The Podcast of Power: A She-Ra Companion Podcast podofpower

In the inaugural episode, Jane and Nero share their thoughts about the show overall (its pretty good!) and talk their way through the first two episodes of season one, The Sword parts 1 and 2, while sharing their thoughts on the show's strong character writing and the work going into establishing the themes in these early episodes . Is Pitch Perfect 3 Air Force propaganda? Maybe, but that's beyond the scale of this podcast. 

Welcome, dear listeners, to the inaugural episode of Talk Cycles! A spiritual successor to our time in the Podcast of Power, where we take a monthly meander through contemporary animation. This week, we find ourselves once again navigating the labyrinthine Infinity Train in Book 2: Cracked Reflection.

Your hosts get right back into it with Season 1 episode 3, 'Razz', delving into the power dynamics of the Horde, Swift Wind's simple yet effective character design, and the nature of Adora's relationship with She-Ra. Also, Swift Wind kicked that Horde dude in the head, that guy is totally dead.

S1E3: Flowers for She-Ra

It's Sea Hawk everybody! He's here! Nero and Jane talk their way through this high seas, high spirit adventure, discussing the show's excellent comedic writing and usage of character archetypes. They also talk about Scorpia and how incredibly good she is, and the evolving dynamic between Catra and Adora. Shadow Weaver didn't do anything in this episode, so for once the hosts don't spend 15 minutes talking about her in the spoiler zone, but there's lots of fun to be had there too, don't fret!
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In this double feature episode, Jane and Nero take a look at the lighthearted Entrapta debut episode 'System Failure' as well as the more dramatic Shadow Weaver focused 'In The Shadows of Mystacor'. Topics of discussion include Entrapta's character and her autistic coding, how to use off model animation well, Adora and Shadow Weaver's dynamic, depictions of PTSD, and how much they hate wizards.