Trivially Crucial Podcast

Trivially Crucial

Trivially Crucial
A show about the importance of stories in all mediums, how they're constructed, how they're told, and how they enhance our lives. We love and care about books, movies, comics, games, television, and any other medium through which stories can be told. We're willing to dissect the stories we love and laud the stories we don't. Because stories matter.
053 - She’s a Space Secretary (Star Trek)
Michael and Mandy cover all Star Trek *before* the Kelvin universe movie trilogy kicked off by the 2009 film.
Jun 21, 2022
2 hr 45 min
052 - Like Throwing Aquaman in Water (Superman 3 & 4)
This episode is part of our Trivially Crucial Backlog - Episodes recorded previously and until now left unposted. In this episode the Superman run continues with a single episode for the 3rd and 4th Christopher Reeve Superman films. It’s a severe understatement to say these movies were found to be absolutely ridiculous.
Nov 29, 2020
1 hr 18 min
051 - Goodbye Sam and Dean (Supernatural)
Years ago Mandy got Michael to start watching Supernatural, a show with plenty of horror-esque content in its first couple of seasons (Michael doesn't do horror). 15 seasons later it's time to bid adieu to the Winchesters and their 1967 Chevy Impala.
Nov 24, 2020
2 hr
050 - The Power of Stories
For the 50th episode of Trivially Crucial, Mandy and Michael explore the core idea behind the show: How stories and media important to our growing outlook on the world, and which ones directly impacted them most.
Aug 30, 2020
1 hr 44 min
049 - Think Backwards (Zatanna)
Mandy and Michael chat about the collected volume of Paul Dini's Zatanna, which itself contains issues 1-16 and Zatanna: Everyday Magic.
Aug 23, 2020
1 hr 11 min
048 - Mediums within Mediums
Mandy and Michael discuss the values of and differences between storytelling mediums.
Aug 16, 2020
1 hr 36 min
047 - None Of It Makes Sense (Avengers: Endgame)
Michael and Mandy return just in time to get a discussion of Avengers: Endgame out before the Russo brothers' declared ending to the moratorium on talking about the movie publicly, wrapping up the core saga of the MCU to date.
May 4, 2019
2 hr 30 min
046 - Some People Are Good People
Catchup continues with Spider-Man: Homecoming, tons of Spider-Man background, and why the X-Men should never be part of the MCU
Jan 2, 2018
1 hr 33 min
045 - Everyone Gets Daddy Issues
A much delayed episode on Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 and the problem with Yondu
Dec 26, 2017
1 hr 33 min
044 - He's Into Robots
A conversation working through incomplete initial feelings on The Last Jedi on opening weekend.
Dec 20, 2017
1 hr 40 min
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