• The agreement includes multiple podcasts to be released over several years including original scripted series based around established Marvel characters as well as unscripted original shows.
  • Several popular Marvel podcasts will now debut each week beginning in 2020 on SiriusXM and Pandora.

NEW YORK – October 22, 2019 – Today SiriusXM and Marvel announced a multi-year agreement under which Marvel will create a pile of new, original podcasts for SiriusXM and Pandora. It’s the biggest podcast deal Marvel has ever undertaken. Included will be both scripted and unscripted series, themed live events, and much more, all premiering in 2020. SiriusXM and Pandora will also debut many of Marvel’s most popular podcasts before they can be heard anywhere else.

We know that there will be at least four new scripted series, each ten episodes, based around the iconic characters of Wolverine, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Star-Lord, as well as a fifth series in which all four team up. There will also be unscripted podcasts that look at Marvel’s rich history through a modern-day lens of pop culture, podcasts dedicated to specific Marvel franchises, and regular talk shows, including an interview show that will feature famous celebrity guests.

It’s almost like they used SCIFI.radio as an inspiration. We can’t help but wonder.

“Powerful stories are read, seen, and heard – and we believe audio is the next natural step to bring the Marvel Universe to fans around the world,” said Dan Buckley, President of Marvel Entertainment. “Storytelling has always been at the heart of Marvel’s success, and SiriusXM and Pandora have the right platform and expertise to bring Marvel’s rich tapestry of stories to listeners in a whole new way. We are excited to introduce an impressive roster of programming with SiriusXM and Pandora, and we can’t wait to share more details in the weeks and months to come.”

“Whether in movies, TV or other media, Marvel has been a success everywhere it goes, employing a level of quality and pop culture brilliance that organically draws massive audiences, and they are bringing that creative genius to SiriusXM and Pandora,” said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM’s President and Chief Content Officer. “We chose Marvel for our first major foray into creating original podcasts, and are thrilled to have Marvel create new audio programming and curate top quality podcasts for SiriusXM and Pandora. Under our new creative collaboration with Marvel, we’ll now provide our subscribers and listeners and Marvel fans a breadth and depth of podcasts that will be an immersive adventure into the iconic Marvel universe.”

SiriusXM and Marvel launched their first joint initiative in August with an all-new exclusive music station and channel “Marvel’s 80th: The Road to Marvel Comics ,” which was available on SiriusXM for a limited run, as well as through its streaming platform and On Demand, and also on the Pandora mobile app. Celebrating the 1000th issue of Marvel comics as well as the company’s 80th anniversary, the programming was a sonic time-warp experience that included an 80-song station playing a track from every year of Marvel’s illustrious history, each connected to a page of the Marvel issue.

Once the podcasts go online, subscribers will be able to access them via all the technology already served by SiriusXM and Pandora.

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SCIFI Radio Staff
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