About Dan Zehr & CWK

Since May 2013, Coffee With Kenobi has grown into an award-winning platform for thoughtful, family-friendly conversation about Star Wars, storytelling, fandom, and popular culture. Across more than 850 episodes, host Dan Zehr has welcomed listeners to conversations with creators, actors, authors, artists, and personalities; covered Hollywood premieres, Star Wars Celebrations, theme parks, product launches, and special events; and explored the characters, mythology, themes, and experiences that connect the things we love with our lives.

Today, Star Wars remains at the heart of Coffee With Kenobi—but the galaxy is just the beginning.

CWK expands that conversation beyond the galaxy far, far away to explore the stories, experiences, people, and modern myths that shape our popular culture. Star Wars is part of a much larger cultural landscape waiting to be explored—from movies, television, comics, books, superheroes, and wrestling to sports, food, theme parks, collecting, travel, and conversations with the creators and personalities who bring these worlds and experiences to life.

Whether we’re exploring a favorite story, celebrating an unforgettable experience, discovering something new, or sitting down with a fascinating guest, Coffee With Kenobi brings curiosity, enthusiasm, and thoughtful conversation to the things we love.

Because the best conversations aren’t just about the things we love. They’re about the people we share them with.

Pour a cup. Pull up a chair. Bring your friends. Join the conversation.

The Story of Coffee With Kenobi

Since its debut in 2013, Coffee With Kenobi has grown from a Star Wars fan podcast into an award-winning platform for conversation, interviews, live events, fandom, and popular culture.

CWK was the first Star Wars fan podcast to be verified on Twitter and the first podcast to broadcast live at a Star Wars Celebration. Over the years, the show and Dan Zehr’s work have been featured by outlets including The Hollywood Reporter, HuffPost, StarWars.com, the Chicago Tribune, the Peoria Journal Star, Good Morning America, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, Forbes, and Bloomberg.

Through more than thirteen years and 850 episodes, Hollywood premieres, Star Wars Celebrations, theme park events, set visits, interviews, and conversations with listeners around the world, one thing has remained constant:

Coffee With Kenobi is about bringing people together through the things we love.

Now, we’re simply making the table a little bigger.

Coffee With Kenobi: Freshly Brewed Conversation.

The Galaxy Is Just the Beginning.

Featured Profile

Chicago Tribune — Christopher Borrelli

“A small-town Illinois high school teacher is about the most popular ‘Star Wars’ podcaster on the planet.”

In this feature profile, Chicago Tribune writer Christopher Borrelli explores Dan Zehr’s journey as an educator and podcaster, the growth of Coffee With Kenobi, and Dan’s approach to Star Wars, fandom, education, and community.

Read the Chicago Tribune profile

About Dan Zehr

Host • Author • Educator • Brand Manager

Dan Zehr is the host and brand director of Coffee With Kenobi and a longtime voice in Star Wars fandom. For more than a decade, he has brought critical thinking, intellectual honesty, enthusiasm, and humor to conversations about Star Wars, mythology, storytelling, fandom, and popular culture.

A longtime contributor to StarWars.com, Dan has written more than 90 articles for the official Star Wars website and is the co-author of several Star Wars books, including:

Dan also wrote 236 of the 240 character entries featured in the companion magazines for Fanhome’s officially licensed Star Wars: Build Your Own Darth Vader collection.

Dan’s work has taken him from the classroom to Star Wars Celebration stages, Hollywood premieres, film sets, Disney theme parks, product launches, conventions, and events worldwide. He has interviewed creators, actors, authors, artists, and personalities while sharing these experiences with the worldwide Coffee With Kenobi community. 

But Dan’s perspective on storytelling and popular culture is rooted in another important part of his life: education.

A high school English teacher with an MS in Teaching and Learning, Dan teaches Composition and Mythology and has long explored the connections between classical mythology, modern storytelling, and popular culture. His work incorporating Star Wars into the classroom led to an appearance in Target’s “There’s a Rebel in All of Us” campaign during the Rogue One merchandise launch.

Dan is also a keynote speaker, moderator, presenter, and veteran Star Wars Celebration host. Coffee With Kenobi was the first podcast ever featured on the Star Wars Celebration podcast stage, and Dan has appeared on numerous Celebration panels and stages.

Good Morning America, The Hollywood Reporter, HuffPost, Forbes, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, and other media outlets have featured his work and commentary. He also served as a consultant for Ian Doescher’s William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series and contributed to the Star Wars Celebration Orlando Commemorative Program.

Today, Dan brings those experiences together on Coffee With Kenobi: Freshly Brewed Conversation, where Star Wars remains at the heart of the show while the conversation expands into the larger world of stories, experiences, people, and popular culture that inspire us.

Connect with Dan Zehr and Coffee With Kenobi

Listen to Coffee With Kenobi on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your favorite podcast platform.

Follow Dan and CWK for new episodes, conversations, interviews, event coverage, and more.

Coffee With Kenobi

Email: [email protected]
X: @CoffeeWthKenobi
Facebook: Coffee With Kenobi
Instagram: @coffee_with_kenobi
Threads: @coffee_with_kenobi
YouTube: Coffee With Kenobi on YouTube

The Galaxy Is Just the Beginning.

Pour a cup. Pull up a chair. Bring your friends. Join the conversation.

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The CWK Cafe: Join the Coffee With Kenobi community on Facebook and continue the conversation with fellow listeners and friends of the show.

Dan Zehr

Email: [email protected]
X: @MrZehr
Instagram: @danzehrcwk
Threads: @danzehrcwk

Purchase Dan Zehr’s Star Wars books

For media inquiries, interviews, appearances, partnerships, and press opportunities, contact Dan at [email protected].

The Galaxy Is Just the Beginning.

Pour a cup. Pull up a chair. Bring your friends. Join the conversation.

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