THE AHSOKA PROBLEM: D. tries to watch the most recent Disney+ Star Wars show, Ahsoka, and while he enjoys it he can't help feeling like he's missing a lot of important context and information.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - Dan really wants to like Ahsoka.
(21:35) A brief sojourn into discussing episodic vs. serialized television
(32:14) Star Wars homework vs. Marvel homework
(43:05) Outro - "Say Something Nice" and Highlander 2: The Quickening
(46:28) Outtakes

"SAY SOMETHING NICE": D. Bethel proposes a new idea for a podcast or a segment on the show.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "Of Underwear Models & Wayward Sons" (11 September 2014): Where our hosts discuss the benefits and deficits between serialized and episodic televised storytelling.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• A More Civilized Age, "Knights of the Old Republic 01" - the Star Wars: Rebels podcast that paused on their discussion of the show (due to the onset of the writer's strike) and instead played through Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
• Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

AD&D (ANDREW, DUNGEONS, & DRAGONS): Andrew, after years away, gets drawn into a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Planescape adventure and shares his thoughts on how the game looks after having avoided it for so long.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - The dangers of COVID broadcasting

(01:35) Andrew's new D&D adventure adventure

(51:02) Outro - Jon Stewart returns to The Daily Show

(55:16) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "The Space Dog and Bacchus Show" (21 August 2014): Where Andrew first experiments with Dungeons & Dragons' 5th Edition open beta, DnDNext.
• "Some Solid Copy" (31 July 2015): Where our hosts discuss Jon Stewart's departure from The Daily Show.
• "Choose Your Weapon" (31 July 2020): Where Andrew discusses the documentary, Secret of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• “Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
• “District Four” by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
• Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

WEEK IN SICK: Andrew's back after being ill and he has some stuff to share! This week, he talks about watching five seasons of the CBS reboot of Magnum, P.I. and how it not only connects with the original show, but how it connects to all of CBS' reboot shows (Hawaii Five-O, and Macgyver). D. Bethel, who was not sick, talks briefly about starting the throwback JRPG, Sea of Stars, by Sabotage Studio. (Thank you to Kyrun Silva for helping out at the beginning of the episode!)

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro - Andrew returns and talks about having COVID again.
(05:35) Andrew's Week in Sick: Magnum, P.I.
(27:12) D. Bethel's Week in Not-Sick: Sea of Stars
(34:52) Outro - Sausage Update
(39:09) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "Mr. Moustache" (21 September 2018): Where Andrew first discusses the Magnum, P.I. reboot.
• "Wet Shirt Feels" (16 August 2019): Where D. Bethel shares his thoughts about Sabotage Studio's previous––and very different––game, The Messenger.
• "Sad News Theme" (28 February 2020): Where Andrew talks about the Macgyver reboot.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
• Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• "Hot Pausin'" Written and performed by Glenn & D. Bethel

THE STROMAN ARGUMENT: Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics and the 4 Tales Podcast joins D. Bethel for this week's show and they talk a bit about some recent guests Kyrun has had on his podcast.

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Kyrun dives into Alan Moore's celebrated run on DC Comics' Swamp Thing while D. Bethel is awestruck by Godzilla Minus One (though, technically, he watched Godzilla Minus One Minus Color).

Follow Kyrun on the following services:

• Taurus Comics on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok
• 4 Tales Podcast on YouTube, and Facebook

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - Welcome, Kyrun Silva!
(11:20) Kyrun's Week in Geek: Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
(21:10) D. Bethel's Week in Geek: Godzilla Minus One Minus Color
(42:46) Outro - A Mini Con Artists
(46:25) Outtakes

RELEVANT LINKS:

• 4 Tales Podcast Live from Crocker Con 2023 (featuring D. Bethel and Robert Love).
• "Godzilla Fhtagn": an essay about the 2014 American production, Godzilla, and its Lovecraftian overtones by D. Bethel.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
• Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/