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Superhero Ethics

Superhero Ethics

Exploring ethical questions from Superhero movies and TV shows, sci-fi, and everything else geeks love

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420 episodes

  1. Wrap Up 4: Benevolent Overlords 52:45
  2. Wrap Up 3: Amanda Waller 59:58
  3. Wrap Up 2: Civil War 57:22
  4. Wrap Up 1: A New Lens 1:08:16
  5. Women’s Baseball 1:00:53
  6. Short Stacked and the MCU Battle of New York 1:03:51
  7. Profiling 57:39
  8. I Quit: Sometimes You Don’t Have to “Do This All Day” 1:08:56
  9. The Odyssey: Myth on Film 54:19
  10. Dolly Parton and 9 to 5 46:34
  11. Lanterns and the Ethics of Adaptation 1:00:23
  12. Avatar Aang: Did We Need This? 56:10
  13. Sunk Cost Fallacy 1:04:40
  14. Spider-Man: Brand New Day 1:00:49
  15. Evaluating Risk: Poker, Life, and Nick Fury's Nuke 1:00:05
  16. Lattice and Writing 1:10:24
  17. The Crystal Shard: D&D, as Game and as Story 1:06:35
  18. EPISODE 400! 1:40:45
  19. Supergirl 1:14:20
  20. Pride (2014): When Thatcher Made Allies of Queers and Miners 1:00:47
  21. Spider-Noir: A Hero for the Wrong Reasons 1:00:46
  22. Masters of the Universe: He-Man and Nostagia Bait 1:02:43
  23. The Boys • Final Wrap Up 53:39
  24. Damn the Man! Empire Records After 30 Years 1:04:41
  25. Judges of the Card Rooms — TCGs & Poker 59:06
  26. What Made Rob McKenzie Rebel Scum? 1:03:30
  27. Maul: Truth-Teller, Manipulator, or Self-Deceiver? • Maul – Shadow Lord Discussion 46:55
  28. Are Superheroes Cops? Cyclops, Green Lantern & ACAB 1:00:30
  29. Project Hail Mary • Ethics in a Crisis 55:43
  30. Baseball Is Back, Along with Hard Questions 45:08
  31. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Its Future 1:19:02
  32. What Made Us Rebel Scum? with Paul Hoppe 1:01:01
  33. Superhero Daddy Issues 57:54
  34. The Manga Bible with Author Helen McCarthy 1:07:25
  35. The Ethics of Award Season 1:22:30
  36. Dracula 1:08:37
  37. What Would You Pay for Safety? with Author Michael C. Bland 53:07
  38. Black Superheroes & Black History Month 1:01:12
  39. What Would Superheroes Do About ICE? 47:20
  40. Wonder Man 54:44
  41. Wonder Man • Comics Primer & Episode 1 47:48
  42. The Copenhagen Test & The Ethics of Espionage 1:09:46
  43. Frankenstein: Exploring Ethical Questions Across Mediums 44:42
  44. Marvel’s Drift, DC’s Reset: 2025 Review + 2026 Preview 1:04:00
  45. Theodicy & Thor: Love and Thunder 58:04
  46. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery • Theology, Patriarchy, and the Church's Sins 1:17:19
  47. Rob Reiner and the Rom-Com 1:02:03
  48. Gen V and Heroic Identity 1:05:09
  49. Vengeance: Ethics, Justice, and Superhero Narratives 1:33:17
  50. Murderbot, or When AI Just Wants to Watch Soap Operas 1:03:46