But Why Tho?

This week Ms. Marvel wrapped up its first season on Disney+ and we get into it. Marvel Studios’ “Ms. Marvel” is a new, original series that introduces Kamala Khan, a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City. An avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, Kamala is a Super Hero megafan with an oversized imagination—particularly when it comes to Captain Marvel. Yet Kamala feels like she...

This week we are talking about the latest trailers including Harley Quinn Season 3, Paper Girls, The Woman King, and Clerks III. Our weekly topic is talking about the new lease of life for the Star Trek franchise through their various television shows. Lastly Adrian, CJ, and I will cover some of the shows/movies we’ve been watching that we think you should check out!

Outfest LA Film Festival 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the queer film festival as it celebrates and preserves the history of queer cinema and invites and shapes its future. I spoke with Mike Dougherty, Director of Festival Programming about what live and virtual attendees can expect this year, from big names to darling features. Outfest LA 2022 runs from July 14-24, with nearly two-thirds of...

Star Trek Strange New Worlds saw the return of Captain Christopher Pike and brought us on new adventures with a lot of nostalgia mixed in. Find out why this is a must-watch series for Star Trek fans and folks new to the series alike. Follow CJ: https://twitter.com/CJWritesThings Follow Aaron: https://twitter.com/BritishCPA Watch Strange New Worlds on Paramount+ with our Affiliate Link: https://par...

Hosts this week: Aaron, Kate, Neysha, and Matt We're here with EPISODE ONE! First, we run through the latest trailers and announcements including Gretta Gerwig's Barbie movie set photos, Ana de Armas in Blonde, Stranger Things S4 Part 2, and more.  Then we dive into a discussion about "badass" movie characters being allowed to just be a badass and not need layers of sympathetic storytelling. Boba...

Obi-Wan Kenobi has wrapped up, so we wrangled together our most passionate Star Wars fans to share their thoughts on it! Watch Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ with our   Follow Kate: https://twitter.com/OhMyMithrandir Follow CJ: https://twitter.com/CJWritesThings Follow Aaron: https://twitter.com/BritishCPA Follow Adrian: https://twitter.com/superruiz93 Check out our written coverage of Obi-Wan Kenobi h...

We're back with a bi-weekly podcast! While we will be keeping the "why" part of the podcast, we'll be focussing on covering pop culture news, reviews, and what we're watching, reading, and playing now.  With a new host line-up and bringing in our writing community to guest consistently, we're excited to jump back into podcasting regularly with this official podcast from our team. 

Tahara   is a queer, Jewish coming-of-age film from director  Olivia Peace  and writer Jess Zeidman . I saw myself profoundly in this movie, and after spilling hundreds of words and much of my heart into my review, I had the chance to speak with Zeidman about how the movie came to be, the people that went into making it, and how life as a queer, movie-loving Jew shaped the movie in the end.

19:05 Spoilers The newest prequel for the Toy Story saga is here, and we have some thoughts about it! Follow CJ: https://twitter.com/CJWritesThings Follow Adrian Ruiz: https://twitter.com/superruiz93

Jurassic World: Dominion has roared its way to theaters, but we aren't so sure that it has true dominion. See our written coverage: https://butwhythopodcast.com/2022/06/... Follow Kate Sanchez: https://twitter.com/OhMyMithrandir Follow Matt Donahue: https://twitter.com/dattm18 Follow CJ: https://twitter.com/CJWritesThings

The first half of Stranger Things Season 4 has finally been released! See what we thought of it here. Follow Aaron Phillips here: https://twitter.com/BritishCPA Follow CJ here: https://twitter.com/CJWritesThings Follow Neysha here: https://twitter.com/NeyshaPlays  

Star Wars Celebration 2022 has come to an end, and brought some incredible news along with it! Here is what our impressions were.  Follow Adrian Ruiz: https://twitter.com/superruiz93 Follow Stefani Ruiz: https://twitter.com/stefanihearts Follow Alberto Garcia: https://www.instagram.com/chef__beto/

The first season of Halo has come to a wrap, and we're here to give you our thoughts on it! Halo follows an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant. Halo will weave deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure, and a richly imagined vision of the future. Follow Kate Sanchez: https://twitter.com/OhMyMithrandir Follow Matt Donahue: https://twitte...

Spoiler-lite Starts: 10:36 Plot Synopsis: Dr Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens a portal to the multiverse. However, a threat emerges that may be too big for his team to handle.    Follow Kate Sanchez: https://twitter.com/OhMyMithrandir Follow Matt Donahue: https://twitter.com/dattm18 Follow Collier "CJ" Jennings: https://twitter.com/CJWritesThings

This week, we reviewed and dove into Marvel's Moon Knight. Check out our spoiler-lite discussion and why we think you should watch it! IF you're looking for a deeper dive, head to our Twitch channel to watch these happen live.  Moon Knight follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative...

Nic Cage is here with what is possibly the most Nic Cage movie ever, and we think you should watch it! Follow Kate here: https://twitter.com/OhMyMithrandir Follow CJ here: https://twitter.com/CJWritesThings Follow Cait here: https://twitter.com/CaitDoes

This week, we're starting our new review podcast. On But Why Tho? Reviews, our critics get together to talk about what they're watching, what they think about it, and ultimately why YOU should hit play or hit skip. This week, we're talking about Heartstopper. The Netflix Original that is all about love, friendship, and most importantly, queer joy.

For the opening weekend of SXSW 2022, the University of Arizona brought Wonder House for attendees. Originally meant to debut in 2020, the event was two years in the making highlighted the wonder of The University from across disciplines and colleges. We got the chance to talk with Misha Harrison, executive director of experience in Marketing and Brand Management, and Chad Herzog, executive direct...

Have you ever wanted to step into a Jane Austen novel? Date in Regency England maybe? Well, the newest reality dating series is taking you there. We got the chance to sit down with two of the series' suitors Mr. Lewis Echavarria and Mr. Alex “Achilles” King to talk about their experience in winning the heart of the heroine Ms. Nicole Rémy. 

Alex Molodkin and his partner Tay Kuznetsova are the duo behind Weasel Token , an indie game developer based in Kyiv, Ukraine. They are currently making a game   Puzzles for Clef , a peaceful 2D puzzle adventure with a treasure hunt at its core. We spoke with Molodkin about his experience in Kyiv, what this means for Ukrainian game devs, and what people can do to help.

Developed and published by Drinkbox Studios,  Nobody Saves the World is an Action RPG that has you try to stop the Calamity from ending the world. You play as Nobody, literally, with one unique magical power; You're able to transform into 20 different forms. From a rat to a mermaid, to even a Necromancer. All the powers of the forms are yours to command and customize. If you want a horse that can...

But Why Tho? The Podcast had its fifth-anniversary last week. We also recorded our last episode. If you haven’t noticed, this feed has dropped a bit in activity since the world went full Dark Souls. Between that, the site doing well, and growth in our personal and professional lives, we found ourselves short on time. More than that, if we’re being totally honest, we found ourselves running short o...

Dani Colman is the author of  The Unfinished Corner , a middle-grade graphic novel illustrated by Rachel Petrovicz, colored by Whitney Cogar, lettered by Jim Campbell, and published by Vault Comics. Dani sat down with But Why Tho? to discuss the graphic novel, how it managed to squeeze 4000 years of Jewish storytelling tradition into one book, and just what makes Jewish storytelling so powerful. T...

Atomika , originally published as individual issues between 2005-2011, is receiving a Kickstarter campaign to publish a complete omnibus. But Why Tho? sat down with Artist Sal Abbinanti to discuss what went into making this unique tale of old and new gods in Soviet-era Russia. The following interview is edited for brevity and clarity. The full interview can be heard on the But Why Tho? Podcast .

.Self  is a brand new ComiXology Original series written by Christopher Sebela , artist Cara McGee , colorist Rebecca Nalty , and letterer Aditya Bidikar . In a near future, new technologies allow humans to upload their every memory and emotion to a cloud that can be downloaded into a blank body after your death to let your family have closure. But what if that server was hacked? What chaos might...