I may be the last person on Earth who's not doing a podcast, but I rectify that oversight today.
It's "The Captain America Minute Podcast," in which my cohosts and I talk about the movie "Captain America: The First Avenger" at the rate of one minute of screen time per episode, so that a 124-minute movie like "Cap" yields 124 episodes. It sounds like an odd way to analyze a film, and it is, but it allows for some deep dives, interesting digressions, and great guests.
I've been Internet friends with my cohosts, Jim O'Kane and Hal Bryan, for a long time--in fact, I introduced them to each other--and Jim and Hal have done many "movies by the minute" podcasts for films such as "The Rocketeer" and "October Sky," which both happened to be directed by "Cap" director Joe Johnston.
I was an occasional guest on those other podcasts, and when they told me they planned to do "Cap" I said, "Hey, I'd be happy to be your guest if you need a Captain America comic book expert!" since I once had a complete run of every "Avengers" issue ever published. They looked at each other slyly; their trap had been sprung. Next thing I knew I was a cohost and, well, I knew the job was dangerous when I took it.
New episodes drop every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We've already recorded enough to make it into 2026, so I can promise some good conversation and interesting guests, including director Joe Johnston himself, who joined us for this first episode! They'll be available at this link as well as Spotify or wherever podcasts are found.
