This past weekend Marvel Studios premiered Doctor Strange, directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. This marks the 14th film by the studio, and has Kyle Willoughby and Claire White ready to talk about the master of the mystic arts. Claire begins with the doctor’s roots in the psychedelic 60s and how Steve Ditko’s […]

Kyle Willoughby and Claire White are filled with the spirit of Halloween and nostalgia. Therefore, it’s time to look back at the Tim Burton classic that may also be the most influential Halloween movie ever. Kyle looks deep into the film’s “Halloween Town” and considers its originality as well as its Celtic roots. Claire gets […]

This is a special episode of DSRA with two guests! Following the release of the second book in the Six of Crows duology, Kyle Willoughby and Claire White interview New York Times and USA Today best selling author Leigh Bardugo. Set in a world that is both magical and industrial, Bardugo’s story follows an international group […]

Netflix has a new hit original series. Luke Cage is a super hero Harlem resident with bulletproof skin and super strength. Kyle Willoughby and Claire White discuss how Luke Cage became Marvel’s first Black superhero to get his own comic and the process of re-imagining him for the Netflix series. Kyle traces Cage’s creation in […]

It’s Kyle Willoughby and Claire White’s first Comic Convention! They spent a whole Friday at New York Comic Con (NYCC) – the largest comic convention in North America. After enjoying the panels, artwork, and cosplay, our hosts discuss the origins of fan conventions and the tremendous amount of work that goes into one of this […]

Fresh on the heels of its opening weekend, Kyle Willoughby and Claire White are talking about Tim Burton’s latest film. Based on the popular YA fantasy book by Ransom Riggs, the story focuses on a group of “peculiar” children, with special abilities, and their magical sanctuary. In another era they were called “freaks”. Claire gives an […]

The Wicked + The Divine is the celebrated Image Comics series by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie. It is a special kind of modern fantasy in which pop stars are literally gods. Kyle Willoughby and Claire White track the historical and contemporary influences that led to this original and evocative series. Kyle takes us back […]

The Temeraire Series is a historical fantasy by Naomi Novik that combines the Napoleonic Wars with dragons! Now that the ninth and final book of the series is out, it’s time to put the dragon in Dragons, Sexy Robots & Adventures. Claire connects the Napoleonic Code with the fantastical theme of dragon rights. Kyle discusses […]

The Big Book of Science Fiction is a massive anthology of the genre’s best works over the last hundred years put together by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer. Kyle Willoughby and Claire White select stories by H.G. Wells, Tatyana Tolstaya, and Joanna Sinisalo to examine the threads that connect them over a century. Kyle discusses the […]

Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic tale of samurai and magic that takes stop motion animation to new heights. Kyle Willoughby and Claire White like all of these things. Claire gives some background on the Japanese creation myth and the impacts of Shinto and Buddhism. Kyle describes the painstaking craft of Laika Studios […]