{"id":30587,"date":"2025-04-21T21:37:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/?p=30587"},"modified":"2025-04-21T21:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:37:26","slug":"https-twotruefreaks-com-podcast-wp-content-uploads-2025-04-tdb-ep-157-mp3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/https-twotruefreaks-com-podcast-wp-content-uploads-2025-04-tdb-ep-157-mp3\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Degree Byrne Episode 157: Alpha Flight #7 &#038; #8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You know, you usually have to go North to see an Aurora.\u00a0 But here, all you gotta do is turn the page.\u00a0 Well, you still have to look for the Northstar though.\u00a0 That is assuming you have the issues of our latest coverage in Alpha Flight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s that you say?\u00a0 More Alpha Flight?\u00a0 Well, we can\u2019t slack off now, I mean, we are just getting started with learning about that team up there in the Great White North.\u00a0 And in our latest coverage, Northstar and Aurora learn THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST \u2013 DEADLY EARNEST.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s right 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Degree Byrne will be covering Alpha Flight\u2019s issues seven and eight, giving you a less than helpful tour around the seedier side of Montreal and then taking you back to the past for the origin stories of Snowbird and Shaman to finish the books.\u00a0 Join Tim Elliott, Kirk Greenfield, Nigel Spink and Brian Hughes as they have the most fun you can have in Canada without a Hockey Stick!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s better than mayo on a burger!\u00a0 Seriously, why do they do that?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30590\" src=\"https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB_Ep_157-770x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB_Ep_157-770x770.jpg 770w, https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB_Ep_157-1170x1170.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB_Ep_157-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB_Ep_157-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB_Ep_157-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB_Ep_157-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB_Ep_157.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-30587-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB-EP-157.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB-EP-157.mp3\">https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TDB-EP-157.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: arial, verdana, 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px;\">3rd Degree Byrne is proud to be part of the TwoTrueFreaks Internet Radio Network\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twotruefreaks.com\/main.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/twotruefreaks.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Brian and Tim, two life long comic freaks, as they take a look at one of the quintessential comic book writer\/artists of the last 40 years, John Bryne. 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