MAJOR SPOILERS in this episode for the movie, The Suicide Squad (not to be confused with Suicide Squad, which came out in 2016). We talk about whether this movie is a sequel or a reboot (it's neither) and there's lots of discussion about American imperialism, the Monroe Doctrine, the Iran-Contra Affair, and of course the heart and soul of the movie: King Shark. SHOW NOTES: groundedgeeks.medium.com

This episode is not timely at all since Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame came out years ago, BUT we still wanted to talk about Thanos' plan to get rid of half of the universe. What did that even mean and was it a good plan in the first place? Not only did we take this chance to talk about Thanos as a villain, but in this episode we also cover climate change, women's rights, racism, sexism, poverty, and so much more. 

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SOME SPOILERS for the new Peacock original show, We Are Lady Parts.  Have you heard of this incredible new show called We Are Lady Parts? No, of course not and the only reason WE have is because the show's about five young British Muslim women who start their own punk band—and we're into that. And honestly, you should be too. If you've ever wanted to see more than one token brown person on screen or more representation of Muslims in general or simply something that you can rock out to, then this is the show for you. SHOW NOTES: groundedgeeks.medium.com

MAJOR SPOILERS in this episode for the Disney+ show Loki. We got very philosophical and analytical and reflective on this episode—right after talking about how much we just....didn't like the show Loki. We're sorry but also we stand by our opinions. We also spend a good deal of time talking about how we're all cogs in a great big machine, sheeps in a bureacratic system. Enjoy! SHOW NOTES: groundedgeeks.medium.com

MAJOR SPOILERS in this episode for Black Widow. Despite the fact that Black Widow should have come out years ago and that she should have gotten her own trilogy of movies and her character should have been treated better in general throughout all the other movies (the list goes on), we liked this movie! This episode starts off as a movie review, then Aman goes into great detail about a totally different storyline that he thinks Marvel should have done for this movie, and Lena describes why Black Widow reminds her of the real life girls and women around the world that not enough people talk about—or fight for. SHOW NOTES: groundedgeeks.medium.com

We've talked a lot in previous episodes about more intense movies and TV shows that touch on racism, time travel, white supremacy, and other heavy stuff like that. But in this episode, we wanted to talk about the adorable film that is Luca and the real world impact it may have on kids. And the best thing to come out of this little movie may be the "Silenzio Bruno!" defense mechanism. SHOW NOTES: groundedgeeks.medium.com

Welcome to the second round of Superhero Smorgasbord! As a reminder of what this mini series is all about, this is when we take something that's happening in the real world and then talk about how certain characters or entities in the geek world would react to that particular situation. So for round two, we naturally had to talk about the January 6 Insurrection. For the first bit of this episode, before we get to the superhero part, we shared our own reactions to that day. As a reminder, these are our opinions and we had some raw emotions to share because that day was scary for us—and dare we say, for many Americans. SHOW NOTES: groundedgeeks.medium.com

Aside from being a real place, Palestine is also the name of a 1993 graphic novel written and illustrated by journalist Joe Sacco. On this episode, we talk about what makes this book so great to this day, the role of objectivity and the "two sides" argument in journalism—and whether we have any hope for the future. SHOW NOTES: groundedgeeks.medium.com

MAJOR SPOILERS in this episode for Watchmen and Lovecraft Country (both shows that are brought to you by HBO). In Part 2, in addition to acknowledging how dumb it is to even try and talk about two spectacular and important shows in one podcast episode, we also discuss parallels that we see in both shows. And we talk about bigger themes like racism, time travel, generational trauma, and technology. We promise it's a good one! SHOW NOTES: groundedgeeks.medium.com