Best Alyce and Laura Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 137: Sheevy to the Levy 1:19:44

8d ago1:19:44

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In Episode 137, hosts Alyce and Laura take* a bite out of Marchion Ro’s neck, then do Marchion impressions. Ultimately, it’s all about Marchion, which is exactly how he would want it. Laura is the warden. Laura the Warden. Laur-den. Pause to appreciate the moment where Alyce delivers the smoothest g-d damn segue of all time Can Soda Stream sponsor …

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Ep 136: Wayseek That, B*tch 1:28:47

22d ago1:28:47

1:28:47

In Episode 136, hosts Alyce and Laura are* feeling sassy! And excited to be back! We missed you, friends! Laura doesn’t road trip good (not as good, as Alyce or Jim Carrey on SNL) A lot of general celebrity gossip Casting news for Star Wars: Starfighter (via Variety) We’ve come back around to the conversation on an R-rated Star Wars film. Now Ryan …

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Amber Jamilla Musser on Between Shadows and Noise: Sensation, Situatedness, and the Undisciplined 55:10

28d ago55:10

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This discussion is with Amber Jamilla Musser, a professor of English and Africana studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She writes and researches at the intersections of race, sexuality, and aesthetics. She is the author of Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, and Masochism (NYU Press, 2014), Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance (NYU Pre…

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Philip Janzen on An Unformed Map: Geographies of Belonging between Africa and the Caribbean 1:03:13

1M ago1:03:13

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This discussion is with Philip Janzen, an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Florida. He studies the cultural and intellectual histories linking Africa and the Caribbean. He is the author of An Unformed Map: Geographies of Belonging between Africa and the Caribbean, published by Duke University Press in 2025. His …

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Doyle D. Calhoun on The Suicide Archive: Reading Resistance in the Wake of French Empire 1:06:29

2M ago1:06:29

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This episode includes discussions of suicide within the historical contexts of slavery, colonization, and empire. Please listen with care and be mindful of your well-being as you engage with this episode. If you or someone you know is in crisis or struggling, you are not alone. Support is available through the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline a…

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Therí Alyce Pickens on What Had Happened Was 56:47

2M ago56:47

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This discussion is with Dr. Therí A. Pickens received her undergraduate degree in Comparative Literature from Princeton University (P’05) and her PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA (2010). She is a poet-scholar who focuses on Arab American Studies, Black Studies, Comparative Literature, and Disability Studies. In today’s conversation, we discu…

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Jessie Cox on Sounds of Black Switzerland: Blackness, Music, and Unthought Voices 1:05:47

2M ago1:05:47

1:05:47

This discussion is with Dr. Jessie Cox, an Assistant Professor of Music at Harvard University. Active as a composer, drummer, and scholar, his work thematizes questions at the intersection of black studies, music/sound studies, and critical theory. From Switzerland, with roots in Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Cox thinks through questions of race, migrat…

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Devin Bryson and Molly Krueger Enz on Projections of Dakar: (Re)Imagining Urban Senegal through Cinema 1:03:41

2M ago1:03:41

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This discussion is with Dr. Devin Bryson and Dr. Molly Enz. Dr. Bryson is a professor of French and Francophone studies and Gender and Women's studies in the global studies program at Illinois College. He has published work in Research in African Literatures, the Journal of the African Literature Association, Black Camera, and African Studies Revie…

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Ep 135: Undeaded Herself 1:07:23

2M ago1:07:23

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In Episode 135 hosts, Alyce and Laura catch up* on Star Wars Celebration news and dive into Andor S2 and how we’re feeling about it after being underwhelmed by S1. Dark Matter filmed front of Laura’s apartment and it was the coolest thing that’s ever happened to her… man, that’s sad Alyce girlbossed too hard, so you know what that means: chaos cube…

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Jody Benjamin on The Texture of Change: Dress, Self-Fashioning, and History in Western Africa, 1700-1850 1:05:12

3M ago1:05:12

1:05:12

This discussion is with Dr. Jody Benjamin, a social and cultural historian of western Africa with expertise in the period between 1650 and 1850. He received his PhD in African and African American Studies at Harvard University in 2016. His research is informed by a methodological concern to center the diverse experiences and perspectives of African…

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Sandhya Shukla on Cross-Cultural Harlem: Reimagining Race and Place 54:58

3M ago54:58

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This discussion is with Dr. Sandhya Shukla is associate professor of English and American Studies at the University of Virginia, where she is also an affiliate faculty member of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies. She is the author of India Abroad: Diasporic Cultures of Postwar America and England (Princeton Un…

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Ep 134: Did It Get Burned? 1:02:28

3M ago1:02:28

1:02:28

In Episode 134, hosts Alyce and Laura are back* with more absurd segues to discuss all the ongoings in the world of Star Wars! Is it still fancy if the debutante ball is BYOB? Pedophile is out, Meemaw is in. This is about eyewear. More tales to come! Tales of the Underworld means more Asajj Ventress and more Asajj Ventress means more happy fans (it…

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Laura Helton on Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History 53:00

3M ago53:00

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This discussion is with Dr. Laura Helton, a historian who writes about collections and how they shape our world. She is an Associate Professor of English and History at the University of Delaware, where she teaches African American literature, book history, archival studies, and public humanities. Her interest in the social history of archives aros…

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Mary Hicks on Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of Atlantic Slavery, 1721-1835 1:09:11

3M ago1:09:11

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This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to Conversations in Atlantic Theory, a podcast dedicated to books and ideas generated from and about the Atlantic world. In collaboration with the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, these conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging …

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Ep 133: Chalice of Alyce 1:26:46

3M ago1:26:46

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In Episode 133, hosts Alyce and Laura indulge* in some Millennial Core (in addition to all the normal Star Wars stuff)! This is random, but Yellowjackets comes up a lot in this episode, so there are spoilers in this episode for Yellowjackets in general (except episode 3x8) An update on Luke’s Medal of Yavin, just cuz. Plus, everything you could eve…

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Souleymane Bachir Diagne on Open to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Conversation with the Western Tradition 1:04:56

4M ago1:04:56

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This is Fatima Seck and you’re listening to Conversations in Atlantic Theory, a podcast dedicated to books and ideas generated from and about the Atlantic world. In collaboration with the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, these conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging fro…

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Ep 132: I Don’t Buy G-ns on the Internet 56:36

4M ago56:36

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In Episode 132, hosts Alyce and Laura are* being personally victimized by different major corporations Some highlights from the Andor season 2 trailer The Andor season 2 release schedule feels like an attack on podcasters/reviewers. Like, it feels personal and violent. Casual reminder that Andor is **cinema** The Revenge of the Sith strikes back! T…

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Benjamin Barson on Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons 1:00:13

4M ago1:00:13

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This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to Conversations in Atlantic Theory, a podcast dedicated to books and ideas generated from and about the Atlantic world. In collaboration with the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, these conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging …

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Bryan Sinche on Published by the Author: Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature 1:13:13

4M ago1:13:13

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This discussion is with Dr. Bryan Sinche, a Professor and Chair of English at the University of Hartford. He has written more than twenty essays and reviews which appear in journals such as American Literary History, African American Review, ESQ, Legacy, and Biography and in collections published by Basic Books, Cambridge University Press, and the …

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Ep 131: Free Palmin’ 1:13:26

4M ago1:13:26

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In Episode 131, hosts Alyce and Laura do* bad impressions and ponder important Star Wars questions like, did someone cut up a backpack to make Han and Luke’s medals in the throne room scene? What is buying a new house, if not an opportunity to DIY a padded room for the clinically insane? Oh yeah. Planet X is gonna get weird. A long time ago, in a g…

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Jenny Shaw on The Women of Rendezvous: A Transatlantic Story of Family and Slavery 1:22:27

5M ago1:22:27

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This discussion is with Professor Jenny Shaw, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama where she teaches classes in the histories of the Caribbean, the Atlantic World, Comparative Slavery & Emancipation, and Early Modern Black Britain. She is the author of Everyday Life in the Early English Caribbean: Irish, Africans, and the …

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Nana Osei-Kofi on AfroSwedish: Places of Belonging 1:06:05

5M ago1:06:05

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This discussion is with Dr. Nana Osei-Kofi, (she/her) a Professor Emerita of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the School of Language, Culture, and Society at Oregon State University. Her research centers on two primary lines of inquiry focused on justice and the politics of difference. One line examines structural shifts in higher education …

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Ep 130: Find Your Bunko 52:25

5M ago52:25

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In Episode 130, hosts Alyce and Laura celebrate* SIX YEARS of hosting and toasting and just doing the most…ing! Want to help us celebrate our anniversary? Buy us a drink and let’s raise a toast! Alyce is D&D/RPG girlie now! Or at least, she’s a sit-around-a-table-with-a-die-and-make-sh\t-up girlie! All aboard the Caravan of Corrections! We’ve got a…

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Ep 129: Unprobable 1:38:48

6M ago1:38:48

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In Episode 129, hosts Alyce and Laura had* to Frankenstein this episode together from three separate corpses, I mean, recordings, so please enjoy this very neatly stitched together monster of a podcast episode on this #ForceToastTuesday! Reminder that Force Toast is on Bluesky now! Follow us! It’s that time of year again where our podcast hosting p…

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Ep 128: Wicked White Chris 1:23:35

6M ago1:23:35

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In Episode 128, hosts Alyce and Laura ask* very serious questions about Star Wars, chicken-related things, whether or not Tech is dead (he is), and the most important question of all: where would we be without 2009’s “Boom, Boom, Pow”? Oh hey, Force Toast is on Bluesky now! Follow us! Remember when Asajj Ventress came back? How did she un-die? When…

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Ep 127: The Jedi Wobble 1:40:43

7M ago1:40:43

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In Episode 127, hosts Alyce and Laura don’t know* what their friends, family or each other do in their corporate jobs. Nor should they. It’s none of their business. The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White is allegedly joining the Star Wars universe (Variety via The Kristian Harloff Show) Go, Skelly Crew, go! Critics and audiences are really enjoying the new …

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Ep 126: Into the Weird 1:03:16

7M ago1:03:16

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In Episode 126, hosts Alyce and Laura discuss* dress shopping with their predominantly-male audience, among other topics: - This is Mardi Gras, there are RULES - Caravan of Corrections aka “Alyce needs to stop bringing up pop culture references” - Laura just wants to enjoy her fava beans and chianti in peace - Andor S2 gets a release date and a new…

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Ep 125: Toddlerize 1:12:47

8M ago1:12:47

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In Episode 125, hosts Alyce and Laura are* old and amazing and celebrating everything Star Wars, which is also old and amazing! - We shall henceforth tackle all arguments and confrontations with the energy and attitude of a toddler - Star Wars movie drama continues with the most recent writer’s exit (Variety via Puck News) - There’s a new trailer f…

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Ep 124: Too Moneyable 1:20:16

9M ago1:20:16

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In Episode 124, hosts Alyce and Laura revel* in the rizz (yeah, we know cool slang) of Spooky Season! - Alyce is watching everything and Laura won’t watch anything new - Coming to an apocalyptic future soon, probably: cryo-frozen celebrity zombies - How money could be better spent: new recurring segment, perhaps? - It wasn’t for us, but if The Acol…

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Ep 123: Not THAT Great Expectations 53:09

9M ago53:09

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In Episode 123, hosts Alyce and Laura dive* into the end of the world, roadkill, being traumatized by Moulin Rouge and the real cost of being immortalized on the Walk of Fame Would anyone be surprised to learn that George Lucas is a little quirky? Making Star Wars shows is expensive, so it should surprise no one that Star Wars: The Acolyte was an e…

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Étienne Achille and Oana Panaïté on Fictions of Race in Contemporary French Literature: French Writers, White Writing 1:40:18

10M ago1:40:18

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This discussion is with Dr. Étienne Achille and Dr. Oana Panaïté. Dr. Achille is an Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Villanova University. His publications include the monograph Mythologies postcoloniales. Pour une décolonisation du quotidien (2018, co-authored with L. Moudileno;) and the volume Postcolonial Realms of Memory…

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Ep 122: TV Guideless 1:01:54

10M ago1:01:54

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In Episode 122, hosts Alyce and Laura venture* bravely into Star Wars and its scary fandom! Alyce goes button-mashing in a cloud of cigarette smoke. In other words, she lost $20 on a slot machine at a casino. New wine fridge invention idea, we call it! Lord of the Rings man-species hotties are old af (in-universe, that is) Star Wars Outlaws came ou…

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Julia Hauser on A Taste for Purity: An Entangled History of Vegetarianism 54:53

11M ago54:53

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This discussion is with Dr. Julia Hauser, a cultural historian interested in the entanglements of Europe, the US and Asia, mainly India and the Middle East, during the nineteenth and twentieth century. She has worked on female mission in late Ottoman Beirut, the entangled history of vegetarianism between Europe, the US, and India, and the global hi…

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Imani D. Owens on Turn the World Upside Down: Empire and Unruly Forms of Black Folk Culture in the U.S. and Caribbean 1:20:15

11M ago1:20:15

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This discussion is with Dr. Imani D. Owens, an associate professor of English at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. She studies and teaches African American and Caribbean literature, music, and performance. Her research has been supported by a Postdoctoral Fellowship in African American Studies at Princeton University, a Woodrow Wilson Career Enhanc…

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Ep 121: Face Fingers 1:17:50

11M ago1:17:50

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In Episode 121, hosts Alyce and Laura welcome* you to Middle Earth (just for a little bit) for some Who’s Hot and Who’s Not, Lord of the Rings and 9/11, and built-in bathroom breaks for Alyce. Then it’s back to Star Wars! More LEGO Star Wars is coming soon! Check out the trailer here Check out People Magazine’s feature on Skeleton Crew. And yes, we…

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Bonus: The Acolyte Finale: Karaoke Edition 58:12

12M ago58:12

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Get in, losers, we’re going to Brendon. I mean, Brendok! In the episode formerly known as Episode #121, hosts Alyce and Laura are* PLAGUED [get it?] by technical difficulties AGAIN, this time in the form of a lost recording. We had a whole news segment, but Alyce’s computer shat the bed in the middle of our recording, so now it’s a big bonus Recap …

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Jason Allen-Paisant on Engagements with Aimé Césaire: Thinking with Spirits 1:14:18

12M ago1:14:18

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You’re listening to Conversations in Atlantic Theory, a podcast dedicated to books and ideas generated from and about the Atlantic world. In collaboration with the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, these conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging from European critical theo…

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Kathleen Spanos and Sinclair Emoghene on Dancing in the World: Revealing Cultural Confluences 1:10:22

12M ago1:10:22

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You’re listening to Conversations in Atlantic Theory, a podcast dedicated to books and ideas generated from and about the Atlantic world. In collaboration with the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, these conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging from European critical theo…

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Ep 120: Vern & the Poof Patrol 1:37:39

12M ago1:37:39

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Disclaimer in the off-chance this is your first episode of Force Toast: we had a technical issue (user-error) so the audio quality of Laura’s track isn’t up to our usual standards. Sorry, and know that we have resolved the issue so all future episodes will sound like our prior episodes =) In Episode 120, hosts Alyce and Laura are* definitely NOT li…

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Ep 119: Is it Drugs? 1:27:25

1y ago1:27:25

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In Episode 119, hosts Alyce and Laura ponder* why architects in the Star Wars universe are always building giant server rooms next to giant holes? Alyce gives a lesson on Shyriiwook (to be clear, the lesson is not in Shyriiwook) F--- them kids? What does Dave Filoni think of a potential R-rated Star Wars film? (from the Happy Sad Confused podcast v…

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Ep 118: Attack Me (Dabs) 1:48:37

1y ago1:48:37

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In Episode 118, hosts Alyce and Laura share* fermentation tips, break down recent Star Wars news and discuss their differing opinions on The Acolyte! A cooking lesson with Laura or: why you should always have your ears plugged around glass jars Why an a gram when you could nag a ram? Who’s writing season 2 of Andor (via WGA) The Acolyte pulled in s…

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Ep 117: Getting Cheugy With It 1:29:50

1y ago1:29:50

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In Episode 117, hosts Alyce and Laura take* you on a 90-minute journey to get caught on up Phase III of The High Republic! We’re in the endgame of The Acolyte promotion, so we discuss some of the recent promos and clips (Sol vs Mae, Vern’s lightwhip, Lee Jung-jae BTS), this interview with Amandla Stenberg and the SFX article broken down by SWNN. NO…

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Ep 116: MURDUR 1:40:55

1y ago1:40:55

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In Episode 116, hosts Alyce and Laura spend* roughly 40% of the episode laughing at their own dumb jokes and the other 60% discussing actual Star Wars. Alyce shares how her immersive Star Wars event immersed her in Star Wars We are so hyped for The Acolyte! What did you think about the trailer and the poster? Will The Acolyte have any connection to…

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Ep 115: It’s Star Wars, Ya See? 1:08:38

1y ago1:08:38

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Step aside, Abbott & Costello! In Episode 115, hosts Alyce and Laura turn* their dumb-ss little podcast into a Vaudeville Star Wars Hour! Kinda! Alyce has big, albeit mysterious, May the Fourth plans! Vaudeville accents are attempted but Laura just kind of sounds like Jon Lovitz in A League of Their Own Celebrate Star Wars Day the way the Diabetes …

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Ep 114: Less Romance, More Gators 1:22:24

1y ago1:22:24

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In Episode 114, hosts Alyce and Laura share* tales of trivia, driving away dates with Star Wars, winning, and cocktails stirred-not-shaken Alyce did well at nerd trivia! Everyone clap for Alyce! Fancasting Old Tey Sirrek We are happy to have been wrong about The Acolyte release date (trailer link, sw.com article, The Acolyte databank) Haters can su…

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Ep 113: No Guns, Just Dogs 46:06

1+ y ago46:06

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In Episode 113, 🎶 the tree, the tree, the tree is on fire! 🎶 and hosts Alyce and Laura can’t do anything* about it but observe, all while trying to record a podcast about Star Wars. An update on whether or not Laura will have to eat a $75 5-year-old cookie Christ almighty, make up your minds about whether or not Rogue Squadron is happening, WE ARE …

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Joshua Myers on Of Black Study 1:09:24

1+ y ago1:09:24

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You’re listening to Conversations in Atlantic Theory, a podcast dedicated to books and ideas generated from and about the Atlantic world. In collaboration with the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, these conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging from European critical theo…

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Autumn Womack on The Matter of Black Living: The Aesthetic Experiment of Racial data, 1880-1930 1:02:51

1+ y ago1:02:51

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You’re listening to Conversations in Atlantic Theory, a podcast dedicated to books and ideas generated from and about the Atlantic world. In collaboration with the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, these conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging from European critical theo…

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Ep 112: Star-Crossed Buddies 1:17:48

1+ y ago1:17:48

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In Episode 112, hosts Alyce and Laura contemplate* the art of pointillism and the lifespan of gingerbread… and of course, Star Wars stuff! Anyone besides Laura feel like Drive-Away Dolls was marketed as… not what it is? The Great Debate on the not-even-real title (it’s a WORKING title) of the Rey movie The Star Wars video game that no longer IS, it…

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Ep. 111: He Cut Her In Half. Hot. 52:13

1+ y ago52:13

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In Episode 111, hosts Alyce and Laura are* bringing 50 Shades of SLAY to celebrate 5 years of Force Toast! Nothing to recap in this episode so it’s just us running through news and goofing off for an hour It’s the 5-Year Afferversarvy of Force Toast! All the oppalance of a cosapolitan podcast! Hop aboard the Caravan of Corrections for a history les…

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