New mask. Same podcast. MCU Diaries breaks down what matters in the MCU—why it works, why it doesn’t, and how it all points to Doomsday and Secret Wars.
The MCU Diaries Podcast — New mask. Same podcast.
This is a smart, craft-first Marvel podcast hosted by Blake Larsen for people who love the MCU but want more than recap, lore-dumping, or empty hype.
Each episode is an essay you can listen to: character pressure, turning points, theme, consequence, and the story choices that actually matter. We track what works, what doesn’t, and how those choices point toward Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars.
This isn’t “hey, remember when?” fandom. It’s selective coverage, big swings, and zero sacred cows.
Spoiler note: We talk full spoilers for whatever we’re covering.
If you’d rather read the essays than listen to the podcast, start here: The MCU Diaries blog. That page collects the written Marvel storycraft pieces, including the road to Doomsday and Secret Wars.
Doctor Strange is the saga’s multiverse spine because Marvel keeps rewarding his control… then charging him for it. This entry tracks the receipts that make a Doom alliance feel inevitable instead of random.
The first Brand New Day trailer works because it turns Peter Parker’s erased identity into a physical problem. This is a Spider-Man story where the mask starts consuming the man, and that gives Marvel a real clock again.
Secret Wars isn’t a multiverse encyclopedia — it’s a story engine built on pressure, impossible choice, and irreversible consequence. Loki Season 1 is the cleanest on-screen blueprint for how that engine actually works.
RDJ returning as Doctor Doom isn’t nostalgia—it’s storycraft. This entry breaks down the mirror-villain move, the Tony Stark DNA it’s built from, and what it teaches us to watch for on the road to Doomsday.
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats the LOKI season 1 finale: episode 1.06 – For All Time, Always.
Blake discusses why we have to go back to the beginning to understand the end, why Jonathan Majors is exceptional as He Who Remains, and why this episode feels like a Smashing Pumpkins song…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats LOKI: episode 1.05 – Journey Into Mystery.
Blake discusses “theme vs. anti-theme”, why this might be his favorite MCU episode yet, and why there absolutely needs to be an Old Loki and Alligator Loki spinoff…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats LOKI: episode 1.04 – The Nexus Event.
Blake discusses the narrative use of twists, why the big twist for this episode is not the one you’re thinking of, and why he wants Loki’s hair flip put on a 24 hour loop…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats LOKI: episode 1.03 – Lamentis.
Blake discusses why love is knowing and accepting fault, why there is an odd structure shift half way through the series, and why it feels like all is not what it seems…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats the LOKI: episode 1.02 – The Variant.
Blake discusses how the show goes beyond it’s “hook”, Free Will vs. Determinism, and why The Falcon And The Winter Soldier should be furiously taking notes from Loki…
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