What do muffins, tomatoes, and the abstract concept of time all have in common? They have articles on Wookiepedia, and in this week’s episode of ANDORKS, we’ll read them with writer, comedian, and cohost of “The Bechdel Cast” Caitlin Durante!

Caitlin shares the story of discovering the original trilogy on Western Pennsylvania TV and how the show helped her to realize her political growth into a leftist.

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Listen to The Bechdel Cast! And especially their episode on the Star Wars prequels

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Produced & edited by Rusteen Honardoost

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Patrick Willems may have retired from talking about Star Wars but Andorks has pulled him back for one last job: discussing the midpoint of “The Eye!” We’ll answer important topics like how ET canonically voted to dissolve the senate, the travesty that there are no Syril Karn action figures, and how the wacky Gilroy brothers pulled off one of the most radical scenes ever depicted on television.

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Read Mike Francesa on Nobel-winner Kazuo Ishiguro

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We’re back for another 7 minutes of Andor, this time with New York Times and /Film writer Rafael Motamayor. A true connosieur of Star Wars, Rafael speaks to how the animated series kept Star Wars alive for a generation of fans, and why Andor fans should check them out. We then return to Aldhani to find Jayhold Beehaz being a very bad dad, olfactory racism, and various biological phenomena.

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Read Rafael’s NYT story “The Voice of a Hundred Faces:” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/arts/television/star-wars-the-bad-batch.html

Read Rafael’s interview of Genndy Tartakovsky: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/genndy-tartakovsky-rules-of-primal-258094.html

Read Rafael’s work on /Film: https://www.slashfilm.com/author/rafaelmotomayor/

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This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them! Two guests, that is! Jake Serwin and Ian Rhine from “Pod Casty For Me” are here to discuss the opening 7 minutes of S1E6 “The Eye.” PCFM is diving through the filmography of Stephen Soderbergh, so we start by exploring Soderbergh’s abandoned Ben Solo sequel film before introducing Imperial Commandant Jayhold Beehaz, the Empire’s Free Speech Zone, and why Libertarians love this show.

You can find Pod Casty For Me on Apple Podcasts and at https://www.podcastyforme.com/

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Support PCFM on Patreon at https://patreon.com/PodCastyForMe

Watch Rusteen’s film “Kaiju Kid” on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wtoEfao_b4w?si=FA6UBDhQAqBwLIDz

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It’s lights out on S1E5 as we welcome No Proscenium contributor, Immersive theater connoisseur, and “Survivor” contestant Anthony Robinson onto ANDORKS. Anthony is locked and loaded with a trip report from his time on the Galactic Starcruiser, why kids love the First Order, and Syril’s collection of Funko Pops.

Read Anthony’s work on NoProscenium here: https://www.noproscenium.com/author/anthony-robinson/

Listen to Anthony’s episode of “Beyond the Torch” here: https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/survivor-fijis-anthony-robinson-beyond-the-torch/id1828430628?i=1000738236121

Watch Rusteen’s short film Kaiju Kid here: https://youtu.be/wtoEfao_b4w?si=E1HEAHNtykkMLGNY

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There’s no crying in phaseball!

Cohost of Minor League Baseball’s “The Show Before The Show” Sam Dykstra joins Andorks to talk about what sports and nerd fandom have in common, Max Rebo’s Nebraska album, and if the Empire is on the gold standard as we discuss the halfway point of the Aldhani arc.

Check out “The Show Before The Show” wherever you find podcasts

Follow Sam on Bluesky @samdykstramilb, on Twitter @SamDykstraMiLB, and on Instagram @samddykstra

Watch Rusteen’s short film Kaiju Kid here: https://youtu.be/wtoEfao_b4w?si=E1HEAHNtykkMLGNY

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Former DSA LA steering member and current arts and cultural worker Benina Stern joins ANDORKS to talk about the history of jizz music, how to organize radicals like Nemik, the Allies plans to take down Hitler, and finally get to the bottom of whether or not Watto is a Jewish stereotype.

If you’re in LA, you can help fight fascism by signing up for ICE Watch at a local Home Depot with DSA LA!

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“Warrior Nun” writer and a veritable historian of the television medium Brenden Gallagher joins us to discuss the what you can learn about parenting from the Mothma household, the power of a well written monologue, and why every revolution needs class traitors. Shout outs to Naomi Klein and her book “Shock Doctrine” for perhaps inspiring Nemik’s now famous rant about Imperial overreach, and to Jennifer Welch for sticking it to Hakeem Jeffries.

Follow Brenden on Bluesky @brendenmgallagaher, his wife Claire on IG @clairecdowns, and come see the Nepo Baby Talent Show at the UCB Theater in LA!

Unfortunately Northern Exposure is no longer available on any streaming services as of this episode.

And watch Rusteen's film "Kaiju Kid" on YouTube now: https://youtu.be/wtoEfao_b4w?si=NJPWCHJDobEPbYbm

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