Sinopsis
Josiah and Mike have a mission. On each episode of this important and definitive review podcast, they will examine a movie, a book, or anything else, and give it a rating--but not of how good it is...but of how STAR WARS it is. Tune in every Monday and May the Fourth be with you. Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/howstarwarsisit/support
Episodios
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Ep 238: Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon
11/09/2023 Duración: 01h15minWe were inspired by our recent rock opera coverage to dip our toes back into The Floyd well, to cover their arguably better album, The Dark Side of the Moon. We do a TERRIBLE job comparing it to Star Wars, but a decent job talking about the album in general. And we also play Smash or Pass, which is hilarious to do for an album like this one. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 237: "Exercise"
05/09/2023 Duración: 01h10minYup, it's another episode title in quotes, because DO we really talk about exercise at all in this episode?? Yes, we actually do. But it's funny to put it in quotes because it felt like we did a bad job. We also play a Going to the Gym RPG! It's a great time. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 236: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm with Michael DeLaney
28/08/2023 Duración: 01h20minOur resident Bat-expert is back to discuss the final film of Bat-month, and the final in our series of firsts that we've been discussing. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm! The first animated Batman movie. And y'all, it's really good. But how Star Wars is it? Tune in to see if we discuss that at all. DeLaney also brings a classic real or fake style game based on Bruce Wayne's girlfriends. It's great. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 235: Batman Begins
21/08/2023 Duración: 01h02minIt's the 3rd week of Batmonth, and we're continuing our coverage of "firsts", this time with the first of the Nolan trilogy, Batman Begins. We break down the movie and do a decent job of comparing it to Star Wars, and we play a little Rotten Tomatoes game. It's fun! Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 234: Batman (1966)
14/08/2023 Duración: 59minBatmonth continues, and we're covering firsts all month long. This time, it's the first Batman movie EVER?? 1966's Batman. This madcap and zany comedic take on the Caped Crusader is a welcome breath of fresh air. Tune in to hear us sing the praises of this movie, talk about camp, and play a game surrounding the many insane labels that can be found in this movie. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 233: Batman (1989)
07/08/2023 Duración: 53minWe're finally done with rock operas, and it's on to our next contractually obligated month of programming: Batman movies! We're catching up on the Batmans we missed during Junesical Theatre month and Junesical July, so it's gonna be all Batman all month babyyy. And we're specifically focusing on firsts, so this week, we're looking at the first in the Burton/Schumacher-verse, 1989's Batman. We also play some Batman Only Connect. It's a good time. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 232: Green Day's American Idiot
31/07/2023 Duración: 01h18minWe're wrapping up Junesical July with 2004's seminal work by Green Day, American Idiot. It's a great album, and a great episiode. Do we talk about Star Wars at all? Tune in to find out. And of course, we play a good old fashioned game of Smish or Piss. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 231: The Who's Tommy
24/07/2023 Duración: 01h02minJunesical July continues. We're covering Tommy. We're stupid. We're tired. Tommy is weird. Rock operas are weird. We'll be back to, well, not normal, but to something different at least in August. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 230: The Who's Quadrophenia
17/07/2023 Duración: 01h01minJunesical July continues with more rock opera coverage, and boy are our brains mush now. We're talking the seminal The Who album Quadrophenia this week. It's a great album, and we're tired of rock operas at this point, hahaha. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitter and @WordGospel09 on Youtube and Instagram and Josiah @JosiahDotBiz on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 229: Pink Floyd's The Wall (the movie)
10/07/2023 Duración: 59minWe're continuing our coverage of rock operas during Junesical Theatre July this month with Pink Floyd's The Wall, specifically the movie version. And boy oh boy, it sure is interesting. We get a little in the weeds regarding rock operas and play a little game of Chain Reaction. It's a good time. Enjoy! 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 on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 228: My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade
03/07/2023 Duración: 01h04minWe felt we gave rock operas short shrift during the month of June, so we're extending our coverage of rock operas in a continuation of Junesical Theatre month. Welcome to Junesical Theatre July! We're starting off with a concept album/rock opera, The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance. And y'all, this album rips and slaps and does everything good. We also play a little Smish or Piss, of course, and spoiler alert, they're all smishes. 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 on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 227: Jesus Christ Superstar
26/06/2023 Duración: 01h16minWhat's this?? It's the end of the month and we're not doing a Batman movie?? Well, we felt we didn't give rock operas a fair shake, so we're doing an extra one to close out Junesical theatre month. It's Jesus Christ Superstar! And we play a real or fake Bible game. It's a great time, and a bonus length because we were really having fun. Enjoy! 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 on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 226: Repo! The Genetic Opera with Sydney Clinton
19/06/2023 Duración: 01h22minWe're continuing this year's rock opera coverage during Junesical Theatre Month, this time by covering the cult classic Repo! The Genetic Opera with special guest and fellow Anarchy cast member Sydney Clinton. We talk about how absolutely bat shit this movie is and try to figure out how it could have been salvaged. We also play a reverse IMDB game! It's a great time. Enjoy! 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 on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 225: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson with Paul Brandt
12/06/2023 Duración: 01h28minWe're talking about maybe our most controversial topic yet this week for Junesical Theatre Month, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. And we have special guest and fellow Anarchy the Improvised Rock Opera team member Paul Brandt on the show this week to discuss it! We discuss if this show could be done today, talk about Paul's fondness for the novelizations of the prequels, and play a game about president middle names! It's a lot of fun. Enjoy! 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 on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 224: Rock Operas
05/06/2023 Duración: 51minWe're kicking off another Junesical Theatre Month by covering the concept of rock operas! It's a little teaser for the rest of the month, as we will be covering rock operas and rock musicals each week this month. We dig into rock operas, rock musicals, the differences and similarities, and for some reason we talk a lot about if there are more stars in the universe or sand grains on the earth. We also talk a lot about our team Anarchy, the improvised rock opera, so go see it and support our improv in Chicago! 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 on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 223: Batman & Robin with Rob Grabowski and Josh Segovia of Poppin' Bottles
29/05/2023 Duración: 01h33minIt's the end of the month, so we're talking Batman again! This time, it's the truly insane film, Batman & Robin. We're not going in any order, okay?? We're just reviewing them as the spirit leads us. And we've got TWO special guests this week, returning guest Rob Grabowski and first-timer Josh Segovia, both of the comedic beverage review podcast Poppin' Bottles. Both Mike and Josiah have been guests on their show, and now they're returning the favor! It's a free-wheeling, bonus-length conversation about how wild this movie is and about how Star Wars it is. And then we play TWO, count 'em, TWO games. You're getting all this for free?? Incredible. You can hear Josh and Rob on their podcast Poppin' Bottles wherever you get your podcasts. Catch them both doing Comedy Sportz at Second City and multiple improv shows at iO here in Chicago. You can contact our show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel
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Ep 221: Jury Duty, the show
22/05/2023 Duración: 57minWe're talking about the latest streaming phenomenon, Jury Duty! The show, not the civic duty. We're a couple of weeks behind, as usual, but I promise it was timely when we recorded this. And we play a sampler platter of James Marsden games. It's a great episode. Enjoy! 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 on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 220: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
15/05/2023 Duración: 01h10minThe problem with not being able to do this show as our only job is sometimes we record stuff in a timely manner but then release it weeks later just because that's how the release schedule shakes out. So we know this isn't timely anymore, but it was when we recorded it okay?? We're talking about the D&D movie this week! It's a great flick and we have a lot of fun discussing it. Mike also leads Josiah in a game of what he thinks Dungeons & Dragons is and it's a blast. 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 on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and more!
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Ep 219: Alfred Hitchcock with Peter Corey
08/05/2023 Duración: 01h19minThis week we're talking about Alfred Hitchcock's body of work with special guest Peter Corey, member of the incredible Chicago genre improv drinking show, Hitch*Cocktails, who are celebrating their 10th anniversary this May. More details can be heard at the end of the episode. Peter brings the expertise, we bring the questions, and we really dig into Hitchcock's oeuvre. We also say oeuvre too much. And we play Only Connect! Peter also joins us this week on the Patreon to celebrate our 100th Patreon episode! He runs a one-shot RPG for us under the Star Wars 5E ruleset, and it's a lot of fun. You should check it out over on the Patreon! 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 on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALL
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Ep 218: Star Trek with Jessica Landis
01/05/2023 Duración: 01h29minSomehow we have been doing this podcast for 4 years and haven't covered Star Trek. This week, we remedy that fact with special guest Jessica Landis of the fantastic Chicago genre improv drinking show, Hitch*Cocktails, who are celebrating their 10th anniversary this May. More details can be heard at the end of the episode. We dig into how Star Trek and Star Wars are like amicable brothers, and play a classic HSWII game of Real or Fake. Jessica keeps us on task, and we actually do a pretty good job doing our podcast this week! 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 on social media and on his website josiahrobinson.biz. And don't forget to rate and review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if you REALLY like the show head over to our Patreon at patreon.com/howstarwarsisit for bonus episodes, Star Wars movie commentaries, and