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Star Warsologies: A Podcast About Science and Star Wars

Dec 23, 2025

As a holiday bonus, please enjoy this recording of a panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2025 - Celebrating the Puppetry Arts!

Panel Description: Puppets have entertained and educated the masses for centuries but the artistry also changes and advances with new technology. Professional puppet builders and performers share...


Dec 2, 2025

This episode of Star Warsologies is all about maps! We talk with Jason Fry, who helped map the galaxy far, far away in The Essential Atlas.

How do you map a galaxy? Storytellers get to add their own details in movies, books, comics, TV shows, and even board games, so it's a huge job and nearly impossible to keep it...


Nov 4, 2025

This episode of Star Warsologies covers feminism and gender representation in Star Wars with author and historian Becca Harrison.

Becca Harrison tallied up all the screen time for female characters in Star Wars movies over the decades and even made cuts of the film with only dialogue from female characters. They get...


Oct 15, 2025

This episode of Star Warsologies is our LA Comic Con panel about critters in a galaxy far, far away!

Hear our panel of experts talk about their favorite animals in Star Wars! Melissa and James are joined by herpetologist Earyn McGee, conservation biologist Sam Wynns, and geochemist Randy Flores. Also check...


Sep 16, 2025

This episode of Star Warsologies covers mass media, propaganda, and media literacy in a galaxy far, far away!

Author Samuel Spitale joins us to talk about the difference between journalism, news, propaganda, advertising, and other media terms. He posits that the lack of media in the original series was a deliberate...