the sackoff show at gmail.com. We actually pull from those |
| 0:34.2 | questions and talk about them on the hindsight. So it's really fun in a little segment called The MailSack. |
| 0:40.5 | I want to also remind all of you that we are doing a live podcast recording at |
| 0:48.1 | Indianacomicconvention.com in Indiana. |
| 0:52.9 | It's going to be a great show. You can get your tickets at Indiana Comic Convention.com. And Jeff is going to be there too. We're going to do a hindsight right on stage. It's going to be a really, really fun time. So I hope to see you there. We have a lot of different tickets. There's VIP tickets. There's Mean, Green tickets. It's just going to be a great time. Now, I know that was a lot. You're probably wondering who the guest is. And I cannot wait to tell you. It is my friend, my Mandalorian friend, Mercedes Renato. You may also know her as Mercedes-Monnais. I had to learn how to say that because I was calling her Mercedes |
| 1:29.9 | money, you know, which is quite hysterical. She had to teach me. It's Monet. And like I said, |
| 1:40.2 | Mandalorian, where she plays Kosca Reeves. We get into wrestling. We talk about the Mandalorian. |
| 1:49.0 | We talk about her spiritual journey that she's on right now. And we also talk about leaving the |
| 1:53.7 | WWE, which is a really interesting conversation. I can't wait for you to hear it. |
| 1:59.4 | And I can't wait for you to get to know Mercedes a little bit better. |
| 2:03.6 | She is an incredibly private person, and I was honored that she sat down with us for an hour. |
| 2:09.9 | I cannot wait for you to listen to the episode and enjoy my friend Mercedes-Vernato. |
| 2:15.8 | Music my friend Mercedes-Vernado. Hi. |
| 2:20.3 | Hi. |
| 2:37.8 | How are you? |
| 2:38.7 | I'm good. |
| 2:39.5 | It's nice to see you. |
| 2:41.0 | I know. |
| 2:41.6 | It's been so long. |
| 2:42.7 | It's been so long. |
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