MARVEL'S WASTELANDERS: BLACK WIDOW Podcast Coming Out January 10

The latest part in the scripted podcast Marvel’s Wastelanders will feature Susan Sarandon as Helen Black and release on January 10. Other cast members include Eva Amurri, Nate Corddry, Amber Gray, Melissa Gilbert, Chasten Harmon, Michael Imperioli, and Justin Kirk. Made by Marvel and SiriusXM, this 10 episode story comes after following the stories of Star-Lord and Hawkeye in a post-apocalyptic world where the villains won. Here’s the synopsis:

When Helen Black arrives at her new apartment in The Onar, a 161-story apartment complex in what used to be Midtown Manhattan. Owned and operated by S.H.I.E.L.D., The Onar has become the very embodiment of the dystopic wealth and inequality that’s engulfed New York City ever since V-Day. A collection of uber-rich families – including the media magnate Burge family – occupy the opulent penthouses in the DecaDomes, The Onar’s highest ten stories. Helen Black’s apartment is located in the much more humble “100 Block”. When her nosy neighbor Dr. Brian Mizuno asks Helen (through the paper-thin walls) what brought her here, she cryptically alludes to “problems with an ex…”.

On the same day that Helen moves into her apartment, Lisa Cartwright reports for her first day as a Junior Residential Security Analyst for Panopticog Solutions, a private security company hired by S.H.I.E.L.D. to monitor the residents of The Onar (without their knowledge or consent). Lisa is assigned to surveil Helen’s corner of The 100 Block, and quickly discovers that Helen Black is not at all who she says she is.

You’ll be able to listen to this story initially exclusively on the SXM App and Marvel Podcasts Unlimited on Apple Podcasts with episodes being widely available one week later on Pandora, Stitcher, and all major podcast platforms in the U.S. You can listen to a teaser for it here, which I’ll be honest I’m not super impressed by, I would have rather been shown a scene that actually features Black Widow in it. I’ll reserve judgement until I hear the whole thing though. Regardless, if you’re a Black Widow and audio drama fan, you’ll want to check this out.