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Superhero Ethics
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Today: #73 in TV & Film, India on our combined chart.
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Ranking history · India
Latest daily rankings: Oct 14. New rankings will appear after the next update.
History builds daily. We started tracking this show on the TV & Film, India chart recently, so the trend line appears after a second day of data.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14 | #73 | #75 | #53 |
Latest episodes
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Wrap Up 1: A New Lens
October 13, 2026 · 1 hr 8 minIf you try to understand why someone did something terrible, are you excusing it? Matthew Fox and co-host Paul Hoppe, a poker player and writer, look back on what more than 400 episodes have taught them and build a working framework for…
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Women’s Baseball
October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minPaul Hoppe’s mom checked MLB.com every day and never once stumbled on a story about the Women’s Pro Baseball League. Matthew Fox and Paul, a poker player and writer who watched the WPBL’s first season with her, look back at what the league…
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Short Stacked and the MCU Battle of New York
September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minWalking away from a bad table is easy advice when you have money to come back with. Matthew Fox and co-host Paul Hoppe, a professional poker player and writer, spend the hour on what it means to be short stacked or underrolled. They open…
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Profiling
September 22, 2026 · 58 minEvery time you size someone up by their demographics, whether at a poker table or a police stop, you’re profiling them, and it’s worth asking why. On Superhero Ethics, Matthew Fox and Paul Hoppe dig into the different flavors of profiling…
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I Quit: Sometimes You Don’t Have to “Do This All Day”
September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 9 minOn this episode, poker player and co-host Paul joins Matthew Fox to argue that quitting isn’t a moral failure, it’s a skill; one poker forces you to practice on every hand and superhero movies almost never reward. They test the idea…
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The Odyssey: Myth on Film
September 8, 2026 · 54 minWould you cheer for a hero who tricks a Cyclops but never sleeps with a witch? Classics professor Adam Kemezis joins Matthew Fox to dig into how Christopher Nolan's Odyssey reshapes Homer's most cunning warrior for a modern audience, and…
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Dolly Parton and 9 to 5
September 1, 2026 · 47 minDolly Parton let the world underestimate her for fifty years, then spent that underestimation as leverage every single time. Days after her death, comedian and "Make Me a Nerd" host Mandy Kaplan joins host Matthew Fox to talk about what…
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Lanterns and the Ethics of Adaptation
August 25, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min“Lanterns” so far is more cop drama than cosmic weirdness, and comic book historian Jessica Plummer isn’t convinced the trade was worth it. She joins Matthew Fox to dig into the first two episodes of HBO Max’s new John Stewart and Hal…
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Avatar Aang: Did We Need This?
August 18, 2026 · 56 minShould a beloved story get a sequel twenty years later, and does anyone actually want it? Matthew Fox and Paul Hoppe take on Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, the new Avatar Studios movie picking up with a grown-up Team Avatar, and neither…
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Sunk Cost Fallacy
August 11, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minThanos says he “had to” sacrifice Gamora. Vader tells Luke it’s too late to turn back. Professional poker player Paul Hoppe joins Matthew Fox to dig into the sunk cost fallacy, the bias that convinces us that because we’ve already paid a…
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day
August 4, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minWhat if the hero afraid of his own power is exactly what makes it easy to fear an entire population? Matthew Fox is joined by returning guests Will Freeland and Steve Stormoen of the “Hype Is My Superpower” podcast to dig into “Spider-Man…
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Evaluating Risk: Poker, Life, and Nick Fury's Nuke
July 28, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minWhat actually separates a poker player from a gambler? Professional poker player, coach, and writer Paul Hoppe steps in as Matthew Fox’s full co-host and the two spend this episode arguing over wagers, variance, and self-control at the…
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Exploring ethical questions from Superhero movies and TV shows, sci-fi, and everything else geeks love