Superhero Ethics

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Ep 193 - Champions! Ip Man 4 & Cobra Kai 4 Jul 26, 2022

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Does a single champion define a martial arts style? Do the high school, we have to fight it out, antics of Cobra Kai make more or less sense among adults? And can Paul and Matthew really find a way to connect Ip Man 4 and Cobra Kai 4?
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Ep 192 Ms Marvel & Representation Jul 21, 2022

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Stranded Panda regulars Emily Cissel and Zuhair Ali join me to talk Ms. Marvel & Representation.
Zuhair Ali is one of the hosts of the Animation Deliberation Podcast, podcast dedicated to discussing and celebrating the best action focused animated series, cartoons and films. https://www.spreaker.com/show/animation-deliberation
Emily Cissell is a middle school social studies teacher also known as a real life superhero. She has a borderline obsession with Captain Marvel, Loki, and her dog Hemingway.
Emily Cissell Asks What If….?
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emily-cissell-asks-what-if/id1595748844
323 Network Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-323-with-reid-murphy/id1573067697
Instagram/Twitter: @emilyorlou

Ep 191 Thor- Love and Thunder Thoughts Jul 19, 2022

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Andy Nelson, of the Next Reel and Marvel Movie Minute joins me to discuss Thor: Love & Thunder. We get into the questions the movie raised, the ones we wish it explored further and why one of us really enjoyed it, and the other- not so much.
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Andy started podcasting about movies 11 years ago and immediately fell in love with the format. Now, as partner at TruStory FM, he continues exploring his passion for everything in the world of film as well as his love of podcasting. Aside from his movie podcasts The Next Reel Film Podcast, Marvel Movie Minute, and The Speakeasy, Andy produces a variety of other shows including How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships, It’s All Your Fault, and Don’t Eat Your Young. Hailing from over 25 years in the world of film, television, and commercial production, Andy has always had a passion for storytelling, no matter the size of the package.
His passion for storytelling started at a young age, driving him and his friends to start making their own movies in grade school. After studying film at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Andy wrote, directed, and/or produced a number of short films while also producing indie features like Netherbeast Incorporated and Ambush at Dark Canyon and teaching screenwriting and editing. He’s worked on everything from award-winning documentaries like The Imposter and The Joe Show to TV shows like Investigation Discovery’s “Deadly Dentists” and Nat Geo’s “Inside the Hunt for the Boston Bombers.” Now, using the growing audio world of podcasts, Andy continues exploring his love of storytelling in this new medium. Andy is a family man and loves a good martini, a good beer or a nice cup o’ joe. And always, of course, a good movie.
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sodacreekfilm/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sodacreekfilm
Marvel Movie Minute: https://trustory.fm/marvel-movie-minute/
Marvel Movie Minute on Twitter: https://twitter.com/minutemarvel
The Next Reel: https://trustory.fm/the-next-reel/
The Next Reel on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/thenextreel/
TruStory FM: https://trustory.fm/

Ep 190 Stranger Things Four Point Two: Pastor of Muppets Jul 12, 2022

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Matthew takes a rare day off as Ashley, Paul, and Mark talk about the final two episodes of the penultimate season of Stranger Things. (Season 4, episodes 8 and 9.)
Mark Garkusha is a podcaster and voice actor, including on Cast Die Podcast "if you need more D&D in your life." @MarkDmitri on all the social media things.
Ashley Coffin has her own brand-new podcast, Bill & Ashley's Terror Theater (@BATTpod on Twitter and such), co-hosts the Marvel Cinematic Universe Podcast, and so many other casts of podliness.
Paul Hoppe AKA ZenMadman is found @ZenMadman on all the things and is usually a guest on this here podcast, along with Star Wars Universe Podcast, and wrote and performed the theme music to this here podcast with Villain's Lament.
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Ep 188 X-Men in the MCU Jul 05, 2022

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What will it look like to bring the X-men into the MCU? How does the mutant framework change in a world already used to superpowers? Do we need to keep the Prof X/Magneto conflict, or are their other paradigms to explore? X-men X-pert Miles Stokes joins Paul and myself to dive into it!
Miles Stokes is one half of Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, a weekly podcast that endeavors to walk listeners through the ins, outs, and retcons of comics' greatest superhero soap opera. The show can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/xplainthexmen or at https://www.xplainthexmen.com - or you can (occasionally) find Miles himself at https://twitter.com/gjallerbru.
The episode on Logan we mentioned can be found here-
https://theethicalpanda.com/2017/04/11/logan-on-logan/
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Stranger Things S4 Pt1 Jun 30, 2022

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D&D podcaster and expert Mark Garkusha joins Ashley and myself to talk Strange Things Season 4 (1st half?)
Mark Garkusha is an actor, voice artist, writer, and lifelong nerd. You can find him on instagram and twitter as @markdmitri and his D&D/TTRPG cast as @castdiepodcast
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Ep 187 Those Darn Kids Jun 17, 2022

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Paul and I talk about the value placed on human life at different ages, in our own society and that of the stories we love. Is the death of a child more tragic than the death of an adult? Does a story need to show us a child in danger to establish emotional stakes? And why do so many heroes have dead parents?
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Ep 186 The Boys Season 3 Jun 07, 2022

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We're talking about The Boys, season 3, Episode 1, with Matthew Carroll and Ashley Coffin. Check out the PandaVision podcast for our coverage of every episode of Season 3 of The Boys.
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Ep 185 Celebrity Culture & Fandom May 31, 2022

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Lets talk celebrities- or more specifically, why is everyone else talking about celebrities. Is there a trial of some kind going on, and should it impact how we feel about Aquaman 2? Why does the name Kathleen Kennedy evoke such strong feelings in certain parts of the Star Wars fandom,. and what role does misogyny, racism, and other issues play in the narratives that get formed around celebrities and fandom? Paul joins me to talk about these questions, along with what its like to listen to our episodes from 5 years ago on their Poker & Podcasts series on Youtube!
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Ep 184 Moon Knight & Mental Health May 17, 2022

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Mental health played a big part in Moon Knight, and we brought in an expert to talk about it. Saron Bryan, LCSW, returns to the show and joins Paul, Will, and myself, to talk about dissociative identity disorder (DID), how the show portrays it, and what better understanding it can tell us about Marc, Stephen, and the show.
Saron Bryan is a therapist in Athens, Georgia who primarily serves queer, polyamorous, and kinky clients. She also enjoys taking way too long to finish reading the Wheel of Time series and questing to find the most ridiculous and gaudy earrings imaginable.
Our voices not enough- you can watch the video of this episode at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmMt4ufXC94!
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