Host GC13, and contestants Ken, Sophia, and Hunter have the podcast’s first trivia night.

It was a… Rough night.

Thank you to everyone who submitted a question for trivia night, and thank you to everyone for being good sport!

Those of you who played along: how did you do?

Sophia and GC13 do a second hype/speculation episode in a row, this time talking about #StevenBomb4 which will be starting on January 4 (not much longer to go…).

We’re ready for backstory, we’re ready for feels, and you know we’re ready for the hiatus to be over. There’s a good chance that we’ll get the first of our three long stories as the very first episode, though we’re not sure if the second episode will let us know how old Steven is or not…

If you haven’t already, make sure to head to our Tumblr account and send us your trivia questions for next week’s trivia episode. GC13 will be asking, and the others will be answering.

GC13 and Sophia discuss the full list of season-two episodes Cartoon Network posted online a while back. This is full-on speculation mode; we have so much to look forward to in 2016 when Steven Universe begins premiering new episodes again.

Perhaps the episode titles most prone to hype are the ones that sound like they pertain to Amethyst: The Kindergarten Kid, Crack the Whip, and Steven vs Amethyst (and maybe even Gem Hunt?). If taken at face value, those episode titles imply some really heavy stuff inbound.

Of course there’s one thing we know for sure: Tiger Millionaire is making a triumphant return! That it took this long is of course terrible, but it’s definitely better to see him late than never.

FAN ALERT! Our episode for the 28th will be a trivia episode! Do you have any Steven Universe trivia questions you’d like GC13 to quiz the others on? Submit a question to our Tumblr account, either as a question (“Tell us what’s on your mind”) or as fan mail.

We look forward to matching our knowledge of the show against your questions!

Ken, GC13, and Sophia are joined by online columnist Eric Thurm (who you most likely know from his AV Club reviews of Steven Universe episodes).

Of course everyone has to talk about their favorite songs. Yes, it’s always a tough question (so many to choose from!), but you get your answers.

Eric’s article in Pitchfork is brought up, and it covers Ms. Sugar’s use of music in her cartoons. No one can deny that Steven Universe is a very musical show, and with her recent guest appearance on Adventure Time (the show she was on previously) producing another excellent song she wrote… well, the article has a link to Ms. Sugar singing the demo, so go listen to it.

Does the Jam Buddies song always make you think of the Little Butler theme?

GC13, Sophia, and Hunter discuss the various online shorts for Steven Universe: the extended theme, the three Classroom Gems shorts (What Are Gems, How Are Gems Made, and Fusion), the Hot Dog Duffel Bag unboxing video, and Lion!

Which short was your favorite? How informative do you find the Classroom Gems to be? Can you answer any of the questions we can’t?

If you want to support James Roach (the creator of the track we use for our intro and outro) on Patreon, then here’s the link.

GC13, Sophia, and Hunter come back strong with an episode about the eight issues of the Steven Universe comic series, plus the Greg Universe special.

While the comic series is definitely different than the show, the comics are fun to read. Plus, they are canon until the show contradicts them, which has so far only happened with regard to the existence of Halloween—and even that was only contradicted on Twitter by Mr. Burnett.

The short comics included in each issue are also fantastic, with far too many to be able to shout of all of the beloved ones (still, no one ever said “no” to some extra Opal, least of all Steven).

All in all, color us happy to be getting a graphic novel and a new mini-series soon!

Ken tries to save the day while GC13, Sophia, and Hunter talk about just about anything but Rose’s Room.

There’s not even much to summarize about this episode. It just… Is. Talk to us on our Tumblr account.

Ken, GC13, and Sophia discuss Beach Party (twice). We hope you’re ready, because it’s Kofi time!

It’s actually not just Kofi time, it’s finally Nanafua time too. As you may have heard, Nanafua was based off of Mr. Jones-Quartey’s grandmother, Theodosia Okoh, famous for designing the flag of Ghana.

Steven’s wardrobe expanded in this episode, adding in the tank top he wore to the eponymous beach party. He may not know where his clothes from, but we’re just impressed that Greg had so many of his shirts stocked in child sizes. He also took the lead for the first time in this episode, using his people skills to determine who should be partnered with who to best patch things up with the Pizza family.

GC13, Ken, and Hunter discuss Lion 2: The Movie, and give a special shout-out to the track Aivi and Surasshu made for the Google 2015 Halloween doodle game.

So, what is the deal with Lion? Nobody knows. It’s the big mystery of the show, and unlike a lot of stuff doesn’t seem to have any clues that can help us solve it. Not only is it too soon to talk about Ocean Town, but it looks like it’s too soon to learn the secret origin of Lion.

There’s more shouting out going on! Now that asks and fan mail are open on our Tumblr account there is another way for you to get in touch with us! Plus, shout-out to the Crystal Gem Cast and their new home.

GC13, Ken, and Sophia deal with the hiatus blues by talking about the sixteenth episode of the series: Steven the Sword Fighter.

It was the episode that introduced the concept of Gems regenerating to us, and since we’ve seen Reformed (forty-one episodes later) we definitely know that we got the wrong idea about how long reformation should normally take a Gem. Talking about it more, there’s really a whole lot we still don’t know.

Heck, we don’t even know whether Lonely Blade is a live action series or if it’s animated.

Plus, Asks are now open on our Tumblr page, so you have another way to get into contact with us!