Geeky Stoics
By Stephen Kent
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Your favorite stories are part of your real life. Star Wars. The Lord of the Rings. Marvel. Batman. Are you listening to what they’re trying to tell you? Geeky Stoics is all about Stoicism, Philosophy, and Wisdom found in Pop Culture.
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Maybe Escapism is Good, Actually
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Luminous Beings Are We: A Christmas Message
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Wisdom showdown: Uncle Ben vs Uncle Ben
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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I finally made the video I’ve been scared to make.
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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What's This About A Bible Sales Surge?
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Can we choose our feelings? Reflecting on Charlie Kirk, empathy and objective morality
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Tolkien, Virtue, and the Good Life
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Call It What It Is
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Is Stoicism Enough?
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Interview: Andrew Heaton of the Political Orphanage
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Reviewing "Superman": Virtue or Vice?
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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4 Seneca Lessons You Can Use Today
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Aiming At Heaven
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Master Samwise: Star Wars, Storytelling, and the Art of Saying 'Yes'
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Philosophy or Psychology?
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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The "Daily Stoic" Interview
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Live in Palm Springs: Ryan Holiday on Stoicism vs Objectivism
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Why So Serious?
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May 20, 2025 |
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Why Star Wars Andor Is Not That Radical
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Every Winter Feels Like The Last
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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A Guide to Narnia "The Magician's Nephew"
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Tolkien & The Dream That Wasn't
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Middle-earthMixr + Geeky Stoics
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Lincoln, Lewis, Losses and Listening
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Vegeta's Pride & Rebuilding of Self
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Stoic Lessons in Game of Thrones
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Geeky Stoics Takes a Walk in the Woods
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Luke, Moses, Jonah and The Call
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Hobbits, Rebels, Death Stars and Home
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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An Unpayable Debt: Tolkien and Lewis
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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The Way We Love Animals Matters
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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The Case For Playing Dress Up
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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The Lannisters Knew How To Handle Critics in Game of Thrones
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Difficult People Are Essential
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Why I Do This Newsletter
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Warm Memories Push Us Forward
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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The Glasses We See Through
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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A Time For Yelling
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Strong, Empty Feelings
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Climb The Desk, See Differently
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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I Don't Think About You At All
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May 29, 2024 |
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It's Okay To Just Enjoy Things
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May 27, 2024 |
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Let's Do This Together
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May 25, 2024 |
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This Is a Field Manual, Not a Retreat
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May 13, 2024 |
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Deconstructing "Balance" of the Force in Star Wars
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May 04, 2024 |
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Touch Grass (Test Impressions)
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May 02, 2024 |
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The First Defeat
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Behold, The Talking People
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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First Steps Into a Larger World
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Ahsoka the Stoic, Ahsoka the Rock
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Interested in Stoicism? Watch Star Wars
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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The Only Thing They Need You To Be
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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So We Put On A Mask
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Make-Believe "Future You"
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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What Anxiety Is Telling You
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Just Say Sorry, It's Okay
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Don't Make It Easy For Them
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Podcast: Nostalgia, Identity + Comic Con recap
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Valentines: Dying Every Day
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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There Will Be Rewards
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Your Need For Control Will Kill You
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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You Have To Move On With Your Life
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Life Will Be Cheaper When You're Dead
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Star Wars For Real Life
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Frodo Baggins & Your Complaints
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Give Advice That Is Truly Meant For YOU
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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MEGA-CAST: Star Wars Controversy, Storytelling Philosophies, and Creative Processes
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Don't JUST fight what you hate
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Choose Your Enemies Wisely
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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How Am I To Know What Is "Right"?
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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What Geeky Stoics Is Really About
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Tend to YOUR garden first
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Shipwrecks Can Be Opportunities
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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The Painful Glass Shard in Your Eye
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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About Those Bad Dreams
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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In Prison Wherever You Go
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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It's Okay To Say Less
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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The Basics Are What Save Your Life
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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No one is going to defend your values for you
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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That vacation may never come
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Master & Apprentice: There will be difference
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Look up!
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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You Must FIGHT For Better Days
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Start Small on your Heroic Journey
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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You Fell In Love With A Dying Star: Embracing the pain of change
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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The Shadow of Greed - Attachment & Jealousy in Fandom
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Civility Is Not Politeness: Alexandra Hudson On Healing Our Broken Politics
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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On Trigger Warnings, Resiliency and Drone Warfare
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Embracing Nature: Barbie's Reflection of Femininity and Beauty
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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How to Deal with a Bad Boss
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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We Still Need You - The Dial Of Destiny & Belonging
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Beyond Bravado: Speaking the Truth with Care
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Your Test Will be Unannounced
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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The Philosophy of Star Wars - The Skywalker Identity
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Rediscovery: Star Wars, Iceland, and the Birth of a New Podcast
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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David French (full interview) on Star Wars and saving America + "The Star Wars Book" Review
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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Important podcast update, exciting news and Rogue One in real life
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Reflections on the politics of Revenge of the Sith at fifteen years
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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E.K. Johnston on Padme, Trade Wars and the politics of Naboo
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Star Wars' Identity Crisis Mirrors Our Own
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May 28, 2020 |
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Michael Steel on the DC cantina, Han Solo and Star Wars' case for democracy
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May 08, 2020 |
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The Tibetan struggle and the Force's threat to tyrants
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Mayor Betsy Hodges on surviving, governing and escaping to Tatooine
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Ben Domenech (The Federalist) on The Rise of Skywalker, The Mandalorian and democracy
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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The Clone Wars and the politics of starving
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Interview: Gene Park of the Washington Post
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Can the Force fix America? ft. Maggie Lovitt
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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#ReleaseTheJJCut: Star Wars and Conspiracy Theory
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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A Rise of Skywalker Review Spectacular!
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Dec 28, 2019 |
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The Rise of Andrew Heaton and the case for Empire
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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The Mandalorian, Legal Geeks and Baby Yoda
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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Kennedy of Fox Business on Star Wars, Resistance and War
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Michael Harris, progressive politics and "Welcome to the Rebellion"
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Star Wars in the Middle Kingdom, China and Hollywood censorship
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Barriss Offee, The Clone Wars and binary morality
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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Glenn Beck on Star Wars, redemption and a political culture of anger
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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The Fandom Reformation, religious history and Star Wars
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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What If We're On the Wrong Side? ft Nick DiColandrea
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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The Last Fodder and the future of Beltway Banthas
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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Racial, social and economic justice in Star Wars
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Ep #68: The Not So Phantom Menace
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Ep #67: You were my brother! Now you're a neoliberal shill
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Jan 03, 2019 |
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Ep #66: Politics, Grievance & Redemption
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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Ep #65: Jar Jar Binks and political ignorance
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Dec 06, 2018 |
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Ep #64: Now The Rebellion Is Real For You
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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Ep #63: Powerful Light, Powerful Dark
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Nov 08, 2018 |
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Ep #62: Politics in Star Wars Resistance, Chuck Wendig
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Oct 25, 2018 |
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Ep #61: Revenge of The Russian Bots
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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Star Wars Get Out The Vote: A Stephen Kent Story
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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Interview: Ross Douthat of The New York Times
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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Interview: Who Hates Star Wars For It's Newfound Diversity?
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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Ep #60: I AM A PART OF THE RESISTANCE INSIDE THE EMPIRE
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict
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Sep 01, 2018 |
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Ep #59: Imperialization Politics in Star Wars
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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Ep #58: Enemies Of The People
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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Beltway Banthas Special: Solo, Politodope, & Fodder
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May 31, 2018 |
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Ep #57: The Politics of Mark Hamill
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May 24, 2018 |
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Beltway Banthas: Star Wars Representation Matters ft. Daniel Jose Older
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May 17, 2018 |
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Ep #56: The Public Service of Bail Organa
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May 10, 2018 |
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Beltway Banthas Special: May the Fourth be with you
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May 03, 2018 |
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Ep #55: Palpatine & the Erosion of Democracy
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Apr 26, 2018 |
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Beltway Banthas Live at Awesome Con: Star Wars Multimedia Empire
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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Ep #54: DJ & The Politics of Self Interest
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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Redemption in Star Wars (Live from Awesome Con)
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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Ep #53: Poe, Holdo, and Gender Politics of The Last Jedi
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Mar 29, 2018 |
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Interview: Jon Lovett of Pod Save America
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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Ep #52: Nazis, Communists, Fascists, and Star Wars
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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Beltway Banthas Interview: Dan Wallace of The Rebel Files
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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Ep #51: Rey, Kylo and Political Force Discourse
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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Kristen Soltis Anderson on The Last Jedi, Reviews & Trolling
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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Ep #50: Celebrating Chancellor's Day
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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Beltway Banthas Interview: Stu Burguiere of The Glenn Beck Program
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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Ep #49: The People's Star Wars ft. Anthony Breznican
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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Beltway Banthas Interview: Star Wars author Ken Liu
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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Ep #47: Wealth, War and Canto Bight
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Jan 18, 2018 |
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Beltway Banthas Interview: Emperor Trumpatine
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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Ep #46: OMG The Last Jedi
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Jan 04, 2018 |
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Beltway Banthas & Friends: Live Show in Arlington
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Dec 14, 2017 |
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Ep #45: Operation Cinder & Star Wars Polls
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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Ep #44: The Last Jedi's Political Intrigue
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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An Important Message From Beltway Banthas
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Nov 23, 2017 |
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Interview: Clayton Sandell of ABC News
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Nov 18, 2017 |
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Ep #43: Palpatine, Manafort & Treason
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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Ep #42: Princess of Alderaan
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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Interview: Looking for Leia (Dr. Annalise Ophelian)
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Oct 19, 2017 |
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Episode #41: I Will Make It Legal
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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Ep #40: The New Republic Era ft. Chuck Wendig
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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Holy Star Wars: Vader, Christ, Hate & Redemption
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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Ep #39: Lessons from Inferno Squad
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Sep 14, 2017 |
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Interview: Mike Cooper of Eleven-ThirtyEight
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Sep 07, 2017 |
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Ep #38: Galactic Peacekeepers ft. Steele Saunders
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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Interview: Vince Houghton of the International Spy Museum
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Aug 24, 2017 |
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Ep #37: The First Order's Fire & Fury
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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Return of the Masket: Amusing Ourselves Into Tyranny
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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Ep #36: Race, Representation & Reconciliation
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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Interview: David Barnes (Generation Opportunity) & Al Downs (Americans for Prosperity)
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Jul 27, 2017 |
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Ep #35: Politician Profile of Leia Organa
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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Interview: Graham Vyse (New Republic)
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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Ep #34: Defining Freedom in Star Wars
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Jul 06, 2017 |
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Interview: Andrew Heaton (Reason)
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Jun 29, 2017 |
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Ep #33: The Politics of Thrawn
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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Interview: Dave Summers (Americans For Prosperity)
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Jun 16, 2017 |
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Ep #32: The Politics of Disney (ft. Amy Ratcliffe)
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Jun 08, 2017 |
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Bonus Episode: AdmiralNick22 on Star Wars Political Cartography
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Jun 01, 2017 |
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Ep #31: Money In Galactic Politics (Part I)
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May 25, 2017 |
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Interview: Ben Domenech (The Federalist)
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May 18, 2017 |
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Ep #30: Mon Mothma - A Life of Public Service
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May 10, 2017 |
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Ep #29: Star Wars Military (Live panel from SWCO)
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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Beltway Banthas Special: Swara's Round Table (Live from Star Wars Celebration)
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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Ep #28: Budgets, Bombs & Bankers
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Apr 11, 2017 |
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Ep #27 : The Powerful Politics Of Padmé
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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Ep #26: Live at Oak City Comicon
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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Ep #25: The State of the Podcast Address
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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Ep #24: The Imperial Conundrum
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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Interview: Alexandra Petri (Washington Post)
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Feb 23, 2017 |
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Ep #23: Beltway Banthas Meets NPR Politics
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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Ep #22: Don't Tax My Trade Routes Bro
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Feb 02, 2017 |
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Interview: U.S. Congressman Derek Kilmer
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Jan 26, 2017 |
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Ep #21: You Might Be A Separatist If....
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Jan 19, 2017 |
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Interview: Cheston Lee (Hillary For America)
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Jan 12, 2017 |
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Ep #20: The Politics of Rogue One
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Jan 04, 2017 |
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Ep #19: Rebellion & Radicals
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Dec 14, 2016 |
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Ep #18: Krennic vs Tarkin
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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Ep #17: Built On Hope (ft. Bobby Roberts)
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Nov 16, 2016 |
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Interview: Seth Masket (VOX)
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Nov 11, 2016 |
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Ep #16: Star Wars Goes To Washington
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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Beltway Banthas Holiday Special: The Politics of Costumes
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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Ep #15: Star Wars Propaganda
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Oct 20, 2016 |
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Interview: Eric Geller of POLITICO
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Oct 13, 2016 |
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Ep #14: Sounding Like A Separatist
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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Force Friday: A Force For Good
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Sep 29, 2016 |
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Ep #13: One Horny Politician
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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Ep #12: The Politics of Harrison Ford
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Sep 07, 2016 |
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Ep #11: Make Star Wars Great Again ft. Riley Blanton
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Aug 25, 2016 |
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Interview: Tamara Keith (NPR Politics)
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Ep #10: Wherefore Art Thou Daisy Ridley
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Aug 11, 2016 |
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Interview: NC-97 Rep. Jason Saine
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Aug 03, 2016 |
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Ep #9: The World According to Star Wars
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Jul 28, 2016 |
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Star Wars Celebration Roundup: Chats with Bryan Young & Riley Blanton
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Jul 21, 2016 |
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Ep #8: OMG #SWCE
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Jul 14, 2016 |
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Ep #7: I Love Democracy
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Jun 30, 2016 |
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Ep #6: Wherefore Art Thou "Newt" Gunray
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Jun 15, 2016 |
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Ep #5: Bloodline
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Jun 02, 2016 |
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Interview: Kristen Soltis Anderson (The Pollsters)
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May 20, 2016 |
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Ep #4: Mourn Them Do Not
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May 19, 2016 |
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Ep #3: I Am The Senate
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May 05, 2016 |
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Ep #2: It Was A Very Good Morning America
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May 01, 2016 |
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Ep #1: Pilot
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May 01, 2016 |