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Get access to hundreds bonus episodes like this when they release by subscribing at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionOriginally Published 06/11/21On today's episode of The Alan Moore Podcast Jack and Leslie discuss Miracleman with Trevor Beaulieu of Champagne Sharks and Elana Levin of Graphic Policy Radio.https://graphicpolicy.com/ https://www.patreon.com/champagnesharks Opening clip: Alan Moore: The American Superhero Genre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ND5RN0CRhATheme song: Chaos Theory - Ava LowClosing: Alan Moore and Tim Perkins - Ignis No. 1 With a BulletProduced by Ted Reidy (tedreidy10@gmail.com)Support the show by subscribing: http://patreon.com/strugglesession | https://strugglesession.supercast.com/Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestrugglesessionCheck out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@StruggleSessionpodcastSend an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com Keep up with and contact Leslie : https://msha.ke/lleeiiiStruggle Session Theme by Brendan James: https://thegreatvorelli.bandcamp.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

Listen 'bub, we've got a special episode for all the mutant lovers! Leslie and special guest Elana Levin pop their claws and rip into the X-Men '97.We discuss what made the reboot and the original X-Men cartoon series some of the best comic book adaptions.This is part of a crossover with Graphic Policy Radio where Leslie and Elana discussed Batman: Caped Crusader. Be sure to check that out!Guest Links: https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/Visit our website at http://sesh.showSupport the show by subscribing: http://patreon.com/strugglesession | https://strugglesession.supercast.com/Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestrugglesessionCheck out our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@StruggleSessionpodcastSend an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com Keep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiiiStruggle Session Theme by Brendan James: https://thegreatvorelli.bandcamp.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

When we were younger so much younger than today, we never needed anybody's help in any way. Sorry about the long break, but we're back with extra special guests! Elana Levin of Graphic Policy Radio graces us with their encyclopedic knowledge of classic rock and The Beatles as well as Brooke's daughter Pru, who is named after a Beatles song! We discuss the good and bad of the movie- madcap bits! (good!) racism! (bad!!) Sad boi John Lennon, The Beatles tax haven vacation in the Bahamas, Richard Lester's other movies, and more! Enjoy-- next up the Magical Mystery Tour is coming to take you away!

Elana Levin from Graphic Policy Radio returns to the show for a deep dive into the second wave of Ska music, a brief but influential era when black and white UK musicians fused Jamaican dance music of the sixties into punk and new wave music of the seventies to create a sound that would further revolutionize American popular music in the nineties. The modern ska genre gets made fun of a lot (mozzarella sticks, anyone?) but Elana will have you know that ska music is not a joke. In an 18-month period, 2 Tone Records, an indie label founded by the keyboardist from The Specials, Jerry Dammers, took over the UK pop charts with major distribution support from Chrysalis Records. In the wake of the election of Margaret Thatcher and the rise of white nationalists taking advantage of national economic malaise, a musical rebuke of these trends came from bands in the town of Coventry, offering alternative visions of racial harmony and anti-fascist songs you could dance to. The 1981 concert documentary Dance Craze, recently restored, captures the 2 Tone bands performing in their prime. We discuss the evolution of ska, pay tribute to some of the top groups of the Second Wave Ska era including The Selecter, Madness, Bad Manners and The Specials and bid farewell to their lead singer the late great Terry Hall, whose passing last year inspired this episode. Become a patron of the podcast to access to exclusive episodes every month. Over 30% of Junk Filter episodes are exclusively available to patrons. To support this show directly for only $5.00 a month (U.S.) please subscribe at  ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter Follow Elana Levin on Twitter and check out their podcasts Graphic Policy Radio and Deep Space Dive! Elana's “2nd Wave Ska” Spotify playlist  BBC Arena segment from 1980 on 2 Tone Records and the new ska scene coming out of Coventry. Madness-inspired Colgate advert from the UK, 1982 Re-release trailer for Dance Craze (Joe Massot, 1981) The Selecter - On My Radio, from BBC's Top of the Pops, 1979 The Beat - Stand Down Margaret, from ITV's O.T.T., 1982 The Specials music videos Gangsters (1979) Ghost Town (1981) Free Nelson Mandela (1984)

Jadzia Dax is a woman in science, a member of a structurally gender fluid species, and a batleth swinging badass. She has one of the best coming out as trans scenes. She's lived many lives and she's the emotional glue that holds the crew together. Dax is a beloved Star Trek Deep Space Nine character and she shares a name (and more) with a fanastic writer who joins as our guest: Jadzia Axelrod is the GLAAD award nominated comics writer of Galaxy: The Prettiest Star and Hawkgirl for DC Comics. She's the writer ofThe DC Book of Pride for DK, as well as The Battle of Blood and Ink for Tor. Obviously we needed to have Jadzia on to talk about Jadzia. You can listen to Jadzia talk about Galaxy and Hawkgirl on Graphic Policy Radio here: https://graphicpolicy.com/2023/02/21/creator-jadzia-axelrod-on-galaxy-the-prettiest-star-for-dc-comics Follow Jadzia here https://www.jaredaxelrod.com/ and as PlanetX on the socials https://twitter.com/planetx     

"Power doesn't shatter on impact with journalism," - Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Spencer Ackerman. Ackerman returns to talk about the thrilling conclusion of his DC comics debut, Waller Vs. Wildstorm, the role of journalism in social movements, blogging antiwar protests, why Tim Drake is the best Robin, and share some of his favorite Wildstorm comics.  For a spoiler-free introduction to the Waller Vs. Wildstorm miniseries, listen to our conversation back in March https://bit.ly/WallerVs.  Waller Vs. Wildstorm is Spencer's DC Comics Black Label mini series with co-writer Evan Narcisse, artist Jesús Merino, and color artist Michael Atiyeh. It's jawdroppingly good, even if you don't know Wildstorm. It's full of politics, espionage and Deathstroke on a jetski. This is an extremely Graphic Policy Radio series... Keep up with Spencers Journalism at https://foreverwars.ghost.io/  Spencer Ackerman is a Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award winning national security reporter and a new columnist for The Nation. His book, REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA AND PRODUCED TRUMP, won an American Book Award and was rated a 2021 book of the year by the Washington Post, the New York Times and the PBS NewsHour.

Like the bodacious ‘dos from which the sound gets its name, “hair metal” can be a hard genre to pin down! Luckily, we've got writer/podcaster/critic/organizer and hair metal fan Elana Levin to run through two genre classics to help set some things straight! Matt and Elana cover Def Leppard's “Hysteria” (the one with “Pour Some Sugar On Me” on it) and “Long Cold Winter” by Cinderella (one of the bands featured in HBO's Peacemaker TV series). In this episode, they chat about what makes hair metal so special and popular, what role Peacemaker played in popularizing some under-heard hair metal bangers, and why neither of them like “Pour Some Sugar On Me” very much. Follow Elana on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn/ Listen to Elana's podcast, Graphic Policy Radio, at https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/ or wherever you get podcasts Junk Filter Podcast: Hair Metal with Elana Levin https://anchor.fm/jesse-hawken/episodes/107-Hair-Metal-with-Elana-Levin-e1p26dv “There's No Wrong Time To Rock: A Peacemaker-Inspired Playlist” by Elana Levin https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2022/02/theres-no-wrong-time-to-rock-a-peacemaker-inspired-playlist/ The playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3qfBE3suas4Hggga4asQZW?si=GLBR0LmjQr6fySX6AjbxNA   “Tom Keifer talks the Blues, Cinderella and the Music Industry” - American Blues Scene https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2014/03/tom-keifer-talks-the-blues-cinderella-and-the-music-industry/ “Notes on Camp: on David Lee Roth” https://medium.com/@Elana_Levin/notes-on-camp-on-david-lee-roth-ad286df3cd10 We'd love it if you'd rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community's favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Def Leppard & Cinderella with Elana Levin 0:51 - A bit about hair metal as a genre 11:01 - Cinderella - "Long Cold Winter" 14:33 - Gypsy Road 20:43 - The Last Mile 23:56 - Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) 30:00 - Coming Home 32:46 - Fire and Ice 34:34 - Second Wind 37:07 - Bad Seamstress Blues / Fallin' Apart 42:22 - Def Leppard - “Hysteria” 49:53 - Animal 55:35 - Gods of War 1:01:04 - Rocket 1:08:18 - Women 1:12:39 - Pour Some Sugar On Me 1:17:16 - Hysteria 1:20:40 - Love Bites 1:23:44 - Run Riot 1:26:18 - Community Questions 1:48:11 - Alvvays - “Archie, Marry Me” (suggested by MinnMax supporter Bob Buel)

Few genres of music are as critically maligned as the Hair Metal genre, also known as Glam Metal, a term invented to distinguish “Legitimate Heavy Metal” from the poppier and more ridiculous guitar rock performed by men with big hair who wore “feminine” makeup and accessories and performed power ballads. The music writer and podcaster Elana Levin joins the show from Brooklyn to discuss the lineage of Hair Metal, how it functions as camp, the importance of pop music as an influence on the sound, the controversial content that earned the wrath of the censorious PMRC in the eighties, and spotlight some of the best bands and songs from the era that deserve more attention (Cinderella, Ratt, Kix and Faster Pussycat.) And we explore how the sound of eighties Hair Metal influenced adult contemporary and country music in the nineties. Sign up for the Junk Filter Patreon to support the show directly and access dozens of bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter Follow Elana Levin on Twitter and check out their podcasts Graphic Policy Radio and Deep Space Dive! Elana's essay “Notes on Camp: David Lee Roth” Elana's appearance on the Is It Camp? podcast to talk about David Lee Roth and Van Halen "There's No Wrong Time To Rock: A Peacemaker-Inspired Playlist" by Elana Levin for Women Write About Comics Cinderella's local commercial for Pat's Chili Dogs, 1983 Kix - Cool Kids, 1983 Ratt - Round and Round, 1984 Motley Crüe - Too Young To Fall In Love, 1984

Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Jack and Leslie are joined by Elana Levin of Graphic Policy Radio to discuss Netflix's long-awaited adaption of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. Does it do the classic fantasy-horror comic justice? Is it goth enough? We answer within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elana Levin is the host of the outstanding Graphic Policy Radio podcast, which talks about comics, genre movies and television all through the lens of politics and social change. Bryan recently guested on a roundtable tribute to the great Neal Adams and didn't mention Expanding Earth Theory even once.For an additional 40 minutes of this episode, including Doctor Doom's invasion of Wakanda in Astonishing Tales #7 and rapid-fire summaries of eight more stories from May 1971, support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth. Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 40 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:"A Day In the Life of --" - Amazing Spider-Man #99, written by Stan Lee, art by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia, ©1971 Marvel Comics"They Shoot Hulks, Don't They?" - Incredible Hulk #142, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe and John Severin, ©1971 Marvel Comics "Marvel by the Month" theme v. 3.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen. All incidental music by Robb Milne.Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonthand Twitter at @MarvelBTM, and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.Much of our historical context information comes from Wikipedia. Please join us in supporting them at wikimediafoundation.org. And many thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics, an invaluable resource for release dates and issue information.

This week we're breaking the first two rules and talking about Fight Club with the amazing veteran podcaster Elana Levin. Raz was getting over COVID so their voice is a little rough, but we had a great time talking about this classic movie, which actually has some decent lessons for organizing. And a lot of very powerful anti-lessons too. We got into the queerness of this film (happy Pride Month!), how it's been embraced by the manosphere and evangelical Christians, how to keep your movement from turning into a death cult, and Brad Pitt's power over straight men (we even got Elana's husband, a certified Straight Man, to weigh in on the latter). Elana's podcast is Graphic Policy Radio. You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thelcapod. Things we mention in this episode: Vice Article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/paeg89/how-fight-club-became-the-ultimate-handbook-for-mens-rights-activists Evangelical fight clubs: https://mensfight.club/  Elana's tweet: https://twitter.com/elana_brooklyn/status/1218562941982773249 Lit Hub article: https://lithub.com/everyone-misunderstands-the-point-of-fight-club/ Barbara Kruger piece: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/intricate-rituals This episode was produced by Raz Pollex and edited by Ross West. 

Elana Levin is the host of the Graphic Policy Radio podcast, where they talk about about comics, genre movies and television through the lens of politics and social change. They've written about Jack Kirby for The Daily Beast and talked about him on SyFy and Jack Kirby Museum livestreams, so you can imagine how excited we were to be able to have them join us!Contribute to our Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our bonus feed, which contains an extended version of this episode with nearly 20 minutes of additional content, including our discussions of X-Men #59 and Captain Marvel #16.Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:"The Skrull Takes a Slave!" - Fantastic Four #90, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics"This World Renounced!" - Thor #167, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Vince Colletta, ©1969 Marvel Comics"The Coming of... the Falcon!" - Captain America #117, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff' Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.Much of our historical context information comes from Wikipedia. Please join us in supporting them at wikimediafoundation.org.

This week we enter the world of face melters, sick beards, and rock gods as we strive to become the greatest metal bands the world has ever seen. We are also joined by two incredible metalhead guests, Elana and John, who take Mike and April-Lyn to school on the ins and outs of metal culture. Umlaut: Game of Metal is made by Rich Stokes and is available on DriveThruRPG (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/79824/Umlaut-Game-of-Metal). Elana is the host of Graphic Policy Radio (blogtalkradio.com/graphicpolicy) and can be found on Twitter @Elana_Brooklyn. John is part of Comix Connection (comixconnection.com) and can be found on Twitter and Instagram @QuasarSniffer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/one-shot-test-kitchen/support

Support the show and the full Alan Moore series here: http://sesh.plus | http://patreon.com/strugglesession | http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode of The Alan Moore Podcast Jack and Leslie discuss Miracleman with Trevor Beaulieu of Champagne Sharks and Elana Levin of Graphic Policy Radio. https://graphicpolicy.com/  https://www.patreon.com/champagnesharks  Opening clip: Alan Moore: The American Superhero Genre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ND5RN0CRhATheme song: Chaos Theory - Ava LowClosing: Alan Moore and Tim Perkins - Ignis No. 1 With a Bullet Produced by Ted Reidy (tedreidy10@gmail.com) ★ Support this podcast ★ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"The gang go to the therapist" is a concept we've seen several times in comics over the year - but Suicide Squad #8 may well have been the first time that readers got to sit on the couch. Special guest Elana Levin joins Matt this week to take a closer look into the psyche of these rag-tag villains!   Elana Levin is a critic and podcaster who is best known as the host of Graphic Policy Radio. For more, you can find them on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

X-Pert podcaster Jay Edidin wrote his 1st Marvel comic X-Men: Marvels Snapshots, and I love it! So of course I had him on my show to talk about the obvious topics like DC Comics, Victorian Literature, and Fun Home. And yes, of course, his take on Cyclops in this highly personal yet accessible comic. You can hear Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-men at https://www.xplainthexmen.com/ and read his tweets at https://twitter.com/NotLasers.  He's been on Graphic Policy Radio before to talk about stopping harassment and abuse in the comics industry: https://bit.ly/cmxjustice and Punisher Season 2, http://bit.ly/Punish2 

DS9 is the Star Trek with the greatest focus on political concepts like colonialism, feminism, queerness and post-scarcity economics. Join hosts and guests who aren’t just Trekkies but activists, academics, artists, therapists and more as we do a deep dive into the text and subtext where few Star Trek podcasts have gone before.  We're discussing Deep Space Nine’s themes and characters-- not doing recaps. Also: spoilers.  Co-Hosts:  Elana Levin, also the host of Graphic Policy Radio, has worked at the intersection of comics, nerd culture and social change for over a decade. Biggest Trek cred? Giving a speech on fan activism at a rally organized by Leeta/Chase Masterson.  When not getting paid to use math to save the world, Sarah Daniel Rasher writes about film and figure skating. They were the founding Captain of their high school Star Trek club and once got Nicole De Boer to kiss them at a convention. Episode 1:  Garak: All The Boys Think He’s a Spy Is he a spy? Is he evil? Is he dating Bashir? One thing’s for sure, he’s everyone’s favorite character.  

Los Bros Flentallo are joined by Organizing 2.0 and Graphic Policy Radio's Elana Levin (@Elana_Brooklyn) to talk about The Aspirational Leftist Hero Green Arrow. Specifically we are talking about the 1987 Mike Grell classic Green Arrow: Longbow Hunters.

Gun Barrel: a miniseries on modern James Bond begins here. Clinton Hallahan from the Alberta Advantage podcast joins me to discuss Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale. How has James Bond transformed after 9/11? The threats he fights range from terrorism to financial malfeasance to getting too horny to finish the mission. We discuss what works about the film, how it reflects post-9/11 cinema, and its legacy. Part Two of this series will cover GoldenEye on the Patron feed. Part Three will revisit Daniel Craig’s next outing: Quantum of Solace. That will be available next week on this free feed. Additional materials:Listen to the Graphic Policy Radio episode referenced here. Check out the Alberta Advantage newsletter Listen to Alberta Advantage. Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month.

Josh is joined once again by Jon Laubinger of the Film Baby Film podcast for “The Return of Art House Horror” – a conversation about horror films that can only be found on the Criterion Channel. Plus, Elana Levin, host of Graphic Policy Radio and frequent contributor to Wrong Reel, stops by to uncover some hidden gems in the recent ’70s horror bundle.

Josh is joined once again by Jon Laubinger of the Film Baby Film podcast for “The Return of Art House Horror” – a conversation about horror films that can only be found on the Criterion Channel. Plus, Elana Levin, host of Graphic Policy Radio and frequent contributor to Wrong Reel, stops by to uncover some … Continue reading "Criterion Channel Surfing, Episode 30: The Return of Art-House Horror" The post Criterion Channel Surfing, Episode 30: The Return of Art-House Horror appeared first on Cinema Cocktail.

"I’m so thankful that my job is to sell people art." - John Arminio, Comix Connection. Guest John Arminio shares what it is like working at a comics store during this unprecidented time and how fans can support comics retail staff. Plus he makes some great suggestions of comics to buy. John is a long-time comic book devotee and retailer who peddles his wares at Comix Connection in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Along with comics, another of his great passions is film, and you can hear him discuss that artistic medium on recent episodes of the podcasts Hellbent for Horror, Film '89, and 26 Movies from Hell. John has joined Graphic Policy Radio before to talk about: Doom Patrol http://bit.ly/DoomPatrolgp Secret Six http://bit.ly/Secret6fix  The Best Comics of 2019 http://bit.ly/2019comics Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/QuasarSniffer  Visit the Comix Connection here: https://www.facebook.com/comix.connection/  

Elana Levin joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career from putting together Organizing 2.0, a volunteer run event offering training in online organizing, digital strategy and online tools, to her role at New Media Mentors, helping nonprofits expand their reach online, to her podcast Graphic Policy Radio.

This week we welcome guest Elana Levin from the Graphic Policy Radio Podcast who kneels before Zod to watch Superman II for the first time.  Join us as we talk about the differences between the Richard Donner and Richard Lester cuts of the film, rave about the brilliance of Margot Kidder and Christopher Reeve, discover the weird way Marlon Brando almost played Jor-El and much more. Plus, Elana has some picks for Superman comics you need to read.  Follow Elana on Twitter and check out the latest Graphic Policy Radio episodes on Birds of Prey, Watchmen and more.  Listen to Elana's interview with Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen artist Steve Lieber.  Watch the Superman screen tests here.  Like Movies My Friends Have Never Seen on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Listen to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and Stitcher. Or paste the RSS feed into the preferred podcast player of your choice to get new episodes when they're released.  This episode features an ad for the Apocalypse...Now? podcast hosted by Jo Anna Van Thuyne. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts and other outlets.   

Our roundtable of historians, cultural critics and comics bloggers came together for a Martin Luther King Day episode 5 years ago. The world of X-Men and criticism has changed since but our panelists rocked and listeners loved it. So we brought this Classic episode out of the archives. Our guests:  Steve Attewell: He is the founder and writer of Race for the Iron Throne and writes People’s History of the Marvel Universe for Graphic Policy. https://twitter.com/StevenAttewellDavid Brothers – David works for a comics publisher, blogs about stuff at 4thletter.net, & tweets about everything at @hermanos. Find his life story at iamdavidbrothers.com.Gene Demby – Gene Demby is an American writer and journalist & the lead blogger for NPR’s Code Switch team.Véronique Emma Houxbois  writes Transmyscira column for Comicosity and hosts Read From the Rafters on YouTube as her drag persona Judith Slays. Named one of SyFy's Most Influential Women in Genre 2017. @emmahouxboisKendra James – Is a writer and the Managing Editor of StarTrek.com. https://twitter.com/KendraJames_and me, Elana Levin, host of Graphic Policy Radio https://twitter.com/elana_brooklyn

  Things get Freudian, Jungian and John Carpenter-ian in the penultimate episode of Venture Bros Season 7. Join @Elana_Brooklyn and @StevenAttewell on a journey up the Hudson River to a real life secret island castle and meet the Villian With 1,000 References. We play Myth Busters about such topics as lawn darts and “chelation”. So listen to the podcast here, on Graphic Policy Radio’s iTunes  or find all of our Venture Bros episodes on this playlist. PS: Here’s the short story sequel to The Thing I recommended: Sam J Miller’s Things With Beards. Here’s the music video of Cult of Personality.  

Come for the long game Venture Bros. lore, stay for the explanation of Curtis Sliwa & the Guardian Angels. Which far fetched as it sounds, is a real thing. Our podcast examines the themes of The Venture Bros show and all of its cultural and historical references. In this episode Steven Attewell and Elana Levin draw on their knowledge of NY, pop culture and discuss significant themes this season. Listen here, or on Graphic Policy Radio’s iTunes  or find all of our Venture Bros episodes on this playlist. PS Elana is on two panels at NY Comic Con: New York TimesOUT presents LGBTQ in Pop Culture and Old Classic, New Voices: Diverse Creators Rate the Comics Canon both on Saturday Oct 6th.   

This week’s episode, The Unicorn in Captivity is a perfect illustration of why we do this podcast: it is rich with Christ symbolism and Kubrick references. The episode is named after and significantly features one of a series of High Renaissance unicorn tapestries I just so happen to have studied, set in NY’s none-more-goth museum, The Cloisters. This is the Venture Bros. podcast for people who want to dig into the narrative parallels between our two unicorns; Rusty Venture and The Monarch as well as the symbolism, the history and philosophical questions raised by the hit Adult Swim cartoon. Steven Attewell examines the episodes’ commentary on sci-fi genre paradoxes via Warren Ellis and Fantastic Four comics. And OSI is no longer just a spoof of GI Joe, it’s a critique of the military industrial complex. So join us! Here or on Graphic Policy Radio’s iTunes  or find all of our Venture Bros episodes on this playlist (plus Episode 6 which is here). And comment or tweet me here https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn if you have thoughts about this week’s format. We went long this week. I promise you it’s worth it.

San Diego Comic Con is an economy in itself. This is the US's biggest pop culture convention and it has massive implications not just in nerd friendly TV, Movies and oh yeah, comics -- but also in politics. Get the Graphic Policy Radio style scoop on the convention on our site and also from this week's guest and resident San Diegan: Arturo R. Garcia has worked as a journalist across the media spectrum - newspapers, television news and now as a reporter and fact-checker for Snopes.com. For the past two years he's also been one of two correspondents for Rolling Stone covering San Diego Comic-Con. His work has also appeared at The Raw Story, Racialicious, The Guardian, and Alternet. He has followed a multitude of superhero media fandoms and there is a Rocky Horror Picture Show convention named after him.

DC Comics is revisiting Jack Kirby's Masterpiece, the Fourth World in a new Mister Miracle miniseries wirtten by Tom King and art by Mitch Gerads. It's being called the best comic of the year and a worthy tribute to one of The King of Comic's most personal works. Graphic Policy Radio is going into a deep dive discussing the first seven issues with two guest critics, Meg Downey and Anthony Otero. Meg Downey is a freelance comics journalist and historian who focuses on superheroes and fandom. You can find her work at CBR, Gamespot Universe, and http://DCComics.com. Anthony Otero is a two time novelist and a recent contributor to The Puerto Rico Strong Anthology. He is also the newest member of the BlackComicsChat podcast.

Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the diversity that exists within that concept, from today's most exciting Puerto Rican comics creators. All profits will go to towards Disaster Relief and Recovery Programs to Support Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Strong is available in comic shops:,March 14, 2018 and bookstores March 27th. Pre-orders are still open via Amazon, and the anthology will be available digitally as well as in the UK. Joining us on Graphic Policy Radio to discuss this exciting comic anthology is two of the individuals behind it, Marco Lopez and Desiree Rodriguez. Marco Lopez is the creator of the webcomics Massively Effective A Shot of Whiskey and Orion's Belt. Which lead to his working with Lion Forge Comics and Zenescope Entertainment. He recently returned (briefly) to Lion Forge bringing them Puerto Rico Strong and in the coming months, he will be working with a couple of indie comic publishers on a variety of projects. Desiree Rodriguez is a pop culture critic who has written for Women Write About Comics, The Nerds of Color, and has covered various topics on race, Latinx identity, and sexuality. In her spare time she is one of the co-hosts for the DC TV Classics podcast. Desiree currently works for Lion Forge Comics as an Editorial Assistant.

Christina Strain is the writer of the new Generation X series for Marvel Comics as well as a staff writer for The Magicians which airs on SyFy. She joins the Graphic Policy Radio crew to talk her career, merry mutants, and more! Strain was born and raised right outside an Army base in Seoul, South Korea where she devoured comics and manga as good nerds do. She began her career as a colorist working at Cross Gen & later on Marvel’s beloved series Runaways. At 32, Christina retired from coloring to go the American Film Institute for a degree in screen writing and at 34, she landed a staff writing job on Season 2 of Syfy’s THE MAGICIANS. And she’s been there ever since!

Black Panther is dominating movie theaters with a record setting debut, the best for any movie released in February, and the second best opening for a film that's a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The movie is receiving praise form critics, comic fans, and average viewers alike, combining action with deep themes that create a thought-provoking adventure. Graphic Policy Radio is joined by two guests to discuss the film, Clarkisha Kent and returning guest Charles Pulliam Moore. Clarkisha Kent is a Nigerian-American, bisexual blerd, a snark mage and a culture critic. She has written for The Root, The Establishment, BET, Into, and, based on her superhero persona, her nemeses include Lena Dunham, Frank Grillo, and Taylor Swift. https://twitter.com/IWriteAllDay_ Charles Pulliam Moore is a staff writer at io9 where he covers comics and genre culture with a focus on race, representation and queer identity. https://twitter.com/CharlesPulliam

Heavens to Murgatroyd! The classic Hanna-Barbera character Snagglepuss as a closeted gay Southern playwright being investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee!? That's the concept of the new comic series, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles written by Mark Russell with art by Mike Feehan and being published by DC Comics. The first issue felt revolutionary gaining buzz and praise from critics and readers alike with the second issue coming to shelves February 7th. Writer Mark Russell joins Graphic Policy Radio to talk about the new comic series that has everyone talking. Mark Russell (THE FLINTSTONES, EXIT STAGE LEFT: THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES) is a satirist who isn’t afraid to go to very serious places. His stories take on Trumpism, bullying, war, genocide, historical amnesia and more. His work was featured on Forbes, Slate Magazine and Paste Magazine’s best graphic novel lists in 2017. @Manruss

Abbott is about a female journalist of color in 1970s Detroit named Elena Abbott who investigates a series of grisly crimes the police have ignored—crimes she recognizes to be the work of a dark magical force—the same force that murdered her husband 10 years ago. As she looks for clues, Abbott puts herself in the crosshairs of a mysterious power out for more blood, all the while navigating a harsh social environment that’s structured to protect the powerful, and prevent access to change. Published by BOOM! Studios, Abbott is written by Saladin Ahmed with art by Sami Kivelä. Saladin Ahmed joins Graphic Policy Radio this Monday to discuss this series and more! Saladin Ahmed is the author of the Hugo and Nebula-nominated Throne of the Crescent Moon, praised by George RR Martin as 'a rollicking swashbuckler.' His essays, poetry, and fiction have appeared in The New York Times, Salon, the Boston Globe, Slate, NPR, and BuzzFeed. He is currently writing Black Bolt and Exiles for Marvel Comics and Abbott for BOOM! Studios. Listen in this Monday and Tweet us your questions @graphicpolicy.  

The comics team at graphicpolicy.com join us for a roundtable discussion about our favorite comics of 2017 and what's on the horizon for 2018. From indie comics to webcomics to superheroes and beyond, listen in and find something to pick up at your comic store today. 2017 saw highs and lows for comics and we'll be discussing that and more. The best Marvel comics? The best DC comics? Image? Dark Horse? BOOM!? IDW? Lion Forge? Manga? And more! 2017 saw lots of comics both mainstream and indie released and we'll be covering it all. Find out what we enjoyed reading the most and what you should pick up now and put on your pull list for a great 2018 comic and graphic novel reading list. What were your favorite? Tweet at us and let us know what you enjoyed the most? Tweet us @graphicpolicy

We're back!  After a break for the month of December, we're back this Sunday with a brand new episode of Graphic Policy Radio. Up this week is a review of last year.  Brett posted his best of list, lets see what everyone else thinks. We're also talking about the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act and "Dear Marvel." Join, Brett, Elana and Ken this Sunday and make sure to join in on the conversation.

It's a new week and while everyone is gearing up for Thanksgiving, we're getting ready for the latest episode of our show.  So, join our intrepid crew of Brett, Elana and Ken as the discuss the latest comic book news and reviews and you can find out what you should be buying at your local comic book shop this Black Friday.

It's a new week and up on tap is politics in comics (shocker!).  A group of individuals have gotten together to form Occupy Comics. Through Kickstarter they're funding their first issue and the proceeds will benefit the Occupy Movement.  You can learn more here. So join Brett, Elana and Ken this Sunday.  Follow us on Twitter and call in to join the conversation.

It's Sunday and that means the latest episode of Graphic Policy Radio.  On tap for this week: Comic creator Jim Zubkavich joins us to discuss his series Skullkickers and his webcomic Makeshift Miracle.  In a twist to promote Makeshift Miracle, Zubkavich is releasing the first issue free thrrough torrents to build buzz.  We talk to Jim about his work as an indie creator and this bold marketing move. So join the whole gang, Brett, Elana and Ken this Sunday to chat.  Join us by calling in and chatting on Twitter.

It's Sunday and that means a new episode of GP Radio.  This week we'll talk: 1) This summer's events, Flashpoint, Fear Itself and Schism. 2) What's 2012 shaping up to be like. 3) Who are the comic book fans on Facebook?  We looked into that and discuss what's turned up.  Read up http://graphicpolicy.com/2011/10/27/who-are-the-comic-book-fans-on-facebook-102711/ and http://graphicpolicy.com/2011/10/27/who-are-the-digital-comic-book-fans-on-facebook-102711/ 4) Reviews of the latest comic books. Some come join Brett, Elana and Ken this Sunday and join the discussion on Twitter or call in.

After a week off we're back.  So much to go over like the latest releases, layoffs at Marvel and the New York Comic Con after report. So, join Brett, Elana and Ken for the latest episode and make sure to join in the discussion on Twitter or call in to chat.

This might be called "The one where Brett went solo."  It's a holiday weekend so some folks may not be available, but that's not stopping host Brett from taking advantage and venting for an hour. Who knows what will come out of his mouth when he's left on his own.  Topics might range from his years working retail, thoughts on the currect comic book market to latest comics read. It'll be a completely unpredictable show, god help us.

It's a new week and that means there's new comics to talk about.  DC continues to pump out it's relaunch and controversy follows in the wake.  But beyond them, there's tons of great comics out there.  Scheduled for this episode: 1) DC's revamp and their tone deaf response to the "Starfire controversy." 2) There has never been a better time to be a comic book fan.  No matter what your interests are, there's likely a comic book out there for you.  We go over some of our recent favorites. 3) A very special guest calls in to chat about his career and latest releases.  Ron Marz will chat about Voodoo, Artifacts, Shinku and more! So, tune in Sunday and join us on Twitter or call in to take part in the conversation.

Coming to you weekly, Brett, Elana and Ken look at comic book news with a political bent. It's a new week of comics and DC has released it's third wave of new releases.  We're three-fourths of the way through the new 52 and we'll look at what stands out this week as far as comics, both good and bad. We've also been pretty focused on DC, but there's a lot more coming out, so we're having a round table talking about Marvel's Fear Itself and Schism and other comics that stand out to us. So join us Sunday night and call in with your thoughts.

We're now weekly!  Things are picking up and there's lots to cover so Brett, Elana and Ken will be coming to you each Sunday night.  On this week's show: 1) It's the second week of DC's reboot/relaunch/revamp and that means a whole new batch of number 1 issues to go over.  What's worth your money?  Find out here. 2) It seems if you're a part of the DCnU you're young, skinny and a sexy vixen if you're a woman.  We're talking changes made to some established characters and the depiction of women in comic books. So join us and call in with your thoughts.

The entire team is back!  Brett, Elana and Ken discuss the latest comic book news.  Scheduled to be discussed this week: 1) DCnU - The first batch of books of DC comics big reboot/revamp.relaunch have been released.  What stood out?  What's already headed for cancellation? Find out our opinions here. 2) Presidential candidate Rick Perry said if he could be any super hero it'd be Superman.  We talk about that mismatch and what other super heroes and villains this batch of candidates remind us of. So join us Sunday and make sure to join the chat by calling in or on Twitter.

With Elana off in Russia on a covert mission for the Black Widow, the boys Brett and Ken are left to their own devices.  God help us all. This week it's an all horror show.  We'll be discussing zombie comics and our general enjoyment of horror comics. So, join us as a hurricane decides to throw the East coast into chaos, and hopefully we keep power through the entire show.  Who knows what chaos may ensue when the weather gets involved!

Join hosts Brett Schenker, Elana Levin and Kenneth Quinnell as they chat about comic books, politics and more this Sunday starting at 8pm. Up this week (topics might change): - Race and gender in comic books - last weeks news of a new Ultimate Spider-Man cause a lot of discussion in the media and forums on the topic Read More: http://graphicpolicy.com/2011/08/01/the-comicmarket-problem/ - This summer saw a lot of movies based on comic books, we chat about our thoughts of this year's line up as well as the future including numerous comic book based television shows on the horizon Reviews: The ending of Secret Six as well as Image Comic's September release The Big Lie

Join hosts Brett Schenker, Kenneth Quinnell and Elana Levin as they chat about comic books, politics and more this Sunday starting at 8pm.