Fast becoming more beard than man, Kyle Olson is an award-winning writer, producer, and host who has been podcasting since these shows were still casting onto pods. He co-hosted The Marvel Movie Minute for over three hundred episodes with his fellow true believer and partner in pods, Rob Kubasko. He’s created several shows, the most notable of which are his audio drama series, The Swashbuckling Ladies Debate Society, and his storytelling show, The Story Well. He’s also a co-host on the horror film podcast, Sitting in the Dark.
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Prison Break! It’s a fun action sequence that calls on all of Ivan’s intellectual faculties to put together the puzzle of his release. He’s just… amazing, y’all. AMAZING. And SO casual! The team celebrates the release with a walk down the accidentally successful liberation of Whiplash.
Krazy Kabbies! Bed-adjacent porcelain! Salisbury steak! It’s another minute of long, knowing looks between Pepper and Tony. We visit the Lincoln Heights Jail and walk through the shooting history of the facility. Steve Sarmento is back to overthink the potatoes with us. Finally, welcome prisoner #6219, our favorite photographic callback.
You’ve never thoughts so much about bunnies. We return to one of our favorite Marvel segments: Awkward Conversations in Planes. There are challenges with time in this minute which can only be rationalized with time zone science. Pepper gets a battery-related mic drop, which gives us reason to argue. What a relief it is, therefore, that we are able to ground ourselves in a Hamilton reference.
Our jam packed Season Finale sees the Ladies calling on some old friends to help with with their grand plan to stop The Final Roundup. But will it be enough? Find out in E6: “Many Hands Make Light Work”
First, and exploration of airline food through history bringing us to the Great Sandwich War of 1954. We try — and fail — to short “intraday” stock. LG gets a full plug. Tony’s voice activated television actually works. Also, omelettes. It’s a Shandlingful minute with Steve Sarmento as we explore all this and awkward silences.
SPIDER! Get rid of SPIDER! Step on Spider! SPIDER! We love you Spider! Team Tardis (that doesn’t sound right) arrives back home only to find the place crawling with big spiders and Mr. Big. Eight legs, but only thirteen minutes to discuss ARACHNIDS IN THE UK!
To start, a lesson in world belief systems. We return to dramatic-minute-in-progress and learn a little family history from the sons of great inventors. Tony’s a jerk. Ivan clenches, and gives us some delightful super-villain work in his challenge to the Cult of Tony. From there, we introduce an alternate universe that nearly existed and would have changed … well … everything.
We’re gushing about actors acting… weird, cause we were looking for the skybeam! Seriously though, RDJ and MR give us a minute of straight up talent, not just a passable knock-off. And they even manage to move the story forward! This is a performance minute that reminds us this is a movie about weapons dealers, greed, and war, grounding super-heroes and raising the stakes.
Rob goes all CSI about evidence. Thankfully, Happy’s fine. Ivan is less fine, and also angry. Thankfully, evidence, some cars, and a father’s love from the grave are all destroyed. Justin is struck by Cupid’s Arrow for his new favorite Russian engineer. Be on the lookout for a new prisoner being photographed in this minute… it’ll be important.
An ode to exploration. The suit can’t fly, which we learn from legos. Seriously, there’s some stunning detail in the destruction of the suit during the fight with Whiplash here. Things aren’t going well for Tony in general, but thanks to the whip coil move, things turn around. Where have we seen that move before? Let us know!