Here is this week’s Podcasts in Review, starting with the top five and honorable mentions, then moving on to the full reviews.
This Week’s Top Five
- Brews and Blasters Episode 221
- Blast Points Podcast Episode 184
- What The Force? Power of Myth & Symbolism: Shadow
- Creative Processing Originality & Imitation
- Grand Moff Talkin’ Episode 109
Honorable Mentions
- Making Tracks Episode 22 includes an interview with Anthony Daniels
Now here is this week’s Podcasts in Review…
Beltway Banthas: Episode 71 Stephen and Nick DiColandrea talk about the Democratic presidential candidates, the younger generation and Star Wars, Padme’s views on the Separatists and having doubts, party beliefs vs person beliefs, and their bantha fodder for the week. Good episode.
Podcast Network: RetroZap
Runtime: 1 hour 11 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Stephen Kent
Rating: Good
Blast Points Podcast: Episode 184 goes over the news, the trailer for Star Wars Resistance season two, Rian Johnson news, and the Obi-Wan rumors. Then they go over the Troy Denning Legends novel Tatooine Ghost. They talk about the story, share highlights from the book, touch on Leia’s dreams and how the Force speaks to her, Kittster, Wald, Odi Mandrell and Watto’s appearances, Shmi’s journal, and even Beru’s sister. Great discussion on why the book is worth checking out.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 59 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Jason, and Gabe
Rating: Great
Brews and Blasters: Episode 221 they talk about hard Italian soda, food, they talk about the trailer for Star Wars Resistance season two, go over another alien from the Star Wars aliens book, and then Chris does a deep dive into his trip to Galaxy’s Edge at Disney World. He talks about the sites, the food, the drinks, the merch, the shops, Oga’s, and the Falcon ride. Great recap. Afterwards, Joe touches a bit on the book A Crash of Fate. Fun episode.
Podcast Network: Retrozap
Runtime: 52 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Joe, and Chris
Rating: Great
Comic Book Noob: The Kitchen they talk about the comic, what it’s about, and the movie. Good episode.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 24 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Scott, Matt, and Regina
Rating: Good
Creative Processing: Originality & Imitation is the first episode of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new podcast and this one features special guest Rian Johnson. They tackle the ideas of originality and imitation, working in genre, bringing in originality, and playing with language. They talk about his films Brick, a little bit of Looper and they touch on The Last Jedi just a little (not much at really), and they wrap the episode up with a little cereal talk. There’s some F-bombs, so fair warning. It’s an interesting conversation.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 1 minute
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Rating: Good
Doing Talking: Episode 59 goes over the comments from Don Williams on the score length of The Rise of Skywalker, the trailer for Star Wars Resistance season two, the Obi-Wan rumors, and discusses Ben Solo.
Podcast Network: The Audio Geekdom
Runtime: 50 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Madison Thames
Rating: Good
Fangirls Going Rogue: Episode 19.9 features Tricia, Teresa, Sarah, and Sandra as they go over the news, the Mattel Star Wars Barbies, SDCC stuff, Deadline report on Children of Blood and Bone, then they talk about resiliency and Star Wars. They also have an interview with Ashley Eckstein at the 1:03 mark. Good episode.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Sarah, Teresa, and Tricia
Rating: Good
Fly Casual: Episode 236 features guest Josh as they talk about pooping in front of their wives, a little Thrawn: Treason (no spoilers), D&D stuff, TV shows, DC news, Galaxy’s Edge attendance, and other news. Then they do a full on discussion for the film The Hudsucker Proxy (full spoilers).
Podcast Network: Betterkind Media
Runtime: 1 hours 33 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Corey, Garrick, Mike, and Steve
Rating: Okay
Fly Casual: Episode 237 is their boozecast and includes guest Josh. First they talk some Dead Poet’s Society, The Boys, Bioshock, Venom 2, Supergirl and Batgirl, and the 20th anniversary of The Matrix. Then they share drinking stories and they go over their drinks of choice of the night as they share some of their favorites and whether they’re any good or not. Good episode for some alcohol recommendations.
Podcast Network: Betterkind Media
Runtime: 2 hours 29 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Corey, Garrick, Mike, and Steve
Rating: Fun
Friends of the Force: From A Certain Point of View: Johnamarie Macias Brad talks with Johnamarie about podcasting with her mom, getting to go out to Lucasfilm, her fandom and Star Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and Star Wars Resistance.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 15 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Brad Whipple
Rating: Good
Galactic War Report: Episode 167 Sean solos the episode as he talks about news, Star Wars Resistance ending and why they should include that in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, more Obi-Wan rumors, Bossk and Jawa team, other new stuff in the game, and current meta. Good episode.
Podcast Network: Radio Free Tatooine
Runtime: 41 minutes
Audio Quality: Good
Production Quality: Good
Host: John, and Sean
Rating: Good
Grand Moff Talkin’: Episode 109 is another edition of Fan Fiction Theater. This week they do an audio dramatization for one of Riley’s Star Wars fan fics. Fun episode.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 51 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Jake, Jasmin, and Riley
Rating: Fun
Grand Moff Talkin’: EMERGENCY! Re: Grand Moff Talkin’ is a short little episode discussing the existence of another podcast with the same name.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 17 minutes
Audio Quality: Good
Production Quality: Good
Hosts: Jake, Jasmin, and Riley
Rating: Good
Lords of the Sith: Episode 28 is hosted by Mary and Denise as they talk about the upcoming comic The Rise of Kylo Ren.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 16 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Denise, Lee, and Mary
Rating: Good
Making Tracks: Episode 22 includes interviews with Anthony Daniels, Dilu Miah, Brian Muir and Matthew Dale. Good episode. Nice interview with Anthony Daniels.
Podcast Network: Fantha Tracks Radio
Runtime: 52 minutes
Audio Quality: Good to Great
Production Quality: Good to Great
Hosts: Dave, and Mark
Rating: Good
Obroa-skai Walkers: Shatterpoint – Chapters 6-9 goes over a random Wookieepedia article, then they get into their book discussion. Good episode.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Ben, and Cole
Rating: Good
Skywalking Through Neverland: Episode 256 goes over attendance at Galaxy’s Edge, thoughts for improvement, then they talk about the 50th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion with guest Jeff Baham. They go over the history of the attraction and more. Then they have on guests Marcus and Lisa who talk about their trip to Galaxy’s Edge at Walt Disney World.
Podcast Network: Skynet
Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Richard, and Sarah
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1868 covers the trailer for Star Wars Resistance season two, the voice actors, and the characters.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 10 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1869 goes over new excerpt for Black Spire.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 10 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1870 goes over the Obi-Wan rumor.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 10 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1871 goes over some updates on Rian Johnson, and Benioff and Weiss.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 8 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1872 is an update on The Rise of Skywalker and goes over Don William’s comments on the score.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 9 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1873 goes over the info revealed about Resistance Reborn.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 8 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1874 goes over the former Rebel leaders that could help the Resistance.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 8 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Talk Star Wars: Episode 180 they talk about the passing of podcaster Steve Kirk, go over listener feedback, and they talk about slugs, the Star Wars Resistance season two trailer, Star Wars story thoughts, toys and characters, release speed of the movies, D23, and some speculation/thoughts on The Rise of Skywalker.
Podcast Network: Star Wars Commonwealth
Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: Brad, and Rob
Rating: Good
Tatooine Sons: Star Wars Resistance Season 2 Trailer Breakdown they go over the trailer and announce they’ll be doing a podcast series called Rehashing The Resistance.
Podcast Network: MakingStarWars.net
Runtime: 25 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Good
Hosts: David, Nate, and Samuel
Rating: Good
Tatooine Sons: The Emperor’s Contingency Fully Revealed? they go over various Star Wars items, D23 stuff, listener feedback, and rumor about new super weapon.
Podcast Network: MakingStarWars.net
Runtime: 57 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: David, Nate, and Samuel
Rating: Good
TechnoRetro Dads: Dreams, Dreaming, and Dreamscape they go over dream jokes, the Obi-Wan news, cereal, and then they talk about the movie Dreamscape, and songs about dreams.
Podcast Network: Retrozap
Runtime: 1 hour 17 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: JediShua, and Shazbazzar
Rating: Fun
The Deucecast Movie Show: Episode 392 features Dave, Mikey, Dr. Earl and guests Jennifer Kaufman and Jennifer Novotny as they talk about D23 and Disney+.
Podcast Network: Retrozap
Runtime: 1 hour 8 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Dave, Mikey, and Dr. Earl
Rating: Good
The Skyhoppers Podcast: Episode CLX features Ben giving Ash the Diplomatic Corps Entrance Exams (ie. lots of Star Wars trivia questions).
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 17 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Ben, and Ash
Rating: Good
What The Force?: Power of Myth & Symbolism: Shadow features guest Ty Black as they talk about shadows (ie. baggage), Joseph Campbell and George Lucas, the shadow as the pull to the dark side, Bly, Yoda and Star Wars: The Clone Wars season six episodes when he fights his shadow, the need to accept the shadow rather than rejecting or destroying it, boys and girls and their shadows, and they dig into the psychology of it, projection and dream analysis, and they apply the ideas to Kylo Ren, Anakin, Rey, they go into a story that explores the ideas, and they extrapolate from there on other topics. It’s a rather lengthy discussion, but it’s some interesting stuff.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Marie-Claire Gould
Rating: Great
Wookiee Radio: Episode 122 features guests John Tyler Christopher, Jim and me as we join the regular hosts to talk about Mike’s trip to Galaxy’s Edge in Walk Disney World. He talks about the immersive factor, blue milk, the animatronics, the food, the Falcon ride, the cast members, Vi Moradi, and more. It’s a good discussion, but the audio quality is a bit spotty with some of the background noise. Still worth a listen.
Podcast Network: We Be Geeks Network
Runtime: 1 hour 11 minutes
Audio Quality: Okay
Production Quality: Good
Hosts: Derrick, Ken, and Mike
Rating: Good