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This week, your hosts dig into the second batch of three episodes of Andor Season 2 - "Ever Been to Ghorman?, "I Have Friends Everywhere," and "What a Festive Evening." After a slightly more fair game of trivia featuring JOANNA ROBINSON of The Ringer podcast network!.

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It's A STORM OF SPOILERS: A STAR WARS SPECIAL!

This week, your hosts dig into the first three episodes of Andor Season 2 - "One Year Later," "Sagrona Teema," and "Harvest." After a rousing game of trivia featuring KATEY RICH of THE PRESTIGE JUNKIE PODCAST, (and a little show called Fighting In The War Room).

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In preparation for new episodes of A Storm of Spoilers breaking down Andor Season 2 starting June 18th, 2025, we're re-releasing out pre-pandemic Star Wars Specials dealing with the Skywalker Saga. 

Welcome to A STORM OF SPOILERS: A STAR WARS SPECIAL!

Today, we discuss The Sequel Trilogy in an insanely long hybrid episode that includes our original Rise of Skywalker review. 

Here's a breakdown: (times may be slightly off depending on platform and dynamic advertising):

Starting around 10:17, it's  more canon questions from Dave for his co-hosts

Starting around 1:09:36 plus a new segment wit...

Welcome to A STORM OF SPOILERS: A STAR WARS SPECIAL!

In preparation for new episodes of A Storm of Spoilers breaking down Andor Season 2 starting June 18th, 2025, we're re-releasing out pre-pandemic Star Wars Specials dealing with the Skywalker Saga. 

Today, it's our LIVE SHOW from the Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library in Colorado. This show was mostly recorded on November 21st, 2019 when your three hosts discussed A New Hope (Star Wars), The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. It includes more canon questions from Dave for the audience and his co-hosts, plus a...

Welcome to A STORM OF SPOILERS: A STAR WARS SPECIAL!

In preparation for new episodes of A Storm of Spoilers breaking down Andor Season 2 starting June 18th, 2025, we're re-releasing out pre-pandemic Star Wars Specials dealing with the Skywalker Saga. 

Today, It is time to dive back into the prequels with The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. Your three intrepid hosts start out mustering positivity after a battering of Star Wars canon from Dave.

This week, Kristin Russo of The Buffering Podcast and The Boiler Room podcast talks with J...

This week, Da7e and Neil close out their coverage of The Last of Us season two with an overstuffed episode filled with recap, debate, theories, end-of-season awards, and more.

In The Calm [08:28], they consider how the show's adaptation choices led to some of the postseason discourse, discuss the good and bad of TV cliffhangers, and hand out some very important superlative awards.

Then, in The Storm [01:21:26], they outline the most important casting news to watch for in the offseason and discuss the many possible storylines that could be expanded to pad out the game's story...

This week, Da7e and Neil dig into the season two finale of The Last of Us and its risky choice for a season-ending cliffhanger.

In The Calm [07:48], they discuss the positives and negatives of a seven-episode season, celebrate good outcomes for the show's animal characters, and explore how one pivotal scene from the game was adapted in a far more traumatic way than it played out in the video game.

Then, in The Storm [01:11:46], they highlight all of the seeds this episode plants that will be very relevant early in season three. Then they make a...

This week, Da7e and Neil are remembering (some) happier times as The Last of Us delivers its season two flashback episode.

In The Calm [07:10], they discuss the dangers of at-home tattoo setups, appreciate Tony Dalton's glorious mustache, join Gail's book club, and much more.

Then in The Storm [01:09:10], they debate where the season finale will end and consider how Joel's parenting advice will reverberate throughout the rest of the story.

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This week, Da7e and Neil follow Ellie's descent into Seattle's darkest basements as their coverage of The Last of Us season two continues.

In The Calm [12:58], they discuss the adaptation choice to hold the spores, consider the philosophical value of extreme violence in a post-apocalyptic world, and momentarily get very nervous about the fate of a dog.

In The Storm [59:36], they obsess over what might be hiding out on level B3 of the Lakeview Hospital and look ahead to the flashbacks that could be coming in the next episode.

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This week, Da7e and Neil attempt to figure out what the f**k is wrong with Seattle as their coverage of The Last of Us season two continues.
 
In The Calm [11:02], they discuss the culmination of some important adaptation choices, critique murderous performance art, and seek solutions for post-apocalyptic morning breath.

In The Storm [55:18], they explain why it's a big deal that the Cordyceps fungus is now airborne and look ahead as the timeline of season two comes into focus.

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This week, Da7e and Neil join the people of Jackson in their grieving over the loss of Joel as their coverage of The Last of Us season two continues.

In The Calm [13:28], they discuss things that cause olfactory sensitivity, consider which of the show's actors are best at selling a lie, and decide whether Seth deserves a redemption arc.

Then in The Storm [59:54], Neil explains what is to come now that Ellie and Dina have made it to Seattle, and Da7e offers up theories about how the show will deploy more flashbacks.

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This week, Da7e and Neil continue their coverage of The Last of Us season two as the show delivers its biggest and most ambitious episode yet.

In The Calm [06:48], they break down the Jackson defense strategies, discuss Kaitlyn Dever's masterful performance, and explain the importance of the heroic moment for the show's dogs.

In The Storm [51:44], Neil gives Da7e an important Shimmer-related update, then attempts to piece together how exactly the show might break up the second video game's story into two seasons.

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This week, Da7e and Neil begin their coverage of The Last of Us as HBO's prestige fungal apocalypse drama returns to Sunday nights.

In The Calm [08:30], they break down the episode, discuss the new additions to the cast, assess the adaptation choices and reshuffling of events from the video game, and consider the critical survival tactic of using empty beer bottles to distract Clickers.

Then in The Storm [45:44], they make some much-needed adjustments to their season two predictions after the first episode and react in real-time as HBO releases new promo material for episode two...

Welcome back to A Storm of Spoilers! Dave and Neil have returned to your feeds with a new iteration of SOS to cover the latest and greatest in prestige television, starting with The Last of Us season two. New deep dive episodes will drop on Wednesdays starting April 16th, following the season two premiere on HBO. 

For now, please enjoy this preview episode in which your faithful hosts look back at season one of The Last of Us, discuss the news of the show's season three renewal, lay out some stormy details from the video game, and look ahe...

Joanna, Neil, and Dave are podcasting once again with TRIAL BY CONTENT, the pop culture debate show that is going to definitely answer the biggest and most important questions. Subscribe now in all podcasting apps, or online for new episodes every Tuesday. 

This week, Dave and Neil drop in with JoannaBot to talk about "The New Man In Charge" the post-script to Lost that was included on the DVD releases as a post-script to the fantastic ride that has been The Storm podcast. 
We also have the results on the final Island of Kisstory Polls and updates about where to find us and how to keep an eye on this feed. 
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This week, Joanna, Dave and Neil go back over the entire run of Lost to pick out the best of the best (with listener input!) for THE FINAL CORNERS. Only one person/thing/pairing can win each category and either your hosts agree...or Neil is right by default. 
It's Joanna's final episode of THE STORM (Dave and Neil will be back to wrap things up next week), so we go all out covering:
Most Mysterious Moment (Jungle of Mystery)
Giacchino Corner
Boone Carlisle Memorial Falling Down Award
Accent Corner (Worst Accent)
I MARRIED H...

This week, Joanna is talking to Jeff Jensen and Dan Snierson who produced and starred in the Totally Lost show for Entertainment Weekly during the final seasons of Lost, including being on set for key moments in the sixth season. Dan even revisited the show just for this podcast!
Then, after the interview, Joanna, Dave and Neil want to prepare you for next week's big episode THE STORM: THE FINAL CORNERS, which could include:
Most Mysterious Moment (Jungle of Mystery)
Giacchino Corner
Boone Carlisle Memorial Falling Down Award
Accent Corner (Worst Accent)
I MARRIED...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil have some updates on The Storm podcast, then Joanna breaks off for a surprising chat with Damon Lindelof about The Final Season of Lost. 
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This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil just realized that Joanna has been in the email hatch pushing the button this whole time. 
That's right, it's a post-finale episode comprised of your emails and reactions to Lost, the podcast itself, the pandemic, and your humble hosts. We've compiled some amazing emails from you, our listeners and stitched them together in this not-tight episode of reactions and feelings.
Plus - we'll tell you what LOST stuff we have coming up!
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This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are revisiting some special content wrapping up their Lost Re-Watch. Now that we all know what the cork is, we thought we'd share this wonderful bonus episode made by Neil and Joanna covering the 10th Anniversary of the Lost finale. On May 23, 2010, LOST aired its final episode. In this very special bonus episode, Joanna converses with friends from around the LOST community as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the finale!
This podcast is all STORM and includes contributions from Alan Sepinwall, Dan Fienberg, Mo Ryan, Myles McNutt, Jacob Stolworthy, Josh Wigler, Mike...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are wrapping it up for Season 6,  Episode 17 -  "The End" - Things get climactic on the Island and we finally learn what the Sideways is/was/forever-will-be.    
Although this is the last episode specific podcast, there will be more The Storm: A Lost Rewatch podcast with some wrap up episodes in the following weeks!
Including a LOST mailbag for next week's episode, so send your Lost comments and e-mails to Hosts@Stormpodcast.com!
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This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are having some fireside chats with Jacob for Season 6,  Episode 16 -  "What They Died For" - In the Sideways, Creepy Desmond seems to be making some progress, Jacob breaks down what it all means to the final Candidates, Ben and Widmore meet again.    
This podcast is split into two main sections THE CALM that only discusses the preceding episodes...so this week everything but the finale and avoids all spoilers from the finale, and a second section called THE STORM. For the last week on Lost It's a “Storm” of spoilers discussing this week's ep...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil taking it waaaaaay back for Season 6,  Episode 15 -  "Across The Sea" - Learn about the origins of Jacob and The Man in Black in this very different episode of Lost.    
This week's INTERVIEW is with returning guest, Rolling Stone's Chief TV Critic, Alan Sepinwall! You can follow him on Twitter @Sepinwall, read his Rolling Stone writing hereand check out his book with Matt Zoller Seitz - The Sopranos Sessions. He's also the creator and host of the Too Long; Didn't Watch podcast.
This podcast is split into two main sections THE CALM where...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are not happy with the body count in Season 6,  Episode 14 -  "The Candidate" - Sideways Father Jack digs deeper into why Sideways Locke won't let Jack try and fix him, on the Island, all plans to escape go horribly wrong.    
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has g...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are sneaking off with The Elizabeth in Season 6,  Episode 13 -  "The Last Recruit" - After Jack learns a bit about Flocke, most of our Losties take a boat ride to Hydra Island. In the sideways, characters seem to be colliding, sometimes literally.   
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are around for explosions in Season 6,  Episode 12 -  "Everybody Loves Hugo" - Hurley talks to Michael, stuff blows up, except Desmond who falls down. In the sideways, Libby is back and she's on a fajita field trip.  
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are charging their solenoids for Season 6,  Episode 11 -  "Happily Ever After" - Desmond is on Hydra Island and an electromagnetic blast sends him into...the sideways? 
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own crazy brains.
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This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil just want the Kwons back together for Season 6,  Episode 10 -  "The Package" - In the sideways, we get another take on Jin and Sun's relationship while on the Island, Sun hits her head so hard she can't speak English. 
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has gen...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil might be in hell with Season 6,  Episode 9 -  "Ab Aeterno" - We finally get Richard's Backstory and an explanation for what The Island is in a back-to-flashback Season 6 episode.
This week features an interview with RICARDUS HIMSELF, Nestor Carbonell, who talks to Joanna about filming this episode, and his wife's book, All Is Not Lost by Shannon Kenny Carbonell 
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the ser...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are both conning and re-conning and doing recon for Season 6,  Episode 8 -  "Recon" - In the sideways, James Ford, police officer, encounters Charlotte. On the Island, Sawyer plays all teams against each other while Claire and Kate's relationship is tested.
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom ha...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are digging our own graves for Season 6,  Episode 7 -  "Dr. Linus" - In the sideways, history teacher Dr. Linus gets an opportunity for more power, on the Island, Illana finally figures out you can't trust Ben. Jack and Richard have a chat.
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lo...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are taking balance of their inner scales for Season 6,  Episode 6 -  "Sundown" - Sayid encounters Flocke for the first time. Cleh and Kate are reunited on the Island.  Off-island, Uncle Sayid and Nadia!
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own crazy brains.
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This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are headed into the jungle again for Season 6,  Episode 5 -  "Lighthouse" - Jack and Hurley are sent on a mission by Jacob, Jin hangs out with Claire and Justin, and in the sideways Jack has to be a ... dad?
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has ge...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are HERE FOR HELEN with Season 6,  Episode 4 -  "The Substitute" - Sideways Locke does some growing while Island Flocke shows Sawyer a cave and frightens Richard.
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own crazy brains.
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This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are happy to see Cleh again for Season 6,  Episode 3 -  "What Kate Does" - Kate, Sawyer, and Jin get free of the temple on Island while Jack has pill questions.
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own crazy brains.
Send your Lo...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are back in 2007 with the crew for Season 6,  Episodes 1 and 2 -  "LA X Parts 1 & 2" - It's time to kick off The Final Season with a trip to the temple and a very sad death.
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own crazy br...

This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are in the off-season of Lost between the end of Season 5 and the beginning of Season 6, but "The Final Season" kicks off NEXT WEEK, right after we bring you this Jo on Jo chat with returning guest Jo Garfein, Lost blogger, surperfan, and founder of Cancer Gets Lost. You can follow her on Twitter @jopinionated and get more updates at CancerGetsLost.org 
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This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are in the off-season of Lost between the end of Season 5 and the beginning of Season 6. Why not take this break to have Joanna check back in with Lost co-creator and showrunner Damon Lindelof? 
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This week, Joanna, Dave, and Neil are gonna blow up the Swan again for Season 5,  Episode 16 -  "The Incident Parts 1 & 2" - It's the season finale as Jack tries to make a big change in 1977. Meanwhile, Locke(?) gets Ben to kill God. 
This podcast is split into two sections THE CALM where we talk about just the episodes we've watched up to this point and do not discuss facts and knowledge from later in the series and THE STORM where make use of all the knowledge that 6 seasons of Lost and 15 years of Lost fandom has generated, plus our own cra...