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WhoDatJedi podcast episode: The Great Big Ridiculous STAR WARS DRAFT

Happy Star Wars Podcast Day, everybody! On this, the 186th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts — Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and David Gladow (@davegladow) — are joined by special guest Kevin Held (@seanorleans) of the Saints Happy Hour Podcast (@SaintsHappyHour) to get in the full spirit of Super Bowl season and hold a great big ridiculous STAR WARS DRAFT. (Hey, when you want to do a draft properly, you bring in the biggest local mock draft podcaster of them all.) So buckle up for a fun ride as we ponder such important topics as whether Lobot should be considered a droid, if Jabba is a creature or humanoid, and just how a person might fit a Rancor onto a sail barge. Click through and scroll down for spoilers on who everyone drafted and follow us on Twitter to vote for your favorite team. Fredo … you are on the clock.

WhoDatJedi podcast: Best of 2021: Our Favorite Things

This is where we talk about the stuff we watched, played, listened to, or just basically experienced in 2021, and more specifically, what really resonated with us.

WhoDatJedi podcast: Alex Rawls: What do Christmas songs have in common with Star Wars?

I got to host Alex Rawls, local music writer and friend, on this week’s podcast.

We had an AWESOME conversation.

College football road trip: 13 college towns that should be on your bucket list

(Originally published on The Southern Weekend)

Check out my book on this topic, Eyeblack Odyssey

If you’re anything like us, you have a passion for college football. Prep and pro have their place, but college is No. 1 in our hearts. And appropriately, that means we have a bucket list of places we want to go: our own ultimate college football road trip.

10 of the best fried chicken restaurants in the South

(Originally published on The Southern Weekend)

The best fried chicken restaurants in the South? Okay, so we know this article is bound to create some controversy. It’s unavoidable. Narrowing down an iconic dish like fried chicken in the South to merely 10 locations is pretty much impossible. Actually, it’s more like insanity. And yet, this was a challenge we wrapped our arms around with enthusiasm. Hey, we love fried chicken. LOVE it. Taking suggestions from all over, we’ve distilled this list down to an essential 10 … the perfect amount for any foodie’s fried chicken pilgrimage. Ready to get on the road to find the best fried chicken restaurants in the South? Let’s go!

The Mobile Leprechaun is one of the South’s greatest legends

(Originally published on The Southern Weekend)

Do you know the legend of the Mobile Leprechaun? You should. In the Mobile, Ala. neighborhood of Crichton, several members of the community reported seeing what looked like a leprechaun trolling the neighborhood. From there, the local news reported on the sightings, and an Internet phenomenon was born.

120 family movies to watch with your kids

(Originally published on The Southern Weekend)

WhoDatJedi Podcast: Evaluating the best and worst lightsaber battles in Star Wars

Alright, let’s roll up our sleeves and figure this thing out. Which is the best lightsaber battle in all of Star Wars?

Your Star Wars Rebels Viewing Guide!

Because “The Clone Wars,” the Star Wars animated series set between “Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith” is rather unwieldy and difficult to get into, I put together this episode guide earlier this year. Well, several people got some genuine use out of it and some even requested a similar guide for “Star Wars Rebels,” so I figured, why not? Let’s see if we can make this series more approachable as well.

My first big caveat to that statement is that Rebels is much more of a successful series than Clone Wars. It’s a much tighter story, revolving around a small group of characters, with a definitive beginning, middle and end. So by its very nature, it doesn’t require shortening in quite the same way (or at all).

My second big caveat is that the ending to this series is one of the best on TV, and it rewards longtime viewers in a multitude of ways, many of which you might miss out on if you’re skipping around.

BUT…

I get it. It’s a lot of episodes. Maybe you want to have a better idea what’s going on in “The Mandalorian” or you’re out for some fun crossovers or you just want the basic gist.

Here’s my attempt to distill the series down to its most essential episodes.

Halloween fun in New Orleans

Hey all, here’s another update from my work sphere, as I’ve produced a few thing for Southern Weekend over the past few weeks. Leading off is this fun video about a cool New Orleans haunted house we take the kids to visit every year now.

A few more things after the jump!

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