Why Not?! Read Alpha Flight with Chris & Tom
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Why Not?! Read Alpha Flight with Chris & Tom
The best podcast about Alpha Flight you'll ever hear!
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"Hudnall (and Calimee), Adieu"
Episode 51: "Hudnall (and Calimee), Adieu"
We made it folks: herewith, the end of the James D. Hudnall run on Alpha Flight. We cover issues 83-8...
"Heidegger's Ghost"
Episode 50: “Heidegger’s Ghost”
Feels like it’s been a minute, yeah?! Well, we missed talking to y’all about Alpha Flight as much as you missed...
Why Not?! Watch a Movie: Fantastic Four: First Steps
We'll be back with more Alpha Flight chat in July, but in anticipation of the big blockbuster season we have in front of us (that seemingly will exten...
"Mein Flight"
Episode 49: “Mein Flight”
Tom is stuck on the train for a while so Chris has seized control of the means of production and is posting this week’...
Why Not?! Watch a Movie: V for Vendetta
Hey folks! As covered in the opening, Tom caught a cold and lost his voice, so we weren’t able to get a new Why Not?! recorded for this week. We’ll be...
"The One Where Tom Flips a Table"
Episode 48: “The One Where Tom Flips a Table”
Folks, this was a tough episode to get done. Not because of anything in our lives, no sir, but bec...
"See You at the Crossroads"
Episode 47: “See You at the Crossroads”
Well, we’ve bicc’ed off most of the Mantlo threads and are into Hudnall proper. We cover three issues th...
"What the Hudnall?!"
Episode 46: “What the Hudnall?!”
…and thus does the James D. Hudnall era begins…
And we’re befuddled. It’s a rough start but hope springs...
"Bill, Adieu"
Episode 45: “Bill, Adieu”
Well, we’ve come to the end of Bill Mantlo’s run on Alpha Flight and, folks, he absolutely saved his best issue for la...
"Keep Alpha Flight Weird!!!"
In our penultimate episode covering Bill Mantlo's run on Alpha Flight things. get. weird. But quite interesting, too, as Wanda works some things out a...
"All My Life I Wanted To Be a Supervillain"
Episode 43: “All My Life I Wanted To Be a Supervillain”
We cover two issues this week and, holy hell, we have…a GOOD TIME?!?! Two very different...
"Wanda and the Kids"
Episode 42: “Wanda and the Kids”
It’s our somewhat delayed coverage of issue 61 and, yeah, getting sick really throws a wrench in things. But! I...
"Enter the Jaded Dragon"
Episode 41: “Enter the Jaded Dragon”
We’re wrapping up the Dream Queen arc this episode with some help from…Old Puck?! And, really, that’s not e...
"RiDQulous"
Episode 40: “RiDQulous”
And we’re back! New year, new energy, and the return of some of our favorite audio gags! It’s been a minute since we tal...
BONUS EPISODE: WNWAM on A KNIGHT'S TALE
We thought during this fallow period between episodes on Alpha Flight we’d drop our Boxing Day 2024 special: our conversation about A Knight’s Tale. T...
Holiday Spectacular 2025!!!
Welcome to our second Holiday Spectacular! In which we share some of the more amusing outtakes that didn’t make it into the show over the last year in...
"A Sas Called Wanda"
Episode 39: “A Sas Called Wanda”
In which Alpha Flight goes on several distinct genre-based adventures over the course of 3 issues…and we feel t...
"Always Choose the Sasquatch"
We circle back to a couple issues we skipped over in our zeal to keep the narrative moving and boy do they really expand on Heather’s characterization...
Episode 37: "Bedlam? I Hardly Know Him!"
It’s a proper 3-issue arc! Which feels shockingly novel! In which, the Canadian government finds out just how different an Alpha Flight—and Vindicator...
Episode 36: "Two Eldarë and an Aulëonna Walk Into a Cave..."
Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving! And on this day of days we bring you issue 50: a double-sized offering in which three Alphans depart the team, two of w...
Episode 35: "Exuent: Bochs"
Another two-fer this episode as we bring to a close our time with Roger Bochs. Y’know, given the way things were going, this might not be the worst po...
Episode 34: "The Worst Pajama Party...So Far!"
After a few short-er episodes, we’ve got a bit of a doozy for your ears this week. Two, count ‘em two!, issues of that Alpha Flight…goodness. In which...
Episode 33: “The Fall of the House of The Doug”
Short but impactful one this week as we bid farewell to a founding member of Alpha Flight…looks like that Dead Alphans list is gonna grow a bit in Epi...
Episode 32: "Somehow, Bill Makes It Worse"
Just one issue this week but it’s a doozy as we get another situation designed to keep Kara Killgrave on the straight and narrow. Really: that feels l...
Episode 31: “Je vois un alligator, je frappe un alligator”
We’re back to our regularly scheduled episodes and in this one we cover three issues, including one of our least favorite to date, Marvel Fanfare #28....
Summer Spectacular 2025!!!
Happy summer, folks! We pulled together something akin to a double-sized issue: we dig into Alpha Flight Annual #1 (which might be both of our favorit...
Why Not?! Have a Drink: Thunderbolts*
This summer has been busy, y'all, and with our presentation at The Uncanny Experience right around the corner we thought we'd drop another tasty treat...
Episode 30: "Marrinapalooza"
In this episode we finally catch up with everyone’s favorite fish lady from Newfoundland, MARRINA! And, really, we do. Not messing with you. Which als...
Episode 29: "What Color Is Your Sasquatch?"
Episode 29: “What Color Is Your Sasquatch?”
Welcome to Episode 29, in which we wrap up Snowbird’s magical mystery pregnancy, encounter a real-li...
Episode 28: "The Doug...Undone!"
Welcome to Why Not?! Episode 28: “The Doug…Undone!”
It’s a surprise-entirely-unnatural-pregnancy episode, everyone’s favorite scifi/fantasy trop...
Episode 27: "Big Throuble in Westchester County"
Welcome to Why Not?! Episode 27: “Big Throuble in Westchester County”
We’ll be at The Uncanny Experience in July, giving a talk on the history o...
Episode 26: "Tall Tale"
Welcome to Why Not?! Episode 26: “Tall Tale”
Do you ever feel like you’re just talking to yourself most of the time? Just Tom? Because he spends...
Episode 25: "Pucking Around and Finding Out"
Welcome to Why Not?! Episode 25: “Pucking Around and Finding Out”
Well we’re back from C2E2 and boy howdy was that a good time. Great meeting fo...
Why Not?! Come to C2E2
What the title says! We'll be at C2E2 Friday, April 11, 2025 and Saturday, April 12, 2025, just hanging out and taking it all in. And we'll be in cost...
Episode 24: "Elbows Up"
Welcome to Why Not?! Episode 24: “Elbows Up”
…and we’re off! We spend this episode solely discussing Issue #30, which will be our approach for t...
Episode 23: "Bills, Bills, Bills"
Welcome to Why Not?! Episode 23: “Bills, Bills, Bills”
Here we go! The Mantlo era has begun! Only one issue today as we get our feet under us a...
Episode 22: "Au Revoir, Jean-Byrne"
Welcome to Why Not?!, Episode 22: “Au Revoir, Jean-Byrne”
Well, folks, this is it: the end of the line for our good buddy and creator of Alpha F...
Episode 21: "Beautiful Oblivion, or..."
Welcome to Why Not?!, Episode 21: “Beautiful Oblivion, or the Episode with Entirely Too Many Dicks In It”
A lot of returning characters in this...
Episode 20: "SASQUATCH FIGHT!!!"
Welcome to Why Not?!, Episode 20: “SASQUATCH FIGHT!!!”
This is a big one. Another Alphan bites it and boy does it make Tom happy (and then very,...
Episode 19: "THE GIFT!"
Welcome to Why Not?!, Episode 19: “THE GIFT!”
A bit of a diversion this week as we discuss a two-issue special, “The X-Men and Alpha Flight”. Wh...