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Lara is joined by returning guest Connor Goldsmith (author, podcast host, and X-Men aficionado) for a no-holds-barred, Florida WiFi-fueled chat about Q1 survival vibes, the chaos of the Trump-Musk alliance, and reality TV highs and hells. They get into Emmy's psychological spiral on Southern Hospitality, the twisted glory of The Valley, and why the Charleston girlies are outshining VPR's LA crew. Plus, Connor spills about his Bravo adjacent experiences, bidding farewell to his literary agent life, and stepping fully into his podcasting and graphic novel author era. Listen to this episode ad-free AND get access to weekly bonus episodes + video bonus episodes by joining the SUP Patreon.  Watch video episodes of the pod on Mondays and Fridays by subscribing to the SUP YouTube.  Relive the best moments of this iconic podcast by following the SUP TikTok. Production Services Provided by: Tiny Legends Productions, LLC Executive Producer: Stella Young Tech Director: Guy Robinson Art Director & Social Media: Ariel Moreno Sexy Unique Podcast is Edited by: Audio Editor: Ness Smith-Savedoff Video Editor: Case Blackwell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode Notes When TV shows cared about Nielsen ratings, ad rates would be set based on how well a show performed during a very specific portion of the year called "Sweeps Week". To goose the system, shows would bring out all the stops with big episodes, guest stars, all of that. We honor that tradition as the road to 1000 stories comes to a close with Cerebro host Connor Goldsmith joining us to talk about Polaris. Ranked This Episode: Magneto: Dark Seduction X-Men #49-52 (Polaris 1st App) Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #249-250 (Polaris & Zaladane)  Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

In Episode 9 of Out To Get You, we are joined by award-winning cartoonist, printmaker, and educator, Cathy G. Johnson (Black Hole Heart, The Breakaways) to light a fire under the folk horror forebearer, 1973's cult classic, The Wicker Man, from Anthony Shaffer and Robin Hardy.Content Warning:This episode contains discussion of child sexual abuse and grooming, misogyny, colonialism, ritual murder, and other topics that may be sensitive for listeners.In this episode, we discuss the nature of sacrifice through the lens of social stratification, context collapse, and the fear of being unmoored from modernity, in this timeless diamond in a rough, starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, and more.You can follow Cathy on Instagram and Bluesky.Tune in to Drawing a Dialogue to hear more from Cathy, and catch up on her latest work, Charger County.You can follow Out To Get You on Instagram and Bluesky.Questions are still open for Mulholland Drive (2001) with Connor Goldsmith and Perfect Blue (1997) with Jordan Blok!You can send your questions to OutToGetYouPodcast@gmail.comGet your very own Valentine M. Smith-designed Out To Get You logo merch at TeePublic!If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe!

In Episode 8 of Out To Get You, we are joined by writer, academic, and paleontologist, Taryn Freeman, to gestate the horror that is Ridley Scott's 1979 xenomorph masterpiece, Alien.Content Warning:This episode contains discussion of sexual violence, forced birth, misogyny, capitalist exploitation, colonialism, bodily fluids of various viscosities, and other topics that may be sensitive for listeners.In this episode, we discuss the nightmare of our future present through the lens of even-later-stage capitalism unleashed, the evisceration of bodily autonomy, and the loneliness of space and survival, in this timeless sci-fi horror starring Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, Bolaji Badejo, and more.You can follow Taryn on Instagram and Bluesky .You can follow Out To Get You on Instagram and Bluesky.Questions are still open for Ex Machina (2014) with Kat Overland, and Mulholland Drive (2001) with Connor Goldsmith. And questions have been re-opened with Perfect Blue (1997) with Jordan Blok!You can send your questions to OutToGetYouPodcast@gmail.comGet your very own Valentine M. Smith-designed Out To Get You logo merch at TeePublic!If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe!

In this bonus episode of Out To Get You, we are joined for Pride by author Lindsay King-Miller (Tiny Nightmares, The Jewish Book of Horror, more) to peel back the flesh of her intimate and vicious debut novel, The Z-Word! Content Warning:If you're with us in 2024, this one's pretty breezy.Drop in for a spoilers-free discussion of her electric queer apocalypse, as we dig in to what zombies hunger for, all our ends of the world, the sinister compact of rainbow capitalism, and more!You can set the mood for San Lazaro's messiest Pride by tuning in to Lindsay's handcrafted The Z-Word playlist!Follow Lindsay on Bluesky and Instagram, and stop by lindsaykingmiller.com, or your local bookstore, for your copy of The Z Word and more.Follow Out To Get You on Instagram and Bluesky.Send your questions to OutToGetYouPodcast@gmail.com.Questions are open for the following episodes:Mulholland Drive (2001) with literary agent, writer, and host/creator of the Cerebro podcast, Connor Goldsmith.Ex Machina (2014) with x3-time Eisner-award-winning writer and small press editor, Kat Overland.  Get your very own Valentine M. Smith-designed Out To Get You logo merch at TeePublic!If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe!

WELCOME BACK TO X-MAY!!! For the fourth time, it's our annual month-long series on Marvel's Merry Mutants! Kicking off a full month of X-Men related episodes is a discussion with Connor Goldsmith of CEREBRO on Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's E IS FOR EXTINCTION! Time Stamps: 00:01:01 Intro 00:02:55 E is for Extinction w/ Connor Goldsmith 02:16:30 Wrap-Up Intro/Outro Music by the INCREDIBLE Sophie Marlon: https://sophiemarlon.bandcamp.com/ Subscribe to CEREBRO: https://www.connorgoldsmith.com/cerebro Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Send us your questions for the Geeksplained Mailbag! Email: Geeksplained@gmail.com Music Sampled: "Sayonara" by SAKEROCK “Happy Nation” by Ace of Base

Welcome true believers to X-Men Horoscopes where each week our host Lodro Rinzler is in conversation with a special guest to discuss the X-Men issue that aligns with a significant month and year from their life and what that issue reveals about their future. In this GIANT SIZED episode Connor Goldsmith of the excellent Cerebro podcast joins our host Lodro Rinzler to discuss Fall of the Mutants! Yes, Connor was born during this pivotal shift in X-Men history and so we unpack his future through looking at Uncanny X-Men 227. We discuss the founding of Cerebro, Chris Claremont's newscaster girlfriend, how everyone has been mayor of NYC (at least with Wilson Fisk the subways run on time) as well as more moving themes of Madelyne Pryor as human ally and damned mutant, Claremont's thesis on how to be a good person and the Jewish practice of atonement. What does any of that have to do with Connor's fate? Tune in to find out! Connor Goldsmith is a literary agent, podcaster, and writer. As a Senior Agent at Fuse Literary, he specializes in Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. He represents influential celebrities, award-winning journalists and cultural critics, and acclaimed fiction writers. In 2020, Connor launched the independent podcast CEREBRO, a character-by-character exploration of Marvel's X-Men comic book franchise. CEREBRO was named one of Entertainment Weekly's 10 best podcasts of 2021, and hailed that year by Ezra Klein as one of his favorite podcasts. In 2022, Connor and his work on CEREBRO were profiled in The New York Times. You can follow more of Cerebro on Instagram and Patreon. More of Lodro Rinzler's work can be found here and here and you can follow the podcast on Instagram at xmenpanelsdaily where we post X-Men comic panels...daily. Have a question or comment for a future episode? Reach out at xmenhoroscopes.com

In Episode 7 of Out To Get You, we are joined by author Tucker Lieberman (Most Famous Short Film of All Time, It Came From The Closet) to open the doors on Stanley Kubrick's acclaimed 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror of the hearth, The Shining. Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of racism, genocide, domestic violence, ableism, misogyny, that old chestnut intergenerational trauma, and other topics that may be sensitive for listeners.In this episode, we discuss the terror of the ones you love through the lens of queer visibility, possession, and the clarion call of history's twisted specter in the 1980 off-season classic starring Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall, Danny Lloyd, and Scatman Crothers.Follow Tucker on Instagram and Bluesky, and visit tuckerlieberman.com to get your copy of Most Famous Short Film of All Time, and more!Follow Out To Get You on Instagram and Bluesky.Send your questions to OutToGetYouPodcast@gmail.com.At the airdate of this episode, questions are open for the following episodes:Mulholland Drive (2001) with literary agent, writer, and host/creator of the Cerebro podcast, Connor Goldsmith.Ex Machina (2014) with WomenWriteAboutComics' x3-time Eisner-award-winning writer and small press editor, Kat Overland.  Get your very own Valentine M. Smith-designed Out To Get You logo merch at TeePublic!If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe!

Ahmed, Waleed, and Alanna are joined by special guest Connor Goldsmith of the Cerebro podcast No recap this time: we just dive right into the histories of Kamala Khan, Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and a few other characters.  Subscribe to Acacia magazine to read Ahmed's piece on the Muslim mutants: https://www.acaciamag.com/ If you want to learn more about the X-Men, listen to Connor's podcast CEREBRO. It was a huge influence on the show. Listen here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cerebro/id1529617900 This episode of Generation M is a not-for-profit work licensed freely under creative commons.

Connor Goldsmith of the Cerebro podcast comes on the show to analyze the motion comic adaptation of Astonishing X-Men: Gifted, written by Joss Whedon and illustrated by John Cassaday. This means we analyze all of Joss Whedon's work up to the source comic's original debut in 2004, meaning full spoilers for Buffy, Angel, and even a little bit of Dollhouse and Firefly/Serenity chat. Since Connor's here, we also ask him about his thoughts on Scott/Jean/Emma/Logan, his least favorite X-Men comics, his MCU and Agents of SHIELD opinions, and soooo much more. Find Connor's work and podcast at connorgoldsmith.com. Next week's episode: "Hell Road," Wolverine (Marvel anime) E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages or our store: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages. Thanks!

The Wolverine anime didn't let us down this week, because this episode has plot points that all follow logically and make sense. We get some character development for Yukio, some goofy antics from Hideki's lackeys (all of whom are Wolverine fanboys, apparently), and an ominous description of what our heroes might face on Hell Road, the "shortcut" to the Dragon Palace. This show might actually be getting good in its home stretch, or at least passable, but we're still taking a break from reviewing it next week to do something else extra-special. Next week's episode: Astonishing X-Men: Gifted (motion comic) featuring Connor Goldsmith!! E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages or our store: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages. Thanks! Cloaky is also on Twitter at cloakycloaks.

WELCOME BACK TO X-MAY! In our landmark 250TH EPISODE, we're kicking off our annual celebration of Marvel's Merry Mutants by traveling back to where it all began! Host Aeric Azana is joined by Connor Goldsmith of CEREBRO to revisit Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's X-MEN #1 – featuring a discussion on how the book came to be, the bonkers story, and where every major player in the issue has gone since! Plus our latest Weekly Review on the final season of The Flash, this week's Comics Countdown, and more! Time Stamps: 00:00:51 Intro 00:02:57 X-Men #1 Revisited w/ Connor Goldsmith 01:50:37 Weekly Review 01:59:27 Comics Countdown 02:10:53 Wrap-Up Intro/Outro Music by the INCREDIBLE Sophie Marlon: https://sophiemarlon.bandcamp.com/ Subscribe to CEREBRO: https://www.connorgoldsmith.com/cerebro Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Send us your questions for the Geeksplained Mailbag! Email: Geeksplained@gmail.com Music Sampled: "Sayonara" by SAKEROCK “Crisis on Earth-X” by Blake Neely “Violet Butterfly (Psylocke X-Men Mutant Apocalypse Theme Remix” by TheLegendofRenegade

We played See Issue X and now it's time to talk about it! We're joined by our special guest, Connor Goldsmith of the Cerebro podcast, to learn about his history with comics and TTRPGs, and then dig in to what makes See Issue X tick and what it says about superhero stories.Find out more about See Issue X, by Chris Longhurst, at https://potatocubed.itch.io/see-issue-xBack IssuesUncanny X-Men 129-137 (1979-80), The Dark Phoenix Saga, by Chris Claremont and John ByrneUncanny X-Men 168-176 (1983-84), collected as “From the Ashes,” by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith, and John Romita, Jr.Inferno (1988-89), the mammoth crossover event involving New Mutants, X-Factor, Uncanny X-Men and the X-Terminators miniseries, plus other titles, written by Louise Simonson and Chris Claremont and drawn by many hands, including Bret Blevins, John Bogdanove, Marc Silvestri, and Walt Simonson. (Just look up “Inferno reading order” and follow directions. For example, https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/x-men-inferno-reading-order/. It's a lot but it's worth it. —S)Dr. Fate: Countdown to Mystery (2007-2008), written by Steve Gerber and others, art by Justiniano and others.The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015–2019) #47–50, written by Ryan North, art by Derek Charm.The CastConnor Goldsmith (he/him, @dreamoforgonon) — Charlotte Bishop (“The Sibyl”)Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Maggie Cone (“Chimera”)Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp) — FacilitatorShow InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/teamupmoves/Email: show@teamupmoves.comTwitter: @teamupmovesMastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.campTheme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

We're back to play See Issue X with our special guest, Connor Goldsmith of the Cerebro podcast. Join us for one more arc as The Sibyl and Chimera deal with an old enemy who hits very close to home.Find out more about See Issue X at https://potatocubed.itch.io/see-issue-xThe CastConnor Goldsmith (he/him, @dreamoforgonon) — Charlotte Bishop (“The Sibyl”)Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Maggie Cone (“Chimera”)Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp) — FacilitatorShow InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/teamupmoves/Email: show@teamupmoves.comTwitter: @teamupmovesMastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.campTheme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

We've got our decks of cards and we're ready to deal with the hash demands of superhero continuity of See Issue X with our special guest, Connor Goldsmith of the Cerebro podcast.Find out more about See Issue X at https://potatocubed.itch.io/see-issue-xThe CastConnor Goldsmith (he/him, @dreamoforgonon) — Charlotte Bishop (“The Sibyl”)Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Maggie Cone (“Chimera”)Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp) — FacilitatorShow InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/teamupmoves/Email: show@teamupmoves.comTwitter: @teamupmovesMastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.campTheme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

Episode Notes Adam was busy so Zack called up Connor Goldsmith from Cerebro to talk about the Age of Apocalypse. Shocking no one, there's a mean lady that Connor has no choice but to stan. Ranked This Episode: Factor X Weapon X X-Calibre Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

On this episode of X-Ray Vision, Jason Concepcion and Rosie Knight start a prison riot! In the Previously On (3:17), they commemorate Kevin Conroy – the voice of Batman – and mourn his passing before unpacking Black Panther: Wakanda Forever after its opening week, discussing box office numbers, marvel fatigue and more. Then in the Airlock (25:09), Jason and Rosie dive deep (deeep) into Andor episodes 10 and 11, recapping both as well as exploring performance, non-democracy in the Republic era, and the ways in which rebellions and protest movements come together on and off screen. In the Hive Mind (1:15:06), X-Ray Vision is thrilled to welcome Andor creator and Oscar-nominated writer and director Tony Gilroy to discuss his past work, building characters, and the mammoth task of showrunning a Star Wars project.Tune in every Friday and don't forget to Hulk Smash the Follow button!Follow Jason: twitter.com/netw3rkFollow Rosie: IG, Letterboxd, IGN author page, Nerdist author pageJoin the X-Ray Vision DiscordFollow Crooked: twitter.com/crookedmediaThe Listener's Guide for all things X-Ray Vision!Check out Tickets for X-Ray Vision's appearance at LA Comic Con here. We'll be there December 3rd, hosting a panel from 11:30-1:00 PT in Panel Room 402A.Kevin Conroy's “Finding Batman” from this year's DC Pride issue is available online to read for free. Check it out here.Cerebro Cast, hosted by Connor Goldsmith, about Marvel's Mutants.Opposing Power by Elvin OngStar Wars: Lost Stars (2015) by Claudia Gray

In another beyond-the-paywall episode of WMQ&A's monthly Patreon bonus podcast, guest Connor Goldsmith from the Cerebro podcast joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #94, "Days of Future Tense," the one where they go to the distant year 2013. Topics include Tangerine, Betsy's blue sclera, and whether the ending is a Newhart or a Dallas.

This week, Ryan and Jasmine are joined by Cerebro host, Connor Goldsmith, as a guest host! Join them as they bring you all the latest in new books hitting shelves this week including our picks this week (05:40) including IRON MAN/HELLCAT ANNUAL #1, SHE-HULK #4, X-MEN RED #4 and more!Plus, we hand out the “Holy Beans and Weenies” Award (15:48) — our weekly award named after a phrase pulled directly from an issue in this week's pull list! Think you know which issue this name came from? Let us know by sending us an email at PullList@marvel.com or by tweeting at us using #MarvelsPullList! Just make sure to mark it “Okay to read”!And finally, for this week's reading club, author Steve Foxe joins us to talk about Generation X. What we're reading with Steve Foxe:Generation X #26-#27As always, shout out your local comic shop or send us your questions or comments by emailing us at pulllist@marvel.com or tweet using #MarvelsPullList. Make sure to mark it "Okay to read!"  Follow us at: @agentm, @jasmiest, and @KaraMcGuirk New comics this week (6/29)AVENGERS #57CAPTAIN AMERICA: SYMBOL OF TRUTH #2IRON CAT #1IRON MAN/HELLCAT ANNUAL #1MECH STRIKE: MONSTER HUNTERS #1SABRETOOTH #4SHE-HULK #4SPIDER-MAN 2099: EXODUS #3STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #24STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #21STAR WARS: HAN SOLO & CHEWBACCA #3STAR WARS: OBI-WAN #2THOR: LIGHTNING AND LAMENT #1THE VARIANTS  #1VENOM: LETHAL PROTECTOR #3WOLVERINE: PATCH #3X-CELLENT #4X-FORCE #29X-MEN RED #4 New Weekly Infinity Comics: X-MEN UNLIMITED INFINITY COMIC #41 (6/27/2022)LOVE UNLIMITED: MS. MARVEL & RED DAGGER INFINITY COMIC #4 (6/30/2022)ALLIGATOR LOKI INFINITY COMIC #9 (7/1/2022)

Join Anne, Alexis, Dallas and their special guest Connor Goldsmith of the X-men podcast Cerebro as they discuss Grant Morrison's tenure on New X-men and the diabolical Cassandra Nova!

It's the Simply Amazing CEREBRO Collab! Lisa and Lauren were honored to have Connor Goldsmith, host of the CEREBRO podcast, on to talk about Amanda Sefton! Mostly known for being Kurt Wagner's foster sister and on-and-off girlfriend, Connor makes the case for why Amanda is far more than that! Did you know at one point, she was Magik?? That's right!!! "She's a witch!!" Are Connor's knowledge and persuasion enough to sway Lisa to the Amanda side? Tune in to find out!! And what's an appearance by Connor without mention of Candy Southern? And how the hell did we end up talking about Rachel Summers AGAIN? Be sure to check out Connor's CEREBRO podcast, it's Patreon, and so much more at cerebrocast.com! Be sure to check out all things SIMPLY AMAZING on our website: https://simplyamazingpod.com/

Episode Notes This week on Battle Of The Atom, podcaster extraordinaire Connor Goldsmith talks to us about Betsy Braddock and Revanche. Also this one has some cusses and a couple swears. Check out Connor's great show Cerebro here Ranked This Episode: X-Men vol 2 #31-32 (Soul Possession) Psylocke Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

By Walt HickeyWelcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.This week, I spoke to the brilliant Alex Abad-Santos who wrote “The Open Secret of Looking Like A Superhero” for Vox. Here's what I wrote about it:Actors are increasingly turning to anabolic steroids in order to attain the figures necessary for movies today. While it's not legal in the United States to use steroids or performance-enhancing drugs without a prescription, in the movie business it's not considered cheating the same way it is in sports and obviously isn't tested for. It's part of a larger trend, too: testosterone prescribed to American men tripled from 2001 to 2011, and while it decreased from 2013 to 2016 following renewed warnings from the FDA about risks, it's impossible to study the underground market and HGH is one of the most common drugs to go missing between manufacture and shipping. The long-term health effects of steroids are still little understood, but they're not looking good: One recent long-term study of steroid-using weightlifters found that of 86 steroid users, three had a heart attack before 45, compared to none of the 54 comparison lifters.Alex is one of my favorite culture writers, and he wrote a really incisive story about the impacts that PED use in Hollywood and social media has on viewers. His story peels back the façade set up by the industry and speaks the truth all about how pervasive steroids and hormone usage is in the entertainment businessWe also talked about the pressures pushing actors towards this, from the demise of the mid-budget movie to the dominance of comic book movies, which bring hyper-masculine superheros from the page to the screen. Also, we talked about his favorite topic, the X-Men.Alex can be found at Vox, on Twitter and on Instagram. This interview has been condensed and edited. Alex, thank you so much for coming on.Oh my God. Thank you for having me. And oh my gosh, this is the first time that we're seeing each other IRL.I know. It's weird. Again, I've been a fan of your work for a really long time, so it's great to finally get a chance to hang out.Yeah. I am a fan of yours too. I remember when you were at, was it FiveThirtyEight?That's the number, yeah.FiveThirtyEight. I'm always really bad with the number, with remembering which one it is, but I remember being like, "Oh my gosh, this makes my job so much easier when I can link a study on something about comic books." Yeah, it's just very weird that we only are hanging out now.Yeah. I'm going to chalk it up to the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, but—Yes. Blame the pandemic, please.We'll do that. You wrote a really, really fascinating story that talked about a topic that I think everybody kind of alludes to, but I hadn't really seen actual reporting behind and hard data behind. You talked about steroids, and HGH, and testosterone use among movie stars. What got you interested in the story?I think one of the first things that got me interested was, I was looking on my Instagram explore page and I was showing my friend at dinner and I was like, "Why am I having chicken nuggets? This guy looks like this." He was huge, his muscles were crazy, his abs were nuts. And then after that, my friend was just like, "Yo, he's on steroids."And I was like, "Oh." And they were just like, "You know, how everyone in Hollywood is."I'm like, "Oh, is everyone in Hollywood?"And he was just basically like, "Yes." I don't want to get sued, but there's a lot of people out there, if you're in an action movie or if you're with your shirt off, that might not be getting those results naturally. Just no matter how much you're at the weight room, no matter what you're eating, you're never going to look like that. And that was it. I was like, "Maybe I should write a story about this."I liked the story a lot, because particularly there was a part where you talked about, there may have been a time in history where you may have aspired to have the body of the movie stars, but they never were just like, "Oh yeah. No, it's just rest and exercise, I have a meal plan, I have this kind of workout," and they don't talk about them taking a ton of gear. Can you talk a little bit about the cultural place we're at now?I think one of the things that is super important, what the doctors and researchers say, is that everything's on social media now. It's so inundated with all these images, because it's not just a movie that comes out every three months or whatever. People on Instagram are using it, people around you are using it. I think that was the impetus behind it is, well, it's all around us. How is that messing with our own systems and messing with our own brains?If you look at Wolverine in 2000 versus Wolverine in 2014, and by that I mean Hugh Jackman — again, no speculation about what Hugh Jackman looks like or what he did or whatever — but if you look at those two, it's absolutely nuts. The difference of how jacked he is, how thick he is, how small his waist is. Every vein is rippling and you're just like, "Whoa, when did this happen?" And he's actually 14 years older in 2014, which makes no sense, because as doctors say and scientists say, the older you get the harder it should be for you to put muscle on. It's just like, how are you getting that muscle? How are you maintaining that muscle? How is everyone getting this superhuman aesthetic? It's just not possible without some help.And there's a health sacrifice that's made. You included some health studies in there. One of them that has stuck out was the risk of heart disease increased not inconsiderably for folks who were taking performance-enhancing substances.Yeah, I think the craziest thing is that when I was talking to people and I was talking to doctors, I was just like, "Oh, yeah. How do you study this?” And they're like, "We can't study it." I was like, “What do you mean?”And they were like, "Alex, think about it. You can't pump volunteers full of steroids. You can't pump them full of steroids to an unsafe level, which is what body builders, what some actors, what everyone basically is on. You can't sign up for the super soldier serum." They were just like, "It's actually medically unethical."A lot of the things that they're studying now actually happens all by volunteers, and they study on animals too. But with those human volunteers, you have people that were in the '80s and in the '90s who took it, and then now they're hitting middle age and up to their 60s, and the crazy part is that now they're finding out those people in their 60s actually might have heart disease or have these hardened arteries, and they also might be more susceptible to stroke. It's hard to get that across to someone who's young, who is like, "Well, if I can become an Instagram influencer and make a lot of money now, I don't care about heart disease when I'm 70. Who's to say there's even going to be a world when we're 70?" Or, "Who's going to say you might get a heart attack anyway?"It's hard to justify to young people and young men, especially, "Yes, be careful about this thing that will happen in X years, maybe," which is very, very difficult for scientists to get the point across.Yeah. We've been seeing a lot of that lately, I feel. Risk communication difficulties.I think the craziest stat, or the scariest thing that someone told me was, there's a leading doctor over in Harvard and he was just like, "Yeah, it's kind of reminds me of what happened with smoking and lung cancer.” There was some point where they were just like, “Oh yeah, they're connected,” and then it was too late, and then all this stuff started coming in. So he said, "Yeah, we're on the crest of that."It was also really interesting because legally, these things are illegal. People had mostly heard about them through athletics, where they're understandably and justifiably banned because they can diminish the competition. There is no World Anti-Doping Agency of acting, and you kind of allude to that's one reason that this has been so pervasive.Yeah. Acting is not professional baseball. No one is going to stop you. I doubt that there is a drug test that's happening and also, I think for the people whose livelihood depends on looking a certain way, it's a business decision, right?Yeah.Let's say you are an Instagram influencer and you're not even in a Marvel movie, but you're an Instagram influencer, and you're getting paid whatever, $40,000 a post to post, and basically you're selling your body and you want your body to look great, that is what you do. Or that is what some of them do. I do not want to get you sued. I don't want to get sued. Allegedly that is what some of them do. We're talking about a percentage that is not 100 percent but is also not 0 percent of people who are involved in the visual arts industry.It's an industry that is built on the way they look. So to maximize that and to look the part, that's what happens, in addition to diet, eating, exercise.It's also interesting because again, this isn't a vacuum. This is aspirational. You wrote a little bit in the piece about the increase in whether it's supplemental hormonal prescriptions, or whether it's actual performance-enhancing drugs that are legal, that have seen a little bit of a surge popularity as well, potentially pushed by this.Yeah. So I think you and I have probably seen Low T Centers.Totally, I am a man who is aged 30ish and therefore I have been advertised this relentlessly on every podcast I listened to for the past probably five years.Testosterone is monitored by the Olympics and whatever, and if it's too high, they will ban you from the Olympics. So yes, testosterone is a performance-enhancing drug. One of the things that I think is a little bit shady — and there probably needs to be a better investigation of this, I think CBS did a good one in 2019, I think COVID derailed it — but it was: who's getting these prescriptions? Because you go to these places and you get a prescription and it's just like, "Well, do you actually have low testosterone, or are you just a normal man who is aging?"From that investigation, they were just like, "Yes, I think there are a lot of people with normal levels who are getting these drugs, and that cannot be good for you," because with any of these drugs, it could just screw you up on the inside in so many ways.Overuse and misuse when it comes to the endocrine system isn't always a fun one.You don't want to be pumping yourself up with a lot of hormones. Compared to everything else we're putting in our bodies, do you really want to add all that stuff?And to be clear, hormonal therapy is a critical thing for a lot of folks, but they do it under the supervision of a doctor, not a pill mill.Right. That is where a lot of these drugs come from, is that they were used as part of hormone therapy under the supervision of doctors. The doses are scientific, they've gone through trials of these small doses and they use them. I think with human growth hormone, they started with children, and children who didn't grow up fast enough or aren't growing. Then if you talk to doctors, they're just like, "Yeah. No one with normal levels of hormones should be on these things because we don't know all that they can do to you."To your point, the difference in, think of an action star in 2001, maybe an X-Men movie of sorts, who can possibly say, and then think of an action star 14 to 15 years later, and it's a completely different type of look.Yeah. To be honest, and I feel like I am part of the problem, I will be like, "Yes, Chris Evans looks amazing."Because he does! But then it's also, how much of that is realistic? And nothing against Chris Evans. I'm sure he does the diet, the eating, the whatever, basically ruining his social life to look a certain way. I'm not accusing him of any PEDs or anything, just to be clear. But it's also, that is probably not attainable for the rest of us.Just the simple fact that we don't have chefs and trainers training us every day. But it's also just of course, if someone finds out that someone might be on a PED — and there have been actors who have been busted with PEDs before — they're going to look on the internet, you're probably going to find some information out there and then you're going to seek it out, and then you have the problem.I think when we talk about the community, it's also there's a lot of young boys out there who just see this and it's drilled in their heads that this is what men are supposed to look like, and that's led to this increase of what is called muscular dysmorphia and people feeling that they're too small, that they're not big enough. So yes, you will also see them resort to PEDs, and that also makes doctors and psychiatrists very, very nervous because you have 11-year-olds photoshopping their bodiesI think it goes without saying, I think the narrative around women and female celebrities has been the way we talk about beauty and diets and whatnot, it's been like almost to the opposite point that it's almost talked about too much right? With men, it's just like, "Oh, well then it's all just hard work," and it's left in the dark. Whereas women are like, "Okay, well this is the eating disorder. This is X, Y, Z. This is the surgeries." With men, it's always like, "Oh, well this is what men are supposed to look like," and that lack of transparency, I think hurts us.Yeah. The magazine that presents body dysmorphia for women is called Cosmopolitan, and the one for men is called Men's Health. There's an asymmetry in how it is being described there.Right. It's a very strange thing that what women achieve to look impossible is all artificial, all fake, whereas with men who look impossible or who have these impossible gains, it's all just “hard work.” It's all “hard work” and “chicken breast.”Just rice and chicken. I don't know what to tell you.I love rice, I love chicken. I do not look like that.I want to back out a little bit just because again, glad to have you on, and specifically it would be a crime to have you on and not talk about X-Men and comic book movies. I guess, one of the motivations potentially for this is that you've gone from action movies being like Con Air, and random shoot 'em ups, to being comic book movies which are pulled directly from a source material that has aspirational bodily forms. How much of that do you think plays into it?There's a whole bigger story of the movie business, You covered this and you probably know this. The whole idea of a mid-budget movie is gone.Nonexistent.And the only way studios make movies is just to mine IP, come out with action movies, make sequels to those action movies and just keep these cinematic universes spinning. The only movies that make a ton of money now are the action movies, and it's just, obviously every studio wants an action movie. I think one of the things is that the actors, and actresses too, who are the centers of these movies or who want to get big, you have to look the part, right?If you want to become a star in Hollywood, you have to be in a Marvel movie, like Chris Pratt. Look at Chris Pratt.Yeah. He went from a fluffy, fun comedian guy to he looks hard now. Yeah. This whole idea of this aesthetic, and it's not absolutely wed to this, but I'm sure it's influenced by this. Yes, action movies are everywhere now. They're the only movies that people go to the movie theaters for. Everyone wants to look bigger, bolder, badder, crazier. Did you see Vin Diesel, he sent out an olive branch to The Rock the other day?Is that what we're calling that? Yeah, I saw that.No, it was like, "Hey, let's quash the beef and come back for Fast and Furious 10," right?Yeah. There's something interesting about the photograph though. Would you like to get into that?Well, someone was like, "Yeah. Did Vin Diesel photoshop himself to look bigger than The Rock?" And people were like, "??? What is happening?" Again, nothing against Vin Diesel, we're not speculating here, but that is just a very funny thing that happens in this climate of everything is an action movie now, or the movie business is an action star business.Not to bring him up a third time, but I just think that his career is really interesting in this regard, where Hugh Jackman, the minute that he didn't have to keep making comic book movies, he made a musical and then he had fun. You can tell that there were just a lot of career pressures on folks within the industry, who are trying to remain in it, to just get huge.Yeah. I think with Hugh Jackman, he's the easiest example of what the aesthetic looked like, just because he was there at the very beginning.And at the very beginning it was like, "Oh, he's hot." They were like, "Oh, Wolverine's so hot. Look at Wolverine." And then 15 years later, Wolverine is 50 years old, still hot, hotter than he was, his body is better than he was. And it's a little nuts because that's not the way it's supposed to work, but yes.At least we didn't have to pump Sir Ian McKellen full of gas in order to get the Magneto of the comic books, right?Who knows what'll happen? If there's a reboot, if there's a House of X reboot, and Magneto is now daddy. Magneto now in comic books is always shirtless or in a robe and his pecs are crazy.It got interesting. Yeah.Who knows what'll happen when The X-Men finally make it, and if they make Magneto as big as he's supposed to be in the comic books?Yeah. Screw it, let's talk about this. You've been following The X-Men for a very long time. They are your favorite character; you are, if anything, the dean of X-Twitter and—No, no, no.No?The dean is Connor Goldsmith. I am just an assistant professor.An assistant professor of X-Men. Excellent.Yeah.So clearly there's been a lot of speculation about them and the MCU. Do you want to talk a little bit about the journey that they've had and what's been maybe drawing your eye in the books?Oh my gosh. Do we have 17 hours to talk about this?Yeah. Screw it, we'll go.You know how it is. It's just X-Men, because of the way the film rights were divided. X-Men went to Fox, Marvel kept Marvel, and then basically, X-Men movies made a ton of money for Fox. Fox kept mining that IP. Finally, they're all back together with the acquisition and everyone's just like, "Well, can we get the X-Men movie?" And to me, I think as someone who sees this from it's part of my job to figure out what the schedule looks like and what's happening, it just seems there's no space for The X-Men in the next five years.It seems like it's going to be a minute. It seems like we got an Eternals movie before we got an X-Men movie.Oh, the Eternals. Also, remember we got the Inhumans before The X-Men, and it was just like, "Ooh"?I've told this story once or twice before. I forget if you know it. So when I was at ABC, I was doing a show occasionally talking to people who worked with Marvel for the Marvel adaptations.Right.And one week, after we're doing this for two years, they pull me aside like, "Listen, hey, we might have an actual show here. You might be doing an aftershow. You might be the aftershow host for a new show that's coming out." And I'm like, "Wow, that's really amazing." They're like, "Yeah, it's called the Inhumans. It's coming out on Friday nights to ABC." And then I think that they got the pilot in and then they pulled me and said, "Actually, we're not doing this. We're not doing the show anymore." So that was my big break that did not materialize.I don't understand why you have an Inhumans — Okay. For anyone that's read the comic books, there is a central figure named Medusa, whose power is she has very strong hair that also is sentient and she can control it. And then in the very first episode or something, they shave her head.It's just like, "What are you doing?"Well in doing so, they removed the entire CGI budget that had been allocated for hair.But yeah, X-Men; I think what makes me want to see X-Men come to life is because in the last, I want to say three years, House of X came out with Hickman writing, and Hickman and a lot of writers and a lot of artists, and I don't want to forget any of their names — but yes, it was masterminded by Hickman, and he basically, I guess rebooted, rejiggered, just reestablished The X-Men in a way that I think was very, very smart.For folks who might not know about Hickman, he ran the Fantastic Four books for a while and did a really incredible job with those. Those are some of my favorite comics. Then he ran the Avengers for a while and completely overhauled the Marvel universe in a way that people actually kind of liked, which is usually not a thing that is said after somebody completely does that.And they toss him the keys to X, and this is the run that you're talking about.Yeah. So basically, he came off of Secret Wars, which basically just revamped the entire universe and was like, "Okay, well we're reestablishing that. So here, have a go at X-Men." And for those who don't know, the idea is the revamp is pegged to this woman and character, a beloved character named Moira MacTaggert. We find out that she is a mutant and every time she dies, she basically restarts the timeline and she's been doing this the entire time. And when she restarts the timeline, she also carries with her the knowledge of the previous timelines. So basically, she's just like, "Hey, Professor X, everything's going to go sideways. Everyone's going to get fucked up. This is what we got to do. We got to make a mutant utopia and we're going to create a community on a sentient island and it's going to be great, and this is how we advance the mutant race." Did I get that right?I would say that you did a fantastic job for about three minutes.But, it's X-Men, and they're messy and everything in between, of course, all the politics are crazy because it's just Magneto and Professor X have very different views about how mutants should be. Emma Frost has very different views about how mutants should conduct themselves with humans. But yeah, basically the mutants are like, "Well, we ascended to a higher plane. We are awesome. You can't f**k with us anymore." They basically buy off the entire world's governments with medicines and are just like, "Now you're dependent on us. We're the superior race. You're only here because we allow it. Please don't try and f**k with us because we will kill you." Basically they were just like, "Coexisting isn't an option because you guys always try and f**k us up and kill us. So we're just going to take that out of the equation now. Now that we know how everything's going to play out, we're going to take that out of the equation."There's been speculation, because Hickman's work lends itself well cinematically, that this could be the way that they take he X-Men next.It could be. Hopefully, I'm still alive and the earth is still here when this happens because like I said, the Disney Marvel schedule of everything that is coming out, it's every three years they do one of these conferences and they're always like, "This is coming out, and this is coming out, and this is coming out." They did one today and Agatha Harkness has her own show, and they're continuing the X-Men animated versions. There's just so much coming out at this point, and if anyone's doing math and there should be two or three movies a year, we're pretty stacked until like 2025. Right?Yeah.Between all the sequels that are coming out, we are very, very busy until 2025. But I do want to see the X-Men because I feel like those are the characters that... I don't know. I just love them. I grew up reading them, I watched the television show all the time, and it'd just be nice to have them get the same kind of treatment that the Avengers have gotten.Yeah. They're fun. They're heady. The thing that's, I think a little cursed about it at times, is when Marvel was going out of business in the early '90s, the things that they sold were the things that were the most culturally significant, namely the X-Men, Spider-Man and Hulk. Those are some of the best stories. There's a really deep reservoir there, which is one reason that it was so attractive for acquisition. But that's also the exact same thing that's kept them off the board potentially for the next couple years.Yeah. It's also, let's say hypothetically, if Marvel still had the X-Men, I don't think you would ever see an Avengers movie. You would never see a Scarlet Witch miniseries, because it would fall in that pattern of, "Let's just keep really releasing X-Men movies." It's just like, "We'll keep releasing these trilogies to go around in a circle because they make a ton of money," right?Yeah. If you did have a Scarlet Witch miniseries, it would be a spinoff of your Magneto miniseries.Yeah. But it's also what forced Marvel to do this entire cinematic universe. People don't know that the... Casual fans don't know that the Avengers were basically the B team. They were such a B team.I'm not going to get into spoilers for Eternals, but I was watching the movie with a few friends and then one of them was just like, "Oh, who is this character?" who is revealed. It's like, "Oh, that's an F-list character and a D-list movie." What they're dealing with is remarkable. What they're getting out of it is great because again, Chloé Zhao is a really great director, but it is just wild that the X-Men are the A-team and have been the A-team since the '80s, and then by a twist of intellectual property ownership fate, all of a sudden they're on the sidelines.Yeah. If you look at the comic book sales from the '80s and '90s, you could have come out with a title that was like X-Grandmas, and it would be a top-10 bestseller because people could not get enough of The X-Men, and it's just, now we're getting Eternals and probably an Eternals spinoff before we get to see Storm and Professor X, and Emma Frost, and all my favorite characters just be goofy in the MCU.Yeah. The Avengers weren't even the B team. The B team was X-Force.Yes. We are being very generous to the Avengers when I was calling them the JV or B team. There was Excalibur, X-Factor, X-Force. I forgot X-Tremes probably. There was an X-Men Blue team, an X-Men Gold team. It was literally every X-comic was a top-10 in the '90s.Yeah. Well, and then here we are now.Hey, thank you so much for coming on. This has been really great. I love the story. I love your work in general. It's great to talk about X-Men with you for a few minutes, and thank you.Oh, let's do you. I want to know who your favorite X-Men character is.Good question. So I was introduced to them through the movies and I was like, "Oh yeah, this Pyro guy and this Iceman guy, they must be the big rivals in the comic," and then they're not. The answer is obviously Magneto. I think that Magneto is the greatest character ever made, and I think he makes a lot of valid points a lot of the time, and I think that it is just a really cool character. I know that he's not an X-Man technically, but—I mean, he is. In the new world, there are basically no X-Men, everyone's just a mutant.They domesticated my boy. He's a Brotherhood of Evil Mutant.You? Emma Frost, is that right?Emma Frost. Emma Frost was always right. If you look at every comic, Emma Frost is always right. The world would be a better place if we just put Emma Frost in charge. She'd be like, "You know what? We could have just completely sidestepped the decimation of the mutant race if you'd just listened to me."I think that we're both right. I think that Emma Frost was always right, but Magneto did make some valid points.Magneto makes all the points. I think especially now, when you think about the political climate and what Magneto says, you're just like, "You know what? Yes." The way things are going and what we've seen so far, I think the older you get, you're like, "Yeah. You know what? He was probably right about this."All right. So Alex, where can folks find you?You can find me on Vox, you can find me on Twitter but I'm usually just making dumb jokes. I think Twitter is kind of a hellscape for everyone, I think you should just be making jokes on Twitter and that should be it. I'm also Instagram but, that's just like really weird shirtless content. Yes, so Vox.com, find me on Twitter, and if you want to see shirtless content and you're a homo come visit my Instagram it's it's free for everyone.If you have anything you'd like to see in this Sunday special, shoot me an email. Comment below! Thanks for reading, and thanks so much for supporting Numlock.Thank you so much for becoming a paid subscriber! Send links to me on Twitter at @WaltHickey or email me with numbers, tips, or feedback at walt@numlock.news. Get full access to Numlock News at www.numlock.com/subscribe

In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Connor Goldsmith, literary agent and host of the Cerebro podcast, to talk films inside comic books inside famous film studios in Excalibur #27, “Reel People.” We talk through some common Excalibur themes, including sex and gender transformations, reality-warping, and self-reflexivity, and debate good and bad marriages—between Excalibur and Larry Hama's Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja, and between Barry Windsor-Smith's pencils and Bill Sienkiewicz's inks. Also—who alters Kurt's pants? Our panel of experts investigates.

Connor Goldsmith from the Cerebro podcast joins Rabbi Jess and Raviv to discuss the commonalities between studying the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Torah, what "retcons" are and their role in storytelling, and the ways in which the Mishna is like fan fiction from days of yore. Rabbi Jess discusses what the Jewish world can learn from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as the power of engaging with spaces we don't understand.

In this week's episode, we talk to comic book lover and host of Cerebro podcast Connor Goldsmith. We discuss how Connor got into comics, why he loves hosting Cerebro, and get into some hot goss about two of our favorite mutants: Madelyne Pryor and Emma Frost. Join us for big laughs, gender feels, and more!Follow Cerebro at @cerebrocast on Twitter!Follow Connor at @dreamoforgonon also on Twitter!

Marvel comics of 1989. X-Men Inferno! Burn baby burn! Connor Goldsmith can be found… @Cerebrocast @dreamoforgonon On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited): Inferno The X-Men bits! Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1989 Pt. 2 Inferno The tie-ins! You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book […] The post 1989 Pt. 1: X-Men Inferno w/ Connor Goldsmith! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Episode Notes This week Connor Goldsmith, host of CEREBRO joins us to talk about her excellence, Emma Grace Frost. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Black: Emma Frost New X-Men #33-36 (Mercury Falling) Emma Frost #1-6 (Higher Learning) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Don't know if you've heard, but Cordelia's visions from TPTB are *literally* killing her. So keeping that in mind, "That Vision Thing" finds a way to make that whole dilemma even worse -- and it's all Kal Penn's fault! (Though it is nice when Fred compares Cordelia to a dog and when Angel... compares Cordelia to a car. Look, you've gotta take the small victories sometimes.) Join LaToya Ferguson as she continues to embark on this journey as Angel on Top's new-and-nervous host, this week with the help of guest host Connor Goldsmith, possibly the only person who can challenge LaToya in terms of Angel nerd cred.LOCATE YOUR HOST, LATOYA FERGUSON, UPON THE INTERNET! Follow @lafergs on TwitterListen to LaToya's Vampire Diaries podcast: The AMPire DiariesRead An Encyclopedia of Women's Wrestling GUEST HOSTConnor Goldsmith: @dreamoforgonon; connorgoldsmith.comANGEL ON TOPAngel On Top: @angelontopcast on twitter and instagramSupport Angel On Top on Patreon: angelontop.comLearn more about us and our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com +++ Producers: LaToya Ferguson and Kristin RussoEditor: Kristin RussoMusic + Jingles: Jenny Owen YoungsLogo: Kristine Thune

Don't know if you've heard, but Cordelia's visions from TPTB are *literally* killing her. So keeping that in mind, "That Vision Thing" finds a way to make that whole dilemma even worse -- and it's all Kal Penn's fault! (Though it is nice when Fred compares Cordelia to a dog and when Angel... compares Cordelia to a car. Look, you've gotta take the small victories sometimes.) Join LaToya Ferguson as she continues to embark on this journey as Angel on Top's new-and-nervous host, this week with the help of guest host Connor Goldsmith, possibly the only person who can challenge LaToya in terms of Angel nerd cred. LOCATE YOUR HOST, LATOYA FERGUSON, UPON THE INTERNET! Follow @lafergs on Twitter Listen to LaToya's Vampire Diaries podcast: The AMPire Diaries Read A Encyclopedia on Women’s Wrestling GUEST HOST Connor Goldsmith: @dreamoforgonon; connorgoldsmith.com ANGEL ON TOP Angel On Top: @angelontopcast on twitter and instagram Support Angel On Top on Patreon: angelontop.com Learn more about us and our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com +++ Producers: LaToya Feguson and Kristin Russo Editor: Kristin Russo Music + Jingles: Jenny Owen Youngs Logo: Kristine Thune See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenn speaks with literary agent Connor Goldsmith (Fuse Literary) on his path to agenting from film casting, why publishing/agenting would make a bad reality show, and the financial realities of agenting and how privilege comes into play with stability in publishing.  [Transcription can be found on the Episodes page of the podcast Tumblr.]

I first heard Connor Goldsmith on my dear friend Lara Marie Schoenhals' podcast Babe? and immediately reached out to see if I could have him on here! He did NOT disappoint! We have a profound conversation on imposter syndrome, professional confidence and The Bachelor aka Straight Hell. Pre-order Connor's client Kristen Doute's book He's Making You Crazy now and follow him on Instagram at @dreamoforgonon! Follow me @whatthefaust and Confidential at @confidentialpod. If you like Confidential, please rate, subscribe and review babies! New episodes every Monday.

Literary agent Connor Goldsmith joins Lara to chat about Judaism, Brexit, bariatric surgery, feminist demons and more! For bonus episodes, visit patreon.com/babepodcast. You can follow Connor and Lara on Twitter and Instagram @dreamoforgonon and @larzmarie. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which Connor welcomes... Connor (Goldsmith), a literary agent who specializes in science fiction and fantasy. This is a very substantive chat and you won't want to miss it

I'm joined by Connor Goldsmith, a senior literary agent at Fuse Literary who has never read Moby-Dick, to discuss chapter 2, "The Carpet-Bag." We talk about Vanderpump Rules, Judaism, the northeast wind known as Euroclydon, and how the word "podcast" is kind of a whale pun.Theme song by Noam Hassenfeld.

Prudence is joined this week by Grace Lavery, an Associate Professor in the Department of English at UC Berkeley, who occasionally feels like she has an alien in her throat.  Prudie and Lavery go back and look at some of the many memorable letters of 2019 that were addressed with the help of Francesca Fiorentini, Justine D’Souza, Connor Goldsmith, Helen Rosner, Clementine Ford, Nichole Perkins, Bim Adewunmi, and Alexandra Petri. Prudie and company tackle letters about if you should tell your friend that her porn and weed addicted fiancé might not be “the one”, what to consider about hanging on your secret that you gave away your boyfriend’s dog, what to do when a DNA kit reveals you married your first cousin, what to do when a member of your fine dining club can no longer afford to pay, but insists on coming anyway, what to know when you keep having dreams about your ex-boyfriend even though you will never be together again in reality, what to do with a boyfriend who spontaneously masturbates while you’re laid out sick, and how to process your anger over a friend who worked on her laptop during your wedding vows. Slate Plus members get an additional mini-episode of Dear Prudence every Friday. Sign up now to listen.  Email: prudence@slate.com  Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prudence is joined this week by Grace Lavery, an Associate Professor in the Department of English at UC Berkeley, who occasionally feels like she has an alien in her throat.  Prudie and Lavery go back and look at some of the many memorable letters of 2019 that were addressed with the help of Francesca Fiorentini, Justine D’Souza, Connor Goldsmith, Helen Rosner, Clementine Ford, Nichole Perkins, Bim Adewunmi, and Alexandra Petri. Prudie and company tackle letters about if you should tell your friend that her porn and weed addicted fiancé might not be “the one”, what to consider about hanging on your secret that you gave away your boyfriend’s dog, what to do when a DNA kit reveals you married your first cousin, what to do when a member of your fine dining club can no longer afford to pay, but insists on coming anyway, what to know when you keep having dreams about your ex-boyfriend even though you will never be together again in reality, what to do with a boyfriend who spontaneously masturbates while you’re laid out sick, and how to process your anger over a friend who worked on her laptop during your wedding vows. Slate Plus members get an additional mini-episode of Dear Prudence every Friday. Sign up now to listen.  Email: prudence@slate.com  Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prudence is joined this week by Connor Goldsmith, a literary agent at Fuse Literary, specializing in sci-fi/fantasy fiction and a variety of nonfiction subjects. Together they tackle letters about what to consider when a DNA kit reveals you married your first cousin, what actions to take when you want to see a sister who’s living with parents who exiled you for being gay, how to know if you’re ready to open up a ten year relationship to polyamory, what to consider when your friend with ADHD never returns the support you’ve given him, what to consider before reaching out to a biological sibling you’ve never met. Slate Plus members will hear Prudie and Goldsmith discuss a letter writer who is wondering how to handle accidentally buying a home one block away from a horrible ex, and how to handle a husband who is not at all gracious when your parents give him gifts. Sign up at Slate.com/PrudiePod. Email: prudencepodcast@gmail.com Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prudence is joined this week by Connor Goldsmith, a literary agent at Fuse Literary, specializing in sci-fi/fantasy fiction and a variety of nonfiction subjects. Together they tackle letters about what to consider when a DNA kit reveals you married your first cousin, what actions to take when you want to see a sister who’s living with parents who exiled you for being gay, how to know if you’re ready to open up a ten year relationship to polyamory, what to consider when your friend with ADHD never returns the support you’ve given him, what to consider before reaching out to a biological sibling you’ve never met. Slate Plus members will hear Prudie and Goldsmith discuss a letter writer who is wondering how to handle accidentally buying a home one block away from a horrible ex, and how to handle a husband who is not at all gracious when your parents give him gifts. Sign up at Slate.com/PrudiePod. Email: prudencepodcast@gmail.com Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 60th episode, hosts Ian Carlos Crawford and Mathew Rodriguez discuss the Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4 episode “Restless" with special guests Connor Goldsmith and JE Reich. Don't forget to like Slayerfest 98 on Facebook(www.facebook.com/Slayerfestx98/), follow us on Twitter(twitter.com/slayerfestx98), and subscribe/rate us on iTunes! New episodes come out every Tuesday (the same day Buffy aired), so see you all back here next week!

The latest episode is the second half of a live panel held at BookCourt on June 27th called "The Realities of Publishing." Panelists included previous MiP guests Diana Pho and Ebony LaDelle, as well as Stephanie Jimenez, Todd Hunter, and Connor Goldsmith speaking to their positions in publishing, how they got where they are, and tips for new applicants seeking to gain entry into the industry.

The latest episode is the first half of a live panel held at BookCourt on June 27th called "The Realities of Publishing." Panelists included previous MiP guests Diana Pho and Ebony LaDelle, as well as Stephanie Jimenez, Todd Hunter, and Connor Goldsmith speaking to their positions in publishing and what relationships they have with authors in helping their book come to fruition. 

In which Jen, Bridget, and special guest Connor Goldsmith of Fuse Literary talk Captain America: Civil War, romance novelist pseudonyms, and the Best Vegas Story of All Time. 

Chad and his friends Sara Century and Connor Goldsmith talk to the legendary writer J.M. DeMatteis about his incredible career, focusing on his work with the New Defenders, a team of complicated dual-natured misfits (like Gargoyle, Devil-Slayer, and the Son of Satan) and characters who would go on to become queer icons (like Valkyrie, Moondragon, Iceman, and Cloud!) Plus, Kraven's Last Stand! The Spectre! And so much more!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In 1970, Jerry Siegel wrote a 3-part Angel story that was reprinted in a few issues of Ka-Zar and then Marvel Tales! This episode, we review the first part of this story, which features Angel, Candy Southern, and the evil Dazzler! But first, Caroline Bird joins Chad in interviewing Connor Goldsmith about his incredible podcast, Cerebro, and his journey up until now! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Double episode day, two Magneto stories from Classic X-Men by Chris Claremont! First, the tragic story of Magda and Anya from Classic X-Men 12, featuring Sabir Pirzada (of Ms. Marvel: New Mutant and Cult of Carnage: Misery) and Connor Goldsmith! Then it's Magneto, Nazi hunter from Classic X-Men 19, featuring Maureen Burdock (of Queen of Snails), Seth Martel (the Mare), and Kendra Boileau (of Graphic Mundi!)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, Chad is joined by the infamous writer/editor Ann Nocenti and the incredible Connor Goldsmith from Cerebro! We talk all about Ann's legendary run on Daredevil, focusing on the mutant stories that she told there, then discuss her time as X-Men editor, focusing on Longshot! After that, we review Avengers #49, called Mine is the Power, which features Magneto storming the United Nations for the first time and demanding a mutant country! Plus, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch leave the Avengers and rejoin the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

It's Xmas in July! X-Men #48, back in 1968, ended with a promise that Beast and Iceman would fight Metoxo the Lava Man the very next issue, but it never happened... until 1994, when Kurt Busiek told the story of this Xmas tale from years before. Join Chad and returning guests Connor Goldsmith (of Cerebro!) and Sara Century (of Bitches on Comics!) as they interview the wonderful Marvel Comics editor Annalise Bissa! Tons of nerdy X-Men goodness from all corners of the X-universe, and then classic Beast and Iceman in both the 60s and 90s! And some fine X-Men poetry to finish it off! (This episode is a blast).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

And also featuring Connor Goldsmith (from the transformative podcast, CerebroCast)! With returning guest host Noelle Reed (of X-Men Unraveled)! Chad and Noelle and Steve and Connor have an absolute blast talking obscure characters and deep dives into X-Men history, then we talk about Marauders and what makes the X-Men line so damn special. Finally, we review X-Men #34, War... in a World of Darkness, from July, 1967! Professor X has been kidnapped, but the X-Men are caught in between two 30-foot robots, Mole Man, and Cobalt Man in an underground world! Plus, the man with the GAYEST costume ever, Tyrannus! And the only appearance of Jean's college roommate Carole ever!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy