Stephen Kent: How the Force Can Fix the World
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Stephen Kent and How the Force Can Fix the World
3:06 – Stephen's show ends: life after a job
6:18 – The book tour and a packed house in LA
9:10 – Why every civilization needs its heroic tales
12:46 – Is Star Wars a liberal story?
15:27 – Lou watched the prequels first
18:14 – Critics of the book and the Disney sequels
21:38 – Lou on The Last Jedi
25:38 – Stephen's Star Wars fan fiction
28:56 – Sex in Star Wars and the Twi'leks
32:28 – Jedi non-attachment and Star Wars Twitter
36:09 – Polyamory and why it rarely works
39:05 – Sharing Star Wars with his daughter
42:52 – Jack Reacher and Alan Ritchson
45:39 – An unplanned pregnancy and assumptions
49:00 – Falling in love with your spouse over and over
52:42 – A future book on responsibility
57:04 – Missing the Rogue One filming location
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Stephen Kent, author of How the Force Can Fix the World, joins Lou to talk about Star Wars, why every civilization needs its heroic tales, whether Star Wars is a liberal story, and life after his show ended.
We also get into his book tour and a packed house in LA, Lou watching the prequels first, the book's critics and the Disney sequels, Lou's take on The Last Jedi, Stephen's Star Wars fan fiction, sex in Star Wars and the Twi'leks, Jedi non-attachment and Star Wars Twitter, why polyamory rarely works, sharing Star Wars with his daughter, Jack Reacher, falling in love with your spouse over and over, and missing the Rogue One filming location.