Marvel Cinematic University

Just one year before the MCU began with Iron Man, a little Marvel movie called Ghost Rider was released, and it was... something. Nicolas Cage scholar and national NBA writer for The Athletic Zach Harper joins the crew to look back on the story of Johnny Blaze. Follow Zach: @talkhoops Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Rate, review, subscribe.

AC, Jerome, and Jake are joined by AC's brother Raf to discuss the protests, police brutality, and where we go from here. We'll be back with the regularly scheduled programming next week.

With no new content coming our way any time soon, the team took a look back at 2017's LOGAN. Joining them to breakdown this masterpiece of superhero filmmaking is Mariano Bivins (Count the Dings, DefPen). We discuss how this film benefits from its R-rating, what the X-Men should look like in the MCU, and whether Logan is as washed a dad as AC. Follow Mariano: @Mariannoo Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow AC: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Jake: @thejakechristie

We're not talking about the God of Hammers! Jake, Jerome, Anthony, and guest Michael Springthorpe look back at Thor Odinson's progression through the MCU: what went right, what went wrong, etc. We recap our favorite Thor moments and lines, and discuss where the character should go moving forward. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Michael: @springthorpeman Follow AC: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Rate, review, subscribe, etc.

Our Character Retrospective series continues as we tackle the First Avenger, Captain America. We use our favorite moments and scenes to discuss Cap's corniness, his sincerity, and what makes him a special hero. Thanks to friend of the show @springthorpeman for his voicemail breaking down the "daddyfication" of Captain America, and thanks to @muazimus & @eric_giacometti for their e-mails. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie Send your voicemails to mcuniversitypodcast@gmail.com for our THOR retrospective next week! Rate, review subscribe!

We begin our Character Retrospectives series with the man who started it all, Tony Stark. We trace his growth and development as a character from 2008’s Iron Man all the way to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. Some topics include: favorite scene, what’s aged the best, and what would you change about the character? Follow Nitz: @nitzbluv Follow the show; @MCUniversityPod Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Rate, review, and subscribe!

The Marvel Cinematic University Character Bracket has concluded! AC, Jerome, & Jake recap the inevitability that is Tony Stark. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Thanks for the voicemails from: •Michael Springthorpe (@springthorpeman) + cameo •Cecilia (@ceceliamstokes1) Continue to send your voicemails in for to mcuniversitypodcast@gmail.com! Rate, review, subscribe, and share with your cousin!

The Marvel Cinematic University Character Bracket is almost over! AC, Jerome, & Jake convene to recap the Elite Eight, preview the Final Four, and listen to some truly contentious voicemails. And yes, we do inevitably talk about Iron Man 3 at one point. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Thanks for the voicemails from… •Storm Bennett (@st0rmb11) •Rico Albarracin (@alwayscriticpod) •Michael Springthorpe (@springthorpeman) •Muaz Z. (@muazimus) Send your voicemails in for next week to mcuniversitypodcast@gmail.com! Rate, review, subscribe, and share with your cousin!

And then there were eight! The third round of the Marvel Cinematic University Character Bracket has ended, and we must gather to discuss the results, as well as some recent news about the MCU. Subbing in for Jerome this episode is Malik Marshall, friend of the show and voicemail-leaver. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Malik: @MalikJMarshall Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Thanks to Michael Springthorpe (@springthorpeman) for his voicemail. Send yours in to mcuniversitypodcast@gmail.com for next week!

The second round of Marvel Cinematic University's MCU Character Bracket came to a close, and your hosts Jake Christie and Jerome Cheng had to convene to discuss it. Unfortunately, Anthony Canton III could not make it, but he was still in our hearts. Thanks for the voicemails from... •Storm Bennett (@st0rmb11) •Cole J •Anthony Canton III (@ACSSpotlight95) •Rico Albaraccin (@alwayscriticpod) •Malik Marshall (@MalikJMarshall) •Michael Springthorpe (@springthorpeman) Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95

Round one of our tournament to determine the best character in the MCU has ended. Jerome, Jake, and Anthony got together to break down all 32 matches, and preview the 16 matches of round two. Follow the show: @MCUniversitypod Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll

The MCU crew is back to talk about several things, not least of which is that new trailer for BLACK WIDOW. Then, we talk recent news regarding SHE-HULK and THOR: LOVE & THUNDER. We discuss the results of our recent survey on villains in the MCU, and finish up with a special announcement*. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Rate, review, subscribe. *it's a MCU Characters bracket. it starts next week. thanks for reading the description. --Jake

Join Anthony Canton III and Stephanie Williams for the premiere episode of Marvel Did What?! - a show where AC and Steph discuss some of most interesting comic runs Marvel has to offer. This week, they cover Venom: First Host, a comic so bizarre that I (producer Jake Christie) had to pause a few times to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating what they were talking about. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Steph: @Steph_I_Will Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Join Steph’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27977512&fan_landing=true Rate. review, subscribe, call your girlfriend (it’s time you had the talk… give your reasons… say it’s not her fault… but you just met somebody new) etc etc etc.

You might have missed it, but there were some pretty big Marvel trailers during the Big Game. Your hosts Jake, AC, and Jerome are here to give their thoughts on those trailers, other Marvel news, and popcorn chicken, for some reason. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Rate, review, subscribe.

As we wait for new Marvel movies and television shows, host Anthony Canton III is joined by friend of the show Stephanie Williams for a new series where they look at some of the most bizarre comics in the Marvel collection. Listen to this introduction episode where they talk a little about their histories in reading comic books, as well as what listeners can expect in future episodes. Follow the show: @mcuniversitypod Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Steph: @Steph_I_Will

You know how it is: a trailer for a movie comes out, and we get together to talk about it. It says a lot about our pod that a 36 minute runtime to talk about a two minute trailer is unusually short for us. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow AC: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow the Leader was a very overrated children's game

It brings me no pleasure to write that we watched and reviewed 2019's Dark Phoenix, a movie that is not good. However, as we are wont to do, we had a good time discussing its badness. Along for the ride is returning guest Stephanie Williams, who delivered blows to Professor X that he may never recover from. Follow Steph: @Steph_I_Will Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Jake: @Thejakechristie Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow your instincts.

There are no MCU movies for quite some time, so we must busy ourselves with other superhero content. So Jerome, Jake, and Anthony revisit the 2014 film "X-Men Days of Future Past" to see just how it holds up... five years later. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95

The original three (Jake, Jerome, and A.C.) are back together again to rejoice in the recent news that Spider-Man won't be leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe after all. Then, because we can't help ourselves, we speculate about how his future will play out in both the Marvel and Sony Cinematic Universes. And there's other nonsense, because of course there is. There are plenty of other Marvel podcasts to listen to if you don't like the nonsense that comes with this one. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll

We’ve got good news and bad news, and we’re giving you the bad news first. Dave DuFour of Count the Dings and The Athletic joins Anthony and Jake to react to the news that Spider-Man is leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe (and let’s just say we’re not pleased). After we get that out of our system, we react to all the new announcements and teasers from the D23 Expo, like the three new Disney+ series, Moon Knight, She-Hulk, and Ms. Marvel (and let’s just say we can’t wait). Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Dave: @DaveDuFour Follow AC: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie