Hoth Takes: A Star Wars Podcast
Journalists Eric Geller, Grace Segers, and Haley Byrd Wilt combine their love of debating Star Wars with their professional curiosity, irreverence, and knack for asking hard questions in this freewheeling discussion show about the galaxy far, far away.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
62: Hoth Takes #62: The Double-Edged Sword of Relevance
Star Wars is in a strange place right now. Many movies have been abandoned, several TV shows have ended or been canceled, and it’s unclear how the projects on the horizon will mesh together. By all a…
00:58:45 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
61: Hoth Takes #61: No Bras In Space
Strong women have been part of the Star Wars saga from the very beginning, but the franchise has often struggled with how it portrays them. In this episode, we compare and critique how storytellers h…
00:43:48 |
Mon 30 Jun 2025
60: Hoth Takes #60: Girlbossing Too Close to the Sun
Andor season 2 is over, and we have strong feelings about it! Join us as we debate and disagree about Cassian’s destiny, Bix’s trauma, Luthen’s amorality, and Mon’s eye-opening escape, plus two othe…
01:15:54 |
Fri 23 May 2025
59: Hoth Takes #59: OnlyHoths
With the premiere of Andor season 2 just a few days away, we’re sharing our hopes and predictions for the long-awaited return of Cassian Andor and company. We discuss the show’s increasing political …
00:49:04 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
58: Hoth Takes #58: What If…?
Inspired by one of our favorite TV shows, we’re diving into the world of alternate universes and unexplored possibilities. Eric and Grace each pitch several ideas for “what if?” storylines that explo…
00:55:52 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
57: Hoth Takes #57: Zest for Pirating
With Skeleton Crew, Disney told a Star Wars story unlike any other, but still rooted in the themes that make the franchise so successful and endearing. In this episode, we discuss our favorite storyl…
00:52:25 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
56: Hoth Takes #56: Somehow, Leia Respawned Earlier
We’re less than five months away from the premiere of Andor season 2, so what’s in store for us when the best live-action Star Wars TV show returns? In this episode, Eric, Grace, and Haley try to pre…
00:58:22 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
55: Hoth Takes #55: You Can’t Both-Sides the Empire
Would independent journalists have prevented the events of Star Wars from happening? In this episode, we unpack a topic at the precise intersection of our fandom and our professional lives: the role …
00:57:14 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
54: Hoth Takes #54: Some of Grace’s Best Friends Are White Guys
It’s a bleak time in Star Wars fandom, as the community processes the news that Disney has canceled The Acolyte following lackluster viewership and relentless online hate from bigoted trolls. What do…
00:51:30 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
53: Hoth Takes #53: Mae Didn’t Start The Fire (Except She Did)
It’s rare that we at Hoth Takes are so overwhelmingly critical of a piece of Star Wars media, but The Acolyte’s final two episodes definitely earned that treatment. Listen in as we critique Osha’s fa…
00:49:23 |
Tue 13 Aug 2024
52: Hoth Takes #52: The Jar Jar You Were With Was Darth The Whole Time
Things have taken a turn on The Acolyte, as a ruthless villain reveals himself — in more ways than one. In this episode, we discuss the middle act of The Acolyte, including a stunning fight on a fore…
01:04:32 |
Tue 09 Jul 2024
51: Hoth Takes #51: Put Your Noodles Down And Fight Me
Three episodes in, The Acolyte is taking Star Wars in a bold new direction with fresh characters and a disturbing but thought-provoking premise. Join Eric, Grace, and Haley as we break down the compl…
01:00:01 |
Mon 17 Jun 2024
50: Hoth Takes #50: I Can See His Face
What’s it like being in love with a huge Star Wars nerd? To celebrate our fiftieth episode, we’re talking about the role that Star Wars plays in our personal lives, and we’re joined by three special …
01:02:40 |
Tue 28 May 2024
49: Hoth Takes #49: Thrawn In Sixty Seconds
Disney is following Tales of the Jedi with Tales of the Empire, opening up new opportunities for Tales anthologies focused on other corners of the galaxy. Given the recent focus on the dark side, we …
00:47:37 |
Mon 22 Apr 2024
48: Hoth Takes #48: Somehow, Palpatine Was Born
With the upcoming Star Wars TV show The Acolyte in the news recently, Eric and Grace sit down to discuss their hopes and expectations for the franchise’s first mystery thriller. We talk about the sto…
00:44:10 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
47: Hoth Takes #47: Gothic, Melodramatic, And Bad For Everybody
For as long as the stars have been warring, they’ve also been loving. So why has the Disney era of Star Wars had noticeably fewer romances, including multiple frustrating missed opportunities in the …
00:57:16 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
46: Hoth Takes #46: Romancing the Hutt
You can tell a lot about a person’s Star Wars fandom by what they put on a top-five list. In this episode, Eric, Grace, and Haley share, explain, and defend their five favorite examples of various St…
00:48:36 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
45: Hoth Takes #45: Rooting Against Democracy
We’re wrapping up our discussion of Ahsoka’s first season with a look at the secondary characters and B-plots that tied the show together. Did Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati break new ground as villains?…
00:51:22 |
Thu 30 Nov 2023
44: Hoth Takes #44: There Should Be Crying
The Disney+ series Ahsoka debuted to high expectations, but did it do justice to the fan-favorite Star Wars characters that it revisited? For Eric, Grace, and Haley, the answer — at least when it com…
00:58:08 |
Fri 27 Oct 2023
43: Hoth Takes #43: Ungenerous and Deranged
There are hot takes, and then there are truly hoth takes. In this episode, Wired security reporter Lily Hay Newman returns to Hoth Takes to defend one of the most controversial Star Wars claims we’ve…
01:05:39 |
Sat 30 Sep 2023
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