Lanterns | Casting Light

Here’s our episode on the Lanterns finale, a series that ended up carrying more weight with all of us than I think we realized it would. Hope you enjoy our take on it.

And huge thanks to all of you for following along with us! We really appreciate you guys. If there’s a season 2, we’ll be back, and we’ll probably jump on and talk about Man of Tomorrow — the upcoming Superman movie featuring the next appearance of John Stewart — when it comes out next July.

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You can find that at http://waxepisodic.com or wherever you get podcasts.

Contest

Big congrats to the winners of our Casting Light Oath contest (listen to find out who)! They’ll each win their choice of a Lanterns tribute poster, illustrated by the one and only Kirk Manley. Check out those and a bunch of other of his illustrations at https://www.instagram.com/batmankm/

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They just keep getting better and better. Such a hard-hitting, engaging episode this week, with perspective on Hal’s past and his relationship with his father, John reckoning with a more compassionate version of Hal, and their journey to a surreal other world. We can’t wait to see how this wraps up.

Mentioned:

• Win a Lanterns tribute poster illustrated by Kirk! Send a Green-Lantern-style oath adapted for this podcast to castinglightoath@podcastica.com.

• You can see the poster on Kirk’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdzwY-4EQTH/?img_index=1

Next up on Casting Light: Lanterns S1E8 “Dirt and Stars”. Let us know your thoughts!

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More TV talk

Enjoying Casting Light? I also host Wax Episodic: Obsessive TV Talk with Jason Cabassi, where we cover the TV shows we’re most excited about. Current and upcoming coverage includes Pluribus, Severance, Alien: Earth, Fallout, Welcome to Derry, and more.

Each of those shows also has, or will soon have, its own dedicated podcast, but if you’d rather follow all my current TV obsessions in one place, just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get your podcasts.

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Check out Kirk’s incredible pop-culture illustrations, everything from the Avengers, to the New York Nicks, to Taylor Swift, and a lot more, all at http://studiokm.com. You won’t be sorry you did!

Thank you!

Yet another change of pace this week, with this complicated, somber, surprisingly funny, intriguing, and moving episode, as we see how John has changed in the 10 years since turning down the Green Lantern ring — and how he deals with the mysterious death of his former mentor/antagonist.

Next up on Casting Light: Lanterns S1E7 “The Jordan Boys Legacy”. Let us know your thoughts!

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Support the show

Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff at ⁠patreon.com/jasoncabassi⁠.

Or make a one-time donation at ⁠buymeacoffee.com/cabassi⁠.

A quick, free, and easy way to support us is to leave a rating or a review:

• On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/casting-light-a-lanterns-podcast/id6798891586
• On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0342AS9TqJi2Q0QDvxsJLD
• Or just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get podcasts.

More TV talk

Enjoying Casting Light? I also host Wax Episodic: Obsessive TV Talk with Jason Cabassi, where we cover the TV shows we’re most excited about. Current and upcoming coverage includes Pluribus, Severance, Alien: Earth, Fallout, Welcome to Derry, and more.

Each of those shows also has, or will soon have, its own dedicated podcast, but if you’d rather follow all my current TV obsessions in one place, just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get your podcasts.

Looking for even more great TV podcasts? Check out all the shows from Podcastica at http://podcastica.com.

Check out Kirk’s incredible pop-culture illustrations, everything from the Avengers, to the New York Nicks, to Taylor Swift, and a lot more, all at http://studiokm.com. You won’t be sorry you did!

Thank you!

Explosive, destructive episode this week as all the tension that’s been building up in this series finally comes to a head. It really felt like a season finale, didn’t it? Which makes us even more curious to find out what they’ll do with the final three episodes. Lots to talk about for this one though, so join us as we talk it out!

Next up on Casting Light: Lanterns S1E6 “Bad Optics”. Let us know your thoughts!

• You can email or send a voice message to ⁠brightestday@podcastica.com⁠.
• Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: ⁠https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe⁠
• Or check out our Podcastica Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at http://facebook.com/groups/podcastica.

Support the show

Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff at ⁠patreon.com/jasoncabassi⁠.

Or make a one-time donation at ⁠buymeacoffee.com/cabassi⁠.

A quick, free, and easy way to support us is to leave a rating or a review:

• On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/casting-light-a-lanterns-podcast/id6798891586
• On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0342AS9TqJi2Q0QDvxsJLD
• Or just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get podcasts.

More TV talk

Enjoying Casting Light? I also host Wax Episodic: Obsessive TV Talk with Jason Cabassi, where we cover the TV shows we’re most excited about. Current and upcoming coverage includes Pluribus, Severance, Alien: Earth, Fallout, Welcome to Derry, and more.

Each of those shows also has, or will soon have, its own dedicated podcast, but if you’d rather follow all my current TV obsessions in one place, just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get your podcasts.

Looking for even more great TV podcasts? Check out all the shows from Podcastica at http://podcastica.com.

Check out Kirk’s incredible pop-culture illustrations, everything from the Avengers, to the New York Nicks, to Taylor Swift, and a lot more, all at http://studiokm.com. You won’t be sorry you did!

Thank you!

Compulsory nude figure drawing, a sudden orbital vaporizing laser, and a hi-tech, futuristic slaughterhouse are just a few of the things that made this episode odd as hell, but never dull! Join Kirk, Jim, and Jason as we talk it out!

Next up on Casting Light: Lanterns S1E5 “Light’s Out”. Let us know your thoughts!

• You can email or send a voice message to ⁠brightestday@podcastica.com⁠.
• Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: ⁠https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe⁠
• Or check out our Podcastica Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at http://facebook.com/groups/podcastica.

More TV talk

Enjoying Casting Light? I also host Wax Episodic: Obsessive TV Talk with Jason Cabassi, where we cover the TV shows we’re most excited about. Current and upcoming coverage includes Pluribus, Severance, Alien: Earth, Fallout, Welcome to Derry, and more.

Each of those shows also has, or will soon have, its own dedicated podcast, but if you’d rather follow all my current TV obsessions in one place, just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get your podcasts.

Looking for even more great TV podcasts? Check out all the shows from Podcastica at http://podcastica.com.

Check out Kirk’s incredible pop-culture illustrations, everything from the Avengers, to the New York Nicks, to Taylor Swift, and a lot more, all at http://studiokm.com. You won’t be sorry you did!

Thank you!

So great to get some of John’s backstory this week, making it much more clear why his parents set him on this years-long course to become a Green Lantern. A thoughtfully told, thought-provoking tale, and Jim and Kirk are here to talk it out.

Next up on Casting Light: Lanterns S1E4. Let us know your thoughts!

• You can email or send a voice message to ⁠brightestday@podcastica.com⁠.
• Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: ⁠https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe⁠
• Or check out our Podcastica Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at http://facebook.com/groups/podcastica.

More TV talk

Enjoying Casting Light? I also host Wax Episodic: Obsessive TV Talk with Jason Cabassi, where we cover the TV shows we’re most excited about. Current and upcoming coverage includes Pluribus, Severance, Alien: Earth, Fallout, Welcome to Derry, and more.

Each of those shows also has, or will soon have, its own dedicated podcast, but if you’d rather follow all my current TV obsessions in one place, just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get your podcasts.

Looking for even more great TV podcasts? Check out all the shows from Podcastica at http://podcastica.com.

Check out Kirk’s incredible pop-culture illustrations, everything from the Avengers, to the New York Nicks, to Taylor Swift, and a lot more, all at http://studiokm.com. You won’t be sorry you did!

Thank you!

Things are getting complicated this week, with details about who these aliens are and why they came to Rushville, Nebraska, and questions about what William Macon is up to, why Hal doesn’t want to report to the Guardians, how John can create a little green birdie sidekick, and a ton more. We do our best this ep to lay it all out for you!

Mentioned:

• Check out Kirk’s incredible pop-culture illustrations, everything from the Avengers, to the New York Nicks, to Taylor Swift, and a lot more, all at http://studiokm.com. You won’t be sorry you did!

Next up on Casting Light: Lanterns S1E3. Let us know your thoughts!

• You can email or send a voice message to ⁠brightestday@podcastica.com⁠.
• Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: ⁠https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe⁠
• Or check out our Podcastica Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at http://facebook.com/groups/podcastica.

More TV talk

Enjoying Casting Light? I also host Wax Episodic: Obsessive TV Talk with Jason Cabassi, where we cover the TV shows we’re most excited about. Current and upcoming coverage includes Pluribus, Severance, Alien: Earth, Fallout, Welcome to Derry, and more.

Each of those shows also has, or will soon have, its own dedicated podcast, but if you’d rather follow all my current TV obsessions in one place, just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get your podcasts.

Looking for even more great TV podcasts? Check out all the shows from Podcastica at http://podcastica.com.

Thank you!

Lanterns opens strong with an episode that manages to slip in a ton of expositional Green Lantern lore, an intriguing small town mystery, a bunch colorful characters all pushing against each other’s edges (with some fantastic actors playing them), all while asking some deeper questions about human nature, and even throwing in a few jokes that actually made us laugh. Yeah, we’re in!

Next up: Lanterns S1E2 Let us know your thoughts!

• You can email or send a voice message to ⁠brightestday@podcastica.com⁠.
• Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: ⁠https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe⁠
• Or check out our Podcastica Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at ⁠facebook.com/groups/podcastica⁠.

More TV talk

Enjoying Casting Light: A Lanterns Podcast? I also host Wax Episodic: Obsessive TV Talk with Jason Cabassi, where we cover Lanterns and other TV shows we’re most excited about. Current and upcoming coverage includes Pluribus, Severance, Alien: Earth, Fallout, Welcome to Derry, and more.

Each of those shows also has, or will soon have, its own dedicated podcast, but if you’d rather follow all my current TV obsessions in one place, just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get your podcasts.

Looking for even more great TV podcasts? Check out all the shows from Podcastica at http://podcastica.com.

Support the show

Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff at ⁠patreon.com/jasoncabassi⁠.

Or make a one-time donation at ⁠buymeacoffee.com/cabassi⁠.

Digging Casting Light: A Lanterns Podcast? A quick, free, and easy way to support us is to leave a rating or a review:

• On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/casting-light-a-lanterns-podcast/id6798891586
• On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0342AS9TqJi2Q0QDvxsJLD
• Or just search for Casting Light: A Lanterns Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

Thank you!

Yes, this show is about members of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic peacekeeping force whose members wear rings that give them powers (and we love that). But there’s a lot more about this series that has us intrigued. Like, why is it also apparently a gritty murder mystery set in rural Nebraska? And what does it mean that HBO, the king of prestige TV, picked it up, with three legendary writers at the helm: Chris Mundy (Ozark), Damon Lindelof (LOST), and Tom King (The Vision)?

That’s more than enough to have us—Jason, Kirk, and Jim—super excited for Lanterns. Join us for a spoiler-lite introduction to the series, followed by a more detailed dive into the trailer that recently debuted at Comic-Con.

Mentioned:

• EW interviews Lanterns showrunner Chris Mundy: https://ew.com/lanterns-dc-space-cops-drama-dueling-timelines-exclusive-11971022

Next up on Casting Light: The Lanterns series premiere, on HBO Sunday, August 16! Let us know your thoughts.

• You can email or send a voice message to ⁠brightestday@podcastica.com⁠.
• Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: ⁠https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe⁠
• Or check out our Podcastica Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at http://facebook.com/groups/podcastica.

More TV talk

Enjoying Casting Light? I also host Wax Episodic: Obsessive TV Talk with Jason Cabassi, where we cover the TV shows we’re most excited about. Current and upcoming coverage includes Pluribus, Severance, Alien: Earth, Fallout, Welcome to Derry, and more.

Each of those shows also has, or will soon have, its own dedicated podcast, but if you’d rather follow all my current TV obsessions in one place, just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get your podcasts.

Looking for even more great TV podcasts? Check out all the shows from Podcastica at http://podcastica.com.

Thank you!