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How Star Wars Is It? - Not Really a Star Wars Podcast
This is not really a Star Wars podcast. On each episode of this important and definitive review podcast, Josiah and Mike examine a movie, a book, or literally anything else, and give it a rating--not of how good it is...but of how STAR WARS it is. Tune in every Wednesday and May the Fourth be with you.
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- How Star Wars Is It? - Not Really a Star Wars Podcast
Ep 401: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
We've talked about this movie semi-frequently over the years, and now it's time to FINALLY talk about it. It's insane! We also discover a NEW game! Matt Libs!…
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Ep 400: CD
We didn't do anything TOO crazy for this milestone episode. But it is a roman numeral joke, which is pretty crazy in itself. Also the last half gets RIBALD. So…
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Ep 399: The Fog (1980)
In this house, we LOVE John Carpenter. John is John is John is John is John. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on…
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Ep 398: Backrooms (2026)
You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms, but since all platforms are kind of evil now, you should…
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Ep 397: Europe
Yes! Europe the continent! Mike was just there, okay?? You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms, but…
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Ep 396: Concert A (440 Hz)
Our most niche episode yet?? Possibly. Good news though, this basically ends up being a spiritual sequel to the episode about the number 12, so get ready for…
- How Star Wars Is It? - Not Really a Star Wars Podcast
Ep 395: Out from Behind the Paywall: A Patreon Double Feature!
Mike is traveling so here's a couple of Patreon episodes from behind the paywall! These two are some recent absolute faves that we really enjoyed, and we hope…
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Ep 394: Magneto
It's time for another character. No, not a game, not an email...a CHARACTER. What can I say, Magneto's just been on my mind lately. You can contact the show at…
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Ep 393: Widow's Bay, Season 1
Do you want three distinct tangents in the last 15 minutes of the show?? Then THIS is the episode for you. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com…
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Ep 392: Balatro
Mike finally downloaded Balatro! Woohoo! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms, but since all…
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Ep 391: Where the Wild Things Are (the children's book)
I felt I needed to specify in the parenthetical that we're covering the children's book because we've 1) never covered a children's book before and 2) never…
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Ep 390: Computers
Another late episode, or at this point, is it early? Hard to say. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all…
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Ep 389: Board Games
This episode was supposed to go up last Wednesday, so sorry for yet another late upload. This week's episode will be up soon. Sorry y'all. You can contact the…
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Ep 388: Weddings (again) (accidentally)
This is a first time for the show. We...well...if you're listening to this and thinking this sounds familiar, wait 'til the end and discover our mistake with…
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Ep 387: Costco
Sorry again again for another late episode, and sorry for two short ones. Moving and dogs and you know how it is. Anyway, this one's almost a week late, so…
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Ep 386: Pinball
Sorry AGAIN this episode was supposed to go up last week but life got in the way! There will be another new episode this week coming in the next few days to…
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Ep 385: you look pretty sad for a girl so in love by Olivia Rodrigo
Sorry everyone, this episode went up last week and was promptly taken down and then I forgot to dispute the copyright claim, so we're trying this again! You…
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*SPOILERS* Ep 384: Obsession (2026) *SPOILERS*
We know, we know! A movie was getting a lot of buzz, we both saw it a week later, we recorded the episode a week after that, we released the episode two weeks…
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Ep 383: tick, tick...BOOM!
Honestly I have no idea how this episode ended up being an hour and a half long. We just unfortunately love talking about musicals AND going on tangents, a…
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Ep 382: Octet
Don't worry, yes we're talking about Dave Malloy's off Broadway hit Octet for Junesical Theatre month, but we DO reserve the last 20 minutes of a bonus length…
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Ep 381: Avenue Q
Junesical theatre month continues as we discuss another classic that we somehow haven't talked about yet! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com…
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Ep 380: Wicked (the musical)
It's June-sical Theatre Month! Everyone's favorite musical theatre themed summer tradition from everyone's favorite Star Wars review podcast that isn't really…
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Ep 379: Yard Sales
There there, don't worry. A themed month is coming up SO soon, sssssh, it's okay. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us…
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Ep 378: College
AKA UNIIIII You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms, but since all platforms are kind of evil now, you…
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Ep 377: Our Phones
Listen. It's been getting harder and harder to come up with episode topics lately! We're in the "looking around the room and saying what we see" stage of…
- How Star Wars Is It? - Not Really a Star Wars Podcast
Ep 376: Ready or Not (2019) (zoom zoom)
Josiah finally saw a movie that Mike recommended years ago, so thanks to our witchly contract, we had to cover it! And by cover it I mean mostly talk about old…
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Ep 375: Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie (2026)
Oops we saw the same movie again, so you know what that means! An episode about said movie! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us…
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Ep 374: Driving
Sometimes, as a podcaster, you have to dig down deep into the creative juice well and pull out a topic that's just so next level that you can't believe you…
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Ep 373: 4/20
This is probably our latest upload yet, but hey! Given the subject matter, it feels kind of appropriate?? You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com…
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Ep 372: Project Hail Mary (2026)
Folks, we were waaaay ahead of the curve on this one, we've been talking about this book for YEARS, so of course we had to cover the movie! And! We liked it!…
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Ep 371: How Star Trek is It?'s Series Finale: Star Wars
Don't look at the date this was posted! That won't give you ANY clues. Don't do it! This is just a normal episode of our normal podcast that we always do! You…
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Ep 370: Silly Bandz
This one, predictably, gets a little silly. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms, but since…
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Ep 369: 12 (twelve)
GET IT??????? DO YOU GUYS GET IT????? Hey, our first number! And we're glad it's a really good one. 12. Twelve. XII. Who woulda thought. You can contact the…
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Ep 368: Send Help (2026)
The name of this episode is not a coded message! We are fine and we are not losing our minds! And hey! We both watched the same movie! Would you look at that!…
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Ep 367: Email
What's that?? You wanted another weird and silly episode topic?? We gotcha covered. And shoot, I'm not sure if we did a 6 7 reference in the show so here's…
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Ep 366: Captain Jean-Luc Picard
We've heard your plea! The episodes haven't been insane enough lately! So we made this one EXTRA stupid, just for you! You can contact the show at…
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Ep 365: A Year
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred diiiiapers. Five hundred twenty five thousand diapers so siiiick. Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred…
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Ep 364: The Airport
We had travel on the mind I guess! Join us as we descend into the insane liminal space of the airport. And follow along as Josiah puts Mike through his most…
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Ep 363: Moving Threevisited aka Mouth Arms
We're diving back into the DEEP well that is moving. Why?? Because it's all encompassing and it sucks! We do finally get into what Josiah's first body mod…
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Ep 362: The Food Pyramid: Milk, Yogurt, & Cheese Group (2-3 Servings); Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, & Nuts Group (2-3 Servings); & Fats, Oils, & Sweets (Use Sparingly)
We're flying real close to the sun here with the podcast title character limit on this one, PHEW. Our little mini-series on the '90s food pyramid ends this…
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Ep 361: The Food Pyramid: Vegetable Group (3-5 Servings) & Fruit Group (2-4 Servings)
We're climbing to the second level of the food pyramid this week and talking fruits and veggies! We definitely stay on topic the entire time too. And we…
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Ep 360: The Food Pyramid: Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta Group (6-11 servings)
If you're ever time traveling to the 90s and early 00s and you can't remember what the USDA recommended nutritional intake for the day looks like, NEVER FEAR…
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Ep 359: A 2025 Retrospective
Sorry for the audio mess up, we've reuploaded a hopefully fixed version! We had fun with last year's recommitment ceremony episode to start off the year (that…
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Ep 358: The Boy and the Heron (2023)
The final episode of the final month of the year. That's right. It's time to cover Hiyao Miyazaki's penultimate film thus far, The Boy and the Heron. Thanks…
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Ep 357: A Holiday Patreon Extravaganza!
We needed a little holiday break, so please enjoy two recent Patreon episodes we really enjoyed, out from behind the paywall! From a few months ago, please…
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Ep 356: The Star Wars Holiday Special
This episode takes us on quite the journey folks. Because you may be thinking, haven't they talked about this topic before? We were wondering the same thing!…
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Ep 355: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The special month of specials continues! This time with the Rankin and Bass holiday special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! It's so cute, and so is this…
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Ep 354: Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
It's that special time of year, so we decided to do something special, and cover specials! First up, the classic animated special, How the Grinch Stole…
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Ep 353: The Wind Rises (2013)
It's Miyazaki time! His penultimate movie (thus far) The Wind Rises! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all…
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Ep 352: Paranormal Activity: A New Play, Live on Stage
We saw the same play here in Chicago! So go back in time and come here and see it so you understand what we're talking about! Also sorry it's a short ep y'all…
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Ep 351: Hunting Wives
What's that?? We serendipitously watched the same thing again?? Buckle up, cuz we did it a FEW times, so that's now the theme for the month! Stuff we both…
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Ep 350: One Battle After Another (2025) with Michael DeLaney
The council has convened. Three white boys, here to talk about the latest PTA movie. None of whom know that much about PTA but all of whom did like this movie…
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Ep 349: Ponyo (2008)
This month we're covering the CUTEST of the Miyazaki films, Ponyo! We play the IMDB game and also play a mini accidental game in the middle where we pitch a…
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Ep 348: Vampires
Our last spooky stock character of the month before we get to Miyazaki's most CHILLING film. And we finish up the Matt the Monster Hunter RPG mini series. You…
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Ep 347: Zombies
Scary characters/creatures month continues with zombies! And we of course get to check in with Matt the Monster Hunter to see how he'll handle this undead…
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Ep 346: Ghosts
Our month long exploration of spooky Halloweeny creatures continues, this week with ghosts! And there's another installment of the Matt the Monster Hunter RPG…
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Ep 345: Witches
It's time to get SPOOKY! All month long we're talking about classic Halloween stock characters. This week? Witches! And the first installment in the Matt the…
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Ep 344: Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Miyazaki time, you lucky babies! This week it's Howl's Moving Castle. We're coming up on the end of the year, only a few more of these left, so enjoy them…
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Ep 343: Weapons (2025)
Two episodes in one week?? Well we had to make good after missing last week, didn't we! So enjoy this fun ep about one of the better movies that we've seen…
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Ep 342: Too Much with Bethany Remely
Sorry about the SUPER late episode y'all. This one was supposed to come out last Wednesday, but life is crazy sometimes. And don't worry, you'll still get the…