Podcastle in the Sky

We return once more to deliver the long-promised girl rockers episode! Bocchi the Rock! explores the blossoming of a lonely teenage girl after she joins a rock band, while We Are the Best! is a 2013 Swedish movie set in the 1980s about teenage girls creating a punk rock band. Nostalgia and embarrassment, comedy and … Continue reading Episode 27: Bocchi the Rock! and We Are the Best! Podcastle in the Sky is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://podcastleinthesky.wordpress.com/

Travel with us to the last days of the Palace of Versailles as we discuss two works about the (first) end of the French monarchy: the classic 1970s anime The Rose of Versailles and the 2006 film Marie Antoinette. In the anime we follow a young swordswoman brought up as a man as she first … Continue reading Episode 26: Rose of Versailles and Marie Antoinette Podcastle in the Sky is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://podcastleinthesky.wordpress.com/

Duck and cover! In this month’s episode of Podcastle in the Sky the crew steps back in time into the shadow of a Cold War on the verge of going hot with the 1982 techno-thrillers Future War 198X and Clint Eastwood’s Firefox. In a world teetering on the precipice of nuclear annihilation, these controversial time … Continue reading Episode 25: Future War 198X and Firefox Podcastle in the Sky is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://podcastleinthesky.wordpress.com/

In this episode we discuss the classic anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena and the more recent Netflix reboot She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Mostly we talk about magic duels, Italian giallo movies, the performance of gender, and binge watching versus the weekly watch. If you’ve ever wished more podcasts started with a five minute … Continue reading Episode 24: Revolutionary Girl Utena and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Podcastle in the Sky is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://podcastleinthesky.wordpress.com/

Spend the holidays the traditional way: by listening to us talk about half-naked muscular men pummeling each other senseless. Yes, the Podcastle in the Sky gang discusses the recent Netflix series Baki along with the 1988 classic Bloodsport. We talk about mixed martial arts, Kowloon Walled City, bro science, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting … Continue reading Episode 23: Baki and Bloodsport Podcastle in the Sky is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://podcastleinthesky.wordpress.com/