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Marvel's Voices

98 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 105 ratings

On Marvel’s Voices, host Angélique Roché holds in-depth conversations with diverse storytellers about their creative processes, collaborations, and professional journeys.

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Episodes

Building Backstories and Book Festivals

April 13, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutes

Silver Surfer: Ghost Light writer John Jennings joins Angélique to talk about building an authentic backstory for Al Harper, directing a graphic novel imprint, and curating the Schaumburg Center’s Black Comic Book Festival.

Animating Spider-Man

April 06, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes

The man behind all of your favorite childhood cartoons is here to talk about making Spider-Man: The Animated Series! John Semper worked on The Incredible Hulk, Kid ‘n Play, Rugrats, Clifford the Big Red Rog, The Smurfs, and so much more. But his work on Spider-Man is truly a legacy, both for him and the Marvel Universe.

Weaving the Spider-Verse

March 30, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes

Creators from Marvel’s Voices: Spider-Verse #1 join this week to talk about their stories from the upcoming book. Jeremy Holt wrote a first-person story about Cindy Moon/Silk, while Jason Loo wrote and drew a brand-new Spidey character – Spider-Friend!

Writing She-Hulk, Miles Morales, and Spider-Punk

March 23, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes

Cody Ziglar joins us this week to talk about writing Miles Morales and Spider-Punk - for their own books and for Marvel’s Voices: Spider-Verse #1. Plus, he brings us behind the scenes of the writers’ room for Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law!

Designing Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

March 16, 2023 07:05 - 26 minutes

Will Htay, the production designer of Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, sits down with Angélique to talk about his work on the film. Will discusses how he collaborated with director Peyton Reed and other departments like art, props, and cinematography to achieve the incredible look of the Quantum Realm (and the rest of the film)!

Finding the Best Comics Talent

March 09, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes

How does Marvel find all the incredibly talented creators who work on our comic books?  Angélique talks to Marvel’s Director of Talent Relations and Publishing Recruitment Jon-Michael Ennis to find out!

Writing Wakanda

March 02, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes

The Marvel’s Voices: Wakanda Forever anthology features five new stories about some of our favorite Wakandan heroes – past, present, and future! And on this episode of the podcast, Angelique talks to two of Marvel’s newest comic creators about writing those stories! Dr. Sheena Howard introduces a brand-new character to Wakanda, a Dora Milaje trainee. Meanwhile, journalist Adam Serwer digs into the past with a story about T’Challa’s grandfather Azzuri.

Making Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

February 23, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes

The roller-skating genius and her big red bestie are the stars of our season premiere episode! Angélique talks to producer Pilar Flynn about building the creative team behind Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Plus we’ll hear from actors Libe Barer (Casey) and Gary Anthony Williams (Pops) about performing in such an inclusive environment! Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is now streaming on Disney+, and you can also watch on the Disney Channel!

New Season of Marvel's Voices Coming February 23rd!

February 16, 2023 08:00 - 1 minute

Coming soon! This season on Marvel’s Voices, host Angélique Roché explores how to build better, more inclusive, and more representative creative teams. She’ll talk to the people who built the teams and creators who have worked in them. Listeners will get to peer behind the curtain of shows like Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, comic series starring Miles Morales, Cindy Moon, the Dora Milaje, and so much more.

Writing Warrior Women for YA w/ Ibi Zoboi

October 13, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes

Ibi Zoboi, author of Okoye to the People, talks to guest host and fellow YA author Preeti Chhibber about writing for young audiences, bringing Okoye from Wakanda to Brooklyn, and infusing her work with her Haitian roots.

Marvel in the Momoko-Verse

October 06, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes

Peach is a Japanese comic creator who reimagines Marvel characters in the framework of Japanese folktales. We’ll talk to her about Demon Days, Demon Wars, and how she reinterprets Marvel characters in the self-proclaimed “Momoko-verse”. How to Draw Psylocke w/ Peach Momoko! | Marvel Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMpAewXSc6M

Moon Girl Team-Ups w/ Mohale Mashigo

September 29, 2022 07:05 - 51 minutes

Mohale Mashigo is a South African musician, a writer of novels and comic books, and the narrative director for video game company Nyamakop. Host Angélique Roche asks her about writing Moon Girl (without Devil Dinosaur!) and co-writing one of South Africa’s first Black super heroes, Kwezi. Find out what it was like teaming up Moon Girl with Miles Morales and the Avengers and why Mohale wanted Lunella and Wolverine to team up in X-Men & Moon Girl (2022) #1!

Marvel Mythos and African Folklore w/ Juni Ba

September 22, 2022 07:05 - 47 minutes

Juni Ba is a writer from Senegal and France who wrote Black Panther Vol. 8 #3 with John Ridley. He intentionally applies African influences in his work, in addition to American and Franco-Belgian comics. This week he joins Angélique to speak to the comics culture in Senegal, and his “West African fantasy epic” graphic novel. 

Writing the Wastelands & Translating Wolverine: Fiction Podcasts w/ James Kim & Alejandra Lopez

September 15, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutes

James Kim, co-writer of Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom, and Alejandra Lopez, director of Marvel’s Wolverine: La Larga Noche, join us to talk about creating (and re-creating!) fiction podcasts. James talks about his experiences bringing his Korean-American background into audio fiction, plus what it was like to write Victor von Doom. And Alejandra explains why creating the Spanish-language version of Marvel’s Wolverine: The Long Night wasn’t as simple as just translating the English into Spanish!

Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom, starting September 12th

September 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 minute

Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom, starring Dylan Baker as Doctor Doom, available today on the SiriusXM app, Marvel Unlimited Podcasts on Apple Podcast, and everywhere you get your favorite podcasts. Directed by Jade King Carroll. Original sound design and music by Mark Henry Phillips. Story by Mark Waid. Written by Mark Waid and James Tae Kim. Learn more at marvel.com/wastelanders

Creating Comics for Everyone w/ Fabian Nicieza

September 08, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes

Fabian Nicieza has written X-Men, Thunderbolts, Nomad, Cable, and so much more. But did you know he also edited licensed comics like Ren & Stimpy, Kid ‘n Play, and…Barbie?? Hear all about Fabian’s extensive career at Marvel, from manufacturing assistant to editor, plus his life from Argentina to New Jersey.

Moon Knight & Nigerian Comics w/ Adedotun Akande and Murewa Ayodele

September 01, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MB

Nigerian artist Adedotun Akande and writer Murewa Ayodele are part of the creative team working on the current mini-series, Moon Knight: Black, White and Blood. They join Marvel’s Voices to chat about comics culture in Nigeria, why they fell in love with the medium, and how they were able to bring their backgrounds and culture to the series.    Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood:https://share.marvel.com/sharing/issue/drn:src:marvel:unison::prod:04f67f2a-bc3d-416e-8cff-2dda6085cc05 Avengers...

Language to Letters w/ Janice Chiang

August 25, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes

In this brand-new season of Marvel’s Voices, Angélique Roché talks to the first Chinese-American woman letterer at Marvel Comics - Janice Chiang - about her family and culture’s influence on her work, her activism, and why lettering is so crucial to good comics. Join Marvel’s Voices this season as we go global, exploring how cultures from around the world have influenced the Marvel Universe.

Marvel’s Voices New Season Launches August 25th!

August 24, 2022 21:30 - 2 minutes

On Marvel’s Voices Season 6, host Angélique Roché holds in-depth conversations with storytellers about their creative processes, collaborations, and professional journeys, painting a full picture of the diversity of the Marvel Universe.

First Look at Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine

June 13, 2022 07:00 - 2 minutes

Thirty years ago, Super Villains won. After killing the Avengers, the X-Men, and nearly every other Super Hero, the Red Skull assumed the office of President of the United States. Since that day, a traumatized Wolverine (Robert Patrick) has wandered in a daze of survivor’s guilt and self-loathing over his failure to protect his fellow X-Men and their mutant students.Wolverine encounters Sofia, a young mutant in-hiding and vows to transport her into the safe hands of estranged former X-Men Kit...

First Look at Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show!

April 18, 2022 07:00 - 3 minutes

Squirrel Girl has taken down Thanos and Doctor Doom – but now she faces something far more terrifying… living authentically. Empire State University college student, Doreen Green, has recently been outed as a Super Hero – The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl! Hoping to unify her personas in the public eye, Squirrel Girl has created a new student radio show on ESU’s own college station. With the help of her best girl-friend, Nancy Whitehead as producer, and her best squirrel-friend, Tippy-Toe in the b...

Walter Mosley’s Ben Grimm is The Next Big Thing

March 31, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes

In the season finale of Marvel’s Voices, Angélique talks to legendary crime-fiction and mystery writer Walter Mosley about his love for the Fantastic Four and about writing Ben Grimm in his current six-issue series THE THING.

Anyone Can Wear the Mask: 60 Years of Spider-People

March 24, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes

Happy 60th birthday to Spider-Man!! To celebrate, Marvel’s Voices has a special Spidey-themed episode this week, guest-hosted by Preeti Chhibber, Spider-Man super-fan and author of Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma. She talks to Saladin Ahmed, the current writer of Miles Morales: Spider-Man, about the Spider-Man moniker and the power of representation.

From Intergalactic Emperor to Earthly Espionage: John Ridley on T’Challa’s Next Chapter

March 17, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes

Black Panther has been through a lot over the past few years, from the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda to the thrilling world of espionage. Jesse J. Holland, author of Who Is The Black Panther, guest hosts this episode. He talks to writer John Ridley about bringing T’Challa back down to Earth in his current run of Black Panther and about the evolution of Black narrative.

Larry Hama, the Renaissance Man

March 10, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes

Larry Hama has been making comics for over 50 years. He created the G.I. Joe comics, edited The ‘Nam, and has written characters like Elektra, Iron Fist, Wolverine, Deadpool, and so many more. Angélique Roche talks to this Marvel legend about his life and career and how he’s seen comics evolve. But they don’t just talk about comics – Angélique also learns about Larry’s time on Broadway, Saturday Night Live, and more!

Behind the Mic of Marvel’s Wastelanders: Black Widow

March 03, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes

Chasten Harmon, star of Marvel’s Wastelanders: Black Widow, joins Angélique to talk about the making of the hit fiction podcast and what it’s like to play a brand-new character in the Marvel Universe.

Symbiosis! The Evolution of Shuri and Wakanda with Nic Stone

February 24, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes

Author and podcast host Nic Stone talks about building Shuri’s story over the past few years and about Shuri’s journey in her three YA Shuri novels. She also talks about her brand-new official Marvel podcast, The History of Marvel Comics: Black Panther.

A Celebration of Marvel’s Voices: Legacy – Part II

February 17, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes

In the second part of our celebration of Marvel’s Voices: Legacy, Angelique talks to artist Taurin Clarke about his love of comics and his cover art, including covers for Miles Morales: Spider-Man and a variant tribute to Black Panther.

First Look at The History of Marvel Comics: Black Panther

February 14, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes

An exploration into the comic book origins of Black Panther via conversations with the creators who have shaped T’Challa’s journey, a celebration of the Afro-Futurism of Wakanda, and the worldwide social impact of the character.  Hosted by author Nic Stone. Learn more at Marvel.com/BlackPantherPodcast

A Celebration of Marvel’s Voices: Legacy – Part I

February 10, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes

Angelique speaks with artist Brian Stelfreeze about his work, his Marvel’s Voices: Legacy variant cover, and how he’s seen comics evolve over the course of his career.

Coming 2/10: A New Season of Marvel's Voices!

February 03, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes

Coming soon! In Season 5 of Marvel’s Voices, join host Angélique Roché in exploring the evolving mythos of the Marvel Universe. Listen in as she talks to people who helped build Marvel and people who will help steer its future. We’ll visit Wakanda and the Wastelands, celebrate Spider-Man’s 60th anniversary, and more.

Marvel's Wastelanders: Hawkeye Sneak Peek!

October 04, 2021 07:00 - 5 minutes

Forty years ago, the villains of the world rose up and killed all the heroes. Well, all the heroes that mattered. The sole survivor of the Avengers, Hawkeye (Stephen Lang) is now a sideshow freak, re-living the worst day of his life for paying audiences. He's surly, broken, and losing his sight, but there's still that fire in him to be a hero, to avenge his friends. And he's ready to do what needs to be done: killing every last person responsible for the deaths of those he loved the most. Mar...

Gene Luen Yang On Writing Shang-Chi

August 16, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes

In anticipation of Marvel’s Voices: Identity #1 anthology, Angelique revisits a conversation from Season 3 with writer Gene Luen Yang all about writing Shang-Chi.

Darren Shan on Marvel’s Voices: Identity

August 09, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes

Angelique talks to comics editor Darren Shan about the making of Marvel’s Voices: Identity #1 and what it means to him to edit the anthology spotlighting Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander characters and creators.

José Alaniz on Disability Representation in Marvel Comics

August 02, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB

Angélique talks about the representation of disability in comics with José Alaniz, author of Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond, and Day Al-Mohamed, filmmaker, author, and disability policy strategist.

José Alaniz & Day Al-Mohamed on Disability Representation in Comics

August 02, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes

Angélique talks about the representation of disability in comics with José Alaniz, author of Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond, and Day Al-Mohamed, filmmaker, author, and disability policy strategist.

Terry Blas On Reptil and Comunidades

July 26, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes

Angelique talks to writer and artist Terry Blas about his current Reptil mini-series and why Beto Lopez was such a perfect character for him to write.

Pharoahe Monch on Hip Hop & Fandom

July 19, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes

Angelique and Pharoahe Monch talk Marvel fandom, hip-hop and collecting during the pandemic; plus some bonus Loki interviews with actors Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Wunmi Mosaku!

Kalinda Vazquez & Christopher Priest On Donning the Stars & Stripes

July 12, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes

Angélique talks to writers Kalinda Vazquez and Christopher Priest about America Chavez and Sam Wilson and what it means for them to wear the stars and stripes.

Justin A. Reynolds on Miles Morales

July 05, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes

Angélique talks to writer Justin A. Reynolds about his new middle-grade graphic novel Miles Morales: Shock Waves.

Chris Cooper on Pride and Comics

June 28, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes

Angélique talks to writer and editor Chris Cooper, one of the first openly gay editors at Marvel, about Pride, comics, and that historic issue of Alpha Flight.

Coming Soon: A New Season of Marvel's Voices!

June 21, 2021 17:34 - 1 minute

On this new season of Marvel's Voices, the go-to destination for diverse perspectives, host Angélique Roché will dive deeper on the topic of authenticity of voice and the real-life experiences storytellers share with their work. Upcoming guests include author Justin A. Reynolds, editor Chris Cooper, and the voice talent behind Marvel's Wastelanders: Old Man Star-Lord. Episode 1 is out on Sirius XM on Friday, June 25 and available the following Monday, June 28 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and e...

Anthony Mackie & Malcolm Spellman on Marvel Studios' The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

June 01, 2021 07:00 - 29 minutes

Angélique Roché talks to the star of Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Solider, Anthony Mackie, and head writer Malcolm Spellman about working on the smash-hit series.

Rebecca Roanhorse & Weyshoyot Alvitre and Spotlighting Echo

March 08, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes

Angélique Roché talks to writer Rebecca Roanhorse and artist Weyshoyot Alvitre two Indigenous American creators and part of the cast of Marvel's first ever comic spotlighting indigenous characters, Marvel's Voices, Indigenous Voices #1.

Tochi Onyebuchi & Stephanie Williams and Their Comics Journeys

March 01, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour

Marvel’s Voices Legacy #1 is finally here! Angélique Roché talks with writers Tochi Onyebuchi and Stephanie Williams about their “unconventional” journey as storytellers, their love of Marvel comics, and the inspiration behind their stories in the anthology.

Javier Garron & Natacha Bustos and Drawing for Comics

February 22, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes

Angélique Roché talks to artists Javier Garron and Natacha Bustos about their work, their journey, their passion for comic books, and what it was like being featured in Episode 3 of Marvel’s 616, Amazing Artisans, currently streaming exclusively on Disney+.

Jeffrey Veregge and the Storytelling Process

February 15, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutes

Angélique Roché talks to artist, writer, and the creator behind the Smithsonian’s Of Gods and Heroes exhibition, Jeffery Veregge. Veregge has worked on a series of gorgeous native American Heritage Tribute variant covers for Marvel showcasing heroes like Dani Moonstar, Black Panther, Spider-Man, and more, all depicted in Veregge’s iconic artistic Formline style. His work can also been seen in Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices #1.

Gene Luen Yang and Writing Shang-Chi

February 08, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes

Angélique Roché talks to MacArthur Fellow Gene Luen Yang about writing Shang-Chi for Marvel, and his book American Born Chinese, which became the first graphic novel to win the American Library Association’s Printz Award.

Sandra Saad and Voicing Kamala Khan

February 01, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes

Angélique Roché talks to Sandra Saad about playing Kamala Khan in the Marvel’s Avengers video game.

Outlawed: Eve L. Ewing

January 25, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes

Angélique Roché talks to writer Dr. Eve L. Ewing about writing “Outlawed” and depicting Chicago within the Marvel Universe.

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