50 min listen
American Icons: Superman
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Apr 6, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Disguised as a mild-mannered reporter, Kurt Andersen explores the history of Superman with cartoonists Jules Feiffer and Art Spiegelman, director Bryan Singer, novelists Michael Chabon and Howard Jacobson, and the 1978 Lois Lane, Margot Kidder. Is this strange visitor from the planet Krypton derivative of Jewish mythology? Can one superhero wield ultimate power for a moral good? And what’s up with the blue tights?(Originally aired July 6, 2006)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Apr 6, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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