The Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Excalibur #38: “Out on a Limbo”
27 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join Anna, Mav, and Andrew plus special guest Lisa, Nocturne's BFF and co-host of the Nightcrawler-centric Simply Amazing podcast, to talk Kurt/Wanda,...
Excalibur #37: “House Call”
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The sages foretold: lo, there will come a story, told in three parts, in which jokes are stale and motives are baffling. Nobody likes it; nobody wante...
Excalibur #36: “Xs and Os”
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're (still!) back and so's our first returning guest, Dr. Michael Hancock, talking what makes a bad comic re: Excalibur #36, "Xs and Os!" It's a tea...
Excalibur #35: “Heartbreaker”
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! And debating the merits of punchable problems in Excalibur #35, "Heartbreaker," with comics scholar Dr. Jocelyn Sakal Froese! With their h...
Excalibur #34: “School Spirit”
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Well, this is it. The end of "Girls' School from Heck" and the Claremont era of Excalibur. But we're going out with a bang and our pom-poms raised hig...
Excalibur #33: “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
16 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are going back to school (again) with Excalibur #33, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” part two of “Girls’ School from...
Excalibur #32: “Someone Will Die for This!”
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A little late for "Back to School" but just in time for the comics studies + girlhood studies + Excalibur matchup of your dreams, it's Anna, Mav, and ...
Excalibur #31: “No Man is an Island”
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Don't let the title fool you—some men are islands, and those islands claim Krakoa as a father and have sworn revenge on Nightcrawler! That's right—...
Excalibur #30: “‘Twas a Dark and Stormy Night”
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sink your teeth into an early Halloween spectacular as vampire expert Dr. Cait Coker, editor of The Global Vampire, joins Anna, Mav, and Andrew to tal...
Excalibur #29: “Dream a Little Dream”
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's a dreamy pod-friends reunion as the multitalented Wayne Wise, co-founder and co-host of VoxPopcast, joins Anna, Mav, and Andrew to say "weird" a ...
Excalibur #28: “The Night They Tore Down the Gilded Lady”
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's a reason they say you can't go home again—because sometimes, the crowd at your old college bar doesn't remember you, and your girlfriend has...
Excalibur #27: “Reel People”
04 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Connor Goldsmith, literary agent and host of the Cerebro podcast, to talk films inside comic book...
Excalibur #26: "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew recruit author Darby Harn to help them make sense of some less-than-stellar storytelling in Excalibur #26, “...
Excalibur #25: "Guess Who's Coming for Phoenix?"
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Cross-Time Caper is still over... or is it? Resolution careens into crisis into conversations about both as Anna, Mav, and Andrew welcome author a...
Excalibur #24: "Tempting Fates"
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by professor, poet, literary and cultural critic, and friend-to-all-mutants Dr. Stephanie Burt to celebrate the not-s...
Excalibur #23: "Here Comes the Judge"
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Here comes the Judge Dredd homage you've been waiting for, with Scott Weatherly, editor of the recent anthology Judging Dredd, joining Anna, Mav, and ...
Excalibur #22: "Shadows Triumphant?"
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Dr. Safiyya Hosein, whose research focuses on representations of Muslim and Arab characters in superhero comics, t...
Excalibur #21: "Crusader X"
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Dr. Martin Zeller-Jacques to tackle Excalibur #21, "Crusader X," which Mav describes as "definitely, technically a...
Excalibur #20: "The Eye of the Beholder"
17 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's out with the Claremont/Davis, in with the Higgins/Lim with Excalibur #20, “The Eye of the Beholder,” a flashback issue we’re charitably des...
Excalibur #19: "Madripoor Knights"
10 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've pulled the strings of reality to create another epic podcast team-up as Justin and Alicia of The X-Wife Podcast join Anna, Mav, and Andrew to ta...
Excalibur #18: "Wild Wild Wheels"
03 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, manga scholar Dr. Mimi Okabe steers Anna, Mav, and Andrew through the mecha/shōjo/shōnen (?) inspired Excalibur #18, “Wild Wild W...
Excalibur #17: “From the Crucible—A Captain?”
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Liz Large of ComicsXF to ride a “Warlord”-inspired hangover straight into a never-ending bacc...
Excalibur #16: "Warlord"
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some people say you shouldn’t go full Nightcrawler. The GGW pod disagrees. Especially Anna, Kurt Wagner’s (Unofficial) PR Manager, who’s hoping ...
Excalibur #15: "Technet: Impossible Missions!"
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dazzler stan and all-around X-Men aficionado Dr. Nicholas Miller joins Anna, Mav, and Andrew to talk serious political allegories and...
"Mojo Mayhem"
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we laugh, we cry, we over-intellectualize the self-reflexivity of itty-bitty X-Men on the run from the spineless dictator of a realit...
Excalibur #14: "Too Many Heroes"
29 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summer’s rolling in, which means it’s time for an epic crossover! Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Sean Ross of the Secret Wars & Beyond Podcas...
Excalibur #13: ”The Marriage of True Minds”
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do Gloria Anzaldúa, Donna Haraway, and Kitty Pryde have in common? Find out in this week’s discussion of Excalibur #13, “The Marriage of Tru...
Excalibur #12: "My Friends Call Me Billy the Kid!"
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alan Davis is back and Excalibur’s gone—on the Cross-Time Caper, that is! Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by educator, supermom,...
Excalibur #11: ”The Price”
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, talking Excalibur #11: “The Price,” is a pod-friends reunion as Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Dr. Michael Hancock, the self-pr...
Excalibur #10: "Widget"
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew team up with Dr. Travis Smith, author of Superhero Ethics, to discuss the ethically fraught Excalibur #10: “W...
Excalibur #9: "The Two-Edged Sword"
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by monster hunter/lover Dr. Sam Langsdale (@s_langsdale), co-editor of Monstrous Women in Comics, to...
Excalibur #8: "Excalibur's New York Adventure"
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by specialist in superhero style Monica Geraffo (@monicamarveloux) to discuss the sartorial splendor...
Excalibur #7: "Goblin Morn"
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by film and comics scholar and self-professed Kitty Pryde fanboy Matt Linton (@ABoyCalledMonk) of Th...
Excalibur #6: "Goblin Night"
03 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, Andrew, and special guest Laura Grafton (@llgrafton) of Masked Mom Review enter the Inferno with Excalibur #6, "Goblin Ni...
Excalibur #5: "Send in the Clowns"
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, Andrew, and comics scholar Dr. Shawn Gilmore (@gipperfish), impresario of VaultofCulture.com, discuss Excalibur #5, "Send ...
Excalibur #4: "Still Crazy After All These Years"
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, Andrew, and their special guest, romance comics expert Sydney Heifler (@romancecomicbks), discuss Excalibur #4, "Still Cra...
Excalibur #3: "Moving Day"
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, Andrew, and special guest Brad Mendenhall of the Cosmic Geppetto Podcast discuss Excalibur #3, “Moving Day,” and fight...
Excalibur #2: "A Warwolf Possessed"
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew discuss Excalibur #2, “A Warwolf Possessed.” Topics include how comics communicate agency within sexualizat...
Excalibur #1: "Warwolves of London"
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew discuss Excalibur #1, “Warwolves of London." Topics include Excalibur’s sophisticated (maybe even postmoder...
Episode 0: Origins & "The Sword is Drawn"
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this mega-sized debut, Anna, Mav, and Andrew explore the origins of Excalibur in Marvel UK, the X-Men franchise, and Excalibur: The Sword is Drawn...