
Superhero Daddy Issues
Pete Wright and Mandy Kaplan join Matthew to ask why almost every superhero has a parent problem—and what that reveals about all of us.

Pete Wright and Mandy Kaplan join Matthew to ask why almost every superhero has a parent problem—and what that reveals about all of us.
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Pete Wright and Mandy Kaplan join Matthew to ask why almost every superhero has a parent problem—and what that reveals about all of us.

Award-winning author Helen McCarthy joins us to trace manga’s full history — wartime suppression, post-occupation reinvention, and why it keeps speaking to every new generation.

TruStory FM co-founder Andy Nelson joins Matthew to debate what “best” really means at the Oscars, whether awards season rewards craft or just better campaigns, and what happened at the BAFTAs.

Horror scholars AK_Ahab and Marlena Chesner join Matthew to debate whether Dracula’s romantic makeover erases—or just obscures—the consent violations at the heart of every adaptation.