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Episode 85: Florida Retirement Home Community for Gods and Kids Say the Darndest Things Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and get crazy with some guy named Gorr killing Gods, Gods being lazy in their version of a retirement home, and 2 Thors going on an epic quest to save kids. But remember: All you need is love. Next Week: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Donate to our Extr...

s is Episode 20: Who is the real problem: Stephen or Wanda? Eric is BACK! Topics of Discussion Doctor Strange is the most problematic morally sticky ethical problem of the MCU. Whether deontological or utilitarian, he is a bonified narcissistic problem. Premise of Discussion Who is the real villain? Wanda or Stephen? Who is the real problem? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Episode 84: Doctor Strange is a Dick! Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and get a bit nutty with Sam Raimi driving us into a horror story of universes collapsing in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness! What is dream walking? Who are the Illuminati? And who is the real villain: Wanda or Stephen? Next Week: Thor: Love and Thunder Donate to our Extra Life Team: https...

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Episode 83: Spell Tampering and Family Heirlooms are No Jokes! Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and get into some more Spider-Man with Peter Parker being led astray by a seriously irresponsible Doctor Strange that brings a whole rogues gallery of chaos along for the ride. Plus, we get into it was Pakistani-American fangirl of Captain Marvel who ends up finding out how ama...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and get back to the MCU with Spider-Man and Peter Parker is hitting the road this time on his way to being manipulated by Mysterio and trying to get MJ to notice he exists and that he likes her. Also, Tony Stark was incredibly irresponsible. This week is 2019's Spider-Man: Far from Home and the one-shot Peter's To-Do-List . Keep an eye out...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and get spooky with some poorly executed Sony Spider-Man related, MCU tangentially related characters in Venom and Morbius. Listen to hear is Tom Hardy looks weird as Eddie Brock. How do his first two outing as Venom in Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage play out? What is with Woody Harrelson’s bad wig? Why did anyone think letting Jare...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and get crazy with Androids with the Eternals who have been shaping human history in the service of birthing a Celestial, an old man mentors a young woman to be his replacement with Hawkeye, and a man with mental issues is possessed by an Egyptian god to try and save the world. It gets NUTS! Join us! Keep an eye out for our special episode...

This is Episode 18: Redemption and Self Love in  Loki, Season 1  and  Black Widow This weeks special guest: Marsha Greenway. Topics of Discussion Determinism and Free Will, Part 1: Loki Now, this will not be the last time we see this, but Loki Season 1 is a testament or challenge to the idea of whether free will is real or not.   Determinism or a deterministic point of vie...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and get a little existential with What If? (2021) and explore bad parenting and the Far East in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Keep an eye out for our special episode this week plus a new episode of our side pod Why? - Free Will vs. Determinism in Loki and More. Next Week: Eternals, Hawkeye, and Moon Knight Donate to our...

This is Episode 17: Racial Disparity in Falcon and Winter Soldiers Welcome Special Guests Aaron Benson and Dr. Kathryn Silva Topics of Discussion I mentioned this before when speaking with Aaron, but with Falcon and Winter Soldier there are very real hints if not overt nods that this series is taking on inequalities, and with Sam Wilson’s story/journey that involves taking on Racial disparity.&nbs...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and continue to explore Phase 4 with the intriguing Loki Season 1 (2021) and the oddly out of place Black Widow (2021). Granted, Black Widow is basically a remake of Moonraker . Keep an eye out for our special episode this week plus a new episode of our side pod Why? - Racial Disparity in Falcon and Winter Soldier. Next Week: What If? and...

This is Episode 16: Processing Grief in  WandaVision Topics of Discussion How do we process grief? My own therapist once discussed with me the idea that we always move through it in a linear fashion. WandaVision  to me is filled with an attempt by an all-powerful being, Wanda, trying to deal with unacceptable. Gianna Amato, in an article Wanda Vision: An Analysis of Trauma and Grief note...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and go deep into the opening of Phase 4 and the aftermath of the battle with Thanos and the return of millions from the Blip and remembering those that were lost in 2021's WandaVision and Falcon and Winter Soldier . Keep an eye out for our special episode this week plus a new episode of our side pod Why? - WandaVision and Grief Next Week:...

This is Episode 15: Avengers: Endgame Topics of Discussion We are dealing with, in the MCU, the Multiverse theory of time travel vs. the Dynamic timelines we might be more use to you. Moral or ethical? Strange that this question was brought up by  Loki  in Season 1 of his show? When standing before the tribunal as guilty of violating the sacred timeline he says the real guilty parties ar...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and go deep into witnessing EVERYONE on screen ALL AT ONCE in Avengers: Endgame! With Captain America finally ending his tease and saying "Avengers Assemble" because it takes ALLLLL of them to stop Thanos! Keep an eye out for our special episode this week plus a new episode of our side pod Why? - Time Travel Ethics Next Week: Aftermath of...

This is Episode 14: Ant-Man and Wasp + Captain Marvel . Topics of Discussion Let’s talk about feminism in Captain Marvel by defining Feminism...definition: Quite simply, feminism is about all genders having equal rights and opportunities.  “It’s about respecting diverse women’s experiences, identities, knowledge and strengths, and striving to empower all women to realize their full...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and go deep into the quantum realm with 2018's Ant-Man and Wasp with Luis, Kurt, and Sunny Birch. Then we go intergalactic with Skrulls and Kree in 2019's Captain Marvel . Keep an eye out for our special episode this week plus a new episode of our side pod Why? Montpelier Vermont Public Library Resources: https://libraries.vermont.gov/2023...

This is Episode 13:  Avengers: Infinity War . Topics of Discussion In a 2018 article written by Mary Ingram, Thanos is described as a “Sociopath with a heart.” The article imagines a therapy session and intervention with Thanos. “By the time this client told me this about his past, I had already diagnosed him with both Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and Antisocial Personality Disorde...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events - Skirt the line of calling for Revolution while discussing the WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strike - and take note that no superhero film has had THIS MANY CHARACTERS COMING TOGETHER AT ONCE SUCCESSFULLY in history...till 2019, 2018s Avengers: Infinity War. We also talk about I Am Groot Season 2 . Keep an eye out for our special episode this week plus a...

This is Episode 13: Avengers: Infinity War . Topics of Discussion In a 2018 article written by Mary Ingram, Thanos is described as a “Sociopath with a heart.” The article imagines a therapy session and intervention with Thanos. “By the time this client told me this about his past, I had already diagnosed him with both Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and expand our perceptions of the world of the MCU and our own through 2018's Black Panther. This amazing film is a true gem. Keep an eye out for our special episode this week plus a new episode of our side pod Why? Next Week: Avengers: Infinity War and I Am Groot Season 2 HELP OUT those in Maui - https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/...

This is Episode 11: Thor Ragnarok  and  Spider-Man: No Way Home . Topics of Discussion Forgotten Man of Adrian Toomes vs. Elite of Tony Stark There is something super relatable about Adrian Toomes, aka the Vulture, in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Imagine having your job taken away by a secret service that worked with the government, without any remuneration. If I recall, the only thing that t...

Casey, Jon, and Eric dive into recent Geek News and Events and journey into mystery with Thor in Thor Ragnarok where we go Full Fosmic Kirby and then go back to high school with Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Homecoming with an actual Homecoming Dance!! Keep an eye out for our special episode this week plus a new episode of our side pod Why? Next Week: Black Panther (2018) Follow us, like us, comment...

This is Episode 10: Journey into the Psychedelic: Opening Your Third Eye in  Doctor Strange  and Fatherhood of  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 . Topics of Discussion Doctor Strange Purely as an indulgence, remember that in  Thor , when he is speaking to Jane Foster, he says “Your ancestors called it magic, but you call it science. I come from a land where they are one and the s...