Alpha Waves
Blog posts will announce new episodes and news pertinent to the Why Not?! Podcast
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Episode 41: Enter the Jaded Dragon
Today we’re wrapping up the first Dream Queen arc in Alpha Flight #59 and #60 and a confusingly good time is had by all while still averting World War 3. We had recorded Issue #61 as part of this episode but life, uh, finds a way and editing that conversation is proving to take longer
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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 talked Alpha Flight so we take our time catching back up on everything that’s brought the team to this place; that place being inside of Box who is now a spaceship. Yep,
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Why Not Watch A Movie #1: V for Vendetta
Happy Boxing Day, folks! We’re rebranding the “Drink” series into, well, this! Kicking things off with one of the best move adaptations of a comic with this classic born of an Alan Moore comic. We have a great time chatting about a movie that seems particularly relevant now…20 years after it came out (feeling kinda
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2025 Holiday Spectacular!
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 interspersed with some delightful holiday music. This year we also explore a different and similarly fascinating question to our usual “Why Not?!”: What If?! Giant-Size Alpha Flight??? Thanks
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Patreon One Shot #1: Concerts
Now live for our Patreon supporters! This conversation was cut from our recording of The Crow Have A Drink episodes and is the reason Why Not One Shots came to be. We wanted a space to do 10-20 minute talks about things that are interesting but would derail an episode of the main show and
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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 the whiplash. Lot more on Goblyn; less discernible rules to characters’ power; and the return of…the Great Beasts!!! In this episode, Chris: and Tom: Why Not Read Alpha Flight is brought to you by listeners like you
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Episode 38: “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. Are they groundbreakingly original stories? No. Are they solidly done and enjoyable? Absolutely. Mantlo…you really know how to play with our emotions. In this episode, Chris: and Tom:
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Why Not?! Have A Drink Episode 8: “The Crow”
Happy Halloween! We are celebrating over on the Patreon by talking about the Greatest Halloween Movie Soundtrack of All Time Of All Time! We have recorded this episode 3 times in the last year and finally found the right balance and are happy to get this to you today. Stay safe out there on Devil’s
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Episode 37: “Bedlam? I hardly knew 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—they have on their hands; one of JMH’s failed experiments makes a return; JMH’s GREATEST failure shows up for a bit (yeah, Wolverine is guesting); Wanda muses on her current state (we’ll get
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Episode 36: “Two Eldare and an Auleonna Walk Into A Cave…”
(NOTE: I don’t know how to get the funky umlauts and don’t have the time to learn this week. Thank you for your grace. – Chris) 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 whom get their