Jordan Peele uses his directorial debut to introduce audiences to the talent of Daniel Kaluuya, win a Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and try to make white liberals confront their participation in systemic racism. How well did he succeed?

Pluggables: 

Shami: @theonlinemuse on tumblr

Todd: http://theguyinthe3rdrow.blogspot.com/

Spotlight: The Black TV & Film Collective (https://www.blacktvfilmcollective.org/donate/) — help provide opportunities and resources for Black filmmakers across the world!

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

We mark Disability Pride Month by talking about the Oscar-winning SOUND OF METAL, featuring Riz Ahmed's big brown owl eyes, discussions about sign language subtitles, and cochlear implants, and the importance of community for disabled folx.

PLUGGABLES 

B: @dropsofjupiter92 on BlueSky; @bdaae on tumblr, @btargaryen on Letterboxd

Meredith: @merthenerd on Letterboxd

MUTUAL AID SPOTLIGHT: Deaf YES! (https://deafyes.org/), pioneering research, development, and training on the tools to supporting  Deaf people through their recovery.

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

It's Gay Wrath Month, so let's be gay and do crimes and... wait. Wait, no, not like that, this is Alfred Hitchcock and Arthur Laurents making toxic codependent yaoi.

Be Kind Rewind's Hitchcock Blondes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjSde5Su-14

Legal Eagle's Case of the Perfect Murder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6q8I5UwcQI

PLUGGABLES

Gillian: @cutiepuppyfire on the socials

B: @dropsofjupiter92 on BlueSky; @bdaae on tumblr, @btargaryen on Letterboxd

Leif: @leifbradshawsings on instagram, @leifbradshawmusic on Facebook, linktr.ee/disneyoutlands.

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

6 Degrees of Star Wars marks the 250th birthday of the United States by discussing a movie about the people who the United States has historically excluded, starring the incomparable Nicole Beharie, whom Hollywood tried to exclude. This is Miss Juneteenth.

The Sojourner Truth Project: https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/the-readings

PLUGGABLES: 

Ellie: @elessar42 on Bluesky, Letterboxd, and Medium; @football-in-tuxedos on Tumblr, Podcasting's Biggest Night available wherever Pods are Cast.

Jas: @FaeRiviera on all socials, host of In Each Retelling

Shami: @theonlinemuse on tumblr

Mutual Aid Spotlight: Black Connect: https://www.blackconnect.org/donate

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

We decided to celebrate pride by putting a bunch of queer women enjoyers into a room to talk about the first cinematic reluctant vampire who is also giving so much lesbian. The results are exactly what you think.

PLUGGABLES:

Gillian: @cutiepuppyfire on the socials

B: @dropsofjupiter92 on BlueSky; @bdaae on tumblr, @btargaryen on Letterboxd

Shami: @theonlinemuse on tumblr

Mutual Aid: The Queer Liberation Library Pride Fundraiser: https://givebutter.com/qqlls-pride-campaign-2026-rg3yn3

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

It's the movie that could never be made today... I hate that cliché!

Pluggables:

Leif: @leifbradshawsings on instagram, @leifbradshawmusic on Facebook, linktr.ee/disneyoutlands

Jas: @FaeRiviera on all socials, host of In Each Retelling

Grady: @snakebitcat on the socials

The Marsha P Johnson Institute's PAY IT campaign: https://givebutter.com/MPJI-pride

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

We close out AAPI month by taking a look at the modern classic class-satire brought to you by Director Bong Joon-Ho - PARASITE. I'm deadly serious.

PLUGGABLES:

Ellie: @elessar42 on Bluesky, Letterboxd, and Medium; @football-in-tuxedos on Tumblr, Podcasting's Biggest Night available wherever Pods are Cast.

Leif: @leifbradshawsings on instagram, @leifbradshawmusic on Facebook, linktr.ee/disneyoutlands

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Reach out to your congressional representative to express your support for the NO FAKES Act! Fight the clankers! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/support-the-no-fakes-act

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

We are joined by special guest Agatha Vile for an oceanic adventure of super proportions, taking us back to 2018, when we had no idea how much worse superhero fatigue could get and we were just happy to have a DCEU movie that was willing to have fun and be bright and colorful.

Pluggables: 

Seducing Scylla: https://www.lexloganauthor.com/products/seducing-scylla

Jas: @FaeRiviera on all socials, host of In Each Retelling

ALL THE CHARITIES

The Purple Leash Project (https://redrover.org/the-purple-leash-project/) for helping victims of domestic violence keep their pets.

The Lilith Fund (https://www.lilithfund.org/) for reproductive justice in Texas.

Waterkeeper Alliance (https://waterkeeper.org/) for clean and accessible water for all.

SECORE International (https://www.secore.org/en/about-us) for building back our coral reefs.

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

Gillian and Bradley are subjected to the experience of trying to make Sam and River shut up about the 2008 animated film STAR WARS: The Clone Wars, wandering through the foibles of Dave Filoni, the introduction of Rotta the Hutt aka Stinky (soon to appear in the Mandalorian and Grogu), and lies about how we are NOT talking about the tv series this is technically a pilot for.

Pluggables:

Gillian: @cutiepuppyfire on the socials

River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxd, blog.filmlion.online, and host of The Straights Aren't Alright

MUTUAL AID SPOTLIGHT: Lāhui Foundation is running supply drives and collecting donations for victims of historically bad flooding across the islands of Hawai'i - visit their website here:  https://www.lahuifoundation.org/flood-relief

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

Two years after covering the sequel series, we're talking about the original Willow, the star-making turn by Warwick Davis in the title role, the pure chaos of Val Kilmer as Madmartigan, and the world's BEST baby, Elora Danan.

Pluggables:

Conor: @youngmrduffy on the socials, TTRPGs at third-country-press.itch.io, and https://bff.fm/shows/third-country-radio

Jen: Jen: @TheITinFIT on YouTube, @jenseggio on instagram, Ava's Chalk releasing soon from EverImagine Press (https://everimaginebooks.com/); upontheshelfreviews.wordpress.com; Beast City @MadKitsuneProductions on Youtube

Mutual Aid Spotlight: A Luta Sigue's (https://www.alutasigue.org/) fundraiser to support Mothers Fighting Family Separation: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-mothers-fighting-family-seperation

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.