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A podcast dedicated to reviewing the Robot Combat TV Shows Robot Wars and BattleBots. We feature guests who participate in the show, and see what they have to say about their own performance, and their competitors.
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Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
In this podcast, I am joined by World of Woodrow and late substitute Mystrsyko (thanks again Mike!!), as we talk our way through the fourth episode of BattleBots 2021! Joining us for this episode is Team SawBlaze Captain Jamison Go!
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Let us know what your thoughts on the fourth episode of the 2021 season? Did you get all the predictions to the fights right? Let us know in the comments!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
01:18 – The marginal improvements to make SawBlaze even better
09:29 – Malice vs Jackpot
15:27 – Ribbot vs Overhaul
21:44 – HUGE vs Riptide
30:21 – Tombstone vs Mammoth
39:25 – Lucky vs Tantrum
45:57 – Ghost Raptor vs Glitch
50:12 – SawBlaze vs Mad Catter
59:45 – Closing thoughts
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Mike’s Pages:
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Jamison’s Pages:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, The AmericanKilljoy and World of Woodrow, as we talk our way through the third episode of BattleBots 2021! Joining us for this episode is Team Hypershock Captain Will Bales!
Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!
Let us know what your thoughts on the third episode of the 2021 season? Did you get all the predictions to the fights right? Let us know in the comments!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
02:20 – More shock and less hype? Will explains the changes to the latest iteration of Hypershock!
08:34 – Hypershock vs Slammo!
19:55 – Valkyrie vs P1
24:37 – HUGE vs Riptide
28:59 – Fusion vs Cobalt
35:52 – Black Dragon vs ICEWave
38:45 – Witch Doctor vs DUCK!
43:33 – Claw Viper vs Pardon my French
48:22 – Copperhead vs LockJaw
54:19 – Closing thoughts
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Wills’s Pages:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, The AmericanKilljoy and World of Woodrow, as we talk our way through the second episode of BattleBots 2021! Joining us for this episode is Team Seems Reasonable Robotics & Blip Captain Aren Hill!
Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!
Let us know what your thoughts on the second episode of the 2021 season? Did you get all the predictions to the fights right? Let us know in the comments!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
02:10 – Seems Reasonables “Split” Between Tantrum & Blip
13:49 – Deadlift vs Jackpot (For real this time)
18:39 – Yeti vs Mad Catter
23:55 – Defender vs Ribbot
28:20 – HiJinx vs Mammoth
34:30 – Kraken vs RotatoR
40:18 – Rusty vs Blip
52:09 – Tantrum vs Malice
58:40 – SubZero vs Shatter!
1:02:05 – Bloodsport vs Whiplash
1:09:21 – Closing thoughts
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Aren’s Pages:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, The AmericanKilljoy and World of Woodrow, as we talk our way through the first episode of BattleBots 2021! Joining us for this episode is Team Whyachi & Hydra Captain Jake Ewert!
Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!
Let us know what your thoughts on the first episode of the 2021 season? Did you get all the predictions to the fights right? Let us know in the comments!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
02:03 – Jake on the arena changes and how it affected them
05:30 – Sawblaze vs Minotaur
12:35 – Uppercut vs Gigabyte
17:19 – Switchback vs Gruff
21:00 – Captain Shrederator vs Tombstone
25:48 – Free Shipping vs Blacksmith
31:04 – Pain Train vs Deep Six
36:01 – Deadlift vs Jackpot? Next Week :)
36:38 – Hydra vs End Game
45:00 – Jake on being the villain
52:28 – Closing thoughts
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Steve’s Pages:
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Jake’s Pages:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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https://www.facebook.com/battlebots
Saturday Dec 11, 2021
Saturday Dec 11, 2021
EDIT: This was recorded BEFORE the news of the exact release date for BattleBots' 2021 Season was revealed. Yes, we do know it'll be January 6th!
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, The AmericanKilljoy and World of Woodrow, as we talk our way through the competitors for the 2021 BattleBots Season!!
Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!
Let us know what your thoughts on the field for the 2021 season, and the other topics we discussed! Do you like the changes to the arena? What about the notable absence of Bite Force for a second year? And the European teams, stuck at home whilst their bots made it? Let us know in the comments.
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
03:33 – Confirmation of Season 7
05:59 – Where are the European teams?
08:16 – The Absence of Bite Force
14:23 – Changes to the Rules/Arena
27:17 – Big Dill
30:07 – Black Dragon
33:01 – Blacksmith
36:10 – (Orby) Blade
40:35 – Blip
47:02 – Captain Shrederator
50:38 – Bloodsport (blame Jevan!!!)
55:42 – Claw Viper
58:17 – Cobalt
1:02:48 – Copperhead
1:06:24 – Deadlift
1:08:27 – Deep Six
1:11:08 – Defender
1:15:21 – Double Jeopardy
1:18:04 – Dragon Slayer
1:20:21 – DUCK!
1:25:05 – End Game
1:28:31 – Free Shipping
1:30:52 – Fusion
1:33:44 – Ghost Raptor
1:39:16 – Gigabyte
1:42:00 – Glitch
1:44:32 – Gruff
1:46:56 – HiJinx
1:49:43 – HUGE
1:53:04 – Hydra
1:57:57 – Hypershock
2:02:32 – ICEWave
2:05:02 – Jackpot
2:07:49 – Pardon My French
2:11:10 – Jager
2:14:47 – Kraken
2:17:07 – Lockjaw
2:19:49 – Lucky
2:21:37 – Mad Catter
2:24:34 – Malice
2:26:19 – Mammoth
2:29:56 – Minotaur
2:32:51 – Overhaul
2:35:57 – P1
2:39:10 – Pain Train
2:42:03 – Perfect Phoenix
2:44:13 – Rampage
2:47:21 – Retrograde
2:49:00 – Ribbot
2:51:08 – Riptide
2:52:39 – Rotator
2:56:33 – Rusty
2:58:53 – SawBlaze
3:00:34 – Shatter!
3:03:17 – Skorpios
3:06:07 – Slammo!
3:09:11 – SMEEEEEEEEEEEEE
3:11:18 – SubZero
3:14:45 – Switchback
3:17:02 – Tantrum
3:19:16 – Tombstone
3:22:03 – Triple Crown
3:25:27 – Uppercut
3:27:28 – Valkyrie
3:29:53 – Whiplash
3:33:00 – Witch Doctor
3:37:45 – Yeti
3:40:00 – Closing Thoughts and Pre-Season Predictions.
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Jevan’s Pages:
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Steve’s Pages:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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https://www.facebook.com/battlebots
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, The AmericanKilljoy World of Woodrow, as we talk our way through our 100th Podcast!! Joining us for this is none other than Robot Combat Royalty, Donald Hutson as well as his Mutant Robots Team Mates Paul Ferrell and Reg Wilson! Massive thank you to Paul who contacted me through Reddit to set this up, was an absolute pleasure!!
Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!
Let us know what your thoughts on our 100th Podcast, any fun stories you have about Don and the team, and our show as we reach 5 years and 100 Podcasts deep.
Time Stamps….yeah not this time :-P the conversation didn’t really have much structure so this time just have at it, enjoy the whole experience!!
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Jevan’s Pages:
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Mutant Robots’s Pages:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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https://www.facebook.com/battlebots
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by World of Woodrow and stand in guest Charlie from Good Robottal as we look at the 2016 BattleBots season in its entirety, as it is the only season we’ve never looked at. For this podcast, we are joined by Mike Jeffries, formerly of the Bombshell team and of Near Chaos Robotics.
Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!
Let us know what your thoughts on the 2016 as a whole! What are your lasting memories of that season, or is it new to you!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
01:35 – Mike on his memories of the 2016 season
08:05 – Episode “0”
15:50 – Qualification Round: Episodes 1 & 2
53:45 – Round of 32: Episodes 3, 4 & 5
1:29:30 – Round of 16: Episodes 6 & 7
1:48:00 – Round of 8, 4 and 2 – Episode 8
2:17:00 – The future of Bombshell/Mike, and closing thoughts
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Mike’s Pages:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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Sunday May 02, 2021
Sunday May 02, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the final episode of the new BattleBots: Bounty Hunters show. For this podcast, we are joined by John Mladenik, captain of RDC’s Gigabyte!
Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!
Let us know what your thoughts on the final episode of BattleBots: Bounty Hunters in the comments, including what you think of the format, and the eventual outcome of the episode!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:19 – John on RDC Past and Present, Changes to Gigabyte and forming the new team.
16:39 – Kraken vs Rusty
23:53 – Copperhead vs Chronos
27:50 – Gigabyte vs Grabot
30:15 – Big Dill vs Perfect Phoenix
34:32 – Big Dill vs Gigabyte
38:03 – Copperhead vs Rusty
41:43 – Copperhead vs Gigabyte (Again!)
49:30 – Gigabyte vs Son of Whyachi
57:53 – Closing Thoughts & The Future of Gigabyte and RDC.
Copperhead Artwork: https://imgur.com/r/battlebots/IJUdFoI?fbclid=IwAR05PUtzR8JCHG3wos0iLlDZlnd44vFX-oh3fjSnK_BFtU7U9JP-4z9J5jM
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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John’s Pages:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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https://www.facebook.com/battlebots
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the Classic Robot Wars episode revolving around the Challenge Belt in the Extreme Series 2. You may notice a similar theme to BattleBots: Bounty Hunters! For this podcast, we are joined by Andrew Marchant, captain of Team Tornado, who held the Challenge Belt at the time (and still do to this day!).
Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!
Let us know what your thoughts on the Challenge Belt episode of Robot Wars in the comments, and some of Andrew’s stories!! How much would we love to see the former champ running around again at a RoboNerd style event?
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:59 – Episode format, and how Tornado ended up the “Bounty”
09:58 – Dantomkia vs Hypno-Disc vs Sir Chromalot vs SMIDSY
17:39 – Barberous 2 vs Iron Awe 2 vs Terrorhurtz vs Vader
28:21 – Dantomkia vs Iron Awe 2
33:58 – SMIDSY vs Terrorhurtz
38:02 – Dantomkia vs Terrorhurtz
41:55 – Terrorhurtz vs Tornado
46:54 – Andrew & Tornado’s Legacy in Robot Wars
48:38 – Fighting with Photon Storm and Robot Combat today
51:51 – Closing Thoughts
Episode link courtesy of NJGW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eQt5DBBR7U
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the fifth episode of the new BattleBots: Bounty Hunters show. For this podcast, we are joined by Bunny Sauriol, captain of the Malice team.
Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!
Let us know what your thoughts on the fifth episode of BattleBots: Bounty Hunters in the comments, including what you think of the format, and the eventual outcome of the episode!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:19 – Rabbiting on about Malice, and Bunny’s BattleBots Experiences
08:30 – Extinguisher vs Valkyrie
13:28 – Pain Train vs SubZero
17:31 – Malice vs Tracer
22:56 – Huge vs SlapBox
26:30 – SubZero vs Valkyrie
34:49 – Huge vs Malice
41:35 – The “Mouser” derby
45:11 – Malice vs SubZero
55:18 – Witch Doctor vs Sub Zero
58:13 – Closing Thoughts & a review of Malice & Bunny’s season
MMCB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1UMDcVgk5k
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Bunny’s Pages:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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