Category Archives: The Break

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

Links:

• Michael Jamin on YouTube and on Instagram
• Trailer for season 2 of Star Wars: Visions

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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!

Links:

• Trailer for Street Gang (about Sesame Street): https://youtu.be/uQEFS6aKXCU
• Trailer for Robin’s Wish (about Robin Williams): https://youtu.be/V59s_asIf2g

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