In Norse Mythology, Asgard is the home to the Mighty Thor. In the MCU and Marvel Comics, Asgard holds many secret places, lands and hints to the future of Thor's story post Thor Love and Thunder. Get ready for a deep dive into Norse mythology as we explain how Marvel's Asgard works!     &nbsp;  Join #MarvelClub for the full THOR experience & more:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;      GHL RECOMMENDED READING from this episode:&nbsp; Follow the show on TWITTER -&nbsp; Visit our Facebook fan page:&nbsp; You can find Ashley at&nbsp;&nbsp;and Jason at&nbsp;. Thanks for showing up to class today. Class is dismissed!

420: Marvel's Asgard Explained

Valkyrie, also known by her Asgardian name Brunnhilde, was selected by Odin to lead his personal unit of shield-maidens, the Valkyrior. Renowned for her prowess in battle, this outstanding heroine has appeared in multiple Marvel movies including Thor: Love and Thunder. For Asgard, let's learn her comic bok history.&nbsp;         &nbsp;  Join #MarvelClub for the full THOR experience & more:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;      GHL RECOMMENDED READING from this episode:&nbsp; Follow the show on TWITTER -&nbsp; Visit our Facebook fan page:&nbsp; You can find Ashley at&nbsp;&nbsp;and Jason at&nbsp;. Thanks for showing up to class today. Class is dismissed!

421: Valkyrie (Thor)

If you're someone who's a decade or two out from your high school graduation, do you ever find yourself thinking that you're just not as happy as you were back then? Of course all the positive-thinking self-talk then kicks in and you think, "Well, maybe I actually wasn't that happy before. I do like my life better now. I like the independence I have. Yeah, yeah, I really like being an adult." Yet, no matter the glass-half-full glow you try to put on things, you can't shake the feeling that your happiness has declined over the years, that at 30, you weren't as happy as you were at 20, and that at 40, you weren't as happy as you were when you were 30.

Well, that feeling is more than a nostalgic hunch, and it's not unique to you. It's actually been born out by hundreds of research papers and studies and shown to be a near-universal experience. My guest today has authored many of those papers. His name is Dr. David Branchflower and he's a labor economist who not only studies the data around money and jobs, but also around human happiness. Today on the show David explains how happiness follows a U-shaped curve, and starts declining around age 18, and continues to fall into midlife, before picking back up again, and David shares the average age at which happiness hits its very lowest point. While it's not entirely clear why the U-shape of happiness occurs, we talk about some possible reasons behind it. And while the U-shape is consistent across the world, it can be lower or higher, and so we discuss how factors like gender, socio-economic and martial status, and having children affect happiness, and whether it's possible to mitigate the dip.

While the fact that it won't be until your mid-60s that you feel as happy as you were at age 18 might seem depressing, David argues that it's comforting to know that the feelings of declining happiness you experience at you approach midlife are normal, and will not only pass one day, but start moving in the other direction.

#795: The U-Shaped Curve of Happiness

It is a dark week for people named 'Elizabeth' or 'Queen' but we've somehow managed to gather ourselves and create a fitting tribute to the one they called 'Queen Elizabeth'.

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It’s Fate. Doctor Fate. A classic character from the Golden Age of Comics is making his way into the modern DC Extended Universe in The Rock's upcoming Black Adam. In his form-fitting blue bodysuit and flowing yellow cape, this founding member of the Justice Society of America is instantly recognizable. But who is Kent Nelson, a.k.a. Doctor Fate? Meet the character Pierce Brosnan will be portraying alongside Dwayne Johnson in the film.

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433: Doctor Fate

What made Teth Adam, soon to be played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a major motion picture, go from a villain who appeared only once during the 1940s to one who changed the hierarchy of the DC Universe? Let’s dig deep into the history of Black Adam, Shazam’s greatest foe!

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434: Black Adam

Our friends at the ONLY STUPID ANSWERS podcast, DJ Wooldridge & Roxy Striar, stop by to give us a full BLACK ADAM review (with and without spoilers!) NOTE: This episode contains explicit language.

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Black Adam Review featuring Only Stupid Answers!

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