We're giving in to Twister-mania this week by covering the original Twister movie from 1996! And don't worry, Twisters is coming up next week. We also play one of the most unhinged games we've played in a while, and learn a little bit about what science DOESN'T know. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on…

The original audio issue has been fixed! So sorry for the VERY late upload! Things have been a little crazy over at HSWII Inc. But we've got friend of the show and composer and musical expert in general, Dave Reddyk on the show to discuss one of the songs of the summer, Chappell Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!" We also do a classic HSWII textual analysis …

It's the end of the month, so it's time for another FF movie. No, not Fantastic Four! Fast and the Furious of course! It's a great ep covering what might be our new favorite movie in the franchise?? We've got takes y'all. Also we play Alexblankder Blankilton aka Blankius Blank. It's a rhyming game. You'll get it. You can contact the show at agoodpo…

We've got Mission: Impossible and baseball expert Ethan Krupp on the show this week to discuss the latest Mission: Impossible film that we somehow neglected to cover last year when it came out. This is also Ethan's FIFTH time guesting on the show. What an achievement. And of course we play a weird baseball/Mission: Impossible RPG. Enjoy! Go check o…

We covered Fury Road last week, and we're covering Furiosa this week. In a strange twist of fate, Josiah and Mike actually...disagree?? You'll have to listen to fully understand. And enjoy the game FuriNOsa and FuriYESa! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeG…

Almost 10 years too late, we're finally covering Mad Max: Fury Road. Why?? Because Furiosa came out recently. Well, it was kinda recently when we recorded this. And now it's ancient history. Listen, I don't have to explain our process to you, you get it. We also play the IMDB game! It's a great ep! Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gm…

Sorry for the late upload on this one, it's been a busy week! We've got special guest and resident toxic men expert Bethany Remely on the show today to ostensibly discuss Baby Reindeer, but that show is pretty dark, so we hit a bunch of different topics! And we play Family Food! Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us …

It's the end of the month, so you know what time it is! FF time! And WOW, we're halfway through the year and (mercifully) halfway through these movies. If you couldn't tell from my tone, we're turning on these movies now. This is our heel turn. Maybe we're just oversaturated with them, who knows. But I'm DONE. And we play Only Connect! It's great. …

This week, we've got special guest and friend of the show Steven Shinder on the podcast to discuss his favorite band and incredibly influential music group, Yes! Steven gives us possibly our most comprehensive episode to date, and Mike delivers a classic confusing HSWII game. Enjoy! Check out stevenshinder.com for all of Steven's novels and project…

This movie came out like a month ago, we covered it 2 weeks after it came out, and now the ep is finally out 2 weeks after THAT. So there's spoilers for it, sorry! It's also a very short episode compared to our usual fare because we had technical difficulties. Sorry about that! The patreon is extra long this week, though, so go check that out if yo…

This week, we're talking about the lake. You know, the lake! No, not any specific lake, although those all do count in the overall lakeyness of the lake. But yeah, just the lake. Got it?? We also play a continuation of the HSWII RPG inspired by the lake. It's a fun ep. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWa…

It's the end of the month, so it's time for the next Fast and Furious movie. And we've got some HOT takes, maybe? Please let us know if this take is hot. This episode is about Fast Five. It's supposedly when this franchise gets "good." We'll see about that. We also play a BRAND new game! It's a great ep! Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodc…

This episode gets a little silly. We go off the rails PRETTY hard, hence the multiple titles. Technically this ep is about live television, but really it's about how we were on the news a couple of weeks ago and how Josiah has a business idea. And we get another installment of the HSWII RPG! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and fi…

That's right! It's time for another FOOD. We're filling out the HSWII menu by talking about chicken tenders this week. We even play a BRAND new game inspired by the topic, never before seen on HSWII. And we actually do get into a little Star Wars talk on this one! Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsI…

Listen! We're obsessed!!! We don't care who knows! We can't stop listening to Chappell Roan, just like everyone else. So we decided to cover her latest album! It's a great discussion of these killer tracks, and we of course play Smash or Pass for each one. Weeeee don't talk very much about Star Wars in this one...sorry. You can contact the show at …

It's the end of the month, so it's time for another Fast and Furious movie! This time, we're dropping the "the's" for the fourth installment in the franchise, Fast and Furious. This movie is a strange turning point in the franchise, and we discuss it at length and play a little game inspired by it as well. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpo…

We've completed our collection of Star Wars Minute hosts this week by having Alex Robinson on to discuss outer space! Our discussion is wide-ranging but definitely covers SOME space stuff, for sure. We also play the Star Wars Minute game and Alex absolutely destroys. Thanks to Alex for joining us this week! You can find Alex's work at alexrobinson.…

Technically this episode is about french fries. Technically. In reality, it's mostly about juggling a million pickles and Homestar Runner fan fiction. Which means it's one of the best episodes yet? We also do a bracket for what the best fries are! It's great. This ep is one for the books. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com an…

We somehow have NEVER covered a Beatles album, despite us both being fans, and despite us talking about THIS album many times before, and despite us talking about the Beatles many times before! So we picked Sgt. Pepper's to start with! Maybe we'll do more of these! We of course also play Smish or Piss. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcas…

We're just a month behind in covering Dune: Part Two, but cut us some slack! We don't do this professionally so everything is a little delayed. We had to see it, schedule a guest, record it, edit it, and then upload it after the other eps that were already scheduled, and that takes some time! But I digress. We have a guest this week! Fellow dunatic…

It's the end of the month, and you know what that means! Time to jump back into the Fast and Furious franchise! We're covering the third entry in the franchise, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. This movie is ridiculous. And also apparently takes place in 7 years after it was released for some reason. Who knows. We also get another installment…

We for once are following up on a topic we said we should do in a recent episode! The 2003 family classic Holes came up in the "Nothing" episode, and here we are covering it this week! It's a great episode where we kinda come to an impressive conclusion about Star Wars?? And we continue the HSWII RPG. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast…

Hahahahahah we did an episode on nothing. That's FUNNY. It's a great episode. It doesn't get AS contentious as "Circles" got, but we do get into it. We also play Only Connect and discuss Hank the Cowdog at LENGTH. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeG…

Sorry for the bunch of random noises in Josiah's track! He's been having some recording issues lately. ANYWAY. We're talking vacation this week! Why?? Why not!!! You're gonna need a vacation from this episode by the end because it is truly insane. And we of course play the Vacation RPG. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and …

It's the end of the month, and that can only mean one thing. Back to the Fast and Furious well! We're covering 2 Fast 2 Furious this week, and it's a fun one! We also play another, you guessed it, word game! Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel …

Wow, we talk about this in the episode, but somehow it's a Chicago episode again? Weird. We don't know how this happened! But hey, we're covering Chicago by Chicago aka Chicago II. And we share our favorite tracks from the album! Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also fo…

We're discussing the movie musical Chicago this week! It's a GREAT flick and we really get into the nitty-gritty of whatever happened to movie musicals. We also play the Musical City Name Game. It's a great ep. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGosp…

We have a special guest on the show today covering our favorite city and the place of origin for this podcast, Chicago! Podcaster and critic Shannon Campe joins us to discuss all things Chicago, and boy oh boy do we get into it. We talk Malort, dibs, the lake, surviving the winter, we cover it all. And we play a game of Chicagyes or Chicagno! Enjoy…

It's time to reveal that we are covering the Fast and the Furious franchise, one movie at a time for the last week of the month, each month this year! We're excited because we're not familiar with this franchise! Hopefully, it will be a breath of fresh air for the podcast. We also play the IMDB game! It's great. You can contact the show at agoodpod…

We made it back to the Willennium to discuss the 2nd worst movie of all time, according to some people, Wild Wild West! And we have a special returning guest! You know her, you lover her, one of the co-hosts of Sports Kid / Drama Kid, Andi Sharavsky! It's her fault we watched this movie, and we had a dang good time discussing it. We also play a Wor…

It feels like -30 degrees in Chicago as I write this! So what an appropriate episode topic! We talk about winter, of course, get into Star Wars a liiittle bit, and play some Only Connect. 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 o…

What is this episode really about? Lunch? Inflation? Maybe it's about whatever you want it to be about. Who knows. Whatever it's about, it's a damn good episode. And we play a lunch RPG. 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 Twitte…

It's been a long time coming, but we finally did it. Long-time listeners will know that we've only ever lost two episodes of the show due to technical difficulties. Those episodes were on "Circles" and "Our 20's". They were REALLY good episodes and it was such a bummer to lose them. But we figured it's been long enough. We've healed enough, we've g…

It's the holiday seeeeason, doot, doot, DOOT. It's our holiday episode, and we're covering the DECIDEDLY Christmas movie, Batman Returns, with our returning guests Rob Grabowski and Josh Segovia of the podcast Poppin' Bottles. That's right, we're not taking ANY time off. This episode is dropping ON CHRISTMAS. This is our most bonus lengthed episode…

On the surface, this might look like an episode about holiday cheer, which is a funny idea, right? But really, this is an episode where two bros just list words that have the letter "X" in them in increasingly ridiculous ways. We also play a holiday movie game! This one gets really silly folks, so enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gma…

Well, it was bound to happen eventually. Well, two things were bound to happen eventually. One, we were bound to talk about a topic for a third time eventually. Some of us thought it would be Moving that would get a round three first, but nope, it was Solo. And two, Michael DeLaney was bound to be on the show for the 10th time eventually. And THIS …

Welp. We did it. We finally did it. For our 250th episode, we reviewed...ourselves. The ouroboros is complete. We can finally stop. Thanks to the suggestion of our very special guest Lior Shragg, in this episode, we are reviewing How Star Wars Is It? It's a big blow out bonus length episode in celebration of our 250th, and we play three, count 'em,…

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. We had to do it. We had one more live action Batman that we could think of and we had to do it. So here it is. Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. This is what you wanted, right?? Is this what you wanted?? We go crazy for 45 minutes and then play the IMDB game. It's a great episode. Enjoy. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gma…

We promised we would, and we're finally delivering on that promise! We're FINALLY covering 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, with special guest and DVD of this movie owner Cody Lindley! This movie is a trip, and this episode is also a trip. We also recast the movie with modern actors for the game, and it's a lot of fun. Check out Cody's…

We're heading back to album territory this week and discussing Olivia Rodrigo's latest release, GUTS. It's a great album and a fun episode as two 30-something-year-old men discuss music written by a teenage girl. And we of course play Smish or Piss. Enjoy!!! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all plat…

Oh boy. This one goes off the rails and STAYS off the rails. We definitely talk about leaves and we definitely talk about Star Wars, you can't say we didn't! We also talk about a lot of other stuff, including vampire umpires, the burning bush, and cool watches. And we play a new leaf inspired game of Mike's invention. Enjoy! You can contact the sho…

It's the end of the month, so we're doing another Batman movie! This week we've got new friends of the pod, Kyle Mantegna and Maggie Smith, the titular roommates/lovers of the podcast Roommate Lovers! Check out their show wherever you get your podcasts. We had a blast discussing this surprisingly excellent movie with them, talking about what they l…

We're keeping it spooky this week by talking about The Silence of the Lambs. It's a classic that raises a lot of interesting questions. And we discuss them all! We also actually compare it to Star Wars. Like we actually do our podcast. It's amazing. And we play Only Connect! Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @How…

We're keeping things spooky this month by covering a recent favorite scary movie, 2022's Barbarian! It's a great flick, and it's a great episode, and we rank movie monsters in a bracket for the game. Enjoy! You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follow Mike @MikeGospel on Twitt…

It's spooky season, and this week we're talking MONSTERS. Josiah quibbles a lot, and Mike brings the game. It's one of my new favorite eps. 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 @Jo…

Yes, yes, we know spooky season has started, but you have to wait til next week for a themed show because we have a truly fun and special episode to share with y'all. We had the lovely co-hosts of Sports Kid / Drama Kid on the show to discuss the bizarre golf romantic comedy flick, Tin Cup. Jim and Andi were a delight to have on the show, and you s…

It's the end of the month, so it's time for another Batman movie! We're covering Batman Forever this week, and boy oh boy, does it not hold up. We also play Six Degrees of Separation to Star Wars for the game. It's a great ep! Enjoy. You can contact the show at agoodpodcast@gmail.com and find us @HowStarWarsIsIt on all platforms. You can also follo…

Your two decidedly not Jewish hosts are covering challah this week! But don't worry, we've got a decidedly Jewish guest this week! Friend, and I'll go out on a limb and say fan of the show, Lior Shragg joins us this week to discuss the delicious traditional Jewish staple, challah. As usual when we have guests, Lior keeps us on track and presents so…

We 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!…

Yup, 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 …