Episode 10: Autonomy Interrupted, Amusing Fictitious Roles, and Affairs in Super Mario

The ABSTRACT Podcast

In this milestone, our 10th episode, we change up the general format by starting with a discussion question, should we ditch daylight savings? We follow that debate with a multiple choice question: what is more fun and who would you rather be in fiction, the hero, the villain, or the antihero? Finally, we discuss the politics and affairs of Super Mario. Specifically, we ask:

• Is Bowser a dictator?
• Why did the mushroom people not revolt?
• Is Mario an anarchist or a libertarian?
• What is koopa supposed to be?
• Is Yoshi a koopa?
• Is Birdo a girl or guy?
• Is Princess Peach a harlot?
• Is Toad a terrible servant?
• Is the mushroom kingdom a place of slavery/indentured servitude?
• Are there parallels between drug use and Mario’s “resources”?
• Who are the koopa eights’ mother?
• With so many professions under his belt, why does Mario seem so incapable of protecting Peach?
• What happened to Daisy and the other princesses?
• Where should the series go next?

Episode 10

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