Welcome back to The Official Marvel Podcast! This week we're kicking things off talking to Brad Winderbaum about the upcoming Agatha All Along ahead of its Disney+ release on September 18th! After that we dip into the backstories of Falcon and Redwing before digging deep into the past, present, and future of What If with Marvel Comics Executive Edi…

This week we're breaking out the magic to chat with the coven of the upcoming Agatha All Along including interviews with Kathryn Hahn, Sasheer Zamata, Debra Jo Rupp, Ali Ahn, and more! Afterwards we look way, way back to learn about the history of witches and witchcraft with Marion Gibson, Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures. Finally w…

This episode is all about Agatha! Join us for an exclusive interview with Mary Livanos, executive producer of the upcoming Agatha All Along to hear what’s ahead for everyone’s favorite witch. Then we head back in time to see where all of Westview’s residents landed during and after the events of WandaVision before combing through Agatha Harkness’ b…

Get ready to hear about the future of the MCU! We spoke with a whole lineup of incredible cast members from upcoming Marvel Studios projects like Captain America: Brave New World, The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Thunderbolts* to get the inside scoop on what fans can expect when the movies hit theaters! Afterwards we spoke with Jeff Trammell, wr…

This week we’re talking to an incredible roundup of guests including Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Shawn Levy, George Cottle, and Swen Gillberg about the biggest, most enthralling, most spoiler-laden moments of Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine! You have been warned!! Then keeping the Wolverine train rolling along, we have an exclusi…

This week on The Official Marvel Podcast, we talk with second-unit director George Cottle about how the cast and crew of Deadpool & Wolverine were able to capture so many incredible stunts in-camera. Then we walk through the many worlds and lives of Wade Wilson as we take a look at as many Deadpool comics variants we can fit into one episode. Up ne…

Prepare yourself for an absolutely PACKED episode of The Official Marvel Podcast! We’re kicking things off with an inside look at the red carpet premiere of Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine featuring interviews with Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin and more! After that we’re moving from NYC to San Diego for a recap of the monumental ann…

Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine is finally here! We're continuing last week's Deadpoolooza with even more behind-the-scenes conversations about the world of Wade Wilson! First up is a chat with Executive Producer Wendy Jacobson about the early stages of developing Deadpool & Wolverine, finding the perfect Cassandra Nova in Emma Corin, and rewr…

It's a big day on The Official Marvel Podcast as we welcome Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy for an inside look at the making of this wild, WILD movie. He gets into the joys of playing within the MCU playground, ignoring the cultural noise when making a movie with his friends, and imbuing Wade's journey with more emotion than ever before. Y…

Get ready to go behind the scenes on this episode of The Official Marvel Podcast! This week we're talking to Jake Castorena and Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt — producers of the acclaimed X-Men '97 — about the links between the original X-Men: The Animated Series, the development of the series' unique art style, and more! Then we'll be taking a look into t…

Welcome back to The Official Marvel Podcast! This week we're sitting down with Brad Winderbaum — Head of Marvel Streaming, Television and Animation — for a chat about the history of the team, along with some updates surrounding shows returning to Disney+ like the second season of X-Men '97 and the third season of What If...? before diving into the …

It's the very first episode of The Official Marvel Podcast and we're starting with a big one as we give you exclusive access into the future of Marvel Cinematic Universe with Kevin Feige himself! The Marvel Studios President reveals some tantalizing updates about the upcoming Fantastic Four, and how it feels to finally bring Deadpool into the MCU w…

Coming 6/26: Dive into the Marvel universe for the latest news, interviews, and exclusive surprises on The Official Marvel Podcast! Marvel’s stars and creators talk about what’s coming up next and celebrate the legacy of their favorite Marvel adventures and characters.By Marvel

Ethan Cannon is a runner for the BYU cross-country team. He is also a new father and preparing to earn a graduate degree in nutritional epidemiology. Ethan is wise, well spoken, and driven! Hope you enjoy our conversation.By Brigham Rupp and Ryan Israelsen

Ed Warr is a dentist by training who recently sold his practice to pursue an MBA at Brigham Young University. Why? He's not sure yet, other than because the Lord let him know that was what he was supposed to do. Ed is deeply spiritual and devoted to being in tune with the Holy Ghost. He also happens to be a natural born endurance athlete, casually …

This episode is with ultra-runner Mike McKnight. Mike shares his story of how he went from an overweight kid to a broken back in a skiing accident to breaking records on 200 mile ultra runs. Mike is a super genuine guy with a unique gift for understanding his body’s needs and capabilities, with a lot of wisdom for his young age. We hope you enjoy t…

We’re kicking off Season two with an awesome conversation with Mariah Bullock. Mariah played soccer at Stanford University and then later professionally before earning a PhD in psychology and becoming a sports psychologist at the University of Nebraska. We had a wide ranging conversation full of insight.…

This is the second of our first two "beta" episodes where Ryan and Interviewed each other so we would have something to share with people and give them and idea of what we were trying to do. Ryan is one of the greats, physically and spiritually. Enjoy!By Brigham Rupp and Ryan Israelsen

When we first launched the podcast, Ryan and I interviewed each other to have some beta episodes we could share with potential guests. For our next two episodes, we thought we’d share those interviews so you could get to know us as hosts a little better. In this episode, Ryan interviews Brigham. Brigham has a happy family of six. He has two English…

Last time we talked to Joel, he was getting ready for LotoJa, the epic amateur cycling race from Logan, Utah to Jackson Wyoming. Joel and his team had their eyes set squarely on the win when a couple of training accidents put everything in question. We talk Joel's accidents, the frustration that comes with character flaws, coping with injury, the p…

This is part 2 of our interview with Jess Robinson, where she finishes the story of running the Boston Marathon with shingles and a nursing 8-month-old. Go back an episode to listen to Part 1.By Brigham Rupp and Ryan Israelsen

What happens when you feel compelled to do two things that in many ways oppose each other? This week Ryan and I talk with Jess Robinson, a Southern Oregon local who has gone to great lengths to be true to her drive to compete as an endurance athlete and be a devoted wife and mother of four.By Brigham Rupp and Ryan Israelsen

NBC sports called Sam Merrill "the most cold-blooded shotmaker in college basketball" last season, and if you've seen the highlights of any of his game-winning shots during his career as point guard for the Utah State Aggies, you'll know why. Sam led the Aggies to back-to-back Mountain West Tournament championships and is currently getting ready fo…

Episode 3 features Skye Fagrell. Skye is a self proclaimed gym rat and fitness fanatic. He's also a husband, father, seminary teacher, leadership consultant and author. Skye Recently published the best-seller "More Fit 4 the Kingdom", a book drawing on a lifetime of study and practice at developing in the four areas of growth mentioned in Luke 2:52…

Up next we have an interview with Anita Coyle, single mother of four and world class Triathlete who lost her husband and got diagnosed with cancer in the same week. She tells a remarkable, inspiring story.By Brigham Rupp and Ryan Israelsen

For our first official episode we talk with Joel Draxler. Joel is a husband, father of five, and a real-estate appraiser living in Northern Utah. Joel is an avid outdoorsman and in recent years has found a special knack for cycling, winning Latoja twice and recently completing an “Everest” challenge. We hope you enjoy our conversation!…

Did you watch The Mandalorian? We did! And the people who made the show very clearly read Lone Wolf and Cub. So we read the first volume of this legendary 50-year-old manga.By Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe

We get some of the old X-team back together when old friend Ian Ritch joins Alan and Ryan to talk about Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, and RB Silva’s full reboot of the X-Men comics universe in the interlocking double series House of X/Powers of X.By Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe

We got the gang back together to talk about a book we first looked into nearly five years ago: Ghosted, volume 1, by Joshua Williamson, Goran Sudzuka and Miroslav Mrva. Get ready for spoopy shenanigans with Alan and Ryan and special guests Ian and Chewie!By Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe

This time on You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan jump into the Eisner award winning spoopy Dia de los Muertos tale from Ryan’s kids’ favorite cartoonist, Raina Telgemeier.By Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe

In this episode of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan are joined by their pal Adam Ryan Cools to talk Dungeons & Dragons, RPGs with heavy lore, and deep, dark backstories in their discussion of Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans’ incredible book, Die.By Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe

To start off Season 2 of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan tackle the first volume of the dense, legendary manga series 20th Century Boys.By Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe

In this episode of You Should Read This, we dig into the first two volumes of the big relaunch of Captain Marvel from 2014. Volume one is In Pursuit of Flight, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and with art by Dexter Soy, Richard Elson, Al Barrionuevo, and Emma Rios. Volume two is Down, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Christopher Sebela, with art b…

In this episode of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan discuss the first volume of the legendary cyberpunk manga Battle Angel Alita. Show Notes: Manga and its influence (yes, again. Always) Expectations Subverted tropes 90s comics Technopathy Panel Backgrounds in Manga TechnobabbleBy Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe

For this episode we talked about the first two volumes of the Scales & Scoundrels series: Into the Dragon’s Maw and Treasurehearts. Written by Sebastian Girner with art by Galaad and letters by Jeff Powell, it’s a fun fantasy romp that will certainly hook fans of Dungeons & Dragons. Show Notes: D&D having it’s moment D&D’s influence on comics Manga…

In this episode we discuss the two collections of Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite and Dallas, as well as a spoiler-free discussion of the Netflix original show. Show Notes: My Chemical Romance and our histories with emo Watching the show/movie vs reading the book Don’t read the book for Infinity War, it’s bad Elevator pitch “Random” as an evolvi…

This time on You Should Read This, we talked about the first volume of the legendary manga Akira. Show notes: Millennials killing things Japanese influence on children’s media in the united states in the 80s and 90s Reading Manga flipped The perspective of having read a complete series versus coming in fresh Long-game storytelling in manga Otomo is…

In this episode of You Should Read This, we jump into the outrageous world of underground spelling bees in the Oni Press book Buzz. Also discussed: “Amerimanga” Oni Press Conventions of shonen sports manga and anime Which Ninja Turtles movies are the best ones Storytelling techniques unique to comics…

In this episode of You Should Read This, we talk about the dense world and history that are revealed in the first two volumes of East of West. Also discussed: the history of Image comics, Hickman’s Marvel histories, macro-series like Game of Thrones and Westworld, and the weird alternate history of the East of West series.…

In this episode of You Should Read This, we talk about fan-favorite ultra-modern pop music masterpiece, The Wicked + The Divine. http://www.youshouldreadthis.club/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/01-You-Should-Read-This-Episode-3：-The-Wicked-The-Divine：-Year-One.mp3By Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe

In this episode of You Should Read This! we talk about one of the longest still-running Shonen Jump manga, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure! It’s a hell of a ride. http://www.youshouldreadthis.club/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/01-You-Should-Read-This-Episode-2-Jojos-Bizarre-Adventure-Phantom-Blood-Vol.-1.mp3By Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe

Our first official episode has Alan and Ryan talking about Andrew MacLean’s Headlopper Vol. 1: The Island or a Plague of Beasts.By Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe

For our 0th (zeroth) episode (aka our demo episode), we read and discussed Dustin Harbin’s Diary Comics.By Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe