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The first thing you'll see in my home when you enter is a framed portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Below the image of America's 16th president, a man who arguably refounded the United States and became one of its most consequential figures, is a list of his numerous failures. The guy posted a lot of L's. This list of Lincoln failures is pretty well known, so you might have seen this before. Here is the text I have framed in our doorway. “Lincoln”Lost job in 1832.Defeated for state legislature in 1832.Failed in business in 1833.Elected to state legislature in 1834.Sweetheart died in 1835.Had a nervous breakdown in 1836.Defeated for Speaker in 1838.Defeated for nomination for Congress in 1843.Elected to Congress in 1846.Lost renomination in 1848.Rejected for land officer in 1849.Defeated for U.S. Senate in 1854.Defeated for nomination for Vice President in 1856.Again defeated for U.S. Senate in 1858.Elected President in 1860.Geeky Stoics is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.This piece always catches my eye, particularly in the morning when I'm having coffee and thinking about the day ahead. Today is no exception. Last night I lost my race for City Council in Manassas, Virginia. It was my first foray into politics, and I'd never run in this city before for anything. I've lived here about 10 years, whereas all my opponents pretty much grew up here or have lifelong roots in town. That counts for something when a small town of 45,000 people vote. In reality, only about 8,000 people vote in elections around here. It's kind of crazy. I'm not launching into some narrative in which I'm a Lincoln figure in the making. It's just that I've had a lot of strikeouts at the plate lately. Let me run through them. My career has been a pretty wild ride since 2015 when I started a semi-popular podcast called Beltway Banthas. It opened the door to me doing something almost no one gets to do, which is go on TV and talk politics on some of the biggest news networks in the country. From 2016 to 2022 I had a really active and exciting run as a political commentator. All of this led to me securing a book deal with Hachette Publishing for How The Force Can Fix The World, another rare professional notch on the belt that not many people get to experience. It's special, and that's not lost on me. Especially when there are so many better writers out there. At the same time, I was selected to host a political talk show for an international news network. Here's the thing though. By objective measures, in every single one of these ventures, I “failed”. As a podcaster, Banthas never generated revenues. As a commentator, I secured no contributor contracts or invites to the “major leagues” for top shows in the world in the mainstream or alternative media. My debut book had a niche audience but was not a best seller on any list of “importance” in the publishing world. My talk show was canceled after one year. We couldn't find an audience for it. After that, I entered a professional wilderness for almost 2 years. Luckily, a friend offered me a job right when I needed it, but it was a job I ended up being very bad at. As I started looking around for a better fit and interviewing, I felt untouchable. I couldn't secure a job after all of this. No one wanted to hire me. I landed on my feet in the end at a really great nonprofit, one where I still work. That was by virtue of managing my relationships and having a good reputation for hard work and honesty. But it was a really hard road. Then this year I finally ran for office, a dream of mine since I was a kid, and I lost. Not only did I lose, I was the lowest vote-getter in the city. Deep sigh. NEW VIDEO FROM GEEKY STOICSWhat I told my wife last night when the results came in was that it's not that I feel like some kind of loser who never has any wins. No, it's not that. Because in many ways I keep making it to Championship matches (big opportunities), and then striking out when I step up to the plate. I think that people go on these journeys in life where they think they've found “the thing” they were called to do and it turns out to have been a mirage. I imagine it like a long hallway of locked doors. You have the keyring in your hand and a hundred keys on it. You fumble around to find the right key for the right door, you open it, and then it's just a wall behind the door. That wasn't the door for you. I think I'm just good at feeling around for certain keys to certain doors.Part of this thought reminds me of one of Geeky Stoics' central pillars, the life and ideas of C.S. Lewis. As you know, Lewis is famous, immortal really, because of The Chronicles of Narnia. The first book was published in 1950, at a time when Lewis was almost completely drained of his self-confidence and hope. Lewis had become an international superstar in the 1940s for his wartime radio broadcasts on the BBC and Mere Christianity, his most cherished nonfiction work making the case for Christian morality. Then there was The Screwtape Letters, making him even more of a star and the voice of Christian apologetics. Yet, when he was invited onto the BBC in 1950 to discuss faith, Lewis declined saying, “Like the old fangless snake in The Jungle Book, I've largely lost my dialectal power.”Lewis had become a symbol of Christian thought and argumentation but had “failed” to convert his own friends and family. In fact, the woman in his life (Mrs. Moore) only grew more hostile to faith over time. He felt powerless in his own sphere of influence. Just a year before declining the BBC, Lewis participated in a Socratic debate at Oxford against a young woman named Elizabeth Anscombe about “naturalism” and Christian belief. Anscombe was a Catholic and fan of Lewis, but she disagreed strongly with some of Lewis' cherished conclusions in his book, Miracles. Long story short, Anscombe defeated and embarrassed Lewis in his own dojo during that debate in 1948. In front of his colleagues, fans, critics, and students, Lewis was dismantled. But it wasn't just Lewis, it was the premise of one of his great books.Like a good man with an open mind, Lewis knew he lost and he knew then that Miracles was deeply flawed. For a man like Lewis, it's the kind of thing that keeps you up at night. He entered a dark period at this time. Friends of his were dying of age or illness. His ideas were being beaten back by younger thinkers. His famous friendship with J.R.R Tolkien was in disrepair. He'd lost his zeal to write. He was still quite financially strapped, for many reasons. And because Oxford was as hostile to faith as it still is today, Lewis had a target on his back at his university. He was passed over again and again for new roles at Oxford. Disparaged by department heads and treated like the plague. Academics at elite universities tend to hate their colleagues who have mainstream success, which Mere Christianity was by a large margin. Lewis was in the shadowlands of his career. Then he came across a door in that long hallway, opened it, and crossed a threshold into something new. In 1950, C.S. Lewis published The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The rest is history. In his lowest moment, C.S. Lewis' purpose was revealed to him. All the work that he had poured into Christian argumentation in his nonfiction books became the basis for his fictional work in Narnia. The ideas he tested on atheists and believers for 15 years became the story of Wardrobe, Aslan, and White Witch. Reading over the lives of Lincoln and Lewis, you get the sense that these men considered giving up. Lewis drank too much and was pretty depressed for a period of time. Lincoln's depression is well-known. But they held on. Their purpose was revealed to them. One of C.S. Lewis' central arguments about God is that if you set out to find Him, it will always be He who finds you first. The hunter becomes the hunted. But it doesn't happen unless you're open, aware, and searching. God, I'm listening. Geeky Stoics is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Hey Geeky Stoics, right now I'm reading The Creative Act by music producer Rick Rubin. This book is lovely. Two-page chapters that are all about artistic expression and connecting with your ability to create. It's like Meditations, really. The Creative Act is a book about the idea I described above. Being open, aware, and searching. 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This week Will and Chloe discuss a few of the big and small creatures of Star Wars. So this week we discuss Rancors, Banthas, Loth Cats and Loth Wolves. We hope you enjoy this fascinating episode!

The Cantina Crew is reunited this week to continue their conversation about Ahsoka and conduct both the Pillars Checklist and Medal Ceremony for the series!  At the end of our ranking of the pillars, we think may have discovered the missing ingredient from most Star Wars stories that if added could be a powerful amplifier for the tales we love. Enjoy!  Also! check out Ben's new Spooky Halloween Party album here: https://fanlink.to/feedus https://youtu.be/NIS0OnDX5Gk?si=24NiNvOj-eJ3t_d8

What an episode, for me this was an 8 out of 10 because it showed the progression of where boba has been this whole time and made you want to enter the healing chamber because it gave us flashbacks. So, before we beigin, for newcomers this takes place right after Mando season 2. IF you haven't seen the post credits scene from Mando season 2 finale, go do that and things will make more sense. The flashbacks take place during Return of the Jedi, which came out in 1983, this was the one where luke fights Vader and gets shocked by the emperor. As we open we see boba in a healing chamber on a batch. He gets flashbacks first of Kamino and slave 1 I believe from episode 2 before he fought obi-wan, then to when he was a little boy holding the head of his father in the genosian arena after the Jedi fought the separatists with the help of the clones in their phase 1 armor. Then, finally, we see a flashback of what happened to boba after he fell into the sarlaac pit in return of the Jedi. He was being digested, when he wakes up and sees where he is. The thing with sarlaacs is they digest their prey over 1000 years, so while the person may be dead, the armor takes longer to digest, as the stomach acid eats away at it. That's why when he looks around he sees the corpse of stormtrooper, dead for probably a long time, partially digested armor as we can see with the acid burns. Now Boba's armor won't be as digested as easily because he's wearing beskar iron, which is harder to melt than plastoid which is what stormtrooper arbor is made of. As he takes the oxygen cord from the lifeless trooper, who had unluckily fallen into the sarlacc god knows when, he uses it to breathe as there isn't any oxygen left in his own suit. Punching through he blasts the sarlaaccs innards with his flamethrower and gets out on his own terms. Now in legends, Dengar, another bounty hunter which we see in episode 5, saves Boba. However now they've rewritten it in canon that he makes it out on his own. And you know what, I'm good with this, I think it just makes Boba more badass. As he's left there until nightfall, the Jawas come to strip him of his suit, when he wakes up and they knock him out with the butt of their blaster rifle. I thought this was hilarious, that such funny little creatures take out Boba, and it would only happen in this state that he's in. This lines up with Cobb Vanth's story in the mandalorian season 2 with how he got the suit from the Jawas in the sand crawler. So now backstories are being visually explained. Boba is left for dead on the sands of Tatooine, only to be rescued by the sand people, the tusken raiders tie him up, awaken him with their equivalent of smelling salts or ammonia, and make him walk back to camp. We've seen this type of thing where they tie a prisoner by the hands and pull them while on horseback, only now it's Tuskens on Banthas. Very Wild West vibes, very barbaric and you'd expect nothing less from the Tuskens. As he gets beat up by youngling tuskens, Boba wakes up again and is tied by the fireplace when he tries to work with the Rodian tied up next to him, who gives him away. and needs to make a break for it, he does so by pretending to break his ropes as the Mastiff sits watch. This was the dog equivalent to the Tuskens. Very rabid beats of Tatooine, however they were trained to be loyal to the Tuskens. Boba uses his smarts to lure the beast and knocks it out, using it's fangs to cut his rope. This is all key stuff, Boba is very intelligent, he's not just a good killer. As he's chased into the desert, he has a fight with the kylo ren knights of red looking tusken who is ordered by the leader to fight Boba. Boba is tired and out played, losing. This episode was awesome. I give it an 8/10 for explaining how he got out of the pit as well as what he's going through now, coupled with flashbacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Iron, Silver and Salt, the gang returns to a galaxy far, far away to tackle the great beast of Tatooine: The Krayt Dragon! Chris really wants to talk about Andor, but will settle for Krayt Dragons instead. Adrian really wants to talk about Andor, but will settle for Krayt Dragons instead. Will really wants to talk about Andor, but will settle for Krayt Dragons instead. And the guys tell you how to fight off a Krayt Dragon from eating your Banthas. Sources:   "Gallows Hill" by Josh Woodward. (https://www.joshwoodward.com/song/GallowsHill) License: CC BY 

Io and Margaret go through the Star Wars narratives, Andor, and Rogue One, and talk about where they overlap historically with real resistance movements, what the narratives are commentating on about current resistance movements, where the representation falls short and generally why the Mon Calamari are the downest people in the universe to have on your side and why they should hangout with Roger Casement. Host Info Io can be found on Twitter @Bum_lung or on Instagram @Bum.Lung or you can find shirts and patches that they make on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BumLung Guest Info Margaret can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy or instagram at @margaretkilljoy. She is also the host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff and Live Like the World is Dying Publisher This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Transcript AGPH 1 Mon, Jan 23, 2023 10:18PM • 1:01:05 SUMMARY KEYWORDS fucking, people, revolution, rogue, empire, revolutionary, anarchists, star wars, insurrection, rebellion, shit, kill, big, irish, revolutionary movements, watch, doomed, sergey, throwing, character SPEAKERS Margaret, Io Io 00:45 Star Wars talking about Star Wars Margaret and I Oh, here we are podcast. Hello. Welcome to the anarcho geek Power Hour. It's a it's it's a podcast.We are just trying to do trying to do a fun, fun, fun little podcast for us. Come on this journey. Well, you are we talk about nerd bullshit with all and I got a pal right here and you just heard her and it's Margaret killjoy. Margaret. How's it going? Good. Hello. Um, thanks for having me on as a guest on your show. I'll probably be trying to talk my way into being on this particular show a lot because it's pretty cool premise. Oh, yeah. Cats. Yeah. And anytime door doors always open because we, cuz we're all living on the same fortified mountain compound. So yeah, the general premise of the show is just we're going to talk about nerd bullshit and Ooh, we got one right out right out the gate something. I'm just just over the moon about we got and or That's no moon. Yeah, no, it's a television show. And a fairly good one. Mark. Margaret, what's your what's your background with Star Wars? Margaret 02:07 I grew up not liking it as much as Star Trek to be real. But now that I'm older well actually both both franchises are really hit or miss. But I like a lot of the newer Star Wars stuff. And I particularly like Rogue One. So I was particularly excited about andorre Samah you well. Yeah, more more or less. Same though. Io 02:30 You know what, let's scale that back. I am captured by Star Wars. Star Wars has my ass for life because I like it for the same reasons. I like like the Ramones, like because I grew up with it and it's stupid and it's stupid and simple and it's easy and that's why I liked it. I'll watch I'll watch all that garbage. And would you believe they made a good they made a good Star War not just a good Star War but a good show about my favorite shit which is morally complicated resistance movements. It really is kind of a a gift specifically to you but to probably half the people listening to this too. Yeah, if you haven't well if you haven't seen Andora highly recommended pause pause this podcast and and returned to it. Maybe someday but go watch and because we are going to talk about spoilers Io 03:27 Yeah, the whole premise basically it's in a star war. You got your you got your Jedi you got your space lasers. Between all the all the Banthas and the R two D tos and the GES music you forget that the plot is about a rebellion and finally they're fucking doing something with it. I grew up really into Star Wars it was like my first it was my first fantasy sci fi anything and I read a lot of the extended universe which is no longer canon. Chewbacca is no longer canonically killed by a planet which is a real shame Margaret 04:06 when did they when did they retcon at all when did they take the extended universe out Io 04:11 when Mickey Mouse got his hands all over this franchise? None of that no, we're not dealing with any of that shit. So they just pick and choose the stuff from the extended universe they want to fuck with and some of it stays some of it when it's all it's all Calvin Ball in in the galaxy now but um yeah, even in the extended universe before though there were a few like really great like the Han Solo trilogy it's been you know, like a decade but I remember it really, really fucking whipping and these Margaret 04:48 are the books right? Yes, the books Io 04:53 and a couple of others deal with like, the rebellion but not not like not like This not and we're not going to. Well, Margaret, I don't know about you. I'm not here to argue that Rogue One is anarchists propaganda. Margaret 05:10 No one might argue that Andorra's bar anarchists propaganda. Io 05:13 Oh, yeah. Okay, well, I'm not here to argue and endorse anarchists propaganda made by made by the Mickey Mouse Corporation, but me as an anarchist and I'm really fucking enjoying it. And I just, I was trying to get everybody into this for so long because it's like, obviously coming from this place of knowledge of the continuum of revolutionary movements the writer said he was influenced by like Palestine and the Russian Revolution and the Haitian revolution. We watched Rogue one the other day, and you pointed out why does everyone have the slightest Irish Burr? I think because they were also influenced, especially in the funding about, especially in like the Mon Mothma funding of like, the Irish revolution, but okay, but yeah, let's, let's, let's get into it, get into it. We both recently finished. And or what do you think overall, Margaret 06:12 I liked it. And I'm kind of, I mean, I'll watch junk TV, you know, because life is short, and why not spend my short life watching it. Okay, I don't have a really good excuse for why I watch drunk TV. But I will happily watch drunk TV, if, you know when I need to turn my brain off or whatever. And so I kind of like go into almost any TV show sort of expecting that. And then instead, I found like, actual depth and like, a less one or two dimensional resistance movement than I see. Basically, anytime I watch, especially TV, but movies as well, like resistance movements are so always clearly painted by people who've never either read history or threw a rock at a cop. You know, and like, I don't want to make any criminal accusations towards anyone involved in writing this, but I will guess they've at least read history. If not throwing a rock at a cop. Yeah, there's toxic cops, kids. It's I'll do whatever you want. Io 07:13 I'll say it I got I got less the loose. Go empire. Yeah, yeah, fight the Empire. Everybody. Subscribe to our Patreon so you can see the video of me doing hand quotes Io 07:32 Yeah, it is a there's dimension in it that I was not expecting from Star Wars. I was and I didn't really expect from, from anything. It's like writing writing is a hard job being able to like Express, like the moral complexity of a of a gorilla. What a gorilla sell who's gonna go rob go rob a big bank on some on some fucking planet. But they did it they pull they pull it off really? Well. Margaret 08:10 Yeah. Tell me about tell me about the how this relates to the funding of the Irish revolution. I don't know if the other direction they want to take this but like, I'd be really interested in like, some of the more obvious or some of the historical parallels that we've picked up on. And I I would love to hear more about that. Io 08:31 I was noticing the fact that they had Mon Mothma up in the mix who is a character from the original Star Wars who's the one who's sort of she says many Bothans died bring in this as these plans and she's always given the given the spiel and bringing her back as like someone who's down for like she's not she's not involved, obviously. But she's like, doing whatever she can to like get the money to these people who are off fucking Killing cops across the galaxy. While still like sitting pretty in high society and like working in parliament in this in this very like subdued liberal way that is like toeing the line in a way that a lot of especially like Irish representation in England was and even in some English representation in England was and like it's definitely like No, there's nothing that's a one to one on on Pandora and I wouldn't say that but like the way the IRA and the like pre Ira revolutionary movements funded themselves with a lot from the Irish diaspora who like made it big in Boston and New York sending money back or, or straight up sending boats full of guns back. Okay, to see, to see not only the like the scrappy people in the woods, ready to do whatever For and the shadowy Stellan Skarsgard who I would love to get into because I I love the whole Skarsgard brood but still and especially to see not only the like the cloak and dagger part of things but the be able to have some fuckin Game of Thrones political intrigue was Yeah, was very fun. Margaret 10:27 Okay well and to go and continue with the Irish fundraising thing I'm sure someone out there fortunately I don't live in the parts of the Internet where people complain about the shit is like complaining that like two of our primary revolutionaries are in a gay relationship right? And you know two women who are who are dating and you know the tension in their relationship based on which one prioritizes love and which one prioritizes revolution but someone somewhere is like, Oh, they're making all these people gay or whatever it is no gay revolutionaries in history. First of all, it's like, obviously bullshit. But in terms of the Irish revolution, one of these such a good example of a character who does actually feel kind of a an and or Star Wars characters to some you heard of Roger Casement, the gay Irish night. If anyone's listening, there's this guy named Roger Casement, who was a big part of bringing down King Leopold from Belgium, the fucking monster who murdered millions and whatever is one of the worst on all of history of historical ghoul. Yeah, and there's just so there was this like, colonial Irish guy who was like part of the English colonization of Africa. And he was like, Oh, I'm on the wrong team, like absolutely on the wrong team. And he got like, really into Irish nationalism, as well as working really hard to fight against the exploitation of Africa and South America, actually. And then he like, went and spent his life and lost his life smuggling guns into Ireland for the for the Easter Rising, and he was so fucking gay. Just so completely, tragically gay. And I don't know, he feels like a very Star Wars character. I guess he's not again, he's not one for one. But yeah, these but he was part of the English establishment. He was a fucking Knight, you know? Io 12:15 Yeah. And there was plenty of those. I mean, in every, in every movement, you know, death to the bourgeoisie, whatever, whatever. But who you can get a lot done if you if you know it, if you know in your heart, what's right and your positions. And just as an as an aside, because I it because it wouldn't, it wouldn't do to zero in on this, but maybe on a later episode. Definitely on a later episode. But there Yeah, yeah, the queers have been in every revolutionary movement in the early in the 19th century, there's a quote from somebody from some open, openly queer person that says, if you want to be yourself, you go find the anarchists. Margaret 12:57 Yeah, I can't remember whose that quote is from. Yeah, no, totally. And, and so it makes sense that I really liked that we've entered a stage of gay representation in Hollywood or whatever, mainstream TV where it's not like the shocker. I mean, there's a little bit they play a little bit on the leg, oh, they're gay, but only like, the tiniest little bit, and no one is upset by it, you know, and that's nice. Io 13:23 Yeah, and I it's a little bit of a hobby horse of mine that I the great meaty, the big media establishment knows that. By and large, the people consuming things like liberal culture is very ascendant in, in media, we'll see how long that lasts, but they know that, you know, representation or whatever, like cells, you can sell a terrible movie on the concept of representation when you put a diverse cast that they're like, the right mushroom and, and the, and the people making the decisions are still Lily whites and straight, but they all they'll sell it to you with whatever. And Star Wars very famously was like, we got a gay kiss in this one. And it's like two women kissing in the background, very easy to edit out for whatever international audiences wouldn't allow something like that. They're like, dogshit this one where they don't, it's not a big deal. It's just a fact. It's not Yeah, it's just a fact of it, that they that they are lovers in a, in a struggle together and the tension being that like you said, one is market is not more committed to the cause, but like the relationship is is eclipsed by the cause certainly. Yeah. Is like like a great a great tension to play with and I'm excited to see like they at least have a season to play around with. Margaret 14:58 Yeah, I mean, it's kind of funny watching this because Just like well, you know how the characters end up? Like, yeah, you know, you know that andorre isn't ending up with Beck's in any way that like, at least like in any way that is worth note in, in Rogue One, you know? And then also, spoiler, they're all going to die. Well, at least at least Cassie and Endor is okay, well, my other historical parallel that I want to draw that I've been like thinking about a whole bunch since I saw it, there's this whole trope within it, and I really am curious to see what they'll do with it. I'm afraid they'll do it badly. But so far, they've kind of earned my trust more than most things. There's this thing about authoritarianism on the rebel side, right? There's this tension. I am incapable of remembering names. You've got your head honcho. Revolutionary guy, right. Who is the doomed revolutionary? What's his name? Skarsgard. luthan. Yeah, that's the actor's name. Io 15:59 The one who's who's a antique seller. Margaret 16:03 Yeah, you don't remember his name either. luthan. Something? Okay. luthan. So, you've got Lutheran and he is the tragic leader. And he specifically refers to himself as doomed at one point. And I think that this is probably consciously a reference to Catechism of the revolutionary bias organic net chef. And so again, that chef was this. This Russian revolutionary nihilist who actually if you want to hear me and I would talk about search, Sergey net, you have listened to my episode of cool people that have cool stuff on the Russian nihilists. Io 16:39 Find it anywhere you find podcasts, folks. Margaret 16:43 Yeah. And I fucking hate this guy, historical guy, Sergey, like he is trash. And he is absolutely the kind of guy who will get his friends arrested on purpose in order to advance the cause without asking their permission or telling them what's happening, right. And I think he has like, lost his ethics in what he's doing. And his whole thing he writes this book called Catechism of the revolutionary that is the revolutionary is a doomed man is one of the main concepts of this book, in which basically like, you don't have friends, you don't have lovers. You have the revolution and you will die. And it has like a romance to it has like a beauty to it. Right? I think fundamentally, it's a flawed concept. But what's really interesting to me is that in in andorre, you have a character who I believe is a conscious reflection of the Sergey model, although Sergey was not actually the leader of revolution he wanted to be but he was a fucking whatever he was also tried guy who fucking killed his own side more than he killed the other side and all around sucked. And so So luthan is almost this like, the positive incarnation of a Skynet ship so far, in that he's doomed. And he makes the hard calls and stuff. But he's not quite a fully authoritarian leader. You know, there's a couple points where he gives people full information and lets them make their own decisions. His assistant whose name I also don't remember clearly has a can exert a certain amount of power over him. He's not quite a dictator. And he's clearly tormented by the fact that in some ways, he is a dictator of, of the revolution. And the thing that I find interesting, almost some of his rant, and I'm really curious are your thoughts about it? The thing I find really interesting about it is how it compares to the manifesto that were being presented by the dead kid. Io 18:35 And he made the mix the fucking hot the hot space, the space twink the crime the crime think loving little revolution, the crime Margaret 18:44 prank. Yeah, the crime twink. Who rules and I love his character, because he's like, afraid, but he like does it anyway, even though it literally kills him. Like that is something to aspire to. I mean, I want to survive. Io 18:59 It's I aspire to be crushed by a metaphor for galactic capital myself. Yeah, Margaret 19:06 exactly. And in his manifesto, that we start exploring right at the end of the season, he talks about the enemy specifically as authority in a way that like, this is why earlier I was like, I will go to bat a little bit about andorre being anarchists propaganda, but only a little bit, right. But it's not the enemy isn't the Empire. The enemy has authority in what he what he is writing. And I'm wondering whether this will cause conflict in future episodes, or whether they kind of in this case mean authority mean like biggle authority like the Empire, not like scars, scars character, but I I'm really excited about that tension. I'm really excited to see what they do with it. Io 19:51 Yeah, me too. I love that he has his little his little monologue that beautiful, beautiful monologue. I've made my mind into a Unless place and I I work for a sunrise that I will never see and again for what I do and I'll and all that shit as he's talking to this this guy who infiltrated the the Empire to give them all information and he's prepared to preparing to sacrifice a squad of like nine people on his team just so the Empire doesn't get wise. Margaret 20:26 It's like 30 people I think it's a bunch of people up Io 20:31 to too many people. I'll I'll go ahead and say it. But yeah, he he does represent that very, like the revolutionary isn't doomed man. thing in a more competent braver way than, than that fucker. Yeah. But I love it. It's more, it's really, I mean, revolutions are morally complex, you're not going to get out of them with your hands clean. And I like that they're not like the original theory of the original Star Wars. Is, is Past is past the point where there's nothing you where the Rebellion has been built up. But to organize something at that scale in a galaxy of apathetic, or unorganized or unmotivated people is, is going to be a fucked process, especially when he's like, Yeah, we want, we want the Empire reacting, we want them. We want them cracking down and making people's lives miserable, like OB like, yeah, like, obviously, fuck that. And but acts of insurrection are going to make your enemy crack down in that way. And he's, he's preparing for that eventuality. Margaret 21:58 Yeah. So he once again, is presenting this like, like, there's a version of him that he could be like, full on accelerationist, right. accelerationism being the concept of like, kind of making things worse, so that people realize they're bad, and then try and make things better or whatever. Right. And, and he absolutely, he makes several statements about how like, look, it's going to get worse, right? But he's not quite so far. It's not like he's quite making things bad on purpose, so much as he's not stopping them from getting bad. And to me, and maybe I'm just like, I want to like him. Talk about luthan here. Yeah. But to me, this is a really big important difference, right? Like, people have been making the claim that you shouldn't do anything disruptive, because it'll like look bad. Or even more than that, it'll cause the police to crack down, right. And that claim stops people from resisting quite often, because realistically, people don't want bad things to happen. That's why we're interested in fictitional representations of revolution, is because we want a better world for our Star Wars characters. And since we want a better world, we want to take certain actions to try and get a better world. But when you turn it into a fight, the other side's gonna fight to. And so, you know, I don't think that it is ethically on the person who throws a brick at a window. I don't believe it is on them, the police crackdown on to resistance movements that could result from that write ethically, there's all kinds of arguments that people can make different ways about this. I think throwing the brick to make things worse, is fucked up. But I think throwing the brick, because it is the best expression in the best way that you are able to choose what to do when the Empire puts that moral weight on us as potential rebels and says it's your fault that we are hitting you. That is like, I mean, it's abuse of logic, and it's a real fucked up thing. And like, you know, you get into this like the very the climax of the entire season. Is that this kid who I have a shitty memory I think maybe his dad got killed by the Empire throws a bomb at the very end. And they did a what's good? Yeah, he does a hey, market for anyone who wants to listen to that episode about the market. And so first episode ever of cool people do cool stuff in which someone throws a bomb at some cops when the cops had been really fucked up and the cops opened fire and it causes this whole big fucking thing. Right? And, and I'm not mad at that kid. Was it the right move? I've literally no idea. Right and the world will never know whether or not it was the right idea because we only get the one thing that we saw happen. Yeah, I'm always Io 24:48 I'm almost 100% of the time on people who have the bravery to try. Try some shit and the others side, like the fascist playbook is to use our conscience against us for for in a in a Stop hitting yourself type of way. Margaret 25:12 Yeah. Io 25:14 That is not. Yeah, you can't. Like I can't imagine somebody even having the foresight to being like, Oh, I'm going to do this because it'll make it worse. But the argument of just like, what will the news say if this happened, or that this that and you're not going to get you're going to turn people off from our side is this is has, has failed for has failed for centuries? Now. Margaret 25:42 I will say, though, I don't sorry, look, Io 25:44 I just don't want to fuck with it anymore. Margaret 25:49 But I think of as an ethical argument, it is like a, I think it is a bad ethical argument to say like that that kid should have thrown the bomb, right in, in this fictional Star War that we're talking about. I don't care about the ethical argument against that. But if you're throwing a bomb at the oppressive force that is busy oppressing you, your conscience is clear. From my point of view, right? The strategic question is where it gets really interesting. And is it a good idea? Is a very different question from is it? justifiable? You know? And that's where it gets into, like, really messy stuff where it's like, well, that's just hard to know. I mean, the history of people killing tyrants in on Earth is a real mixed bag. Right, in terms of its efficacy, Io 26:43 it tends to assassinations do tend to have a tendency to get messy. Margaret 26:48 Yeah. And often, they make everything worse. And not just in a like, everything has to get worse before it gets better way. But sometimes it's like, no, everything just sucks now. And everything. Io 27:00 But but the extent situation was analysis was like unsustainable something. Yeah. Like, no one, no one can predict how things will play out. But there was a chance that they could have could have gone well, and if, if nothing else, you sure you've shown power to be vulnerable? Yeah. Which, which echoes through history? And I don't know, I guess the I guess that's a bigger question that we can keep getting into, but to bring it back into, into and or a little bit. Uh huh. As as for numix Little manifesto, every act of insurrection pushes our lines forward? Margaret 27:51 Yeah. Go ahead. Sorry. No, go on. Yeah, and they even use the term insurrection there. Right. Yeah. Which is like, Io 28:01 they got there. They get so explicit. I didn't expect them to. Margaret 28:04 I know, a manifesto for pure Io 28:07 rocks. Margaret 28:09 I know and like, and it's specifically like, I'm with I think it's Kropotkin I don't know I actually just mostly, I don't always read all of the, the old books by the people. I used to read books about the people. But you know, dead anarchists. Pokken I think it was him who was like, why do we have this like dichotomy between insurrection and revolution? It might have been Malatesta one of these fucking dead anarchists was like, What a useless dichotomy between insurrection revolution, like revolutions are made up of like, insurrections, that's what you know, as compared to this legging. You know, the traditional way presenting the dichotomy is that you need to have, you know, on a purely insurrection aside, like all that matters is the insurrection the larger overarching goal is not worth attempting to accomplish, or setting your sights on, right. And then on the purely revolutionary side, it's like, Oh, don't do the insurrections because they'll diffuse our energy or the wake the sleeping dragon or they'll, you know, cause the cops to crack down on us or whatever, right? All that matters is building up the mass to have the one big, glorious revolution. And like, history, at least the history of revolution is like no, no, no insurrections or that manifesto is right, like an andorre. They want to have a revolution. What that revolution should look like there is not a agreement upon which kind of rules Io 29:34 Oh, that's the bet that's the best part of the show when he when he goes to me. Saga reira mine yeah, man. The cool yeah, the cool guy. He's talking about so anarchist. Yeah, I don't, I don't I'm I'm not gonna fuck with that guy. He's a he's a human supremacist, and those guys are separatists for et cetera, et cetera. And they're there. I'm the only one Just think pure ideology here. Yeah. And I'm like, Yeah, I've been in a room with him. Margaret 30:06 Yeah, totally. But his, but then they say his ideologies like, well, anarchy is not an ideology or I don't remember the actual quote. Io 30:15 Yeah. And his response is just a shrug because like, Whatever dude, I'm not, I'm not here to convince you. I'm off. He's on. Maybe Maybe I'm just projecting what I want to see. But he's on the like, yeah, you know, there's there's action and then there's whatever other useless surrounds what, what action is being taken? And I'm like, yeah, yeah, he's right. Yeah. Well, this is all like laying this ideological bedrock that eventually morphs into the same neoliberal government that easily falls to Deathstar. Three and Force Awakens. Like you've got we can keep on this but maybe we should talk about Rogue One and in a second because we just watched that a few nights ago, like the early days of a revolution are ya so spicy? Margaret 31:15 Yeah, that's when I like everything is still possible. And but to use Sagar era to tie us into Rogue One, you know, by the time Rogue One comes around saga gara is basically just like the terrorist who's still like, who's still just been like, No, I know where the Empire is. So I'm gonna fuck them up. You know? He's not like trying to think like fourth dimensional chess or whatever he's just trying to fuck up the Empire and like I think that fucking rules and I think that yeah, I I like him. I mean, obviously by the time Rogue One comes around he's like his neuro divergence has continued in a way that makes him probably unsuitable to be a leader have Io 32:02 a bit of a Chase had a hard he's had a hard go of it. Margaret 32:05 Yeah, he is. He does not mind revolutionary suicide. He is perfectly content with revolutionary suicide. By the time he gets his chance. Io 32:15 Yeah, how Yeah, how could you not and they the plot of Rogue One is they need to get close to Sagar era they so they break. I forget her. I forget her name. The main the main character of the movie. Yeah. To get her close to saw because they want they just want to kill sock cats there. Because he's making them look bad, essentially. Yeah. And because they're developing into Yeah, like liberal revolutionaries hmm And so and saw is still is still out there on Jetta. Just just like stealing shit from the Empire blow blowing shit up. They can't get to him. Margaret 33:00 When I thought they were there to kill him. They thought they were there to kill protagonist, dad. And they just needed to get to saw in order to find out what protagonist dad was. Io 33:10 Like, right before they and or gets on the ship. There. They're just like, Alright, remember that thing that we told her? Fuck that no kit when you see saw Calum? Oh, I think that though, I think maybe they do the same thing with Matt's Matt's Mickelson's character. Margaret 33:27 Okay, so that ties into what you're talking about, about. You've got into like, hard choices guy luthan. Right. And he's presented as like, the real radical in in andorre. But it's the same attitude of kill people who are making us look bad because you're thinking about the big picture that leads us into the liberal state stage of revolution that you're talking about right where they you know, are just going to end up being like the sort of like less interested in revolution revolutionary movement and I think that those are related I think that the cold hard calculating leader is absolutely the person who's going to be like alright kill saw All right, kill protagonists dad. Because because they think they're thinking about strategy instead of ethics. And I know ethics is like a word that people have a million different thoughts and feelings about but like what I mean like doing what's right, rather than like, what is believed to be the most strategic I think is and that's what I like about saw is he does what's right which is fight the Empire. Yeah, Io 34:35 I see him as an ideological insurrectionary anarchist and luthan as just a straight up insurrectionary who, like a like an insurrectionary who wants to get extremely Sun Tzu about it all. Margaret 34:51 Yeah. So if I can, I mean a nihilist in like the Russian sense not in the like anarchist sense, you know? Because It's not a coincidence that most of the Russian nihilists were like Social Democrats at heart. Maybe that's getting a little too off. So, Io 35:08 yeah, like I don't I do see I see a lot of people trying to square this to as like Disney published like anarchists propaganda that's like this and that and I'm like, I don't think they did that it's it's in its set in outer space. It's it's a thing, but it's obviously made by people who like, give a shit about these things like and like you and me care about, like the historical stories and context of revolutionary movements. Yeah. And it's from its from that perspective of people who like who are interested in also think it's just think that fighting cops is the coolest thing you can do with your life? Yeah, and making a show about cool people fighting cops, and that is cool to me. Yeah. But uh, do you want to do you want to talk a little bit about about Rogue One? Sure. So well, I guess we were I guess we were already kind of kind of on it. Saw he lives in the holy holy city of Jeddah where the Jedi began as a society of monks and they were guardians against galactic tyranny and fascism, but eventually became a liberal military arm of the Republic or whatever the fuck, and a bunch of other shit happens, but where I think, oh, where this movie really starts screaming is you get to this fucking this stupid. General Assembly is suddenly ready to pack it up. Because suddenly they're up against these overwhelming odds and like, you remember that? That nerd? This fucking nerd shouts What is she proposing? And everyone's just like, oh gosh, crumbs? Well, I guess I guess we're done for packet in everybody. But luckily we plucky heroes. This platoon of doomed men who say fuck this they go rogue because a man with nothing to lose in a sharp stick can take the day and they're the last chance to to save the galaxy to do some overwhelming violence against the Empire against and go against all this bureaucratic cowardice is just a big they all pack into one shitty spaceship. Huddled bunch of cuddle puddle revolutionary saying fuck it life sucks book the Empire. Let's do a cool suicide. And do they Margaret 37:42 wanted to get out? I'm sure they did. Yeah, Io 37:46 they do. It was not. It was not likely. And yeah, it wasn't for this. This is a part of canon. This is the part of the Extended Universe candidate that has transferred over the Mon Calamari you all know Admiral Ackbar it's a trap, etc. Um, that that planets and and race of like people involved in the rebellion are like the most ready to throw down. And I'm glad that that transferred over a Rogue One. Everyone else is just like, beans. Well, I guess the Empire wins. And Mon Calamari was like, Oh, we've got Rogue One. Awesome. Love those guys. Margaret 38:30 Totally. I mean, and that's why I like Rogue One so much right? Yeah. As because you have your doomed revolutionary cuddle puddle that goes off to go do massive violence and steal some plans. And then the like, solidarity that it will kill you is like what breaks my heart more than anything else. If you want to see me cry in a movie, like the second Lord of the Rings movie when the right of the row Hyrum went Rohan shows up to support condor is a safe space for nerd for being a nerd. So when when they roll up, and they yell a red day, a blood day and it's actually this Norse maybe not Norse is the Scandinavian poem. That's the Tolkien's ripping off but it's fucking beautiful. And then they like scream like death death death and then like run charging into the forces of Mordor. Right? To have the backs of Condor that's when I start crying the most consistently in in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. And so Rogue One operates on the similar principle of the like, Well fuck it, I guess will show up like like sometimes when all your friends are jumping off a bridge like you should probably show up to support them anyway. You know? And like, Io 39:48 would you rather die all at once rather than piece by piece? Margaret 39:52 Yeah, yeah, totally. Which is you know from and or, and then there's also a quote from Blackhawks speaks, which I haven't read in a long time and so I Um, I apologize for possibly paraphrasing this badly but in the war against the colonization of what later became the United States or whatever, right? You know, a bunch of people are sitting around being like, well, we should go to war against these fucking white invaders. And someone is like, No, we shouldn't write because it's useless. If we do it, we'll die. It's like killing mosquitoes. You can kill them, but they keep coming in. There's, there's no point to it. And then the rest of the council is like, alright, well, we're doing it. And this isn't fiction. This is a nonfiction piece. And, and the same guy who was like, well, we shouldn't do this as like, well, I'm coming with you. Because I'm not a coward. You know, and I, I really like that concept within Rogue One. The like, well, this isn't how we wish it had gone. This wasn't what we planned. But we're not going to fucking just let you go out and do there. On your own. We're not cowards. Obviously, some of the people in that council chamber were cowards. Yeah, a Io 40:59 lot of people didn't show up. And I think a lot of other people were invested in the in the assembly or didn't invested in the in building an army against the Empire, rather than we can get we can really get a lot done with some sabotage. We can get a lot done with with a plucky group of fuckers. Yeah, just plop it plopping down and, and putting on some weird uniforms. Margaret 41:31 Yeah. And it, it was considered right. Like, I think a lot of what we're talking about about like, insurrections are what pushed us forward. You know, it wasn't like, like, let's just, I know, where we can go throw a bomb, let's just go throw a bomb randomly. They were like, What are we going to do? You know, like, the first big action and AND, OR is like, we're gonna steal all this money because we need it. Right. And so all of the actions have a purpose, they tie into a strategy and I love. That's one of the things I love about Rogue One, right? It's like, you know, all right, well, against all odds, we're gonna go get the Deathstar plans. You know, rather than just we're gonna go explode a thing, because the Empire has lots of things. You know, Io 42:22 I got a lot, they got lots of things. And I'm, I think that I think that there's a, there's a poetry in an affirmation of life in attacking something symbolically. But yeah, what you've got, you got a symbol and a rush of adrenaline and a, and a huge danger to yourself and everyone else around you, if you're going to put some danger out there. Be sure of it. And I don't know, maybe, maybe have some maybe have a little bit more more payoff? Yeah. Yeah, like, in Minecraft? Margaret 43:00 It's totally like, in Star Wars, you should, you know, think about like, if you're gonna gamble at all, you should wait till the pot is sweet. I don't know, whatever. Yeah, no, it's Io 43:15 go bigger, go big, and then go home. Margaret 43:18 Yeah. Through your safe house. I do think that the Star Wars rebellion in general, does relate to a style of revolution that is less the style of revolution that I would guess the average person listening to this, like, thinks about, like, the history that they're drawing from, at least based on what you were saying is like, national rebellions for against an oppressive outside force, right. You know, we haven't seen we've seen revolutionaries on the capital planet, but we haven't seen them being like, here's how we're going to take the Capitol planet, you know, as ours, right, because we're from here, whatever. Instead, you see all of these colonized forces, these colonized people, being like, we don't want to be colonized anymore. So we're now in this alliance of all these colonized people to fight against this oppressive force. Io 44:12 Oh, that's just another thing that I like. I like a lot about andorre in that the end of the end of row of not row one of A New Hope is just this like, Lily, this this Dyess of of lily white heroes of the rebellion that might as well be out of like Triumph of the Will and like cheering and Chewbacca doesn't get a medal. I know that's well trod territory, but like, justice for my man AND and OR has very few white characters making up the the core of the rebellion. Margaret 44:57 Yeah, yeah. And just under this funny problem that we're running into, from a cultural point of view that all of a sudden we're watching all these prequels, right? Or at least like I watched the game of thrones show, the new one house of dragons. And I liked it. I liked it a lot. I liked it possibly more than I like Game of Thrones. I've literally no idea what that's a statement that drew everyone mad at me or not. Io 45:20 And dragons. You can't argue with that. Margaret 45:23 Yeah, and it's less white. It's still majority white. But it is like markedly less white. And there's something kind of depressing about watching these prequels that are less white. Io 45:35 Something very, something very bad must have happened between then and then. Margaret 45:40 Yeah, even though what we're actually watching of course, is that, you know, the media that better choices getting made. Yeah, exactly. I don't know just something I think about when I watch that kind of shit. Io 45:55 This one This one sort of maps to my, you know, my, my, my headcanon of like, obviously, it's just the casting choices are better now. But it also maps to like successful revolutions. And especially like the one that installs like Princess Leia, Princess into like, royalty into positions of power in like a new Neo lib chorus on seated government eventually were like the people who did the dirty work saga Pereira and Andorra and whoever else are long forgotten, we're just we're all just cannon fodder for this respectable and hard they they fought hard, but they but they were put in an impossible position but like let the let the lower castes get their hands dirty in a way that every successful revolution winds up winds up doing which is why like, like, you know, I'm obviously interested in in a in massive change but the thing that really interests me is not the end result but the the process the affirmation of life of being able to resist in your modern day and live for Me and artistically. But just live rebelliously in the time you are in not for some far off future not what am I supposed to do put put all my put all my fucking plans and morals on hold because I hope that the the proletarian revolution is going to come off some way. Come on, come around. If I if I just joined enough DSA chapters. Here's your sign. Margaret 47:52 I mean, I feel like andorre gets into this kind of stuff in a useful way with the whole prison sequence, right? Where they're in prison or Prison Break. I know and so they're all in prison and they're all doing prison labor. And, you know, is a brutal regime very controlled, it does the thing where like, part of the systems of control it's very panopticon ish, like, part of the systems that control is also that the, I guess in that Fukui way or whatever, right where like people are controlling themselves because they, you know, the prisoners are in charge of the prisoners on some level. Right. Io 48:32 And you got Gollum is the boss. Margaret 48:37 Yeah, and oh, I thought you were telling me we watch this together. I thought you were telling me that the really old guy was Gollum. Io 48:47 The no Andy Serkis. The other prisoners the guy who did mocap for for the one who literally literally call them I wasn't making I wasn't being ageist. Margaret 49:02 But I thought you were saying the old man was the person who did the motion capture for Gollum. Io 49:06 Oh, he used to be very spry. Margaret 49:10 Okay, okay. I mean, so, so go we all you know and and so, you know, so you have Gollum who is the sergeant essentially, he was telling everyone what to do on the cellblock. And then as soon as they know that they're doomed men. They're able to be free. Right? And as a very literal metaphor in this particular context, that as soon as and then the fact that they're like, What is freedom mean? Freedom means jumping into the water even if you can't swim and trying. Right? Is a very non subtle, and they just express it as beautiful. They just have this beautiful scene of everyone jumping in the water. They don't have a grandeur. land they don't hold the guards hostage in order to get I mean to be clear might have been smarter if they had held the gods hostage in order to get like an escape vehicle but whatever Io 50:09 oh they would they would they would have just bought bombed the planet. Margaret 50:13 I know mainly but yeah, that's true. That's you know, like, Io 50:16 like modern you know, a modern prison uprising will hold Guards, guards hostages for the sake of like the people who are holding the guards hostage hostage are going to get extra years on their mobile a ton of extra time on their sentence, if not outright killed by it, but could win could wind up winning better conditions for people inside I don't have I don't have faith that prison officials were uphold their end of the bargain. But yeah, a resistant resistance is is beautiful, no matter. The end result somebody somebody slipped Andy Serkis a copy of blesses the flame. And they're all like, fuck it. Let's go. Yeah, no, let's go for a dive. Margaret 51:06 Totally. And like the ones who die immediately while throwing a wrench at the second armed guard are just as like beautiful and free as the people who swim to safety, you know? And like? No, I really like that whole long extended metaphor that they did around what it means to just actually be free. Which is why I do hold that. The I don't know. I mean, I guess the real question would be to know the writers and you know, because like, people talk about, oh, Disney made this like, no, no, Disney didn't make this Disney put their name on it. It was made by people in the same way that like workers make all value. You know, the the writers and the actors and the directors and all of these people like made and or? And yeah, exactly. So I don't know I don't know where I'm going with that. But Io 52:08 we'll I had a if you want to if you want to think about it a bit I had. I wish I could remember who said this so I would credit them but somebody put out that when Disney was making was making the Lion King and Pocahontas at the same time, they put all their stock into Pocahontas and really micromanage the entire project. I've never seen Pocahontas it sounds like it's a decent movie. But Lion King undoubtedly turned out awesome. Because the because all the writers and artists involved got creative control of it because they didn't have they didn't have Walt over their shoulder the whole time. Same thing happened with Star Wars because Andorra was being developed at the same time that Obi Wan Kenobi, A, A and nobody, and nobody asked me, but the show was good. I did not have a good time watching goon McGregor do his thing again. But yeah, they really micromanage that and they were just like a thing that's like rogue wants share proceed and makes me a little nervous about season two because they'll see that this is is like it and I read I don't really know much about the writers I know that they were interested in like Palestinian resistance and the Haitian Revolution and things like that, which you can see in the show and that the next season is going to get more into like the the ship that I was so excited about, which was like the internal politics of rebellions like I would love I would love to see saw Guerrera talk some more shit about about space to Kunis or whatever. But yeah, yeah, fingers fingers crossed, they'll they'll realize that it was successful because they didn't get their fucking fingerprints all over it. Margaret 54:02 Well, maybe next year, we'll be sitting down to do another episode and we'll be we'll know whether or not everything went to hell or whether it pulled it off. Io 54:12 You'd be like No, they weren't they brought a AR two d two is there for some reason. That's another that's another great thing about this. Like it was like I think it's great because the rebellion never really got its do it's like the entire plot of Star Wars and nobody ever really like fucks with it. It's just like the just like the scenery. But also we don't have we don't have to hear anything about space lasers and the Jedi and Mother I guess there is a wisecracking droid, but I love that little guy. Margaret 54:48 Yeah, nice. And he's, I don't know. I mean, you need the wisecrack. Enjoy in the same way that you need. The animal who sits around and tells jokes or you know, whatever like that is a good is a good character that gets added to TV and movies. Yeah, bring up at Ewoks. But it still was like, way more. I mean, it's essentially it's it's more proletarian than like, we're working class or whatever jargon word I supposed to use here. Instead of like space nights and space princesses and space royalty and you know, all that shit. It's just like, fucking people in the muck getting it done. Io 55:28 Yeah the space the space serfs out there, perfectly capable of braiding a stormtrooper? Yeah. As good as Luke Luke Skywalker. Yeah. Well, I think we did it. We talked about everything AND and OR. But, Margaret, any final thoughts? Margaret 55:46 I'm just, I'm excited for the quality of the storytelling that we like now have available to us as we go forward, because the world is in very dire conditions right now. And we need better stories are so little Gwen has the story of is the quote about like, we need authors who can remember freedom, you know, and I think that we're like, we're starting to see those stories. And we're starting to see him, including in mainstream places. And I think that's like one of the most promising things that I've ever seen as a radical or whatever. So I'm excited. Who knows, maybe it'll all go off the rails, but for now, is good. Io 56:28 There will always be small examples and whether it erupts soon. Being that freedom as a pure idea, or we just have to keep settling for these little diamonds in the rough. I don't know. I'm excited. Yeah, there does seem to be a lot more good stuff recently. But that's us. That's the anarcho geek review. We did it folks. Margaret 56:52 In our cooking, or our Io 56:54 that's the one. That's what Margaret 56:58 this is where anyone is listening. We used to have a blog called a narco geek review. And that's not what this show is called. Io 57:07 No, not related to the anarcho geek review. We disavow we Margaret 57:12 know that Reza vacco splitters they're split out yeah, we've Io 57:17 split we split off from them. They were ideologically unserious. Yeah. Margaret, you want to tell people where where they can find you? Margaret 57:27 Yeah, I've got some podcast once called cool people did cool stuff. I referenced it like three times this article, I asked to talk about individual and community preparedness on another podcast by the same strangers network called live like the world is dying. And until well, by the time you listen to this, I might not be on Twitter anymore, but I'm currently on Twitter at Magpie killjoy Instagram at Margaret killjoy all that shit. I Oh, what about you? Io 57:53 I'm, as of this recording, still still on Twitter, at bum lung. And I'm also on Instagram at bum lung. And if I get on any other social media fingers crossed, they won't have to. It'll probably be under that as well. And before we go, I would I would love to thank we have a Patreon patreon.com/strangers In a tangled wilderness and I would love to thank some of our Patreon supporters. Right now. Hoss the dog. That's a good boy. Mike, aka mkhaya Kaya, thank you. Like I Margaret 58:33 say yeah. Oh, actually. Actually, that's funny. That's right MC. Mikayla, actually my a veteran, right. Make Io 58:42 that McCain or mkhaya. Please settle this bet and whichever one wins I was the other a coke. Chris Sam Kirk. Eleanor. Jennifer Starr Oh, cat J. Chelsea. Dana. David. Nicole. Mickey. Paige, S J. Shawn Hunter, Theo. Boise. Mutual Aid. Milica and Papa Runa. Hope I got that one. Right. Thank you. Thank you all for your support. Big hugs and kisses out to all of you. And thank you everyone who listened. And yeah, to tune in next time when we'll talk about some other nerd bullshit and I'll see you at the movies. 59:40 The times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. And then, I'm sure both by the scale of the enemy. Remember this? Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random Acts of insurrection. are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy, there are a whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the course. Remember that the frontier of the rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this imperial need for control is so desperate because it's so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort, it breaks, it leaks. Authorities brittle oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that and know this. The day will come when all the skirmishes and battles has moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege remember this try

Email us: bigtliltpodcast@gmail.com Welcome to Episode 117 of big T & LIL t! This episode we discuss Andor.  Season 1 and Epsiodes 1 through 3 is finally here on Disney Plus which dropped on September 21st.  - We get caught up on this week with Fortnite, Flag Football and some D23 news. - We discuss Caf, the Wall of Gloves, Power of the Force 2 Banthas, Dark Forces blasters and so much more. - What is happening when in 2017, the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars, and the most controversial movie to date, The Last Jedi is release! - And so much more - Find all our links here: https://bio.link/bigtlilt

Ellen & special guest, herbivore ecologist and researcher Kirsten Engeseth, who joins us all the way from Norway to review the fluffiest, softest living tank you've ever seen: the muskox! We talk about how these real-life Banthas keep warm in the harsh arctic winters, band together to defend their herd with unwavering honor, and do their absolute best to overcome the challenges of new environments and a changing world.Follow Kirsten on Twitter!Follow Just the Zoo of Us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

Ellen & special guest, herbivore ecologist and researcher Kirsten Engeseth, who joins us all the way from Norway to review the fluffiest, softest living tank you've ever seen: the muskox! We talk about how these real-life Banthas keep warm in the harsh arctic winters, band together to defend their herd with unwavering honor, and do their absolute best to overcome the challenges of new environments and a changing world.Follow Kirsten on Twitter!Follow Just the Zoo of Us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

On this long awaiting episode of Bobsleds and Banthas hosts Scott and Aaron talk about Aaron’s recent trip to Universal Studios, why the green seats on Waterworld are a lie and how Scott’s wife found herself in uncharted waters. We also discucss where we’ve been the last 4 weeks and talk about the future of Bobsleds and Banthas.

Dork out with us about the worst characters Star Wars has to offer. We also disagree on Solo and Rogue One, ponder John Williams' scores, continue to stan Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and go off on many more tangents about a galaxy far, far away.FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:Kitty IBSBilly MaysFree drinks on flightsVIA Rail Passenger ServiceDick rocketJohn Williams' scores all sound the sameJeff GoldblumWhy the Fast and Furious franchise is amazingPOGSSolo vs. Rogue OneDebbie DownerJimmy Fallon sucksPaul Sun-Hyung LeeThe Book of Boba FettOUR LEAST FAVE STAR WARS CHARACTERS:Banthas - JonPorgs - JonPoe Dameron - BenMace Windu - LexiGONK droids - JonSio Bibble - BenQi'ra - LexiSalacious Crumb - JonCassian Andor - BenProblematic Species - LexiQui-Gon Jinn - BenCad Bane - BenJaxxon - BenYuuzhan Vong - BenBONUS CONTENT:Lexi's cat after being shaved due to IBSWe LOVE Carson TevaRun The BurbsLove KaminoansSpecial thanks to Jon for contributing to this episode!SOCIALS:Here's where you can find us!Lexi's website and twitter and instagramBen's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade ArtsDork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and redditDigging Dork Matters? Give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods and help us spread the dork."From my point of view the Jedi are evil!"

Phil and Jake are joined by Marissa Puget to rank Princess of Pop Britney Spears, alternative milks, and leather jackets on the List of Every Damn Thing.Find Marissa on Instagram (@hooksforhands) and Twitter (@hooksforhands). Also check out her work at Raconteur, especially with Dance Cry Dance Records.If you have something to add to the list, email it to list@everydamnthing.net (or get at us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook).SHOW NOTES: Happy birthday to Marissa's mom, Karen! That is, if you're reading this on the day the episode was released. If not, then either happy belated birthday, or happy early birthday for next year. You choose. This was the first joke Phil's son was able to pull off: "What's green and smells like blue paint? Green paint!" He's still working on our new favorite: "What's the secret to telling a good joke timing." Therapy in the future will be Phil's son going into a VR experience where a Pokemon-branded A.I. therapist goes through his father's social media and podcasts and then administers a virtual medication. Other pop stars discussed include Avril Lavigne, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Cher and Prince. We also talk about non-Pop musicians like Klaus Nomi, Bruce Springsteen. “Weird Al” Yankovic, Charli XCX, Hank Williams and the Ramones. We get into so many Britney songs: “...Baby One More Time”, “Gimme More”, “Work Bitch”, “Radar”, “Unusual You”, “Until the World Ends” (featuring Nikki Minaj & Ke$ha), “Oops I Did It Again”, “Toxic” and her rendition of Sonny & Cher's “The Beat Goes On”. Jake recommends this Mystery Show podcast episode about Britney (though he incorrectly attributes it to the podcast Invisibilia). Phil mentions the Netflix show This Is Pop. The third episode "Stockholm Syndrome" discusses Max Martin's team in Sweden, and one producer explains the piano-playing finger formation the he dubs “hit claw” (which was used to create "...Baby One More Time"). Here's the “Toxic” remix from the Promising Young Woman soundtrack, and here's the mash-up with the B-52s' “Love Shack”. Phil was familiar with Rolling Stone cover featuring Britney with a Teletubby, but had never noticed the Teletubby. The documentary about Britney's conservatorship (and the #freebritney movement) that we refer to is Framing Britney Spears. Here's Britney being interviewed by Michael Moore for Fahrenheit 9/11. We don't even mention that Dan Aykroyd plays Britney's character's dad in the movie Crossroads! Fear not, the saga of bread & butter pickles controversy does continue in this episode. Here's Britney & Justin Timberlake's denim outfits. Marrisa's right, kefir is very similar to yogurt. Other types of alternative milks discussed include almond milk, soy milk, oat milk and coconut milk. We talk about a lot of different iconic leather jacket looks, including those of Indiana Jones, Marlon Brando, Danny Zuko, Arthur Fonzerelli, Eddie Murphy, Ford Fairlane, Blade and The Matrix. We couldn't find any evidence of what Jake calls a “snowy river jacket” ever appearing in The Man from Snowy River. Banthas are the big hairy things in Star Wars that live on the desert planet of Tatooine (not the ice planet of Hoth). They stand in for either camels or buffalo. ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:St. Patrick's Day * Game of Death * dance * RuPaul's Drag Race * Marvel movies * volcanoes * the Golden Gate Bridge * “Kerplunk!” by Green Day * coffee creamer * Triscuits * tuna melt * grilled cheese * dippin' sauce * rye bread * movie theater popcorn * turkey / bacon / swiss sandwich * rockabilly * Santa Cruz, CA * wizards * motorcycle gangs * Rod Lavers shoes * Bill Murray * “Midnight Train to Georgia” by Gladys Knight & the Pips * square pizzaBelow are the Top Ten and Bottom Top items on List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the complete up-to-date list, go here).TOP TEN: Dolly Parton - person interspecies animal friends - idea sex - idea bicycles - tool coffee - beverage Clement Street in San Francisco - location Prince - person It's-It - food Doctor Doom - fictional character Cher - person BOTTOM TEN:254. Jon Voight - person255. Hank Williams, Jr - person256. British Royal Family - institution257. Steven Seagal - person258. McRib - food259. death - idea260. war - idea261. cigarettes - drug262. QAnon - idea263. transphobia - ideaTheme song by Jade Puget. Graphic design by Jason Mann. This episode was produced & edited by Jake MacLachlan, with audio help from Luke Janela. Show notes by Jake MacLachlan & Phil Green.Our website is everydamnthing.net and we're also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.Email us at list@everydamnthing.net. 

As is tradition for the release of a new piece of major Star Wars content, the Order 66 Podcast throws caution to the wind for an off-the-cuff rant and deep dive into The Book of Boba Fett. Welcoming back the familiar voice of Keith Kappel, we dissect The Book of Boba Fett with a ham-fisted, open-mouthed, no-holds-barred discussion. What does it mean to the fandom? How does it continue and build on the Star Wars legacy? How can the themes and set pieces of The Book of Boba Fett make their way onto your game table? So settle in for a warm Bacta Tank soak, and give a knowing nod to Fennec Shand as you ride your rancor off into the sunset, as we get all Dank Ferrik with a dive into The Book of Boba Fett on this episode of YOUR Order 66 Podcast!

On this episode of the best podcast called Bobsleds & Banthas, Scott & Aaron discuss how Bob Chapek isn't going anywhere after Disney's last earnings call, how you can wake up and work out in the Happiest Place on Earth, the shoe-horned synergy of Disney's questionable Galactic Starcruiser, and the new trailers from Dr. Strange, Moon Knight, and Jurassic Park: Dominion.Then the Bantha Boys get into the Book of Boba Fett and try to make sense of a series seemingly predicated on a series of Truth or Dare challenges at Lucasfilm.Thanks for listening with your eyes! We love making this show and hope you love listening to it. Please be sure to give us a like or review to help others find us and be sure to check out other places to join fellow Banthateers!

Fala Cambada de Banthas!! Estamos entrando na sexta temporada do CoffCast, queremos agradecer imensamente a todos vocês que nos escutam. E para a estreia do programa de hoje, os nossos casters debateram sobre “O LIVRO DE BOBA FETT”, mais uma série ambientada no universo maravilhoso de Star Wars. Vamos descobrir se ela é boa ou não ouvindo o CoffCast!! Mas, contudo, porém, entretanto, todavia, o que está esperando? Escute o CoffCast 112 e também assine o nosso feed!!! E se caso você queira enviar algum email para a gente é só mandar para: coffcast@gmail.com CoffCasters: Davi Cardoso (Sr. Dharma), Leonardo Costa e Katia Barga. FEED DO SITE – https://aerolandianews.com.br/a-sociedade-de-podcasts/feed/podcast/ LINK DO CAST NO ANCHOR – https://anchor.fm/asociedadedepodcasts AVISO – Caso você ouça os programas no “Podcast Addict”, de vez em quando surge um problema com o feed original (o Feed do Site). Então nós sugerimos que copie e cole este link do feed do Anchor, pois o agregador as vezes não atualiza da maneira correta e/ou some com alguns episódios, além de colocar outros feeds. LINK DO SPOTIFY – https://open.spotify.com/show/6UjBjDjRJc5IAgdIyZQ9Yl Edição: Davi Cardoso Arte: Anderson Mussulino Curta nossa Fanpage Nos acesse: asociedadedocafe.wordpress.com Baixe nossos outros episódios

On this episode of Bobsleds and Banthas we uncover a host of news from around the Disneyland Resort including a private party you can have in Toon Town, changes to Downtown Disney and the upcoming investor call that probably doesn’t mean big changes at Disneyland. After that we talk about Star Wars Special Editions and memories of being a Star Wars fan before they came out… and ruined everything.

Welcome back all you Regs, and to all you Shinies, welcome to the most mediocre podcast in the Star Wars universe! We hope you're all doing well! We are having a blast with The Book of Boba Fett, and this episode gave us so much to talk about! For us, this is easily the best episode of the show so far, and we go into quite a bit of detail about it. There were not only some very cool easter eggs and references throughout this episode, but also some messages and overarching themes that we pointed out as well. We cover a bit of Black Series news and some other Star Wars news, and with a weekly pickup, we call it an episode. We have really been enjoying The Book of Boba Fett, and we hope you all have as well. We are stoked to see what the next chapter of this show brings. We hope you all enjoy this week's episode, and may the Force be with you! -Tommy Follow us on social media! @1313_podcast (Instagram, Twitter, & TikTok) Feel free to contact us! 1313podcastofficial@gmail.com

On this very special episode of the best Disneyland Podcasts by the name Bobsleds and Banthas Scott and Aaron host the first annual Sleddie Awards Part 2 because the first part got messed up. Find out what content made the Banthas best of in 2021. Also we talk Bob Chapek’s salary, the Figment popcorn bucket the Moon Knight trailer.

In this episode, Picard's third season filming resumes, Those Banthas are not your fathers Banthas, Damon influenced Affleck on Batman, Amazing Spider-man starts over again, Turning Red says Red to theaters, and remembering GLOW's Deanna Booher and Comedian Bob Saget.  All that and more on the scifi and comic book filled edition of Multiverse Tonight! Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/multiverse)

On Episode 88 of the Disneyland Podcast Bobsleds and Banthas hosts Scott and Aaron talk about Bob Chapek’s pillars meme his love COVID; Pixar's Turning Blue; The monorail mystery emerges and the hosts exchange much belated gifts before diving into the biggest hits and misses of 2021.

Oh come on, you knew that was coming. Also, I went to Guarma and all I got was aggravated tuberculosis

AND HERE WE ARE!!!!!!!!!! the Book of Boba Fett, after THAT surprising appearance in Mandalorian S2 here we are folks, a live-action Boba Fett series, gee outside of a background character with 'cool' armor, who would've thought THAT huh. On the premier episode of the latest Fandom Awakens Radio spin-off podcast; 'Straight Outta Sarlaac: Say HIS Name', your hosts David Senden and Kyle Wagner discuss the first 2 chapters of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, 'Stranger in a Strange Land' and 'Tribes of Tatooine'

WHAT'S UP CANTINA? IS THERE AN ECHO IN HERE? YES IM ECHO. APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE ABOUT THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULITES. HANG OUT WITH THE GUYS WHILE THEY GUSH ABOUT THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT EPISODE 1.

WHAT'S UP CANTINA? IS THERE AN ECHO IN HERE? YES IM ECHO. APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE ABOUT THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULITES. HANG OUT WITH THE GUYS WHILE THEY GUSH ABOUT THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT EPISODE 1.

On this episode of Bobsleds and Banthas holiday overlay episode, Nogsleds and Santas, Scott and Aaron talk about continued trouble with the Star Wars Hotel before getting into real gifts you can purchase for your Disney and Star Wars fan and a few made up ones that possibly you’ll be able to purchase when you wish upon a Star Wars.

Our fascination with well designed species continues with an episode that talks about the massive woolly quadruped mammals that we see roaming the dunes on Tatooine. We don't really get to know much about the bantha species so we decided to do a fun fact episode on what we have learned. We talk about their tendencies, their lifespan, diet and of course the insult of being called 'bantha fodder'.  Join us on as we tip toe into the species design of banthas!

On this jingle-rific episode of Bobsleds and Banthas everyone’s best Disneyland podcast about Star Wars Scott and Aaron talk about the Minecraft/WDW Partnership and Toontown Redesign is coming, Star Wars Rogue Squadron is not happening, DeVine returns at Animal Kingdom, It’s a small world is under water and Holiday festivities return to Disneyland. We then give a review of Disney Plus day hits and missed and a short spoiler free review ofShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

The crew talks about their hopes and dreams and does some light shopping. Transcript Not Yet Available   Content Warnings Sexual suggestions and scenarios Drug and alcohol use Strong Language Violence, injury, death Music Credits Get Ready by Komiku is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Tale_on_the_Late/Komiku_-_Tale_on_the_Late_-_06_Get_Ready Little Canyon Ride (ID 1308) by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/next-wildwestworld/little-canyon-ride-id-1308 Hopefully (ID 515) by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/JA/Hopefully_ID_515 Trees on the Hill (ID 1390) by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Monkeys Spinning Monkeys by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4071-monkeys-spinning-monkeys License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Amazing Plan by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3358-amazing-plan License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Notanico Merengue by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4145-notanico-merengue License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Running Eiskrokodil by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Moments_1950/Eiskrokodil_Blues_ID_01 Tempting Fate by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

We took the week off so Aaron could visit Disneyland. Here is what’s coming up on Bobsleds and Banthas.

Star Wars: Galaxy of Creatures is a brand new series for the padawans. Four episodes have already premiered on Starwarskids.com and Star Wars Kids' Youtube channel.We'll talk about Banthas, Porgs, Voorpaks, and even Blurrgs.Special Bonus...our youngest member of the family is our special guest. We read his favorite Star Wars/Little Golden Book, A Galaxy for Everyone (written by Lois Evans, Illustrated by Chris Kennett, Alana Batson, and Pilot Studio)

On this episode Scott and Aaron review all of Disney’s Haunted attractions from Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion to Mystic Manor in Hong Kong, before that the Banthas Boys discuss, Zombie Captain American in the parks, Lighting Lane specifics, Tinker Bell’s pineapple preference and why Inside the Magic is making us feel more and more outside the realm of reasonable, its a spooktacular edition of Bobsleds and Banthas that you wont want to miss.

On this episode of the Disneyland and Star Wars podcast Bobsleds and Banthas host Scott and Aaron discuss and give mini reviews of the 2003 horror bore comedy Haunted Mansion film starring Eddie Murphy and the newly released Muppets Haunted Mansion where On Halloween night, Gonzo is challenged to spend one night in a Disneyland inspired Haunted Mansion. In the news we talk about Universal Studios vs Disney and what you will be allowed to pay to wait in line for at Disneyland.

It’s season two of Cobwebs and Phantoms the yearly transformation of Bobsleds and Banthas into everyone’s favorite fall time festival of talking. On this episode we talk about the end of the ScarJo lawsuit, A nightmare situation for magic key holders, the return sort of of character meet and greets and in the main segment we talk about Disney’s Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House, while presenting an original audio drama set to the famous track Martian Monster.

On this episode of the Disneyland and Star Wars podcast Bobsleds and Banthas, Scott and Aaron talk about non news stories including a restaurant too popular to open at Disneyland and public secret Disney deal with Southwest Airlines. We also talk about Hey Disney, Amazon and some exciting copyright law regarding the Avengers. On our main segment we give a full and fun review of Star Wars visions the Anima inspired series of shorts set in the Star Wards universe…maybe.

On this episode of Bobsleds and Banthas we talk about Who Framed Jessica’s Dark Ride, Space 220 Restaurant, The problem with Inside the Magic news, Star Wars Visions, Club 33 Mugs and in the main segment we get really Rocky but not that Rocky with a mixed up Adventureland Map.

On this the spectacular 75th episode of Bobsleds and Banthas we discuss whether or not Mickey Mouse has an anger problem, if Avatar is a worthy IP and the reboot of Doogie Howser. Aaron and Scott take Buzzfeed quiz and the share their thoughts on Hollywood reboots, McDonald’s Happy Meals and the changes coming to Roger Rabbits Cartoon Spin.

On this episode of the Disneyland podcast Bobsleds & Banthas the Bantha Boys talk about Disneyland’s new Waterfront Dining, IsThe Tom Sawyer Hatchet Mystery is Solved?, Fight breaks out on Disney World Ferry, Universal holds the fate of a WDW attraction in its hands, Shang-Chi split-kicks theater box offices, Fast Pass signs are down and Lightning Lane signs are, sort of, And in our main segment, we say goodbye to summer, by talking about all of the Disney Plus content we DIDN'T get a chance to cover on the show.

On this episode of the We Like Theme Parks Podcast, we are going beyond the utili-doors and behind the scenes to discover what goes in the day in the life of a Disney Character cast member! Today we are joined by Scott Storm, co-host of the Bobsleds and Banthas podcast and a former Disney Character performer. Scott has worn many faces in the parks, including Princes Phillip, Eric, Charming and Aladdin, and also furry friends like Tigger, Goofy, and so many more. Scott tells us all about the audition process, character training, and the trails and tribulations of a character cast member, including some pretty harrowing moments of danger and pain, all in the name of "good show"! Scott is a trooper and you'll want to hear his incredible tales!And to prove Scott's authenticity as a Disney Prince, we have some Disney Prince Trivia to test his princely IQ.So get ready for a wild and bumpy ride friends, cause this cast member is about to spill more than tea baby and it's all right here on the 163rd episode of the We Like Theme Parks Podcast!

On this special episode of the Disneyland podcast Bobsleds and Banthas, hosts Scott and Aaron talk about the Turning Red Trailer, the best Chop Salad in Malibu and the merits of a one star review. During the main segment the Banthas Boys discuss what a day in the Los Angelas area could look like if you couldn’t go to Disneyland before talking about why these is no replacement for Walt’s original Magic Kingdom.

On this episode of Bobsleds and Banthas we talk about all the Disneyland and Star Wars news you care about then jump into several fun filled rounds of Freeze it. Zap it. Plus it. Aaron Absolute heads out on a grand circle tour of Los Angelas and Scott Storm tries his hand at editing the show. Thanks Scott!

On this episode of the Disneyland podcast Bobsleds and Banthas we talk about the openings of Disneyland and what no restrictions means for kids, Luca is coming to Disney and Aaron figures out what Star Wars dad he is. We also welcome fellow Disney podcasters and dads Chris Bond from We Like Theme Parks and Troy Roddy from Disney Assembled to talk about being a Disney dad.

On this special episode of the Disneyland and Star Wars podcast, Bobsleds and Banthas, Scott and Aaron celebrate the 40th anniversary of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. We also disucss the Walt Disney’s compony Avengers Campus Opening Day Livestream.

On this episode of the Disney and Star Wars Podcast Bobsleds and Banthas, hosts Scott and Aaron talk about The Avengers Campus and pay tribute to the land the came before it, A Bug’s Land. We also talk about the The Gavinator allowing Disneyland to return to normal, maybe; The $100 sandwich that has the Internet abuzz; The Sophie’s Choice between Spider-Man and Star Wars; The $65 downloadable content that’s available for Spider-Man Webslingers.

Banthas! We're back and up and running after a brief disturbance in the Force. On this episode, Stephen Kent breaks down the latest in the journey toward publishing a book based on this very podcast and the life lessons embedded in Star Wars. Here you can listen to Stephen read the draft Introduction to the book: How The Force Can Fix The World: Lessons on Life, Liberty, and Happiness From a Galaxy Far, Far Away. Announcement! Every Thursday we'll host a Video Hangout for friends of the show. The link is below and it starts tonight, May 27th. ****BELTWAY BANTHAS WEEKLY HANGOUT @ 9:00 – 10:30pm EST *** Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vpr-pkyk-zfh Join us also on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUe4SZeDlA4B6W0axMVHUMA Substack Newsletter: https://politicizeme.substack.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeltwayBanthas Website: retrozap.com/beltway-banthas/

Banthas! We're back and up and running after a brief disturbance in the Force. On this episode, Stephen Kent breaks down the latest in the journey toward publishing a book based on this very podcast and the life lessons embedded in Star Wars. Here you can listen to Stephen read the draft Introduction to the book: How The Force Can Fix The World: Lessons on Life, Liberty, and Happiness From a Galaxy Far, Far Away.

On this episode of Bobsleds and Banthas we get Absolute’s first trip report after returning to Disneyland from the Covid-19 shutdown. Is Disneyland back? Is it worth going? What can someone headed to Disneyland expect during the reopening phase? Hear the answer to all these questions and more. In addition we talk about, The Jungle Cruise makes its way to theaters AND your TV, What you can eat when you go to Avengers Campus this summer and The Star Wars Resort has a casting call.

On this informative episode of the Disneyland and Star Wars podcast, Bobselds and Banthas, Scott and Aaron talk about The Muppets announcement, Indiana Jones and the temple of the vanishing queue; Aaron takes another buzzfeed quiz and, in our main segment, we get ready to go back to the parks by giving new Disneyland goers their 1st Trip Tips

Welcome to Bobsleds & Banthas, a podcast about Disneyland, Star Wars, and all the other things the Disney Company owns that we love.On this episode, we’re talking about Disneyland tickets go on sale and Aaron experiences it first hand; Shang Chi and the legend of the 10 rings gets a trailer; How Empire Strikes Back’s best kept secret was best kept; And in our main segment – we head to re-do Mickey’s Toontown for Scott & Aaron’s Mixed Up Map.

On this episode of the Disneyland Podcast Bobsleds and Banthas hosts Scott and Aaron share their best and worst dining experiences from around Disneyland.

Hey Howdy Hey! Welcome to episode 61 of Disney Assembled! We have met some wonderful Disney friends through this podcast. However, one of our oldest and most awesome ones are the Bantha Boys Scott and Aaron from Bobsleds and Banthas. In this episode, we were thrilled to finally connect with them and have a truly engaging conversation about our mutual love for Disney. We also share some perspectives from doing a podcast. It was a ton of fun! We hope you enjoy the conversation and Scott's reaction when he realizes he has met his nemesis - and it is a 15-year old girl. Please consider connecting with Bobsleds and Banthas by visiting their website. If you enjoy the show, please consider showing us some love in any of the following ways: Buy us a Dole Whip! Please consider becoming a Disney Assembled patron on Patreon. For the price of a cup of coffee, you can help us out, get access to patron only content, and get a shout out on our show. Visit us on Patreon for details. Subscribe to the show on your podcast player of choice. If it is Apple Podcasts, consider giving us a 5-star rating and review. Find and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Visit our Disney Assembled store to purchase some excellent Disney Assembled merch. Have a Disney Dad Joke of the Week for consideration? Have an idea for a future episode? Follow and shoot us a message on our socials: @DisneyAssembled on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or email us at disneyassembled@gmail.com. Our show can also be heard on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 9am EST on Magic of the Mouse Radio. Be sure to check out our Spotify Playlist, "Disney Assembled's Favorites" - click here to listen. You can find links to all of the above, as well as links to where you can subscribe to the show, on our website: disneyassembled.com See you real soon! Troy & Mimi :) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/disneyassembled/message

This episode is, hands down, one of the most fun episodes we have recorded to date. In our main segment, we sit down with Scott Storm and Aaron Robbins, the creative team behind Bobsleds and Banthas, for a little Star Wars inspired Blue Sky Racing. We learn more about what it has been like to host a Disneyland podcast in a year where the park remained closed, how the Bantha Boys are gearing up for an even bigger year in 2021, and then, when we get to the Fast Five questions mayhem ensues. You can catch up with Scott and Aaron on the Bobsleds IG; keep an eye out for their live streams, it is must watch content;-) Special thanks to our friends in TX who spotted the audio problem on the original version of this episode and helped us troubleshoot. A year in and we are still learning and growing; we appreciate your help, friends! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/earfulrunner/support

Shushhhhh, there’s no screaming during a Bobsleds and Banthas episode. On this 3rd installment of our Marvel in March series the Banthas Boys talk about the short lived Marvel TV series The InHumans. Also on this episode we discuss the rules and restrictions you can expect when Disneyland opens April 30th 20210.

We have the infamous Jim Chadwick and Space man Biff from Shuttle Tydirium to review our latest play through of Key Cargo Retrieval.  Jim faced off with Padre to steal my agency and run like cowards.  We then discus table etiquette which diverts back to not being a male phallus. Transporting Banthas: 00:00 Covering the scenario: 4:30 Lists:  16:00 Strategy:  35:00 What would we change:  1:00:00 Why does Tatooine need Banthas and going to watering hole: 1:09:00 Table Etiquette for the digital age and the physical players:  1:12:00

On this very merry Christmas episode of the best Disneyland and Star Wards podcast, Bobsleds and Banthas, Scott and Aaron talk about Christmas traditions, what the first year of podcasting has meant to them and get into all the craziness that was the Mandalorian Season 2 finale. Thank you for being a banthateer for listening and laughing with us in 2020.

On this episode of Bobsleds and Banthas travel with the Robbins family as they head to Downtown Disney and Disney’s California Adventure is search of Thanksgiving. What does the Buena Vista street opening feel like, how are the crowds and how is Disneyland Resort doing at making guests safe during Covid 19. All theses question plus news and a Mando Moment on this very special Holiday epsiode.

On this episode of the We Like Theme Parks Podcast, we celebrate Life Day!.... Again!.... A third time if you are keeping score at home! Following up on last year's review, and this weeks appearance on the Bobsleds & Banthas Life Day show, we celebrate Life Day for the hat trick! Scott & Aaron from the Bobsleds & Banthas Podcast return the favor and join us to celebrate every Star Wars nerds favorite holiday....that isn't May the 4th. Today's Life Day love-fest includes super fun Star Wars holiday segments, including Armchair Imagineering Life Day overlays, parades, food and more to be installed in Batuu for the holiday season. And then we get cozy around our holiday table and declare which Star Wars characters we would invite to our Life Day dinner. Chewie, Could you pass the Bantha Rump please? Then, in honor of the late Alex Trebek, we see which podcast has the bigger Star Wars brains as Scott & Aaron take on Mark & Miriam in Star Wars Jeopardy! All this and so much more on this, the 106th episode of the We Like Theme Parks Podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

If you speak of food crimes, Katelynn will come. If you invite her to purposefully create food crimes, she will destroy you. We're trying to prepare a Thanksgiving feast for you all in this ep and honestly, we understand if you end up not eating anything. But go ahead and put on your apron and join the party as we call on the colon-ary hero, create visual poem business cards, argue about pie v casserole, die for the cause, fail at being crafty, give a piece of ourselves as a gift, send a tattoo ransom note, meet blue milk Luke, confuse the Lego timelines, inspire the Banthas to revolt, free the tits and pound a beer, check in with our heart rate, ask for the whole meal, lose it over both potatoes, create a turkey bread bowl, legitimately get angry about a Thanksgiving meal, suffer, save a life with hamsters, walk into a magical grocery store, celebrate the tamale tradition, get entranced by hand turkeys, learn the history of a hereditary tree, hide our child's art in the closet, and prepare a meal for a mouse.    We're celebrating our 3rd-year anniversary with a giveaway! Check out how to enter on our socials. @unnatural20s on Instagram and Twitter.   Join in on the adventure and send your quests to unnatural20s@gmail.com   Check out our bonus content on Patreon   Proud Member of the Scavengers Network

A new biweekly series.  MoM host get together to discuss episodes 1 & 2 of the second season of the Mandalorian.    EGGS and Banthas!  What's for lunch?

While the rest of the world debates proper etiquette for eating eggs, the Star Bros are thinking about other things: what would a Star Wars zoo look like? Porgs everywhere, Banthas huddled together, Reeks bathing in the sun, and Kowakian Monkey Lizards swinging from trees. We explore just a few of our favorite non-sentient beings, who are just as critical to the galaxy as the humanoids.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/starbroscast/support

Join the Socratic Cinema squad as they saddle up their Banthas and parent a child who isn't theirs in this special review and analysis of The Mandalorian Season 2, Episode 1! Watch as Kasey defends the goofs and gags of Star Wars, James nitpicks the living hell out of a show about space people killing sand dragons, and Charlie HARD PREDICTS how episode two will go! SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm9d... Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU4zY... Instagram: @socratic_cinema Twitter: @cinemasocratic Twitch: twitch.tv/socraticcinema

What a premier!!! Gamorreans, Tatooine, Pit Droids, Banthas, Tusken Raiders, a Krayt Dragon, a Sarlac Pit…oh…and Jango’s kid. Don’t wake me up!!!

It's a fantasy goulash! 1:44 - PS5 exclusive, Destruction AllStars, delayed until February to release as a PS+ title 11:55 - The Extra Life video game marathon to raise money for Rady Children's Hospital is next weekend! 15:17 - I played the Age of Calamity demo. I have thoughts... 27:25 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines and why PC gaming annoys me 49:43 - I watched the season 2 premier of The Mandalorian. I have thoughts... If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube.  Alternatively, you can catch audio versions of the show on iTunes. Molehill Mountain streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night on RandomTower! Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by Andrew Eisen.  Music in the show includes “Albino” by Brian Boyko. It is in the public domain and free to use. Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting. Chat Transcript: 7:00 PMmatthew wilson​I know why cdpr did it (money), but given the delay is do to the ps4/xb1 versions not running well, but xsx/ps5/pc being good to go, wish they would relese those versions (but im selfish and have a pc 7:00 PMmatthew wilson​dam you ps4/xb1 j/k 7:01 PMLynndy Lee​Happy Halloween! 7:02 PMmatthew wilson​only 3 weeks, my money still say its gunna stil,l runn like crap on last gen 7:04 PMmatthew wilson​demon souls is the only one on that list that matters 7:06 PMmatthew wilson​still say cyberpunk will still run like shit on the ps4/xb1 even after the delay 7:09 PMofficialMX​yo 7:15 PMS.O. BEAST​i have faith you will beat breath of the wild. 7:16 PMLynndy Lee​make me draw Link in a belly dancing outfit! 7:17 PMLynndy Lee​make me draw Andrew in a belly dancing outfit! 7:43 PMThe Real Bucky​Will Nintendo ever come around to an N64 Classic? Or should it be featured on the Switch’s successor in the way NES and SNES games are on Switch? 7:45 PMaddictedtochaos​Quiet chat tonight 7:47 PMKageNekoSamax​banjo kazooie yeah 7:47 PMFoggy​Do you think they'll re release Super Mario Galaxy 2 for mario's 40th anniversary? 😆 7:47 PMThe Real Bucky​Speaking of Rare and Conker, what if they pull a Star Fox 2 and make a new deal with Microsoft to put Rare’s games on there and even throw in Twelve Tales: Conker 64 and Dinosaur Planet? 7:47 PMKageNekoSamax​it would be nintendo classics yeah 7:48 PMFoggy​Conspicuous indeed.. it makes no sense. It feels super half assed 7:50 PMKageNekoSamax​i would love to revive turok 2 with those weird controls 7:50 PMThe Real Bucky​Man do fought an Alaskan Bull Worm. My life’s complete. 7:52 PMThe Real Bucky​Yaddle, the lady Yoda 7:57 PMThe Real Bucky​If they can’t even take off their own armor, you can imagine they wouldn’t take kindly to a non-Mandalorian wearing it, especially in such a downtrodden manner as the Marshal 7:59 PMThe Real Bucky​Like an Alaskan Bull Worm 8:01 PMFreaKill​I think in some comic or novel Boba did crawl out of Sarlac. And then got killed, fell into Sarlac again I think. 8:03 PMThe Real Bucky​I dare you to walk up to a Boba Fett cosplayer and tel them that. 8:04 PMThe Real Bucky​And because you’ll get punched. 8:13 PMFreaKill​You know, the original plan actually sounds better to me. Burying explosives to make a directional blast seems more likely to work than hoping that the dragon would swallow the bombs whole. 8:13 PMFreaKill​Of course I'm no demolition expert, so... 8:13 PMFreaKill​Maybe earth can't sufficiently shape explosions like that. 8:18 PMFreaKill​Ah, swallowing Banthas! OK 8:18 PMFreaKill​That tracks 8:19 PMDKSamaritan​Tatooine was glassed thousands of years ago in universe. That's why it's a desert. 8:20 PMDKSamaritan​Glassed = nuked 8:21 PMDKSamaritan​I wouldn't mind them going to anchor head on tatooine 8:21 PMDKSamaritan​palgo 8:22 PMFreaKill​"One biome planet" is a problem for so many sci-fi universes.

Wow, was für ein Auftakt zur 2. Staffel von "The Mandalorian" auf Disney Plus. Da war wirklich alles drin, von A wie Boba Fett bis Z wie Krayt Drachen. Bei diesem Feuerwerk an Easter Eggs, FX und Star Wars Lore gerät Nerdizist Chris geradezu in Verzückung. Leider bekommt Michael davon nicht immer alles mit, denn Bluetooth-Kopfhörer funktionieren eben nur, wenn der Akku voll ist. Dennoch haben sich die beiden Nerds viel zu erzählen und unterhalten so nicht nur den Chat, sondern auch die Hörer dieser Ausgabe von "Jedi Nerds - dem Star Wars Podcast".

Wow, was für ein Auftakt zur 2. Staffel von "The Mandalorian" auf Disney Plus. Da war wirklich alles drin, von A wie Boba Fett bis Z wie Krayt Drachen. Bei diesem Feuerwerk an Easter Eggs, FX und Star Wars Lore gerät Nerdizist Chris geradezu in Verzückung. Leider bekommt Michael davon nicht immer alles mit, denn Bluetooth-Kopfhörer funktionieren eben nur, wenn der Akku voll ist. Dennoch haben sich die beiden Nerds viel zu erzählen und unterhalten so nicht nur den Chat, sondern auch die Hörer dieser Ausgabe von "Jedi Nerds - dem Star Wars Podcast".

Bob and Jerrett are back talking about The Mandalorian!  In this episode they discuss Chapter 9- The Marshall.  Tune in as they talk about what Banthas eat, Mandalorian phone trees and make some bold predictions as to how many womp rats Baby Yoda will eat in the next episode!  

Welcome BACK to the Podralorian, the Rogue Podron spinoff where we discuss each episode of the Disney Plus TM live action Star Wars television serial, The Mandalorian. Join us for a rootin’ tootin’ good time through the outer reaches of space. In this episode: Banthas! Budding Babies! Boba Fett! And more. Contact Us: Tweet us @roguepodron or e-mail us at roguepodron@gmail.com. Website: www.roguepodron.com Support us on patreon: www.pateron.com/roguepodron Hosted by Meg, Danny, Saf, Heath, and Ash.

Welcome BACK to the Podralorian, the Rogue Podron spinoff where we discuss each episode of the Disney Plus TM live action Star Wars television serial, The Mandalorian. Join us for a rootin’ tootin’ good time through the outer reaches of space. In this episode: Banthas! Budding Babies! Boba Fett! And more. Contact Us: Tweet us @roguepodron or e-mail us at roguepodron@gmail.com. Website: www.roguepodron.com Support us on patreon: www.pateron.com/roguepodron Hosted by Meg, Danny, Saf, Heath, and Ash.

On this week’s episode of the best Disneyland and Star Wars podcast out there, Scott and Aaron follow up their discussions with Disney Legends the only way they know how: by reviewing 2007’s “Cinderella III: A Twist In Time,” the straight-to-video sequel of the 1950 classic in a new “Back of the Vault” segment. The guys discuss a brief history of the animation house that brought us these “classic” sequels, DisneyToon Studios and how “Cindy 3” stacks up. All this, plus rumors and speculation surrounding Disneyland’s reopening, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disneyland, an Avengers Campus update in Disney’s California Adventure, details about upcoming “Bobsleds & Banthas” shows, and the guys pay their tribute to the passing of Black Panther actor, Chadwick Boseman. It’s a show that’s more chock-full of fun and banter than any show has a right to be – and one you won’t want to miss!

On this episode Scott and Aaron talk about petitions to rename the Carnation Cafe and the Matterhorn Bobsleds while also recapping the outcome of a recent Disneyland Auction that took place in Thousand Oaks. During the main segment Scott and Aaron ask each other five more heartfelt questions about hamburgers, frozen yogurt and what they, as podcast hosts, hope to get out of the Bobsleds and Banthas. It’s a fun and heart felt episode about Disneyland and Star Wars that you won’t want to miss.

On this banner episode of the best Disneyland podcast Scott and Aaron celebrate 20 episodes of Bobsleds and Banthas by asking deeply personal behind the scenes questions about life, Disney, Star Wars and podcasting.  We also tear into the news covering park opening details or lack thereof, the sinking of Splash Mounting and Scott and Aaron rate the semi permanent changes coming to Disneyland attractions. Thanks for being a Banthateer for over 19 episodes and thanks for sticking with us for another 20.

In this episode, we welcome Lisa Baxter, who helped open Disney California Adventure as a cast member and wrote the new book California Dreamin’ - Disney California Adventure: An Insider’s Journey. We also welcome Aaron and Scott from Bobsleds and Banthas podcast to discuss current events at the Disneyland Resort. We have authored two books: Cleaning The Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless and Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present.   The Sweep Spot is a biweekly podcast focusing on the Disneyland Resort. Lynn Barron and Ken Pellman, former Disneyland Day Custodial Foremen are your hosts.For more information and to order books, visit our official website:  http://www.TheSweepSpot.com 

On this episode of Bobsleds and Banthas, a Disneyland and Star Wars podcast, hosts Scott and Aaron talk about Galaxy’s Edge merchandise and why you aren’t allowed to eat and walk in Disney World. In the main segment, a rousing discussions leads to 12 things your absolutely never do in Disneyland and dozen more that you should always do when you visit the Walt’s original Magic Kingdom.  Don’t miss this episode which is packed with fantastic fun and inspirational information.

Hey, in today’s episode we talk about Star Wars the Clone Wars the final season. (SPOILER ALERT)

Hey, in this episode we discuss what is to come of my newly founded podcast.

On this episode of what a lot of people are calling the best Disneyland podcast and a really good Star Wars podcast Scott and Aaron open up the vault and discuss the movie adaptation of the classic comic book character, Dick Tracy. Learn why this movie won 3 academy awards and why you can’t remember if you’ve seen it or not. With a rogues gallary of 21 villians and countless scenes of talking about things Dick Tracy we a highly anticipated and overly marketed movie. In the 30 years since its release has Dick Tracy become a timeless classic or total failure. We’ll be the judge on this episode of Bobsleds and Banthas.

Join Scott and Aaron to celebrate the a very special tenth episode of everyone’s favorite best Disneyland podcast Bobsleds and Banthas. On this episode special guest, Disneyland bounder, fashionista and instagram star Miriam Kenly, also known as The Churro Fund, joins the show to talk about Disneyland and Disney bounding, dapper day, discovering Star Wars and what her dream bound would be. As always, expect some news and a few rounds of Mascoff at the end.

May the Fourth be with You! Greetings Banthateers, on this episode of Bobsleds and Banthas Scott and Aaron get trash compactor deep into their love of Star Wars. After blasting through Star Wards related news items, the destined for the Dark Side Duo talk about their first and fondest Star Wars memories while digging into their first Star Wars in Disneyland experiences. Want to know what Scott and Aaron do to celebrate May the Fourth, find out on this episode. What to know who would win in a skateboarding contest between Rose Tico and Young Lando, find out on Episode 6 of Bobsleds and Banthas.

On this episode of Bobsleds and Banthas Scott and Aaron discuss the recent park delays and cast member furloughs. Will the Jungle Cruise movie be the next pirates? The discussion takes a turn for the better as Scott and Aaron pick which Star Wards characters they would want to be quarantined. What’s with dapper days and bat days.  Which ride would you want to be stuck on at Disneyland. This and plenty more above average questions on this edition of Bobsleds and Banthas.

Disneyland is still closed but Bobsleds and Banthas is carrying on through distance podcasting. On this episode Scott and Aaron talk about Disney’s poncho donation program and why ponchos are flawed. Other conversations dance around topics such as Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, rain in Florida, donating Turkey Legs, pay cuts at Disney and how you connect with Disney when everything is close. Parades and why they are awesome or terrible is also commented on as is The Mandalorian and why it’s awesome or terrible.

The debut episode of Bobsleds and Banthas recorded before the podcast had an official name.  On this inaugural episode, hosts Scott Storm and Aaron Absolute Humidity talk about the closure of Disneyland amid the Coronavirus Covid 19 pandemic and how they would’ve coped if they’d been on vacation and were told to leave.  Also on this episode, get to know more about your hosts love of the both Magic Kingdom’s and why they decided to start a podcast about Disneyland and Star Wars.

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Banthas, Blurrgs & Nerfs - Oh My! The galaxy is full of beasts that help characters get through sand, snow and even space! Saddle up with us as we ride off on some of the favorite creatures! Thanks to Brodie Whitburn, creator of The Order of the Silver Jedi twitter & Facebook group. He's a great fan with a positive attitude. He's also an author, so please check out his website! Also, thanks to these awesome folks for participating in our Twitter poll: Joshua Rowe of Jammed Transmissions podcast Rebel Scum Texan WSTR Media Justin Reed - And he's the creator of the Thala Siren/Baby Bjorn art! We Serve Droids Scott Gibson Start a ConverSWation with us: converswations.com converswations on twitter converswations on facebook

Welcome back Banthas! The Beltway Banthas podcast has returned with regular shows now through 2020. Starting off this new season of Star Wars & politics chatter, Stephen Kent is joined by guest host Nick DiColandrea for a dive into the political conscience of Padme Amidala. In Revenge of the Sith, she opens up to Anakin about her uncertainty with the Republic's democratic virtue. What got Padme to the point of questioning her entire political position and that of the "democracy" she has served?  Stephen and Nick also spent time on the 2020 Democratic primary, what Nick is seeing on the ground and the state of Star Wars in the Disney era. Bloomberg reports that Star Wars Galaxy's Edge isn't catching fire, we'll talk about why and the demographic challenge Disney is facing.  Follow Nick @NickDico  Follow Stephen @Stephen_Kent89 Follow Beltway Banthas @BeltwayBanthas  Get full access to Geeky Stoics at www.geekystoics.com/subscribe

Welcome back Banthas! The Beltway Banthas podcast has returned with regular shows now through 2020. Starting off this new season of Star Wars & politics chatter, Stephen Kent is joined by guest host Nick DiColandrea for a dive into the political conscience of Padme Amidala. In Revenge of the Sith, she opens up to Anakin about her uncertainty with the Republic's democratic virtue. What got Padme to the point of questioning her entire political position and that of the "democracy" she has served?  Stephen and Nick also spent time on the 2020 Democratic primary, what Nick is seeing on the ground and the state of Star Wars in the Disney era. Bloomberg reports that Star Wars Galaxy's Edge isn't catching fire, we'll talk about why and the demographic challenge Disney is facing.  Follow Nick @NickDico  Follow Stephen @Stephen_Kent89 Follow Beltway Banthas @BeltwayBanthas 

Happy Thanksgiving! Beltway Banthas is taking this week off to connect with family & friends, but we did want to speak to you on this holiday. First, we want to thank you! This audience is amazing. We also share things we are thankful for in Star Wars and politics, as well as read your Tweets. Finally...some important announcements about the future of the show. Stick around for those in this holiday broadcast.   Get in touch with everyone on the show! Leave us a review on iTunes and tell us what you think of the show! Subscribe and connect with us on Twitter: @JuanJohnJedi |@Stephen_Kent89 | @SwaraSalih1  Please share our show with a friend, review us on iTunes and shoot us some feedback. We grow in quality every time someone reaches out to tell us what they liked. We want to hear from you! You can send us your thoughts on the show and topics at BeltwayBanthas@gmail.com. If you like this episode, check out our previous one!

This week, Stephen and Swara are joined by good friend of the show, blogger at BrownsReview.com and Fangirlblog.com, Ross Brown! We discuss the politics of Timothy Zahn's novel Thrawn. The Banthas discuss insights into Imperial social hierarchy, the Empire's alien policy, the meteoric rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn and Governor Pryce and much more!  We also discuss what we think of Colin Trevorrow directing episode IX after his latest film has been trashed by critics, delve into our Bantha Fodder, and much more on this packed episode! Follow Ross on Twitter @Wolfesghost Get full access to Geeky Stoics at www.geekystoics.com/subscribe

This week, Stephen and Swara are joined by good friend of the show, blogger at BrownsReview.com and Fangirlblog.com, Ross Brown! We discuss the politics of Timothy Zahn's novel Thrawn. The Banthas discuss insights into Imperial social hierarchy, the Empire's alien policy, the meteoric rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn and Governor Pryce and much more!  We also discuss what we think of Colin Trevorrow directing episode IX after his latest film has been trashed by critics, delve into our Bantha Fodder, and much more on this packed episode! Follow Ross on Twitter @Wolfesghost

Todd and Reid hit the ground running on the latest edition of Rounding Up The Banthas, episode 13 of The Exhaust Port podcast. All the latest news and rumors are covered including the Vanity Fair article and pictures, general The Last Jedi info, LEGO leaks, Trevorrow concerns and even more on the Carrie Fisher / Read More ...

The latest episode of The Exhaust Port podcast features Reid Byers and is a new monthly feature we are calling Rounding Up the Banthas! Look at it as a monthly spot where you can catch up on all the latest news and rumors (and a healthy dose of opinions from the hosts) in the Star Wars Universe. In Read More ...

Welcome to our new segment, EU Extras, where we dive into detailed info on various things from the Star Wars expanded universe. We’ll be covering droids, species, planets, starships, characters, and a variety of other topics! On this installment of the series, we chat about everyone’s favorite space mammoth, the Bantha, native to Tatooine. If you have thoughts on this episode, or suggestions for topics to cover in the future, please reach out to us on social media! Use the hashtag #EUextras to get our attention, and follow us  subscribe on iTunes (http://www.twitter.com/roguesquadpod) , and leave a rating & review! It helps our rankings which means more hilarious content for you crazy fanboys out ther [...] Support this podcast

Banthas and spies, why Lizzie passes out, Fall TV season weigh ins, Me Earl and the Dying Girl, Scream Queens, Tremors 5, Tokyo Ghoul, American Horror Story, God damned Batman, Deb's and Doug's app-holes, red shirts

Banthas and spies, why Lizzie passes out, Fall TV season weigh ins, Me Earl and the Dying Girl, Scream Queens, Tremors 5, Tokyo Ghoul, American Horror Story, God damned Batman, Deb's and Doug's app-holes, red shirts

Episode 137 - "The Bantha". In this episode we discuss the four legged furry beast of the Dune Sea from Episode IV "A New Hope" and Episode VI "Return of the Jedi: Special Edition" of the Star Wars Saga. Extended Show Notes (potential for spoilers): The episode starts off with Tim's worst impression ever. Chris' names pull from the more obscure parts of the Bantha's back story. Origin of the Banthas quickly come into question. Herd structures as discussed along with the mispronunciation of key words. Tim entertains listeners with a command performance of if this best impressions. Wide varieties of uses for the Banthas are reported. Fast food habits of the Star Wars galaxy are explored. The joy of Yacco's Hot Dogs becomes a hot topic for the panelists. The episode briefly turns into "Lee Iacocca In Character". Tim tells the panelists about the actor that portrayed the original Bantha the her costuming challenges. Tim polls the panelists on their thoughts of the Bantha appearance in Return of the Jedi Special Edition. Dave's thoughts on seeing any Bantha's in the new Star Wars movies is made clear. Lack of vintage Bantha merchandise is lamented upon. The great moister vs moistenure debate continues. Feedback featured another wonderful set of emails for loyal listeners. And this episodes trivia continues to surprise and excite. All this and much, much more on this episode of the Star Wars In Character podcast! Episode Links: Barbarian Rage Podcast Barbarian Rage Podcast on Facebook Barbarian Rage Podcast on Twitter The Star Wars In Character podcast and all the work we do at NeoZAZ is made possible through the generosity of Patreon supporters. To learn how you can help support the show and have the opportunity to select the subject of an upcoming episode of Star Wars In Character, please visit our Patreon Page at: https://www.patreon.com/neozaz Get each new episode of Star Wars In Character automatically by subscribing to Star Wars In Character on iTunes. Listen and subscribe to Star Wars In Character on Stitcher. Follow all the latest Star Wars in Character news and continued discussion on our social media sites. Find us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/starwarsincharacter and follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/swicpodcast For all the latest from NeoZAZ, follow us on facebook at: http://www.faceboook.com/neozazpodcast and on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/neozaz

Episode 137 - "The Bantha". In this episode we discuss the four legged furry beast of the Dune Sea from Episode IV "A New Hope" and Episode VI "Return of the Jedi: Special Edition" of the Star Wars Saga. Extended Show Notes (potential for spoilers): The episode starts off with Tim's worst impression ever. Chris' names pull from the more obscure parts of the Bantha's back story. Origin of the Banthas quickly come into question. Herd structures as discussed along with the mispronunciation of key words. Tim entertains listeners with a command performance of if this best impressions. Wide varieties of uses for the Banthas are reported. Fast food habits of the Star Wars galaxy are explored. The joy of Yacco's Hot Dogs becomes a hot topic for the panelists. The episode briefly turns into "Lee Iacocca In Character". Tim tells the panelists about the actor that portrayed the original Bantha the her costuming challenges. Tim polls the panelists on their thoughts of the Bantha appearance in Return of the Jedi Special Edition. Dave's thoughts on seeing any Bantha's in the new Star Wars movies is made clear. Lack of vintage Bantha merchandise is lamented upon. The great moister vs moistenure debate continues. Feedback featured another wonderful set of emails for loyal listeners. And this episodes trivia continues to surprise and excite. All this and much, much more on this episode of the Star Wars In Character podcast! Episode Links: Barbarian Rage Podcast Barbarian Rage Podcast on Facebook Barbarian Rage Podcast on Twitter The Star Wars In Character podcast and all the work we do at NeoZAZ is made possible through the generosity of Patreon supporters. To learn how you can help support the show and have the opportunity to select the subject of an upcoming episode of Star Wars In Character, please visit our Patreon Page at: https://www.patreon.com/neozaz Get each new episode of Star Wars In Character automatically by subscribing to Star Wars In Character on iTunes. Listen and subscribe to Star Wars In Character on Stitcher. Follow all the latest Star Wars in Character news and continued discussion on our social media sites. Find us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/starwarsincharacter and follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/swicpodcast For all the latest from NeoZAZ, follow us on facebook at: http://www.faceboook.com/neozazpodcast and on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/neozaz

The 'lost' episode of The Ink Banthas Show, featuring Alex Robinson, Pete The Retailer, and Josh Flanagan.