So you’re just going to leave us here? Like our dad?

In this episode of Listen Up A-Holes, narrative nerd Lani Diane Rich and super hero scholar Joshua Unruh slide into Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the charming, baffling and ultimately meh experience that is Iron Man 3.

We’re vegetarians. In this episode of Listen Up A-Holes, narrative nerd Lani Diane Rich and super hero scholar Joshua Unruh are joined by the luminous Sistah K of Sistah Speak Productions who hangs with us to talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest movie, Black Panther.

We were playing Galaga. We thought you wouldn’t notice. In this episode of Listen Up A-Holes, narrative nerd Lani Diane Rich and super hero scholar Joshua Unruh complete their survey of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 1 with an exhaustive look at the wonderfully overpacked suitcase that is 2012’s The Avengers.

We’ve knocked out Hitler over 230 times. In this episode of Listen Up A-Holes, narrative nerd Lani Diane Rich and super hero scholar Joshua Unruh dive deep into the great things accomplished by, and the important things left unaddressed in, 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger.

We are not dying for six college credits. In this episode of Listen Up A-Holes, narrative nerd Lani Diane Rich and super hero scholar Joshua Unruh talk great villains, bad romance, and what might have been in 2011’s Thor.

We told you we didn’t want to join your super-secret boy band. In this episode of Listen Up A-Holes, narrative nerd Lani Diane Rich and super hero scholar Joshua Unruh revisit Tony Stark with both anticipation and trepidation as they take on 2010’s Iron Man 2.

We know a few techniques that can help you manage that anger very effectively. In this episode of Listen Up A-Holes, narrative nerd Lani Diane Rich and super hero scholar Joshua Unruh talk about the wonderful and sadly unsung beauty of 2008’s The Incredible Hulk.

It’s amazing how well we can podcast from a cave, with a box of scraps! In this episode of Listen Up A-Holes, narrative nerd Lani Diane Rich and super hero scholar Joshua Unruh talk about the scriptless wonder that is 2008’s Iron Man.

In this inaugural episode of Listen Up A-Holes, narrative nerd Lani Diane Rich and super hero scholar Joshua Unruh launch a new Marvel Cinematic Universe podcast with a discussion of how they both came to their fascination with storytelling, and dive a bit into the Marvel/DC rift.