Enjoy the archives of this retired, award-winning series from Christopher Thomas Plante and The Verge that explained technology bit by bit. The series finale aired December 6th, 2016, shortly before Chris re-joined Polygon as its executive editor. For more on what’s happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets, listen and subscribe to The Vergecast.
https://www.theverge.com/whatstech
episode 14: What is the Marvel Universe?
If you watched Avengers: Age of Ultron this weekend, you're in good company. The film had one of the strongest openings of all time. As the credits rolled, though, I wondered about the sustainability of this behemoth franchise. I invited The Verge's Kwame Opam to explain the rise of the Marvel film universe, and where its characters — which span a variety of multimedia — will go in the next decade, with or without the actors who play them.
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