How Star Wars Is It? - Not Really a Star Wars Podcast

We recorded this after the original Corn Kid video came out but before the Corn Kid song remix thing started taking over the world, so we're releasing this really at the perfect time! Thankfully corn is still in the zeitgeist. Hopefully talking about Veggie Tales is also in the zeitgeist cuz you better believe we do. We also play a game where Mike has to guess the punchline to corny jokes. It's gr...

We're talking about pets this week! It's cute! And we play Only Connect! It's also cute! We're cute! Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to r...

We're covering another album this week, because we have a lot of fun doing albums, okay?? And this is a CLASSIC 30-something-year-old white boy album. Transatlanticism by Death Cab babyyyy. We kinda actually do our due diligence of discussing the album and comparing it to Star Wars and we play a fun game of Smash or Pass for each track on the album. It's a good time. Enjoy! You can contact the sho...

Is there an apostrophe in farmers' markets? Or is it just farmers markets. I don't know, The internet wasn't helpful. You be the judge. We're talking about farmers'/farmers markets this week on the show, because we just needed a topic that felt right, and this one did. We also play Chain Reaction and Mike weaves a beautiful tale of two kingdoms in the middle of it and it's great. Enjoy! You can co...

We're talking coffee this week, as we continue to discuss liquids and sometimes liquids on the show for some reason. And we did discover recently that every drink is water, so we're basically just doing water again, but with a little extra juice in it. And we play a fun Diners, Drive Ins and Dives inspired game that Josiah is really bad at. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmai...

We're covering the classic 1996 flick That Thing You Do because Mike and Josiah have both seen it a million times and somehow we haven't done an episode on it yet. Incredible. It's a great movie and a great episode. We Smash or Pass the whole soundtrack and play a little One Hit Wonder game. And we take about 15 minutes to get to the topic, you know, classic HSWII stuff.  You can contact the...

We’re covering ice cream this week on the show, because we haven’t seen the same tv show or movie recently, and it’s something we can both talk about for an hour. That’s the secret to this show really. Those of you who read the episode notes are now in on this secret with me. Treasure it. We also play Family Food! It’s fun. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @H...

This week we're finally covering the latest military propaganda Hollywood blockbuster legasequel to take the box office by storm: Top Gun: Maverick! We talk about how it's an incredible improvement over the original, about all those crazy stunts, and about how Tom Cruise is 60 YEARS OLD AND NEEDS TO CALM DOWN. We also play a game where we assign call signs to Star Wars characters and it's a lot of...

It’s back to random topics that we don’t have to watch something for or do a lot of research for this week as we discuss the universal solvent and world famous drink, water! This is a sure to be insta-classic HSWII episode, because it has everything. Diversions, baseless scientific guesses, TWO games, and a lot of parody lyrics of both that Lego Movie song AND of Company. Share this one with your...

We're finishing off Junesical theatre month this week with Sondheim's goriest work, Sweeney Todd. We somehow talk about Marvel for like half an hour too in there so enjoy that. And we play a game of finish the lyric and Mike does a very good job! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @...

It’s the third week of Junesical theatre month, our biannual celebration of the world of musical theatre, and we’re continuing our deep dive into Stephen Sondheim’s works this week with perhaps the most Sondheim work of them all, Sunday in the Park with George. We also play a very fun phonetics game and talk a LOT about art. It’s a classic HSWII ep. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gm...

It’s the second week of our second biannual Junesical Theatre Month where we discuss only musical theatre all month long, and this year we’re dialing down even further to discuss just the works of Stephen Sondheim. This week it’s Into the Woods, the fairy tale mashup extravaganza. How many times has Josiah been in it? Was one of the times super embarrassing? Tune into find out! And we close things...

Welcome to Junesical Theatre month, our apparently bi-yearly celebration of all things musical theatre! This year we’re dialing in and covering ONLY the works of the late great Stephen Sondheim. And what better place to start than the musical we love and can’t stop talking about recently, Company! We also have a special guest and fellow Company fan on the show this week to help us kick off Junesic...

We're covering another classic food this week because we ran out of new movies that we had both seen. It is a TEXTBOOK HSWII episode from beginning to end, with just enough diversions from the topic to keep it fun, but not toooo much to make it not make sense. And we draft the perfect burger for the game and it's great.  You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowSta...

We’re covering another album this week as we Smash or Pass our way through the Grammy Award winning An Evening with Silk Sonic. Josiah loves it and was obsessed with it during the time of recording. Does Mike like it or even care about it at all? Listen to find out! We also play the Spotify game! It’s a good time. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on...

*SPOILER WARNING* This episode contains spoilers for the new Doctor Strange movie! Don’t listen if you care about that kind of thing! *SPOILER WARNING* A somewhat timely episode?? For once?? We both saw the new Doctor Strange movie and we just had to get together ASAP to record an episode about it. There are of course, plenty of spoilers, but there’s also a lot of good bits, and a fun multiversal...

I promise this episode was timely when we recorded it, and we know it’s about a month late now, but we’re discussing the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once. We both really fell in love with this movie, as you’ll be able to tell from us being unable to stop talking about how good it is instead of how Star Wars it is. Everyone should go see it in theaters if they have the chance, and the less y...

This week we’re covering the latest Star Wars video game and the latest Lego video game, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Considering it contains all of the Star Wars movies in Lego form, this one gets a pretty high rating folks! We also play a classic real or fake involving Lego minifigures and discuss the frustrations of the glitches that have been present since launch. But overall, it’s a gr...

We’re jumping in the time machine AGAIN AGAIN even FURTHER back to discuss a 1976 episode of Columbo, and to discuss Columbo in general, with returning guest and Columbo super fan, C.J. Tuor. We get into the intricacies of the whodunnit vs the howcatchem, the greatness of Peter Falk, and Mike brings a murder mystery themed Only Connect. C.J. also makes a HUGE announcement for the upcoming Jackbox...

We’re jumping in the time machine AGAIN this time even further back to 2003, to Mike’s favorite adolescent hood movie, The Italian Job. Josiah had never seen it, and we spend a bonus episode’s length of time talking about this ridiculous movie. We also play the game Italian Job, Italian, Jobs and it’s not as confusing as it sounds. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @...

We’re jumping in the time machine and heading back to 2008 to discuss Lady Gaga’s debut album, The Fame. We’ve been wanting to cover more music on the show recently, and so we hope you enjoy this foray into an artistic medium that we enjoy a lot and don’t talk about enough! We Smash or Pass through the whole album and play a nice game of Alex-blank-der Blank-ilton at the end. I think that’s how we...

We have special guest Bethany Remely on the show today to discuss her niche area of expertise when it comes to our show, toxic men! Before it was the evil cult NXIVM, this week it's The Tinder Swindler, the recent documentary in a spate of many shows and movies Netflix has put out about fraudsters, liars, and general bad guys. We discuss how Star Wars is the Tinder Swindler, how the Tinder Swindle...

We're covering our first state this week with two, count 'em, TWO returning guests to the show. GOOD FRIENDS and also musical theatre writing duo Ethan Krupp and Dave Reddyk join the show this week to discuss Wisconsin, the state where they went to college. We discuss all things Wisconsin and Star Wars and along the way determine the most Star Wars state. Josiah also brings back the Baseball RPG f...

*SPOILERS* There are spoilers about a new movie in this episode, so avoid it if you care about that kinda stuff! *SPOILERS* DC came out with a new superhero movie and you KNOW we had to cover it as quickly as we could. Comic book correspondent and past and no doubt future guest of the show Michael DeLaney joins us this week as we discuss The Batman, DC’s latest try at making a Batman movie that pe...

We have a very special returning guest this week, our very own long-time listener, actor, and baker Angela Rak. She joins us this week to discuss fairy tales, folk tales, and fables to finally determine how Star Wars they are. Josiah also brings a classic fairy tale RPG for the game in which we meet two sure-to-be beloved new characters in the HSWII canon. You can contact the show at agoodpod...