The Wretched Hive: A Podcast About Whatever We Want
Five good friends that started talking about Star Wars and other stuff including Marvel and the MCU, comics, television, music, and pop culture. Now we talk about whatever we want.
Episodes
Dec 21, 2019
Dec 21, 2019
11 min
Join Dave, Steve, Christine, and Lisa immediately before and after their first viewing of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker on Thursday, December 19, 2019. Listen in as they pontificate about what they are about to see and then hear their immediate reactions as they walk out of the theater. This episode is 100% spoiler free but not 100% calorie free...many French fries died to bring you this information. :)
Dec 13, 2019
Dec 13, 2019
1hr 8 min
Episode #102: The Star Wars universe is hotter than the twin suns of Tatooine this week with THE RISE OF SKYWALKER landing in theaters, THE MANDALORIAN grabbing the bounty as the top television show on the planet, and Baby Yoda quickly becoming a cultural zeitgeist. Scott gets an impromptu SW Choices from Dave, we prep you to prep for Ep. IX, we fawn over Richard E. Grant’s emotional response to seeing the film, and pine for Baby Yoda merch.
Nov 29, 2019
Nov 29, 2019
1hr 10 min
Episode #101: BABY YODA has taken the universe by storm while at the same time the DISNEY/LUCASFILM marketing machine has kicked in and the galaxy-wide promotion of THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is now in full swing so there is no shortage of news including DAISY RIDLEY rapping on The Tonight Show, JOHN BOYEGA admitting to losing his Ep. IX script, Baby Yoda vs. Porgs, and more. PLUS we come to the final all important decision on whether the FOO FIGHTERS’ music is indeed, as some have claimed it to be, milquetoast.
Nov 15, 2019
Nov 15, 2019
1hr 58 min
Episode #100: Disney President BOB IGER and Lucasfilm provided a very special anniversary gift this week as THE MANDALORIAN premiered along with a ton of additional content via DISNEY+ and we’ve got plenty of opinions and in-depth analysis ready for your ear holes. Very special thanks to all of you for sticking with us for the last four years and 100 episodes. MTFBWY!
Nov 2, 2019
Nov 2, 2019
43 min
Mini Ep. #27: Hosts Steve and Scott provide a shot-by-shot analysis of The Mandalorian trailer 2, released on October 28, 2019.
Nov 1, 2019
Nov 1, 2019
1hr 15 min
Episode #99: Despite their much ballyhooed introduction as contributors to the Star Wars universe, Game of Thrones producers DAVID BENIOFF and D.B. WEISS quit last week creating a major shift in plans for LUCASFILM and the future of SW theatrical releases. We’ll dish on the latest updates PLUS we’ve got news on EWAN MCGREGOR and the Obi Wan series, SW film locations you can visit, and Marvel updates including the ILMxLAB’s Marvel experience at VOID in Downtown Disney and the possibility of Charlie Cox returning to play DAREDEVIL in the MCU.
Oct 22, 2019
Oct 22, 2019
1hr 3 min
Mini Ep. #26: Steve and Scott provide a shot-by-shot analysis of the final trailer for Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, released on October 21, 2019.
Oct 18, 2019
Oct 18, 2019
1hr 13 min
Episode #98: Is there too much STAR WARS at DISNEYLAND? We explore this plus tons of news from the interwebs including the return of Dennis Lawson’s character WEDGE and R2’s role in THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (thanks for the huge spoiler Anthony D), national treasure MARK HAMILL’s reminiscing about ANH, The art of Jedi: Fallen Order, as well as Marvel’s plans for NOVA, the future of Spiderman, and whether Robert Downey Jr. deserves and Oscan nod for his work in Avengers END GAME.
Oct 4, 2019
Oct 4, 2019
1hr 33 min
Episode #97: Did LUKE SKYWALKER receive training between EMPIRE and JEDI? We tackle this age-old question and more in this episode of TWHP! Also we break down FORCE FRIDAY gear, new images of THE RISE OF SKYWALKER and THE MANDALORIAN, JJ’s take that he would have done Ep. VIII differently than RJ, the (fake? real?) Mara Jade graffiti at Galaxy’s Edge, all the while pining for the original Vader helmet from Ep. V that went for close to a million. PLUS updates on Feige’s Star Wars project, Iger’s Book, Hamill on Trump, and Filoni on The Mandalorian!
Sep 20, 2019
Sep 20, 2019
1hr 16 min
Episode #96: Our top-notch research team has uncovered absolute (half-baked), iron clad (more like tin foil) evidence that HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN will appear in THE RISE OF SKYWALKER and that’s just the beginning (literally, it’s like the first thing we discuss) in this episode of TWHP! We’ve got JJ Abrams and Bob Iger turning their backs on Apple, a sneak peek of the content coming to Disney+, John Favreau teasing the scope of THE MANDALORIAN and the possibility of a new HOLIDAY SPECIAL, James Cameron’s relief that people still go to the movies, and the great and wise MARK HAMILL trolling the maker himself, George Lucas.
The Wretched Hive Podcast
The show was born in the summer of 2015 when Greg, Steve, Niko, Dave, and their wives and girlfriends met at Barley Forge Brewery in Costa Mesa, California (Scott was absent that day, tending to the physical effects of consuming one too many Zombies the evening prior). The usual conversation, debate, and low-brow comedy centering around Star Wars ensued. Steve had the idea of starting a podcast, and much like the throbbing hangover in Scott's cranium, the idea hung on for dear life in his mind, refusing to leave. The five recorded their first episode under the original show title, "The Second Order", on January 20, 2016.