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'Loki' Ep. 1: Analysis, Themes, and Theories

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The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Mallory Rubin is joined by Musa Okwonga to discuss the key ideas that shaped the exhilarating series premiere of 'Loki.' They also discuss what makes the God of Mischief such a consistently compelling character and how the multiverse might impact the MCU (04:28). Then, Mal and Jomi Adeniran dive into your mailbag questions! (75:29) Host: Mallory Rubin Guests: Musa Okwonga and Jomi Adeniran Producer: Steve Ahlman Additional Production: Arjuna Ramgopal and TD St. Matthew-Daniel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Join Justin Cherity and Micapeters and sound only as they discuss their deepest,

0:04.3

darkest thoughts about the millennial lifestyle, rap music, video games, anime,

0:09.2

YouTube, social media, and their underlying themes. Check out sound only on Spotify or

0:14.0

ever get your podcasts.

0:44.0

Greetings and welcome into the ringerverse. Here on the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm

1:06.6

Mallory Ruben-Cohos-Supinjemode, head of editorial here at the ringer, and it is my absolute

1:12.1

pleasure to invite you not only to the TVA, but to join us on the ringer's Nexus Podcast feed for all

1:19.5

things nerd culture and fandom and never has that term Nexus felt so apt because folks,

1:26.9

Loki is here, the god of mischief is back, and so are the ringer versus tricksters.

1:34.7

And we are in a new timeline for the Loki season. Please do not tell Mobius or the TVA I'm asking

1:41.6

you nicely. The midnight boys, Van and Charles, Pupu, will be with you every Wednesday during

1:47.3

Loki, Ron, with our instant reactions to the latest episode and then I will be with you. On

1:51.7

Fridays to dive into the themes and the theories, your mail back questions and more. Follow the

1:56.4

ringerverse on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us across our social channels.

2:02.1

And bear in mind as always our friendly neighborhood spoiler warning, this podcast will contain

2:07.0

plot points, details from the Loki season premiere, glorious purpose, as well as details from

2:14.8

the entire MC you run to date. So proceed with more caution than the variant who refused to

2:21.5

take a ticket at the TVA and paid accordingly. Joining me today now that he's finished asking

2:31.8

whether a lot of people don't know if they're robots. It's everyone's favorite God king.

2:40.4

You can hear him on the studio podcast. You can read him on the ringer, make sure you are listening

2:46.6

and reading throughout the euros. You can read his new book, one of them. It is the one and only

2:56.0

Musa Aquanga. Musa, welcome back into the ringerverse. I just have the Loki entry music.

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