Episode 119: Idie Okonkwo (feat. Murewa Ayodele)

CEREBRO

Connor Goldsmith

Science Fiction, Arts, Books, Visual Arts, Fiction

4.8 • 815 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 170 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 119 of CEREBRO, Connor and Marvel writer Murewa Ayodele (Storm, I Am Iron Man) heat things up with the inimitable Idie Okonkwo! Created by Matt Fraction, Kieron Gillen, and Whilce Portacio for the series Generation Hope, Idie — best known by the codename Oya — was one of the first post-Decimation mutants to manifest following the messianic arrival of Hope Summers. A devout Catholic teenager from rural Nigeria, Idie was hunted as a witch when her new powers over fire and ice catalyzed to disastrous effect. Her resulting self-loathing made her an unlikely superheroine, but in the 15 years since her debut she has played a critical thematic role in the X-Men franchise. After a memorable role in Victor LaValle's work during the First Krakoan Age, Idie has taken the new codename Temper as a regular team member in writer Jed McKay's current run on X-Men.

The CEREBRO character file on Oya/Temper begins at 49:41.

(Content Advisory: Idie's story includes racism, religious trauma, and the legacy of colonialism in Africa.)

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0:00.0	I reread all of the big, oh, yes, stories.
0:03.8	And they're not all winners, let's say.
0:08.5	I think that this character, she goes through.
0:15.4	Oh, my God.
0:16.7	You know, I'm trying to be, I try to be genteel about these things.
0:20.9	X-Men, X-Men.
0:24.0	In the 21st century, people mutants led by Magneto aimed to destroy the world.
0:32.8	Only hope is X-Men.
0:39.3	Welcome to Cerebro, the X-Men podcast.
0:42.2	We're a homo and his friends dig deep into the history of Homo Superior.
0:45.8	I'm your host, Connor Goldsmith, and with me today is returning guest, though you would only know if you had listened to the bonus episode we did.
1:03.3	Murawa Ayodele, currently the writer on Storm's ongoing solo series. We did a bonus interview on the main feed. You don't have to subscribe to Patreon for that, but we talked about the first
1:07.9	issue of that book, which is still going. And a new solicit just dropped like an hour ago.
1:13.7	Yeah.
1:14.2	For a team up with Thor.
1:15.5	So it does seem like things are going well.
1:18.4	Murawa, how are you doing today?
1:20.9	How have you been since we last spoke?
1:23.4	I've been doing good.
1:24.3	I've been doing good.
1:25.1	It's been fun playing in the X universe and getting to
1:29.5	interact with people from the X universe. It's totally different from the Avengers office.
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