Podcasts about Jedi

Bryan and Holly got together to answer your emails and questions! They talked about everything from which era of Star Wars would they like to live in to reminiscing about the day they found out about the Disney sale and more. If you want to send an email for a future episode, send it to holocron@fullofsith.com!

Welcome to Triad of the Force's Visions Reviews! Join Gus, Moe, & Nani on their limited series, covering all things Visions. On today's Visions Review, the gang reviews and analyzes the fifth episode of Visions: The Ninth Jedi. • • • Triad of the Force is a channel featuring Nani, Gus, and Moe, three lifelong Puerto Rican friends who after years of discussing the media they love, have finally come together and created their show. Triad of the Force focuses their discussions on Star Wars, but their love for media spans everything from sci-fi, fantasy, CBMs, and beyond. From films to TV, from books to comic books, Triad of the Force looks at all media critically, from a Latine/x perspective. Joins us! Follow Triad Of The Force at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TriadOfTheForce Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triadoftheforce/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TriadoftheForce/ If you like us, get some merch and help the channel: TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/triad-of-the-force

On this episode, we chatted with Stephen Kent, who is the host of the Star Wars/political-themed "Beltway Banthas" podcast and the popular YouTube series "Right Now with Stephen Kent" as well as the author of the upcoming book "How The Force Can Fix The World". We discussed his love of Star Wars as well as an article from the Scientific American about how J.E.D.I. is an inappropriate term to use for justice, equity, diversity and inclusion work. We discussed the flawed logic employed by the PhD's who wrote the article, but also came to a similar conclusion in how Star Wars/corporatism is probably not an apt symbol for social justice work. Follow Stephen and his work at the links below: Link to pre-order his new book: https://www.centerstreet.com/titles/stephen-kent/how-the-force-can-fix-the-world/9781546000488/ Scientific American article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-term-jedi-is-problematic-for-describing-programs-that-promote-justice-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/ Stephen's rebuttal to the Scientific American article: https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/27/not-even-the-jedi-are-good-enough-for-social-justice-warriors/ Stephen's social media links: https://twitter.com/Stephen_Kent89 https://www.youtube.com/c/rightlyaj Beltway Banthas podcast: https://www.retrozap.com/beltway-banthas/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/conspiracyintheforce/support

It’s a quiet week as far as news is concerned, but we’ve been putting some thought into Conquest and how we can improve our efficiency [...]

In this episode of RadioFreeHPC, Dan, Henry, and Shahin talk about the death of a Jedi, more specifically the cancellation of the Pentagon JEDI contract. Listen in for the details, as well as a full breakdown on multivendor competition and the complexity behind these agreements. RadioFreeHPC is produced by the computer science department at Faber College,… Read More »Fall of the JEDI

Thanks for listening and reading these notes. You are special and you are doing awesome! This week we have Jamie Halsey back to check in and she is telling us all about how she started her first boss battle, how she got a Donor's Choose funded, and so much more. Fabian talks a little bit about what it is like to have a mentee and Scott shares how his decorations are going. Keep listening to hear some interesting ways on how to run your gamified classroom. Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to reply to you and will play your message on our show! Give it a try! You can also find the button on our homepage, findingourtribe.net. Please also check out our 9 episode sidepod project "Jedi in the Classroom" which we recorded with @MrsJamieHalsey. Find it in the feed! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and @findingmyaloha (Scott)! Or, if you are old school, send us an email at findingourtribepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Rate us! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notifications about new videos we post. This is how we get found and can grow our community.

Star Wars Rebels 2-17: Shroud of Darkness The Jedi return to the Jedi temple on Lothal, seeking answers on the Inquisitors' ability to track the Rebels. Submit corrections to us here: Bit.ly/BothanReport First aired on March 2, 2016, written by Henry Gilroy, and directed by Saul Ruiz. Music by Zen_Man

Katie & Clay Review Edge of Balance, the first manga to be apart of the High Republic series. The 4 star wars books announced for Summer 2022, and the possibility of the 9th Jedi becoming a feature film outside of Star Wars Visions. Remember to subscribe to the Geekverse YouTube channel and make sure notifications are turned on to know when we are live. https://www.youtube.com/c/GeekVersePodcastFollow us on Twitter!Star Wars Alliance: @starwrsallianceKatie: @sliceofkatieClay: @fanboyclay

In this special episode of Star Wars: In a Galaxy, Eli and Jacob discuss their favorites things about everyone's favorite not-Jedi, Ahsoka Tano! Among their discussion: – HerUniverse! – Ahsoka and the convor. – The twist that almost never happened. – Never judge a book by its cover. – Ahsoka's relationship with Anakin. – Ahsoka's relationship with Vader. – Eli and Jacob have basically the same list of Ahsoka's best moments. We'll be on Radio Rebellion's channel in a few weeks for a fun trivia livestream! Radio Rebellion channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RadioRebellionAStarWarsPodcast/featured The next episode of Star Wars: In a Galaxy will release on November 3, 2021. Follow us on Twitter: @InaGalaxyPod Follow us on Instagram: @starwarsinagalaxy Follow Eli on Twitter: @OchiFan327 Leave us a 5-star rating and review! It really helps! You can email us at swinagalaxy@gmail.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inagalaxy/message

0:48 "When you look at your business as a spiritual act, as something that you're blessed to do every single day, it takes the pressure off of you and it's one of the most rewarding things you can do." It truly is a gift to participate in the global transfer of energy. All goods, services and especially money are just energy. And each transaction is likened to a spiritual connection between you, your employees, and your customers.   1:25 "Your business partner is god." The sooner we stop letting our ego rule our business decisions, the sooner we'll realize that no matter WHAT you do for a living, it's God's work. It's divinely inspired.   4:09 "The problem is most people aren't enrolling that aspect of super-self, that connection to God." It's easy to get distracted by the numbers, the financials, the KPIs, etc. We can't let that happen. We've got to stay connected and aware of the importance of our duty here in this mission. Otherwise this is how many people burn out. They lose touch of the meaning.   4:45 "EGO is 'Edging God Out." Your business isn't about you or your talents. It's about fulfilling your destiny with Him and making that connection from one link to the next.   6:00 "every single person you do business with is not just a person but they're a human soul, and you are on the same journey with them walking home." We have to remember that we're all walking each other home.   7:43 "Money is just energy." Money stands for: My Own Natural Energy Yield. The more love I can put into my business, the more money will come back. It's all love being exchanged. Unconditional love doesn't expect anything in return. What if you just gave for the sake of giving? What if you set aside 10-20% like business & spiritual tithing to just giving back?   10:35 "When things get off track look at it from a metaphysical level. How do i have more presence in business, in my own life. What keeps resurfacing in this dream that i haven't addressed? What's coming up?"   11:39 "Staying connected to Spirit throughout business every day." What do i need to do to be more receptive to that innate source inside of me? When I do that, I get information that is just so perfect, so spot on.   To get there, you can meditate more, shift your consciousness, clean up your temple and your diet. Far too many people disassociate themselves spiritually. We become limited mortal minds trapped in a prison. Keep tuning into that spiritual center   13:40 "It takes a lot of introspection to get to that place."   Get some help from a fellow Jedi. It helps remove the blinders to chat with some mentors. It's so important to have a fellow mentor who can be there for you in this.   17:20 "There's no greater pleasure than helping another human being evolve their own soul." When you start seeing your business as a tool for transforming someone's life, you've found the key to loving your business and your own life.     Follow Drew: @Twitter https://twitter.com/drewcanole @Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drewcanole/ @Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Drew-Canole/100044261357988/

Jedi and Johnholio are back with another draft walk through this time with the second iteration of Revelations having the eternal packs going 1,4 and the Revelations packs 2,3. We also talk a bit about the competitive scene while giving shout outs galore! Twitter - EJthePodcast YouTube - EternalJourney Twitch.tv/Jedi_EJ Discord: https://discord.gg/hzakRbN

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we complete our series on BioShock. We delve into the end and endings of the game, and of course address our takeaways.Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finished the game! Issues covered: Brett's terrible fathering, Big Daddy issues, developing Suchong more as a character, Yellow Peril, leaning into pulp, being like a ship, turning the lower classes via demogoguery, leaning on the Irish, tracing the arc of Diane McClintock, using abstraction to hide real harm, character dualities, turning you into a Big Daddy, seeing the evolution and development of the program, putting the big boots on, fully integrating the backstory into the level and narrative design, redesigning to support the movement of the Big Daddy, changing the perspective, moving from alien camera views to first-person perspective, forcing the section where you protect the Little Sister, being paranoid about keeping the Little Sister alive, playing this section on Hard, BioShock 2 as a better-playing game, handing you the syringe, also becoming a Little Sister, where the series goes from here, the specificity of the series, how to adapt the themes of the series repeatedly, the point of no return, the boss working on paper and maybe not in-game as much, Fontaine being under-developed, still getting Ryan's story after his death, not knowing enough about Fontaine before meeting Ryan, the binary that drives the bad ending, becoming like your fathers, unmotivated world monstrosity, the good ending, doing something other games hadn't, BS jobs, failures of capitalism, a shooter with the heart of an immersive sim, greater approachability, two senses of place (sight and sound), high production values, ease of use/play how you like to/forgiving design. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Fu Manchu, Titanic, Ratchet & Clank, Revenge of the Jedi, 2K Games, Cloud Chamber Studios, Activision, Call of Duty, Fallout, Star Wars, Metroid, Prometheus, Alien, Six Feet Under, The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand, Bullshit Jobs, David Graeber, Debt: The First 5000 Years, Occupy Wall Street, Dishonored 2, Prey, God of War (series), Portal, Control, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: Bonus: the sequels! Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Today we are discussing A Clone Wars Arc that George Lucas Wanted to Make and it deals with why the Jedi were not able to see the Sith right in front of them. It all goes way back before the rise of the Galactic Empire and the building of a Sith Temple on Coruscant. Did this old Stih temple eventually affect the Jedi? How did George plan to use this old relic in the Clone Wars? Listen as we uncover George's vision.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Welcome to Jaig Eyes & Jedi – a podcast covering all of Star Wars – RESISTANCE! Join your hosts Hope Mullinax and Chris Honeywell as they check out 16th episode of the second and final season of Star Wars – Resistance- THE NEW WORLD! There will be – XENA’S [...]

  Welcome to Jaig Eyes & Jedi – a podcast covering all of Star Wars – RESISTANCE! Join your hosts Hope Mullinax and Chris Honeywell as they check out 16th episode of the second and final season of Star Wars – Resistance- THE NEW WORLD! There will be – XENA’S [...]

One of the biggest travesties coming out of covid, was not being able to do our Annual Live show fundraiser for local public schools. However, this weeks episodes starts with a some news that's a major piece of this years live show!! So many of you have the ballet of a 4 year old, and use Ketchup as an emotional crutch. Mustard provides a a variety and finesse that can only be appreciated by a mature pallet you simpletons. THANK GOD YOU HAVE AN ON DEMAND AUDIO JEDI TO GUIDE YOU MISGUIDED FOOLS THROUGH THE ON DEMAND AUDIO GALAXY Huge thanks to @the_hulk_hoagie for this seasons theme music !!Twitter: AJGr8rgoodFacebook: AJ Presents The Gr8r Good Instagram: AJpresentsthegr8rgoodEmail: AJpresentsthegr8rgood@yahoo.com

Matt returns alongside Suge and Chris this week for an excellent episode of Spin From The Reel! We are joined by Shannon Barney to discuss Korruption's huge weekend in NYC as well as "Slick" Nick Harley to talk about Chaos Theory's match in the Teams Tournament! Matches discussed in this episode: - Singles Championship: "Lady Justice" Marisol Mckee (C) vs. "The Cobra" Chance Ellison - Singles Tournament: "Downtown" Griffy Newms vs. "The Carpathian" Josh Horowitz - Singles Tournament: "The Kid" Brendan Meyer vs. "The Coyote" Adam Collins - Teams Tournament: Deception vs. Chaos Theory - Star Wars Tournament: "The Jedi" Joseph Scrimshaw vs. Gold Leader Subscribe to “Who Are They? Reel Entertainment” and watch our next broadcast live! You can find us at: Facebook: WhoAreTheyMovies YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WhoAreTheyReelEntertainment Twitch: wat_reelpodcasts
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We Make Books is a podcast for writers and publishers, by writers and publishers and we want to hear from our listeners! Hit us up on our social media, linked below, and send us your questions, comments, and concerns for us to address in future episodes. We hope you enjoy We Make Books! Twitter: @WMBCast  |  @KindofKaelyn  |  @BittyBittyZap Instagram: @WMBCast  Patreon.com/WMBCast Episode Transcript (by TK @_torkz) [Upbeat Ukulele Intro Music] Rekka: This is We Make Books, a podcast about writing publishing and everything in between. Rekka is a published Science Fiction and Fantasy author, and Kaelyn is a professional genre fiction editor. Together, they'll tackle the things you never knew you never knew about getting a book from concept to finished product, with explanations, examples, and a lot of laughter. Get your moleskin notebook ready. It's time for We Make Books. We Make Books Ep. 71 Transcription Kaelyn: Today we're talking about villains and antagonists, and why they're not actually the same thing, except in the cases that they are. Rekka: Yes, exactly. K [overlapping]: [laughing] R: Perfect. I think that nails it. Sometimes they're not the same thing, sometimes they are. K: Yeah, and we'll kinda get to this but, most villains are antagonists - most, not all. Not all antagonists are villains. And in fact you will likely, in any given story, have multiple antagonists, not all of whom are the villain. I went through and really dug up all of this stuff; shockingly, the word ‘hero' is the one with the most definitions attached to it, and most different con - R: We're not talking about heroes today! We're not! K [overlapping]: Well we - but we have to, because we don't get villains without heroes, and we don't get antagonists without protagonists. Both villains and antagonists are defined and really only exist so that they can oppose or create conflict for the hero or protagonist. It kinda makes you wonder, if left to their own devices, maybe they're just a mad scientist in a lab somewhere. R: Maybe they're the hero of their own story. K: Yeah, and then suddenly someone shows up to fight them and now they're the bad guy. [laughing] R: “I was perfectly lawful and good until you showed up!” K: Exactly, yes. The basic difference between a villain and an antagonist is that an antagonist is somebody who is there to contend or oppose the main character, typically the protagonist of the story. They're there to create opposition. A villain is doing that, but they're evil. R: [laughs] K [laughing]: What they're doing is, the opposition that they're creating is either causing harm, causing suffering, will destroy the human race. It could be something more on a micro scale, where they've kidnapped the daughter of the main character; maybe they're trying to get their lemonade stand shut down so that they can sell lemonade that's gonna turn people into lizard people. An antagonist at the surface is just somebody who's doing things that's causing problems for the protagonist. They don't necessarily have to be evil. R: They could just be a rival. K: Yeah. Or any number of other things we're gonna get to here, but. And in fact as I mentioned, as you're reading a book, you're frequently gonna come across antagonists that are not actually evil. There's gonna be an antagonist who's the villain who may be evil at some point, not always, but there will be people that are antagonists. I will use an example that we love to use: Gideon the Ninth. Harrow definitely serves as an antagonist to Gideon through the book. But Harrow is not evil. R: Right. K: That's a great example of a villain operating without the audience knowing that the protagonist is coming into direct conflict with them because, we don't really find out who the villain of the story is until the very very end of it. Then we can look back and go like ‘Ah yes I see all of these things now.' The villain in the story, and spoilers if you haven't read Gideon the Ninth, but also if you listen to this podcast and you still haven't read it - R: You obviously are never going to read it at this point. K [laughing]: Yeah. The villain turns out to be Dulcinia, who is impersonating another character - and I stayed away, when writing notes for this and getting into the philosophical of what is evil and what is not - for these purposes we're gonna call her motives evil, in that she is trying to hunt down and destroy a lot of different people for her own reasons. The conflict that we come into there actually causes the antagonist and the protagonist in this, Gideon and Harrow, to sort of team up to oppose the actual villain, which by the way is a very common writing trope. Antagonists are a necessary component to any story even if they are not the source of central conflict. R: Yeah, because - and I know you're gonna lean into this example - but in Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy feels like he is central to everything in Harry's life, even though most of the time he just shows up to spew some awful thing he's overheard his parents say and then go away again. K: Draco is a good example of an antagonist who goes through a lot of different forms. Draco in the first few books of the series, he kinda shows up to make some comments and then leaves. He's not really doing much. Even in the second book when he's talking about the Chamber of Secrets and the heir of Slytherin and he actually is sitting around going ‘God I wish there was a way for me to help him' - well, okay, that's what minions do. Small antagonists. R: Most of the time everything that Draco Malfoy does or says is just to reinforce the fact that he's a jerk. K: Yeah, Draco just sorta pops up to remind all of us that there's Voldemort out there and his followers are terrible, because we don't see or interact directly with Voldemort for a lot of these books, so Draco's there to kind of remind us that he's out there. But then we finally get to book six, when Draco is given a very specific task to do: kill Dumbledore. And those listening at home, ‘okay well doesn't that make him a villain?' Well - does it? Because first of all he doesn't really actually wanna do this, but he has to. Second, he doesn't do it. At the end, he's not the one who carries this out. So again, everything's relative here. Because to Harry, he is just this thing that Harry feels he needs to track down and find out what's happening. You could go so far as to argue that Harry is creating his own conflict here, because if he just left Draco alone and went about his life trying to find these Horcruxes, things would've gone a lot smoother. R: [laughs] K: Dumbledore keeps telling Harry, ‘Hey. I got the Draco situation under control, don't worry about it.' Not in so many words and maybe if he had, again, things would've gone differently - R: You know what, communicating clearly is the antagonist of a plot. K: Okay. So that's interesting that you say that, because antagonists are not always people. R: Mhm. K: Antagonists can be certain external factors that the protagonist has to contend with. A good example of this is nature, in something like the movie Castaway. It's not evil - R [overlapping]: Okay. I was gonna say Deep Impact, like the meteor is not a villain, the meteor is an antagonist. K: Yeah. Exactly. It's not evil. The meteor or nature or something is not saying like, ‘Yes, I will destroy the world, and then also Tom Hanks.' [chuckles] R: If it can twirl its mustache, it might be a villain. K: It's just there, and it's something that the characters have to contend with. It can also be something supernatural; the thing I thought of off the top of my head was The Nothing in NeverEnding Story. It's operating unconsciously, if you will, in the sense that it doesn't seem to have nefarious purposes. It's just existing, and it's just growing. The characters are opposing it, they're trying to find a way to stop it, but it's not evil in and of itself. R: A hero trying to stop global warming is not fighting a villain. Unless - K: Ah, there's some villains in there. R: Yeah never mind, I take all that back. K: An antagonist can also be something like a society or an unjust system that the hero has to live and function in. The example that came to mind was Les Miserables. The main character, Jean Valjean, is sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread because his sister and her children were starving. And we as the audience are meant to understand here that, while Javert - I believe is the name of the officer - is doing his duty by arresting him because he did commit theft, we understand that it is the dire circumstances of his society and his country that caused him to do this. His whole struggle and story is not only trying to lift himself up and overcome this system, but trying to one, make good on people he had hurt and things he had done in the process of this, but two, help other people that are also stuck in this system by hopefully coming up with a way to better it in the long run. I won't say overthrow it because he actively avoids that whole - R [overlapping]: Right. K: - part of the process in this story, but he is in his own way trying to get things to a better place. R: Yeah. K: I went through and just like, some ideas of antagonists who are not necessarily villains. We talked about Draco Malfoy - I will go to my grave saying that Draco is not a villain, he is first convenient exposition, and then an antagonist and an unwilling one at that. One of the ones I also thought of was Catra, from - R: Ah! K: - the first half of She-Ra, she kind of serves as sort of like a minion antagonist. R: Uh-huh. K: Her character evolves, and we'll talk about that as we continue to go through this. But she's an excellent example of just an antagonist. R: And again kind of like that rival thing - K: Yes. R: - like in anime or certain role playing video games, you always have the rival show up, and then by the end you are working with them to fight the actual villain. K: Another category is the conflict creators: people who are not evil, they don't have nefarious plots, but they're making the life of the main character unbearable. Mr. Darcy - R [overlapping]: [giggling] K: - from Pride and Prejudice is an excellent example of this. I threw the Lannisters on the list, and I'm sticking with the books - R: Right. K [laughing]: Not the TV show. R: So in this version, the Lannisters haven't managed to accomplish much yet. K: Yeah, exactly. Because, really, what are they doing? Are their motives evil? No, their motives are promoting and securing the prosperity and wellbeing of their family as much as possible. Now, they're doing things that again, evil being relative, we might look at this and go ‘oh they're evil.' I will choose the beheading of Ned Stark as a good example there. That's only evil to us because we like Ned Stark. R: Right. K: Because we look at him and see a good, just man who is being undone by his own kindness and mercy. The Lannisters look at him and go, ‘this guy's an idiot, and not only that he's a threat.' R: Mhm. K: ‘If we send him to the wall do you think his family is gonna go, ‘ah ok no problem, no harm no foul.'' Yeah, Joffrey's an impulsive little shit, who should not have done that and obviously messed up the plans of a lot of different third parties there, but from the perspective of the Lannisters he's right. R: Mhm. K: There was no reason to spare Ned Stark's life. R: It does start with the two incestuous Lannisters pushing a child out of a window though, so. K: Yes, and we can - that's a whole other episode about - R [overlapping]: [laughing] K: Well, trust me, I could do a whole episode about the evolution in literature, writing, and various media of using sexually-based components of character's personalities to demonstrate that they're evil. R: Mhm. K: But yes, this isn't to say that Jamie and Cersei themselves aren't evil, but the Lannisters as a whole are conflict creators. R: Okay. K: And within there they're all opposing each other in certain ways, but they're all kind of presenting a united front. R: The Lannister corporate machine. K: Yeah exactly. Casterly Rock incorporated. They're all presenting a united front in the promotion and wellbeing of their own family. There's obviously a lot of stuff going on there that we the audience know about, but pretend you're an outside observer in Westeros. Apart from some slight patricide - R: [laughs] K: - but that's okay, because that was the member of the family who we just barely put up with and obviously there was something wrong with him and we probably should've thrown him down a well a long time ago. R: Are you talking about Tyrion or are you talking about Tywin - K: Both, but from the perspective of the Lannisters, Tyrion. [laughing] R [overlapping]: [laughing] K: You can recover from that one, because of course there was something off about him, look at him. Never mind that he's the smartest and, actually, most caring member of their family, but y'know. That's not important, apparently. I made up an antagonist category that I'm calling “general pains in the ass.”  R: [laughing] K: [laughs] Where they are not necessarily doing anything, but their existence is just infuriating to the point that it's creating conflict for the protagonist. The one that I always love to point to is Gary from Pokémon. R: Mm. K: Who's just Ash's rival but it's a very hilariously one-sided rivalry.  R: Right, right. K: [laughs] The other one that I think is very good is actually: Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask in the anime. Because he is also trying to get the rainbow crystals.  R: Right. K: In a pain-in-the-ass antagonist - I would throw Rei in there. R: [laughs] Yeah, there you go. K: Again, the anime - the manga did not go into this, but they're constantly fighting over who's gonna be the better this-or-that, and who's doing the better job, and again, it creates conflict for Usagi because Rei is hyper-confident and very good at this, and Usagi is not, at all.  R: Right. It has more to do with Rei just constantly criticizing her and making her progression slower than anything else.  K: Yeah, you'll notice there's a lot of overlap here because apart from being a general pain in the ass in that scenario, Rei is also a conflict creator.  R: Yeah. K: The last one that gets a little philosophical is the protagonist themselves. Holden Caulfield is of course the standout example here, but I would take anybody that can't get out of their own way and put them on this list. One of the thoughts I came up with was Anakin Skywalker.  R: Okay. K: More with the Clone Wars TV show as a better example of that, but you certainly see it through the prequels as well. Has a set of morals and code that he lives by that is in direct conflict with what the Jedi are teaching him and telling him to do. R: Mhm. K: And that's an excellent case study into a descent into villany by having a singular goal and taking more and more extreme measures to meet it. R: Like Draco, there's somebody that is coaching him and trying to lead him in a direction that he wouldn't have chosen on his own almost at any point.  K: I'm not sure I agree with that, because what we see Anakin do over and over again, his singular motivation-- and this is, by the way, his antagonistic component-- is “protect my friends and loved ones.” R: Mhm. K: And so he's willing to take more and more extreme measures that in some cases are going to get him in trouble, he's going to have to go in front of the Jedi Council and go ‘I'm really sorry I did that, but I did save Obi-Wan, so I think it all works out in the end.' And you've got Yoda silently screaming in his head, going ‘This is not what Jedi are supposed to do, this is dangerous.' R: Yeah. K: But then also, it gets him to a point where his moral code is coming into conflict with what is important to him. So, yes I killed a bunch of people on a spaceship, but I saved all of the Senators and the Jedi on it. Well, now I've killed a bunch of children because I thought it was going to save my pregnant wife.  R: Mhm. K: And we're getting to a point where he can't differentiate those two things from one another because in the end you're still saving something or someone important.  R: Right. But I still think that - K [overlapping]: Oh, yes, having Palpatine - R [overlapping]: that progression -  K: - breathing in his ear for the whole time was not helping. [laughing] R: Yeah, that was an outside influence that encouraged that progression. K: Absolutely, yeah. So, that's another antagonistic force - that is an external factor, people attempting to influence the protagonist.  R: Mhm. K: So, we talked a lot about antagonists, and as we said, most villains - not all - most villains are antagonists but not all antagonists are villains. In order to be a villain, you gotta be evil. You have to be a quote-unquote “bad guy.” And you've gotta be doing something that is bad, something that's hurting either a people, or an entity, maybe nature, or a planet itself. Typically, you've got selfish motivations here. R: Mhm. K: Sometimes you have no motivations, and we'll get into that, because the pure evil villains are one of my favorite villains. But, villains are working to destroy a heroic purpose or protagonist. They may not know that that's what they're doing, but they're doing it. Some villains go their whole story without realizing that there's somebody working their way up to opposing them, because their protagonist is such a little miniscule blip on the scale of this evil plan here that they didn't even know someone was opposing them. Villains, they have to be bad. They don't exist in a vacuum. Y'know, we used the idea of the mad scientist who doesn't know he's the bad guy -  R: Mhm. K: - until someone shows up to fight him. If that guy's just left in his lab making some little itty bitty Frankenstein monsters to run around and help him with his experiments and things, then he never leaves and nothing bad ever happens, and the new Frankenstein monsters are happy with their existence, he's not a villain! [laughs] However, if he's oppressing those little Frankenstein monster guys, or maybe they're escaping out into the world and doing bad things to people that they encounter, that then starts to move him into the realm of villain.  R: Now, what if he's in his lab and his experiments are destroying the planet outside the lab, but he never leaves and he never realizes, and the Frankenstein [ed.: monster]s are happy?  K: Yeah, so this is where it gets weird, because what he's doing is evil but he's not doing it on purpose.  R: Mm. K: I'm trying to think what the classification for that would be. An unwilling villain, essentially. Maybe more of an antagonist at that point. I'm trying to come up with an example of something where somebody shows up and informs a scientist or creator doing something that what they're doing is having a negative impact on the world around it and they had no idea.  R: There is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where they go to a planet where the people on the planet basically take some of the children off the Enterprise because they can't have children themselves, and the crew is able to convince them that it's their very powerful computer system that's causing radiation that's preventing them from being healthy, and that it would happen to the kids too if they stayed, and so on and so forth.  K: Yeah, I'm trying to - like, this one isn't necessarily as good an example, but in Ender's Game, at the very end we find out that the conflict, this whole giant conflict, kind of began almost on a misunderstanding that the human population encountered alien life in the form of bugs that were a hivemind.  R: Mhm. K: And the bugs killed all of the humans they encountered not understanding that there was a life form out there that wasn't a hivemind. Because from their perspective, it didn't matter if a few soldiers got killed, they were just essentially vessels for the larger collective consciousness. They didn't understand the - R [overlapping]: Right. Individuality. K: Yeah. So, that started them as an antagonist, but then this war escalates and escalates and, that one I don't know if we can come up with “villain” and whether sides are evil, at that point, but. With villains, they might not even need to know that they're directly opposing the main character. The biggest difference between the villain and the antagonist is that sometimes, but not always, the antagonist forms more of a plot role. It's somebody to be there to create conflict, to move the story along, or to motivate the protagonist. It's somebody who may provide opportunities for growth for the protagonist as well, again through opposition. K: Everything is opposition and conflict for antagonists. Antagonists, they can be friends or friendly rivals of the protagonist, but they are a plot role, they are helping to develop and move the character and the stories along. A villain is a character type. This is a potentially necessary component of the story, depending on the type of story that you're telling, and they have a role to serve within that. They have to be the central point of conflict for evil reasons, to give the character something moral and good and just to fight for and overcome. If this sounds contrived, or this sounds pedantic, I don't know what to tell you because this is literature. [laughs] R: [laughing] Yeah. K: This is - you will find this across all of human history in literature, the conflict between good and evil. That is the central focus of it. And listen, what we consider good and what we consider evil varies from culture to culture, time to time. Heroes don't fit a certain set of criteria across all cultures. If you go back and read any Greek myth, and what they consider to be heroes, most of these guys were assholes. Like, really bad people. But they did heroic things, and they lived in ways that were acceptable to the ancient Greeks.  R: Mhm. K: So therefore they were heroes. The Greeks are really interesting in that they did not write what was idealized, but what was true. So even though we know that the way they conducted their society, the way they lived and acted, is abhorrent to us, at the time it was acceptable. Not only acceptable, but encouraged.  R: Right. Perhaps even seen as heroic behavior.  K [overlapping]: To that end—yeah. To that end, evil is the same way.  R: Mhm. K: I'm gonna throw one last monkey wrench [laughs] into this - the villain, as we kept saying, most villains but not all are antagonists, because sometimes the villain's the protagonist. The villain is only the antagonist when they're not the main character of the story, when they're just serving as the sense of conflict. But sometimes in stories, the villain, who is evil and is doing evil things, is the protagonist, is the main character that we're following. Two of my favorite examples of this are Light from Death Note and Dexter from Dexter. Light is a teenager with a god complex who I wouldn't even say “starts off trying to do right in the world,” because if you watch the series really he's just experimenting using bad people until he gets the plan figured out. But, for those who are unfamiliar, Death Note is an outstanding anime that I highly recommend about a teenager who comes across a notebook that is stolen from a Japanese death god and learns that the names he writes in the notebook will die. And he gets more and more specific about specifying “will die at this time,” “will die in this way,” et cetera. And enters into this whole cat-and-mouse psychological thriller thing with himself and the police that are trying to stop this serial killer that they don't understand.  R: Right. K: The whole thing turns into this god complex of him establishing rules of what he thinks are right and wrong and threatening the entire world with what would basically be instantaneous death at his whim if they don't adhere to it. So let's be clear, Light is evil. He is killing people because they're not acting the way he wants them to. But he is the main character and the protagonist of the story, and if you watch it you find yourself cheering for him outwitting the police, outwitting this detective. One of the detectives, by the way, is his father. And you're still goin,g “Come on, Light, you can get yourself out of this one!” Dexter Morgan from Dexter is another good example. Dexter is a serial killer. Dexter has kill rooms where he duct tapes people to tables, ritualistically stabs them, chops the bodies up, and drops them in the water off the coast of Miami.  R: Mhm. K: Dexter also has a complex set of morality that he adheres to, and Dexter is a little bit different because he doesn't want to do these things, he wishes he wasn't like this, but he knows that he is and there's nothing he can do about it. The books are a little stranger about this than the TV show. So he's channeling his awfulness into only killing murderers.  R: Right, and the rules of morality that he follows are not actually his morals.  K: Yeah. R: They were given to him. K: Yes. As a way to hopefully help maintain and control him. But he's still killing people. And he's still operating outside the justice system. He's very careful about gathering all the evidence and knowing “yes, this person's definitely a murderer,” but he's still serving as judge, jury, and executioner without giving anyone the benefit of due process. In his mind it doesn't matter why you killed somebody. You killed somebody. And it's coming less from a place of morality than an opportunity to be an outlet for his own base urges. Villains can be protagonists. Just because somebody is the main character of the story doesn't necessarily mean that they're good.  R: In fact, I feel a little bit better about some books thinking about it that way. [laughs] K: Yeah, absolutely. And, look, there's a whole thing you can get into with the hero vs. the antihero, and what is considered heroic and what is considered acceptable; god, I think there's been entire books written about this, with Superman as a core component there. It is very nuanced to kind of sort these things out of where the line is between hero and villain, and even more so where the line is between antagonist and villain. At what point do you stop being just an inconvenience or a pain in the butt that someone's gotta deal with and become somebody who is an active threat to not just the protagonist but potentially those around them as well? R: I know a book can have antagonists and villains, we've established several that do. Can you have a book with more than one villain?  K: Absolutely!  R: How do they not just sort of shrink down to become antagonists, then, if there's more than one? Or is it just because of their behavior being evil? K: Let's go back to another favorite of ours, Avatar: the Last Airbender. I would make the argument that both Azula and Ozai are villains. I think there are definitely people who would take Azula and put her more in the antagonist category; I disagree, she's evil, she has evil motivations. She also wants to conquer and subjugate the entire world and is willing to burn it down to do it. Hers and her father's ideologies and motives line up pretty closely. The difference is that Ozai sits in this palace and we don't see him for most of the series, and Azula's out there running amuck. R: So one can be a subordinate of the other, and they can both still be villains. K: Absolutely, yeah. And villains can work together, we got the superhero team ups on villains all the time. Dunno if you ever watched Venture Bros. - R: Yeah. K: - but the Guild of Calamitous Intent is one of my favorites, not that they're all teaming up against the same protagonist there. But yeah you absolutely can have multiple villains; one who is working under or for the other. You could have minions that are villains, as long as their intentions are evil. To that end with Avatar I would say Ty Lee and Mai are antagonists, not villains. Because they're minions who are kinda just there to do what Azula says but like, they don't necessarily want to burn down and subjugate the rest of the world, they're just sort of along for the ride. I think with multiple villains, a lot of times when you see that you're kind of dealing with an ensemble cast, and everyone's gonna sort of have a little area they have to go break off into. But not always, look at Star Wars. Yeah, Darth Vader was redeemed at the end, but you had two evil villains one right after the other, and again we're kinda seeing the same power dynamic as Azula and Ozai. K: To kind of round all of this out, villains are evil. And they usually have to have some sort of evil motivation or plan or action to match this. They might be so evil that they aren't even aware that everyone knows they're evil and is trying to stop them. Villains do not necessarily have to come in immediate direct conflict with protagonists in order to be villains. They can just be out there doing their little villain evil plan thing and not even know that someone's coming to fight them to the death until that person shows up to do so. They don't have to be directly opposed to the protagonist. In some cases, they can be the protagonist. But they've gotta have bad intentions. R: For the thrill of having bad intentions. K: Some of it can be for the thrill. The pure villains, those are my favorite ones, the ones that we never quite find out why they're doing what they're doing, they're just doing it. I use the example of Maleficent, from the original Sleeping Beauty movie, not the Angelina Jolie with lots of backstory and sympathetic character origins. Maleficent shows up, she's mad that she didn't get invited to the party but we kind of all get the impression that there's a reason she wasn't, but nobody quite knows what it is or what's going on here. R: Because we knew she would make a scene! K [laughing]: I think it's because she showed up and cursed the princess. R: So they saw that coming, you're saying. K: Yeah maybe. R: Even though the exact way to prevent that, according to Maleficent, would've been to invite her. K: The logic gets a little circular there, to be sure. [laughs] But yeah so, the villain is a character type, it's not a plot role. The villain is not always necessarily there to advance the protagonist or the plot. They certainly can, but they're not doing it directly all the time. R: Mhm. K: This is, villains are one of those sometimes-but-not-always-except-for-this-and-then-that-happens kind of situation. Antagonists on the other hand, they're not necessarily evil, they can be actually just regular cool decent normal people who happen to have a conflicting agenda with the protagonist. They just want different things. Last week we did MacGuffins. The antagonist may just be running around after their own MacGuffin, and for some reason that's causing problems for the protagonist. Maybe they also want that MacGuffin for a completely different reason, one that is mutually exclusive of what the antagonist wants; they can't team up there. Or maybe they just also wanna have the top spot at the dojo, and so they're gonna be in conflict with the protagonist there. The thing that makes the antagonist an antagonist is that they are opposed to the protagonist, and they will cause conflicts with the story's main character. It's a plot role, and it doesn't necessarily speak to the character's personality or motivations. They are there to create and cause conflict for the main character to either resolve, oppose, or fall to. R: So when I proposed this topic to you, I kind of thought of antagonists as mini-bosses and the villain as the big boss, thinking of video games and the way that's usually structured. So, this is unexpected. K [laughing]: Listen, an antagonist can be a mini-boss. It's all about motivations. R: But they can also just be that person living their life that has always bugged you because they microwaved fish in the lunchroom that one time. K: That person might be a villain. R: [laughs] Just wanna contradict me at every turn. K: I dunno, somebody who microwaves fish, that seems like evil intentions to me. [laughing] R: Look, they live with the consequences of that decision for the rest of their life. K: That's very very true. Anyway, so, Rekka any - R: Can an antagonist be the protagonist? K: No, those are mutually exclusive yeah. There's somebody who is not evil and they're the main character of the story, they're the protagonist. R: So they don't have a goatee or a mustache to twirl, and they're the main character, then they're the protagonist every time. K: Yes. The primary component for being the protagonist is that the story is about you, you're the principal character. If you are serving in an antagonistic role as the protagonist, you're still the protagonist, you're just a jerk. R: So when I get up and look in the mirror in the morning and I say, “Hey, butthead,” I'm still the protagonist of my life. K: You are both the protagonist and antagonist of your own life, yes. R: That feels accurate. K: [laughing] I think most of us are. R: Yeah. K: Well we said, a good example of an antagonist is the character themselves. R: Yep. Alright, I think I get it. K: We can always come back and talk more about it, because this one was fun to do some research on and get some thoughts together. R: So you would say that a book or a story plot requires an antagonist but doesn't necessarily require a villain. K: Yes, definitely. R: And the protagonist is completely optional. K: Yes, we're just gonna have a bunch of antagonists running around causing conflict for each other. Well, I think that's pretty much every murder mystery, so. R: So if it's a third person omniscient, and there is no main POV, we can have a book with no protagonist. Got it. K: I feel like you're trying to trick me into something but I don't know what. [laughing] R: I'm antagonizing you, I'm sorry. K: It's an important thing to do. R: As an editor you need to have your feathers ruffled every now and then. K: It creates conflict, and conflict creates growth. R: And plot. K: And plot. [laughing] But yeah thank you so much for listening everyone as always, hopefully this was helpful information, I know this was a lot of mincing of minute details, but - R: Yeah I mean maybe this was the episode you never knew you never wanted but - K [overlapping]: [laughs] R: - if there is an episode topic that you do know you want, you can find us on Twitter and Instagram @WMBcast, and you can also find us at patreon.com/WMBcast. And we'd love to hear your suggestions for topics or questions. If we have confused you in any way, then you can blame Kaelyn, and also let us know and we'll try to fix that. Thanks everyone! K: Thank you so much.

COMIC BOOK TUESDAY - Today we discover the 1st time Palpatine met Anakin Skywalker. For clarity, we are not talking about the quick meet and greet that we saw in The Phantom Menace when Anakin was just a boy. We are opening up the comic : Obi-Wan and Anakin - Issue #1 written by Charles Soule. We will bring to life and discover Palpatine's plan to meet The Chosen One using his political influence over the Jedi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jedi travel to Wild Space to confront the Great Progenitor of the Drengir. Then Keeve Trennis infiltrates the Nihil.

The Jedi travel to Wild Space to confront the Great Progenitor of the Drengir. Then Keeve Trennis infiltrates the Nihil. On this fully armed and operational episode, we discuss: The Jedi and the Hutts confronting the Drengir on Mulita, The relationship teased between Orla Jareni and Sskeer, Avar Kriss in the clutches of the Great Progenitor and the implications, The Jedi decision to defend the Drengir from the Hutts, Avar Kriss and Stellan Gios's disagreement on how to pursue the Nihil, How the Jedi prepare Keeve Trennis to infiltrate the Nihil, The art of the Jedi cruiser and the Nihil ships, and What is in store for Keeve Trennis next. Thanks for joining us for another episode! Subscribe to Podcast Stardust for all your Star Wars news, reviews, and discussion wherever you get your podcasts. And please leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts. Find Jay and her cosplay adventures on J.Snips Cosplay on Instagram. Follow us on social media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube. T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, masks, and posters are available on TeePublic. Find all episodes on RetroZap.com.

Get ready, Bucket-heads! Tom is talking about the action packed 5th episode of Star Wars Visions, "The Ninth Jedi" an installment blends Star Wars and samurai sword making tradition in a wonderful way!  Please follow the show at:Mando_Vision on Twitter and Instagram. Email: MandoVisionTom@gmail.comPlease, like, subscribe and share the show with your friends on all of your favorite podcast platforms and if you can take the time to write a 5-Star review, it will be read on the show! Thank for all the support, please stay safe and take care of each other. Music by Dirty Sweet and used with permission.All audio clips from any “Star Wars” material is copyright of Disney Enterprises Inc. and is only used for the sole purpose of promotion of Disney property and to provide context for talking points. Mando Vision is copyright Thomas Pritchard 2021.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MANDO-VERSE MONDAY - Today we are dissecting why Darth Maul lost to Obi-Wan in the Phantom Menace. Obi-Wan was a young apprentice going against a fully trained Sith. The Jedi haven't even seen a Sith in a millennia. How was Obi-Wan able to win? We will study each of their fighting styles to find out what went right for Obi-Wan and went wrong for Maul. It's very interesting to see how Obi-Wan pulled this win off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to A REWATCH BETWEEN WORLDS! It's time for Alden & Nicky to dive into the fifth episode of Star Wars Rebels, "Rise of the Old Masters." What did we think of this key Jedi journey episode? How does the heavier material work within the show? We loved exploring the ideas of trust, grief, and continuous improvement with Kanan & Ezra. Let us know if you're watching along with us! What did you enjoy? Are you a Luminara fan? Let us know! Find Nicky on Instagram here, and on Twitter here. And be sure to hit up the Imperial Senate Pod's Patreon! Find them everywhere you get your podcasts, be it Apple Podcasts, YouTube, & more! Lastly, find this show @AhchToRadio on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and our new YouTube channel! And find Alden @AD_Strider on Twitter and @a.d.strider on Instagram! TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: THIS IS THE WAY fundraiser can be found here! Ahch-To Radio is a Star Wars podcast feed fueled by the love of that galaxy far, far away. Creator/Host Alden Diaz dives into interviews, Star Wars origin stories, analyses, and more. It's all about the threads that make us connect with stories, and each other as fans. Plus, Ahch-To Radio is also home to our sister show, The Mandatorian Creed, hosted by Tori Fox! Tori explores various Star Wars topics with multipart breakdowns. And lastly, we also have our Star Wars Rebels rewatch show, A Rewatch Between Worlds, with Alden & Nicky Kumar! All shows that celebrate the ties that bind fans together.

It's sacrilege, 90 year old William Shatner is going into outer space before a Stars Wars actor! Will Gina be back for Mando Season 4? More KOTOR news for Spiro to comment on.   Is the term JEDI evil?? The woke article from Scientific American thinks so.  We get more info about Jedha that's canon. Who's More OVER this week is an emotional roller coster. It's the aftermath of Anakin and Obi Wan vs  Han returning to Kylo.  Which scene is more OVER! As usual email newforceorder@yahoo.com for comments, answers or with suggestions.     Please support the That Yoda Guy museum and Nick Maley @Nick Maley on Facebook. Unique one of a kinder Star Wars items for sale there!!! 

Sam, Zac, and Troy talk Star Wars Visions. What did you think about the one and done season?

When a young Jedi is killed, his former master searches for answers in the perilous underworld of the Hutt spice trade. Can Mander Zuma discover who murdered his former padawan before he finds himself on the wrong end of the Hutts' wrath?

Today, we discuss the recently revealed novels: Shadow of the Sith, Brotherhood, Stories of Jedi and Sith, and Padawan, all coming Summer 2022. We end the show with some leaks regarding Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Book of Boba Fett. It's a longer episode, but we're honestly just excited about the potential these books have to add some really important story details to the Star Wars saga!

Today I chat with tattoo artist/ Last Chance Tattoo shop owner Bradley Pauley. Time to time I help out at One Truth Tattoo, he was a guest artist when we threw an event a couple years ago we at. the shop. His padawan/ apprentice was Nacho- who is a friend and tattoo artist at One Truth Tattoo. (He also was a guest on my show) Our chat consists about how he got into tattooing, his tattoo apprenticeship experience and how the pandemic impacted his tattoo shop. We also talk about video games, go down memory lane on some of our pastime favorite games and more! If you are in the Las Vegas area and want to get a tattoo- head on down to Last Chance Tattoo! https://www.lastchancetattoolv.com/https://www.instagram.com/lastchancetattoo/https://www.instagram.com/bradleypauley/

Bryan sits down with Emma Mieko Candon, the author behind Star Wars: Ronin, a Visions novel. The two of them talk about inspirations for the book, the experiences Emma brought to the writing, and lots of Kurosawa and Star Wars. You won't want to miss this in-depth conversation

This movie was pretty scary, and it's not the best in the Conjuring series but it definitely has some good moments. Annabelle has smeared lipstick (clean yourself up, gurl), the baby in this movie is way too chubby, books kill, that elevator scene is stressful and the girl that plays Mia (Annabelle Wallis) is super pretty. Annabelle is a Jedi and uses force pulls to kills her victims and we also wonder why Annabelle is so f***ing huge.   Check out our website at: https://www.icbtb.com   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icbtbpodcast/   Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/it-cant-be-that-bad/id1470379470   Or listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7FsYf47r7B8fyxgG9elgt9?si=o4k6CKcKS96N6k2t-_WBVw   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjEA7-SGoTV8a5_PfyrxDOg   Check out our sponsor, M3is3D! https://m3is3d.com   Check out our other sponsor, Wild Heart Stones! https://wildheartstones.com   #Annabelle #horror #halloween #scarymovie #review #podcast #Moviereview #pod #comedy

DARK SIDE FRIDAY - Today I'm asking the question: Is the Dark Side More Powerful? It seems like the Dark Side always brings the big guns and the Jedi are on the defensive. Maybe The Jedi Code holds them back? Maybe it is a struggle of power for the Light? And maybe the Dark Side is just more dominant. Listen as we find if the Dark Side is truly more powerful.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the surprise introduction of Fennec Shand, The Bounty Hunter faction just got a very strong flex player and The Mandalorian and his pals just [...]

Star Wars canon is a sacred level of "true" storytelling held in higher regard than most other franchises, but why? We discuss the foundation of canonical Star Wars dating back to the tone set by George Lucas and how that has carried over into today. We also give our takes on other topics in our segment Will of the Force like - Will Darth Vader kill a Jedi on screen in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series?  The Resistance base is open to all, so please spread the word about our Star Wars podcast and join us! Make sure to subscribe free to the show on your preferred platform!

Hang on to your butts: This is an episode you want to listen to again and again. Michael Matera and John Meehan are our guests and not only were we having a lot of fun recording and joking with them, we also had a really insightful and candid conversation about teaching in (almost) post-COVID and why their new book is not a Nintendo Game manual. Enjoy this one and recommend it to your friends! Click on Leave us a Message! We will make sure to reply to you and will play your message on our show! Give it a try! You can also find the button on our homepage, findingourtribe.net. Please also check out our 9 episode sidepod project "Jedi in the Classroom" which we recorded with @MrsJamieHalsey. Find it in the feed! As always, please join us on Twitter for our growing community. Follow us @findingtribepod for our podcast, and also individually @hofmannEDU (Fabian) and @findingmyaloha (Scott)! Or, if you are old school, send us an email at findingourtribepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Rate us! Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notifications about new videos we post. This is how we get found and can grow our community. Things mentioned on the show: - Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza - Goblet Gobblers - Space Team - The Battle of Polytopia - Otrio - Emc2Learning - Fully Engaged

Today I am joined by my lovely wife, Kirsten Mark to celebrate our 500th podcast episode! We are teaming up to drop some major knowledge on how you can grow a massive social media network. Kirsten is the one person I know with the biggest network on social media. Her Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram followings are all growing rapidly.  She currently has 325,000 followers on TikTok, and 115,000 followers on Instagram. Plus, she has 5,000 friends and 12,000 to 15,000 followers on Facebook. Kirsten has a lot of Jedi mind tricks to share with you. So pay attention and take notes! When Kirsten first started out on social media she had around 3,000 Instagram followers, and half of them were dudes who were liking pictures of her butt.  In the early days, she was posting highlight videos and stories showing how “awesome” her life was. The problem was, her life wasn't so awesome. She was really struggling back then. It was only when she started being more authentic that she saw real growth with her social media network. (Listen to episode #500 and learn how Kirsten grew her massive network!) I've Been There. I've Done That. Now Learn with Me. I know all the ins and outs of online fitness coaching. I've made mistakes and I've had successes. But I've never given up. That's how I was able to open my own gym and start an online coaching business that has not only brought me success but also benefited over 600 other online fitness coaches. I love to share my knowledge. So, when you work with me, you learn with me. I'm ready to help you shed those 9-5 shackles and enjoy the freedom, satisfaction, and yes, money, you'll get from being an online fitness coach. If you got value from this podcast and would like to work closely with me and my team to scale your fitness business and learn how to go online, go to my Instagram account @bmarkfit and DM me with the words “Change Lives.” We can start a conversation about our amazing Online Trainer Escape Plan, that allows you to make $10,000 plus a month by helping people transform their lives through health and fitness. Follow Me. I'll Help You Succeed. While you're here, be sure to subscribe to my podcast Change Lives Make Money: The Podcast For Online Trainers. It's a great source for free advice and info. Rate and review too. It helps me know whether or not I'm giving you the kind of content you want and need. And don't forget to follow and subscribe to my social media accounts. TikTokInstagramFacebookYoutube   My DM is always open. Let's keep talking! I want to hear from you! You can contact me any time through my social media accounts or email. Tell me about your latest successes. Ask me questions. Give me ideas for future podcasts. I've always felt a successful business is built on two pillars:  Persistence and Communication. If you're looking for a little bit of help with your online coaching business, click here to shoot me a message

THEORY THURSDAY - Today we find out the real reason why Count Dooku revealed Darth Sidious to the Jedi in Episode Two plus the Sith's future plan to turn Anakin. At the time, in Attack of the Clones, it seemed that Dooku revealed too much and it seemed to take away the advantage from Palpatine. Today we learn why Dooku made such a bold choice from the source himself. We also find out what the Sith's plans were Anakin Skywalker.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 054: Architecture, And: JEDIWhat is the role of a firm leader focused on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion? As we continue to expand our exploration of diversity in practice, we've invited Yiselle Santos Rivera back to the podcast so she can share what she's learned after two years of serving https://www.hksinc.com/ (HKS) as their Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion. What does it mean to position someone in a firmwidew leadership role dedicated to increasing diversity within an architecture studio? What lessons can firms learn from the adoption of a leadership position of this scale? And what are some of the challenges in driving change in this capacity? Yiselle will help us explore this conversation in depth with personal stories from her leadership experience, as well as lessons learned along the way. Guest: Yiselle Santos Rivera, AIA, NOMA, LLSSYB, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP is a medical planner and Global Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at HKS. With national and international experience on a broad range of healthcare, sports, residential, institutional, and commercial/mixed-use projects, she thrives on designing for inclusive communities, building belonging through equitable practices, and empowering the next generation of leaders in the architecture, design, and construction industry.  Yiselle is a published author, national speaker, has been featured on various podcasts, and is the founder of https://www.aiadc.com/committee/equity-committee-wield (“We Inspiring Emerging Leaders in Design” (WIELD)), recipient of the 2019 AIA Diversity Program Recognition Award. She is a storyteller, a 2015 Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program Scholar, and a recipient of the 2018 AIA Associate Award. Show Links:

Our heroes are undercover on board a party train with Imperial presence. Will they accomplish their mission to retrieve the codes to save their Jedi friend, or is this train heading for disaster?

We continue our discussion of Star Wars: Visions with a review of the final four episodes: T0-B1, The Elder, Lop and Ocho, and Akakiri. On this fully armed and operational episode, we discussed: The droid that dreams of becoming a real Jedi in “T0-B1,” A confrontation between a Sith-like being and a Jedi and his apprentice in “The Elder,” The themes of adopted family and doing what one thinks is right in “Lop & Ocho,” and Destiny as found in “Akakiri.” Thanks for joining us for another episode! Subscribe to Podcast Stardust for all your Star Wars news, reviews, and discussion wherever you get your podcasts. And please leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts. Find Jay and her cosplay adventures on J.Snips Cosplay on Instagram. Follow us on social media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube. T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, masks, and posters are available on TeePublic. Find all episodes on RetroZap.com.

For all my fellow kindred Star Wars fans out there...the Force is a big deal, right?   Who doesn't want to be a Jedi???   I'm here to tell you, YOU have the Force. And I don't just mean figuratively. You LITERALLY have and are The Force.   Listen in to hear more...   Join Warrior Women | Less Fear More Fierce: A Free FB group for YOU   Ready to tap into the power of The Force within YOU? Sign up for a free Discovery Call TODAY!

Today we follow Luke as he hunts down 5 Jedi artifacts. We are opening up the Canon comics from 2017 to 2019. These are the various volumes from Star Wars by Marvel who actually titled the comic series: STAR WARS. These comics follow Luke during the in-between times of the Original Trilogy movies. Luke follows his passion as he tries to find out as much as can about the now extinct Jedi Order. Listen as we unearth these 5 Jedi Artifacts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're one with The Force & the The Force is one with us today as we discuss the new animated show from Disney - Star Wars Visions. Is it top notch Jedi stuff, or is it Jar Jar in the Pod Race pits?We discuss the upcoming Stranger Things Season 4, Neil Gaiman's Sandman & we look at some listeners suggestions for our top 50Rob's been 'expellium'-ing the days by catching up on Harry Potter & Mart's been catching up with The Morning Show with Jenifer Aniston & Reese WitherspoonWe're always on the lookout for recommendations so please give us a shout!Send us your suggestions for what we should be watching:wehavebeenwatchingpodcast@gmail.comYou can also find us here:https://linktr.ee/WHBWpodcastTry out our YouTube channel for past episodes:https://youtube.com/channel/UCqOaBzRYx0SvkadS27FfGIA

Welcome to Jaig Eyes & Jedi – a podcast covering all of Star Wars – RESISTANCE! Join your hosts Hope Mullinax and Chris Honeywell as they hit up the fish people for the 15th episode of the second and final season of Star Wars – Resistance- THE NEW WORLD! There [...]

Ryan chats with Bob Roth and Bill Motz (Freemaker Adventures, LEGO All-Stars) about their new show, The Ghost and Molly McGee, which is now on Disney+.

This week, we revisit an old friend, as we check out Atomic Robo and the Spectre of Tomorrow (weirdly this isn't related to James Bond). We also talk lawsuits, Star Wars The High Republic Adventures, Icon and Rocket #3, A Righteous Taste for Vengeance, and Nuclear Power! Wow... that's a lot! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://variety.com/2021/film/news/scarlett-johansson-disney-lawsuit-settled-1235078355 https://app.roll20.net/sessions/new?backto=https://marketplace.roll20.net/coupon Code S44VF-Y9VP7-A9MN2 REVIEWS STEPHEN STAR WARS HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES #9 Writer: Daniel Jose Older Artist: Toni Bruno Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: October 6, 2021 The Padawan are off on another mission! This time to Takodana, to assist the lone Jedi defending the local Jedi temple against the ever-growing threat of the Nihils. But Qort has trouble focusing when he comes face to face with his own past amidst new dangers and old allies. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW ICON AND ROCKET SEASON 1 #3 Writer: Reginald Hudlin Artist: Leon Chills Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: September 28, 2021 Everyone on Earth-and beyond-wants them dead! Icon thought he was the only extraterrestrial left on Earth…but unfortunately for him, and for Rocket, he was very, very wrong! A terrifying enemy he believed long dead is hot on their trail…and to make matters worse, his foe now works for the CIA! [rating:4/5] RODRIGO A RIGHTEOUS TASTE FOR VENGEANCE Writer: Rick Remender Artist: Andre Araujo Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: October 6, 2021 When an unassuming man stumbles upon a dark-web contract assassin's vicious plot to kill an innocent target, he turns himself into one. The Professional meets Road to Perdition in this story of a family's unlikely guardian being hunted by rich and powerful men who are used to getting away with everything. [rating: 4.5/5] ASHLEY NUCLEAR POWER TPB Writer: Desirée Proctor & Erica Harrell Artist: Lynne Yoshii Publisher: Fanbase Press Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: Tues, Oct 19, 2021 October of 1962. The Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union is at its peak when the unthinkable happens: nuclear war. Sixty years later, the remaining 13 states rose from the ashes to form the American Union, governed by the authoritarian Joint Chiefs of Staff and protected by a border wall to keep out nuclear radiation . . . and the individuals who were enhanced by it. Nuclear Power is a darkly poignant alternate history of the Cuban Missile Crisis that posits the lengths to which a government will go to protect (or deceive) its citizens. When the Joint Chiefs' dark secrets are revealed, will survivors on both sides of the wall join forces to fight for their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or will their differences forever divide them? [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION Atomic Robo and the Spectre of Tomorrow Writer: Brian Clevinger Artist: Scott Wegener Publisher: IDW Publishing Release Date: July 19, 2018 Remember the old days when all you had to worry about were mad scientist-dinosaurs or giant sea mutants with lasers? But not in 2017! Atomic Robo delves into the chaos that is modern America, where everything is horrible all of the time! But that's why Robo is setting up the new Tesladyne Institute in the badlands of New Mexico's Jornada del Muerto desert, with Sir Richard Branson's Spaceport on one side and Elon Musk's Solar Farm on the other. With neighbors like these, who needs to uncover an insidious plot that threatens the lives of everyone in the world? CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

It's September! Fall has arrived and WDEK is not looking forward to the pumpkin spice lattes signage that will soon be everywhere!  Justin the Intern joins us from Duluth, Minnesota.  Christian and Shonali have just returned from visiting their parents in Chicago and Nashville.  They discuss the Jedi mind tricks of their respective parents.    The brilliant Lizz Winstead, comedian, co-founder of the Daily Show, founder of Abortion Access Front and co-founder of Air America amongst joins us from her abode.  Find out how a 16 year old Lizz Winstead's life experience is directly connected to her activism today as the founder of Abortion Access Front.  Do you know about the thousands of fake "clinics" in the US used to intimidate and spread misinformation to women regarding abortion?  We discuss destigmatizing abortion and how men should contribute to the conversation surrounding reproductive rights.   Follow Lizz on Twitter here! She's doing shows in Portland and San Francisco in November - you lucky West Coasters! Per her Twitter profile our second guest Saidah Blount describes herself as a music industry maven, corporate goth, Sonos Senior Manager, Global Content. She joins us along Game Changers! This is the first time ever we bring our guests together to share trivial tips and/or life lessons which have changed their lives.  We have some great ones for you this month including TSA Tips, bubble wrap tips, peeling egg tips, identity theft tips and more! Also Saidah's use of the term "frothed up" is a new one for Christian and Shonali.  As a woman of color who has worked in the music industry for years, we asked Saidah about her feelings regarding the long awaited conviction of R. Kelly in a NYC courtroom just the day before this show was taped.  Have you heard of the saying "Dance now.  Deconstruct later."?  Saidah contemplates whether "music is too big to fail."  Topics of discussion include the "shady" music industry, the non-stop work of a working performing artist, being the only WOC in the workplace, recently being "sweethearted,"  the the over-usage of the term "cancel culture" used as a "dog whistle."  We get into it!  We also have lots of fun. Saidah shares what brings her joy these days which is a new concept being that she's a workaholic. Christian shares an urgent urban wildlife PSA.  And Saidah shares some hot music tips including Serpent With Feet and NAO.  We could talk forever as you clearly can here!  Enjoy your September and we will be back with another episode live on October 26, 2021 - 8PM EST!      

Welcome to Force Toast: the After Dark edition. It's just like regular Force Toast, except… actually yeah it's just regular Force Toast.In Episode 66, hosts Alyce and Laura ponder* what mysteries lie beneath Neimoidians cloaks, get up to date on news and recap all the things! We have a release date for The Book of Boba Fett! Andor is done filming! Yay! Now give us a release date or a preview! Or something! Remind us again why it had to be called “jizz” music? Why not “jozz”? Or just literally any other word?In a surprise to no one, Laura is firmly on Team Put-Lucy-Lawless-in-Star-WarsHow necessary is season 3 for The Mandalorian? Turns out Disney+ Day is an actual thing. Respect, LRM. What do you think we'll see?The Ronin novel is out October 12! Why do we think they picked that episode of “Visions” to get its own expanded story? Please don't use anything said in this episode as an invitation to send us fish d;ck picsWe've got a full Recap on Tap segment for you! Spoiler tags: Star Wars Visions [29:00-37:40], The High Republic: Tempest Runner [38:00-57:00], and LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales [57:10-1:03:20]. Bloopers are BACK!Helpful links referenced in this episode:Laura's Round 1 match against Eric Whiteley in the Ultimate Schmoedown Star Wars Tournament is available now for your viewing pleasureLaura's appearance on From Birth to Schmoedown on the JCast NetworkTwitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_LauraInstagram: @forcetoastpodEmail: forcetoastpod@gmail.comWebsite: forcetoastpod.com*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

A podcast from the New Yorker floated the idea of getting destructive to fight climate change. President Biden got his Pfizer booster shot live on-air and suggested a shocking vaccination requirement. Gen. Milley testified before Congress regarding Afghanistan and his China phone call, and Pat Gray joins Glenn and Stu to discuss. Joe Rogan is getting heat for a recent video he posted that included references to the Holocaust. Glenn and Stu read through the eight stages of genocide, which hit a little too close to home. Journalist John Stossel joins to discuss his lawsuit against Facebook. A famous Bible story now has possible evidence confirming its validity. The term “Jedi” is now being labeled problematic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Biden administration continues to push the narrative that Border Patrol agents on horses used whips against illegal migrants. Border Patrol agents are FURIOUS with President Biden's threat to make agents “pay.” Did this administration start a war between the agents and the federal government? A Disney park actor playing the role of Gaston told a guest to “leave” after she touched his chest. Yes, the fan didn't read the room, but to be this WOKE and OFFENDED is ridiculous. This actor not only breaks character but then SHAMES a fan. … Is this even real? CHOAS broke on the set of "The View" after Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro were told that they tested positive for COVID-19, and they had to leave during the show. Now both co-hosts are “pissed” because the tests were false positives and the whole chaos derailed an important show with Vice President Kamala Harris. Five Scientific American writers took to pen and paper and wrote a 2,600-word article: “Why the term ‘JEDI' Is Problematic for Describing Programs That Promote Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” Yes, if you watch "Star Wars," you are supporting a fable that include white saviors, toxic masculinity, and even the phallic-shaped lightsabers. Is nothing sacred anymore? Today's Sponsors To experience an entirely new standard of comfort, visit http://bollandbranch.com and get 15% off your first set of sheets with promo code WATCHCHAD Get free activation with the offer code CHAD! They also have special discounts for veterans and First Responders. Support a company that loves America, loves you and shares traditional family values http://PATRIOTMOBILE.COM/CHAD Uprising Food is OFFERING our listeners $10 off the starter bundle. That INCLUDES two superfood cubes and four pack of freedom ships to try! Go to http://uprisingfood.com/watchchad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices