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America where we drink stuff off the ground@Shacksbury @Originalsincider @hudsonnorthcider @badseedcider @graftcider #cider #podcast #radioshow Co hosts : Good ol Boy Dave, Good ol Boy Mike, Good ol Boy Drew, and Good ol Gal Julieanna SUDS  Episode – In this episode of Sips, Suds, & Smokes, we're diving into a delightful assortment of hard ciders from the Northeast! Join us as we taste and rate a selection of unique ciders. Mike gives us a quick refresher on cider apples vs. table apples. He also answers that question full of useless answers - “Why was cider so popular in early America?” With plenty of laughs, engaging discussions, and our signature ratings from 1-5, this episode is sure to delight cider enthusiasts and newcomers alike.09:02 Arlo – partnering with Petritegi Sagardoa, located just outside of San Sebastian in Spain, Petritegi presses and ferments their apples in enormous, decades-old chestnut barrels; then ships this fermented cider to Vermont where it is blended with fruit sourced from New England.  6.0% ABV  Shacksbury Cider, Vergennes VT with Petritegi Bidea 20115 Astigarraga, Gipuzkoa.  SUDS- 5   19:24 Strawberry Rhubarb Cider - with strawberries and rhubarb 5% ABV.  Hudson North Cider Company, Newburgh, NY SUDS-  3    22:58 Drier Side Unfiltered Cider- classic unfiltered hard apple cider. 4.5% ABV.  Downeast Cider House, Boston, MA  SUDS-4   25:18 Flagship Dry Hard Cider – fermented with sauvignon blanc yeast. 6.9% ABV. Bad Seed Cider, Highland, NY. SUDS- 3  35:08 Farm Flor Dry Rustic Table Cider – using their Solera program, each batch includes 10% cider from their 75-barrel oak foudre, then add 10% fresh juice back into the foudre to continue the Solera process. The remaining 90% is fermented from Hudson Valley apples and co-fermented with a tea of woods like French oak and Spanish cedar, then blended together.  6.0% ABV  SUDS-4 37:35 Black Widow – cider with blackberries. 6.0% ABV.  Original Sin Hard Cider, Lafayette, NY  SUDS- 3 info@sipssudsandsmokes.com X- @sipssudssmokes IG/FB/Bluesky - @sipssudsandsmokes Sips, Suds, & Smokes® is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf.  Available on Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeart, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast.Check out Good ol Boy Dave on 60 Second Reviewshttps://www.instagram.com/goodoleboydave/ Enjoying that cool new Outro Music, it's from Woods & Whitehead – Back Roads Download your copy here: https://amzn.to/2XblorcThe easiest way to find this award winning podcast on your phone is ask Alexa, Siri or Google, “Play Podcast , Sips, Suds, & Smokes” Credits:TITLE: Maxwell Swing/ FlapperjackPERFORMED BY: Texas GypsiesCOMPOSED BY: Steven R Curry (BMI)PUBLISHED BY: Alliance AudioSparx (BMI)TITLE: Back RoadsPERFORMED BY: Woods & WhiteheadCOMPOSED BY: Terry Whitehead & Jeff WoodsPUBLISHED BY: Terry WhiteheadCOURTESY OF: Terry Whitehead & Jeff WoodsVoiceover talent: Hank Stromenger and Charles SettlesPost production services : Pro Podcast SolutionsAdvertising sales: Contact us directlyContent hosting services: Talk Media Network, Audioport, Earshot, Radio4All, PodBeanProducer: Good ol Gal Julieanna & Good ol Boy DaveExecutive Producer: Good ol Boy MikeHard Ciders, Shaxbury Cider, Hudson North Cider, Strawberry Rhubarb Cider, Down East Cider House, Bad Seed Cider, Graft Cider, Original Sin Ciders, Cider Tasting, Cider Ratings, Northeast Cider, Cider Subscription, Cider Apples, Craft Cider, Cider Reviews, Cider Pairing, Fermented Cider, Basque Cider, Cider Education, Cider Culture

This week on PodQuest, Walnut and Drootin played some Seti, Chris started Marvel's Wolverine on PS5, and he also finished Final Fantasy VI after a two year break. Amonst all that, we also talk about Innovation (another board game), Final Fantasy XII, and Black Widow and the MCU as a whole. Our current book club theme is car or race movies, with our last pick is Bumblebee from 2018. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:41 - Agenda 00:04:43 - Innovation (Board game) 00:12:47 - Seti (Board game) 00:30:12 - Marvel's Wolverine 00:55:27 - Final Fantasy VI and Final Fantasy XII 01:10:21 - Black Widow and the MCU 01:40:08 - Outro Support One-Quest https://www.Patreon.com/OneQuest Follow Us Email - Social@one-quest.com Twitter - @One_Quest Instagram - @One_Quest Facebook - OneQuestOnline Follow Chris on Twitter - @Just_Cobb Follow Richie on Twitter - @B_Walnuts Follow Drootin on Twitter - @IamDroot Check out Richie's streaming and videos! Twitch b_walnuts YouTube BWalnuts TikTok b_walnuts Intro and Outro music Mega Man 2 'Project X2 - Title Screen' OC ReMix courtesy of Project X over at OCRemix

Black Widow and Thunderbolts Revisited before Avengers Doomsday! Welcome back to the Road to Doomsday, the weekly Marvel rewatch podcast hosted by Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons of New Rockstars! This week, Erik and Jess revisit Black Widow and Thunderbolts. Who will die in Doomsday? Will Natasha return in Battleworld? Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com CHAPTERS 00:00 - The Yelena Duology 10:29 - Black Widow 26:26 - Thoughts Revisiting Black Widow 40:49 - Thunderbolts 1:09:00 - Who will Die of Cameo in Doomsday? 1:17:39 - The role of Sentry in Doomsday 1:20:51 - Box Office Challenge EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS GSavvy04 Ethan Chesters Patrick Dailey Ricardo Martinez Michael Horwitz Dante Justin Schoenrock Bro... Paulo Bianca Rick Denmon Jeremy Dunham Frederick Price Crazy Allen Kevin Dconicjxchz Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producers: Gina Ippolito, Alex Berg, Patti Chambers Head of Sales: Zach Huddleston Podcast Producer: Brian M Kim Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editor: Abby Freel Editors: Eric Gorday For business inquiries please contact business@nrdigitalstudios.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Spider-Man movie can be huge without feeling bloated, and Brand New Day is the proof. We walk through why this film lands so hard by doing something simple: it pulls Peter Parker back down to the street, takes away the safety net of Stark tech, and forces him to survive on grit, instincts, and choices that actually hurt. Tom Holland delivers one of his strongest physical and emotional performances, and we dig into the parts that make this version of Spider-Man feel fully grown up.We also unpack the story mechanics that keep the pace moving without drowning the lead character. The movie packs in comic book Easter eggs, Damage Control chaos, and cameos like Yelena Belova as Black Widow, but the heart stays with Peter. Then the wild card hits: Jean Grey arrives as a telepath who body-hops, can't crack Peter's mind, and spirals after learning what VentMax really means. We argue about whether she's truly the antagonist, and how the movie quietly uses her to open the door for the X-Men in the MCU.From there, we get into the messiest emotional threads: Punisher's chaotic “crazy uncle” energy, the MJ mind-game sequence that weaponizes hope, and the real debate about agency when Peter withholds the truth for years. We also spotlight the scenes that surprised us, like the Ned reunion moment and Aunt May's memory becoming the thing that saves the day. Finally, we talk about the universal inhibitor Peter builds and why it might become a massive mutant problem later, plus our ratings and what we think Marvel is setting up on the road to Doomsday and Secret Wars.If you're into Spider-Man reviews, MCU breakdowns, and X-Men setup speculation, hit play, subscribe, share this with a fellow webhead, and leave a review. What rating do you give Brand New Day?Text us for feedback and recommendations for future episodes!Support the showWe thank everyone for listening to our podcast! We hope to grow even bigger to make great things happen, such as new equipment for higher-quality podcasts, a merch store & more! If you're interested in supporting us, giving us feedback and staying in the loop with updates, then follow our ZONE Social Media Portal to access our website, our Discord server, our Patreon page, and other social media platforms!DISCLAIMER: The thoughts and opinions shared within are those of the speaker. We encourage everyone to do their own research and to experience the content mentioned at your own volition. We try not to reveal spoilers to those who are not up to speed, but in case some slips out, please be sure to check out the source material before you continue listening!Stay nerdy and stay faithful,- J.B.Subscribe to "Content for Creators" on YouTube to listen to some of the music used for these episodes!

In this week's episode, I take a look back at the movies and streaming shows I watched in Summer 2026 and rate them. This coupon code will get you 25% off the ebooks in the Ghost Armor series at my Payhip store: FALLARMOR The coupon code is valid through September 21, 2026. So if you need a new ebook this fall, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 319 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is September the 4th, 2026, and today I'm looking back at the movies and streaming shows I watched over Summer 2026. We will also have Coupon of the Week and an update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. So let's start off with Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 25% off the ebooks in the Ghost Armor series at my Payhip store. That coupon code is FALLARMOR. As always, you can get the coupon code and the links to my Payhip store available in the show notes for this episode. This coupon code will be valid through September 21st, 2026, so if you need a new ebook for this fall, we have got you covered. Now an update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. I'm pleased to report that the rough draft of Blade of Visions is done. It came to 99,000 words. It'd be kind of cool if it came to 100,000, but as I've learned in the 15 years I've been doing this, it's not a good idea to pad things for length. Editing is underway. I'm about 15% through the first pass of edits. I'm working on the cover design, so I'm on good track to have the book out before the end of the month. I also wrote a tie-in short story called Winter Crown and don't forget that [newsletter] subscribers will get a free ebook copy of that short story when Blade of Visions comes out later this month. So this makes a very excellent time to subscribe to my new release newsletter. I am also 12,000 words into Elven-Warlock, which will be the seventh book in the Half-Elven Thief series. Hopefully that will be out in October, if all goes well. In audiobook news, I think Blade of Thieves (as narrated by Brad Wills) and Cloak of Worlds (as narrated by Hollis McCarthy) are now finally available at all the usual audiobook stores, which includes Audible, Apple, Amazon, Kobo, Google Play, Chirp, and all the others. So if you want to listen to those if you are going on a Labor Day road trip, you can check those out. A reminder that Stealth and Spells Online: The Complete LitRPG trilogy (narrated by C.J. McAllister) is also available on Audible, so check that out. That's 32 hours long and that would also cover all your Labor Day travels. So that is where I'm at with my current writing, publishing and audiobook projects. 00:02:22 Main Topic of the Week: Summer 2026 Movie Roundup So let's move on to our main topic this week. Our main topic this week is the Summer 2026 Movie Roundup and I always enjoy doing those. These episodes are a little less serious than some of the other episodes and it's fun to talk about things I enjoyed and that you might enjoy as well. And I did see a lot of new movies this summer. In fact, I went to the actual theater four times for Masters of the Universe, The Odyssey, Spider-Man, and Coyote vs. Acme, which is probably more than I've gone in a single season since before COVID times. So as usual, here are the movies I saw this summer (rated from least favorite to most favorite). The grades are totally subjective and based on nothing but my own thoughts and opinions. First up is The Breadwinner, which came out in 2026. This is basically standup comedian Nate Bargatze's act come to life as a movie. If you've seen Bargatze's standup, his usual routine is to portray himself as the dumb husband and bumbling Girl Dad, which is actually quite clever from a comedic standpoint since you're unlikely to have outraged mobs calling for your head if all you're doing is making fun of yourself. Anyway, Bargatze portrays Nate Wilcox, the best Toyota salesman in Nashville. (Don't worry, this is the first of only many product placement moments.) He lets his wife Kate manage the household and do the bulk of the work with their three daughters. When Kate's invention takes off on Shark Tank, she has to go to South Korea for two weeks to oversee manufacturing, leaving Nate in charge of the kids. Comedic chaos ensues. On the positive side of this movie, I did approve how this movie showed a married couple trying to work through a rough patch and do what's right for their kids and each other in a semi-productive way rather than blowing up their lives over nonsensical trivialities in the style of Eat, Pray, Love. On the downside, there was a lot of product placement, to the point where it at times felt like an extended commercial with bits of plot jammed in between product endorsement. No doubt most of the production budget came from product placement money. Will Forte was funny as an eccentric roofing contractor and Martin Herlihy as a shifty DoorDash employee. Kumail Nanjiani was funny as Nate's rival salesman at the car dealership. So overall, I would say this was blandly amusing and inoffensive with some funny slapstick moments. Overall grade: C- Next up is Supergirl, which came out in 2026. This movie really was sort of a strange combination of John Wick and the human trafficking subplot from 2020's Black Widow. The end result wasn't quite as good as Superman from 2025, alas. I did like this movie's interpretation of Supergirl. Kara Zor-El's departure from Krypton was way more traumatic than Superman's, so she's dealing with her unresolved emotional issues by traveling from planet to planet with red suns and getting hammered since the same yellow sun that gives Kryptonians their superpowers on Earth also keeps them from getting drunk because their bodies process alcohol too efficiently. However, Kara comes to a planet where a girl named Ruthye lives. Ruthye's family has been slaughtered by ruthless brigands yet led by Krem of the Yellow Hills and she's going on a quest for revenge. When Ruthye tries to recruit Kara for the quest, she's not interested, but then Krem steals Kara's spaceship and poisons her dog Krypto. Krem carries the antidote on his person, so now Kara and Ruthye team up to get vengeance on Krem and to heal Krypto. Krem is a nasty piece of work and he and his space gang travel from planet to planet abducting women to be their wives. I think the problem was that Krem was kind of a boring but nasty villain, but he was still boring. He was basically a space thug with too many piercings. Lex Luthor from 2025 Superman, by contrast, was a really interesting villain, this malignant narcissist who knows that his obsession with Superman is over the top, but he's going to act on it anyway. Additionally, I don't think this version of Supergirl is quite capable of being a lead character on her own. She'd make a superb secondary character, but I don't think she could quite carry a movie on her own. And Jason Momoa was pretty good as Lobo. Overall grade: C- Next up is Troy, which came out in 2004. I wanted to see this either before or after I watched The Odyssey this summer and ended up watching it the day before I went to see The Odyssey. I would say this movie was slow and ponderous, but I did enjoy watching it. This is an adaption of The Iliad and has the sort of slow stateliness of epic films from the '60s. It had good performances and good battle scenes. Brian Cox was enjoyable as a scenery chewing Agamemnon and Brad Pitt worked as Achilles. Interestingly, his version of Achilles reminded me of the interpretation of Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen from Dune 2 as sort of a violent psychopath with his own twisted sense of honor. Oddly, despite the fact that this was rather a long movie, the ending seems a bit rushed, like we needed to hurry up and get to the Trojan Horse. It was amusing how Achilles' relationship with Patroclus was changed to "cousin" for the modern audience, but Greek views on sexuality would definitely be unpalatable with both right-wing and left-wing versions of the modern mind, which is a good thing because while the Greeks contributed a great deal to the development of civilization, they were into a lot of unsavory stuff. So overall, I would say this was a fun, epic movie, but I think this walked so the 2026 version of The Odyssey could run. Amusing fact: Christopher Nolan was apparently supposed to direct this, but the deal fell through and he got Batman Begins as a consolation prize instead. Overall grade: B- Next up is The Dink, which came out in 2026. This is an Apple TV comedy movie about pickleball of all things. I feel like this was made because some Apple executive got made fun of by some tennis players for playing pickleball and then decided to take revenge through media. Jake Johnson plays Dustin Boyd, a washed up former child tennis star who now works at his father's tennis club. The club has difficulties because of a growing influx of pickleball players who the hardcore tennis players hate. Dustin's father decides to use the club's bylaws to force a duel match to decide the issue, in the grand tradition of wacky comedy stakes. Dustin really wants to play the duel match, but his wrist is injured in an accident. To get his wrist mobility back, the doctor suggested he play some pickleball and Dustin views this as beneath him, but he really wants to play again, so he signs up for pickleball. This ends up being a wacky sports company/buddy movie as Dustin gradually befriends an eccentric older pickleball player. Ed Harris should really do more comedic roles. He was great as Dustin's stern, yet unscrupulous father. I do admire Apple TV's dedication to making random stuff. Overall grade: B- Next up is Green and Gold, which came out in 2025, and this is a melodrama about a farmer and his granddaughter dealing with the grim economic realities of farming. This is set in 1992/1993 era Wisconsin. Buck refuses to modernize his dairy farm in Door County, Wisconsin. His granddaughter Jenny is a talented musician and also a skilled farmer, and Buck wants her to take over the farm one day, but Jenny's ambitions are looking elsewhere. Events come to a head when Jenny realizes that Buck is deeply in debt to the bank, which is about to foreclose on the farm. However, Buck and the chief banker have a personal animosity, so they settle on a bet. If the Green Bay Packers win a Super Bowl title in 1993, the banker will give Buck one more year to turn things around on the farm. Meanwhile, Jenny begins to wonder if her music ambitions might generate the money to save the farm. Of course, if you are familiar with the history of the Packers, you know that they won a Super Bowl in 1996, not 1993. The movie has carried on the back of the very strong performances of its actors. It also has an ambiguously happy ending, as is true with so many things in farming. I like this movie because I've spent a lot of my life in the American Midwest, [and] I did appreciate how it shows the difficulties of the farming life. Also, this is important: a fall from a ladder is a plot point. Ladder safety is important, people! If you are going up a ladder, for heaven's sake don't climb the ladder in high heels like the character in question does. Wear sensible, well-fitting shoes with good soles. A very long time ago, I used to work with a guy who would climb extension ladders in cowboy boots. It is nothing short of the mercy of God that he didn't fall off and shatter half the bones in his body. Overall grade: B Next up is Grumpy Old Men, which came out in 1993. Apparently this is set in Wabasha, Minnesota, which is amusing because filming actually took place in several areas in the Twin Cities in Eastern Minnesota, but not actually in Wabasha. I found that personally amusing because I'm quite familiar with the area and so I recognize several filming locations. Anyway, the movie is about two retirees, Max and John, who are enemies and have been enemies for years, but Max is lonely and wants to get married again, and John is about to lose his house to the IRS due to tax problems. Things come to a head when an attractive literature professor moves across the street and both Max and John take an interest in her and start competing for her affections. However, it turns out that Max and John are actually best friends whose love language happens to be hatred and practical jokes, kind of like Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, but more on them below. This was a good character comedy/drama. It was interesting that the professor was an early version of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, albeit several decades before someone came up with the term. This is worth watching both as a character and comedy drama and a time capsule of the 1990s. Sometimes a movie ages a bit badly (Airplane and the Thomas Crown Affair from the Spring Movie Roundup come to mind), but this didn't. The sequel Grumpier Old Men from 1995 is basically the same movie, but with the characters acting about 20% dumber so a sitcom style plot can happen. Still entertaining, but not as good as the first one, so Grumpier Old Men only gets a B-, but Grumpy Old Men gets a B+. Next up is Masters of the Universe, which came out in 2026. It was amusing to read reviews of this movie because people thought way too hard about a movie that is essentially about battling action figures. Anyway, this was pretty good. It was nice to see a movie about a science fiction property that doesn't actually hate the source material. Basically it's a live action version of the cartoons from the '80s, albeit with somewhat more thoughtful moments. I heard someone suggest that it was close in tone to Thor: Ragnarok, and that seems accurate. The plot is that Skeletor conquers Eternia and 10-year-old Prince Adam is sent with the Sword of Power through a magical portal to Earth to keep him and the sword out of Skeletor's reach. However, Adam loses the sword while passing through the gate and 15 years later is working in human resources. He's still seeking for the sword despite his therapist trying to convince him that it was a trauma-induced fantasy. However, his persistence pays off and he does find the sword. Teela, who is one of the resistance leaders against Skeletor's rule, comes to Earth to find him and bring him back, but Skeletor's minions arrive to claim the sword as well. Adam and Teela escape back to Eternia and it's up to Adam to find a way to use the Sword of Power to become the hero that Eternia needs. Dolph Lundgren's cameo was great. Overall, I would say this is a fun movie to watch, especially if you're a Millennial or Gen Xer who saw the cartoons or the live action movie back in the '80s. Jared Leto has something of an increasingly questionable reputation these days, but he did a good job as Skeletor, played him halfway between the solemn gravitas of the 1987 version and the malevolent comedic cornball of the cartoons. Of course, in my opinion, the Frank Langella version from 1987 is the best version of Skeletor since he placed it with all the seriousness of a Shakespearean villain monologue at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In hindsight, it wasn't terribly surprising that this underperformed at the box office. It felt like it was made for guys my age, not for kids. I would've been comfortable bringing an eight-year-old to see The Mandalorian and Grogu or Super Mario Galaxy, but I would've been less certain bringing a kid that age to see Masters of the Universe. Additionally, it seemed very Marvel in tone, and I think the overall mood of the US these days is less "Marvel Cinematic Universe quips and banter" and more sort of the grimness of The Odyssey, which we'll talk about shortly. Overall grade: B+ Next up is Young Washington, which came out in 2026, a biopic of the early life of George Washington, covering how he more or less accidentally started the French and Indian War and how he recovered his reputation at the Battle of Braddock's Field. To be fair, the international situation at the time meant that someone was going to start the French and Indian War. It just happened to be Washington, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Overall, I liked this. It was reasonably historically accurate, though some of the emotional and family dialogue at times was a bit clunky. Additionally, Washington was portrayed as having revolutionary leanings much earlier in life than he actually did, since when he was a young man, he had no thoughts of being anything but a British subject and officer. That said, some of the most implausible stuff in the movie actually happened in real life. Like if I were to write in a novel that the future president of the United States personally rallied the army's rear guard to save as many men as possible from an ambush, and in the process had two horses shot out from under him and ended up with bullet holes in his hat and coat (all while fighting continuously), you would probably find that a bit implausible, but it actually happened that way. Washington's daring actions during that battle were one of the reasons he was appointed commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, that and there weren't many other colonials with as much experience of military command as Washington. In that vein, the battle scenes were the best part of the movie. They captured the brutality and messiness of 18th Century warfare without being especially graphic. Anyway, I'm glad this is getting a sequel. Maybe we'll end up with a Young Washington Cinematic Universe. Overall grade: B+ Next up is Meet the Parents, which came out in 2000, and this is probably one of the apex forms of cringe comedy. Ben Stiller plays Greg Focker, a nurse who's in love with schoolteacher Pam Burns. Greg wants to marry Pam, but overhears a phone call with her sister where she says her fiancé asked permission of her traditional father first. Greg decides that he's going to ask Pam's father's permission first to get off on the right foot, and so accompanies Pam to her sister's wedding and her parents' house to, as the title says, Meet the Parents. However, Pam's father is the former CIA counterintelligence officer Jack, and he and Greg immediately get on each other's nerves. To make things worse, the airline has lost Greg's luggage. From these two starting premises follow a cascading series of hilarious disasters that accumulate in a septic tank fire on the lawn. I'm not sure, but I think I saw this one in the theaters when it came out in 2000, and I thought it was funny then. With 26 years of additional life experience under the belt, I still think it's pretty funny, though you could still tell that this movie was filmed before 9/11 because if Greg had his airport meltdown seen today, the consequences would've been much worse. Overall grade: B+ Next up is O Brother Where Art Thou, which came out in 2000. This is a very, very, very specific adaptation of The Odyssey directed by the Coen brothers. George Clooney plays Everett, a convict who escapes from a chain gang in Mississippi during the Great Depression. He wants to find a treasure and he recruits fellow convicts Delmar and Peter to assist him. Along the way, Everett and his team encountered 1930s era versions of the Sirens, the cyclops, the blind prophet Tiresias, and other characters and foes from the original Odyssey myth. Everett and his friends end up running a scam where they pretend to be a Christian music group, but as it turns out, they're actually pretty good at singing, so this leads to unexpected hilarity and opportunities. This was also a very funny movie. Imagine The Odyssey is a comedy with a lot of singing set in the Deep South during the Depression, and you're there. If you're a fan of bluegrass music, this is worth watching. If you've seen Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, it's worth watching this just to ponder how the same source material can produce such wildly divergent interpretations. If you don't care about The Odyssey, then this is still a fun movie to watch. Proof: I mentioned to someone that I had seen this and she responded that she both loved the movie and was surprised to learn that he had in fact been inspired by The Odyssey. Overall grade: A- Next up is Hoppers, which came out in 2026. Like most Pixar movies, this was very high concept. Unlike many recent Pixar movies, it wasn't too depressing and didn't disappear up its own tailpipe. In the city of Beaverton, hot tempered girl Mabel bonds with her grandmother in their favorite place, a woodland grove favored by beavers. Years later, Mabel is a biology student under Dr. Fairfax, but is neglecting her studies to face off against her nemesis, the popular yet sketchy Mayor Jerry of Beaverton. Mayor Jerry wants to build an expressway that will wipe out the woodland grove, and he's perfectly within his rights to do it since no animals have been found living there. Since Mabel's grandmother has died, she's unwilling to give up the grove. However, Dr. Fairfax's research might give her a way. Dr. Fairfax has worked out a way to temporarily transfer human consciousness to a robotic beaver capable of speaking to real beavers, much like the plot of Avatar. In a funny scene, Fairfax angrily denies that it's just like Avatar. Mabel gets the idea to use this to convince real beavers to settle in the grove, thereby thwarting Mayor Jerry's plans. This touches off both a wacky yet poignant adventure. The plot was very well structured and it followed the proper rules of story structure, which I've talked about before. Mabel definitely is a protagonist who takes action, but experiences setbacks and problems of her own creation. It was pretty good. I say it was a return to form for Pixar after some of their weaker movies in the 2020s. Overall grade: A Now it's time for my three favorite movies of summer 2026, all of which I actually saw in the theater. First up is Coyote versus Acme, which came out in 2026. This movie had an extra surge of popularity from the fact that Warner Brothers canceled it as a tax write-off, but distributor Ketchup Entertainment revived it. That makes it a plucky underdog since Warner Brothers senior executives are kind of like the apex version of soulless corporate bug men. Like if I wrote characters in my books who acted like Warner Brothers senior executives, people would think I was being didactic and heavy-handed. Anyway, after decades of failures in efforts to capture the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote decides to sue Acme Corporation for its numerous defective products. Coyote teams up with a lazy strip mall lawyer named Kevin Avery, who specializes in getting small settlements from Acme. However, Avery and Coyote end up filing a massive lawsuit against Acme, which means they'll face the full wrath of Acme Corporation, including its ace lawyer Buddy Crane and its ruthless CEO, Foghorn Leghorn. What follows is a comedic courtroom battle as Coyote and Avery try to defeat Acme Corporation, defeat its sinister plans, and Coyote starts to realize that Road Runner might actually be his best friend. Both quite amusing and touching, and I'm glad this was rescued from the tax write-off vault. Overall grade: A Next up is The Odyssey, which came out in 2026. This wasn't quite as good as Oppenheimer in 2023 in my opinion, but it was still very good and very much worth seeing. It was weird that The Odyssey was briefly a football in the never-ending US culture war scrum because the movie isn't really political and doesn't really have a message beyond "war is destructive and bad", which every sensible person would agree with, and a lesser message of "violating the law of morality has unforeseen cascading bad consequences, including the destruction of civilization", which is also quite true and was one of the themes of Oppenheimer. Nolan himself dismissed the controversies as "irrelevant" and "part of the territory" since no one had actually seen the movie yet, and given that The Odyssey has made a billion and a half dollars as of this recording, I think that may have proved his point. I imagine the scrutiny from Batman fans back in the 2010s was way more intense since in the modern era, many people care more deeply about the accuracy of Batman than The Odyssey. I do think the debate over the historical accuracy in The Odyssey is pointless because the Odyssey is myth, not history. The Iliad and The Odyssey are a lot like Arthurian myth in terms of their actual historicity. Even when Arthurian legend was massively popular with English kings and nobles in the late medieval and early modern period (for example, Henry VIII's older brother was named Arthur in imitation of King Arthur), the version of Arthurian myth they celebrated and wished to emulate had virtually no connection to the reality of Britain in the 500s AD and was instead a sort of fantasy version of their own time in the 14th and 15th centuries. By the time The Odyssey was written down, no doubt a similar process was underway. Both The Iliad and The Odyssey and the Arthurian cycle probably have a kernel of historical truth buried underneath the tales of magic swords, sirens, cyclopses, and vengeful witches with magic islands. There likely was a Romano-British warlord who might have been named Arthur (or possibly Ambrosius Aurelianus) who held off the Saxons for a while before he was overwhelmed and killed. Likewise, Heinrich Schliemann was a highly eccentric and very sketchy crazy rich guy, but he did prove that there really was some version of the city of Troy that was destroyed at the end of the Bronze Age. But everything beyond those basic details came from thousands of years of embellishments and flourishes from later poets and writers. So arguing about the historical accuracy of The Odyssey is a bit like arguing if Star Wars portrays faster than light travel in an accurate way. That kind of argument is just missing the point entirely. It's also interesting to see how modern standards clashed with the ancient mindset. You know how I always say that everywhere in the United States is exactly the same right until it really, really isn't? I think ancient people are just like us until they really, really weren't. Like ancient people would have been superstitious to an extent that even the most credulous crystal and aura influencer on TikTok would find horrifying and frequently violent in a way that the most strident self-defense advocate would find shocking. The Odyssey's version of Odysseus feels guilt and remorse over his actions in a way an actual ancient Greek probably wouldn't have, but so what? This is The Odyssey viewed through the lens of the 21st century, just as those English nobles viewed the myth of King Arthur and his knights through the lens of their time. As I mentioned with Troy above, the ancient Greeks were often quite brutal and would celebrate sacking an enemy city. One side note before we get to the movie, I probably found it funnier than I should have how Nolan favorably cited classicist Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey as a source, and Wilson then had an extended and unintentionally comedic multi-article crashout about how much she hated the movie and of course how much she hated the commemorative Trojan Horse popcorn bucket. Apparently Wilson hated the movie so much she's going to do a new translation of The Odyssey, much to her publisher's baffled dismay. No one does offended huffy petulance quite like an academic. Anyway, back to the movie. It follows the familiar story of Odysseus through Christopher Nolan's preference for non-linear storytelling and practical effects. I did think it was interesting how in this interpretation, Odysseus explicitly connected the ruse of the Trojan Horse with the collapse of the Bronze Age and the rise of the Sea Peoples. It's also probably the most supernatural film Nolan has ever done with actual fantasy and supernatural elements as opposed to science fiction like Inception, Tenant, and Interstellar. Odysseus talks to Athena throughout the movie and it's left up to the viewer's interpretation whether or not he's actually talking to Athena or his own guilt-ridden hallucinations. That said, Odysseus encounters a witch with actual magic powers and travels to the underworld to speak with the shades of the dead, so it's entirely possible he's talking to the actual Athena. In this version, as I mentioned, Odysseus is guilt-ridden over the ruse of the Trojan Horse, which is shown as a violation of the sacred hospitality of Zeus's law and as great a crime as the creation of the atomic bomb in Oppenheimer, which of course is similar to Oppenheimer, where Oppenheimer's creation of the atomic bomb is treated similarly. There are also some genuinely scary sequences in the movie. The bit with the underworld is very spooky, the cyclops is actually quite frightening, and the character of Circe reaches the level of scary previously attained by Heath Ledger's version of The Joker in The Dark Knight. If Nolan ever decides he wants to do a horror movie, it will probably be one of the scariest ones ever made. To sum up, The Odyssey has great performances, great spectacle, great cinematography, and great action sequences. As an interesting interpretation of the original myth, definitely worth seeing. I think you can tell it was a great movie because of all the arguments on the Internet about "what does it really mean?" Great art often has that effect. Overall grade: A The final of my three favorite movies of [Summer] 2026 is Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which came out in 2026. There's a rumor, and I don't know if it's true or not, that Tom Holland found the experience of working with Christopher Nolan on The Odyssey so eye-opening that he insisted that if they made another Spider-Man movie, it had to have a reason for existing other than "make a lot of money". If this story is true, it clearly worked. Previously, I though the two best Spider-Man movies were Spider-Man 2 from 2004 and Spider-Man: No Way Home from 2021. I must now amend that opinion to say that there are three best Spider-Man movies and Spider-Man: Brand New Day is one of the three. It is pretty good. I would've trimmed it here and there, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and is an excellent Spider-Man story that totally captures the essence of the character within a good story. It takes place four years after the events of No Way Home erased everyone's memory that Peter Parker was Spider-Man. Peter has now been crime fighting full time, but it is taking a severe toll on his emotions and personal life that he's deliberately ignoring. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has become the beloved crime fighter of New York, trusted by both the NYPD and the Federal Department of Damage Control, which is a reoccurring frenemy for superheroes from other movies. When someone launches an attack on the headquarters of Damage Control, the director recruits Peter to fight their new enemy, a mysterious figure who uses telepathy to possess people from a distance. Peter is the only one who can sense it thanks to his spider sense, and he's also the only one able to resist the telepath's possession abilities. But despite his resistance to possession, fighting a telepath is a dangerous proposition for someone with as many emotional issues as Peter, and things start to spiral out of control when the telepath starts digging into his life. But there's another lesson Peter has to learn. People (and especially superheroes) who take the federal government at its word tend to regret it. For that matter, ignoring his emotional issues is causing Peter's spider powers to start acting in strange ways. But of course, at the end of the day, Spider-Man always follows his conscience, no matter how high the cost to him personally. Definitely an enjoyable movie. All the scenes with Spider-Man and Punisher were great, and the two of them had a great dynamic together. A few other Marvel Cinematic Universe people show up, but this is probably one of the most standalone movies the MCU has done in a while. Of course, the risk of MCU Continuity Lockout is always there (which is one of the reasons I started writing Half-Eleven Thief in 2023). Overall grade: A So I would say it was a pretty good summer for movies. It's also valuable lessons in not taking the Internet too seriously, which too many people do nowadays. There are all these dedicated analyses on X, Threads, and Reddit in June and May explaining why The Odyssey was going to fail for whatever reason, and instead it made $1.5 billion. So I think that's a good lesson in not taking everything you read on the internet a little too seriously. So that's it for this week. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show enjoyable. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy, and we'll see you all next week.  

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The Lindsay Clancy jury remains DEADLOCKED. After more than 34 hours of deliberations and two separate notices that jurors cannot reach a unanimous decision, Judge William Sullivan has already delivered the powerful Tuey-Rodriguez — or "dynamite" — instruction. Now the question is: What happens if the jury says they still cannot agree? Could the Lindsay Clancy trial end in a mistrial? Scott Reisch breaks down where the case stands, what a hung jury would mean, and whether prosecutors could try Lindsay Clancy all over again. Also on today's Crime Talk: • Lori Vallow Daybell gets a date before the Idaho Supreme Court in her appeal. • Barry Morphew faces major new restrictions after the judge sees video from the alleged Denver hit-and-run incident. • A Florida woman dubbed the alleged "Black Widow" is accused of poisoning a man she met through a dating app. • More Other Cases making headlines. • Legal History and the Legal Quote of the Day. • And an unforgettable Florida man earns our Dumb Criminal of the Day after allegedly telling a police officer: "I want to fight you." Going on a blind date or meeting someone online? Don't commit dating malpractice. Check them out at CrimeTalkSearch.com. Subscribe to Crime Talk for criminal trials, breaking legal news, courtroom analysis and true crime. #LindsayClancy #CrimeTalk #TrueCrime #BarryMorphew #LoriVallow

Kevin and Tim take on The Avengers and break down what makes the MCU's first big team-up so damn memorable. The boys dig into the movie's creative action shots, the corny Power Rangers moments, and the question of whether Black Widow, Nick Fury, and the power scaling are as good as it gets. Plus: Marvel's impressive setup and payoff, the funnest moments, and whether The Avengers still holds up against everything that came after.

*Timestamps are approximate* TIME TOPIC 0:00 Podcast intro with Dave & Chuck "The Freak"0:01 - - - AD MARKER - - -0:01 EMAIL: Their Chuck Luck camping trip0:08 EMAIL: A delivery driver entered her home once0:14 Collectibles are hotter than ever because of social media0:22 New baby naming trend0:34 NEWS0:34 Topical Storm Edouard makes landfall0:38 Guy struck by lightning on camera0:43 Guy was trapped in a trench for 5 hours0:46 Person trapped in an elevator0:49 Explosive acid discovered at a bookstore0:53 Couple moved to Florida, had a gator in their driveway 0:59 - - - AD MARKER - - -0:59 Some of Dave's new peanut obsessions1:03 CELEBRITY DIRT1:03 Tony Romo breaks silence for the first time since arrest1:09 Tiger Woods will be in court today1:13 Why some schools are cancelling varsity football seasons1:17 Tennessee's football team will wear a tribute to Dolly this year1:19 A woman appeared to have been bitten by a shark where Jaws was Filmed1:21 The announcer from Wheel of Fortune got into trouble1:30 Travis and Taylor's dog name1:33 - - - AD MARKER - - -1:33 BITCH'S TRIPPIN'1:33 What a woman known as The Black Widow did to an older man that she met online1:39 First Class Karen had an issue on a flight1:46 Woman stole money meant for police operation1:56 Why a guy left his twin toddlers in the car while he was in the club2:03 Naked drunk man stood in his doorway and waved at passing ladies2:04 Why a guy was arrested after a threesome (When did your threesome go wrong for you?)2:19 IDIOT CRIMINAL OF THE DAY2:19 How a bad joke got someone in big trouble2:23 - - - AD MARKER - - -2:23 Dave noticed something about Jason during the break2:28 Guy survived a bear attack2:32 A woman's encounter with an otter2:36 Bobcat got into a house2:37 Another tourist nearly died after posing for a photo2:40 JUNK FOOD ROUNDUP2:40 Judge ruled that trademark lawsuit can move forward against Trader Joe's2:43 Fall flavored liquid antacids2:45 Grilled food each state is known for2:52 - - - AD MARKER - - -2:52 NEWS2:52 DARK SIDED2:52 What a woman did after she shot her boyfriend to death right after they banged2:56 Co-worker stabbed after a fight at work3:00 Guy found naked in a park3:03 - - - AD MARKER - - -3:03 Woman fought off some carjackers3:06 A shirt to hide you from A.I. cameras3:09 Guy became the oldest person to hike the Appalachian Trail3:14 - - - AD MARKER - - -3:14 DOUCHEBAG OF THE DAY3:14 What a drunk guy did after stealing a plane END OF SHOW See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hector and CJ host this episode of The Pull List Podcast, covering comic news, recent pulls, standout artwork and writing, spiritual themes in Spider-Man/Hulk: Fire and Brimstone, and a full bracket to determine the best unpowered superhero. The episode moves from Spider-Man, Detective Comics, Absolute Green Arrow, Tailspin, and The Last Driver into a surprisingly thoughtful conversation about Hulk seeking spiritual help before Batman, Nightwing, Black Widow, Cassandra Cain, Iron Man, and more battle their way through the unpowered superhero bracket. Along the way, Hector and CJ bring their usual mix of comics commentary, clean humor, faith discussion, and friendly arguments about what makes a character—and a comic—worth coming back to. 

Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) are joined by stand-up comedian and film critic Rallo Boykins for a conversation that moves through his path from Howard University to stand-up comedy and Instagram film criticism, including his takes on I Got the Hook Up, Christopher Robin, and the difference between Joker and its sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux. The discussion turns to Marvel's recent handling of Black characters, covering the cancellations of Wonder Man season two, the long-delayed Blade project starring Mahershala Ali, Ironheart, and Iron Wars, alongside the fallout from Jonathan Majors' exit from the Kang Dynasty storyline and the newly cast Maya Boyd as Storm in the upcoming X-Men film. Ryan Coogler's outsized role in Marvel's Black-led projects and the franchise's post-Endgame slump, including Shang-Chi and Black Widow, also come up as part of the larger conversation about representation.The group then reviews House Party, breaking down the film's cast of Kid 'n Play, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, John Witherspoon, and the late Robin Harris, along with its lasting cultural footprint and the age gap between the actors and the high school characters they portrayed. Rallo Boykins shares frustration over Jonathan Majors' MCU exit and praises his performance in Magazine Dreams, while Mo "Kid" Licorish closes the episode with an extended look at the manga and anime Dandadan and how its use of assault as a plot device is discussed within anime and manga fan spaces. Rallo Boykins closes out by pointing to his channel, Rallo TV, and his upcoming series, See Me in a Madden.Rallo's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ralloConnect with the Snerdy Crew:Watch, Listen, or Sponsor the show: ⁠⁠https://beacons.ai/blackandsnerdy⁠⁠⁠

Debbie Jellinsky is the gold-digging, murderous, glamorous, Black Widow in Addams Family Values who when Fester says gimme a kiss, she says gimme a 20. Today, we honour her legacy. In this episode, I explore Addams Family Values (1993) and its portrayal of achieving one’s identity through consumption. I talk about: Debbie Jellinsky’s origin story How Debbie never felt understood by her parents and sought to fill this void through consumer items What the consumption habits of adolescents reveal about their values and aspirations How companies cash in on our emotions How increased emotional awareness can reduce emotional spending How the devil tarot card shows the trap of attempting to find fulfillment through possessions Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons Therapy, and is proudly produced in partnership with iHeartRadio Canada. ..............................................................Show Notes: My debut book, HOW TO BE A FINAL GIRL; A Mental Health Survival Guide According to the Horror Genre will be horrifying bookshelves fall 2027. (https://www.manymoonstherapy.com/book) Tarot for Creative Therapists — Join this course designed for mental health professions who want to learn how to confidently and ethically incorporate tarot into clinical work. (https://candisgreen.podia.com/tarot-for-creative-therapists) Podcast artwork by Chloe Hurst at Contempo Mint Theme music is by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras via pixabay All sound effects and music via pixabay Aspiring, Consuming, Becoming: Youth Identity in a Culture of Consumption The prevalence of compulsive buying: a meta‐analysis

On this episode of The Randy Forcier Podcast, Matt and I break down Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the movie that capped off an incredible summer at the box office and gave Marvel a much-needed win heading toward Avengers: Doomsday.We talk about where Brand New Day ranks among the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, our favorite scenes, the return of MJ and Ned, Sadie Sink's debut as Jean Grey, and Jon Bernthal stealing the show as The Punisher. We also get into Hulk, Florence Pugh's Black Widow, the future of the X-Men, and some of the movie's biggest questions and nitpicks.Plus, we hand out our signature movie awards, discuss what this movie means for the future of Marvel, and debate whether Spider-Man: Brand New Day has us more excited for Avengers: Doomsday and the next phase of the MCU.LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE

Today, we are sharing part one of a two-part series from the award-winning true crime podcast RedHanded, hosted by Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire. RedHanded is the UK's #1 True Crime podcast, covering everything from high-profile murders and cults to con artists and cultural catastrophes, always asking not just what happened, but why.In part one, Suruthi and Hannah dive into the case of Kouri Richins, a Utah mother who published a children's book about grief after her husband Eric died in what was ruled an accidental overdose. Just a month after appearing on local TV to promote it, Kouri was arrested and charged with murdering Eric herself. Was she a grieving wife trying to rebuild her family's life, or a Black Widow who plotted to poison her husband for his money? Head over to RedHanded to catch part two, where Hannah and Suruthi pull apart the trial and discuss how Kouri unwittingly destroyed her own defence while trying to outwit the prosecution.Follow and listen to more episodes of RedHanded here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redhanded/id1250599915?i=1000757456642See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome Back Everyone! Thanks for joining us once again!    On this Weeks episode, Special Guest Ethan returns again, and we talk about news coming out of D23, we chat about Avengers Doomsday a bit and give our thoughts and reviews on Black Widow on our way through the MCU.    Unfortunately, Critters 3 wasn't mentioned this episode, sorry johnnie!  :(   Apologies for the late upload. We love y'all and appreciate y'all listening. -Jab   Email: Strangerthanflicktion@gmail.com Twitters:  Podcast: SFlicktion Joey: @SpaceJamIsMyJam Jab: @Jabcup Johnnie: @Shaggyroaddogg Tim: @timbohh4l Special Guest - Ethan: @E_volVe_T

Season One of Black Widow has been officially released as an audiobook! If you love this story, then please add it to your Audible library! I'm super excited to be uploading all of my previous works as audiobooks.Link ---> Baby Girl On AudibleJessica has spent her entire life living by one rule:Never need anyone.Independent. Unapologetic. Sexually confident. She has built a life where desire is easy, vulnerability is dangerous, and love is something that happens to other people. Every relationship has an expiration date, and she's always the one who leaves first.Then she meets Keith.He's patient where she's guarded. Honest where she's evasive. He doesn't try to tame her, fix her, or compete with her. He sees the woman hiding behind the walls she's spent years perfecting.For the first time, walking away isn't easy.As Jessica's carefully controlled world begins to unravel, every choice carries consequences. Friendships are tested. Loyalties shift. Old wounds refuse to stay buried. And the closer she gets to the life she's always claimed she didn't want, the more she risks losing the one thing she's fought hardest to protect—herself.Told through immersive performances, cinematic sound design, and emotionally charged storytelling, Baby Girl is a relationship drama about intimacy, trust, grief, forgiveness, and the terrifying possibility that real love requires becoming someone you've never allowed yourself to be.Heartbreaking, seductive, funny, and deeply human, this is the story that introduced listeners around the world to Jessica and Keith—a love story that lingers long after the final chapter.Put on your headphones.Some stories aren't just heard.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/black-widow-podcast--3614545/support.

THE MULTIVERSE SAGA BEGINS! After Endgame brought the Infinity Saga to an end and Far From Home set up what was next, the MCU sought to experiment in its next phase. That was until COVID hit and shut everything down, pushing everything back by a year. Streaming shows released out of order and kicked off the next era, leaving this interquel in an odd position once it released in July 2021. For years many have stated that Natasha deserved her own solo movie, but how does it hold up? Come join Brian, Alec, Darby, and Trey to find out as they reignite the MCUathon with the first movie of Phase 4 -- BLACK WIDOW!

Season One of Black Widow has been officially released as an audiobook! If you love this story, then please add it to your Audible library! I'm super excited to be uploading all of my previous works as audiobooks.Link ---> Baby Girl On AudibleJessica has spent her entire life living by one rule:Never need anyone.Independent. Unapologetic. Sexually confident. She has built a life where desire is easy, vulnerability is dangerous, and love is something that happens to other people. Every relationship has an expiration date, and she's always the one who leaves first.Then she meets Keith.He's patient where she's guarded. Honest where she's evasive. He doesn't try to tame her, fix her, or compete with her. He sees the woman hiding behind the walls she's spent years perfecting.For the first time, walking away isn't easy.As Jessica's carefully controlled world begins to unravel, every choice carries consequences. Friendships are tested. Loyalties shift. Old wounds refuse to stay buried. And the closer she gets to the life she's always claimed she didn't want, the more she risks losing the one thing she's fought hardest to protect—herself.Told through immersive performances, cinematic sound design, and emotionally charged storytelling, Baby Girl is a relationship drama about intimacy, trust, grief, forgiveness, and the terrifying possibility that real love requires becoming someone you've never allowed yourself to be.Heartbreaking, seductive, funny, and deeply human, this is the story that introduced listeners around the world to Jessica and Keith—a love story that lingers long after the final chapter.Put on your headphones.Some stories aren't just heard.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/black-widow-podcast--3614545/support.

Jim Hill returns from the D23 Expo with a firsthand look at Marvel's latest reveals, while Dan Graney digs into a new Avengers: Doomsday trailer that appears to answer several theories from Episode 23. They break down Doctor Doom's motivations, Marvel's newly revealed X-Men cast, Vision Quest, and the latest trailer for Ahsoka Season 2. Then the conversation turns to a crossover that once sounded like a Patton Oswalt punchline but is now real: Marvel and Star Wars are officially colliding in the five-issue Hope Assembles comic series. HIGHLIGHTS • The new Avengers: Doomsday trailer offers fresh clues about Victor Von Doom, his lost family, and his plans for the multiverse. • Jim reports from D23 on Marvel's TVA-style experience, Doom's throne room, and a detailed blueprint of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. • Marvel reveals a new X-Men cast including Sadie Sink, Kit Connor, Christopher Abbott, Samara Weaving, Indy Navarrette, and Adam Driver as Mister Sinister. • Vision Quest brings White Vision face-to-face with manifestations of familiar MCU artificial intelligences, including JARVIS and Ultron. • Ahsoka Season 2 sets up Thrawn's war, Ahsoka's continuing questions about her Jedi identity, and new mysteries involving Baylan Skoll and the Mortis mythology. • Marvel and Star Wars collide in Hope Assembles, a five-issue comic series written by Kevin Smith with art by David Marquez. • Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca cross into Marvel's Earth-616, where heroes including Captain America, Spider-Man, Black Widow, and Hulk enter the fight. • Doctor Doom and Marvel villains join forces with Darth Vader and the Empire in a crossover that makes Patton Oswalt's legendary Parks and Recreation filibuster feel strangely prophetic. HOSTS • Jim Hill - X/Twitter: @JimHillMedia | Instagram: @JimHillMedia | jimhillmedia.com • Dan Graney - YouTube: @TheHubbubbery | Facebook: /thehubbubbery | thehubbubbery.com FOLLOW • Facebook: @JimHillMediaNews • YouTube: @jimhillmedia • TikTok: @jimhillmedia SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at https://www.patreon.com/jimhillmedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - https://strongmindedagency.com SPONSOR Planning ahead is never too soon, whether it is for a movie ticket or your next Disney or Universal trip. Visit UnlockedMagic.com. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. https://www.jimhillmedia.com/sponsor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's all been building to this...for the first time! On a day unlike any other DJ and Sal have joined forces to go on a journey through the Marvel cinematic universe in the lead-up to AVENGERS DOOMSDAY, and it's time to revisit the first Marvel Studios team-up, AVENGERS! Directed by Joss Whedon and starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and Tom Hiddleston as Loki, does the debut of Earth's Mightiest Heroes still hold up? Pre-Order DJ's New Comic!⁠⁠ https://dangerboi2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders⁠⁠More DJ!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/djtalkstrash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More Sal! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/comicpopTheme Music by: Steven James SchmidtFor exclusive bonus podcasts like What We're Into, Mutant Academy, and more, check out our Patreon! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/OnlyStupidAnswers

EPISODE 153 -  “JACK & MABEL ALBERTSON: IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY” - 8/17/2026  Hollywood history is filled with famous acting families, but few sibling stories are quite as surprising—or as entertaining—as that of JACK and MABEL ALBERTSON. In the latest episode of From Beneath the Hollywood Sign, we look back at the remarkable lives and careers of a brother and sister who took very different roads to show business success. Jack became one of Hollywood's most beloved character actors. He won an Oscar for The Subject Was Roses, inspiring generations of fans as Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and won legions of new fans on TV for Chico and the Man. Mabel carved out her own memorable career — appearing in movies such as Barefoot in the Park and What's Up Doc? before finding fame on television, most famously as Mother Stephens on Bewitched. From vaudeville stages and lean early years to Broadway, movies, television, and finally Hollywood success, theirs is a story of perseverance, talent, an unbreakable bond. Join us as we celebrate this revered brother/sister act, on a brand-new episode of From Beneath the Hollywood Sign. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Entertainment Awards: A Music, Cinema, Theatre and Broadcasting Guide, 1928 through 2003. 3rd ed. (2004), by Don Franks; Burlesque in a Nutshell: Girls, Gimmicks & Gags (20160, by Dusty Sage; Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. 2nd ed. (2011) by Vincent Terrace; “Jack Albertson, Versatile Star of Stage, Film and TV Series,” November 28, 1981, by Eleanor Blau, The New York Times;  “Jack Spreads a Little Sunshine,” January 7, 1973, by Robert Berkvist, The New York Times; “Jack Albertson Dies of Cancer,” November 26, 1981, by Jack Jones, Los Angeles Times; “Mabel Albertson Enjoys Roles in Variety of Stage Plays,” December 17, 1967, by Russ Leadabrand, Independent Star-News (Pasadena, CA); “Mabel Albertson Is Dead at 81” September 30, 1982, Santa Cruz Sentinel; “Actress Mabel Albertson, Whose Television and Motion Picture Roles…” September 29, 1982, United Press International; “Jack Albertson,” Obituary. December 2, 1981, Variety; Wikipedia.com TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Movies Mentioned: No, No, Nanette (1940); Springtime in the Rockies (1942); Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943); The Unseen (1945); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); Good Sam (1948); Cyrano de Bergerac (1950); Come Back, Little Sheba (1952); The Caddy (1953); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); Black Widow (1954); The Cobweb (1955); The Harder They Fall (1956); Ransom! (1956); The King and I (1956); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Teacher's Pet (1958); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Shaggy Dog (1959); Lover Come Back (1961); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); The Miracle Worker (1962); The Ugly American (1963); Kissin' Cousins (1964); Roustabout (1964); My Fair Lady (1964); Zorba the Greek (1964); A Man for All Seasons (1966); Barefoot in the Park (1967); The Subject Was Roses (1968); On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970); Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Cabaret (1972); Fences (2016); --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Everybody was interested in the case, and everybody wanted to know what was happening.” That's former RTÉ legal affairs editor Mary Wilson's recollection of reporting live on the Catherine Nevin trial back in 2000, after the violent killing of publican Tom Nevin in March 1996. “I'd walk from the Four Courts to Tara Street to get a Dart home in the evenings, and people were shouting at me out of car windows and shouting at me from trucks: ‘Any sign of a verdict? What's going on?'," Wilson says. The media sensation that accompanied the trial was unlike anything Ireland had seen before. Speaking on the Indo Daily podcast, Wilson remembers someone describing it as like having a novel read aloud to you in court. And that was before Catherine Nevin herself took to the stand. “To say she wasn't a good witness in her own defence is an understatement,” says Wilson. “[It was] all so bizarre that you look back on it and say; ‘What was she thinking?'.” On the second episode of this two-part Indo Daily special, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined in-studio by Mary Wilson as they look back at how one of the country's most notorious murder cases gripped the nation, and ask: why do we remain so fascinated with the ‘Black Widow' today? This episode of The Indo Daily was first released in March 2026. The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SPOILER ALERT Is Spider-Man: Brand New Day the best movie of the year? Jason is not joking. Mostly. This week on Thumb War, Jason, Rachel, and special guest Jesh break down Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tom Holland's return as Peter Parker, the loneliness after the memory wipe, the Punisher/Spider-Man buddy-comedy energy, Jean Grey's shocking arrival, Bruce Banner, MJ and Ned, organic webbing, second puberty, mutant power dampeners, and whether Marvel is officially back. Plus: Tom Holland's wild eyebrow, bodega cleaner placement, Marisa Tomei blame, Black Widow in a Russian bath, Spider-Man's “no friends” era, Punisher chili, Hulk chaos, MJ's muscle-memory handshake, Secret Wars theories, Miles Morales speculation, and Jason deciding this movie hit his 13-year-old comic-book brain harder than almost anything else this year. Subscribe to Thumb War for movie reviews, TV breakdowns, comic-book chaos, and grown adults trying to explain why Spider-Man makes them emotional. ️ Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts & Spotify Support the show on Patreon for ad-free episodes & bonus content : http://bit.ly/44Mo8xU Like & Subscribe Leave a 5-star review if you're enjoying Thumb War Email us: ThumbWarPod@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

At around 4.30am on March 19, 1996, a panic alarm alerted gardaí to a disturbance at Jack White's Inn near Brittas Bay in Co Wicklow. Arriving at the scene, the guards discovered Tom Nevin dead in the kitchen of his pub in what initially appeared to be a robbery gone wrong. The place was in disarray and Mr Nevin had been shot dead at close range. His wife, Catherine Nevin, was found nearby, behind the hall door of the pub, her hands tied with a dressing gown cord. She would claim that a hooded man had threatened her with a weapon as she slept, tied her up, ransacked the area in search of money and valuables, and murdered her husband in the process. One part of her story would turn out to be true – her husband was indeed murdered, but his grieving widow was not the innocent bystander she claimed to be. Thirty years on from the killing, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Mary Wilson, former RTÉ legal affairs editor and host of Drivetime and Morning Ireland, on the first of a two-part Indo Daily special to look back at the emergence of one of Ireland's most notorious criminals; The Black Widow. This episode of The Indo Daily was first released in March 2026. The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Furious is a Hulu Original crime drama-thriller series created by Elizabeth Meriwether, who also created New Girl and The Dropout and other things. It is inspired by the 1987 thriller Black Widow, which is also about a female serial killer and the female cop (a DOJ data analyst in 1987 and a new FBI agent here) who’s trying to catch her. Furious stars Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and more. And then: Last weekend was the highest-grossing weekend in the history of the domestic box office. That weekend was led by Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which had the biggest domestic opening ever, and by The Odyssey, which is a three-hour adaptation of Homer that gets closer to $1 billion every day. Also this year, two small horror movies, Obsession and Backrooms, have made more than $390 million each. And the new Toy Story and the new Mario movie and the Michael Jackson biopic have all made $1 billion each. Which is to say: People are going back to the movies! Which is great! Mostly. Right? GUESTS: Irene Papoulis: Taught writing for a long time at Trinity College Lindsay Lee Wallace: A writer and journalist whose latest work includes the cover stories for the four most recent issues of Bat Conservation International’s Bats magazine Bill Yousman: Professor of media studies at Sacred Heart University Music featured (in order): Wonderful Illusions – Eartha Kitt Have You Seen Her – The Chi-Lites That's Why God Made the Movies – Paul Simon Dinner and a Movie – Phish See You On The Radio – Grayson Hugh Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone's friendly neighborhood wall-crawler is back, and so are our wildly different opinions. This week we dive into Spider-Man: Brand New Day, a film that has two of us swinging high with excitement, despite its uneven pacing and story, while the third can't seem to look past them.Over the course of nearly two hours, we break down the film's biggest moments, debate whether its emotional highs outweigh its narrative missteps, and discuss whether the film's reliance on shoehorned appearances from characters like Black Widow, The Hulk, and Jean Grey has become the MCU's latest (and weakest) M.O.This spoiler-filled conversation is packed with passionate takes & friendly debates as we ask whether Brand New Day is a flawed but thrilling return to form, or just another example of the MCU struggling to let its heroes stand on their own.Make a film recommendation for an upcoming episode!Thank you for listening! Don't forget to rate & subscribe. New episodes bi-weekly. Also available on YouTube. All new website coming soon!

August 6, 2026:  For this edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOLPART 1 : Award-winning comic book creator HANNIBAL TABU returns to help us review SPIDERMAN: BRAND NEW DAY now playing in theatres.www.operative.nethttps://hannibaltabu.com/https://www.instagram.com/uhstudiosofficial/Hannibal's take on Black Panther 2: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/psybumpschool/episodes/2022-11-21T15_55_31-08_00Hannibal's take on Black Widow: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/psybumpschool/episodes/2021-07-12T15_42_08-07_00Hannibal's take on Wonder Woman 1984: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/psybumpschool/episodes/2020-12-28T11_06_13-08_00Hannibal's take on DC Comics: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/psybumpschool/episodes/2021-10-18T22_02_32-07_00Hannibal's take on Aquaman 2: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/psybumpschool/episodes/2024-01-01T20_50_43-08_00PART 2: National Urban League CEO Marc Morial welcomes former Vice President KAMALA HARRIS to Nashville Tennessee for an in-depth discussion on the midterm elections, protecting our elections, and prospects for 2028. PART 3: ICYMI: WES FELTON returns with "Small Talk on Capitol Hill" - available now on Bandcamphttps://wesfelton.bandcamp.com/album/small-talk-on-capitol-hillAn amazingly full and EXTENDED show - so press PLAY and SHARE with your friends. 

As the MCU barrels towards the inevitable ultimate crossover event that is Avengers: Doomsday, we must first check in on everyone's friendly neighborhood webhead. Once again starring Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is fourth film featuring the MCU's take on Spidey, with 100% less multiversal madness, thankfully. Along for the ride are Punisher, Black Widow, and maybe even an X-Man or two; The Projection Booth's Mike White crosses over to talk about them and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kulturecast--2883470/support.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Ep. 407 Your Friendly Neighborhood Podcast! The web-head swings back into theaters and the Normies are here to break down every spectacular moment. From Peter Parker's fresh start after No Way Home to new allies, dangerous villains, heartbreaking choices, and the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we're untangling it all. Does Brand New Day recapture the magic of classic Spidey stories? How does it stack up against the previous Tom Holland films? And what surprises have everyone talking? Grab your web-shooters, watch out for spoilers, and remember: with great podcasts comes great responsibility. It's time for another Normies Like Us! Insta @Normies_Like_Us https://www.instagram.com/normies_like_us/ @_j__a___c___o__b_ https://www.instagram.com/_j__a___c___o__b_/ @Mike_Has_Insta https://www.instagram.com/mike_has_insta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/ https://letterboxd.com/mikejromans/

Brett and EvilJeff review Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Peter Parker, MJ, and Ned Leeds are back and joined by The Punisher, The Hulk, Black Widow, and Sadie Sink's mystery character revealed! Plus, Samara Weaving has been cast as Emma Frost in the MCU! And we just wanna say ... we called it.

For this week's main podcast review, Katie Johnson and Josh Parham join me to review and discuss the latest MCU Tom Holland Spider-Man film, "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," starring Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Florence Pugh, Tramell Tillman, Marisa Tomei, and Mark Ruffalo. Taking over from Jon Watts director Destin Daniel Cretton steps into the director's chair and brings the larger than life spectacle of the MCU back down to the ground a little bit as the reset button is hit following the events of 2021's "No Way Home," where those who knew Peter Parker cannot remember him any longer, thus forcing our favorite web-slinger into isolation and depression, which leads to some unexpected changes in his DNA while a new mysterious foe emerges that will have ramifications across the entire MCU. Also, Bruce Banner (aka. Hulk), Frank Castle (aka. Punisher), and Yelena Belova (aka. Black Widow) show up! What did we think of it? Please tune in either on video or audio only as we discuss the film's story, its performances, action, humor, visual effects, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! https://youtu.be/8bNjYYRK3Vg Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loosely inspired by the 1987 thriller Black Widow, Furious follows Alice Black (Emmy Rossum), a former NYPD detective turned FBI rookie, as she connects a suspicious string of murders to a sex trafficking case from 2012. The cat-and-mouse story is less of a whodunit and more of a character-driven, trauma-centric, psychoanalytical look at two former victims whose lives have been redefined in completely different ways as a result of their trauma.On the podcast, we discuss the numerous comparisons this show brings to mind, our thoughts on the murders and the leads, and where we think this investigation is likely heading. Tune in to hear our ultimate rating and whether we think this has a shot at becoming one of the best shows of 2026.Welcome to Today's Episode.

In this episode, Frosty and Wav3y are joined by King Dizzle Games and Lonzo Starr, CEO of Konkret Comics to talk about the latest additions to Marvel Rivals in Season 9, including the Black Widow re work, strategist Jubliee and its PVE elements. The panel also shares their top picks for each team character type and tips for how to be a better Marvel Rivals player.Follow us across the web!⁠Website⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Tiktok⁠ ⁠Youtube⁠

On paper, “Furious” sounds like something we've all seen before. An FBI agent. A serial killer. A cat-and-mouse chase stretched across eight episodes. That's technically what the show is, but it's also not really what the show is. The cat is carrying around a mountain of old trauma. The mouse has a disturbingly decent argument. Neither one is behaving in a way that makes it easy to decide who deserves your sympathy.That is where Liz Meriwether's (“New Girl,” “Dying for Sex”) new Hulu series gets its hooks in. Loosely inspired by the 1987 thriller “Black Widow,” “Furious” follows FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) as she hunts Catherine (Lola Petticrew), a serial killer targeting powerful men. Very quickly, though, the pursuit starts to feel less like a standard case and more like two damaged people slowly realizing they may understand each other better than anyone else does. That is not necessarily a good thing for either of them. The series also stars Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Jake Lacy, Rob Delaney, Rob Yang, and Steve Way.

Scott Bryan, Hayley Campbell and Adrian Chiles review the week's biggest new TV and streaming releases.This week's reviews include ‘The Rapture' on BBC One and the iPlayer, based on the novel by Liz Jensen. The five-part series follows Dr Gabs Fox, played by Ruth Madeley, a psychologist working at maximum-security facility for juvenile patients. There she meets Bethany, played by India Amarteifio, a teenager accused of killing her own mother who insists she can predict catastrophes.Next is ‘Furious' an eight-part thriller on Disney+, which has been loosely inspired by the film Black Widow. The series stars Lola Pettigrew, as a female serial killer being chased by FBI Agent Alice Black, played by Emily Rossum. Finally, a five-part BBC documentary series hosted by Chris Packham called ‘Evolution'. The series explores Earth's four-billion-year history of life and the evolutionary journey of some of our animals on the planet. Each episode covers a different animal from the Savannah Elephant to Ostrich, Bat, Dolphin, and Horse. Remember you can email mustwatch@bbc.co.uk to have your say.

One of the biggest comics announcements of San Diego Comic-Con was the reveal that Matthew Rosenberg will become the next ongoing writer of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and this week he's here for his first in-depth interview about the series. Rosenberg opens up about initially turning down the job before IDW came calling a second time, why his run is inspired by the raw energy of the original Mirage comics, and how he plans to put the turtles through a relentless fight across New York City. We also discuss his love of Eastman and Laird's work, collaborating with artist Juann Cabal, bringing forgotten characters back into the spotlight, and why this story will embrace every corner of TMNT history while carving out its own identity. NEWS Marvel Comics solicitations October 2026 José Andrés joins Earth's Mightiest Heroes in 'Meals to Astonish: Avengers' #1 this October Marvel's Trick-Or-Read program returns with 'Infernal Hulk' and 'Spidey and His Amazing Friends' Punisher battles Black Widow, Wolverine, and Winter Soldier in new Marvel one-shot series Marvel and Williams Racing team up for 'Iron Man: Racing Towards Doom' #1 this October Captain Britain gets 50th anniversary special Rob Liefeld relaunches 'Avengelyne' with artist Daniel Mainé at Image Comics this November Lance Briggs, Kyle Higgins, and Danilo Beyruth announce sci-fi sports graphic novel 'The Trap' Exclusive: Dan Watters and Brian Level launch sci-fi horror series 'Mad Science Division' at Ignition Press Red Sonja and Barbarella unite for first-ever crossover series this November Archie celebrates 85 years with oversized anniversary special featuring comics all-stars Our Top Books of the Week: Dave: Godzilla Conquers The Multiverse #1 (Gerry Duggan, Javier Garron) Terminal #1 (Robert Kirkman, Joe Casey, Andy Kubert) Alex:​​ Uncanny X-Men (Gail Simone, Jim Towe, Roge Antonio, Federica Mancin) Sicko #1 (Tini Howard, Amilcar Pinna)  Standout KAPOW moment of the week: Alex: x Dave: Superman #40 (Joshua Williamson, Dan Mora) TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Alex: Is Ted Ok? #6 (Dave Chisholm) Dave: The Horror of Godzilla #1 (Tristan Jones,  Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sherida) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave: Rocket Raccoon: Rocket Rewind #1 (Mike Mignola Cover) Alex: X-Men 34 Alexander Lozano '80s Colossus Variant Interview: Matthew Rosenberg talks taking over TMNT You described your run as "The Warriors meets Daredevil: Born Again" with plenty of action and humor mixed in. Those are some massive touchstones. What qualities from those stories became your creative north star for this new era of TMNT? Your story begins immediately after Gene Luen Yang's "The City That Never Dies" storyline, which sounds like it leaves the city fundamentally changed. How did Gene Luen Yang's finale create opportunities that wouldn't have existed otherwise? One of the biggest hooks is that the Turtles are being hunted over the course of a single night. What made that compressed timeline appealing, and how does it change the pacing compared to a more traditional TMNT story? You said the team hunting the Turtles is assembled specifically for this mission. Without spoiling who's involved, what makes this group uniquely equipped to challenge all four brothers at once? 10:59 Juann Cabal has shown he can handle kinetic action and expressive character work across Marvel and DC. What is it about his storytelling you're excited to see in TMNT?  You've mentioned your love for Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's Mirage Studios era. Were there specific themes or storytelling techniques from those early comics that you wanted to bring back for modern readers? Your comics often balance brutal action with sharp humor and strong character voices. How do you approach writing the Turtles so each brother feels distinct, especially when they're under constant pressure? You've written everything from street-level crime stories to huge superhero events. Where does TMNT fit creatively for you, and does it scratch a different storytelling itch than books like What's the Furthest Place From Here? or your Marvel work? You're taking over with issue #25, which already feels like a milestone. Looking ahead, what do you hope readers say about your TMNT run after they've finished that first story arc? If Destruction Be Our Lot #4 -  Aug 19, 2026 King Spawn #58 - Aug 26th, 2026 Spawn #378 - Aug 26th, 2026 

This time on Another Pass, Case and Sam are joined by Cly from Point in Progress to revisit Black Widow. They talk Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, the Red Room, dysfunctional found family, the ghost of the Winter Soldier, the problem with Taskmaster, and how the movie could have done more to reframe Natasha's sacrifice in Endgame. Another Pass Full Episode Originally aired: July 24, 2026 Music by Vin Macri and Matt Brogan Podcast Edited by Sophia Ricciardi Certain Point Of View is a podcast network brining you all sorts of nerdy goodness! From Star Wars role playing, to Disney day dreaming, to video game love, we've got the show for you! Learn more on our website: https://www.certainpov.com Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/CertainPOVMedia Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/wcHHer4 PODCAST SHOWS: ▶ Another Pass - https://www.certainpov.com/another-pass-podcast ⏱️ YouTube Chapters 00:30 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:58 Initial Thoughts on Black Widow 03:27 Taskmaster 10:58 The Red Room Problem 12:31 Natasha's Ledger 14:36 Why This Movie Came Too Late 17:25 Yelena and Natasha 21:45 The Midquel Problem 29:25 The Widow Ending 37:09 The Widows as Soldiers 42:19 Red Guardian 47:23 Melina 51:17 The Winter Soldier's Absence 01:01:50 Marvel's Four-Quadrant Problem 01:06:24 The Accents 01:09:34 Fun and Games Promo 01:10:36 Another Pass Begins 01:11:43 Cly's Another Pass 01:17:50 Yelena and the Widows 01:19:42 Replacing Taskmaster 01:21:20 Sam's Another Pass 01:28:56 Natasha as a Leader 01:30:36 Blip and Post-Credits Fixes 01:32:22 Melina, Trauma, and Structure 01:36:48 Final Thoughts 01:41:14 Cly's Plugs 01:45:21 Sam and Case's Plugs 01:47:12 Patreon Shout-Outs 01:48:58 Next Time: Highlander II 01:49:09 Credits

Known to ANTIQUES ROADSHOW fans for her expertise in Tiffany Studios glass, Arlie Sulka is also known to ROADSHOW appraisers and crew as “The Black Widow” for her killer instincts during friendly yet competitive post-production poker games. But will gambler's luck hold when she bets big on the purchase of 52 rare Tiffany mosaics, previously discovered in 2024 at ROADSHOW in Las Vegas? Join host Adam Monahan as he shuffles through the history of a once glamorous Detroit building that had fallen into ruin, how the rare relics were rescued, and whether Arlie will cash in big or be left holding a weak hand!

I just returned from the hunt of a lifetime in South Africa, and I'm sharing the full story behind the Black Widow's redemption. From a last-minute equipment scare to unforgettable African adventures and what I learned about modern crossbows, this is the update you've been waiting for.

Spoilers ahead for X-Men '97 Season 2, Episodes 3 and 4: "Rise of Apocalypse." Is Magneto really gone? Sarah and Will break down the latest X-Men '97 episodes, including Apocalypse's tragic origin, the Genosha connection, Magneto and Xavier's philosophical conflict, and the growing consequences of time travel. We also discuss the Kang connection, Rama-Tut, the ethics of changing history, and the emotional fallout of En Sabah Nur's past. Plus, we react to the post-credits scene involving Wolverine, Captain America, Black Widow, and the Weapon X dossier. Was Magneto's fate meant to be permanent, or is Marvel setting up his return? And what does the Weapon X reveal mean for the rest of the season? Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:19 Initial thoughts on "Rise of Apocalypse" 01:25 Magneto and Xavier's debate 03:05 The Genosha connection 04:22 Magneto's apparent fate 05:20 The Kang connection 06:45 The ethics of time travel 09:10 Apocalypse's tragic backstory 10:21 The Wolverine and Weapon X post-credits scene 11:41 What's next for Scene N Nerd

It's Marvel Monday and we're diving deep into Black Widow's past! ABOUT BLACK WIDOW Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR BLACK WIDOW July 9, 2021 | Theatrical Release / Disney+ CAST & CREW OF BLACK WIDOW Director: Cate Shortland Writers: Eric Pearson, Jac Schaeffer, Ned Benson Cast: Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova David Harbour as Alexei Rachel Weisz as Melina Ray Winstone as Dreykov BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS The movies in 1995 with a normal family living in Ohio, including two young girls. One day, the dad comes home and is like it's time to go on a big adventure. They pack quickly get in the car and speed off just as the cops are starting to show up. Turns out, this isn't a normal family. It's Russian super soldier Alexei and his Black Widow operative wife. Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova pose as their daughters while they're working undercover. With valuable S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence in hand, they flee to Cuba and Via montage, we see Natasha and Yelana being trained up by the Red Room become Black Widows.  21 years later, Natasha is on the run after violating the Sokovia Accords. She goes to a safehouse when at the same time, Yelena kills a rogue former Widow but is exposed to a synthetic antidote that frees her from the Red Room's chemical mind control. Hoping Natasha and the Avengers can help free the remaining Widows, Yelena sends several antidote vials to Natasha before going into hiding. While unknowingly transporting the vials, Natasha is ambushed by the mysterious masked person named The Taskmaster. After escaping, she reunites with Yelena and learns about what's still going on. Determined to destroy the Red Room, Natasha and Yelena free their ol papa Alexei from prison, hoping he knows where the Red Room leader is at. He directs them to their ol mama Melina, who lives on a farm.  Although Melina secretly alerts Dreykov, Natasha convinces her to switch sides, and the two use advanced face-mask technology to exchange identities before being taken to the Red Room in the sky.  Dreykov quickly realizes Natasha's disguise. Natasha discovers that every Widow is biologically unable to harm Dreykov because of a pheromone lock, so she deliberately breaks her own nose to sever her sense of smell and overcome the conditioning. Dreykov attempts to escape while the remaining Widows attack Natasha, but Yelena releases the antidote gas, freeing them from Dreykov's control. Natasha copies the locations of Widows stationed around the world from Dreykov's computer as the damaged facility begins to collapse. She rescues the remaining antidote vials and frees Taskmaster. Natasha gives the viral and the locations of the remaining widows to Yelena so she can rescue the others.  Natasha goes to free the imprisoned Avengers. Cut to after Natasha's death, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine visits Yelena at Natasha's grave. Claiming that Clint Barton is responsible for Natasha's death, Yelena now has her next target. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Linktree: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠Join The Normandy For Ad-Free NME, Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠⁠ In this segment of Notorious Mass Effect, Analytic Dreamz delivers a complete Marvel Rivals Season 9 Breakdown covering every key point and all major stats for “The Mystery of Thebes.”Launching July 10, 2026, Season 9 introduces an Ancient Egypt-themed experience centered on Thebes and Apocalypse. Analytic Dreamz breaks down the new Egyptian-inspired Battle Pass “Deaths on the Nile,” the full release of launch hero Jubilee as the 52nd Strategist, and the mid-season arrival of The Hood.Discover Jubilee's healing and blinding kit, firework-based attacks, lethal ultimate, vampire storyline twist, and her role as Apocalypse's Horseman of Famine. Get the latest on The Hood's Vanguard abilities, dual pistols, sword, clones, and demonic form.This episode explores the massive Team-Up system overhaul, including new loadouts with base and enhanced effects for greater flexibility and balance. Analytic Dreamz also details Black Widow's major rework, the new regenerative shield mechanic for mobile heroes, the Thebes map releasing July 23, and how these changes will reshape the meta.Tune in for in-depth analysis, ability stats, story connections to Age of Apocalypse, and everything Marvel Rivals players need to know heading into Season 9.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Just days before leaving for the biggest hunt of my life, I discovered a damaged limb on my trusted Black Widow. In this episode, I take you behind the scenes as I decide whether to trust old faithful Bunjie, gamble on another crossbow, or hope Ravin can pull off a last-minute miracle.

Contributor: Meghan Hurley, MD Educational Pearls: What animal is the most lethal to humans?  Depending on how we define lethal, and animal, this answer is actually not straight forward.  Globally and in the U.S. the most lethal animal is humans, accounting for ~436,000 to ~20,000 deaths (homicides) per year on average respectively.  In the United States the most lethal animal is of the Hymenoptera order (bees, wasps, and hornets). It accounts for approximately ~60 deaths per year from anaphylaxis. Globally the number is harder to track, but is estimated between 250–3,800 deaths globally annually.  Globally the most lethal animal is venomous snakes, accounting for between 60,000-150,000 per year (whereas in the United States this number is closer to ~5).  Mosquitos, as a vector however for the pathogens they transmit, out rank all as the most lethal globally (excluding humans).   What are the key take-aways for each insect discussed in this episode? Mosquitos: In the United States, of lesser concern. Can potentially transmit West Nile Virus in the United States. Otherwise, treatment for general mosquito bites is topical antihistamines and over the counter steroid creams.  Hymenoptera order (bees, wasps, and hornets): Distributed throughout the US, and can also live in the ground.  Bees lose their stinger during a sting. Whereas wasps do not and can sting multiple times.  Typically stings are just localized for symptoms (pain and swelling) but can become anaphylactic.  Treat with IM Epinephrine as the first line. Consider bronchodilators from bronchospasms.  Multiple stings (around ~100), can cause end organ damage and rhabdomyolysis outside of just anaphylaxis alone. Require more aggressive management.  Fire Ants: Behave similar to bees (in swarm mentality), but have differing venoms. Can also cause global symptoms. Black Widow:  No deaths from Latrodectus hesperus (Western Black Widow) recorded in the United States. There are 3 deaths globally from widow species. Two from Madagascar, and one from a Mediterranean species of widow. Debate in the toxicology community about use of the antivenom, which may account for more deaths than the bite itself.  Black Widow bites are typically painful. Which is different from bites from recluse species.   Brown Recluse:  Rare in Colorado Typically painless bite, that creates a center necrotic eschar.  Tend to also not be lethal.  Bed Bugs Typically harmless and more of a nuisance to have. Can cause localized infections.  Bite presents in a "Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" formation (i.e. linear 2-3 or more bites as the bug tracks and feeds on skin).  Will feed primarily on exposed skin. The biggest concern is ensuring no cross contamination from patient to provider or facility.  Bed bug bite delivers a small amount of local anesthetic, which can make them hard to detect. References Haskell MG, Langley RL. Animal-Encounter Fatalities, United States, 1999-2016: Cause of Death and Misreporting. Public Health Rep. 2020;135(6):831-841. doi:10.1177/0033354920953211 Herness J, Snyder MJ, Newman RS. Arthropod Bites and Stings. AFP. 2022;106(2):137-147. GBD 2019 Snakebite Envenomation Collaborators. Global mortality of snakebite envenoming between 1990 and 2019. Nat Commun. 2022;13(1):6160. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33627-9 Wei YL, Wu Z, Li RL, Tang F. Review of selected mosquito-borne diseases: arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya, Zika, West Nile, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever) and parasitic diseases (malaria, lymphatic Filariasis). Front Public Health. 2025;13:1712094. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1712094 Forsberg K, Sheats KJ, Blair JM, et al. Surveillance for Violent Deaths - National Violent Death Reporting System, 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2022. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2025;74(5):1-42. doi:10.15585/mmwr.ss7405a1 Summarized by Dan Orbidan, OMS2 | Edited by Dan Orbidan & Ahmed Abdel-Hafiz, NREMT-P   Donate: https://emergencymedicalminute.org/donate/   Join our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/c9ouHf

She could become whoever people needed her to be.A devoted wife.A loving mother.A trusted friend.A helpless victim.But behind the carefully crafted image was one of the most manipulative and deceptive women in true crime history.In this chilling new episode of Once Upon a Crime, Esther dives into the shocking case of Marie Hilley. A woman whose lies, manipulation, and alleged poisoning crimes left devastation everywhere she went. When Marie's husband died unexpectedly, no one suspected murder. Later, as her daughter became gravely ill, doctors struggled to explain the mysterious symptoms consuming her body.From poisoning and fraud to psychological manipulation and identity deception, the story of Marie Hilley is stranger than fiction and packed with twists that seem impossible to believe.“Marie Hilley: Black Widow and Master Manipulator” drops Monday, June 29 wherever you get your podcasts.Get episodes early and ad-free by joining Patreon at patreon.com/onceuponacrime.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

She married them fast, drugged their food, and emptied their bank accounts. Then they died. Melissa Ann Shepard did it for decades, moving between Canada and Florida, leaving a trail of dead and disabled husbands behind her. The drug was always the same. The pattern was always the same. And no one could stop her until one man survived long enough to tell someone what was in his coffee. In this episode of Murder: True Crime Stories, host Carter Roy follows the Internet Black Widow from her first kill to her last arrest, and the question that haunted every investigation: was she a murderer, or just a thief who didn't care if her victims lived or died?Head over to our Murder True Crime Stories YouTube channel to WATCH our video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@MurderTrueCrimeStoriesJoin Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America's 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America's Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you're listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show's page. You'll also get both parts to every Murder: True Crime Stories case released at once ad-free.

It's Marvel Monday and the Avengers face their ultimate challenge! ABOUT AVENGERS: ENDGAME After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME 2019 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF AVENGERS: ENDGAME Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Stan Lee Cast: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk Chris Hemsworth as Thor Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man Karen Gillan as Nebula Zoe Saldaña as Gamora Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne/The Wasp Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS The movie kicks off by showing us what Hawkeye was doing during Infinity War: teaching his daughter to shoot bow and arrows. Suddenly, his wife and kids turn to dust and he has no idea why. 23 days later, Tony Stark & Nebula are stuck in space together. She's helping him heal. They're about to run out of oxygen when Captain Marvel shows up to save them. She brings them back to Earth where they're reunited with Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Rhodey & Rocket. The happy reunion doesn't last long. Tony does one of his famous freak outs, saying things he will most certainly regret. Captain Marvel gets the rundown & decides she's going to go kill Thanos herself. Everyone is like this witch shows up out of nowhere and now wants to be the hero, but Thor likes her and says we should go. So they track Thanos down. He's like oh hi. I destroyed the stones. My bad. So Thor cuts his head off. Fast forward 5 years and Scott randomly pops out of the quantum realm machine, very confused. So he goes to talk to the Avengers about his experience. He tells Cap & Natasha about how for him, the 5 years was only 5 minutes. Maybe there's some way to use the quantum realm to go back in time and stop Thanos. Only one guy is smart enough to help - Tony. But now Tony has a daughter & he's not interested in helping. But Tony can't forget about it. He pokes around and figures out how it could work. Scott, Cap, and Natasha turn to the next smartest guy they know - Bruce. He agrees to help and they do some experiments but nothing overly helpful. Tony shows up with a time traveling device and says it's time to get the band back together. They do some testing and find out they can go to the past and bring something back without changing anything. So they have a plan - team up and go get the stones and bring them to the present which would prevent Thanos from being able to do his thing. Banner, Lang, Rogers, and Stark travel back to New York during Loki's 2012 invasion. At the Sanctum Sanctorum, Banner persuades the Ancient One to hand over the Time Stone by promising that all of the Infinity Stones will eventually be returned to their rightful places in time. Plus, Doctor Strange gave it up willingly in his time which is good enough for the Ancient One. Meanwhile, at Stark Tower, Rogers successfully recovers the Mind Stone from Hydra agents posing as S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives. However, Stark and Lang's plan to steal the Space Stone goes wrong, allowing Loki to escape with it. To recover from the setback, Rogers and Stark travel further back to 1970, where Stark obtains an earlier version of the Space Stone and unexpectedly gets the chance to speak with his father. Rogers steals additional Pym Particles needed for their return trip and catches a glimpse of his lost love, Peggy Carter. Meanwhile, Thor and Rocket journey to Asgard in 2013. Rocket extracts the Reality Stone from Jane Foster, while Thor reunites with his mother, Frigga, who snaps him out of his funk and gets his swag and his hammer back. In 2014, Nebula and Rhodey travel to Morag and secure the Power Stone before Peter Quill can retrieve it. Hawkeye and Black Widow head to Vormir, where Red Skull explains that the Soul Stone can only be obtained through the sacrifice of someone you love. Romanoff gives her life so Barton can claim the Stone. As Rhodes and Nebula prepare to return to the present, Nebula's cybernetic implants connect with those of her past self. This allows the 2014 version of Thanos to learn about his future defeat and the Avengers' plan to reverse it. Thanos captures Nebula and sends her 2014 counterpart into the future to infiltrate the Avengers and pave the way for his arrival. So they all return back in the present with the stones, sans Natasha. They put the stones on an iron glove and Bruce agrees that he's probably the best dude for the job. He snaps and immediately collapses. Hawkeye immediately gets a phone call from his wife. It worked!!! But the happiness doesn't last long because 2014 Gamora used the Time Machine to get 2014 Thanos to show up and shoot the Avengers compound up big time. He's like thanks for getting all of the stones together for me. It's giant fight time, folks. And it's not looking great for the Avengers despite the fact that Thor's hammer saw Cap as worthy enough to use it. But just when it's looking bleak, Doctor Strange returns by opening portals for the rest of the Avengers to show up and join the battle. Avengers assemble and IT'S AWESOME! It's a tough battle and Scott is busy getting his van Time Machine up and running since Thanos destroyed the other one so that they can return the stones. Captain Marvel shows up last minute and it's looking like they might do it but Thanos makes the van explode. Thanos gets the gauntlet back but Captain Marvel stops him from snapping his fingers. He's able to free himself. It's looking like a lost cause but Tony looks over at Strange who holds up 1 finger, showing Tony that this is the 1 in 14 million chances they win. Tony is able to get the stones and snap his fingers and make Thanos and his baddies disappear. But unfortunately the blast was too much for Tony and he dies. At Tony's funeral, all the Avengers show up to show their respects. They create a new Time Machine and Captain America goes to return all of the stones to their proper time. But he doesn't return to present day. Well, he does but he's old. He decided to stay in 1970 and grow old with Peggy Carter. Steve gives Sam his shield. We have a new Captain America now. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? 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When Michael Wallace died unexpectedly at just 38 years old, his death was initially believed to be the result of natural causes. No autopsy was performed, and the case appeared closed. Years later, after Stacey Castor remarried, another sudden death within the family would draw the attention of investigators and raise new questions about the past. As detectives examined the circumstances surrounding the death of Stacey's second husband, David Castor, they uncovered evidence that suggested the two cases may have been connected. The investigation led authorities to revisit Michael Wallace's death, revealing similarities that could no longer be ignored. With investigators closing in, attention shifted to a shocking allegation involving Stacey's own daughter, Ashley. Authorities believed an attempt had been made to place responsibility for the deaths on Ashley through a carefully constructed plan. When Ashley survived and investigators examined the evidence, the case took another dramatic turn. Known to many as the "Black Widow" case, the story of Stacey Castor became one of the most unusual criminal investigations in New York history. It remains a case defined by deception, family betrayal, and an effort to avoid accountability at any cost. Follow True Crime Recaps for weekly cases examining real investigations and the justice system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  ABOUT AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR April 27, 2018 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Stan Lee Cast: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man Chris Hemsworth as Thor Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther Zoe Saldaña as Gamora Karen Gillan as Nebula Tom Hiddleston as Loki Paul Bettany as Vision Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS So, they get right to it. Bad boy Thanos gets an infinity stone, the Power Stone. His play is to get all six Infinity Stones and wipe out half of all life in the universe.  His first stop is the ship carrying the surviving people of Asgard. Thanos easily overwhelms the remaining Asgardians, beats up Hulk, and steals the Space Stone from Loki's Tesseract. He then kills Loki. Thanos then destroys the ship and continues his hunt. Edris Elba helps make sure that Hulk returns to earth, where he crashes through the New York Sanctum. Back as Bruce, He warns Doctor Stephen Strange and Wong that Thanos is coming.  Tony Stark joins the conversation. Before he can call Steve Rogers to get the band back together, they attack the city to claim the Time Stone from Strange. Spider-Man is pulled into the chaos, and after they captures Strange aboard his spaceship, Stark and Peter Parker secretly hitch a ride into space to rescue him while Wong remains behind to defend the Sanctum. Meanwhile, the Guardians of the Galaxy answer a distress signal and save Thor floating in space. They agree they need to work together to stop Thanos. But they're too late. Thanos already possesses the Reality Stone and uses its power to manipulate everything around them. He captures Gamora after learning she knows the location of the Soul Stone. Desperate to save her adopted sister Nebula from torture, Gamora tells him where the stone is .  When they get there, the keeper of the Soul Stone, one Red Skull, reveals the price required to obtain it: the sacrifice of someone truly loved. In one of the film's most tragic moments, Thanos throws Gamora to her death, earning the Soul Stone. Vision and Wanda are ambushed in Scotland by Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive, who attempt to rip the Mind Stone from Vision's forehead. Captain America, Black Widow, and Falcon arrive just in time to save them, bringing the wounded Vision back to the Avengers Compound. Vision urges Wanda to destroy the Mind Stone and kill him if necessary to stop Thanos, but she cannot bring herself to do it. Instead, the team heads to Wakanda, believing Shuri may be able to safely remove the stone without sacrificing Vision's life. Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Doctor Strange end up on Titan and come face to face with Star-Lord, Drax, and Mantis and they realize they're in the same team.  Using the Time Stone, Strange studies millions of possible futures and discovers only one path where they succeed. Together they execute an elaborate plan to restrain Thanos and remove the Infinity Gauntlet. For a moment, it almost works—until Nebula reveals that Gamora is dead. Overcome with grief and rage, Star-Lord attacks Thanos, ruining the team's hold on him. Thanos breaks free, defeats everyone, and nearly kills Iron Man. To save Tony's life, Doctor Strange willingly surrenders the Time Stone, despite knowing how dangerous it is. In Wakanda, the Avengers prepare for an all-out invasion from Thanos's army. Bruce Banner, unable to transform into Hulk, enters battle wearing the Hulkbuster armor. The tide finally turns when Thor arrives in spectacular fashion alongside Rocket and Groot, tearing through Thanos's army with his fresh new hammer/ax combo, Stormbreaker. Despite their efforts, Thanos himself eventually reaches Vision. Wanda heartbreakingly destroys the Mind Stone—and Vision with it—just before Thanos can claim it. But using the Time Stone, Thanos reverses time, restores Vision briefly to life, and violently tears the stone from his forehead, killing him again. With all six Infinity Stones finally united, the Infinity Gauntlet is complete. Thor attacks and buries Stormbreaker deep into Thanos's chest, but Thanos coldly tells him he “should have gone for the head.” He snaps his fingers and vanishes. Across the universe, half of all life immediately turns to dust. Bucky Barnes, Black Panther, Groot, Scarlet Witch, Falcon, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Star-Lord, Drax, and Mantis all fade away. On Earth, Nick Fury manages to send a desperate signal from a mysterious pager moments before he too disappears. The survivors are left shattered and defeated. Tony Stark and Nebula are stranded on Titan. The remaining Avengers stand in stunned silence in Wakanda. And somewhere far away, Thanos sits alone on a quiet planet, watching the sunrise over a universe he believes he has finally “saved.” Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

After all the listener support, it's only fair we give back! “We” meaning Dr. Sydnee is giving back to the listeners by answering their medical questions! Can hanging upside-down cause lasting damage? Are hangnails random or is it part of my life choices? Why did the black plague end? Does flexing my calves strengthen my bladder? And how many living cells are in poop? Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Marsha P. Johnson Institute: https://marshap.org/ Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's MaxFunDrive! Still want to get in on the action? Follow this link to support this show (and get in on our limited-time keychain sale to benefit the Center for Constitutional Rights): https://maximumfun.org/joinsawbones