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Listen NowComplete Archive: Superhero Ethics
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- A Canon Is Not a Weapon
- Across the Spider-Verse
- A Fair Fight
- All-Star Guest Line-Up
- Altered Carbon on Bingers Assemble
- An Animated Discussion of Batman
- The Angry Hero
- Avatar: The Last Airbender • Episodes 1-2
- Avatar: The Last Airbender • Episodes 3-4
- Avatar: The Last Airbender • Episodes 5-6
- Avatar: The Last Airbender • Episodes 7-8
- Avatar: The Last Airbender • Primer, Part 1
- Avatar: The Last Airbender • Primer, Part 2
- Avatar: The Last Podbender
- Avengers Accountability
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- Batman '89
- Batman: The Long Halloween
- Batman: Under the Red Hood
- Batman AND Superman
- The Batman and the Ethics of Emo
- Batman Begins
- Batman Returns
- Batman Returns • Rebroadcast
- Be Super!
- Bingers Assemble: Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Birds of Prey with Jess Plummer
- Black Adam
- Black Widow Ethics
- Blerds & Fandom with Caged Bishop Cosplay
- The Boys • Ethics of Season 2
- The Boys • S3 E1
- Buffy and the Apocalypse
- Burdened with Glorious Ethical Questions
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- Campy Bats Forever
- Carl Weathers Remembered
- Car Talk: Balance of Powered
- Catra, She-Ra, and the Ethics of Redemption
- Celebrity Culture and Fandom
- Champions! Ip Man 4 & Cobra Kai 4
- Chosen Ones with Rebecca Rose Vassey
- Cobra Kai • S3: Results-Oriented Morality
- Cobra Kai • Season 5
- Comics History Part 1 • The Golden Age – WWII
- Comics History Part 2 • Comics Code Censorship
- Comics History Part 3 • The Silver Age – Part 1
- Comics History Part 4 • The Silver Age – Part 2
- Comics History Part 5 • The Bronze Age
- Comics in the Classroom
- Conversations Between the Punches • Superhuman Public Radio Season Two
- Copies and Clones and Questions, Oh My!
- Cowboy Bebop Live Action: Part Two
- Critical Theory and Fandom
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- Daredevil, Batman, and Charlottesville
- Daredevil on Page and Screen
- The Dark Knight
- DC's New Slate
- DC Superpets
- Disability Representation in Sci-Fi and Fantasy: A Conversation with AK Maiden
- Discworld: The Watch
- Doctor Strange: A Strange Discussion
- Does the Gatewatch Need a Prime Directive?
- Don't Make Me Turn This Podcast Around
- Do we need S.H.I.E.L.D.?
- Do we Trade Lives? The Ethics of Infinity War
- Dr. Doom and the Nature of Villains
- Dredd
- Dune: Part 2 • The Film Board Crossover
- Dune on Page & Screen
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- Echo & the MCU
- Echo, Amputees, & Intersectionality
- El Mariachi & The Castle
- Encanto Ethics: When Generational Trauma is the Villain
- Escape Into Reality: Alex Trebek and the Value of Facts
- Eternals: The Ethics of Anthills
- The Ethical Color Pie: Grouping our Favs by an Ethical System
- Ethical Espionage
- Ethically Invincible
- Ethically Wrastlin'
- Ethical Robot Overlords: The Matrix and AI
- Ethical Villains
- Ethics by Stormlight
- The Ethics of AI
- The Ethics of Arrows
- Ethics of Dune
- The Ethics of Endgame
- Ethics of Fandom
- The Ethics of Jaws
- Ethics of Our Robot Overlords
- The Ethics of Q
- Ethics of Shang-Chi
- The Ethics of Star Wars: Ranking the Movies
- Ethics of the Final Frontier
- The Ethics of Thirst
- Ethics of WandaVision
- The Ethics of Falcon and the Winter Soldier • Episode 1
- The Ethics of Falcon and the Winter Soldier • Episode 2
- The Ethics of Falcon and the Winter Soldier • Episode 3
- The Ethics of Falcon and the Winter Soldier • Episode 4
- The Ethics of Falcon and the Winter Soldier • Episode 5
- The Ethics of Falcon and the Winter Soldier • Episode 6
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- LARPing! The Ethics of Role-Playing Games
- The Last Jedi: Part 1
- The Last Jedi: Part 2
- The Last of Us
- The Last of Us: Philosophy
- The Last of Us Part II: the Video Game
- The Last of Us • S1 E1-4
- Logan on Logan
- Loki Part 2: Ethical Variants
- Luke, Rey, and a New Kind of Hero's Journey
- Luke Cage and Identity: Part 1
- Luke Cage and Identity: Part 2
- Luke Cage Wrap-Up
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- Mercy, Honor, and Karate in Cobra Kai
- Midnight Mass
- Mind-Reading with Dr. Greg Haley
- MMMBop, Cowboy Bebop, Ba Duba Dop…
- Moby Dick — Even if You Never Read It
- Moon Knight and Mental Health
- Moon Knight • E1
- Moon Knight • E2
- Moon Knight • E3
- Moon Knight • E4
- Moon Knight • E5
- Moon Knight • E6
- Ms. Marvel and Moon Knight on Page and Screen
- Ms. Marvel and Representation
- Multiverse Multi Opinions
- Myth of the Manger
- Mythology & Superheroes: The American Monomyth
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- Parental Controls and the Meaning of 'Family Friendly'
- Parenting and Media with Jared Sylva
- Percy Jackson on Screen & Page
- Picardian Ethics
- Problematic Favorites
- The Psi Corp: Babylon 5 and Telepathy
- Psychology of The Boys with the Editors of Supes Ain't Always Heroes
- Punching Nazis
- The Punisher
- Punisher • S2
- Purple Man, Empath, and the Ethics of Total Control
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- Radiant Ethics: Examining the Oaths in The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
- Raya, Luca, and the Wisdom of Kids Movies
- Ready Podcast One
- Red Son Zenith
- Remembering Sheldon Menery and His Rule Zero Philosophy for Building Community
- The Rights of the Unpowered
- Rings of Power
- The Rise of Skywalker
- Rob & Matthew's Excellent Time Travel Adventure
- Robots & Ethics & AI ... Oh My!
- Rogue Ethics
- Rounders: Poker as a Superpower
- Rurouni Kenshin! First Movie and Anime S1
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
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- Sandman with Ashley Coffin
- Severence
- Shadow and Bone • S2
- Shadows and Bones and Anti-Heroes, Oh My!
- Shakespearean Villains
- She-Hulk & Uncle Ben
- She-Hulk Kick-Off
- She-Hulk with Jess Plummer
- Speculating on Black Widow
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- The Stand •
- Stan Lee's Soapbox
- Stark and Carroll
- Stranger Things • Four Point Two: Pastor of Muppets
- Stranger Things • S4 Part 1
- Successors, Sidekicks, and Batman Beyond
- Suicidal Villains
- The Suicide Squad
- Superhuman Public Radio
- Supernatural Road Trip
- Supernatural • The Ethics of Endings
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- WarGames and the Ethics of AI
- Warrior Mafias
- Was Uncle Ben Wrong? Great Power and Great Responsibility with Matthew Carroll and Jeff Randle
- Webs of Ethics • Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Were the Jedi the Villains? The Ethics of The Clone Wars
- Westfox Disconnected: Introducing Pandavision
- What Else Could They Do?
- What Happens Next?
- What If We Talked About 'What If...?'
- What Is a Christmas Movie?
- What Makes a Hero?
- What Makes a Hero?
- When Robins Leave the Nest
- Which Skywalker Rises?
- Who Can We Kill?
- Who Is My Batman? Part 1
- Who Is My Batman? Part 2
- Who Is Your Hero? With an Addendum
- Who Teaches Ethics at Hogwarts?
- Who Watches Superman?
- Who Watches the Watchers Who Watch the Watchmen?
- Why So Serious?
- Willow
- Willow TV
- The Witcher • S1 Primer Part 2
- The Witcher • S2 E1-2
- The Witcher • S2 E3-4
- The Witcher • S2 E5-6
- The Witcher • S2 E7-8
- Wonder Woman 84
- The Writers Strike Is Over: What It Means for Hollywood... and Fans
- Writing Heroes