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The Expanse wrapup w/ Pete Peppers & BenjaTV

We recently sat in on a massive 3-hour livestream with Pete Peppers and BenjaTV about the end of The Expanse. If you want to watch the video you can find it on Pete’s YouTube channel or if you’re a club member, you can listen to it here as a podcast. Enjoy!

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Season 6 Wrapup

Join us for one last episode of the Beltalowda podcast to celebrate the end of the perhaps the best sci-fi show to date. It’s a super-sized, feedback-packed episode where we quibble a little over the necessity of certain events and wonder what could have been but come out the other side appreciating what we did get.

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Chapter Two

Anthony and Steve cover The Weirdo on Maple Street. We talk about 1980’s police work and how Poltergeist influenced the Duffer Brothers.

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Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa

The obligatory action scene this week is a real disappointment but the rest of the episode held up pretty well. Join us for the podcast to hear our thoughts on The Book of Boba Fett’s third chapter, The Streets of Mos Espa.

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S06E06 – Babylon’s Ashes

The series finale delivers on nearly all fronts with some great action, some precious final moments between the characters we’ve come to love, and a promising conclusion for Inyalowda / Beltalowda relations. Join us for the podcast to hear our full thoughts on perhaps the best sci-fi series ever made. (We go into that)

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Chapter One

Steve Ausburne (stand-up comic) and Anthony Le Donne (academic) rewatch the perfect pilot episode. We discuss Hopper’s homage to Chief Brody in Jaws, if Steve Harrington is a bad fit for Nancy, and how Eleven discovers a better way to eat french fries.

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S06E05 – Why We Fight – Feedback

In the second-to-last feedback episode of the series we talk about the excellent sci-fi writing that The Expanse has brought us and consider what comes next for fans of the TV series after it ends.

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Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine

The second episode of The Book of Boba Fett was objectively better in almost every way. The desert scenes were infinitely more interesting, the action scenes more exciting, and it feels like it’s going somewhere. Join us for the podcast to hear our thoughts on the much-improved The Tribes of Tatooine.

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S06E05 – Why We Fight

The questioning of decisions has turned inward this episode, removing Holden from the crosshairs, but putting Amos, Avasarala, Filip, and even Drummer squarely in the sights. It’s a great episode full of moving scenes and setting up the action for next week’s finale. Join us for the podcast to hear our thoughts. [groups_non_member group=”Members”] Hey…

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S06E03 & E04 – Feedback

We’re checking back in with fans of The Expanse to get their feedback on episodes 3 & 4 of the final season. As you might expect, they’re mostly talking about Holden’s big decision.

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