Good Bye to All That: The Falcon & The Winter Soldier

Published: April 28, 2021, 4 a.m.

This week on Good Bye to All That, The Pop Break\u2019s Podcasts Editor Alex Marcus is joined by Michael T. Ford III, co-host of the Racial Draft Podcast, to discuss Disney Plus\u2019s The Falcon & The Winter Soldier, Marvel Studios latest event series, starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan as the titular Falcon & The Winter Soldier as they deal with the fall out of a post-blip world and come to terms with the mantle of Captain America now that Chris Evans\u2019 Steve Rogers is no longer a part of the franchise after 2019\u2019s Avengers: Endgame.

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Show Topics discussed include:

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-How covering the series weekly on TWO podcasts impacted Michael\u2019s experience with the series

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-How the series\u2019 various sympathetic antiheroes impacted the telling of Sam\u2019s story

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-What went wrong with the Flag Smashers

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-If the Power Broker mattered

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-The ways in which Karli and Walker\u2019s arc\u2019s parallel each other

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-The incredible performance and transgressive nature of Carly Lumbly\u2019s Isiah Bradley

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-The role of Wakanda and Zemo on the series

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-If Bucky deserved to be the co-lead of this series and if he could ever be a solo lead

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-What\u2019s next for Sam Wilson\u2019s Captain America, including thoughts on the new costume!

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You can follow host Alex Marcus on Twitter and Letterboxd and check out his film podcast Cinema Joes.