You asked, we delivered: It's our Christmas Special.

Before we had settled on the name Midnight Grappler Animals for our show, we were still figuring out who we were. At that time, our favorite podcast, Mex Flentallo, was on an extended hiatus, so we made a show about that perfect wonderful show and how much we missed it. Thus our calling this show 'Take Em or Leave Em' (at the time). We talk a bit about wishing for the return of Mex Flentallo. We spend the rest of the episode talking about an overly online military musician who writes for DC Comics, and the jingoistic messages he is purposely or incidentally conveying in his Superman stories. Whatever your takeaway, know this: Superman is NOT a colonizer.

Enjoy our actual 'first' episode; we clearly had no idea what we were doing here. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our friends and none of our enemies. We would never have enemies. We are good lads that everyone likes.

Lan’s extended notes:

https://midnightgrappleranimals.wordpress.com/2022/12/25/midnight-grappler-animals-christmas-special-wmds-over-warworld/