{"podcast":{"title":"Essential Issues: A DC Comics Podcast","slug":"essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850","podcast_index_feed_id":6465850,"rss_url":"https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/essential-issues-a","website_url":"https://www.spiritblade.com/essential-issues-podcast/","image_url":"https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/~images/2344121772703976.jpeg","author":"Paeter Frandsen","episode_count":40,"summary":"Paeter Frandsen (Spirit Blade Productions) reacts to the latest releases on the DC Universe Infinite subscription service, geeking out as a fan and also exploring their moral and philosophical themes.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T04:18:08.584027+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850"},"episode":{"title":"Super-Parents & Bad Advice! (Essential Issues Podcast #031)","slug":"super-parents-bad-advice-essential-issues-podcast-031","published_at":"2025-09-06T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850/super-parents-bad-advice-essential-issues-podcast-031","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850","url":"https://www.spiritblade.com/essential-issues-podcast/2025/9/6/super-parents-amp-bad-advice-essential-issues-podcast-031","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/static1.squarespace.com/static/53fb437de4b0e6c68d7c377a/t/68b8635fcb62b23f8d051a3c/1756914598411/EIP_031-Parenting_and-Batgirl.mp3/original/EIP_031-Parenting_and-Batgirl.mp3","summary":"(TIME STAMPS BELOW!) With evidence growing that Jon Kent might be de-aged, Batman struggling to raise two adopted sons, and Wonder Woman adventuring with a baby in tow, is DC leaning into parenthood more? And if so, how will they view parenting? Hopefully with more wisdom than Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, who has some monumentally bad advice for Batman! That and MUCH MORE! RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra August 2025, DCUI Standard January 2026, TIME STAMPS 00:01:09 Aquaman 7, Batman & Robin 23, Action Comics 1088, Superman Treasury 2025 Hero For All (Jon Kent Being De-Aged Soon?) 00:17:24 Superman Unlimited 3, Nightwing 128, Batman & Robin: Year One 9, Robin & Batman: Jason Todd 2, Wonder Woman 23 00:33:22 Green Lantern 25, Green Arrow 26, Superman 28, Batman 161 (Botching Bane & Batgirl's Bad Advice), Justice League: Dark Tomorrow 1 GET THIS PODCAST 3 DAYS EARLY and enjoy exclusive rewards at https://www.patreon.com/spiritbladeproductions <a href=\" https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/essential-issues-a \" title=\"Subscribe to my feed\" rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application/rss+xml\"><img src=\"//feedburner.google.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:0\"/></a><a href=\" https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/essential-issues-a \" title=\"Subscribe to my feed\" rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application/rss+xml\">Subscribe in a reader</a> <a href=\" http://subscribeonandroid.com/feeds.podcastmirror.com/essential-issues-a \" title=\"Subscribe on Android\"><img src=\" https://assets.blubrry.com/soa/BadgeLarge.png \" alt=\"Subscribe on Android\" style=\"border:0;\" /></a> Open In i-tunes- itms://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast/id1697221899?mt=2 i-tunes Page Link- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/es…","meta_description":"(TIME STAMPS BELOW!) With evidence growing that Jon Kent might be de-aged, Batman struggling to raise two adopted sons, and Wonder Woman adventuring with…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850/episodes/super-parents-bad-advice-essential-issues-podcast-031/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-issues-a-dc-comics-podcast-6465850/super-parents-bad-advice-essential-issues-podcast-031.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}