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Sunday Evening with Captain Owen
by Will James
Captain Owen, a four-year-old, sits down bi-weekly with his dad, and sometimes his mother and little sister, to discuss his weekend, read a story, or whatever else is on his mind. A member of the GeekDad Podcast Network.
Episodes
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Episode 049 – Let’s Form Voltron One More Time
Let’s Form Voltron One More Time! Today we talk about our watching of Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 3 (yes, there are a handful of spoilers so beware!), and then do an unboxing of the new Voltron: Legendary Defender die-cast lions that I picked up at SDCC from the Entertainment Earth booth!...
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Episode 048 – Hulk Smash
In this episode we talk about more of the Playskool action figures, but this time, it’s the Avengers! We then talk a little bit about Captain Owen’s favorite superheroes and villains before wrapping up with a little bit of Transformers. Please subscribe on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or your...
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Episode 047 – Sakura-Con
First off, I want to apologize for the lack of recent episodes. Schedules have been hectic around our house these past two months. That being said, we are now back in full swing and to kick it off, we have an extra special double length episode! In this episode we discuss Sakura Con, a bunch of...
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Episode 046 – Star Wars Songs
This week Captain Owen treats us to a bunch of Star Wars songs he made up and then we discuss cosplay and the upcoming Emerald City Comicon. We finish off by discussion our new clothes pin bucket system for daily chores. Please subscribe on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app....
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Episode 045 – Voltron: Legendary Defender
This week we talk about the second season of Voltron: Legendary Defender as well as some of the new toys from Playmates! No big spoilers here! Please subscribe on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. Please tweet feedback or questions to @captainowenj on Twitter and please…
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Episode 044 – Happy Birthday Grandma Janice
Happy Birthday Grandma Janice! This week we talk about Star Wars Galactic Heroes a little more before talking about Captain Owen’s school and a science experiment they did. Please subscribe on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. Please tweet feedback or questions to...
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Episode 043 – Happy New Year 2017
Happy New Year! We’re back after a short hiatus for the holidays last month. This week we talk about Captain Owen’s Christmas presents which consisted mostly of Star Wars Galactic Heroes with a little Star Wars and Avengers Hero Mashers thrown in. Please subscribe on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or...
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Episode 042 – Happy Birthday Mommy
This week we talk about Captain Owen’s mom’s birthday, Thanksgiving, and do quite a bit of horsing around. Please subscribe on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. Please tweet feedback or questions to @captainowenj on Twitter and please share with your friends. The post…
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Episode 041 – The Big Book of Colors
In today’s episode, we read The Usborne Big Book of Colors with Baby Hazel. We also discuss our Halloween adventures briefly. Please subscribe on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. Please tweet feedback or questions to @captainowenj on Twitter and please share with your...
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Episode 040 – Tiny Trees
In today’s episode, we talk about Captain Owen’s outdoor preschool, Tiny Trees. He’s sings a couple of songs they’ve learned and talks about some of their daily activities. We then dive into talking about his current favorite toys Star Wars Mashers. For those not in the know, Mashers are a line…
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Episode 039 – GeekGirlCon 2016
Today we talk about Captain Owen’s friend Ames’ birthday party followed by our adventures at GeekGirlCon 2016. Please subscribe on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. Please tweet feedback or questions to @captainowenj on Twitter and please share with your friends. The post...
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Episode 038 – Star Wars Minions
What geek doesn’t love a good mash-up? When we found these Star Wars Minions figures, they immediately went on Captain Owen’s wishlist. Grandma Janice couldn’t wait until Christmas though, and they arrived, much to Captain Owen’s ecstatic bouncing around the house, a few days later. Captain…
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Episode 037 – I Am a Princess
On today’s episode we discuss our final Halloween costume selections before reading two Star Wars Little Golden Books–I Am a Princess and I Am a Sith. Please subscribe on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. Please tweet feedback or questions to @captainowenj on Twitter and...
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Episode 036 – Special Guest: Gabby
On today’s episode, Captain Owen has his first guest–Gabby! Gabby and her mom were visiting Seattle and we all met up at the aquarium before coming back to our house to record the episode. We all read one of Owen and Gabby’s favorite books–Grandmother Fish. Please subscribe on iTunes, Android,...
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Episode 035 – Meet Star Wars: Rebels
This week we read some of Captain Owen’s new books starting with DK Readers Level 2: Star Wars Rebels: Meet the Rebels. In the reading comprehension and retention quiz, I am aware that I mistakenly said Sabine was from Ryloth and not Mandalore–no need for corrections thanks We also discuss our...
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Episode 034 – Star Wars: Droid Tales
This week we spend the majority of the episode discussing Star Wars: Droid Tales before dipping in to potential Halloween costumes for our family (the cast of Star Wars: Rebels is the current lead choice). We finish off discussing Zootopia. Please subscribe on iTunes, Android, Stitcher, or your...
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Episode 033 – Little Golden ‘Star Wars’
Sorry for the skip week–Baby Hazel plus a last minute business trip meant no time for a podcast last week. This week we jump right back in by reading a couple of the Star Wars Little Golden Books. These are awesome little versions of the six movies (The Force Awakens one is on our wishlist). We...
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Episode 032 – Baby Hazel
Things have become a little crazy around here with the latest addition to our family, Baby Hazel! We start this episode with a sincere thank you to the folks over at Dreamworks for sending Captain Owen an awesome little care package of the die-cast DinoTrux toys. In my opinion, these are the best...
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Episode 031 – ‘Jungle Cruise’
In today’s episode we talk about our latest trip to Disneyland. We were anticipating Owen’s first time on Star Tours but, despite his doctor’s measurements from two weeks ago, Owen wasn’t tall enough. We still had a blast though, and Owen decided that The Jungle Cruise is his new favorite ride....
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Episode 030 – ‘Dinotrux’
First of all, happy Mother’s Day to all the mom parental units out there. Today we talk a little bit about Owen’s Thomas the Train collection before diving in to his latest geekdom–Dinotrux. We read the original Dinotrux book by Chris Gall before also discussing the Netflix cartoon and related...
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Episode 029 – ‘The Jungle Book’
As you may have noticed, last week was a skip week thanks to Emerald City Comicon, but we are now back on schedule! We saw The Jungle Book yesterday and we had talk a little about Captain Owen’s initial reactions right after the movie. We discussed it again today and got very different feedback.…
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Episode 028 – Transformers Popup
Though we start today’s episode like so many others talking about Captain Owen’s Star Wars Galactic Heroes toys, we dive in to the Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe that he got from his oma for his birthday. We then discuss our Sunday morning which included our Family Game day playing…
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Episode 027 – Donkey Frog
Today we start off talking about Star Wars: The Force Awakens but quickly veer off into discussing the Seattle Seahawks and then Zootopia. Although he said he didn’t like the movie, don’t let him fool you. He and his mom left to go see it again not 15 minutes after we finished recording the...
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Episode 026 – Galaxy of Heroes
In today’s episode we talk about Captain Owen’s third birthday party! He got a ton of fun goodies including more Star Wars Galactic Heroes, Rainbow Dash and Applejack, The World of Eric Carle My First Smart Pad Library, Melissa & Doug See & Spell, and so much more that I’m sure we’ll be hearing...
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Episode 025 – Return of the Jedi
Today we talk about some of Captain Owen’s Star Wars toys including a Darth Vader/Ahsoka two-pack we grabbed at Disneyland and a bunch of his Galactic Heroes figures. We then do a sort of re-telling of the Tatooine portion of Return of the Jedi. We talk a little bit about the RunDisney Kid’s…
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Episode 024 – Another Disneyland Adventure
Another Disneyland trip under our belts. We traveled to Anaheim for the second annual runDisney Star Wars race weekend. We spent the Friday before our races in both Disney parks, and this episode contains two segments. First we chat for a few minutes about what rides we are going to go on before...
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Episode 023 – Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary! Well, almost. We have a new intro and a new graphic to celebrate the new year and our one-year anniversary. In this episode Captain Owen tells us a magic Star Wars story, and we are joined by his Uncle Forest and Grandpa Rob. Sorry it’s a little short but we’ve been quite busy...
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Episode 022 – The Force Awakens
After braving the Star Wars marathon on Thursday, we took Captain Owen to see The Force Awakens on Friday morning. WARNING: This episode contains major spoilers for The Force Awakens. DO NOT listen yet if you haven’t seen the movie and do not want to hear spoilers. However, if you do want to hear...
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Episode 021 – Star Wars Pop-up
In today’s episode we read through Captain Owen’s newest favorite book–Star Wars:A Pop-up Guide to the Galaxy. Captain Owen does several of his Star Wars impressions, and we learn who his current favorite character is. Also, the character whose name I blanked on was Salacious Crumb. You can also...
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Episode 020 – Sith Tea Party
We start today’s episode with a tea party with all of Captain Owen’s animals along with Darth Tater ( the Mr. Potato Head Darth Vader). We then talk about our trip to IKEA before a rampaging Owen crashes everyone at the party. Please subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app and...
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Episode 019 – Trouncy Trouncy Trouncy
In this week’s episode we talk a little bit about some books we received from Grandpa Rob’s childhood–The Very Hungy Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider, Can You Imagine?, and Let’s Go to the Seashore. We then read Otto Goes to the Beach and talk about RunDisney kids’ races and Peter Pan. Then in…
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Episode 018 – The Planets
Today we talk about the planets in our solar system (and include Pluto), send our friend Gabby well-wishes, and then play with blocks and our imaginations, and finally we briefly talk about one of our favorite Disney films, Robin Hood. Please subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite…
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Episode 017 – Villenium Valcon
Chewie and R2 play Dejarik while Darth Vader pilots. This week we play with Captain Owen’s Star Wars Galactic Heroes Millenium Falcon and Darth Vader that he got from his Grandma Janice on Force Friday! These Galactic Heroes toys are pretty great, and they did a real nice job of capturing that…
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Episode 016 – Pirate Puzzle
First off, I want to apologize for the past two weeks–I had PAX Prime and then DragonCon, so I wasn’t able to get an episode finished in time. I don’t have anymore big trips planned in the near future so we should be back on track. This episode we briefly talk about Captain Owen’s new big boy...
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Episode 015 – EMP Museum
This episode Captain Owen starts us off with singing a little Baby Beluga. We then talk about his Batman Painting Book, a trip to the zoo with Papa and Gigima (his great grandparents), and a trip to the EMP Museum and the Star Wars and the Power of Costume, What’s Up, Doc?, and Infinite Worlds...
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Episode 014 – Huckle
This episode we spend the entire show reading from Richard Scarry’s Best First Book Ever! It’s a pretty long and detailed book so we spend the entire time on it today and still didn’t read close to everything! Please subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app and leave a review…
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Episode 013 – Happy Birthday Daddy
Lucky number 13! Today is my birthday so we start off with Owen singing happy birthday to me and talking about his dreams of purple scooters (he has this Züm blue and purple balance bike/scooter.) We talk about going to Mighty-O for donuts and coffee and walking around Green Lake. Then we sneak...
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Episode 012 – Disneyland
The Disneyland episode! We recently took a trip to Disneyland, and Owen and I sat down to discuss the big day. We talk about Pirates of the Caribbean and what type of pirate he wants to be when he grows up, Peter Pan, Belle, The Little Mermaid ride, It’s a Small World, Peter Pan’s Flight (my...
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Episode 011 – Story Cubes
Sorry for the short episode this week! There’s a lot of crazy stuff going on – hopefully good stuff I can share in the near future. In this episode we start off playing with Owen’s Uncle Goose Alphabet Blocks. He’s at the point now where he is being very creative with them–throw a couple blocks...
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Episode 010 – Hobgoblin Farts
Double Digits! In this episode we start off playing with Owen’s latest toy–Tiggly Shapes. Then we read his favorite new book, Monster ABC, by Kyle and Derek Sullivan, currently featured on Kickstarter. After I read it to Owen, he wanted to read it to me (with a little help.) Then we talk about…
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Episode 009 – Chutes and Ladders
A long weekend! In this episode we sing Three Monkeys Jumping on the Bed and then have a little tickle party. Then we break out Owen’s new Marvel Chutes and Ladders Super Hero Squad that he got from his aunt Michelle and aunt Wendi. We sing the clean-up song when we’re all done, and then Owen…
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Episode 008 – Pink Kitchen
Happy Mother’s Day! In this episode we play with a kitchen Owen got from one of our neighbors through the Buy Nothing South Seattle Group. He cooks us up some food and even serves us some beer. There’s a little shout out to Ruby Roth and her V is for Vegan book as well. Please subscribe on…
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Episode 007 – Trashcan Raccoon
Today we play with Owen’s stuffed trashcan raccoon, an underwater animal puzzle, Pete (that’s what we call his binky–it has a monkey attached to it), his alphabet puzzle, and talk about teamwork and asking nicely for things. Please subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app.…
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Episode 006 – Grandma Pat
In today’s episode we sing “Five Little Monkies Jumping on the Bed, talk about hanging out with Sebastian and Sarah, discuss Captain Owen’s first Gundam model kit and first Funko Pop vinyl toy, Nemo, his Melissa & Doug alphabet puzzle from Grandpa Rob, and say farewell to Grandma Pat who passed...
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Episode 005 – Emerald City Comic Con
In today’s episode we mainly talk about Emerald City Comic Con, which I wrote a whole post about, but we also discuss the zoo, the Zoo Webs card game, grandpa’s visit, his special pillow from Grandma Shelly, and a visit to Oma’s house. Please subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite…
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Episode 004 – Happy Birthday
In today’s episode we talk about Captain Owen and Sebastian’s second birthday party, robots, the aquarium, Octonauts (again), Captain Owen’s new baby doll – Baby Sam, his birthday dinner at Cafe Flora, an abbreviated reading of The Gruffalo, the ABC song, Daniel Tiger and the Oh, David! books....
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Episode 003 – Aquarium and Zoo
In today’s episode we talk about Captain Owen’s friends Sebastian, Eli, Sufi, and Mason, a visit to the Aquarium, the latest issue of National Geographic Kids, a visit to the zoo, and sing Old MacDonald. Captain Owen’s mom joins in a couple times as well. I apologize now for a few spots where…
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Episode 002 – Bedtime
This week the podcast was intended to illustrate a routine bedtime but after reading Don’t Push the Button by Bill Cotter and Octonauts and the Sea of Shade by Meomi we had a brief Lion King Musical Interlude with Owen’s mom Sarah when he demanded some lotion for his face. We then finished off…
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Episode 001 – Kicking it Off
Our first episode covers a wide range of random things I pieced together while field testing our equipment so its a bit less organized than future episodes. Please sit back and enjoy hearing about friends, Thomas the train, singing Slippery Fish, Batman, dinnertime, the Seahawks, tattoos, star…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Captain Owen, a four-year-old, sits down bi-weekly with his dad, and sometimes his mother and little sister, to discuss his weekend, read a story, or whatever else is on his mind. A member of the GeekDad Podcast Network.
HOSTED BY
Will James
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