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30.07.2023
2 Minuten
If you loved Beltway Banthas, you can still keep learning from
Star Wars. Stephen Kent has a new podcast with
co-host Riley Blanton, it's called Walk The Way.
Inspired by the writing from How The Force Can Fix The World and
This Is The Way, Walk The Way is dedicated to building a
community around popular fiction and self-improvement. Myth can
make us better, George Lucas knew that.
Find WALK THE WAY on your favorite podcast app today and
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19.07.2022
27 Minuten
Join me at ThisIsTheWay.substack.com for the next chapter of Star
Wars + politics and whatever else. Beltway Banthas has been one
of the great joys of my life, and it's time to let it go. I
believe even better things will come. I hope you'll come along
with me.
Twitter: @Stephen_kent89
The Force will be with you, always.
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28.03.2022
11 Minuten
Have you ever felt anger, hatred or contempt toward someone? What
about a total stranger? If you hadn’t, you might not be a human
being. Just something to consider. This episode of Beltway
Banthas: This Is The Way, is a reflection on loving your enemies.
Not such an easy thing to do, and we don’t have all the answers,
but you can start with addressing your Pride. Star Wars: Episode
I: The Phantom Menace has a wonderful message on pride, humility,
power, and contempt. Queen Padme Amidala Naberrie offers a
masterclass in humility and healing the wounds of contempt on her
planet, by making peace with the Gungans’ leader, Boss Nass.
Email the show: BeltwayBanthas@Gmail.com
Subscribe to the newsletter at thisistheway.substack.com
and pick up my book, How The Force Can Fix The World: Lessons on
life, liberty and happiness from a galaxy far, far away TODAY
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26.03.2022
13 Minuten
What's going on with Beltway Banthas?! Why is Stephen Kent
speaking so softly and what is this lovely background music?!
Beltway Banthas is in a new season of it's life called 'This Is
The Way,' a run of episodes focused on taking Star Wars wisdom
and turning it out onto real life. Today Stephen answers a
listener feedback email and has a call to action for everyone
tuning in.
This is also the first episode of Beltway Banthas with a
sponsored message for Anchor, a podcasting platform by Spotify.
You'll hear that midway through. We use Anchor the production of
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And if you're with us in the new leg of the journey at Beltway
Banthas, go to thisistheway.substack.com and subscribe to the
newsletter. Join the community. Let's make the world a better
place with Star Wars as our guide.
This is the Way
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16.03.2022
12 Minuten
Introducing THIS IS THE WAY, a new series from Beltway Banthas
focused on putting the virtues and lessons on living from Star
Wars into action. Today's episode is a reflection on
Preparedness, or being prepared. There are a lot of things in the
world you can worry about, lose sleep over or feel anxiety over,
but what you do with those feelings is a choice. News is a fine
example. Why do we watch the news? If it is merely to be
informed, well you're taking on an awful lot of weight for such
an unclear purpose. What you do with information, the actions you
take based on knowledge, that's a game changer in how you can
live.
Remember why Yoda brushed off the idea of training Luke
Skywalker? "A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most
serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life
has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his
mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing." From Yoda to Obi
Wan to Qui-Gon, there are numerous subtle moments in Star Wars
aimed at focus, attention, duty and preparedness. Perhaps from
IRL history, consider the words of Seneca..."Everyone faces up
more bravely to a thing for which he has long prepared himself,
sufferings, even, being withstood if they have been trained for
in advance. Those who are unprepared, on the other hand, are
panic-stricken by the most insignificant happenings."
As Russia wages an unjust and ugly war against its neighbor,
Ukraine, those of us on the sidelines have a choice to make with
how we interact with this fact. I would never ask you to jettison
empathy and care, but I would ask you to remember to care for
yourself so that you can best serve others. This podcast will lay
out why and how.
THIS IS THE WAY is going to be appearing in the Beltway Banthas
feed regularly to fulfill this podcast's promise of weaving
together IRL politics and Star Wars. These reflections are
inspired by passages from my book, How The Force Can Fix
The World.
You can follow me on Twitter @Stephen_Kent89 and
subscribe to the This Is The Way newsletter,
https://thisistheway.substack.com to read these reflections and
other stories on living from your favorite pop culture
tales.
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Beltway Banthas is a monthly Star Wars podcast about the
intersection of Star Wars and politics. Host, Stephen Kent, draws
from politics IRL and connects the big problems we face to lessons
in the Star Wars universe. Whether it be discourse about
redemption, empathy, humility or hot button topics ranging from
racial justice to cancel culture, Beltway Banthas takes it all on.
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