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Welcome to Small Screen Justice: A Podcast About Superhero TV! This podcast is dedicated to celebrating, critiquing, and joking about superhero television. The shows we plan to cover include Arrow, The Flash, Agents of Shield, Gotham, and many more. Join Dan, Nare, and the occasional guest as they dissect television news and review episodes of these great shows.
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Mythical is a storytelling podcast focusing on fairy tales and myths, but these tales are not the familiar versions you know today. From beloved classics to obscure stories, join The Narrator as she reads aloud a different original fairy tale each week and gives her own thoughts on the narrative.
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Just in time for your Thanksgiving dinner table political discussions, immigration lawyer Stephen Robbins (host of "Redirect") tackles questions about the Bernie & Warren immigration plans, what you should do if you fear being targeted by ICE, barriers & stigma for immigrant mental health services, and what would Stephen do with a billion dollars. …
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In this episode Nate interviews Dominique Rémy on her documentary project "Canary", its inter-sectional lens of class, gender & race, discuss how these biases can affect our perception of the problem of maternal mortality rates, and what practical steps we should take with this information. Music included in this podcast with permission and/or appr…
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"Who will look fair must grief and bear pain." What would you do to be beautiful? Have your whole body skinned or have your head chopped off in hopes it would grow back stunning? In today's story we will see what it takes to be gorgeous. Next week is the final episode of Season Two! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss it. If you have a fairytale…
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"Every time I have a quarrel with my wife I strike her dead!" Who is at fault here: the shoemaker for using the robbers' own greed against them? Or the robbers for being extremely dumb? There are only 2 more episodes in season 2! If you have a fairytale you would like me to read aloud, you can email me at mythicalthepodcast@gmail.com You can find m…
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"Cannot I have a wife as white and red as this stone, and with hair and eyebrows as black as the feathers of this raven?" Even men are obsessed with features of white and black. There's no mention of red lips, but there is quite a bit of blood later on. Whose will it be? Today's story was read from "The Tale of Tales" by Giambatistta Basile If ther…
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“And changed into a canary, dressed in yellow as he was.” Another maiden locked in a castle. This time she has servants, but her true companion is a prince…who’s sometimes a bird. And sometimes refuses to love her because of misunderstandings. If there is a fairy tale you'd like me to read next season, email me: mythicalthepodcast@gmail.com Twitter…
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In this episode Nate interviews Leslie Dorrough Smith, author of Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America about the concept of chaos rhetoric, and how its strategic fear exploits sex, religion, family, and other sacred cows to shape the social and political discourse and conservative movements we have today.…
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"Do not, on any account, open this door." Would you willingly marry someone you knew murdered your sisters? It's for the money right? And you're much smarter than they. But what if he were...the devil? If there is a fairy tale you'd like me to read next season, email me: mythicalthepodcast@gmail.com Mythical Website Twitter: @mythicalpodcast Guest …
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"And they sucked so much that the splinter of flax came out." In today's fairy tale the villain is the handsome prince, and the heroes are the maiden's own children. And a cook. This is a dark, twisted version of Sleeping Beauty. It includes language and talk of rape, and may not be suitable for younger listeners. If there is a fairy tale you'd lik…
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"Then she came to a pear tree, climbed it, and fell asleep. " Pears are obviously the best fruit and will grant you fortune and a prince. If there is a fairy tale you'd like me to read next season, email me: mythicalthepodcast@gmail.com Mythical Website Instagram: @mythicalpodcast Twitter: @mythicalpodcast Guest Vocals: Perina: Tiffany Old Woman: A…
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"Did you ever see a lovlier woman than myself?" Beware of women selling pins, they are almost always poison. But once it's removed you'll surely come back to life. If there is a fairy tale you'd like me to read next season, email me: mythicalthepodcast@gmail.com Mythical Website Instagram: @mythicalpodcast Twitter: @mythicalpodcast Guest Vocals: Be…
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"Give me a kiss, and I will save you." Prunella unknowingly plucks a piece of fruit from a witch's garden. What lies ahead for her are deadly tasks, a persistent love interest, and some talkative hinges. If there is a fairy tale you'd like me to read next season, email me: mythicalthepodcast@gmail.com Mythical Website Instagram: @mythicalpodcast Tw…
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In this first episode of the new year, Nate celebrates the one year birthday of the Off Baseline Podcast by joining forces with Rev Steven Andrews to examine the impact of Rev Dr MLK's critique of our economic system, what exactly prevents ministers from doing the same thing today, and how culture shapes our religious imagination.…
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During the New York attack, Rip recovered the Spear of Destiny from the Waverider and used the time drive to escape. In the present, the team learns about the spear and arrives in Los Angeles, 1967, when they confront Darhk and Malcolm attempting to kidnap Rip, who has no memories of his previous adventures and is training with George Lucas. Both p…
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Eobard, Darhk and Malcolm Merlyn arrive in Chicago, 1927, and ally with Al Capone. Learning of the aberration, the Legends arrive and manage to keep Capone from murdering Eliot Ness. Ness is critically injured, so the team decides to obtain vital information on Capone's operation to secure history. Meanwhile, Mick begins having hallucinations of Sn…
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Nate, Mick, Amaya, Felicity and Cisco travel back to the first Dominator invasion of Earth in Oregon, 1951. The Legends successfully capture a Dominator for information, but are themselves captured by Federal agents. While in custody, they learn from the Dominator that the aliens arrived to assess the threat humanity posed now that metahumans have …
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The team learns of an aberration in Colorado, 1874, where they save Jonah Hex from execution. He reveals that he is fighting an outlaw boss named Quentin Turnbull. Nate reveals that the aberration is Turnbull leading the Western US in its secession to form the "Turnbull Country". The team learns that Turnbull is extracting dwarf star, which Ray use…
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In 1987, Eobard Thawne offers Damien Darhk an alliance, which Darhk declines. Aboard the Waverider, Nate discovers an aberration in 1987 involving the INF treaty signing. The team infiltrates the White House as tourists and find Darhk there as one of the treaty negotiators. Sara again attempts to kill him, which alerts White House security and forc…
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The team learns of a time pirate stranded in the American Civil War. Upon arriving, they encounter a black man, Henry Scott, being chased by Confederate soldiers turned into zombies from a virus carried by the pirate. The team defeats the group of zombies, but Henry is killed. Before his death, Henry reveals he is a Union spy assigned to steal Conf…
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Amaya stows away on the Waverider and attacks Mick, believing him responsible for Rex's death. Nate stops her using his newly-developed metahuman ability to convert his body to a steel-like form. Sara convinces Amaya that a rogue time traveller is likey to blame for the murder. An accident during Ray's testing of Nate's abilities throws both men in…
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The Justice Society captures the team, believing them to be Nazi spies. Nate reveals that he is the grandson of JSA member Commander Steel. After the JSA is assigned a mission to obtain information on Nazi Captain Baron Krieger, they release the team and strongly advises them to leave 1942. The JSA learns that Krieger was given a serum by Eobard, w…
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In 2016, historian Nate Heywood enlists Mayor Oliver Queen's help in locating the Waverider after it was caught in a nuclear blast in 1942. The pair find the sunken ship with only Mick aboard in stasis, who tells them what happened after being revived. Rip's team—Mick, Ray, Sara, Jax, and Martin—traveled through time dealing with "aberrations" in h…
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Rip returns the team to 2016, unwilling to let them continue with his mission, but they insist on seeing it through. Kendra leaves a message for the team alerting them to Savage's presence in 1944 France, but they are unable to stop him and can rescue only Carter. Savage reveals that the Thanagarians sent three meteors to ancient Egypt. He plans to…
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Mick is taken to be reconditioned back into Chronos, while Kendra and Carter are turned over to Savage as he returns to 2166. Sara and Snart, who evaded capture, make plans to rescue the team with the help of Gideon. Druce explains to Rip that the Time Masters helped Savage because an alien race from the planet Thanagar will attack Earth in 2175, a…
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Upon the revelation that the giant robot was technology from the distant future, showing Savage is manipulating time, Rip believes the Time Masters will finally sanction his mission and sets course for the Vanishing Point. Jefferson fixes the damaged time drive, but is exposed to time radiation which is slowly killing him. Stein is forced to send h…
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The team travels to London in 2166, to try to eliminate Savage just before he finally takes over the world. While investigating Savage, Kendra notices that one of his female officers is wearing a bracelet that she originally wore when she first died in ancient Egypt. The team plans to retrieve the bracelet, hoping that it will help them kill Savage…
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The Pilgrim begins targeting each of the team members. Gideon uses the Pilgrim's temporal distortions to predict her next move. After they successfully rescue Mick and Sara's younger selves, Gideon loses track of the Pilgrim's movement, which will allow her to take out any of the team without them knowing. The Pilgrim goes after Ray, but the team a…
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The team travels to Salvation, Dakota in 1871 to hideout from the Hunters. While Rip decides the next move, the rest of the team goes into town. After getting into a bar fight, the team meets Jonah Hex, who knows they are time travelers and who once fought alongside Rip in years past. Kendra gets flashbacks of one of her previous lives and goes to …
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The team travels to 2147 to find Savage. They discover he is personally grooming a young child, Per Degaton, who will grow up to unleash a virus that decimates most of the planet and allow Savage to rule the world. After debating on whether to kill Per Degaton before he commits this act, the team decides to remove him from the timeline and prevent …
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Chronos disables the Waverider and flees back into the timestream, taking Snart with him. Rip is forced to reset Gideon to undo Chronos' sabotage, leaving the ship temporarily stranded in the timestream. Meanwhile, two years pass for Ray, Sara, and Kendra. Ray and Kendra build a life together, while Sara rejoins (from her perspective) the League of…
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Rip and the team arrive at Oregon in 1958 to investigate a series of murders seemingly tied to Savage. Infiltrating a mental institution, Sara discovers that Savage is a doctor there under the name Curtis Knox. Ray and Kendra pose as a married couple to investigate a murder in a small suburban area, but discover that Savage lives there as well. Els…
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Vandal Savage's trail goes cold, and Rip is unable to track it without an upgrade to Gideon's software. The team receives a distress call from another time ship, the Akeron, so Rip decides to chart a course for the disabled ship to steal their current A.I. software. Rip, Dr. Stein, Jefferson, and Mick board the Akeron. Everyone but Stein are captur…
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The green-hooded archer turns out not to be Oliver Queen, who attacks the team. They retreat back to the Waverider to make repairs and leave 2046. Rip, Sara, Snart, and Mick head to Smoak Industries to find an essential part needed to repair the ship. The team come across a fight in the city between a new gang and Green Arrow. Sara follows the vigi…
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Valentina attempts to trick Dr. Stein into revealing the Firestorm formula, but he refuses. The team brokers a deal with the Bratva to get into the gulag where Ray, Mick, and Stein are being held prisoner. Before they leave, Rip pulls Sara aside and tasks her with killing Stein, should they fail to rescue him, in order to prevent a potential future…
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The team arrives in Washington, D.C. in 1986 to find a document that will lead them to Savage. The team infiltrates the Pentagon and retrieve a government file that points them toward scientist Valentina Vostok in the Soviet Union. Chronos tracks the team, and Rip is forced to use Russian fighter jets to assist in taking down Chronos. While Ray and…
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Sara convinces Rip that another way to stop Vandal Savage would be to take away his resources. Rip locates the bank where Savage keeps his money, and he and Sara go there to steal the funds. They realize that Savage's men are guarding the bank, so they take one captive to gain information on Savage. They learn that Savage is using Carter's blood to…
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Still in 1975, the team infiltrate a warhead auction for terrorists under the belief that Savage will be there. Savage becomes aware of their presence and orders them killed. A fight breaks out between the team and the terrorists. They all escape, but not before a piece of Ray's suit is left behind. Angry at the recklessness, Rip points out what ha…
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"In the year 2166, the immortal villain Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) is on the verge of his final victory - total chaos and the utter destruction of humanity. As the world crumbles, the Time Master Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) takes matters into his own hands; he travels 150 years into the past to assemble a carefully selected team of heroes and rog…
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Welcome to Small Screen Justice: A Podcast About Superhero Television. In this episode Dan and Jesse have an in-depth discussion of season 1 episode 17 of Gotham entitled “Red Hood.” We debate the pros and cons of the episode and grade it on its merits. Please send any feedback our way at smallscreenjustice@gmail.com or review us on iTunes. The mus…
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Welcome to Small Screen Justice: A Podcast About Superhero Television. In this episode Dan and Nare discuss The Flash season 1 episode 14, “Fallout,” Arrow season 3 episode 14, “The Return,” and Gotham season 1 episode 16, “The Blind Fortune Teller.” We debate the pros and cons of the episodes and grade them on their merits. The Flash portion of th…
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On today’s Carter Cast (a Small Screen Justice spinoff podcast) my co-host Nare and I (Dan) tackle episode 8 of Agent Carter entitled “Valediction.” We grade the episode, discuss its pros and cons, and have a general discussion about the future of the Peggy Carter. The music for this podcast is from the Agent Carter One Shot. Please send any feedba…
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