Bonus Ep. 40: We’re Grown-Ups Watching Star Wars

We’re talking about season 1 of Andor with Catrina Dennis (@ohcatrina) and @celestialintent! Join us as we discuss what this Disney+ series gets right–and wrong–about Latine representation, the prison industrial complex, and creating a different storytelling tone for the franchise. Also, we dunk on Timm. IMPORTANT: Our charity for this one is Adriana’s Classroom Amazon Wishlist.

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Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on Stitcher, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for episode updates! Hosted by Chris SedorKate SedorRana LaPine, and Miranda Eldon. Audio and production by Ashton Jefferson. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

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Book Wars Pod Bonus Ep. 39: I Would Like to Throw a Baby

We’re bidding farewell to our founding producer/host, Kristen, as she prepares to embark on a new adventure: parenthood! Join us as we roast and toast Keeks, reminiscing about our favorite moments with her and her favorite things about Star Wars. Plus: How much clone stuff is too much clone stuff for a nursery?

 

To download this episode, click here.

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on Stitcher, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for episode updates! Hosted by Chris SedorKate SedorRana LaPine, and Miranda Eldon. Audio and production by Ashton Jefferson. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

Book Wars Pod, Episode 168: Sad Boy Padawans

On this episode, we’re starting our discussion of The Rising Storm by Cavan Scott. What’s the state of the galaxy one year after the Great Disaster? How are the Jedi slowly transitioning into the Order we see in The Phantom Menace? What are the Nihil up to?! Also, we roast Elzar Mann.

Charity for Rising Storm (Pride + we missed AAPI month):Prism Foundation
https://theprismfoundation.org/The Prism Foundation is dedicated to exploring critical issues that affect the Asian & Pacific Islander LGBTQIA+ community and supporting innovative programs and individuals seeking solutions to those issues. We provide academic scholarships to non-traditional API LGBTQIA+ students and core funding to under-resourced and underrepresented local community organizations and projects.

For a list of black-owned bookstores to order from, now and always, click here.

You can subscribe to Audible and purchase audiobooks through our affiliate banner below. Any proceeds will be donated to one of the causes we’ve highlighted in our episodes.

 

To download this episode, click here.

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on Stitcher, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for episode updates! Hosted by Chris SedorKate SedorRana LaPine, and Miranda Eldon. Audio and production by Kristen McDonell. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!

Book Wars Pod, Episode 163: Maybe You Get to Hang Out With Zombies

Join our ongoing discussion of Emma Mieko Candon’s Star Wars Visions: Ronin! This time, we talk about the book’s twisty ending, the identity of the mysterious voice, and the highly visual writing style.

For this book, we’re highlighting Black & Pink National. Black & Pink National is a prison abolitionist organization dedicated to abolishing the criminal punishment system and liberating LGBTQIA2S+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS who are affected by that system through advocacy, support, and organizing. You can donate to them here.

For a list of black-owned bookstores to order from, now and always, click here.

You can subscribe to Audible and purchase audiobooks through our affiliate banner below. Any proceeds will be donated to one of the causes we’ve highlighted in our episodes.

To download this episode, click here.

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on Stitcher, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for episode updates! Hosted by Chris SedorKate Sedor, Rana LaPine, and Miranda Eldon. Audio and production by Kristen McDonell. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!

Book Wars Pod, Episode 162: Corpses In the Corner

We continue our discussion of Star Wars Visions: Ronin by Emma Mieko Candon this week with a conversation about tangled motives, ways the alternate universe of this novel deviates from and coincides with canon, and the little things we appreciate about this book. Plus, we accidentally talk a lot about blood.

For this book, we’re highlighting Black & Pink National. Black & Pink National is a prison abolitionist organization dedicated to abolishing the criminal punishment system and liberating LGBTQIA2S+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS who are affected by that system through advocacy, support, and organizing. You can donate to them here.

For a list of black-owned bookstores to order from, now and always, click here.

You can subscribe to Audible and purchase audiobooks through our affiliate banner below. Any proceeds will be donated to one of the causes we’ve highlighted in our episodes.

To download this episode, click here.

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on Stitcher, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for episode updates! Hosted by Chris SedorKate Sedor, Rana LaPine, and Miranda Eldon. Audio and production by Kristen McDonell. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!