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Sinopsis
By our powers combined: we're rewatching Captain Planet! We discuss the episodes, reminisce about childhood, and research the environmental struggles of the '90s and today.
Episodios
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Episode Eight: Force Fields and Short-Term Memory Loss
22/01/2020 Duración: 01h01minThe lost finale! When we recorded this one, all three of us lived in Seattle. But now we're scattered about the country. For the six of you who care, here's our (final?) episode. Come for the Wheeler hate, stay for one host's literal blackout -- at ~42:50. If you're still reading this, we adore you, and thanks very much for indulging this little frolic.
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Episode Seven: Don't Poach the Megafauna; or, Saving Sneezer
11/04/2019 Duración: 51minLooten Plunder wants to murder elephants, but the Planeteers aren't having it. Let's all put an end to poaching, sing Diane Warren songs, talk about James Coburn's sex appeal, and debate whether Captain Planet possesses object permanence.
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Episode Six: Nuclear war, what is it good for?
08/03/2019 Duración: 56minZarm (Sting!) is an interstellar baddie with a secret past. Oh, and he's got some seductive swag for the kiddos: Nintendo Power Gloves of conquest! We discuss the coolest way to tuck in a t-shirt, recall our asteroid-related fears, chat about music, and wonder whether Gaia has a connection to Polgara the Sorceress.
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Episode Five: Three Cheers for Women in STEM
02/01/2019 Duración: 54minHappy New Year from Gaia's Gang! We're back to marvel over another kick-ass villain (Meg Ryan, y'all), reflect on the virtues of compostable straws, wonder at what constitutes a "lifetime supply" of anything, and recount our letter-writing campaign wins.
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Episode Four: Purple Rain vs. Verminous Skumm
18/10/2018 Duración: 50minWe're back! But so is Verminous Skumm. Let's correct the record on dragons, accidentally provoke PETA, recall the ickier side of Zack Morris, and find out whether rats really like cheese. Oh, and remember when Oprah bested Big Beef? All that, AND we save the rainforest. Sort of.
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Episode Three: A Brief History of Dragons
07/06/2018 Duración: 48minThe Planeteers jet to Thailand to stop Hoggish Greedly and his . . . dragon? Meanwhile, we correct the record from episode two, take some listener feedback, rant a lot, and recall a student council campaign from the days of yore.
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Episode Two: Basic Science and Gratuitous Toxic Waste-Fueled Violence
11/05/2018 Duración: 42minVerminous Skumm is up to no good, and Ma-Ti is stressing because he's the littlest Planeteer. We help him through it, and discuss the Clean Air Act, too!
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Episode One: Training, who needs it?
26/04/2018 Duración: 56minCome for the cartoon-induced nostalgia, stay for our review of the myriad merits of a certain blue dish soap. Gaia (Mother Earth) wakes from a hundred-year nap and finds her planet in peril. So she summons five elemental rings and five youths to wield them. They're just in time -- Hoggish Greedly is on the march, he's out to steal some oil, and he's gonna wreck a wildlife refuge while he's at it. And look out, Cap, he's got a toxic waste gun! Because that's a thing!