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Hard N.O.C. Life — 291 episodes

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'Fantastic Four' Lays the Foundation for the MCU's Future

2

'Superman' Takes Us Home

3

'Andor' and a New Hope for 'Star Wars'

4

One Day Ghor

5

Some 'Thunderbolts*' Assembly Still Required

6

'Andor' is a Prestige Drama for Adult Audiences, and That's Alright

7

The Last of Pedro Pascal's Fantastic Father Figures (& Grogu)

8

Fear of a Cinematic Universe

9

DC Multicast Rewatches the 'Watchmen'

10

DAMN.

11

Diamonds Aren't Forever, After All

12

DC Multicast Returns with 'Batman Returns'

13

'Superman' Returned + Jay Pharoah's 'Dragon Ball' Love Language

14

Dawn of Superman's Legacy

15

Vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

16

Gabbing About Ghastly Grins with 'Smile 2' Star Naomi Scott

17

To the Caleb Williams, To the Harris-Walz

18

Is the MCU Doomed to Repeat Itself?

19

'Star Wars: The Acolyte' and the Rise of Darth Bortles

20

Predicting 'AfroFutures' with Troy-Jeffrey Allen

21

Maybe it's Time for the Jedi to End After All

22

Ant-Man and the NBA Playoff Mania

23

Oh, The MCU is Still Alive

24

Revenge of the Sixth

25

X-ennial X-perts X-amine the X-Men

26

Across the Snyderverse

27

At CinemaCon, a Harley is Born

28

Wrestlemania Recap with Jamie Noguchi

29

You're a Wonder, WonderCon

30

Building a 'House of Ninjas' with Creator Dave Boyle

31

Fields of Steel

32

From Musical Theater to the Oscars with Erin Quill

33

'Superman' Begins

34

All the Asians on Netflix

35

It's Clobberin' Nostalgia Time

36

Deadpool v Super Bowl Dawn of Logan

37

'Suicide Squad' Kill the Gaming Discourse

38

NFL Playoffs (NOC's Version)

39

Happy X-Men (Strike is Over)

40

The NOC Tenth Anniversary Special

41

Mega Ran Opens Up 'Buddy's Magic Toy Box'

42

Two Strikes, We're Out

43

SNIKT Peek at Wolverine in 'Deadpool III'

44

Artificial Invasion with Jamie Noguchi

45

'The Flash' Flop Paradox

46

Is 'The Flash' Better Than Ezra?

47

'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' Maximizes the Franchise

48

Across the Spoiler-Verse

49

Gone in 'The Flash'

50

Streaming to the Max

51

Waiting for 'Superman' Casting Rumors

52

Gunn's Goodbye to the 'Guardians'

53

'The Flash' Get Nuts + Emma Thompson Loves The NOC

54

Din is a Daddy

55

Celebrating Star Wars

56

'Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant'

57

De La Soul is Not Dead

58

Put Some Respeq on Kelleran Beq

59

'Shazam' Fury of the Pod

60

Winning Every Oscar Everywhere All At Once

61

Pirates of 'The Mandalorian'

62

Award Tour

63

Batman and The Wasp Flashpoint Mania

64

All Good 'Star Trek'

65

DCU Pods and Monsters

66

Every Oscar Nom Reaction All at Once

67

The Death and Reboot of Superman

68

295. DC in Disarray (feat. Cody Keenan)

69

294. More Trailers Than Meets the Eye

70

293. 'Andor' and Holiday Specials

71

292. Thankful for 'Andor'

72

291. Black Panther Forever

73

290. Pod Save the Republic

74

289. What to Expect from DC Studios

75

288. The NOC Says, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE CRITICS THINK... about 'Black Adam'

76

287. K.E.V.I.N Can Fix Himself

77

286. Y Tu Namor También

78

285. Welcome to the MC-Hugh

79

284. 'Andor' Can Never Be Too Emo

80

283. How Do You Celebrate Batman Day?

81

282. Madisynn, Wongers, and D23

82

281. Fantasy Sleepers

83

280. DC's in Disarray But Can Dan Lin Save the Day?

84

279. That What 'She-Hulk' Said

85

278. Keith's COVID Quarantine Catch-Up

86

277. DC's Crisis of Infinite Corporate Mergers

87

276. Comic-Con Forever

88

275. The Embiggening of the MCU

89

274. Take Me Down to Omnipotence City

90

273. Happy Colonizer Cotillion

91

272. Qui-Gon Djinn

92

271. Attack of the 'Obi-Wan' Flashbacks

93

270. 'Ms. Marvel' But We Don't Talk About Bruno

94

269. 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Episode III Revenge of the Darth

95

268. 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' First Reactions

96

267. The Arrowverse is Dead, Long Live the Arrowverse

97

266. One Year of the 'Shelf Conscious' Action Figure Podcast

98

265. 'Doctor Strange' in the Multiverse and 'Moon Knight'

99

264. 'Moon Knight' Before and Afterlife

100

263. 'Moon Knight' Gets Weird

101

262. Moon and Thunder

102

261. SWANASA Excellence (Feat. Swara Salih & Simone Ashley)

103

260. Oscar (Isaac) Season

104

259. An Oscar Telecast That Slaps

105

258. 'Ms. Marvel' Stretch Goals

106

257. Certain Points of View on 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' (with Preeti Chhibber)

107

256. Begin 'The Batman' Spoiler Review

108

255. 'The Batman' Rises Again

109

254. DJ Benhameen in the Multitude of Podcasts

110

253. The MCU Illuminati: The Stephen Strange Theory

111

252. Lone Jedi and Cub

112

251. We Don't Talk About Mando (No, No, No)

113

250. All We are Saying is Give 'Peacemaker' a Chance

114

249. Dark Side of the 'Moon Knight'

115

248. The Book of Resurrections

116

247. Dive into All the 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Spoilers

117

246. Hailee Steinfeld Appreciation Pod

118

245. Slip Away 'Across the Spider-Verse'

119

244. Nice Podcast, Bro

120

243. 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' (Taylor's Version)

121

242. D+ for Marvel Studios

122

241. The Last 'Eternals' Review

123

240. 'Dune' is Coarse, Rough, Irritating, and it Gets Everywhere

124

239. HBO Max Beyond DC FanDome

125

238. Why is Gamora?

126

237. What The If...?!

127

236. Designing the Action of 'Shang-Chi' (with Chris Cowan and Yung Lee)

128

235. Emmys So What

129

234. Falling Down the Rabbit Hole

130

233. Did 'Shang-Chi' Live Up to the Hype?

131

232. 'Shang-Chi' and the Legend of the Rep Sweats

132

231. 'What If' T'Challa was the Superior Star-Lord?

133

Bonus. 'Black Panther: The Man Without Fear' Writer David Liss Talks Comics and More

134

230. 'What If' We Stopped Comparing Shang-Chi to Black Panther?

135

229. Milton and 'The Suicide Squad'

136

228. ScarJo Sues + "The Suicide Squad" Set

137

227. 'Snake Eyes' Speaks (with Henry Golding)

138

226. Why are Critics Dunking on 'Space Jam'

139

225. 'Black Widow' Brings the MCU Back to Theaters

140

224. The Amazing Spider-Nexus

141

223. 'Shang-Chi' v 'Snake Eyes' Dawn of Asian Heroes

142

222. 'Loki' and the Multiverse of Mad Segues

143

221. There are 96,000 'Loki' Variants 'In the Heights'

144

220. Issa Rae is Spider-Woman

145

219. Lin-Manuel Miranda! + The 'Eternals' Trailer Reaction

146

218. Hard NOC Life: The Animated Series

147

'Shelf Conscious' Trailer

148

217. 'Snake Eyes' Trailer Reaction

149

Bonus: Barry Jenkins and the Cast of Amazon's 'The Underground Railroad'

150

216. Marvel's Fantastic Phase Four and 'Venom' Too

151

Bonus: Chiara Aurelia Discusses 'Cruel Summer'

152

215. How to Be 'The Good Asian' with Pornsak Pichetshote

153

214. Oscars So What

154

213. One World, One Dovich (with Desmond Chiam)

155

212. Mandy Gonzalez is 'Fearless'

156

211. Captain Act a Fool Up in Here

157

210. Godzilla v Kong: Dawn of Box Office

158

209. Rated-R Super Starro

159

208. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and The Justice League and The Washington Post's David Betancourt

160

207. A 'Justice League' of His Own

161

206. 'Raya' and the Last 'WandaVision'

162

205. Up, Up, and A Witch

163

204. Why So Serious

164

203. Damn Gina

165

202. Wakanda Vision

166

201. GameStop the Presses

167

200. Pod Back Better

168

Bonus: Drawing Marvel Representation in Pop Culture, Presented by Scholastic

169

Bonus: 'Hamilton' as Fan-Fiction (From 2016)

170

199. Batman Pride Forever

171

198. Virtual Con Season

172

197. Lynn Chen 'Will Make You Mine'

173

196. This is America

174

195. DC Celebrates APA Heritage Month with Gene Yang, Sarah Kuhn, and Minh Lê

175

194. The Lin-Mando Takeover of Disney+

176

193. Concluded, 'The Clone Wars' Have

177

192. Zoom NOC Life

178

191. We Love The '90s

179

190. 'Dune' and the Post-Virus Future

180

189. The Dark Knight Quarantines

181

188. The New Normal

182

187. The Pandemic Paradox

183

186. 'Birds of Prey' and the Fantabulous Isolation of Self Quarantine

184

185. Reflections on the Coronapocalypse

185

184. No Time to Go Viral

186

183. The Episode IX That Could Have Been

187

182. Toy Fair and What's Nerd Poppin'

188

181. Sir Gawain and The Dark Knight

189

180. 'Birds of Prey' and a Fantabulous Night at the Oscars

190

179. Welcome to the Cassandra Cain-aissance

191

178. Engaging with 'Star Trek: Picard'

192

177. Podcast on Infinite Earths

193

176. Oscar Snubs and Super Villains

194

175. Star Wars Endgame

195

174. The Reaction to 'Skywalker'

196

173. The Last Rogue Force Awakens One Solo Jedi

197

172. Return of a New Empire Strikes the Jedi Hope Back

198

171. The Phantom Attack of the Sith Menace Revenge Clones

199

170. Fancasting the Impeachment

200

169. 'The Mandalorian is Not Maclunky

201

168. Jamie Noguchi's 'Dark Fate'

202

167. Encore Presentation of 'Occupy Me'

203

166. Begun, The Streaming War Has

204

165. Watching the 'Watchmen'

205

164. Casting Cat and Breaking Bad

206

163. Why So Cinema?

207

162. Arune Singh's Fandom: Then, Now, Forever

208

161. The Force is Not Far From Feige

209

160. Crisis of Infinite Supermen

210

159. 'Suicide Squad' Bingo

211

158. Crazy Rich Legacy

212

157. 'Joker' to the Right

213

156. Spider-Man, Star Wars, and Snake Eyes

214

155. Once Upon a Racist Hollywood

215

154. Announcing 'Occupy Me'

216

153. Marvel's Fantastic Phase Four

217

152. Reflections on Disney's Live Action Remakes

218

151. A Spectacular Spider-Man Podcast

219

150. Do Summer Blockbusters Matter Anymore?

220

149. 'Jessica Jones' and the End of Marvel Netflix

221

148. Across the DC Universe

222

147. 'Detective Pikachu' Writer Dan Hernandez

223

146. King & Queen of the 'New Gods'

224

145. Zack Stentz at the 'Rim of the World'

225

144. A Whole New Podcast

226

143. 'Spider-Man' Into the Multiverse

227

142. We're in the 'Endgame' Now

228

141. Remembering WICOMICON One Year Later

229

140. The Rise of Star Wars Celebration

230

Episode 139: When 'Captain Marvel' Met 'Shazam'

231

Episode 138: April Reign Goes to the Oscars

232

Episode 137: Desi Geek Miracles

233

Episode 136: Oscars So Complex

234

Episode 135: What's Nerd Poppin for 2019

235

Episode 134: The Year in Superhero Media with Jon Lee Brody

236

Episode 133: Hard NOC Live From Oakland

237

Episode 132: #NOCtheVote

238

Episode 131: Halloween Shuffle

239

Episode 130: Exotic Field of Vision

240

Episode 129: The Show That Shall Not Be Renewed

241

Episode 128: The DCEU is Gunning for Marvel Studios

242

Episode 127: Inktober Surprise

243

Episode 126: Foxy Talks to 'Night School' Director Malcolm D. Lee

244

Episode 125: Tracking Trailers with Melissa Slaughter

245

Episode 124: Kickstart Their Art with Greg Pak and Lynn Chen

246

Episode 123: Olivia Munn vs. Super Predator

247

Episode 122: Feels Like the End of Summer

248

Episode 121: Outside the Batcave with Bryan Edward Hill

249

Episode 120: A New Era of Representation

250

Episode 119: Crazy Random Acts of Convenience

251

Episode 118: Asian August

252

Episode 117: Mystery Science Theater Oakland

253

Episode 116: Remixing the Classics

254

Episode 115: Bathing in Fanboy Tears

255

Episode 114 (From 2014): Marc Bernardin on Batman '89

256

Episode 113: What Broke 'Star Wars' Fandom and Why #SWRepMatters

257

Episode 112: This is Donald Glover's America

258

Episode 111: Javier Muñoz is Non-Stop

259

Episode 110: Lewis Tan Shatters Through the Badlands

260

Episode 109: Breaking Down 'Avengers: Infinity War'

261

Episode 108: Secret Origins of WICOMICON and Martian Manhunter with David Harewood

262

Episode 107: Al Letson Reveals Errthang

263

Episode 106: Jen Yamato on 'Isle of Dogs' and the Need for Film Critics of Color

264

Episode 105: Ricanstruction with Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez

265

Episode 104: Making 'Puerto Rico Strong'

266

Episode 103: Daniel Wu Unlocks the Secrets of 'Tomb Raider'

267

Episode 102: Pornsak Pichetshote Discusses 'Infidel'

268

Episode 101: The Sunken Place to Wakanda Feat. Tananarive Due & Steven Barnes

269

Episode 100: Behind the Scenes at 'DC in D.C. 2018'

270

Episode 099: The 'Genius' of Marc Bernardin

271

Episode 098: Breaking Down 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'

272

Episode 097: How Janina Gavankar Became the NOC Face of Star Wars

273

Episode 096: 'Justice League' and the Future of the DCEU

274

Episode 095: EW's Shirley Li on 'Crazy Rich Asians'

275

Episode 094: #BeingLatinx on Supergirl

276

Episode 093: One-on-One with Yoshi Sudarso

277

Episode 092: The Tiger Hunter with Director Lena Khan

278

Episode 091: Reviewing Netflix's Death Note

279

Episode 090: Southern Fried Asian

280

Episode 089: Greg Pak Discusses 'Mech Cadet Yu'

281

Episode 088: #AACC2017: #AAIronFist - Bringing an Asian American Hero to Life

282

Episode 087: Warrior Women -- Reimagining the Asian Female Hero (From AACC)

283

Episode 086: Envisioning Diverse Futures (From AACC)

284

Episode 085: Can Pop Culture Save the World? (From AACC)

285

Episode 084: We Need #WonderWomanTAS

286

Episode 083: Celebrating 'Batman Returns' with Ira Madison III

287

Episode 082: Wonder Woman, Now the World is Ready For You

288

Episode 081: Waiting for the Into the Badlands Finale

289

Episode 080: May the 40th Be With You (Feat. Desi Geek Girls)

290

Episode 079: Al Gough Journeys 'Into the Badlands'

291

Episode 078: Iron and Rage with John Brougher