Mystery, Science, Marshall

After a LONG hiatus, Mystery Science Marshall is back! In our segment FORCE FRIENDS, join host Marshall Laidlaw and co-host Peter Heryla IV to analyze the first four parts of the highly anticipated new Disney+ series set in the Star Wars universe, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Marshall and Peter discuss their initial expectations for the series before diving into Obi-Wan's character journey and the deep trauma he's experiencing by being thrust back into the action and encountering Darth Vader, his greatest failure. The hosts ponder Reva's mysterious backstory and how fascinatingly different Moses Ingram's character is then most Star Wars villains. The surprise and delight of Leia's inclusion breathes a discussion on parallels between Obi-Wan and Leia's relationship--where both characters are learning from one another--to Obi-Wan's mentoring relationship with Luke in the original trilogy. Strong similarities exist between Obi-Wan's and Vader's stories also, as both characters are journeying through the lowest and darkest stages of their lives but in vastly different ways. Marshall discusses the messages of hope and the wonderful water symbolism sprinkled through the episodes. Theorizing about the final two episodes, Marshall and Peter both want to see another confrontation between Obi-Wan and Vader. Marshall speculates that we will somehow see Hayden Christianson out of the suit portraying Anakin (but Vader Anakin). Peter wants a definitive answer about Reva's past and to see a lightsaber battle between Reva and Obi-Wan. To conclude, the hosts play a humorous round of Ship-It or Rip-It with random Star Wars characters. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. Email the podcast at mysterysciencemarshall@gmail.com. Thanks for listening! Remember to love what you love, love who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The podcast is back! Welcome to Mystery, Science, Marshall's Summer Sessions 2021. In this preview episode, Marshall flys solo and discusses his podcast plans for the summer. Each week now through September 3rd, look-out for new podcast episodes of all your favorite segments (like Marvel Madness and Force Friends) and some new segments (Kryptonite & Caped Crusaders and Book Club). Listen to this episode to learn all the details for the exciting summer ahead! We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. Email the podcast at mysterysciencemarshall@gmail.com. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy!

Thanks for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! We've made it to the end of our coverage on Marvel's hit Disney+ series "The Falcon and the Winter Solider." Marshall is joined by Amelia Reinitz and Grace O'Brien, his original Marvel Madness co-hosts, to discuss episode five, entitled "Truth," and episode six, entitled "One World, One People." The three hosts discuss a myriad of topics in the episode--including Sam's growth as a character and acceptance of the Captain America identity, Bucky's continued growth and future, Sharon Carter finally being revealed as the Power Broker, Karli's tragic end, Sam's timely message to the global repatriation council, Julia Louis-Dryfus as the iconic Madam Hydra, and the future of the MCU. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released periodically. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thanks for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! This week, Marshall welcomes back Peter to the podcast to discuss episode four of Marvel's newest Disney+ series "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" in our segment Marvel Madness. And boy, what an episode was it! We begin our discussion at the end: with the shocking, bloody conclusion. In discussing John Walker's character, we explore the effect of his military past on his current actions, praise Wyatt Russel's performance, and again pose this show's central question: does the end justify the means? Peter and Marshall both appreciate how this series' political discussions reflect our real world and current politics--most notably with discourse on the protests after George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis. Is violence ever justified? Who gets to decide who lives and who died? Episode four touches on all these questions and more in amazing ways. Another question this episode raises is would you take the super soldier serum? Peter discusses the immense responsibility having the serum holds. We question whether or not Sam would ever take the serum? Does it really corrupt people? We end our discussion by checking in with Bucky's character and discussing his future. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released periodically. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thanks for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! I'm so glad you're joining us for the podcast's coverage of Marvel's Disney+ series "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier." In this episode, Marshall welcomes his best friend Rachel Hauschildt to the podcast to talk about episode three of the show entitled "Power Broker." This was a very different episode than the past two. Marshall and Rachel begin by discussing Bucky and asking the question of what does Bucky really want? They agree it was scary to see Bucky fall so easily back into the Winter Soldier persona. Both hosts were surprised at the increased level of violence utilized in this episode, appreciating how the writers are leaning into the darkness of this situation. In discussing Zemo, Marshall raves about the villain's unpredictable and mischievous nature. With looking at John Walker's story, they notice interesting parallels to Bucky's previous decisions, pondering the question of does the end justify the means? Rachel loved seeing Sharon Carter in the series, and Marshall theorizes about her true motives. Finally, the two discuss how this series explores responsibility and identity along with the looming presence of the Global Repatriation Council. After the ad break, Marshall and Rachel challenge each other to write a Haiku about a Marvel character. This episode of Mystery, Science, Marshall is sponsored by Anchor.fm--the easiest way to make a podcast. Thinking about creating a podcast? Consider going to anchor.fm and checking our Anchor's wonderful, free podcast hosting services, including free podcast editing tools. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released periodically. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thank you for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall. Welcome back to our coverage of Marvel's new Disney + series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on our segment Marvel Madness! This week Amelia Reinitz returns to the show talk about the jammed-packed second episode of the series. First, the two discuss some recent Marvel movie news, mainly that Black Widow's release date has shifted yet again to July 6th. Then they commence into a great conversation about the sophistication of this series' writing. Praising the showrunner Malcom Spellman, Marshall and Amelia applaud the rich relationship between Sam and Bucky and the episode's conversation about racial disparities. Both hosts are deeply suspicious of the new "Captain America" John Walker. Many theories swirl about Zemo's role in next weeks episode and the backstory of Karli and the Flag-Smashers. Other topics include the Isaiah character's role and the Snap/Blip's ramification on world economics, politics, and mental health. This episode of Mystery, Science, Marshall is sponsored by Anchor.fm--the easiest way to make a podcast. If you want to create your own podcast for free, consider going to anchor.fm and checking our Anchor's wonderful podcast hosting services, including free podcast editing tools. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released periodically. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thanks for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! Welcome back to our segment MARVEL MADNESS. This week, Grace O'Brien is back on the podcast to discuss the first episode of Marvel's new Disney + series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier entitled "New World Order." While this series is very different from WandaVision and tonally more like MARVEL's other films, Grace and Marshall were both surprised and delighted at the premiere episode's lack of action, taking its time instead to dig deeper into Sam and Bucky's mindsets. They discuss common themes between Bucky and Sam, and how both heroes are struggling with discerning their new calling after Avengers: Endgame. Marshall is excited to see where the Flag-Smashers, the series' new villains, political plotline will go, and Grace is curious to learn more about the new Captain America played by Wyatt Russel. They both hope MARVEL will lean into the political discussions already sprinkled throughout episode one as the series progresses. To conclude, Grace and Marshall play a fun round of ship it or rip it, MARVEL character edition. This episode of Mystery, Science, Marshall is sponsored by Anchor.fm--the easiest way to make a podcast. If you want to create your own podcast for free, consider going to anchor.fm and checking our Anchor's wonderful podcast hosting services, including free podcast editing tools. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released periodically. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thank you for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! Welcome back to another episode in our segment "Marvel Madness." In this podcast, Marshall is joined by his friend from college Peter to discuss the first five episodes of Marvel's hit Disney + series entitled "WandaVision." In this conversation, Peter first shares his experiences with the Marvel Cinematic Universe before they launch into gushing over this creative show. Peter and Marshall both love the show's exploration of Wanda and Vision's rich character dynamics and romantic relationship. They discuss how the series draws inspirations from famous Marvel comics such as "House of M" and how those stories may impact the show's remaining installments. In talking over the sitcom style, they question how Wanda ever chose sitcoms in the first place? How did her tragic reality begin? Theories about Agnes' actions and true identity and Vision's fate run wild. They end by discussing what they're looking forward to in Marvel's upcoming slate of films and Disney + shows. Special music in this podcast is from "WandaVision" as composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy!

Thank you for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! Welcome back to another episode in our segment "Marvel Madness." In this podcast, Marshall is joined by his friend from college Peter to discuss the first five episodes of Marvel's hit Disney + series entitled "WandaVision." In this conversation, Peter first shares his experiences with the Marvel Cinematic Universe before they launch into gushing over this creative show. Peter and Marshall both love the show's exploration of Wanda and Vision's rich character dynamics and romantic relationship. They discuss how the series draws inspirations from famous Marvel comics such as "House of M" and how those stories may impact the show's remaining installments. In talking over the sitcom style, they question how Wanda ever chose sitcoms in the first place? How did her tragic reality begin? Theories about Agnes' actions and true identity and Vision's fate run wild. They end by discussing what they're looking forward to in Marvel's upcoming slate of films and Disney + shows. Special music in this podcast is from "WandaVision" as composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy!

Thank you for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! The new year means new podcast episodes all about the media Marshall and his friends love. Today, Marshall is joined by his good friend Grace O'Brien to discuss one of his favorite television shows of all time... Once Upon A Time. Once Upon A Time, created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, aired on ABC from October 23, 2011 until May 18, 2018. The series centers on Emma Swan, a woman who discovers she's a part of a whole new fairytale world. Marshall absolutely loved this show as it aired and was shocked and so pleased to discover that Grace began to watch it during college. After giving a brief overview of the series, Marshall and Grace talk about their favorite storylines (Yes, we liked the Frozen arc), characters (Grace LOVES Hook), romantic relationship (#CaptainSwan vs. #SwanFire), and the show's powerful themes of hope, personal growth, and knocking down walls. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy!

Thank you for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! The new year means new podcast episodes all about the media Marshall and his friends love. Today, Marshall is joined by his good friend Grace O'Brien to discuss one of his favorite television shows of all time... Once Upon A Time. Once Upon A Time, created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, aired on ABC from October 23, 2011 until May 18, 2018. The series centers on Emma Swan, a woman who discovers she's a part of a whole new fairytale world. Marshall absolutely loved this show as it aired and was shocked and so pleased to discover that Grace began to watch it during college. After giving a brief overview of the series, Marshall and Grace talk about their favorite storylines (Yes, we liked the Frozen arc), characters (Grace LOVES Hook), romantic relationship (#CaptainSwan vs. #SwanFire), and the show's powerful themes of hope, personal growth, and knocking down walls. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy!

Thank you for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! After being on hiatus since September, the podcast is back in action! We're very excited to begin producing new episodes again in the new year of 2021. In this episode, Marshall flies solo to reflect on 2020 and discuss one of his favorite shows, "House of Anubis." 2020 was a very rough year for many reasons, but there were still some moments and memories that shine through the darkness. Through the miserable days of quarantine and the pandemic, Marshall talks about how much he's learned about himself and the nature of true friendships. 2020 also brought a national conversation about racism to center stage in the United States, providing many lessons and calls to actions to conquer systematic racism and recognize implicit bias. After the 2020 discussion, Marshall launches into rambling about "House of Anubis," a Nickelodeon TV series that ran from 2011 until 2013 centering on students living in a boarding school with relationship drama while uncovering an ancient Egyptian mystery. Marshall raves about the series' creative storylines and characters that reveal a deeper theme of the importance of true, compassionate friendship. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy!

Thank you for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! After being on hiatus since September, the podcast is back in action! We're very excited to begin producing new episodes again in the new year of 2021. In this episode, Marshall flies solo to reflect on 2020 and discuss one of his favorite shows, "House of Anubis." 2020 was a very rough year for many reasons, but there were still some moments and memories that shine through the darkness. Through the miserable days of quarantine and the pandemic, Marshall talks about how much he's learned about himself and the nature of true friendships. 2020 also brought a national conversation about racism to center stage in the United States, providing many lessons and calls to actions to conquer systematic racism and recognize implicit bias. After the 2020 discussion, Marshall launches into rambling about "House of Anubis," a Nickelodeon TV series that ran from 2011 until 2013 centering on students living in a boarding school with relationship drama while uncovering an ancient Egyptian mystery. Marshall raves about the series' creative storylines and characters that reveal a deeper theme of the importance of true, compassionate friendship. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy!

Thank you for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! In this week's episode to end the summer, Marshall is joined once again by his friend David Scheerer for another installment of "Force Friends." In this Star Wars discussion, Marshall and David focus on a vital element of what makes Star Wars wonderful: the music. Both hosts reveal their top five Star Wars musical themes, leitmotifs, or moments as composed by John Williams. Through their long conversation, the two discuss the universal truths and emotions of music, character growth as indicated by leitmotif development, the importance of chorus, and John William's ability to tell grand stories with both large, bombastic statements and subtle, subdued themes. Special shout out to Frank Lehman and his Complete Catalog of the Musical Themes of Star Wars, accessed here: https://franklehman.com/starwars/. All special music used in this episode was composed by John Williams and falls under fair use. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy!

Thanks so much for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! Bringing this podcast to you all so far has proved an absolute joy. This week, Marshall welcome his very good friend Justin Scheerer to the podcast to converse about Christianity and faith in a new segment entitled "Faith & Life." Justin and Marshall's thoughtful discussion flies in numerous different directions. For context, they describe their faith background and upbringing before diving into the question of what is faith? They discuss their different ways of understanding God through creation and scientific thinking. Questions touched on include does God have a plan for us? What are the merits of prayer? What about faith can make us angry? How does God influence our world? AND how do we live into Jesus' radical teachings? We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy!

"If you want to throw THE HAMMER for your country, you have to stay inside the circle all the time!" - Miss Trunchbull, Matilda the Musical Thanks for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! This week our topic is musical theatre in a new segment called Backstage Banter! Marshall is joined by his good high school friend Sydney Ziemer. The two have acted in shows together. Sydney and Marshall begin their fun discussion by reviewing and sharing stories from the two musicals they acted together in: "The Addams Family" and "Matilda: the Musical." Both shows were performed at the Sheldon Theatre in downtown Red Wing, Minnesota, an historic place riddled memories and ghost stories. The second half of the show consists of Sydney and Marshall talking about some of their favorite and least favorite musical, including The Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton, Cats (and its biblical storytelling), Love Never Dies, Little Shop of Horrors, Beetlejuice, Dear Evan Hanson, and Hadestown! Musical numbers played in this podcast episode belong to their respective owners and are used under Fair Use. The ending song is "When I Grow Up" from "Matilda: The Musical" Broadway cast recording. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy!

Thanks for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! Welcome to the first episode of "Marvel Madness," a new segment covering the films, characters, and themes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marshall is joined by his friends and fellow Marvel lovers Amelia Reinitz and Grace O'Brien for a long, jumbled, and exciting conversation about why the Marvel Cinematic Universe is so special and its impact on society. Discussing how they became obsessed with the franchise and their favorite and least favorite films leads our three hosts to unpack the universal themes of humanity revealed through Marvel storytelling that reflect the current zeitgeist and will stay true for generations to come. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Special apology that this episode is a week late and for the dogs barking in the background of this episode's audio. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy.

Thank you for listening to Mystery, Science, Marshall! This episode is the first in a segment called "Force Friends" with special guest David Scheerer where we discuss the world and themes of Star Wars. In this episode, David and Marshall talk growing up watching Star Wars and how they grew to love the galaxy far, far away. They discuss themes of hope and love across the original and prequel trilogies and how the absence of these lead to Anakin's ultimate fall in Revenge of the Sith. Analyzing the prequel's issues, they explore the lack of understanding of tragedy. To wrap up their conversation, Marshall and David look at the storytelling in the new Disney-Star Wars films. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week on Friday afternoons. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View the podcast website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy.

Welcome to Mystery, Science, Marshall! In our inaugural episode, get to know your host, Marshall Laidlaw. This podcast will explore all the different media that Marshall and his friends love--including Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Once Upon A Time, and American Horror Story--and discuss life topics--such as the future, faith, fears, and college. We're so excited that you've chosen to listen to this podcast! New episodes will be released each week. You can follow Marshall on social media @marshall_films on Instagram, @MarshallFilms1 on Twitter, and MarshallFilm123 on YouTube. View our website at mysterysciencemarshall.com. Remember to love what you love, who you love, love yourself, and keep feelin' groovy.