Zach & Tavie reach a major turning point in this special GIANT-SIZE installment of the show, discussing what everything thus far has been building to in the MCU at this point, 2012’s team-up film, The Avengers (or Avengers Assemble, depending on where you live in the world).

It’s an exciting one with a lot to take in and go over, as we come to the conclusion of Phase 1. We take a dive into addressing the problematic elephant in the room with director and co-writer Joss Whedon and his one-liners a-plenty. There’s also a whole bunch of Zach’s nerdy nitpicks of all sorts. Not to mention going down an Alice In Wonderland rabbit hole (appropriately enough) at a point.

Additionally, the DC universe gets some attention, and unfortunately even current politics and real world super-villains rear their ugly heads (though only ever so briefly, we promise). Plus nicknames old and new, from both Tavie and Tony Stark, trivia cards giving away details too soon, a new Bruce Banner, a farewell(?) to a familiar face, Zach using the phrase tête-à-tête, and the story of his close encounter with Whedon and Kevin Feige.

Of course, we also get into questions such as “Where does it currently rank in the all-time box office list?”, “Why doesn’t this lineup match the original comic team?”, “Whose idea was it to put an eyeball stabby device in a movie kids would see?”, “What’s a Chitauri?”, “Can Tavie keep up with all of the characters?”, “Is that a Marvel superhero over Tavie’s shoulder?”, “How is this like a beloved Muppet holiday classic?”, “What can’t be fixed by a good clonk on the head?”, “Why was the Avenger Initiative scrapped?”, “Is it worth avenging a world that hadn’t been saved?”, and “Exactly what did Pepper whisper in Tony’s ear?”.

All of this plus SPOT THE STAN, MARVEL TRIVIA, PENNY’S CORNER and SO MUCH MORE! Maybe bring a bunch of friends together and fight each other before eventually teaming up to listen to this one.

Produced & co-hosted by Zach Woliner & Tavie Phillips Featuring Penny Woliner Edited by Zach Woliner Theme music by Luis Humanoide Cover art by Chris Giarrusso