Welcome back to Beltway Banthas and brace yourself for a ride through hyperspace in higher quality audio with host, Stephen Kent. The show had some hiccups this week with the whole team migrating to new homes and getting unpacked, but Stephen found a closet and an article in SyFyWire about Star Wars politics to review.

On episode 64 of Starships, Sabers, and Scoundrels, Dennis, Jay, and Darth Taxus are out to determine the best Star Wars novel of the new canon with a little help from Jay Shepard and Becca Benjamin.

"Captain America: The First Avenger" has a rich, patriotic history which led to the creation of SHIELD. And he couldn't have done it without "Agent Carter". Check it out on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Case Files.

David calls across the pond with famed Commodore 64 music composer Rob Hubbard to discuss his career and the evolution of video game music.

SuperFriend Adam O’Brien (the Fantha from Down Under) joins shazbazzar and JediShua for a chat about the comical campiness of a very ‘80s flick, Ice Pirates.

Join your hosts Joey, Nathan and Kelly in the "Animanicast!" A podcast dedicated to the classic 90's cartoon show Animaniacs! Today Nathan and Joey discuss issue #7 of the classic Animaniacs comic from 1995! It's a "psychologically draining" comic featuring the Warners on a mission to rescue Dr. Scratchansniff and then Mister Director! How will they successfully bring the two back to the studio in one piece? Find out on today's episode!

This week on the DorkLair: recent pickups and Master of the Hunt. In the news (finally) there are some new SH Figuarts Star Wars releases to get excited about. In this week's feature, Bill reviews Mezco Spock from the One:12 Collective.

We just checked in to see what condition Star Wars Episode IX's condition was in. Turns out, it looks pretty rad so far.

Our resident Shaq impersonator Andre Tipton joins us to dive into the best and most intriguing titles from the Famicom and Super Famicom libraries!

Welcome back to Beltway Banthas! Swara and Stephen are BOTH moving this week to new homes and this was as good a time as any to share some audio from over the summer. Stephen met up with New York Times op-ed columnist Ross Douthat for a discussion on Star Wars and politics. It's a well-rounded conversation with a lot of focus on Star Wars strengths AND weaknesses. We hope you enjoy and aren't distracted by the ambient noise of the conference.