Hello there! Welcome the 24th episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Kent. Kent is 29 years old. He is a lifelong Star Wars fan, avid con goer, traveler, collector, husband, and cat Dad to Kenobi. Don’t forget this is Kent’s personal story. It is not my place on the show to dismiss, diminish, judge, or have an opinion on his story. Any views, thoughts, or opinions expressed are his own. Any comments on this episode and story are expected to be respectful. Trigger Warning: This episod...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Hello there! Welcome the 23rd episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Mark. Mark aka The Canerdian Jedi is a lifelong Star Wars fan from Nova Scotia, Canada. He runs the Holocron Chronicles podcast as part of the Secret Friends Unite Podcast Network, and enjoys sharing his love of Star Wars through his @canerdian_jedi accounts, including his newfound love of cosplaying original characters like The Pirate Jedi, Bananakin Skywalker, The Jurassic Jedi, and more. He hopes his positivity f...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Hello there! Welcome the 22th episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Jon Flake. Jon has been a Star Wars fan and an athlete as long as he can remember. He had the OT on VHS, he was in 8th grade when Episode 1 came out, and grew up a prequels kid. Like a lot of fans his age it wasn’t as much of a focus in college, mostly because there wasn’t anything new coming out. As a college athlete he didn’t have as much time for hobbies and other things. His love of Star Wars was rekindled once ...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Hello there! Welcome the 21th episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Jeff. Jeffrey Cagle is a 39-year-old husband and father of two boys who lives in Northern VA just outside of DC. He is an indoor and a beach volleyball coach. He also has an academic background in Religious Studies, Philosophy, and Theological Studies. Jeff shares his love of Star Wars on his blog, The Imperial Talker, and also on Threads and Instagram where he is always up for meeting new fans and hearing about the...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Hello there! Welcome the 20th episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Ron. Ron is a 20+ year Star Wars fan and co-host of The Pod Awakens. As a former pro wrestling and football commentator, he now uses his love of being behind a microphone to spread his passion for a galaxy far, far away to fans old and new. He hopes to help create a fair and accepting place for Star Wars fans from all walks of life to come together. Don’t forget this is Ron’s personal story. It is not my place on th...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Hello there! Welcome the 19th episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is David. A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was a boy who disdained space and sci-fi movies. He didn't care for the 1980s action figures or starships. What he did love was... Caravan of Courage, recorded on a nondescript VHS tape amongst other shows and movies. This boy is our guest today, David. After a journey through various fandoms, David finally fell in love with the Star Wars trilogy, and fe...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 21
Hello there! Welcome to the 18th episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Aaron. Aaron invests his time and energy speaking at the intersection of faith and fandom. Particularly, he brings a unique perspective in discussing culturally accepted concepts of weakness and happiness. Aaron does this by melding heroic journey stories - such as Star Wars and Marvel films - with his own story. He applies this understanding to share wisdom affirmed through four decades of overcoming medical and...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Hello there! Welcome the 17th episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Moshé. He is a lightsaber expert and is known on social media as THEDRIPJEDI. He likesto describe himself as one part Sneakerhead, and one part Star Wars fan! Star Wars has given him hope and courage through hard times, even the loss of his father. He encourages people to “love what you love". You are a Star Wars fan to him regardless of what brought you into it, when you started liking it, or what you love about it...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Hello there! Welcome the 16th episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Eric Clayton. Eric, a life long Star Wars fan, is an award-winning writer, speaker, storyteller, and sought-after retreat leader. He is the deputy director of communications for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. He has a BA in creative writing and international studies from Fairfield University and an MA in international media from American University. Eric writes Story Scraps on Substack . He l...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Hello there! Welcome the 15th episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Kevin. Kevin is 45 years old and has been a life-long Star Wars fan. From the movies, to the toys, to the books, to the games… he has enjoyed the world Lucasfilm has built. His fandom reached new heights 7 years ago when he was encouraged to join a Star Wars costume club. Being able to share his fandom with the public and with his child has been a gift all its own. Don’t forget this is Kevin’s personal story. It is ...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Hello there! Welcome to the 14th Episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Andrew Hess. Andrew has been a Star Wars fan since 1983. In 1993 he installed a sound card on his parent’s computer just so he could play X-Wing with sound. He’s never been to Tattooine, thinks Hoth would be too cold, and Corsucant too crowded, but wouldn’t mind visiting Scarif, or maybe not…Depending on the timeline. He doesn’t have a blog or a podcast for me to recommend to you, but we both hope that you really...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Hello there! Welcome to the 13th episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is a husband and wife duo, Mike and Kat! Mike is a PhD-trained astronomer-turned-developer that stumbled into Star Wars fandom as a kid when he ran out of space science at the library. His biggest jump into fandom was in 2005 when he joined LiningUp.Net to camp out for Revenge of the Sith outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood for a few weeks. That would propel him toward attending many San Diego Comic-Cons ...
Jun 06, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Hello there! Welcome to the 12th Episode of Tales of the Force. May is mental health awareness month. This month I have been specifically highlighting story’s of fans that have also wanted to share about their mental health journey. This is the last episode in this series this month. Because of this added personal component, these story’s go over the normal episode time. Joining me today is Brandon. Brandon is a teacher, podcaster, and mental health advocate who uses Star Wars as a platform to c...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Hello there! Welcome to the 11th Episode of Tales of the Force. May is mental health awareness month. This month I am specifically highlighting stories of fans that also want to share about their mental health journey. Because of this added personal component, these stories go over the normal episode time. Joining me today is Rory! Rory is 35 years old and has loved Star Wars since he was 6, when the Original Trilogy VHS box set was released. He loves all the movies and shows, and his favorite c...
May 24, 2024•2 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Hello there! Welcome to the 10th Episode of Tales of the Force. May is mental health awareness month. This month I will be specifically highlighting stories of fans that also want to share about their mental health journey. Because of this added personal component, these stories will go over the normal episode time. Joining me today is Adam! Adam is 46 years old and a lifelong resident of Green Bay, WI. After many years in IT, he has returned to college full time to study web programming. He has...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 56 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Hello there, and welcome to the Ninth Episode of Tales of the Force! May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This month, I will be specifically highlighting stories of fans that are also wanting to share about their mental health journey. Because of this added personal component, these stories will go over the normal episode time. Joining me today is Layne. Layne was born in 2000 and has been a Star Wars fan since forever. He started toy photography when The Force Awakens released in theaters, and...
May 08, 2024•2 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Hello there! Welcome to the Eighth Episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is John! John was born in Columbus, Ohio, but spent his formative years as a missionary. Kid in the European country of Estonia. The father of five, one of his proudest parenting achievements is keeping his oldest son from finding out that Darth Vader is Luke’s father, before he saw the empire strikes back. John is the host of Two Geek Soup, a podcast that looks at geek culture from a Christian perspective. Don’t ...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Hello there! Welcome to the seventh episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Denise! Denise, also know as Mandalorian Momma, is a Mandalorian at heart, Mom, and Star Wars Fanatic. She has been cosplaying with the Star Wars groups since 2017 and in 2022 launched "Sisterhood of the Travelin' Bantha Podcast" with one of her best friends, Rexy, to bring more women representation to Star Wars. Her favorite character is Qi’ra and she is obsessed with Prequel Era of Star Wars. Don’t forget th...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Hello there! Welcome to the sixth episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Marc! He is a producer, musician, and host of the Boombox Music Talk podcast who believes Obi Wan’s Hut of Exposition in 1977 changed the world. From an early age, Star Wars taught Marc that music and sound can truly create our realities and help shape our perspectives. They hold power over the viewer in a unique way and Marc wanted to pursue that same point of view when writing music. Experiment with the unknow...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Hello there! Welcome to the fith episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Gabi Fleury! Gabi is an author, game designer, and cosplayer passionate about the diverse storytelling potential of Star Wars. A new Star Wars fan after taking more than one trip on Disney's Galactic Starcruiser, they're excited to share more about their journey to Star Wars, their changing creative goals, the life-changing power of immersive theatre from their perspective both as an artist more generally and a g...
Apr 09, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Hello there! Welcome to the fourth episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Chris Scevoli! You might know Chris as Scevoli Tano. He is a YouTuber and shop owner that loves all things Star Wars, especially Star Wars Animation. Ahsoka Tano is his inspiration in life and he believes we can all learn from her story and others in this great galaxy far, far away. Don’t forget this is Chris' personal story. It is not my place on the show to dismiss, diminish, judge, or have an opinion on thei...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Hello there! Welcome to the third episode of Tales of the Force. Joining me today is Tiara! Tiara is 25 yrs old and she grew up a Star Wars fan. Her dad introduced her to Star Wars and is the reason she loves it. He took her to see ROTS in theaters and helped her make her first costume. Since then her love for the Fandom has led her to creating her social accounts where she does all things Star Wars... She Cosplays, she collects, she's a gamer, she draws and designs things inspired by Star Wars,...
Mar 26, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Hello there! Welcome to the second episode of Tales of the Force. Today we have our first guest, Andrés Alvarez! Andrés is 32 years old and has been a Star Wars fan for so long he doesn’t remember when he first started loving it. The Prequels were his first in-theatre Star Wars experience, and that love has evolved into a Star Wars and Politics podcast he produces called Sithty Minutes. His favorite era now is The High Republic and favorite movie is The Last Jedi. Don’t forget this is Andrés' pe...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Hello there! Welcome to the first episode of Tales of the Force. In this episode I share some of my personal Star Wars story. I talk about what I want this podcast to be, growing up with Star Wars, my mental health journey, what inspires me about Star Wars, and my hope for this show. General reminder. Star Wars is a story that deals with hopeful themes, but also touches on things like war, death, loss, slavery and oppression, trauma, mental health issues, personal injury, abandonment, pregnancy ...
Mar 12, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1
