Pop Culture Splits into Multiverses

Episode 188

Marvel and DC are jumping into the multiverse with multiple movies and shows crossing over into parallels worlds with different versions of established characters while they’re merging IP from different franchises. It’s a win-win business strategy, but multiverses also bring up intriguing story possibilities of how we could’ve turned out differently if the circumstances of our lives were different, and what it would be like to meet your double. I covered those themes in my episode Doppelgängers 2.0, and I looked into one of the first cinematic multiverses, The Tommy Westphall universe, in my episode Inside the Snow Globe. Both episodes were from 2015, and since a lot of recent listeners probably never heard them, I’m presenting them again as a double feature. 
Pop Culture Splits into Multiverses
Pop Culture Splits into Multiverses transcript
MUSIC LIST
  • I Shall Be Removed by KEN
  • Zephyr by Losci
  • Misplaced Memories by Sono Sanctus
  • Wonder Cycle by Chris Zabriskie
  • Dubbiant by Londonbroil
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