A Musical Journey From Middle-earth to Galaxy’s Edge

In this week’s podcast, I take you on a musical journey from Middle-earth to Galaxy’s Edge as I talk about the power of music to change our lives.

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Back To The Shire

In this episode of my podcast, on the occasion of Bilbo’s and Frodo’s birthday on September 22, I take you with me down memory lane to the Shire and reflect on the importance of hopes and dreams.

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Why I Want To Become A Storm Trooper

I tell you how a trip to my local Apple Dealer to order an iPhone 15 led to my first steps towards joining the ranks of the 501st Legion as a Storm Trooper!

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Sirius Black And Other Father Figures

In this episode of my podcast, I reflect on the impact of various father figures in my life and in the stories that I love.

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Luke Skywalker in France

In this episode of The Break, I share a story of my vacation in Brittany about the great importance of small things in the universe.

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How Star Wars Rebels Inspired Me To Bring My Podcast To The Next Level

In this episode of The Break I explain how Star Wars Rebels inspired me to bring this podcast to the next level!

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Lando’s Future, Secret Invasion Review, World Youth Day

In this episode I talk about the news about a Lando TV series on Disney Plus; I give my review of Marvel’s Secret Invasion, I explain the origin of World Youth Day, I review this week’s books and I react to the rebranding of Twitter to ‘X’.

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Babylon 5 Finally on Blu-ray, Spock’s Humanity; Creativity and the Streaming Crisis

In this week’s episode of The Break:

  • Why I skipped this year’s Walk of the World
  • Star Trek’s funniest episode
  • Mission Impossible
  • Babylon 5 coming to Blu-ray
  • Protestants and the Virgin Mary
  • This week’s book reviews:
  • We Could Be Heroes – Mike Chen
  • Finding Ultra – Rich Roll
  • Asian Endives
  • Netflix and the Streaming Crisis

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Fubar, Hillsong, the Emmy Awards, thoughts on ‘manifesting’, Quidditch and Mac OS Sonoma

In this episode of my podcast ‘The Break’:

  • Why I skip this year’s Walk of the World
  • Record summer temperatures
  • Movies/TV:
    • The Actors’ strike
    • The Emmy nominations
    • Fubar with Arnold Schwarzenegger
    • Uncharted review
    • Hillsong: a Megachurch exposed (documentary review)
  • Faith: My thoughts on ‘manifesting’
  • Book reviews: Bear Grylls, JK Rowling, Reggie Fils-Aimé
  • Food: Roast Hasselback Potatoes (recipe)
  • Games: Planet of Lana, Arcade Paradise
  • Threads, Bluesky, Twitter, Lemmy and Mastodon
  • Mac OS X Sonoma and iOS 17

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The Week of Threads; The Last Airbender: Quest for Balance; Star Wars Rebels Rewatch

In this episode of my podcast ‘The Break’:

  • Adventures in Amsterdam
  • Indiana Jones and the comfortable bed
  • Star Wars Rebels Season 4 (re)watch
  • For All Mankind Season 2
  • What is a consistory?
  • Book reviews:
    • It’s not about the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race;
    • Master Leonie, the life of a criminal lawyer;
    • What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
  • Games: The Last Airbender Quest for Balance
  • Tech: The week of Threads

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Tolkien’s Unlikely Heroes, Silo Season 1 Review, Twitter and Reddit

In this episode of The Break, I explore why JRR Tolkien picked Hobbits as the heroes of his books, I review Season 1 Silo on Apple TV Plus, I review the books I read this week and I discuss the latest developments around Twitter, Reddit and the Fediverse.

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The End of Star Trek Prodigy, Secret Invasion and Mission Impossible

In this episode of my podcast The Break, I talk about the end of Star Trek Prodigy, about Strange New Worlds Season 2, Secret Invasion and Mission Impossible. I comment on the submarine and the refugee boat stories and I review the books I’ve read this week.

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Star Wars: Outlaws, Star Wars premiere dates announced, the Reddit controversy

In this episode of my podcast:

  • My overal review of Succession
  • My review of ‘Darkest Hour’
  • Star Wars: Outlaws and the toxic ‘fans’
  • Vivien Blair wants to play princess Leia again
  • The Dawn of the Jedi movie
  • My opinion about the Star Wars movies premiere dates
  • How to deal with post event blues?
  • Book reviews: The Wim Hoff method, But you don’t look autistic at all – Bianca Toeps, Churchill – Andrew Mullholland, Later – Stephen King
  • The Reddit controversy

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Star Wars on the Apple Vision Pro, exciting new Lego Sets, The Marvels

In this episode of my podcast ‘The Break’:

  • Why did Bob Iger demo Star Wars content for the Apple Vision Pro?
  • Why I can’t stop watching the show ‘Taskmaster’
  • My reaction to the teaser trailer for The Marvels
  • Can protestants receive Communion?
  • New Lego Sets: Hogwarts Castle and Grounds; Jaws
  • Review of ‘Mother Nature is Not Trying to Kill You – A Bushcraft Survival Guide’ by Rob Nelson
  • Why I’m excited about the Apple Vision Pro despite its hefty price tag

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Recasting Luke Skywalker? Transformers and Barbies; the Lego Mars Rover

In this week’s episode of my podcast ‘The Break’: Recasting Luke Skywalker; Trailer reactions: Transformers and the Barbie Movie; Parish renewal; the Lego Mars Rover Perseverance; Size Matters Not review; upgrading old tech.

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Return of the Jedi – Has It Really Been 40 Years?

In this episode, I talk about the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, I review the TV-series Willow after binge-watching it on Disney Plus, I share what I learned from a book about commandos and I look ahead at Apple’s WWDC.

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Disney Plus Removing Willow? The Creator Trailer, Crusade in Jeans, LEGO 2K Drive, Why Frankincense?

In this episode of my podcast ‘The Break’:

🔹 Cooking Lembas with the Elves
🔹 My reaction to the trailer for Gareth Edwards’ movie The Creator
🔹 Only a few days left to watch the Willow TV series
🔹 Why do we still use Frankincense in church?
🔹 Thea Beckman’s Crusade in Jeans
🔹 My thoughts on LEGO 2K Drive
🔹 Meta’s Twitter alternative

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The Week of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

In this episode of my podcast ‘The Break’:

🔹 How I ended up as a presenter at a Dutch Star Wars convention (Echobase)
🔹 My reaction to the trailer for Dune – Part 2
🔹 The religious undertones of the TV-series ‘Silo’ on Apple TV Plus
🔹 What do superheroes and the apostles have in common?
🔹 My review of the book ‘Legends and Lattes’ by Travis Baldree
🔹 My thoughts on Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
🔹 Why I love the anime series ‘Vinland Saga’
🔹 My reaction to the upcoming LEGO Ninjago City Markets set
🔹 What struck me during Google I/O 2023

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The Future of Star Wars & Babylon 5

In this episode of my podcast ‘The Break’:

  • The Coronation of King Charles III
  • The future of Star Wars: expanding the timeline
  • Star Wars Visions Season 2 impressions
  • The surprise announcement of a new animated Babylon 5 movie
  • The Writers’ Strike
  • The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
  • Book reviews: Song of Spider-man; Storytelling in 12 Steps; The Silmarillion
  • The Pixel Fold and the Pixel Tablet
  • Beauty and the Elves

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The Secret of Sesame Street

In this episode of my podcast The Break:

  • Upcoming adventures & travel plans
  • Star Trek Picard, the secret of Sesame Street and the Silmarillion
  • The real reason the church doesn’t like esoteric practices
  • Review of J.R.R. Tolkien’s recording of ‘The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
  • Physical, emotional and mental health
  • Why Apple’s Reality headset might be revolutionary
  • Let’s read The Silmarillion together!

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