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In the marble cinematic Universe, there's a new Captain America, played by Anthony

Mackey.

And for the first time, he's got his own movie.

Cap finds himself battling a literally monstrous president, played by Harrison Ford, whose

rages threaten to destabilize

the whole world.

I'm Glenn Weldon.

And I'm Linda Holmes.

And today we're talking about Captain America, Brave New World, which is already a title

of something, but that's fine, on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining us today is one of the hosts of NPR's Code Switch podcast, Gene Demby. Hey, Gene.

What's good, friends? How are you?

We are good. Also with us is filmmaker, pop culture critic, and I-heart radio producer, Joelle Monique. Hello, Joelle.

Hi, Linda. So Sam Wilson has been Captain America for a little while now in the MCU, having gotten the

shield from Steve Rogers at the end of Avengers end game. His early history as Cap has been

covered over on the Disney Plus show, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Captain America,

Brave New World, finds Sam still wondering whether he's really suited for the suit, particularly

since unlike Steve, he hasn't taken any serums that make him superhuman. He's just a guy who's

got a lot of really good gear and, of course, a pure and patriotic heart. In the movie, Sam tries

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