The Apparently Awesome Show

The Apparently Awesome Show is a weekly podcast dedicated to exploring the crossroads of superheroes and society, or exactly how comic book characters might react to being a part of our society and, of course, how our society would react to the sudden arrival of various comic book characters. Each week we take one hero, villain, personality, or even story-line to ruminate on and hopefully be a little insightful and humorous as we do so.

Episode #20: Golden Shiny Wire Of Hope (or Custer’s Revenge)

In our second gaming episode, we continue to beat to death Final Fantasy 7. Is it as good as we remember? Was it ever as good as we thought? Why is Sephiroth so popular despite being one of the worst … Continue reading →

08-07
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Episode #19: Fireball of Awful

In this very special (and LONG) episode, we talk about not comics but the next generation of video game consoles. Chris stays mostly neutral (except to the Wii U) and Jim tends to curse rather freely and bitch about almost … Continue reading →

07-16
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Episode #18: The Coveted 19th Hole

This week, we talk DC’s Captain Marvel and Dial H for HERO!  Should we really support children with superpowers that make them adults (or other strange creatures)? Would it even be smart to operate a device that simply gives you … Continue reading →

04-08
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Episode #17: Dimetapp and Puppies

This week we talk about a sudden depowering of mutants, and all of the hilarious criminal, health care, and racial issues that might come of such an event, be it caused by another mutant, a bad blood transfusion, or simply … Continue reading →

03-25
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Episode #16: Mutants Save The Economy

In this episode, Chris spends nearly an hour feeling bad about his feelings on mutants and registering them, watching over them, and forcing them into labor camps (some of this might not be true), only to somehow bring about utopian prosperity in the last thirty or so seconds. It makes sense in context. Continue reading →

03-13
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Episode #15: Kardashian of Mutants

We are back! This week we talk mutants, genetic defects, and how society would actually treat people that were blue and hairy, have tails, wings, or all other sorts of physical deformities that we wouldn’t understand. All that, plus plant … Continue reading →

02-13
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Episode #14: No, Actually Drowning

Yes, it’s Aquaman time! In this 50 or so minutes we go from killing him instantly to allowing him to make fish have sex and then all the way to being a crazed eco-terrorist with a magic hand and a … Continue reading →

09-24
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