The Protagonist Podcast

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Returning guest Josh Allen joins Joe to discuss the class collection of scary stories that has haunted elementary school classrooms since the 1980s. Written by Alvin Schwartz with art by Stephen Gammell, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a staple of the spooky season for children starting to pursue the world of creepy tales. We’re discussing “The Hook,” “The Walk,” and “A Ghost in the Mirror.”

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Returning guest Nicole Freim joins Joe to discuss the film Barbie. Directed by Greta Gerwig, and starring Margot Robbie as Barbie, America Ferrera as Gloria, Ariana Greenblatt as Sasha, and Ryan Gosling as Ken, the film tells the story of Barbie leaving Barbieland to go to the real world at the same time Gloria and Sasha leave the real world and enter Barbieland. 

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Returning guest John Darowski joins Joe to discuss the novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. It tells the story of John Buchan on the run from both authorities and members of a criminal gang as he gets caught up in a murder mystery and an international conspiracy. This novel is credited with inventing the “man on the run” genre of storytelling. 

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Returning guest George Tsakiridis joins Joe to discuss Better Call Saul, the prequel series to Breaking Bad. We’re discussing the pilot episode of the series, which stars Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill, though viewers of Breaking Bad knew him as Saul Goodman. This character study explores how Jimmy McGill makes the ethically dubious choices that result in him becoming the characters viewers knew from Breaking Bad.

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Returning guest Josh Allen joins Joe to discuss one of the most famous Superman stories ever told. Written by Alan Moore with art by Curt Swan, this was the last Superman told before the DC Universe was reset at the conclusion of The Crisis on Infinite Earth’s mini-series, and John Byrne established a new Superman continuity. It tells the story of Lois Lane being interviewed 10 years after Superman was last seen.

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Returning guest Branden Ushio joins Joe to play a round of Pop Culture Fives. We choose a random pop culture topic and give rapid responses to the prompt (the rapidity of the responses varies greatly, we get into a good rhythm by the end).

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Producer Andrew joins Joe to discuss the classic sci-fi film The Thing From Another World. This 1951 film tells the story of a group of scientists and military personnel stationed at an Arctic base who discover a flying saucer frozen in the ice. When it accidentally thaws out, they must fight off a still living alien creature.

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Returning guest Virginia McAllister joins Joe to discuss the novel The Will of the Many. Written by James Islington, the novel tells the story of a teenage protagonist, Vis Telimus, who works to overthrow the unjust class system that dictates life on the world of Caten. Modeled on the Roman Empire, this fantasy worlds sees the lower class cede portions of their emotional and physical strength to the upper classes.

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Welcome to the first episode of this special project, where John Darowski and Producer Andrew will discuss the Redwall book series by Brian Jacques in publication order. The first book, Redwall, follows the mouse Matthias as he learns to become a hero and leader during the siege of Redwall Abbey by the rat Cluny the Scourge and his horde.

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Returning guest George Tsakiridis joins Joe to discuss the tv show Mad Men. Set in the 1960s and following the men and women whose lives revolve around an advertising firm, the series starred Jon Hamm in the role of Don Draper. The episode we’re discussing revolves around the busy week leading up to Thanksgiving.

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