Episode 140: Truth, Justice and The American Way

Tracing the history of the superhero genre can reveal a lot about how we understand our own history, and how history gets whitewashed. Shawn Taylor, John Jennings and Art Burton look at how black superheroes evolved from a black Wild West lawman to HBO's Watchmen. And I talk with John Valadez about Mexican American masked vigilantes who may have inspired Zorro, and other masked heroes. 

Truth, Justice and The American Way transcript

MUSIC LIST

• Imaginary Sunrise by Alexis Cuadrado

• Within The Documents by Martin Gauffin

• ​Which Side Are You On by NYM

• ​Stories Left Untold by Rand Aldo

• ​Chain of Events by Michael Rothery 

• ​Water Clouds by Ambientalism