Short Stacked and the MCU Battle of New York
September 29, 2026
Matthew Fox and Paul Hoppe, a professional poker player and writer, ask, when you only get one try, how much are you willing to put on the table?
Matthew Fox and Paul Hoppe, a professional poker player and writer, ask, when you only get one try, how much are you willing to put on the table?
Matthew Fox and Paul Hoppe, a professional poker player and writer, trace profiling from cops and Green Lantern to card rooms, casinos, and comic book stereotypes.
Matthew Fox and Paul Hoppe, a professional poker player and writer, argue quitting isn’t a moral failing but a skill, tested against Captain America, Tony Stark, and a bad guitar comeback.
Matthew Fox and Paul Hoppe review Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender and ask whether a beloved story needed a sequel twenty years later.
Professional poker player Paul Hoppe joins Matthew Fox to put poker, Thanos, and Vader on the table and ask why we can’t stop throwing good money after bad.
Paul Hoppe, professional poker player and now full co-host, joins Matthew to work out how poker relates to gambling, and what Nick Fury’s decision to not nuke NY says about risk.
Podcaster and TruStory FM co-founder Pete Wright joins Matthew and Paul to talk about Lattice, his debut novella, and what it costs to refuse power you actually have.
Matthew and original Superhero Ethics podcast co-host Paul Hoppe look back at all of the Star Wars movies and TV shows to date, ranking them and discussing what we loved or didn’t love, and the ethical questions they raise. We hope this is a great way to get an overview of all that has come up until now, as well as to engage in some good debates over them!
Here it is, our 50th episode! All three hosts, Paul, Jacob, and Matthew, come together to re-examine some of our favorite questions and discussions from past episodes.
To celebrate our 50th episode, we managed to get all three hosts—Paul, Matthew, and Jacob—together to reflect on some of our past discussions.