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 Exploring ethical questions from Superhero movies and TV shows, sci-fi, and everything else geeks love© TruStory FM Kunst Sozialwissenschaften
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  • Are Superheroes Cops? Cyclops, Green Lantern & ACAB

    Are Superheroes Cops? Cyclops, Green Lantern & ACAB
    Apr 28 2026
    Is Cyclops from X-Men actually a cop, or is he just annoying? That question turns out to be the perfect entry point for a much bigger one: what does ACAB (All Cops Are Bastards) really mean when the people using violence to enforce order have optic blasts and power rings instead of badges?Matthew is joined by comics writer and Book Riot contributor Jessica Plummer as they trace how the Green Lantern Corps shifted from lone-sector sheriffs into an explicitly militarized space police force through deliberate creative choices, and what that shift cost the characters. They work through Batman's complicated relationship with law enforcement, the X-Men's internal debates over respectability politics and who gets to set the rules, and why The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl might be one of the most quietly radical superhero comics ever published.The thread running through all of it is accountability; who superheroes answer to, what happens when the authority behind them turns out to be corrupt, and whether a hero who patrols, stops crime, and hands people over to the cops is meaningfully different from the cops themselves.Connect with Jessica: jessicaplummerwrites.com
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    This episode is a production of Superhero Ethics, an Ethical Panda podcast and part of the TruStory FM Entertainment Podcast Network. Check out our website to find out more about this show and our sister podcast Star Wars Generations.We want to hear from you! Keep up with our latest news and send us feedback, questions, or comments via social media or email.TikTok · Twitter/X · Instagram · Facebook · EmailJoin the conversation in the Star Wars Generations and Superhero Ethics channels on the TruStory FM Discord.Want even more content while supporting the podcast? Become a member! For $5 a month or $55 a year you get access to bonus episodes and bonus content at the end of most episodes — and you can even give membership as a gift. Sign up here.You can also support us through our sponsors:
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    1 Std. und 1 Min.
  • Project Hail Mary • Ethics in a Crisis

    Project Hail Mary • Ethics in a Crisis
    Apr 21 2026
    When the survival of every person on Earth depends on one unwilling scientist, one who explicitly said no to sacrificing his own life for humanity, does anyone have the right to override that refusal? That’s the question at the heart of Project Hail Mary, and it’s what Matthew and returning guest Becky Allen dig into in this episode of Superhero Ethics.They start with the film’s biggest reveal: that protagonist Ryland Grace was drugged and sent on a one-way mission without his consent, by scientist Stratt, who decided billions of lives outweighed his individual autonomy. Becky defends the call as a brutally weighted trolley problem. Matthew explores how the film’s structure strategically withholds that information, and how American individualism shapes the way we read Grace’s refusal in the first place. They also examine what it means that Stratt is written without a personal life or emotional release, and why Grace’s isolation and rejection by the academic community may be as central to his arc as any act of cowardice.The conversation ends with the film’s quiet optimism: a world that actually listens to scientists and actually comes together. Against the backdrop of pandemic response and climate change, that feels less like sci-fi and more like a wish. A very specific, very clarifying wish.
    • Connect with Becky: BeckyAllenBooks.com

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    This episode is a production of Superhero Ethics, an Ethical Panda podcast and part of the TruStory FM Entertainment Podcast Network. Check out our website to find out more about this show and our sister podcast Star Wars Generations.We want to hear from you! Keep up with our latest news and send us feedback, questions, or comments via social media or email.TikTok · Twitter/X · Instagram · Facebook · EmailJoin the conversation in the Star Wars Generations and Superhero Ethics channels on the TruStory FM Discord.Want even more content while supporting the podcast? Become a member! For $5 a month or $55 a year you get access to bonus episodes and bonus content at the end of most episodes — and you can even give membership as a gift. Sign up here.You can also support us through our sponsors:
    • Purchase a lightsaber from Level Up Sabers, run by friend of the podcast Neighborhood Master Alan.
    • Use Audible for audiobooks. Sign up for a one-year membership or gift one through this link.
    • Purchase any media discussed this week through our sponsored links.
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    56 Min.
  • Baseball Is Back, Along with Hard Questions

    Baseball Is Back, Along with Hard Questions
    Apr 14 2026
    Baseball’s antitrust exemption gives team owners something no other American sport enjoys: a government-enforced monopoly — and Matthew and returning guest Paul Hoppe use the start of a new season to ask what that power actually costs the rest of us.The conversation moves from stadium blackmail to the Oakland A’s’ deliberate self-destruction, to the Green Bay Packers as a model of what public team ownership could look like. Matthew arrives having previously argued the defensive fan’s case; Paul brings his default skepticism about private corporations extracting public goodwill. Neither comes out with clean hands — and that’s exactly what makes the conversation worth having.A Texas Rangers statue honoring a figure associated with enforcing post-Brown v. Board segregation, the legacy of Satchel Paige’s 1965 appearance at age 58, and a cameo from the Moonlight/La La Land Oscars incident round out an episode that uses baseball as a lens on money, community, and what we owe the things we love.zenmadman.com
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    This episode is a production of Superhero Ethics, an Ethical Panda podcast and part of the TruStory FM Entertainment Podcast Network. Check out our website to find out more about this show and our sister podcast Star Wars Generations.We want to hear from you! Keep up with our latest news and send us feedback, questions, or comments via social media or email.TikTok · Twitter/X · Instagram · Facebook · EmailJoin the conversation in the Star Wars Generations and Superhero Ethics channels on the TruStory FM Discord.Want even more content while supporting the podcast? Become a member! For $5 a month or $55 a year you get access to bonus episodes and bonus content at the end of most episodes — and you can even give membership as a gift. Sign up here.You can also support us through our sponsors:
    • Purchase a lightsaber from Level Up Sabers, run by friend of the podcast Neighborhood Master Alan.
    • Use Audible for audiobooks. Sign up for a one-year membership or gift one through this link.
    • Purchase any media discussed this week through our sponsored links.
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    45 Min.
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