Join Matthew and returning guest Rob McKenzie as they unpack Murderbot’s ethics of synthetic life, enslaved sentience, and why freedom for an individual can only come on their own terms.
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Join Matthew and returning guest Rob McKenzie as they unpack Murderbot’s ethics of synthetic life, enslaved sentience, and why freedom for an individual can only come on their own terms.
AK_Ahab joins us to analyze how a demon-hunting K-pop group confronts shame through dazzling fight scenes and original music, revealing the power of radical self-acceptance.
Can heroes truly redeem villains, or just make temporary allies? From Spider-Man’s compassionate approach to the X-Men’s complex reconciliations, we explore what separates genuine reformation from convenient alliance-switching.
Voice actor JP Karliak explores how superhero stories help process social change, drawing from his role as non-binary Morph in X-Men ’97 and his work getting nerds civically engaged through NerdsVote.