Women of Marvel

One-time host of the Phoenix Force, Maya Lopez aka Echo is a Deaf Cheyenne-Latina warrior with photographic reflex abilities. Hosts Ellie and Preeti explore how she grew from a Kingpin pawn to a champion of her family and communities. They talk to Marvel Studios’ Echo director Sydney Freeland about the upcoming series on Disney+, as well as comics writers Rebecca Roanhorse and Melissa Flores about building Echo’s stories. Check out MarvelUnlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Echo!:https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-echo-podcast-episode-highlight Full Episode Transcript Available: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/complete-echo-episode-transcript-women-of-marvel-podcast

Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, is the Marvel Universe’s biggest fan! She’s known for her fanfiction and unabashed enthusiasm. Hosts Ellie and Preeti talk to Marvel Studios’ own Kamala Khan, actress Iman Vellani, about writing her debut comic Ms. Marvel: New Mutant. They also talk to writer Samira Ahmed about writing Kamala and what happens when a fan becomes a hero. We’ll hear from creator Sana Amanat and fan Raisin Cosplay about what makes Kamala such a relatable character to so many people.Plus, writers Rainbow Rowell and Seanan Mcguire explain why fanfiction is great for both readers and writers! Check out MarvelUnlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Ms. Marvel!: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-ms-marvel-kamala-khan-podcast-episode-highlights

Marvel Studios' The Marvels is in theaters now! Women of Marvel takes a peek behind the scenes of the three Marvels: Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau, and Ms. Marvel. We'll hear from director Nia DaCosta, producer Mary Livanos, and composer Laura Karpman about bringing these three women to the big screen and about working with actors Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani!

Monica Rambeau is energy personified, a seemingly all-powerful, invincible being of pure light! Hosts Ellie and Preeti talk about Monica’s backstory, powers, and how she maintains her humanity with the help of her loved ones and community. We hear from host Angelique Roche, writer Eve Ewing, and actress Teyonah Parris about what makes Monica so special. Check out MarvelUnlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Monica Rambeau!: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-monica-rambeau-podcast-episode-highlights

Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, is an icon of female strength and even inspired her own fanbase called the Carol Corps! Hosts Ellie and Preeti talk about why Carol is such an icon and why she’s so important to fans across the world with writers Kelly Sue Deconnick, Ann Nocenti, and Gilly Segal, plus a fan and early member of the Carol Corps. We also hear from Captain Marvel herself, Brie Larson, from the Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel red carpet back in 2019. Check out Marvel Unlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Captain Marvel!:https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-captain-marvel-carol-danvers-podcast-episode-highlights

Rogue is a walking paradox! She’s one-half of comics’ favorite power couple with a power set that exemplifies intimacy issues. Hosts Ellie and Preeti talk about the ups and downs of Rogue and Gambit’s relationship with writers Kelly Thompson and Alisa Kwitney. We also dive deep into X-Men: The Animated Series with writer Julia Lewald and the voice of Rogue herself, Lenore Zann! Plus, we ask a real couples’ therapist what she would say to Rogue and Gambit if they sat on her couch. Check out Marvel Unlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Rogue!:https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-rogue-podcast-episode-highlights Full Episode Transcript Available: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/complete-rogue-episode-transcript-women-of-marvel-podcast

Storm was seen as a goddess across Africa and her influence on the real world is just as powerful. We examine Ororo’s hurricane-force impact on the X-Men, Marvel universe, and on popular culture. Hosts Ellie and Preeti talk about Storm with writers of comics, prose, and animated TV (Tiffany Jackson, and Julia Lewald of X-Men: The Animated Series). We also talk to cosplayers Dax Exclamation Point and Vickie Bane about Storm’s clothes and hair and we learn about how scientists manipulate weather in the real world! Check out Marvel Unlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Storm!:https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-storm-podcast-episode-highlights Full Episode Transcript Available: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/complete-storm-episode-transcript-women-of-marvel-podcast

Emma Frost’s name is known across the Marvel Universe, for reasons good and bad. We’ll spotlight the controversial ways in which the fashion queen catapulted Krakoa to success and turned the Hellfire Gala into one of the most hotly anticipated mainstays of the Marvel Universe. Hosts Ellie and Preeti talk to X-Men Black: Emma Frost writer Leah Williams and Marvel’s own Emma Frost super fan Alana Herrnson about the Hellfire Gala, Emma, and whether she’s a hero or a villain! Plus, we learn from fashion historian Dr. Valerie Steele why Emma’s fashion broadcasts power. Check out Marvel Unlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Emma Frost!: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-emma-frost-podcast-episode-highlights Find Robyn’s full Best Dressed list here: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/emma-frost-best-fashion-moments Look through Phil Noto’s camera as Emma Frost hands the Hellfire Gala over to the Stepford Cuckoos: https://www.marvel.com/amp/articles/comics/emma-frost-hellfire-gala-interview-magazine-spread-phil-noto Full Episode Transcript Available: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/complete-emma-frost-episode-transcript-women-of-marvel-podcast

Kate Bishop Hawkeye has been a Young Avenger, a West Coast Avenger, and a private eye. She might not have any super powers, but she more than makes up for it with courage, a true arrow, and sheer force of will! Hosts Ellie and Preeti talk to writers Marieke Nijkamp and Ashley Poston about crafting Kate’s stories. Plus, we’ll hear from Olympic archer Casey Kaufhold about what it’s actually like to shoot arrows like Kate does! (Producer Isabel also tries it for herself – find out if she can hit a bullseye!) Check out Marvel Unlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Kate Bishop Hawkeye!: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/listen-women-of-marvel-hawkeye-kate-bishop-podcast-episode-highlights Full Episode Transcript Available: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/complete-hawkeye-kate-bishop-episode-transcript-women-of-marvel-podcast

Gwen Stacy lives a double life as Spider-Gwen (or Ghost-Spider or Earth-65’s Spider-Woman…). If all those names are confusing, don’t worry: writer Seanan McGuire will walk through her whole multiversal backstory! Plus, Ellie and Preeti bring in members of the Marvel fam to explain how Gwen’s hobbies of drumming and dancing might actually help her super-heroing! We’ll also peek behind the screen of the animated hit series on Disney Junior, Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends. Check out Marvel Unlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Spider-Gwen!: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-ghost-spider-gwen-stacy-podcast-episode-highlights Full Episode Transcript Available: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/complete-ghost-spider-gwen-stacy-episode-transcript-women-of-marvel-podcast

The Wasp turns 60! Janet Van Dyne is a mother figure, a good friend, a team leader, and was responsible for naming the Avengers! In honor of 60 years of the Wasp, we’re celebrating all the ways Janet has supported her friends, family, and many teams. Plus — of course — we can’t have an episode about Janet without talking about fashion! Ellie and Preeti bring in Marvel editor Alanna Smith, Marvel’s queen of variant covers and fashion connoisseur Emily Newcomen, (real life) wasp scientist Dr. Seirian Sumner, and writer Rainbow Rowell to help explore all facets of what make Janet so special. Check out Marvel Unlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for The Wasp!: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-wasp-janet-van-dyne-podcast-episode-highlights To follow along with Emily as she surveys The Wasp’s 60 years of looks, you can find Russell Dauterman’s variant cover here: https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/107651/wasp_2023_1_variant/variant Full Episode Transcript Availble: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/complete-wasp-janet-van-dyne-episode-transcript-women-of-marvel-podcast

Princess Shuri is the Black Panther T’Challa’s sister and has been the Black Panther herself – and she is the ultimate scientific genius! The Women of Marvel podcast takes a look at her many scientific discoveries and inventions, how writers and actors get inside the head of a scientist like Shuri, and how she inspires young scientists in the real world. Joining Ellie and Preeti for this scientific investigation are writers Nnedi Okorafor and Nic Stone, actors Letitia Wright and Daisy Lightfoot, and chemist and educator Dr. Sibrina Collins. Check out Marvel Unlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Shuri! https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-shuri-podcast-episode-highlights And for more on vibranium and the periodic table, you can read Drs. Collins and Appleby’s Journal of Chemical Education article here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00206 Full Episode Transcript Available: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/complete-shuri-episode-transcript-women-of-marvel-podcast

There’s a LOT going on in Jean Grey’s head! The first woman of the X-Men can communicate with others and move objects with her mind. Women of Marvel hosts - editor Ellie Pyle and writer Preeti Chhibber - examine how Jean tries, succeeds, and often fails to maintain her sanity with the universe on her shoulders. They enlist the help of X-Men: The Animated Series writer Julia Lewald, Women Write About Comics Editor-in-Chief Nola Pfau, scientist Dr. France Jackson, and cosplayer Indra Rojas to give new perspectives into Jean’s powers, mind, and cultural influence. Check out Marvel Unlimited’s Women of Marvel Reading List for Jean Grey!:https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/listen-women-of-marvel-jean-grey-podcast-episode-highlights Full Episode Transcript Available: https://www.marvel.com/articles/podcasts/complete-jean-grey-episode-transcript-women-of-marvel-podcast

Women of Marvel is celebrating Women’s History month by highlighting four of the artists that are featured in the Women of Marvel exhibit at Disney Hotel NY in Disneyland Paris. Host Ellie Pyle interviews artists Peach Momoko, Elena Casagrande, Stephanie Hans, and Natacha Bustos about their their life, their journeys, and their pieces in the exhibit.

Women of Marvel closes out our season on mentorship by bringing three “generations” of Marvel comics editors together for a roundtable conversation: Jenny Lee (Wolverine, Daredevil: Redemption, Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra), MacKenzie Cadenhead (Avengers and Power Pack, X-Men and Power Pack, New Warriors, Elektra: The Hand), and Sana Amanat (Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, The Mighty Captain Marvel). Jenny mentored Mackenzie, who mentored Sana, who is a friend and role model to our three hosts!

Valeria Richards has had a complicated life with various influences….good and bad. In the Fantastic Four, Sue Storm is a loving mother, leader, and mentor to Valeria. Conversely, in Marvel’s Wastelander’s podcast, Valeria’s parents are dead, and the only person left who can match her intellect is Victor Von Doom. We examine and contrast these two very different mentors in Valeria’s life.

The X-Men fostered one of the greatest mentor relationships in the Marvel Universe – the one between Storm and her “Kitten”, Kate Pryde. Kitty first enrolled at Charles Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters at age 13 and Storm helped her become the leader she is today. Marvel’s own Robyn Belt walks us through their relationship via some key 1980s X-Men issues featuring heartbreak, Cyclops, Storm’s mohawk hairstyle, and more! Read Robyn’s 2020 Mother’s Day article on Marvel.com featuring Storm and Kitty here: “Listen to These Super Hero Moms, They Know Things”

Possibly the most visible example of female empowerment in the Marvel Universe is the relationship between Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel. We explore how Kamala’s admiration for Carol is foundational to her character, especially at the beginning – literally taking up Carol’s former mantle - and how Carol’s lessons helped Kamala grow into herself as a hero.

Women of Marvel travels to Wakanda this week to meet the incredible women in that world! Host Angélique talks to legendary artist Alitha Martinez about Wakanda in the comics and specifically Black Panther: World of Wakanda (2016). We also get a special appearance from star of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Angela Bassett – Queen Ramonda herself!

Meet Moon Girl, the certified genius 9-year-old Inhuman with a dinosaur sidekick and a pair of rollerskates! Host Angélique talks to two writers – both the writer of the upcoming Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2022) #1 and one of the co-creators of her character. They explore how a genius like Lunella can still have a lot to learn from mentors like Ms. Marvel and Wolverine and from connecting with peers as a mentor figure herself.