Cerebro is an audio podcast hosted by writer and literary agent Connor Goldsmith. Each episode, Goldsmith talks with a guest about a single X-Men character and their entire history, going "through the byzantine maze of continuity that inevitably builds up over 60 years of storytelling," often with a queer lens.[1] His guests have included authors, comedians, a Pulitzer winner, an Emmy nominee, as well as his own personal friends.[2]Entertainment Weekly listed it in their article "The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021."[3]
Goldsmith, a senior literary agent at Fuse Literary,[4] started the podcast in 2020 as a way to keep from going stir crazy during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. After encouragement from a friend, he decided to start with an interview with then-Excalibur writer Tini Howard about Betsy Braddock.[2] The podcast is named after Cerebro, a device in the Marvel Comics universe that amplifies the user's telepathic abilities.[5]
In April 2024, the podcast hit one hundred episodes and over 300 hours of content.[6] Niko Stratis of Autostraddle stated, "It’s got a long backlog of episodes, but it’s a really fun, joyfully chaotic listen through a joyfully chaotic timeline of messy mutants."[7]
Format
Each episode highlights a different character in the X-Men comics, with Goldsmith and his guest often discussing themes of LGBTQ+ and how the character relates to the X-Men's minority metaphor. Entertainment Weekly described it as them "excavat[ing] the many queer allegories that are possible with these colorful characters."[3] He will often talk about the character's history chronologically, before stopping for a brief segment called the "Cerebro Character File" - an abridged version of the character's history - and then resuming his discussion with the guest. The end of the episode has Goldsmith and his guests answer questions from listeners.[6]
Episodes
As of July 30, 2025, the podcast has aired 122 episodes, with a number of bonus episodes.
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