Fandom and Philosophy

Look, up in the sky!It's a bird-It's a plane-No, it's...Friedrich Nietzsche????? ( ˙灬˙ ) ෴In this Episode of Fandom & Philosophy, Zack and Dakota discuss how Superman, a character of Jewish origin who is often associated with Christian themes and traditional American Morality, interacts with the Ubermensch; a German philosophical figure who opposes traditional moral norms

Christmas just got greener, MEAN-er, and much, much happier! TWICE!!!Part 2 of the guys' conversation around Dr Seuss' The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, through the lens of Aristotle! We explore the motif of humanity's rise from animality to reason, outer transformation through inner revolution, and the singing of Whovian carols!!!!! (ok, scratch that last one...)As the Grinch reason

Christmas just got greener, MEAN-er, and much, much happier! Yes, this time around the guys consider Dr Seuss' The Grinch Who Stole Christmas like you've never heard it before, through the lens of Aristotle! "You're a mean one, Mr Grinch..." , takes on new meaning as the guys open up an insightful seasonal conversation about the intersection of Aristotle's golden mean, human flouri

In a slightly different episode this week, Dakota engages with a recent loss in the DC Comics community with an audio essay tribute to the late Kevin Conroy. 30 years of iconic characterization... Farewell Batman !https://www.facebook.com/FandomAndPhilosophyPodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/FandomAndPhilosophy

Transforming robot cars.Animated lasers.80's rock.Plato's Republic.Virtue and the nature of leadership.Because WHY NOT?!Join the guys for a tongue in cheek intellectual journey to Cyberton as we explore a character study from our collective childhood, Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots! Bonus material now available for Patreon subscribers![Optimus Prime has thrown Megatron to th

It's the final entry of October's monster movie month here at Tiny Table studios, and boy are you in for a trick... or treat... in the spine-chilling, knockoff Kaiju movie/ dark propaganda film that hails from the shadowy lands of North Korea... ladies and gentlemen we give you... 불가사리 PULGASARI!This compelling, curious, (mostly) unique film is, despite itself, only half as

October is monster movie month here at Tiny Table studios, and this episode we encounter the terrible, the powerful, the rubber-suited-miniature-destroying-horror that is... ゴジラ!!!! (GODZILLA!!!!)We dive into the story behind the story, engaging with the history, symbolism, human interest and moral quandaries that formed the definitive film of the rubber suit monster genre.We

In this episode, the guys dive into the gritty, epic world of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. Character impressions are exchanged while exploring the limitations of being human and definitions of human nature and truth. Why? Its fascinating. It's fun. But most of all, BECAUSE HE'S BATMAN...https://www.facebook.com/FandomAndPhilosophyPodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/FandomAndPhil

In this episode, comics get the philosophy treatment, as Dakota and Zack consider superheroes through the lens of mythology and the human longing for the divine. In this wrapup of Tom King's Mr Miracle comic, we ask:In a broken world, can we just IMAGINE a world in which things are better?Does the human heart long for an ideal "God", or for a "god" of our own making? Or something m

In this episode, Dakota and Zack unpack Jack Kirby's Fourth World via Tom King's miniseries "Mr. Miracle" (2019).Whether Scott Free is your FAVORITE DC character, or you're thinking "Who dat?"- fight the power of Darkseid and join us for this episode!Surprisingly deep themes emerge through this epic tale, dealing with good and evil, trauma, realty/unreality, dealing with our past a