This is the 23rd episode of my My Little Pony podcast The Lightning Round. I'm gonna tell you the biggest news of the last week and highlight some of the best media.  This week we have our review of Season 3 Episode 1 & 2: The Crystal Empire with our guest host AR.  Special thanks to Joel Linsk for the wonderful opening theme and Azure Doodle for the new title card.  For all the links on this weeks show check out the show notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UrhhFIEENypRfxHyZ5aPgvONgRwwKoMR0YyAv4EkRP8/edit