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Ruinous obsessions, trance states and a southwest series + this day in history w/the CIA's Congo coup and our song of the day by Smashing Pumpkins on your Morning Monarchy for September 14, 2018.

Shocking practices, meritless efforts and digitizing Edison + this day in history w/the Hand of God goal and our song of the day by Trevor Moore on your Morning Monarchy for June 22, 2018.

Writer and comic book reviewer Ryan Carey joins me for an in depth discussion of the comic industry and its relationship with the CIA. We begin by looking at the early days of comic books and their first forays into politics during WWII. Ryan talks about the overt left leaning politics of the original Superman comics and how this evolved into a nationalistic pro-US series during WWII. Next we move onto ex-CIA agent Tom King who’s charmed life has led him to the pinnacle of comics, writing the latest Batman comics.

You may have heard that Suicide Squad is terrible. You may have also heard that’s it’s actually pretty good. Ultimately, as with everything, you should make up your own mind: and judging by how well the movie seems to be doing at the box office, the harsh criticisms don’t seem to be hurting it commercially. I […]

Some of that question might be down to a bout of comic-book movie fatigue; but actually it’s a serious concern. A Batman movie once declared ‘to conquer fear, you must become fear’. I fear this movie might fall short of itself – I therefore elect to become that fear by exploring the possibility. Most of […]