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Hosted by | Connor Goldsmith |
Language | American English |
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No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 118 |
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Website | www |
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]
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]
As of July 30, 2025, the podcast has aired 122 episodes, with a number of bonus episodes.
No. | Title | Length | Original release date |
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1 | "Betsy Braddock (feat. Tini Howard)" | 1:21:00 | September 1, 2020 |
2 | "Kurt Wagner (feat. Daniel Kibblesmith)" | 1:34:00 | September 8, 2020 |
3 | "Emma Frost (feat. Alex Abad-Santos)" | 2:18:00 | September 15, 2020 |
4 | "Piotr Rasputin (feat. Mattie Lubchansky)" | 1:51:00 | September 22, 2020 |
5 | "Ororo Munroe (feat. Rashida Renée Ward)" | 1:46:00 | September 29, 2020 |
6 | "Scott Summers (feat. Jay Edidin)" | 1:47:00 | October 6, 2020 |
7 | "Dani Moonstar (feat. Darcie Little Badger)" | 1:39:00 | October 13, 2020 |
8 | "Bobby Drake (feat. Anthony Oliveira)" | 2:28:00 | September 8, 2020 |
9 | "Warren Worthington III (feat. Jay Jurden)" | 2:28:00 | October 27, 2020 |
10 | "Raven Darkhölme (feat. Patrick Sullivan)" | 2:27:00 | November 3, 2020 |
11 | "Hank McCoy (feat. Spencer Ackerman)" | 2:23:00 | November 10, 2020 |
12 | "Brian Braddock (feat. Jordan D. White)" | 2:40:00 | November 17, 2020 |
13 | "Logan (feat. Gerry Duggan)" | 2:26:00 | November 24, 2020 |
14 | "Opal Luna Saturnyne (feat. Tini Howard)" | 2:51:00 | December 1, 2020 |
15 | "Jean Grey (feat. Sara Century)" | 2:46:00 | December 8, 2020 |
16 | "Erik Magnus Lehnsherr (feat. Spencer Ackerman)" | 2:58:00 | December 18, 2020 |
17 | "Anna Marie (feat. Cass Morris)" | 3:09:00 | December 30, 2020 |
18 | "Meggan Puceanu (feat. A.R. Moxon)" | 2:55:00 | January 5, 2021 |
19 | "Tessa (feat. Valentine M. Smith)" | 2:49:00 | January 21, 2021 |
20 | "Lorna Dane (feat. Cori McCreery)" | 2:38:00 | January 19, 2021 |
21 | "Mortimer Toynbee (feat. Tim Platt)" | 2:20:00 | January 26, 2021 |
22 | "Doug Ramsey (feat. Annalise Bissa)" | 2:56:00 | February 3, 2021 |
23 | "Cassandra Nova (feat. Patrick Willems)" | 2:31:00 | February 9, 2021 |
24 | "Alex Summers (feat. Allison Senecal)" | 2:50:00 | February 19, 2021 |
25 | "Kitty Pryde (feat. Stephanie Burt)" | 3:31:00 | February 26, 2021 |
26 | "Adam Neramani (feat. Fabian Nicieza)" | 1:51:00 | March 2, 2021 |
27 | "Moira MacTaggert (feat. Zach Rabiroff)" | 3:12:00 | March 10, 2021 |
28 | "Alison Blaire (feat. Evan Narcisse)" | 3:25:00 | March 19, 2021 |
29 | "Rachel Summers (feat. Sara Century)" | 3:23:00 | March 25, 2021 |
30 | "Stryfe (feat. Anthony Oliveira)" | 3:07:00 | March 30, 2021 |
31 | "Armando Muñoz (feat. Angélique Roché)" | 2:08:00 | April 8, 2021 |
32 | "Mojo (feat. Ann Nocenti)" | 1:37:00 | April 13, 2021 |
33 | "Regan & Martinique Wyngarde (feat. Alex Abad-Santos)" | 2:38:00 | April 28, 2021 |
34 | "Megan Gwynn (feat. Josh Cornillon)" | 3:23:00 | May 5, 2021 |
35 | "Sally Blevins (feat. Jordan Blum)" | 2:45:00 | September 8, 2020 |
36 | "Monet St. Croix (feat. Tini Howard & Kendra James)" | 3:38:00 | May 16, 2021 |
37 | "Sarah Rushman (feat. Steve Orlando)" | 1:20:00 | May 21, 2020 |
38 | "Joanna Cargill (feat. Mike Carey)" | 2:20:00 | May 27, 2021 |
39 | "Xuân Cao Manh (feat. Sara Century)" | 3:48:00 | June 7, 2021 |
40 | "Jean-Paul Beaubier (feat. Steve Foxe)" | 3:34:00 | June 17, 2021 |
41 | "Julio Richter (feat. Louis Lopez)" | 2:42:00 | June 28, 2021 |
42 | "Gaveedra Seven (feat. Luke Ruddick)" | 2:33:00 | July 10, 2021 |
43 | "Roxy Washington (feat. Stephanie Williams)" | 2:25:00 | July 16, 2021 |
44 | "Roberto da Costa (feat. Alex Segura)" | 2:05:00 | July 29, 2021 |
45 | "Sam Guthrie (feat. Zoe Tunnell)" | 3:06:00 | August 5, 2021 |
46 | "Everett Thomas (feat. Kendra James)" | 2:33:00 | August 11, 2021 |
47 | "Jamie Madrox (feat. Elana Levin)" | 3:30:00 | August 22, 2021 |
48 | "Paige Guthrie (feat. Karen Charm)" | 3:20:00 | August 27, 2021 |
49 | "Remy LeBeau (feat. Chris Robinson)" | 2:28:00 | August 31, 2021 |
50 | "Charles Xavier (feat. Spencer Ackerman)" | 3:41:00 | September 7, 2021 |
No. | Title | Length | Original release date |
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51 | "Nathan Christopher Summers (feat. Vishal Gullapalli)" | 3:17:00 | September 29, 2021 |
52 | "Candy Southern (feat. Sara Century)" | 4:37:00 | October 7, 2021 |
53 | "Angelo Espinosa (feat. Terry Blas)" | 2:21:00 | October 18, 2021 |
54 | "Theresa Rourke Cassidy (feat. Valentine Smith)" | 4:33:00 | October 24, 2021 |
55 | "Selene Gallio (feat. Alex Abad-Santos)" | 4:38:00 | October 31, 2021 |
56 | "Illyana Rasputina (feat. Leah Williams)" | 3:51:00 | November 5, 2021 |
57 | "Sooraya Qadir (feat. Khaliden Nas)" | 4:26:00 | November 11, 2021 |
58 | "Warlock (feat. Stephanie Burt)" | 2:57:00 | November 21, 2021 |
59 | "Karl Lykos (feat. James Goldsmith)" | 3:24:00 | November 30, 2021 |
60 | "Valerie Cooper (feat. Patrick Sullivan)" | 3:50:00 | December 8, 2021 |
61 | "Bennet du Paris (feat. Anthony Oliveira)" | 3:14:00 | December 18, 2021 |
62 | "David Alleyne (feat. Ash Alleyne)" | 3:11:00 | December 26, 2021 |
63 | "Nate Grey (feat. Zack Jenkins)" | 2:46:00 | December 31, 2021 |
64 | "Arkady Rossovich (feat. Ben Percy)" | 2:06:00 | January 4, 2022 |
65 | "Laura Kinney (feat. Zoe Tunnell)" | 3:05:00 | January 16, 2022 |
66 | "Callisto (feat. Spencer Ackerman)" | 2:49:00 | January 23, 2022 |
67 | "Irene Adler (feat. Nola Pfau)" | 2:39:00 | January 31, 2022 |
68 | "Shiro Yoshida (feat. Justin Park)" | 2:36:00 | February 7, 2022 |
69 | "Miranda Leevald (feat. Josh Cornillon)" | 3:09:00 | February 16, 2022 |
70 | "Victor Creed (feat. Victor LaValle)" | 2:04:00 | February 28, 2022 |
71 | "Jono Starsmore (feat. Kat Overland)" | 2:45:00 | March 15, 2022 |
72 | "Sophie, Phoebe, Irma, Celeste, & Esme (feat. Charles Pulliam-Moore)" | 4:13:00 | March 18, 2022 |
73 | "Kwannon (feat. Caroline Bird)" | 3:16:00 | April 3, 2022 |
74 | "Sean Cassidy (feat. Thom Dunn)" | 3:16:00 | April 10, 2022 |
75 | "Eleanor Murch & Peter (feat. Zeb Wells)" | 2:21:00 | April 18, 2022 |
No. | Title | Length | Original release date | |
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76 | "Nathaniel Essex (feat. Kieron Gillen)" | 3:02:00 | May 22, 2022 | |
77 | "John Proudstar (feat. Nyla Rose & Steve Orlando)" | 1:36:00 | May 30, 2022 | |
78 | "Cecilia Reyes (feat. Stephanie Williams)" | 2:39:00 | June 14, 2022 | |
79 | "Abigail Brand (feat. Al Ewing)" | 4:06:00 | June 2, 2022 | |
80 | "Rita Wayword (feat. Jordan Blok)" | 3:06:00 | June 29, 2022 | |
81 | "Rahne Sinclair (feat. Rebecca Gault)" | 3:55:00 | July 14, 2022 | |
82 | "Amara Aquilla (feat. Alex Abad-Santos)" | 3:57:00 | July 28, 2022 | |
83 | "St. John Allerdyce (feat. Anthony Oliveira)" | 4:06:00 | August 8, 2022 | |
84 | "Maria Callasantos (feat. Darryl Ayo)" | 2:52:00 | September 8, 2022 | |
85 | "Lila Cheney (feat. Margot Mutter)" | 2:41:00 | September 15, 2022 | |
86 | "Colin McKay (feat. Sam Guido)" | 1:54:00 | September 24, 2022 | |
87 | "Pietro Maximoff (feat. Luke Ruddick)" | 3:56:00 | October 2, 2022 | |
88 | "Andrea & Andreas von Strucker (feat. Spencer Ackerman)" | 3:51:00 | October 22, 2022 | |
89 | "Tabitha Smith (feat. Leah Williams)" | 3:54:00 | October 27, 2022 | |
90 | "Melody Jacobs (feat. Jordan Blok)" | 5:09:00 | November 4, 2022 | |
91 | "Eden Fesi & Gateway (feat. Kaetun Khlynne)" | 4:29:00 | November 19, 2022 | |
92 | "Tom Cassidy (feat. Eoin Higgins)" | 3:34:00 | December 6, 2022 | |
93 | "Amahl Farouk (feat. Khaldoun Khelil)" | 3:24:00 | December 16, 2022 | |
94 | "Longshot (feat. Nola Pfau)" | 3:53:00 | December 31, 2022 | |
95 | "Jubilation Lee (feat. Jason Loo)" | 4:24:00 | January 14, 2023 | |
96 | "Forge (feat. Josh Trujillo)" | 4:58:00 | January 29, 2023 | |
97 | "Sebastian Shaw (feat. Steven Attewell)" | 4:25:00 | February 11, 2023 | |
98 | "Jamie Braddock (feat. Holly Raymond)" | 5:12:00 | February 21, 2023 | |
99 | "Annie Ghazikhanian (feat. Chuck Austen)" | 2:35:00 | March 17, 2023 | |
100 | "Madelyne Pryor (feat. Sara Century)" | 18:03:00 | April 15, 2023 | |
Due to the extra-length nature of this episode, it was broken up into five parts, each named after a section of the crossover "Inferno":
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No. | Title | Length | Original release date | |||
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101 | "En Sabah Nur (feat. Jonathan Hickman)" | 3:35:00 | May 30, 2023 | |||
102 | "Nekra Sinclair (feat. Jordan Blok)" | 6:41:00 | June 24, 2023 | |||
103 | "Calvin Rankin (feat. Chad Anderson)" | 3:49:00 | July 16, 2023 | |||
104 | "Amanda Sefton (feat. Anna Peppard)" | 6:51:00 | October 10, 2023 | |||
105 | "Cain Marko (feat. Anthony Oliveira)" | 6:56:00 | November 25, 2023 | |||
106 | "Laurie Collins (feat. Alex Abad-Santos)" | 3:56:00 | December 15, 2023 | |||
107 | "Candra (feat. Kat Driscoll)" | 5:56:00 | February 2, 2024 | |||
108 | "Hepzibah (feat. Jordan Blok)" | 9:32:00 | February 27, 2024 | |||
Due to the extra-length nature of the episode, it was divided into two:
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109 | "Arcade (feat. Annalise Bissa)" | 3:42:00 | April 13, 2024 | |||
110 | "Trish Tilby (feat. Patrick Sullivan)" | 3:50:00 | May 10, 2024 | |||
111 | "Eva Bell (feat. Karen Charm)" | 3:04:00 | May 28, 2024 | |||
112 | "Gloria Dolores Muñoz (feat. Alex Segura)" | 4:09:00 | June 18, 2024 | |||
113 | "Hope Summers (feat. Kieron Gillen)" | 4:10:00 | July 15, 2024 | |||
114 | "Namor McKenzie (feat. Spencer Ackerman)" | 4:57:00 | September 17, 2024 | |||
115 | "Jeanne-Marie Beaubier (feat. Sara Century)" | 6:06:00 | September 30, 2024 | |||
116 | "Victor Borkowski (feat. Jay Jurden)" | 3:12:00 | November 7, 2024 | |||
117 | "Yuriko Oyama (feat. Jordan Blok)" | 8:54:00 | December 24, 2024 | |||
December 26, 2024 | ||||||
Due to the extra-length nature of the episode, it was divided into two:
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118 | "Lilandra Neramani (feat. Josh Trujillo)" | 5:38:00 | January 31, 2025 | |||
119 | "Idie Okonkwo (feat. Murewa Ayodele)" | 2:49:00 | February 26, 2025 | |||
120 | "Pete Wisdom (feat. Dan Grote)" | 4:25:00 | May 1, 2025 | |||
121 | "Mariko Yashida (feat. Justin Park)" | 8:44:00 | June 8, 2025 | |||
June 27, 2025 | ||||||
Due to the extra-length nature of the episode, it was divided into two:
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122 | "Gatecrasher & Technet (feat. Jadzia Axelrod)" | 4:42:00 | July 30, 2025 |