Matthew Fox has been passionate about deep conversations about genre media since childhood, when watching the original Star Trek series with their mother often led to discussions about the ethical questions it raised.
Beyond podcasting, Matthew helps run a small nonprofit dedicated to breaking down barriers to computer science education for youth and also provides consulting services for nonprofits and small businesses.
Over time, their podcasting interests have expanded, launching a Star Wars-focused podcast in 2019 and frequently appearing as a guest or co-host on PandaVision and other shows. While ethical questions are not always the primary focus of their work, Matthew has a knack for finding them in nearly everything they watch.
They are the host and founder of both Star Wars Generations and Superhero Ethics, and co-host of Once and Future Parent on TruStory FM.
Matthew, Erin, and Alex survey LGBTQIA+ representation across Star Wars canon for Pride Month — the wins, the missed shots, and who’s been queer all along.
Author Becky Allen joins Matthew to examine Pride (2014) and the real queer-labour coalition that outlasted Thatcher and the 84-85 miners’ strike.
Hydra lays out its entire evil plan, a Penske truck does the franchise’s dirty work (again), and the Winter Soldier arrives to permanently redefine “road rage.” Plus: the best argument for how vibranium actually works ever made — courtesy of Dungeons & Dragons. And Sam Wilson brings a knife to a machine-gun fight. We need to talk about Sam’s knife.
Marvel comics expert Will Freeland joins Matthew to examine Spider-Noir: a WWII-origin superhero who chose the job for the thrill, and what it takes to choose it for something better.
This week: five minutes in which two spies almost have feelings, a man agrees to commit grand theft jetpack over breakfast, and a winged superhero is born. Also a robust, completely unsolicited defense of a 2012 smartphone, because apparently that is where we are now.
Alex and Erin take the mailbag on Maul: Shadow Lord and The Mandalorian and Grogu. Did “heel” set Grogu back? What does Rotta the Hutt have to do with any of this?
He-Man was always camp. The 2026 film knew it, and then got embarrassed by it. Pete Wright joins Matthew Fox to discuss why Masters of the Universe couldn’t pick a lane.
Star Wars Generations takes a deep dive into The Mandalorian and Grogu movie. Matthew, Alex, and Erin, debate Rotta the Hutt, Sigourney Weaver, and whether the big-screen return delivers.
Podcast host Ocean Murff joins Matthew to debate whether The Boys finale actually resolved its biggest ethical question, or just replaced one monster with the machine that built him.
Three hosts walk into a Cold War bunker. A Swiss Nazi monologues from inside a TV. Somewhere, in the future, Tony Stark is having a very bad day and doesn’t know it yet.