Six Degrees of Star Wars
Even before it became the property of a monstrously big corporation that started putting it everywhere, Star Wars was everywhere. Join us on a journey as we take the hyperspace lanes out of a galaxy far, far away and into other movies, finding all the ways George Lucas' flagship franchise surrounds us, binds us, and penetrates us.
Episodes
33 episodes since 2021
To James Earl Jones, With Love
I was able to get a few of my friends together to say a small farewell and thank you to James Earl Jones for his contributions to Star Wars and the performing arts in general.Thank you to Syd, Ellie, and Shami for being there with me.Op...
September 17, 2024
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Season 3
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27:34
Ep. 29: Girlbosses Gatekeep GASLIGHT (1944)
We break the seal on classic Hollywood by looking at the Oscar-winning GASLIGHT, a movie so iconic it inspired a psychological term that the internet has almost completely robbed of meaning. Take a shot every time we call Paula Alq...
September 14, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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55:43
Ep. 28: Bodies Bodies Bodies Hit the Floor
What better way to end the summer than with a party at a secluded mansion during a hurricane with no electricity, no cell service, and the guests are a collection of Gen Z kids who keep turning up dead with no clue who the killer is? <...
August 31, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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58:37
Ep. 27: Nimona Sends Us To Therapy
The webcomic by ND Stevenson survives development hell against all odds to become an animated gem... one that is totally not touching a lot of feelings for our host and assembled guests and making us all cry. Absolutely not.ND's Nimona ...
August 17, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:00:33
Ep. 26: Yeelen (1987) Shines Bright
We are here to talk about a gem of Malian cinema, and tripping over our own words as we try to sound smart and also fight against the ingrained cultural biases as products of the West! Results may vary, but sometimes, the journey is what matter...
August 03, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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44:22
Ep. 25: The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil, The Thirst
Sam and Shami take a very eager look at Lee Won-tae's 2019 crime thriller, starring Ma Dong-Seok as a gangster who utterly steals the movie, and our attention (Our apologies for our inability to be normal). There are also multiple invocations o...
July 20, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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44:12
Ep. 24: Cutting Down The Bushido Blade
Hey, a movie with James Earl Jones, Toshirō Mifune, and Mako! About samurai! This should be cool, right?PLUGGABLES:Ellie: @elessar42 on Twitter and Medium and @football-in-tuxedos on Tumblr, Podcasting's Biggest Night available wherever...
July 06, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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49:45
Ep. 23: Singing Out With The Color Purple (2023)
Since 1982, The Color Purple has gotten a Pulitzer Prize, put on banned book lists, adapted and revived for the stage, and now it's on its second visit to the big screen, courtesy of Blitz the Ambassador. But is the Force with it?Content wa...
June 24, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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45:27
Ep. 22: BOUND (1996), Out, and Proud
Happy Pride! Let's celebrate with the directorial debut of the Wachowski Sisters... this better not awaken anything in EVERYONE WHO HAS LIKED GIRLS EVER.PLUGGABLESGrady: @snakebitcat on all socialsEllie: @elessar42 on Twitter an...
June 08, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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59:37
Ep. 21: American Graffiti Needs a Better Tag
THX 1138 is the overlooked eldest child, Star Wars is the attention-stealing youngest child, and today, we examine George Lucas' middle-child thinly-veiled memoir/coming-of-age movie, American Graffiti.PLUGGAB...
May 25, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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57:17
The Incomplete Archives (Part 1)
No new episode this week, so instead, enjoy this collection of outtakes!
May 14, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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21:41
Episode 20 is Episode 6 (Return of the Jedi)
May the Fourth Be With You! We're finishing out the Original Trilogy with Addie Greenberg-Sud and Michelle Turner, so strap into your speeder bikes, pop a squat by the Sarlaac pit, and let's get into it!Star Wars Minus Star Wars, by Kyle Ka...
May 04, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:15:43
Ep. 19: Inherent Vice Mines of Kessel
We celebrate 4/20 with the least out-there stoner movie option on our roster, Paul Thomas Anderson's INHERENT VICE. That said, there were jokes about bananas, calls to dismantle the current sociopolitical system, complaints about Ronald Reagan,...
April 20, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:07:27
Ep.18: Reading Up on The Book of Life
Grab your sword, guitar, or adorable pig, we're taking a look at The Book of Life, a passion project for Jorge R. Gutierrez. We are not responsible for any deals you made with aesthetically cool psychopomps.Pluggables: River: R...
April 06, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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48:49
Ep.17: Polite Society is a Riot
From the acclaimed writer/director of WE ARE LADY PARTS, comes POLITE SOCIETY, a movie with martial arts, pretty dresses, commentary on social hierarchy and pressures to conform to norms, girl bosses, girl failures, and girl feels. So we got 4 ...
March 23, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:08:32
Ep.16: Straightening Out A Wrinkle in Time
Happy Women's History Month (brought to you by a very meme-able "sponsor"*)! We crossed the galaxy to revisit A Wrinkle In Time, the 2018 movie directed by Ava DuVernay, and try to untangle all the mess around the movie, includin...
March 09, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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58:31
Ep.15: Red Tails Squadron
Who's up for fighting Nazis and fighting systemic racism this Black History Month? Back in 2012, Lucasfilm brought us RED TAILS, a fictionalized action-adventure with the Tuskegee Airmen. Does the movie earn a Presidential Unit Citation like th...
February 24, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:04:10
Ep.14: The Pwincess Bwide is What Bwings Us Togevva Today
There's a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It'd be a pity not to watch this one.Andy Karl's Princess Bride Demos:https://www.tumblr.com/fuckyeahandykarl/466461249/as-you-wishhttps://www.tumblr.com/fuckyeahandykarl/46646...
February 10, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:07:53
Episode 13: May the Force be Willow (2022)
Willow (2022) may be locked in the deepest corners of the Disney Vault where none may view it, but Sam, Jas, and Shami recorded this episode months ago, back when it could still be watched, and Warwick Davis was right, it's embarrassin...
January 29, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:11:34
Episode 12: Hooked on The Lure
CONTENT WARNINGS CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21677Happy New Year! Who wants three queer femme disasters talking about a Polish horror movie musical based on The Little Mermaid, featuring the first appearance o...
January 13, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:01:27
Episode 11: Hitchhiker's Guide to A Galaxy Far Far Away
The answer to life, the universe, and everything may be 42, but we need to delve deeper to find the answer to a different Ultimate Question: whether the Force is with the 2005 film adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
December 30, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:07:30
Episode 10 is Episode 5 (The Empire Strikes Back)
Two Degree Zeros in a row? That's not true! That's impossible! Sam taps Bryan and Grady to visit the movie most people call the best Star Wars movie... is it though? Let's alter the deal, sing the praises of Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissi...
December 16, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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53:44
Episode 9: A Not So Special Holiday Episode
And you thought The Rise of Skywalker was the worst thing to happen to an Episode 9. We are joined by Ellie, Shami, and Dave to explore the utter madness of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special. Nothing shows the spirit of the holida...
December 02, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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58:02
Episode 8: Newsies (2017) Stop the Pod
Content warning for discussions of racism, ableism, and antisemitism as standard in the 19th century.We observe the tentative agreement by finally getting to cover the 2017 filmed stage production of Newsies, with plenty of fan jokes, d...
November 25, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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55:29
Episode 7: The AMPTP is on The Menu
We return to the tangled web of Star Wars connections with 2022's not-literal eat-the-rich thriller/horror/comedy, The Menu, to talk about worker exploitation, final girls, theoretical stage adaptations, and, of course, cheese...
November 18, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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56:07