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The podcast that brings you the stories of the builders behind BattleBots.
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Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 10 of BattleBots, which was a spicy one. We explore the difference between legality and ethics, and the community’s unwritten code of conduct. We also catch up with Monsoon captain Tom Brewster, Sarah Asplin, Tim Rackers, and Rory Mangles who all returned to the competition after a global pandemic kept him in the UK for the past few seasons.
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Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 9 of BattleBots, with official Match Steward Mike Jeffries. Mike is a longtime combat robot builder, who most recently competed on BattleBots with his popular modular bot Bombshell. He’s back this season to oversee the brand-new judging challenge process, which we saw this past Thursday between Malice and Valkyrie.
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Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 8 of BattleBots, which was very exciting indeed. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to book a guest this week, so it’s just a lil’ minisode with the four of us.
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Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 7 of BattleBots, with our friend and NHRL cohost Ricky Willems. Ricky will break down his most recent fight with Starchild, and reflect on the long and strange journey he’s taken to get to BattleBots.
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Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 6 of BattleBots. We’re also catching up with Hijinx Captian Jen Herchenroder to discuss the recently aired match against Captain Shrederator as well as the current season of BattleBots. Registration is now open for the NHRL March 18th event.
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Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 5 of BattleBots. We’re also catching up with Mad Catter and Lynx driver Calvin Iba to discuss the match and controversy surrounding Riptide and Lynx. Calvin is the current beetleweight champion at NHRL and the first ever two time champion. We discuss early reviews and reports of BattleBots Destruct-a-thon, a brand-new live show in Las Vegas. Tickets for Destruct-a-thon are available now https://battlebots.com/tickets/.
Registration is now open for the NHRL March 18th event.
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Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 4 of BattleBots. We’re also catching up with Malice captain Bunny Liaw and her teammate/husband David, as BattleBots prepares to launch an ambitious new project — BattleBots Destruct-a-thon, a brand-new live show in Las Vegas. Bunny and her team built 9 Malice ShowBots for the event, and Bunny traveled to Las Vegas to help the BattleBots team get ready. Tickets for Destruct-a-thon are available now, with the show’s debut coming this Friday, Feb. 3: https://battlebots.com/tickets/
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Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 3 of BattleBots, with special guest Tim Bouwens, the captain of Ominous! Ominous is a gorgeous, three-wheeled omnidrive robot from the Netherlands, and we learn more about its history, combat robotics in the Netherlands, and what’s next for the team.
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Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 2 of BattleBots. We break down the episode with Switchback captain Greg Needel, whose bot has gone through the ultimate glow-up for its sophomore season.
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Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 1 of BattleBots, which aired Jan. 5, 2023 on the Discovery Channel. We break down the episode with the one and only Pete Abrahamson, aka The Bot Whisperer!
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