Alpha Waves
Blog posts will announce new episodes and news pertinent to the Why Not?! Podcast
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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 Flight, John Byrne. Issue 28 is his last on the title, as he moves on to The Incredible Hulk and, very soon, Superman. It’s been quite the ride
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Episode 21: “Beautiful Oblivion, or the Episode with Entirely Too Many Dicks In It”
A lot of returning characters in this episode’s issues, though not precisely in the way one might expect. Which suggests a really clever reveal, but it’s honestly kinda…meh? Oh, and way more Eve 6 references than one might expect, all things considered. We’re barrelling towards the Mantlo era, that thunderstorm fast-approaching across the planes. In
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Why Not?! Have A Drink: Punning the Punisher
This month for our special Patreon episode we take a look at four, count ‘em 4!, Punisher movies and dig into why most of them don’t work. But one really, really does! And it has Thomas Jane in it! But not the one you’re probably thinking of, though given you listen to us, you probably
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Episode 20: “SASQUATCH FIGHT!”
This is a big one. Another Alphan bites it and boy does it make Tom happy (and then very, very angry). A lot of laughs in this one as we very much lose the wrong team member. Oh, and a conversation about Malört. That stuff is just everywhere now. In this episode, Chris: and Tom:
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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”. Which has happened before, but this time, Loki’s involved. And no one is trying to steal Wolverine. Mostly. This series was published well after certain…other events took place in
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Why Not?! Have A Drink 2: Highlander
The holidays took their toll and after no less than 5 scheduled recording sessions blew up for one reason or another, we decided to call off Episode 19 until the kids get back in school. So in order to keep up our regular release schedule we are gifting you with our Thanksgiving Special episode of
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Episode 18: “Holiday Spectacular!”
It’s the holiday season and in that spirit we’ve got a festive episode! We take a delightful romp through Marvel Handbook’s of years’ past, discuss the only Alpha Flight issue that takes place at Christmas, and unveil some outtakes that simply did not make it into the show…until now! We keep it pretty light this
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Episode 17:”…I’ve Seen That Movie…”
Bit of a mishmash in this episode: an Aurora/Northstar adventure (really hope those kids work things out!), a Shaman guest appearance in Iron Man of all things, and a bit of Canadian political history (by a bit, we mean a lot). We also briefly touch on music and how comic book writers like to put
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Episode 16: “LangKowski Island”
Welcome to Why Not?!, Episode 16: “LangKowski Island” Yeah, we recorded this the week of the US election and, honestly, this was a bright spot during a crap time! Hoping it offers that to y’all, too! And we’re launching a Patreon! First bit of extra content hits this Thursday with a Have a Drink episode
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Episode 15: “Prom Night Theme: Alphalutin’ Flight”
Welcome to Why Not?!, Episode 15: “Prom Night Theme: Alphalutin’ Flight” In which we do SO MUCH voicework. And journey back 100 years to Calgary’s past and close the loop on Lucas Stang and Ranaq, the Great Devourer. Get more questions than answers on Elizabeth Twoyoungmen’s powers (normal). Spend an inordinate amount of time talking