Podcast host and writer Brian Kitson is joined by writers Ayla Ruby and Uday Kataria to discuss Marvel Studios' newest series Ironheart starring Dominique Thorne, Lyric Ross, Anthony Ramos, Alden Ehrenreich, and Sacha Baron Cohen. The three discuss Riri's motivations and character journey in the series, as well as how magic and technology are blended. Characters like The Hood, Mephisto, Natalie, Zelma, Zeke and more are discussed, as well as how the series might fit in the wider MCU narrative. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider supporting us by joining our Patreon and Discord here: https://patreon.com/cosmiccircus Timestamps 00:00 - Intros 00:55 - General thoughts on Ironheart. Parallels with Marvel/Disney's handling of the Echo series.  06:55 - Continuing Riri's story from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 12:20 - Riri's motivations, grief, and questionable decisions in Ironheart 18:20 - Ironheart's place in the MCU timeline and larger narrative. 20:00 - Mephisto and Riri messing with Death. Shouldn't Aubrey Plaza's Death be angry? Will this be followed up on later? 25:20 - The Hood and Strange Academy 29:00 - Blending technology with magic in the show 34:00 - The Hood's motivations vs Riri's.  37:00 - Riri's attitude towards Tony Stark/Iron Man 39:25 - Where was the rest of the MCU? 40:45 - Zelma, Zeke and other characters 47:25 - Where will the Ironheart storyline go from here? 56:50 - The color of magic in Ironheart, chaos magic? 58:00 - Need for Jac Schaeffer to return to write again 01:00:15 - Outros