Are you enjoying the cold shoulder True Believers? (Listen to the ep and this will make more sense). Podcast 616 is back again with episode 2 of X-Men 97! In this discussion of “Mutant Liberation Begins,” your host, Damon, is joined by Bradley Johnson and William Woods. Together these 3 mutant lovers discuss: Magneto’s new slinky outfit. Storms dow…

To me, my True Believers! Podcast 616 has been awoken by the new X-Men cartoon series - X-Men 97! We will be covering every episode of this fantastic series. Starting with episode one: “To Me, My X-Men.” Joining your host, Damon, are Alex Honnet and Tim Lyons. Together this band of (X) men dissect this premiere and ponder: What is in the will of Ch…

But seriously: WHAT THAT TONGUE DO True Believers? Podcast 616 has finally reached the last Sony / Spiderverse movie (for now…). We are of course taking a critical look at the critical mess that is Venom: Let There Be Carnage! Joining your carnal host, Damon, on this venomous second outing are Tim Lamphier and Jeff Murdoch. Together these three for…

A Sembiotic greeting to all True Believers! Podcast 616 is crashing into your airwaves with an other worldly good episode of a very BAD movie (that some actually liked). Yes, the time has come to tackle the VENOM movies! Joining your host, Damon, for a Venom 1 discussion is: Alex Honnet and Avery McClure. Together these 3 fuse together and produce …

You’ve gotten yourself stuck in our web True Believers… because Podcast 616 tackles the precognative THRILLER that is: Madam Web! Joining your spidery host, Damon, are two spider Queens in their own right: Aidan O’Connor & Nicole Werth. Together they gaze into the future and ponder: How quickly can you get from New York to Peru in 2003? Is leaving …

SHOCKING to see you here True Believers! Podcast 616 is continuing their SpiderMonth with THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2! And it’s just as clunky as you remember. Joining your host, Damon, this week are Collin Dahlgren and Julia Morales. This trio slogs through the 10 year anniversary of this flop sequel by discussing: Does electricity fix peoples teeth?…

Happy SpiderMonth True Believers! Podcast 616 is gearing up for Madam Webb’s debut by visiting the Sony side of Marvel. We are kicking off this webby month with: The Amazing Spider-Man! Joining your amazing host, Damon, are Leila Gorstein and Logan Hulick. Together this trio discuss: The undeniable chemistry of Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone The lo…

Hello, True Believers. Hello, True Believers. Welcome to the Echo Episode… episode. Enough of that. Podcast 616 is ready to dive into the Marvel Spotlight series: Echo. Joining your host, Damon, for this action packed series are: Devin Henderson and Maria Sharps. They don’t pull any punches when discussing: How great Alaqua Cox is! The crimes of Gr…

We’ve got red on our ledger True Believers. Podcast 616 continues it’s ASSASSIN Month coverage with the Red Room alum herself: Black Widow. Joining your host, Damon, are two comedy assassins: Emma Pope and Meaghan Strickland. Together they sharpen their knives and cut through the weeds of topics such as: How Florence Pugh is saving the MCU. The gre…

Welcome to season 3 True Believers! And it’s time we realize that not only are we watching Marvel, but Marvel is watching us! It’s time to rejoin our favorite all seeing Watcher and dig into “What If…” season 2! Joining our host, Damon, are two watchers in their own right: Katie Visser and William Woods. In this multiverse hopping episode we discus…

Merry Christmas to all Pizza Dogs (aka True Believers)! Podcast 616 is happy as a GIANT ARROW SAILIING OVER A BRIDGE to be back for one last Christmas episode before our holiday break! And lined up in our quiver for you is the 2021 Christmas special: Hawkeye. Joining your host, Damon, and readying their bows and arrows are: Maria Sharps and Jordan …

For all time True Believers! Podcast 616 is strapping in for an episode that’s full of time travel, wizards, and some tough nerd talk. Joining your host, Damon, for the nerdiest conversation we have EVER had are: Isaac Snyder and Rob Wilson. Together this time traveling trio discuss: - The state of the MCU’s multiverse saga. - How the MCU will hand…

It’s the Marvel of all Marvels True Believers! Podcast 616 is back on the regular MCU timeline this week with the Captain Marvel sequel: The Marvels! Joining your host, Damon, are the dynamic duo of Claire McFadden and Maureen Monahan. Together this marvelous trio discusses cosmic topics such as: - Wigs on film - Emeril Lagasse - And the use of GRI…

Awoooooooooooo True Believers! Happy Hallows Eve! Podcast 616 celebrates the night before the night with a lovely little Marvel treat: Werewolf By Night! Joining your host, Damon, are two big creature fans: Cassie and Ethan August. As the full moon rises over the horizon these brave hunters gather to discuss: - How good Jack and Elsa are. - Whether…

Time for vampire fun True Believers! And it starts on the count of one, two, TRINITY! Podcast 616 comes back for one last chomp from the Blade Universe with its third and final (film) entry: BLADE: TRINITY! Joining your host, Damon, to form an un-holy trinity is: Ryan Kappmeyer and Cody Lindley. This power trio takes a deep dive into the complex an…

It’s time to SUCK True Believers. We interrupt our BLADE coverage for another kind of vampire… in that he’s kind of a vampire… yes it’s unfortunately time for Podcast 616 to dip it’s toes in the Sony waters that is: MORBIUS! Joining your host, Damon, on this Jared Leto led vehicle (car wreck) are Phyla McLeod and Katie Nathan. In this vamp-tactic e…

This episode BITES back True Believers! Podcast616 is back and this time - we brought Guillermo Del Toro to creep the place up! Our Blade coverage continues with Blade II! Turn up the UV lights so you can hear your host, Damon, and his guests - Winston Carter and Shelby Quinn - talk all things Blade II including: - How incredibly gross the Reapers …

Care for a blood shower True Believers? Podcast 616 is back for a SCARY good time. This month we are talking BLADE movies and we are starting with the 1998 vampire action flick: Blade. Don your favorite leather trench coat and join your host, Damon, and his guests - Ben Cumings and Jordan Stafford - for an episode with a whole lot of bite and even …

One saga concludes True Believers! The Summer of X wraps up it’s X-Men, X-Verse coverage with an X-acting deep dive into the X-Flop of X-Flops: X-Men: Dark Phoenix! Joining your fiery host, Damon, is Dave Berenato - together these fierce fire birds take a look at the ins and outs of the last X-movie (as of this recording…) and they ponder - - What’…

Apocalypse, now True Believers! Prepare yourself for an emergency! Spread a sense of urgency! Because Podcast 616 is going through X-Men: Apocalypse! The Summer of X barrels towards it’s fateful conclusion with a look at a very bloated, sad, and confusing film… set in the 80’s! Join your host Damon, and his guests Nia D'Emilio & Natalie Peeples, as…

The future is now past True Believers! The day has come to the present from the future and soon it will be past… Podcast 616 is discussing X-Men: Days of Future Past! Join your host, Damon, as he continues his Summer of X coverage with guests: Devin Henderson and Vinny Thomas. As they travel between X-Franchises this crack team asks: - Does Mystiqu…

Back to the beginning True Believers! Podcast 616 is back on their Summer of X train and - woo! Woo! - it’s time for the X-Men Prequels starting with: X-Men: First Class! Joining host, Damon, are two X-heads - Cassie Ahiers and Anthony Lombard. Join them on a groovy trip back to the 1960’s where they ponder things such as: - Why does Beast look lik…

Are you now or have you ever been a Skull, True Believers? Podcast 616 is taking a break from their Summer of X coverage to return to the current MCY timeline and eXamining the Disney + series: Secret Invasion! Join your host, Damon, and his shape shifting guests: Phylicia McLeod and Julia Morales, as they do everything in their power to find a way…

Are you a good bear or a bad bear True Believers? Better get your answer quick because Podcast 616 is heading back to… school? The hospital? Church? Who can say? All this confusion is brought to you curtesy of the teens that make up: The New Mutants. Joining your host, Damon, to discuss all things new and mutant are Jesse Kendall and Katie Visser. …

Stick a claw in my head True Believers, because we are wrapping up the Wolverine movies! For the last Wolverine movie we are headed back into a violent rated R space with the film: Logan. Join your host, Damon, and his grizzled guests, Trent Dozier and Julie Pearson, as they slash and swear their way through the darkest corner of the X-Men-verse an…

Welcome to Tokyo True Believers. Where you’ll find bullet trains, the yakuza, and THE Wolverine. Podcast 616 is continuing their Wolverine journey with a trip to Japan. Join your host, Damon, and his guests - Elim Almedom and a real live LOGAN (Logan Hulick) as they take a detour into this superhero one-off adventure. On this trip we discuss: - If …

It’s time to go back to the beginning True Believers! Podcast 616 begins its Wolverine coverage with the first (and only) official X-Men Origns story - X-Men Origins: Wolverine! Join your host Damon and his guests Ryan Kappmeyer and William Woods. Together this trio of younger brothers tackle: - Trauma only a Wolverine and Sabbertooth could get thr…

Take a stand True Believers… a LAST stand! Podcast 616 ends its first month of our Summer of X coverage with the final OG X-Men cast movie: X-Men: The Last Stand! Joining your host, Damon, for this faux finale are Katie Novotny & Shelby Plummer. In this episode they discuss: - Who the real couples are (hint - all of them are gay!) - Did they do Mys…

We are UNITED True Believers! Today on Podcast 616 we tackle the superhero movie that dared to ask: what if everyone was in one movie? Bravely uniting with your host, Damon, are Chrissy Bruzek and Dom Johnson. Together they hop into their XJet under the basketball court and discuss: - Mystique and Lady Deathstrike are they ALWAYS serving? - Rogue… …

True Believers we are headed to the not too distant future… aka the year 2000! The time has come for Podcast 616 to talk about the X-MEN! Joining your host, Damon, are two X-cellent guests: Stephanie Branco & Michael Skarstan. Together they band together to solve the worlds problems as well as discuss: - Jean Grey? Is she serving? - Why are mutants…

Ok. Let’s take this again True Believers - Podcast 616 bravely goes across the SpiderVerse with its coverage of Spider-Man: Across the SpiderVerse. Join your host, Damon, and his ONE guest EJ Cameron. Together these web heads swing through the greater verse to discuss: - How much is too much good in a over 2hour kids movie? - Did you catch the vibe…

Sunflowers and salutations True Believers! Podcast 616 is back and we are (once again) entering into a multiverse crisis only this time: It’s the Spiderverse! Join your host, Damon, and his guest Ethan August and Miranda Rozsa. Together these web heads swing through the greater verse to discuss: - What are Kingpin’s powers if any? - What’s worse: e…

Start into your space hogs True Believers cause we’re going BACK TO SPAAAACE! Podcast 616 is as delighted as a mutated space pig to be back talking about the FINAL Guardians of the Galaxy movie aptly titled Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3! Joining your host with his own God complex, Damon, are two rag tagged guests: Gregory Taylor Hill and George C.…

I am Groot True Believers… and I really mean that. Podcast 616 is back and now it’s got something for the kids (not really…). TODAY your host, Damon, and his guests, Rammel Chan & Angela Oliver are talking all things Baby Groot with the Disney + series: I Am Groot! Join this cute, cuddly conversation and learn - - Is this Groot’s villain era? - WHE…

Ahoy True Believers! It’s time for Podcast 616 to tackle Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 and all its Daddy (and sister/daddy) issues. Join your host, Damon, and his guests Rob Wilson (@rob_wilsun), and EJ Cameron (@eeeezeejeezus19) as the try to wrap their planet sized brains around: - White dad culture - Why wasn’t the Temptations song, “Papa was a…

We did it True Believers. We’ve made it to the end of our Fantastic Four journey and we are ending it with a gritty dark reboot! Join your host, Damon, and his guests - Andy Forsberg & Leah Frires as they make an unnecessary look back to how it all began, and discuss: - Whether the movie leaned too hard into the Grimm of it all. - Is Kate Mara bori…

True Believers rise up! We are surfing our way through our April coverage of the Fantastic Four with… Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer! Joining your host, Damon, and harold-ing the end of all things are: Cassie Grilley and Andrew Knox. As we wait for Galactus (like we wait for Gadot) we ponder: - How does The Thing’s eyes work? - Does Chri…

FLAME ON True Believers! For the month of April (famously the fourth month of the year) Podcast 616 is covering all Fantastic Four movies! Starting with… Fantastic Four (2005). Join your over-stretched host, Damon Royster, as he figures out all the THINGs that go on in the Fantastic Four universe. Joined by 3 time guest, Elizabeth Andrews, and firs…

She is risen True Believers! Podcast 616 digs up Elektra (the character and movie) for a discussion that will make you grab your tiny fork and stab someone who betrayed you! Join your #1 assassin host, Damon, and his known Hand assocaites, Dave Berenato and Caitlin Hollis, as they dig up Elektra and ask: - How does Elektra’s hair move when there’s …

We. Want. JUSTICE True Believers! Podcast 616 digs deep into the Disney vault and pulls out Daredevil! Joining your host, Damon, to discuss this Ben Affleck vehicle are Elizabeth Andrews and Jesse Kendall. Together they confront their Catholic guilt and try to figure out: - Bullseye: Deadly or annoying? - What’s the best way to get superpowers? Tra…

Pack your bags True Believers, because It’s time for a Euro vacation! Podcast 616 is back with Spider-Man: Far From Home! Join your host, Damon, and his guests Jillian Ebanks and Hannah Ingle as they get their passports stamped and ponder: - What can kill Spider-Man? - Why is Aunt May’s hair sooo long? - Who’s a worse villain: Mysterio or Jake Gyll…

Hold on to your body parts True Believers! Podcast 616 returns to the Deadpool-verse to talk all things DEADPOOL 2! Join your host, Damon, and his guests Katherine Biskupic & Ed Rhee as they try to wrap their heads around: - The gruffness of Cable - The luck of Domino - And the clear script notes added post Deadpool 1 All that plus a reference to a…

This podcast is Rated R True Believers - enter at your own risk! Podcast 616 is back and taking a bite out of the merc with the mouth: DEADPOOL! Join your host, Damon, and his two assassin guests: Ryan Kappmeyer and Shelby Quinn as they do a (quick) deep dive into this Ryan Reynolds vehicle and discuss topics including but not limited to: - Could a…

QUAAANTUUUMANIA has begun True Believers! Podcast 616 is getting smaller then it ever has before with our episode all about (**takes a deep breath**): Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania! Join your host, Damon, and Chicago’s Hottest Couple: Evan Mills & Isaac Snyder, as they microscopic on details such as: - Being a nepo-baby because your Dad is an A…

Buzz Buzz True Believers! That buzz must mean it’s time for Podcast 616 to whizz on through Ant-Man & The Wasp as we hurtle towards the release of QUANTUMANIA!!! Join your host, Damon Royster, and his guest Ryan Asher and Jeff Murdoch (the Ant-Man & Wasp of the L.A. comedy scene respectively). Together they bravely ponder topics such as: - Is de-ag…

Holy Wayne Szalinski True Believers! We are getting our shrink on as Podcast 616 takes a tiny step into the Ant-Man side of the MCU. Joining your host, Damon, into this first foray into all things quantum are Ethan August, and James Dugan. Together these tiny men tackle ant sized topics such as: - What warrants giving someone a broken nose? - Does …

Glorious Purpose to us all True Believers! Podcast 616 is back for season 2! And we couldn’t think of a better way to start the new year by FINALLY discussing the TV series starring the God of Mischief himself: LOKI! Join your host, Damon, and his mischievous variant guests: Brendan Tran and Adisa Williams - as they break from the sacred time strea…

Merry Xmas from Knowhere True Believers! Podcast 616 has one more episode for ya before all the holiday cheer consumes us. We are ending our first year as a podcast by talking about the Marvel / Disney + special: The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special! Joining your host, Damon, on this magical space sleigh ride is Erin Keif and Eddie Klinker. …

WAKANDA FOREVER True Believers! Spoilers abound in this deep dive discussion of Marvel’s brand new movie: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Joining your host, Damon Royster, are two experienced guests: Rolando Lepe and Rob Wilson. In this deep discussion topics and include: - Namor: scary or sexy? - Shuri: good lead or the lead we need right now? - L…

We never FREEZE True Believers! At last Podcast 616 is heading to Wakanda to discuss the first Black Panther movie ahead of the Wakanda Forever release. Join your host, Damon, and his guests Rashawn Scott & Vinny Thomas as they discuss King T’Challa’s first week as King of Wakanda. Discussions included: - The various inter-workings of Wakanda tribe…