Episode 011: Hank McCoy (feat. Spencer Ackerman)

CEREBRO

Connor Goldsmith

Science Fiction, Arts, Books, Visual Arts, Fiction

4.8 • 815 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 11 of CEREBRO, Connor and Pulitzer Prize-winning national security reporter Spencer Ackerman highlight the hubris of Hank McCoy, the bouncing, brilliant Beast! One of the original X-Men from 1963, Hank has never felt at ease with his mutation, and longs to assimilate. In recent years, his arrogance has led him down an ever-darker path.

The CEREBRO character file on Beast begins at 27:37.

(Content Advisory: Hank's story includes body dysmorphia, the suicide of another character, war crimes, and genocide. This episode also features frank discussion of American and Israeli foreign policy.)

The episode cover features art of Beast by Jack Kirby, Kerry Gammill, Frank Quitely, and Janeth Bazaldua.

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0:00.0	That is insane.
0:03.0	He literally is like, we must seed the planet to the inhumans.
0:06.7	Mutankind must leave Earth.
0:08.5	And it's like, are you kidding me?
0:11.1	Get the fuck out of here.
0:12.7	X-Men, X-Men.
0:15.8	In the 21st century, people mutants led by Magneto aimed to destroy the world.
0:24.7	The only hope is X-Men.
0:30.7	Welcome to Cerebro, the X-Men podcast, where a homo and his friends dig deep into the history of
0:35.9	Homo Superior. I'm your host, Connor Goldsmith,
0:38.7	and with me today is Spencer Akraman, National Security Reporter for the Daily Beast, an author of
0:43.1	the upcoming book, Rain of Terror, which argues that the American response to 9-11,
0:47.5	destabilized our political system and precipitated the rise of far-right nationalism in this country.
0:52.5	In 2014, while working on national security reportage at The Guardian, Spencer was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the Edward Snowden Affair.
1:00.9	Spencer is here with me today to talk about a complicated character, Hank McCoy, the bouncing beast, who has taken a sharp authoritarian turn over the last decade or so of publication.
1:10.2	Spencer, thank you for being my guest
1:11.6	today. How are you doing? I am held together with bailing wire, thumbtacks, duct tape, and gum.
1:21.6	It has been an extremely long week. I have been covering the election, which as we record this is still not been officially called.
1:30.9	We're recording on Friday night on the sixth.
1:33.0	Then, yeah, it has not been called yet.
1:35.6	But, Connor, I've got to tell you something.
1:37.9	Go for it.
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