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Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! Wow wow wow!!! We made it! 100 dang episodes! Can you believe it?? This is a long one folks because to celebrate 100 episodes, we decided to review 100 different topics! Does that sound wild?? Well, it is! We also couldn't have made it this far without all our wonderful friends and guests we've had on the show, so we got them to do mini-reviews of a topic of their choice as well! Thanks so much to Blaze Burke, Pete Byrne, Caitlyn Cerza, John Patrick Coan, Michael DeLaney, Allie Gospel, Charlie Irving, Ethan Krupp, Amber Linde, Angela Rak, Dave Reddyk, and Heather Scholl for joining in our celebration! You'll hear them chiming in every now and then throughout the episode. It's a fun and wacky episode y'all, so strap in and get comfy, because it's a long one. Here's to another 100 episodes! Disclaimer! If this is your first episode, maybe skip to a different one, because this is not our usual format! And if you're one of our regulars, thank you so much for getting us this far, w

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! Welcome back Hsweeties to the first episode we actually recorded in the new year. It's about Soul, the new joint from Pixar that is decidedly not a movie for kids! We get real deep in this one and Josiah says "quote unquote" too much and it was so annoying that he edited them out of the show! (Hi, it's me, Josiah. I write the notes. So don't worry, it's me being mean to myself. I don't know why I do them in third person but here we are.) Mike also brings another fantastic edition of the game Dern but this time it's called Soul. Also at one point, we talk about website domain prices for some reason. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah at josiahrobinson.biz and @JosiahDotBiz on social media. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show, feel free t

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! We hope everyone is staying safe and sane in these truly unprecedented times in the good old U. S. of A. For our non-U.S. listeners, consider yourselves lucky! Anyway, have some good dumb fun to take your mind off things with this week's episode! It's about the movie Josie and the Pussycats. Our special guest and good pal Dave Reddyk recommended we cover this, so Mike and Josiah watched it for the first time, and by golly, we all just really loved it. It's a long episode because we always go long when we have guests, but it's chock full of great music analysis, gushing over the movie, and of course some off-topic stories. And Mike brings the game, this time called Advertise Me Captain! and if you've seen the movie, you probably have a good idea what it's about. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah at josiahrobinson

Black lives matter! Wear a mask!  Happy New Year everyone! We finally left the real dumpster fire year of 2020 behind and we're in the brand spanking new year of 2021. And this week we're reviewing the not really brand spanking but still new season of The Mabdalorian! We discuss all the Disney Investors Day announcements and dig into the future of Star Wars and all things Mabdalorian. And also Josiah debuts a very dumb game. It's great! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah at josiahrobinson.biz and @JosiahDotBiz on social media. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show, feel free to check out the link below to support us in a monetary way! We love those dollars and cents baby.

Black Lives Matter! Where a mask! Happy holidays, hsweeties! We hope you all are enjoying the festivities for whenever, wherever, and whatever you celebrate! It's our last episode of the year, and our last entry in our ongoing coverage of the Mission Impossible franchise. That's right, it's Mission: Impossible-Fallout, and we've got Mission Impossible expert Michael DeLaney back on the show. We talk Henry Cavill's very expensive mustache, Tom Hanks pee obsession, and our game segment is a discussion on the Lego Star Wars Holiday Special and how it's fun and cute!  You can follow past and no doubt future guest of the show Michael DeLaney on Twitter @CormacMichael! You can also contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz everywhere. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show, feel free to c

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! We've got another holiday-themed episode for you this week, and this one is EXTRA special because in it we review our first poem! We review the classic poem that you probably think is called "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" but is apparently actually called "A Visit from St. Nicholas"! Who knew?? Not us! We spend a LOT of time in the "Monster Mash" voice and somehow inexplicably start a Clockstoppers fancast in the middle of the show?? And Mike showcases his love for the Rudolph stop motion Christmas special in the game. It's a heartwarming holiday time y'all.  You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah at josiahrobinson.biz and @JosiahDotBiz on social media. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show, feel free to check out the link below to s

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! Welcome to our lightly themed holiday content, everyone! Die Hard! Is it a Christmas movie or not?? We don't care! But we do like the movie, and we DO talk about it! Kinda! You know the drill at this point. Also, y'all get to hear Mike sing for real for real in this one thanks to our sure to be hit and sure to be recurring segment, GI Hard, in which we discuss...things related to our gastrointestinal experiences. Don't worry! It's not too gross. But shout out to past guest of the show Ethan Krupp and future guest of the show Dave Reddyk for writing the song that you'll hear Mike sing in this episode, and check out their youtube channel for the full video. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah at josiahrobinson.biz and @JosiahDotBiz on social media. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get y

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! We’re talking Avatar: the Last Airbender this week, and we were simply overjoyed to have Angela Rak on to talk about it! Angela is our first listener turned friend turned guest and teaches an actual real class on Avatar: the Last Airbender, so it was a no brainer to bring her on the show to discuss it. And because we discussed all three seasons at once, and because we always go long when we have a guest, this is a bonus-length episode! Mike also brings the game this week, another edition of Fact Fiction, Fan Fiction, or Fiction Fiction. Oh, and THIS episode is ACTUALLY the last one that we recorded before the election, so we’ll finally stop talking about how we don’t know the results yet. You can find Angela’s ATLA class and some of the other work she does with Edge of Orion at edgeoforion.com. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Inst

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! It's the end of the penultimate month of the year and so it's time to review the penultimate (at least currently) Mission Impossible movie! Mission Impossible-Rogue Nation, aka MI5. This episode is full of HSWII classics, Josiah getting on his soapbox and somehow mentioning MK Ultra again, Mike knowing fun Tom Cruise facts, and an unnecessarily complicated MI5/Baseball game with a new twist!  You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah at josiahrobinson.biz and @JosiahDotBiz on social media. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show, feel free to check out the link below to support us in a monetary way! We love those dollars and cents baby.

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! First things first, Mike's a little stinker. Let's see if he reads that. On to the episode! This is the last of the episodes we recorded before the dang election, so apologies again if we talk about it as if it hasn't happened yet. We're talking about candy this week! We talk about our candy journeys, libertarians for some reason, and all sortsa fun silly goofy stuff. Mike brings the game this week, a variation on Chili, and Josiah does a bad job at it!  You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah at josiahrobinson.biz and @JosiahDotBiz on social media. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show, feel free to check out the link below to support us in a monetary way! We love those dollars and cents baby.

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! *There will be a few more weeks of disclaimers because we once again recorded this episode before the election, but the good news is Trump lost, so our cheerful energy is appropriate.* In continuation of the inoffensive things that pretty much everyone likes category for this month, we're covering Netflix this week! We get into the early days of Netflix when they still sent DVDs, some discussion of peak TV, and Josiah brings up MK Ultra since he is apparently contractually obligated to do so in every conversation he has had since he's learned about it. Also, Josiah brings the game Netflix and Roast Me, which is only funny if you know his family, and we bust out a new HSWII rubric contributed by listener Andrew Kaiser. Thanks, Andrew! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah at josiahrobinson.biz and @JosiahDotBiz on so

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask!  *Disclaimer! This episode was recorded well in advance of the election and was edited and uploaded during the week of the election. At the time of me typing this, we do not know who won. So if the energy seems at odds with the current climate, that's why!* Welcome back Hsweeties! We're continuing to bring you good energy this November with more episodes about stuff that's just in general pretty inoffensive and groovy and easy to vibe with. First was traveling, and now it's pizza. We've been wanting to cover pizza pretty much since we started the podcast, and the moment finally seemed right. We go through some pizza journeys, talk about some classic Internet debates, and Mike debuts a game of Book It which gets a very good replacement name in the spirit of Millennium Falcon Pennywise that I won't spoil here.  You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGos

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! *Disclaimer* This episode was recorded in September! And all the episodes for November were recorded pre-election week, so if the energy is different, that's why! *End disclaimer* Well, we made it through the scariest month of the year, and now it's on to lighter, funner topics to take our mind off the spooky supernatural and the legitimately terrifying actual world we live in! And what's more fun and escapist than traveling?? We brought our friend and travel aficionado Heather Scholl on the show to talk all things travel-related! Tune in to hear some of Heather's strangest travel stories, a discussion of which states are which planets in Star Wars, and to hear Heather try so hard to get us on the topic of Star Wars despite the fact that we're the hosts and we should have been the ones doing that.  Check out Heather on Instagram @heathermscholl and with ComedySportz Chicago at cszchicago.com. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platfo

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! It is sadly the end of the spookiest month of the year. Not to worry though, our dual obligations of covering scary things during October and also Mission: Impossible movies at the end of the month aligned PERFECTLY with this week's episode: the scariest Mission: Impossible movie to date, Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol, aka Mission: Impossible 4. It's scary because "ghost" is in the name! And in our most ambitious crossover to date, we have TWO guests this episode! Returning friends of the show and our friends in real life, Caitlyn Cerza and Ethan Krupp. Also I think Caitlyn and Mike might be more than friends. In this slightly bonus lengthed episode, we discuss all things M:I5, dig deep into the new era of the franchise, and play a completely unhinged sequel to This Is My Baseball RPG called This is My Baseball and Mission: Impossible 4 RPG. You can find Ethan’s work at reddykandkrup.com. Go check out all his stuff! You can also find Caitlyn on instagram @kiki_cerza.

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! We're halfway through the spookiest month of the year, and we thought we'd lighten things up a little by checking out the sequel to the best movie ever made and the instant HSWII fave, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. So this week, we're discussing the truly bizarre movie, Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island. Why was this movie made! Who can say! It's wild! If you're a Scooby-Doo fan, or a Star Wars fan, or a podcast fan, or a fan of anything, this episode is for you. It's a little bonus length because we recorded only one episode on that night so we reeeeeally explored the space. Oh! And we play Alex-blank-der Blank-ilton again! It's great. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz everywhere. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show, fe

Black Lives Matter! Wear a mask! We are in our SECOND week of the spookiest month of the year, so what better topic to cover than the "Monster Mash," the spoooookiest song of all time! We get deep into our childhood joy and trauma surrounding this song, do a classic HSWII Textual Analysis™, and Josiah tests Mike's monster knowledge and fighting acumen in the "Monster Mash" Hack and Slash Bash. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz everywhere. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show, feel free to check out the link below to support us in a monetary way! We love those dollars and cents baby.

Black Lives Matter! Wear a Mask! MUAHAHAHAHA. It's spooky season listenerds, so get ready for a full month of s-s-s-s-scary episodes! We're kicking things off this month with an ACTUAL horror movie, even though historically we are little baby fraidy boys! We actually both really liked this movie, which is once again, not really normal for us! So get ready for a LOT of praise for the movie, a decent amount of Star Wars, and for Mike's "game"/sure to be reoccurring segment Scream-ing. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz everywhere. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show, feel free to check out the link below to support us in a monetary way! We love those dollars and cents baby.

Black Lives Matter and wear a mask folks!  It's the end of the month, and you know what that means! That's right, it's another installment of our ongoing coverage of the Mission Impossible franchise, this time with past and no doubt future guest of the show, Michael DeLaney! DeLaney clears the air about his Ohio heritage and you know we talk that good/nasty Cincinnati chili. We talk about our good friend J.J. Abrams and his effect on the Mission Impossible and Star Wars franchises. Mike also whips up a sequel game to a previous Mission Impossible episode game that I won't say the name of because it's more fun if you hear it in the moment. You can follow past and no doubt future guest of the show Michael DeLaney on Twitter @CormacMichael! You can also contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz everywhere. And don't forget to rate and review on

Black Lives Matter and wear a mask folks! You know the drill! This week, we're talking Pokémon Go and a little bit of physics with our special guest, actual doctor, Dr. Michael Silver! He'll probably think it's silly I put the Dr. there, but I think it's cool! Mike Silver is a long time Pokémon Go player, so get ready to hear about all the changes that have been made in the last few years and his actual first hand account of the delightful disaster that was the first Pokémon Go Fest. Since Mike Silver is an actual doctor, Josiah also made him a little Star Wars centric physics quiz to test his knowledge, and Mike Gospel got to do the timer because Josiah forgot to make it interactive for him.  You can find our esteemed guest Mike Silver on Instagram @silver_bulletin. He also performs with Anarchy the Improvised Rock Opera and Comedy Dance Chicago, whose videos you can check out on Youtube. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also fol

As always, Black Lives Matter and wear a mask people!  *Quick disclaimer! The audio quality is a little spotty here and there because we had to use the recorded video call back up for our guest's file, so thanks in advance for sticking with us!* This week we're covering our first restaurant with special guest, multi-hyphenate, and dare I say, friend, Amber Linde! We talk a little bit about McDonald's history, a LOT of bit about the McDonald's feel, and we get a little deep here and there about fandom culture and body positivity! It's a whirlwind of an episode. Mike also debuts a game called Take Out or Fake Out where Amber and Josiah showcase their surprisingly deep knowledge on niche former McDonald's menu offerings. Follow Amber's thrifting and vintage account on Instagram @thrift_thrift_bish. She's also on Anarchy the Improvised Rock Opera, Baby Wants Candy, and pretty much is involved with every good musical improv project in Chicago. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @