Interview with a Bothan: A Star Wars Podcast

17 - Courtship of Princess Leia

Lou and Lenny are taking a quick detour from the X-Wing series to cover The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994). The duo is struck by Han Solo’s unfortunate similarities to Corran Horn in this book, prompting questions about Corellian society at large. Lou then divulges just how much they know about Corellia, while despairing about the decline of baseball. Lenny shares their findings about Canon vs. Legends depictions of Dathomir.  Hosts: Lenny Apesos and Lou Laverty Art: Lenny Apesos  Music: Thomas Seibel Have questions, comments, or concerns? Email us at interviewwithabothan@gmail.com [interviewwithabothan@gmail.com]  Find us elsewhere on the internet! Substack: interviewwithabothan.substack.com [http://interviewwithabothan.substack.com] Bluesky: interviewwabothan.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/interviewwabothan.bsky.social] Further Reading: Babylon Berlin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Berlin] Leslye Headland worked for Harvey Weinstein  [https://wegotthiscovered.com/celebrities/did-the-acolyte-creator-leslye-headland-work-for-harvey-weinstein/] Signs Twilight Was Written by a Mormon by Alyssa Grenfell  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwGC4ewe1_w] Generation Tech on Dathomiri Nightsisters [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKOLVmbPIYI] Tales of the Empire [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Tales_(TV_anthology)] “The Courtship of Princess Leia, Explained Badly” by Crayshack [https://archiveofourown.org/works/44635534]

16 - Solo Command

This episode, Lou and Lenny allegedly talk about the last instalment of the Wraith Squadron Trilogy, Solo Command (1999). In reality, Lou is losing their mind over the status of Montreal’s public services and Lenny is possessed by the ‘average Tik-Tok creator’ who is seemingly unaware of the industrial revolution. Trigger warning timestamp 1:18:11-1:33:11 for discussion of Unit 731/Nazi medical experimentation.  Hosts: Lenny Apesos and Lou Laverty Art: Lenny Apesos  Music: Thomas Seibel Have questions, comments, or concerns? Email us at interviewwithabothan@gmail.com [interviewwithabothan@gmail.com]  Find us elsewhere on the internet! Substack: interviewwithabothan.substack.com [http://interviewwithabothan.substack.com] Bluesky: interviewwabothan.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/interviewwabothan.bsky.social] Further reading: Skyline Dip  [https://skylinechili.com/recipes/classic-skyline-dip/] Tyler the creator cooking a waffle [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn4ef8kbbyQ] So You Just Gon' Bring Me a Birthday Gift on My Birthday to My Birthday Party [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8W9370CHkk] Earl sweatshirt i don’t care [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kXLu_x0SRm4] Cleveland health villain era [https://health.clevelandclinic.org/villain-era]

15-Iron Fist

This episode, Lou and Lenny are covering Iron Fist (1998), the second Wraith Squadron book and sixth in the X-Wing Series! As of this recording, Lou is a week out from their wisdom tooth removal. Lenny has thoughts and feelings about Myn Donos and technofascism, which are more related than one might think. They also ask the question, are Corellian men bad in bed? Hosts: Lenny Apesos and Lou Laverty Art: Lenny Apesos  Music: Thomas Seibel Have questions, comments, or concerns? Email us at interviewwithabothan@gmail.com [interviewwithabothan@gmail.com]  Find us elsewhere on the internet! Substack: interviewwithabothan.substack.com [http://interviewwithabothan.substack.com] Bluesky: interviewwabothan.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/interviewwabothan.bsky.social] Further Reading: Hackers [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/] (1995) Tosche Station Allston interview [https://toschestation.net/tosche-station-radio-19-snark-to-snark-combat-with-aaron-allston/](2012) It Could Happen Here (Network State) [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/the-network-state-a-tech-fascist-327375788/] The Modern Family Cookbook [https://archive.org/details/modernfamilycook0000meta] (1942) Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Beeton%27s_Book_of_Household_Management] (1861) Masculinity and the Making of American Judaism [https://books.google.ca/books/about/Masculinity_and_the_Making_of_American_J.html?id=p8SCDgAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y]

14-Wraith Squadron

While discussing Aaron Allston’s Wraith Squadron (1998) Lenny and Lou initially focus on the ethics and history of the use of bioweapons but at some point start playing smash or pass with Canadian Prime Ministers. Lenny gets serious about workplace rights and protections and reveals more about their day job than they probably should. The duo then discuss the diagnostic criteria for PTSD and how most internet trends can be linked to fascist propaganda.  Hosts: Lenny Apesos and Lou Laverty Art: Lenny Apesos  Music: Thomas Seibel Have questions, comments, or concerns? Email us at interviewwithabothan@gmail.com [interviewwithabothan@gmail.com]  Find us elsewhere on the internet! Substack: interviewwithabothan.substack.com [http://interviewwithabothan.substack.com] Bluesky: interviewwabothan.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/interviewwabothan.bsky.social] Further reading:  To Sir Phillip, With Love- Julia Quinn Republic Commando Series- Karen Traviss Best and Worst Canadian prime ministers 1999 [https://web.archive.org/web/20010719220419/http://www.ggower.com/dief/text/maclean2.shtml] October Crisis [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/october-crisis] Tall Girl [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9252508/] #blackatBLS [https://blsargo.org/5269/news/blackatbls-then-and-now/]

13- Bacta War

On this episode of Interview With A Bothan, we become a layman’s tech podcast before covering Bacta War. Lou laments that they want another updated special edition of Star Wars: A New Hope while updating Lenny on the dire straits that is the SSD/HDD market. Lenny, on the other hand, is actually on task and has thoughts and feelings about Tycho’s teenage-like atheism.  Hosts: Lenny Apesos and Lou Laverty Art: Lenny Apesos  Music: Thomas Seibel Have questions, comments, or concerns? Email us at interviewwithabothan@gmail.com [interviewwithabothan@gmail.com]  Find us elsewhere on the internet! Substack: interviewwithabothan.substack.com [http://interviewwithabothan.substack.com] Bluesky: interviewwabothan.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/interviewwabothan.bsky.social] Further Reading: Southern Enclave [https://www.trektales.com/SouthernEnclave.html] BFI screening of Star Wars (1977) [https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/star-wars-bfi-theatrical-rerelease] Loveland Frog Man [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveland_frog] Weird US [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_US_(book_series)] Star Wars Star Pilots [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827367/star-wars-star-pilots-by-chris-kempshall/] - Chris Kempshall’s new book The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31091039/] PONIES [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33270420/?ref_=fn_t_1] Star Trek: Starfleet Academy [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8622160/?ref_=fn_t_1] A Displaced Wedding: Getting Married in a DP Camp (Yiddish Book Centre) [https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/excerpts/woh-ex-0003647/displaced-wedding-getting-married-dp-camp] From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death [https://caitlindoughty.com/books/from-here-to-eternity/] by Caitlin Doughty Marriage in the Danish fashion [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_danico] (More danico) Ronald Reagan with the Mujahideen in the Oval Office: Photo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reagan_sitting_with_people_from_the_Afghanistan-Pakistan_region_in_February_1983.jpg] and Video [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68886147]  Mission Hill  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vhHquWjO-Y]