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The podcast that brings you the stories of the builders behind BattleBots.
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Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re sitting down with longtime builder and perpetual fan favorite Marc DeVidts, captain of ICEwave! Marc began building combat robots more than 20 years ago, but really roared into BattleBots pop culture with Season 1 of the reboot with his terrifying horizontal spinner, powered by an internal-combustion engine.
Despite its cult status, ICEwave was not selected to compete on BattleBots 7, surprising a lot of fans. Marc is coming on to talk about his journey in the sport, and what’s next for ICEwave.
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Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with the winner of the 30-pound division at September’s Norwalk Havoc — Yahoo captain slash Copperhead team member slash pet store owner slash giant pumpkin farmer and friend of the pod Chad New! Chad has been build combat robots for 20+ years, and has fought on both BattleBots and King of Bots. We learn all about his very interesting path through combat robotics and how he got into his many other interests.
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Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’ve got a brief little, guestless mini-sode, while we recover from September Norwalk Havoc. We’ll recap the latest event, share our top personal highlights, and get you hyped about next week’s guest, Copperhead pit crew member/pet store owner/master prankster/giant pumpkin farmer Chad New!
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Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re diving deep into the just-revealed Season 7 of the show — which will film in Las Vegas Oct. 18 through Oct. 30 — with BattleBots cofounder and friend of the pod Greg Munson! Greg answers all of your burning questions, and gives us a sneak peek at what to expect in the coming season. Oh! And we take a look at the finale of BattleBots Champions.
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Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up again with longtime BattleBots builder Brad Hanstad, to get an exclusive early look at his new heavyweight Triton, the spiritual successor to Deep Six. Oh, and we’ll take a look back on the final qualifying event for BattleBots Champions.
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re diving deep into all things Kraken with one of our favorite builders of all time, Kraken captain Matt Spurk! This week, Matt made the surprise announcement that he plans to retire his very popular fire-breathing crusher bot and return to the competition with something new. We try as hard as we can to get him to talk about what’s next.
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Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up again with Kyle Miller, captain of the surprisingly effective rookie bot Glitch. Glitch went undefeated in the qualifying rounds during Season 6 of BattleBots, but had to drop out of the Championship at the last minute after they couldn’t get their bot in fighting shape to take on Witch Doctor. This past week (spoilers!) they *again* went undefeated on their episode of BattleBots Champions, sending themselves into the final round of Champions with a 7-0 (!) career record. We break it down with Kyle.
This week’s interview is brought to you by MaxAmps and their new line of “Max Combat” batteries. These battle-ready batteries are available for 1-, 3-, 12-, and 30-pound bots and feature a custom wrap with your team’s logo, internal hard skins for extra protection, and puncture resistant wire sleeves. Check them out at maxamps.com
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Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up again with one of our favorite builders of all time, Deep Six captain Dustin Esswein! Dustin’s design philosophy is simple — weapons first, everything else is secondary. You see that ethos on display with Deep Six (they made a rule change inspired by the bot!) and more recently, Depth Charge at Norwalk Havoc Robot League (it broke the box!) We break down Deep Six’s performance in this episode of BattleBots Champions, and ask him what’s next for his bot-building career.
This week’s interview is brought to you by MaxAmps and their new line of “Max Combat” batteries. These battle-ready batteries are available for 1-, 3-, 12-, and 30-pound bots and feature a custom wrap with your team’s logo, internal hard skins for extra protection, and puncture resistant wire sleeves. Check them out at maxamps.com
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Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with longtime combat robotics builder John Mladenik, captain of Gigabyte and Cobalt on S6 of BattleBots. John and his team have essentially perfected the heavyweight shell spinner design, sending Gigabyte to a 13-10 record on the reboot of BattleBots, and fielding a very similar robot, Megabyte, on King of Bots. We’re chatting with John following the season premiere of BattleBots Champions, where Gigabyte was the episode’s final mini boss.
This week’s interview is brought to you by MaxAmps and their new line of “Max Combat” batteries. These battle-ready batteries are available for 1-, 3-, 12-, and 30-pound bots and feature a custom wrap with your team’s logo, internal hard skins for extra protection, and puncture-resistant wire sleeves. Check them out at maxamps.com
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Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re traveling to Worcester, Massachusetts to take a deep dive on Team WPI, the supergroup whose team members sit on half a dozen BattleBots teams, and have multiple first-place finishes at combat robotics competitions across the country. Their best-known grad in the BattleBots community? Bite Force captain Paul Ventimiglia. We catch up with Brian Boxell, James Nguyen and Ian MacInerney to learn how the team has structured this winning program.
This week’s interview is brought to you by MaxAmps and their new line of “Max Combat” batteries. These battle-ready batteries are available for 1-, 3-, 12-, and 30-pound bots and feature a custom wrap with your team’s logo, internal hard skins for extra protection, and puncture resistant wire sleeves. Check them out at maxamps.com
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