The Real fantasy of Peacemaker is getting your friends to agree to listen to your favorite bands---and them like them.

Journalist Arturo Garcia joins me for season 2 of James Gunn's HBO series Peacemaker staring John Cena.

The first 15 minutes of this episode are spoiler free.

In this episode:

• How Peacemaker fits in to Cena's Body of Work
• More than you wanted to know about the band Nelson (and MTV)
• How this series fits into DC comics and the DCEU's future
• How well does Peacemaker handle it's heavy political parallels?

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Don't miss our episode about season 1 with Jamelle Bouie, Spencer Ackerman and Cayden Mak. https://graphicpolicy.com/2022/03/11/peacemaker-with-jamelle-bouie-spencer-ackerman-cayden-mak/

The need for solidarity with Palestinians and Jewish Americans reconning with the historical myths we've been fed–– James Gunn's new Superman movie really went there and did it superbly. Who better to process it with than Rafael Shimoff and Shoshana Brown, the hosts of Beyond the  Pale, radio's home for NY's Jewish left!

But first an update from Project Fulcrum, Get Free's Star Wars fan organizing campaign striking a blow against censorship.

Listen to Beyond the Pale on WBAI or online https://wbai.org/program.php?program=461

I co-wrote about Project Fulcrum and the Disney campaign for WagingNonViolence.org : Why fandom organizing is a powerful strategy for movement building

Read Zach Rabiroff on DC pulling Red Hood. https://www.tcj.com/horror-it-girl-gretchen-felker-martin-on-dc-pulling-red-hood-after-charlie-kirk-comments-i-had-no-regrets/

Catch up Project Fulcrum Andor coverage here Part 1 https://bit.ly/AndorInOurWorld

Part 2 https://bit.ly/AndorFinale

Join Project Fulcrum https://www.getfreetogether.org/project-fulcrum

Murderbot is a queer space opera with a sense of humor and a bone to pick with corporate power. You can stream it on Apple TV Join myself and Sarah Daniel Rasher, who co-hosts our Deep Space Nine podcast, for a look at the new TV series based on a series of novelas by Martha Wells.

The first 13 minutes of our show are fully spoiler-free.

Audiobook of All Systems Red on Everand: https://www.everand.com/audiobook/633755086/All-Systems-Red

Realizing Sanctuary Moon is a soap opera

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