Nobody's Ever Asked Me That: David Dastmalchian

On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Podcast’s spin-off series, host Nick Dawson sits down with actor, writer and all-around fascinating human David Dastmalchian, whose beautiful debut graphic novel Through was just published. In an engrossing and often very profound conversation, the two discuss David’s fascinating (and impressively genre-tinged) recurring nightmares, his mother’s emotional supernatural encounter with her first love, his childhood fear of hell, how “doing the work” led him to write Through … and much more, including why David insisted this episode be titled “Pedal to the Metal”! For more filmmakers talking film and TV, visit Talkhouse at talkhouse.com/film.

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Nobody's Ever Asked Me That: David Dastmalchian is an episode from Talkhouse Podcast by Talkhouse.

This episode is 50:22 long.

This episode was published on Apr 23, 2026.

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