Best Metamorphoses Podcasts (2026)

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Red Rhymes with DEAD (Challengers of the Unknown 55) 1:03:40

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The Earth, under threat! Don't worry, the Challengers are up to the task, despite their criminal fashion sense. Or ARE they?!? Find out in Challengers of the Unknown #55!By Dr. Bobb

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BOB DYLAN A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 27) Pat Garrett and Billy The Lid: That Long Black Cloud 14:38

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Chris examines Bob Dylan's music for Sam Peckinpah's 'revisionist Western' PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (1973), as well as his 'unique' acting style!By Chris Gregory

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House to Astonish Episode 216 - Metamorpho the Elephant Man 1:24:51

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It's only 348 sleeps 'til Christmas, so Paul and Al are taking the opportunity to look back at the best 2025 had to offer, as they run down their pick of their three favourite comics of last year in the 14th annual Homies awards. Will your favourite make the cut? What did the listeners choose? Find out here, true believer!…

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Going Batty (The Atom 30) 49:50

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Ray and Jean join their nature club (with special guests Sonny and Cher) for some innocent spelunking, when Ray runs into some old, tiny friends! Tiny friends with BATS! Can even the Atom save them from the fearsome SONIC BOOMER? Find out in The Atom #30!By Dr. Bobb

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Clash of the Eras (Mediating “Doctor Who and the Silurians”) 1:36:28

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Season seven of Pull To Open begins where all great potholing expeditions do: deep underground, with claw marks from the Randomizer and a moral crisis waiting at the exit. This week it’s Doctor Who and the Silurians, the only story bold enough to put “Doctor Who” in the title, and then end by asking: “So… was that a genocide?” Pete and Chris debate…

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Beware the Hot-Box! (Detective 361) 54:32

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Batman and Robin face good ol' Cold War intrigue and Dr. Bobb lays out his crime-fighting requirements. PLUS Ralph Dibny returns to his roots! It's all right here in Detective Comics #361!By Dr. Bobb

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Future Shock (Adventure Comics 354) 1:15:41

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SuperMAN visits his old pals in the Legion, now all grown up! Dr. Bobb tries to extemporaneously regurgitate Legion trivia from his tired old brain! Plus plenty of the pet minutiae you've come to depend on! It's all right here in Adventure Comics #354!By Dr. Bobb

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Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold 34:14

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Episode 87 Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Dover Beach’ by Matthew Arnold. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/87_Dover_Beach_by_Matthew_Arnold.mp3 Poet Matthew Arnold Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness Dover Beach By Matthew Arnold Th…

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Dawn of the AIpocalypse (Deprogramming “The War Machines”) 1:33:52

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Long before Skynet, the British Post Office built its own murderbot. In The War Machines, a supercomputer called WOTAN tries to conquer the world by... hypnotizing secretaries and constructing clunky Dalek knockoffs in a warehouse. And honestly? It almost works. Join us as we revisit the First Doctor’s most tech-forward outing, featuring the debut …

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Secret Agent Man (Action Comics 348) 54:13

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The FBI needs help, and there's only one person in America who can provide it - Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper! PLUS Supergirl has roomate problems. BEEN THERE, GIRL. It's all right here in Action Comics #348!By Dr. Bobb

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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 26) Songs of Social Protest Part 4 25:34

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Chris does a detailed examination of Bob Dylan's OXFORD TOWN, ONLY A PAWN IN THEIR GAME and THE LONESOME DEATH OF HATTIE CARROLLBy Chris Gregory

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Invasion on 34th Street (Speciating “Daleks in Manhattan” and “Evolution of the Daleks”) 1:37:25

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What happens when the Daleks land in 1930s New York and start questioning who they are? You get one of Doctor Who’s strangest detours for a marquee monster, where the Cult of Skaro grapples with ambition, identity, and a makeover ambitious enough for a Broadway musical. We dig into how Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks blend showbiz s…

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Royal Pedigree (World's Finest 165/Strange Adventures 198) 1:05:00

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Batman and Superman, evil crime lords dividing the world between them? Immortal Man, fighting super-apes on the eve of his wedding? Dr. Bobb, still bitter over an imagined slight 40 years ago? It's all right here, in World's Finest #165 and Strange Adventures #198!By Dr. Bobb

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House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 28 1:22:47

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Al and Paul hit a major milestone this episode, as they reach the end of the first run of the original Thunderbolts team, and cover issues 72-75. There's fighting, arguments, and weird things exploding, and that's just the behind the scenes escapades of Bill Jemas. Will all the TBolts survive? Will they all get off Counter-Earth? Will they all make…

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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 25) Idiot Wind: Kiss Goodbye to Howling Beasts 28:02

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Chris examines Bob Dylan's amazing and cathartic Idiot Wind, from 1975's Blood on the Tracks, with reference to the various versions of the song.By Chris Gregory

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LIke Father, Like Son (Our Fighting Forces 106) 1:02:35

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Without so much as a fare-thee-well, Capt. Hunter is shuffled off to (in our imaginations) a blissful retirement with his wife Lu Lin and barbecue parties with his twin brother, whiuloe we turn our focus to a brand-new feature, the hard-knuckled adventures of the good captain's father in WWII (the big one!) It's Our Fighting Forces #106 and the deb…

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Space: 1969 (Energizing “The Space Pirates”) 1:25:35

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Ahoy, space scallywags! This week the Randomizer maroons us in The Space Pirates, the six-part “epic” so padded it should come with its own flotation device. Join us as we navigate Argonite economics, Star Trek knockoff vibes, Clancy's comedy moustache, a CEO who is definitely up to something, and a TARDIS crew who spends most of the story confused…

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Recalling Brigid by Orna Ross 34:42

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By Mark McGuinness

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Falling All to Pieces (Metamorpho 11) 57:37

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Element Girl - dead! Sapphire - jilted at the altar! And Earth - under attack by a fleet of UFOs! It's all right here in Metamorpho #11!By Dr. Bobb

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Doctor, Octopus (Filleting “The Power of Kroll”) 1:26:42

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Doctor Who’s biggest monster gets his due—or does he? The Randomizer drops us into The Power of Kroll, the soggiest segment of the Key to Time season, where the squid is supersized but the stakes… maybe not so much. Join us as we wade through methane, musical glass-shattering, suspicious swampies, and the curious absence of K9. Is Bob Holmes’ least…

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Rules Are Made To Be Broken (Justice League of America 52) 57:19

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5 Justice Leaguers - missing in action! The Superman-Legend of Zelda crossover you've been clamoring for! PLUS an exciting review of the JLA by-laws! It's all right here in JLA #52!By Dr. Bobb

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From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 44:08

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By Mark McGuinness

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Eat the Rich (Plastic Man 3) 50:25

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I never imagined Plastic Man as the hero of the proletariat, but here we are. Catch all the excitement in Plastic Man #3!By Dr. Bobb

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Who Returns? (Reacting to the 2026 Christmas Special News) 48:37

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Doctor Who is back, babes! The BBC has reclaimed its Time Lord, and Pull To Open is here with a full transatlantic debrief. What does Disney’s departure mean for the future of the franchise? What might RTD’s newly announced 2026 Christmas Special look like? Will it be the final chapter of RTD 2.0 or the beginning of something entirely new? Join us …

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The Martians (Chilling “The Ice Warriors”) 1:33:32

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It’s the second Ice Age and Britannicus Base is under siege—by glaciers, bureaucracy, and a hissy Martian warlord with grabby hands. Join us as we dig into The Ice Warriors, the monster debut that screams “classic” but quietly whispers “fix me.” Are the Warriors even wearing armor? How does Jamie know Shakespeare? And did humanity really get rid of…

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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 24) Songs of Social Protest Part 3 15:02

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CHRIS GREGORY looks at SEVEN CURSES, PERCY’S SONG and THE BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN, Three powerful early 60s protest songsBy Chris Gregory

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Inferior is a Relative Term (Inferior Five 1) 52:56

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It's the triumphant return not only of US, but also of the Inferior Five, in their own title that no one demanded! Secret Agents! Pulp Heroes! Funny Russian names! All right here in The Inferior Five #1!By Dr. Bobb

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House to Astonish Episode 215 - Got Up And Finished Fourth 1:23:11

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With NYCC in the rear-view mirror, it's time for Al and Paul to look back at some of the news coming out of the show, like the revamped Vertigo slate, Swamp Thing Is Killing The Children, DC K.O.'s unexpected crossovers, Marvel's two upcoming symbiote-centric sagas, Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen's Crowbound, the first wave of post-Age of Revelation…

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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Special Edition MInstrel Boy: THEMES AND SCHEMES 33:43

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An edited version of Chris Gregory’s recent live stream in which He outlines some of the themes of and background to the Newly released MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN. COMMENTS WELCOME!!!!By Chris Gregory

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Wolf Clan (Metamorphosing “Tooth and Claw”) 1:31:20

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We are amused. Even Queen Victoria couldn’t keep a straight face through this lycanthropic slice of Tennant-era mayhem. Tooth and Claw is a kung-fu-kicking, wolf-howl-screaming, Torchwood-originating slice of steampunk nonsense, and honestly? It rules. The TARDIS misses Ian Dury and lands in the middle of an accidental backdoor pilot for Torchwood—…

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'NASHVILLE SKYLINE: ONE HELL OF A POET' Extract from 'MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN' 9:26

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Chris Gregory's take on NASHVILLE SKYLINE from his newly available MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLANBy Chris Gregory

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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Special Episode. Introduction to MInstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan 8:22

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Chris Gregory gives an introduction to MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN, which is the second volume of the PICASSO OF SONG trilogy. It will be released on October 8th 2025By Chris Gregory

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Gone But Not Forgotten (Flash 168) 53:09

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Green Lantern - missing in action! (Well not action exactly...) Flash is called upon to find him - if only he can get past those pesky future bandits! It's all right here in Flash #168!By Dr. Bobb

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Alchemy by Gregory Leadbetter 40:44

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By Mark McGuinness

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Planet Mirth (Delighting “The Happiness Patrol”) 1:37:37

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Doctor Who gets political, camp, and candy-coated all at once in The Happiness Patrol. On Terra Alpha, Helen A rules with a smile—and a gun—while her confectionary executioner, The Candy Man, dishes out death by fondant. Pete and Chris dive into this neon-noir dystopia, unpack the not-so-subtle Thatcher parallels, and debate whether Sylvester McCoy…

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Wonder Confronts Certainty, Then and Now

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Russian cultural history can be described as the conflict between the radical intellectuals, who imagined they had the ideological key to life and society, and the great writers, who viewed the world as far too complex for any single solution. It was the confrontation of certainty with wonder. The radical intelligentsia seized control in 1917, and …

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Solidarity, Communion, and the City of God: Rowan Williams at the Morningside Institute

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Solidarity is a much-used, not to say over-used, slogan these days, both in Catholic Social Teaching and in popular activism. Does it have a clear meaning or is it just an emotive term? In this lecture, Rowan Williams argues that in the context of Christian theology, as St. Augustine's City of God suggests, it does indeed have a strong and distinct…

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And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (Doom Patrol 110) 59:48

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No but seriously how does no one connect the green skinned boy that hangs out with the Doom Patrol to the green-faced animals that also hang out with the Doom Patrol? Find out in Doom Patrol #110!By Dr. Bobb

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BOB DYLAN:: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 23) Songs of Social Protest Part 2 11:57

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Chris looks at 3 more early Dylan protest songs - WHO KILLED DAVY MOORE, JOHN BROWN and HERO BLUES, setting them in historical, political and social contextsBy Chris Gregory

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Island Chat (Interviews from Long Island Who 2025) 56:33

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What’s it like to work on Doctor Who and Torchwood when you’re not in the spotlight—but still right there among the monsters, costumes, and chaos? In this very special live episode recorded at Long Island Who, Pete and Chris chat with two veterans of the Whoniverse: Mickey Lewis, a monster actor and novelist with stories to spare (including some ve…

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BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four 22) Songs of Social Protest Part One 15:42

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The first of three videos examining the developement of Bob Dylan's world-changing Protest Songs on the early 1960s.By Chris Gregory

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Let a Smile be Your Umbrella (Batman 190) 49:10

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Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin' into the future, and the Penguin's right there on the cutting edge! But can Batman stop his pinioned purloining in time? Find out in Batman #190!By Dr. Bobb

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House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 27 1:14:13

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Paul and Al continue to bop back and forth to Counter-Earth, as they look at Thunderbolts (1997) #69-71. There's plotline resolutions, a parade of fill-in artists and the least elite team of Elite Agents of SHIELD you could ever hope to encounter, plus Boobforce powers, the Curse of Taz and Café La Plume De Ma Tante.…

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Those Who Fail to Learn From the Past (Teen Titans 8) 1:03:57

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Giant robots! Beatlemania! Teen lingo! And some good ol' fashioned American xenophobia! It's all right here in Teen Titans #8!By Dr. Bobb

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BOB DYLAN A Headful of Ideas Season 4: 21: I Shall Be Released: Extract from 'Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan 10:59

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Chris examines one of Bob Dylan's best known songs I Shall Be Released, originally from The Basement Tapes. This is an extract from Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN, which will be released at the beginning of October. Advance orders: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1…

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Sir Walter Raleigh to His Son 31:36

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By Mark McGuinness