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Andrew Parker (Wafellow) & Alex Azor (Young Aardvark) discuss their thoughts and opinions on anything and everything in pop culture, with a specific lean towards properties in the comic book space.

Alex Azor & Andrew Parker


    • Apr 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 9m AVG DURATION
    • 119 EPISODES

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    The Escape Pod Podcast is a must-listen for any fan of comics, the MCU, DC, Star Wars, and movies in general. With their great chemistry and banter, this podcast is filled with laugh-out-loud moments that keep you entertained from start to finish. Whether you're catching up on all the episodes or staying up to date with their new show on TikTok and other platforms, this podcast is sure to become a favorite among nerdy and geeky individuals.

    One of the best aspects of The Escape Pod Podcast is the dynamic between the hosts. Their chemistry shines through as they discuss various topics and engage in friendly debates. Their entertaining personalities and funny insights make each episode enjoyable to listen to. The hosts' knowledge and passion for comics, movies, and all things nerdy create an engaging atmosphere that hooks listeners right from the beginning. Additionally, their willingness to interact with fans sets them apart from other podcasts.

    While there are many positive aspects to this podcast, it's important to note that preferences may vary when it comes to different opinions and takes on certain topics. Some listeners may not agree with all of the hot takes presented by the hosts. However, this disagreement can also be seen as a positive aspect as it sparks debate among listeners and encourages critical thinking about various fandoms. It's crucial to approach these discussions with an open mind and remember that everyone has different perspectives.

    Overall, The Escape Pod Podcast is an incredible podcast that has changed the lives of its listeners. From helping people through hard times to providing entertainment during commutes or before bed, this podcast has made a significant impact on many individuals. With its entertaining hosts, engaging discussions, and ability to tackle both serious topics and fun banter, The Escape Pod Podcast stands out as a top choice for those who love all things nerdy. Give it a listen - you won't be disappointed!



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    with great power Comes Great Thunderbolts*-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 65:44


    In this episode the boys are reviewing Thunderbolts* !!!! The newest Marvel Studios movie !!!!! In this episode they are also discussing the first 3 episodes of Andor Season 2, as well as a hot seat for those not so interested in the reviews. We love and appreciate all of you unconditionally.

    With Great Power Comes Great Matt Murdock is the biggest WHORE in the MCU-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 67:52


    In this episode the boys review the final episode of Daredevil Born Again as well as the season as a whole. Andrew FINALLY watched Andor and gives his thoughts on the acclaimed Star Wars series and Alex gives his thoughts on the new movie Sinners starring Michael B Jordan and Hailee Steinfeld. The boys also round out the episode with a would you rather segment for anyone who hasn't watched Sinners, Andor, or Daredevil Born Again.

    With Great Power Comes Great CHICKEN JOCKEY-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 73:51


    The boys start with a quick High Low Buffalo, have another fun agree or disagree segment, review the BEST episode of Daredevil Born Again, and discuss the legality and ethics of the new Minecraft Movie trend of destroying every theater in America.

    With Great Power Comes Great We Effed Up-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 93:44


    The boys have a high low buffalo and embark on an exciting and very topical Agree/Disagree segment.

    With Great Power Comes Great I AM STEVE-Ability! 2.0

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 52:05


    The boys review A Minecraft Movie, episodes 5 & 6 of Daredevil Born Again, and talk about the brilliant marketing scheme that was the Avengers Doomsday casting reveal with all those chairs.

    With Great Power Comes Great Severance-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 61:59


    In this episode the boys review Snow White, Seasons 1 and 2 of Severance, and Daredevil Born Again episode 4. They also do a High Low Buffalo.

    With Great Power Comes Title Card-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 70:56


    In this episode the boys review season 3 of Invincible including a full in depth spoiler and non spoiler review. They also review episode 3 of Daredevil Born Again. They finish the episode off with a quick fan segment.

    With Great Power Comes Great Gloat-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 71:50


    Hat Guy is here to gloat about Daredevil Born Again's mixed reviews despite Andrew's unwavering love for the project. The boys also review Mickey 17 and debate over what is the best phone app in a 64 seed bracket.

    With Great Power Comes Great Respect-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 119:06


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    with great Power Comes Great TCU-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 61:57


    On this episode we are joined by TCU (the cinematic universe) and he joins us to talk about the MCU, laugh a lot, agree / disagree, and embark on a very controversial bracket with a very funny special guest.

    With Great Power Comes Great We Kissed-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 61:01


    In this VERY unhinged episode of the podcast the boys endure the longest would you rather segment of their lives and discuss the controversial nominees for this years oscars and do a classic high low buffalo (which to be frank this episode was filmed a while ago so none of this is up to date our bad lol)

    With Great Power Comes Great CAPTAIN AMERICA Brave New World-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 81:19


    In this episode the boys do an in depth non spoiler and spoiler review of CAPTAIN AMERICA Brave New World. They also talk about Invincible Season 3 so far in depth, along with Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman and the Fantastic 4 trailer.

    With Great Power Comes Great Supes 2.0-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 69:29


    The boys are joined by Supes for the 3rd time on the podcast! This is a special DCU themed episode where the boys spend most of it discussing theories and how excited they are for Superman in July, along with briefly discussing the DCU projects so far. Ending the episode off with a bracket discussing which DCU projects they're most excited for.

    With Great Power Comes Great Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 72:12


    The boys are joined by Hudson Thames! The voice actor for Peter Parker / Spiderman on the new Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman show on Disney Plus. He joins the boys to talk about movies, the responsibility of playing the iconic role of Spidey, and his brand new album Bambino.

    With Great Power Comes Great Dune Part 2-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 87:16


    In this episode the boys review Skeleton Crew! Along with a long fan segment, they rank their top 10 favorite Dreamworks movies and finally Alex has watched Dune 2. Enjoy his review in this episode.

    With Great Power Comes Great LAFD-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 74:52


    In this episode that honors the unbelievable first responders actively fighting the deadly and devastating fires in Los Angeles- the boys play hot seat for the first time of the year. They do a Agree or Disagree segment fully suggested by their Debra Tier patrons. and they finish the episode off with their reviews of Creature Commandos. (Hat Guy may or may not have finally seen Dune and reviewed it on this episodeeeeee)

    With Great Power Comes Great Reflect Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 65:24


    In this episode the boys reflect on 2024, ranking their favorite movies and comparing the year to years past. They also look towards the future by reviewing news going into 2025.

    With Great Power Comes Great Coy-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 54:02


    In this episode we have Coy Jandreau on AGAIN!!! For a ton of fun and a LOT of nerd talk.

    With Great Power Comes Great 100-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 136:47


    The boys celebrate 100 episodes of the podcast by ranking 100 things!! Each of the boys prepared their top 10: MCU projects, Pixar movies, Disney animated movies, Star Wars sounds, and favorite movies. They also prepared 5 other lists of top 10s that they would do separately.

    With Great Power Comes Great Redemption-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 74:33


    On this episode the boys review Kraven the Hunter along with a re review of Interstellar from Andrew along with Alex's first initial thoughts after breaking his Timothee Chalamet Boycott. They also answer your questions!

    With Great Power Comes Great Jandreau-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 59:37


    We have Coy Jandreau on the show! We have a lot of fun with a king of the hill segment, an MCU movies bracket, and discuss a big announcement from Coy and DC.

    With Great Power Comes Great Your Welcome Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 84:24


    From the start of this episode till about 5 minutes in the boys intro the episode, then move onto hot seat till about the 23 minute mark. Then they decide with a bracket what are the best sounds in movie history till 1 hour and 7 minutes in and finally finish off the episode with their review of Moana 2.

    With Great Power Comes Great Glaze Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 79:25


    0:00-1:48 Intro 1:49-11:09 High low Buffalo 11:10-16:10 Anora 16:11-25:27 Arcane 25:28-34:19 To hate or not to hate 34:20-43:25 King of the hill 43:26-1:19:26 Wicked

    With Great Power Comes Great Impound-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 60:34


    The boys have Impound ! The creator of the Impound comic universe on the podcast. They discuss everything current in the nerd world as well as a head to head trivia challenge with hat guy.

    With Great Power Comes Great This Has Been A Crazy Week for the Patreon-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 91:00


    0:00-4:00 Intro (mention the patreon, merch, and just overall preview the episode) 4:01-25:27 News (we talk about the major Disney news: Star Wars trilogy, Andor, Avatar, Lilo and Stitch, the new marvel trailers and posters) 25:28-48:14 Agatha Review (full review spoiler and non spoiler, boys give full scores) 48:15-1:08:23 Agree / Disagree 1:08:24-1:27:09 Penguin review 1:27:10-1:31:00 Gladiator 2 quick thoughts

    With Great Power Comes Great FantasticFrankey-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 75:45


    We intro the episode as always, this time though with a funny slip up by Andrew. Then we transition into a long hot seat segment, with many silly questions with thoughtful answers. And the episode finishes off with our longest agree / disagree segment in a while.

    With Great Power Comes Great Happy Halloween-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 72:18


    The episode starts with a High Low Buffalo, Then the boys talk about The Penguin Then Terrifier talk and Horror movie talk in general They then rank their top 10 horror movies They then play a new game Review Wild robot and finish off with their Venom the Last Dance non spoiler and spoiler thoughts!

    WIth Great Power Comes Great Smile 2-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 78:20


    The boys start the episode with Hot Seat Then Andrew answers Avatar the Last Airbender trivia questions The answer fan questions They talk about very current news and finish off the episode with a review of Smile 2.

    With Great Power Comes Great The British Are Coming-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 73:58


    The boys introduce their guest Henry Calvert. The boys interview him with Hot Seat. Quickly transition into Agree or Disagree and do that most of the episode. They finish off with Wavelength.

    With Great Power Comes Great Wild Robot-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 64:49


    The boys do a high low buffalo each, first Andrew then Alex, then review Agatha All Along, The Wild Robot, then do a fan segment, and finish off the episode with a review of Joker Folie A Deux.

    With Great Power Comes Great She Said I like your confidence but you're not the 1975-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 68:17


    The episode starts with introducing Knox and doing hot seat A long Agree or Disagree segment and finish off the episode with an intense bracket

    With Great Power Comes Great Transformers-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 75:50


    They open by reviewing Transformers One Then discuss how they fell in love with the Transformers franchise itself They then reminisce on silly moments in both the Transformers and Fast & Furious franchises Then they go through certain fights that could happen in the transformers and other universes Then they go over their transformers hot takes They then rank all Transformers movies and designs and finish off the episode with Agree or Disagree

    With Great Power Comes Great I Am Steve-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 70:32


    Immediately cover news: Minecraft movie / trailer Sonic 1, 2, 3 and the 3 trailer Venom 3 trailer, and the sonyverse overall and it's potential with the MCU Spiderverse delays The Spiderman 4 director James Earl Jones' passing Then Alex's ranking of MCU shows Andrew's ranking of MCU shows They debate on their rankings and then finish off with What's more likely

    With Great Power Comes Great We're Sorry about the Weekly Question-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 72:12


    Open with talk about the helmets then into a long hot seat segment then into a joint review of Transformers One and finishing off with Agree or Disagree with a surprise at the end.

    With Great Power Comes Great We Have A New Setup-Ability

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 58:38


    They start with High Low Buffalo Then go into Agree or Disagree 2.0 Then Andrew reviews Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Alex reviews Transformers One and finally there is a fan segment where the boys read off questions from their audience.

    With Great Power Comes Great Double Date-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 60:23


    We start this episode with general discussions about movies and movie franchises. We get into our interview segment hot seat. We get into the nitty gritty about the MCU And we finish the episode with the craziest trivia challenge the pod has ever seen! A three way competition between Andrew, Cam, and Chris to decide who knows Stranger Things the best!

    With Great Power Comes Great Xenomorph-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 84:52


    The boys update everyone on merch The boys review all of the major D23 news The boys review Alien Romulus

    With Great Power Comes Great Dr. Doom-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 69:00


    The boys discuss all of the MCU/Marvel news such as RDJ coming back as Dr. Doom and Daredevil Born Again updates.

    With Great Power Comes Great Bye Bye Bye Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 58:16


    Opens with introducing the guest, goes directly into Hot Seat, and eventually gets to a very long and extensive Agree/Disagree segment.

    With Great Power Comes Great Deadpool and Wolverine-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 69:04


    The boys go into full detail reviewing Deadpool and Wolverine. They discuss pros and cons, give their scores out of 10, and share their thoughts on the movie both non spoiler and spoiler.

    With Great Power Comes Great It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 81:08


    The boys discuss many news headlines of the week. The boys decide which movie will be better: Deadpool and Wolverine or various famous superhero movies of past years. The boys review The Acolyte and Twisters. Andrew reviews The Boys Season 4.

    With Great Power Comes Great Ryan Reynolds is too Handsome to play Deadpool-Ability

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 67:47


    This episode opens with a continuation of the biweekly question segment We review Kill a new Bollywood movie We do a box opening from the PO box We Draft upcoming movies and cameos we'd like to see in Deadpool and Wolverine We pitch things we'd like to see in Deadpool and Wolverine and the episode finishes off with a bracket of animated tv shows

    With Great Power Comes Great We Don't Give a ****-Ability

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 61:18


    The boys talk merch, they question each other during hot seat, then bring back their segment to hate or not to hate, and end off with talking about some newssss.

    With Great Power Comes Great Noah-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 64:58


    The boys have Noah Jay Wood on as a guest to talk about alllll the latest in pop culture.

    With Great Power Comes Great Despicable Me 4 Ability

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 71:38


    The segments included on this episode are: Weekly Question, Fan Segment, (fan questions) Would They Survive, and a Movie Review of Despicable Me 4.

    With Great Power Comes Great Positivity 2.0 Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 72:49


    The boys review Inside Out 2, along with bringing to life a couple of new never before seen segments in their 2nd annual positivity episode!

    With Great Power Comes Great Hot Takes Are Back-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 66:56


    The boys are joined by 2 winners of their recent competition, along with another fan segment, and THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF HOT TAKESSSS

    With Great Power Comes Great Alex 2.0-Ability

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 69:27


    The boys are joined by Alex Coleman from TikTok! They agree and disagree a lot on their way to screaming... a lot

    With Great Power Comes Great Redzone-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 90:16


    The boys (mostly Alex) are so excited that they had Scott Hanson on the podcast! They decide which marvel characters would dominate in the NFL.

    With Great Power Comes Great X-Men 97' Season 1 Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 77:57


    The boys review the finale of X-Men 97 along with the season as a whole, they re-review TASM 2 in the wake of Andrew's special event, and most importantly, happy episode 69.

    With Great Power Comes Great New Hair-Ability!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 66:22


    The boys try out a new, red pill blue pill segment, they answer each others hot seat questions, and they talk about the final episodes of X-Men 97!

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