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Superhero Ethics

TruStory FM

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

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Episodes

419 episodes

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