Superpowered Society: Recent Episodes
Ryan Blake
Superpowered Society is all about how main stream (and non-main stream) superheroes have a mutual relationship with society. While superheroes may be fictional characters, they are a reflection of the things we value in today's Modern American Culture. They impact the way we think, how we treat one another and how we see ourselves in the world.
This is not about today's pop culture, but there may be references to it. Expect rhetorical analysis, sociological trends and discussing parallels of who superheroes are, what they represent and the challenges society faces when these characters become a part of everyday conversation.
Perspective is key, so please participate engage and don't hesitate to share your feelings towards the topics discussed!
Twitter: @SuperpoweredSoc Website: www.superpoweredsociety.com
Failed Superhero Movie? Not quite!
We dive into Robert Townsend's "The Meteor Man" and pull out how this move was ahead of its time as it was empowering, not only for communities of color, but for every community who's ever needed to know what it means to "come together".
In this episode, we take a look at one of our favorite superheroes growing up! We look at him in a way that I never consciously thought about and are primarily looking at the film trilogy while also touching on the comic history.
I believe that we can take elements of our favorite superheroes and apply their desire to be better into our daily lives. That sounds great, but like anything, it takes time, practice and failure.
In this episode I welcome Crunchy from the Millennial Nostalgia Berries Podcast! We cover Milestone Comics and their title characters. We discuss the impact they had on mass media comics as well as highlighting what may have been their downfall.
Milestone Media changed the game on what it meant to stereotype underrepresented superheroes. They broke the status quo, they created new back stories and became leaders within the comic book industry where there was great under-representation.
In this episode we travel back in time to someone who isn't regularly, if ever seen, as a superhero but everyone knows his name. While not ever seen or given the title of superhero, he is a man who's known to be invincible, a master swordsman and quite handsome!
In this episode we welcome guest host, Teron Buford as we dive into a team of superheroes while also covering the villains... if you want to call them that! Civil Rights is at the core of this marginalized group, but there is so much to see in the current battle for equality and equity that we can still learn from.
In this episode, we cover Earth's Superhero and the impact he's had on a global society. We also talk about why this "lesser" hero would be able to make a strong comeback in 2017.
Ep. 1 - An Idolized Vigilante: In this podcast we talk about the effect that today's most popular superhero has had on society and what he represents within the character himself!
What if I told you that superheroes have a greater impact on society than what we realize? That these fictional characters are influencing and reflecting today's modern American culture? That history can be explain through the lens of comic book characters.