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Interview with Battlebots Pro League Champions Aren and Will of Seems Reasonable!
This week we chat with Aren and Will of Seems Reasonable! This team has been juggernauts in recent years of modern Battlebots with World Championship 6…
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Interview with NHRL Pro Tour 30lb Winner Sam Herman!
This week we chat with Sam Herman! Brandeis University graduate, Team Pandamonium member, and recent winner of the 30lb division in Round 2 of the NHRL Pro…
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NHRL September Pro Tour Preview with Brian Kaspr!
We chat with Brian Kaspr, event director at NHRL! Kaspr was originally an artist based in Norwalk, CT known for his abstract art that led him to co-found the…
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Battlebots ProLeague Recap with Team Valkyrie!
We chat with Team Valkyrie members Leanne Cushing, John Mayo, and Bam Singhasaneh about their time at Battlebots Pro League! Valkyrie has been a staple of…
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Interview with Hive Hysteria EO and Honey Cracked Captain Zoe Lambert!
We chat with Zoe Lambert, captain of Honey Cracked, mentor of growingSTEMs, builder of Minun and Plusle, and member of Team Mammoth! Zoe and growingSTEMs have…
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Interview with KaZaa Lite builder and 30lb World Champion Joshua Rhinehart!
We chat with the builder of reigning 30lb world champion and June golden dumpster winner Joshua Rhinehart! Josh's robots Kazaa Lite and Kazaa Eins have…
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Pro Talk with Tombstone Builder Ray Billings!
This week we chat with the man, the myth, the legend, the King of Kinetic Energy: Ray Billings! Ray has one of the most incredible careers in all of combat…
Behind the BotsApril NHRL Recap with Supernova builders Jaaron Leibson & Ezequiel Solano!
This week we will recap the April NHRL event with WPI's own Ezequiel and Jaaron! Both of these builders have been competing with their 3lb robots Blink and Red…
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Robot Rampage Recap with Team USA!
This week we will recap the Robot Rampage World Cup event from February with our very own Team USA! Henchmans Sam & Colin, Johnny Tsoumpas, and Corey Nason are…
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Interview and February NHRL Recap with UIUC's iRobotics!
This week we will recap the NHRL February event with members of University of Illinois's iRobotics team! We'll talk about their experience with 30lb entries…
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NHRL Finals Recap with 3lb World Champion Alex Wang!
Alex has been steadily honing Pinevictus all year. Though Pinevictus has been around since November 2021 during his days at UMD as a Leatherback, 2025 is the…
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November NHRL Recap and Finals Preview with Golden Dumpster Winner Liam King!
Liam has been on a tear this year with Buzzzz-kill recently capturing the 12lb crown at November NHRL! Now the overall 2nd seed behind only Slam Plan, Liam…
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Interview with Turbofiend Driver and Announcer Dima Papasian!
Dima has launched onto the scene over the past year with her brother Julian as one of the most dynamic siblings at NHRL! First piloting the very kindly…
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Interview with End Game Co-Captain Jack Barker!
Jack has been known for years as the driver and co-captain of End Game, winner of Battlebots World Championship V and the Golden Bolt! End Game not only…
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Interview with Team Whiplash Captain Matt Vasquez!
Behind the Bots 234 Interview with Team Whiplash Captain Matt Vasquez! Matt has been building and competing in combat robots all his life with machines like…
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Interview with Team Honey Cracked Captain Zoe Lambert!
Zoe and Team Honey Cracked have been perennial competitors at NHRL with entries like Minun & Plusle, BeeForce, HoneyBombers, and many more! Honey Cracked…
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Interview with GSCRL EO and Floor Letter Word Builder Alex Curtis!
Alex has been a perennial competitor at NHRL with Floor Letter Word and a member of the Brett Breakers! He's also well known for event organizing GSCRL whose…
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June NHRL Recap with 3lb Golden Dumpster Winner Glenn Boxell!
This week on the podcast we will be Glenn Boxell, member of team 2 Hot 2 Handle builder of Caldera 12 and recent 3lb Golden Dumpster winner Caldera ! Let us…
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June NHRL 2025 Preview with Buffalo Wings Builder Eli Davis!
This week on the podcast we will be interviewing Eli Davis of Team Sawblaze while looking forward to the June NHRL event! We’ll talk about Eli’s experience…
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LIVE with April 2025 Golden Dumpster Winner Kezia Skye!
This week on the podcast Jake and Brandon will be interviewing Kezia Skye of Sleepy Anime Girl Club about their recent (and very first!) Golden Dumpster with…
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Passing the Torch: Our Final Crash Out
This week on the podcast, Chris, Lindsay, Luke and Kyle say goodbye with one final AMA. We’re handing off the show into the very capable hands of Golden…
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NHRL’s Youngest Beetleweight Golden Dumpster Winner, Lars Elliott!
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with longtime friend of the pod Lars Elliott, builder of IMPAKT and Jet Lag. In March (spoilers) he won his first…
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How to Win 2 Golden Dumpsters, with Eruption Builder Brian Boxell!
This week on the podcast, we’re gearing up for March 2025 NHRL with two-time Golden Dumpster winner Brian Boxell. Brian made his NHRL debut in July 2020 with…
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Motorama 2025 Recap with Our Dear Friends Ryan Hunter and Justin Hunter!
This week on the podcast, we’re recapping all the action from Motorama 2025, with Havoc Rundown cohosts, NHRL Pit Control members and our dear friends, the…
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February 2025 NHRL Golden Dumpster Winner Dan Vail and ChonkIV!
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with Georgia Tech engineering student and ChonkIV team lead Daniel Vail. ChonkIV is the most effective shell…
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February 2025 NHRL Preview with Pramheda Builder Zack Knight!
This week on the podcast, we’re previewing the February 2025 NHRL qualifier (Feb. 1 in Norwalk, CT!) with Pramheda builder Zack Knight. We learn about the…
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2025 NHRL Season Preview with Chainsaw Kitty Captain Kezia Skye!
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into all things Chainsaw Kitty with builder Kezia Skye. We get a closer look at what’s inside CSK, and what’s ahead for…
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Multi-Time NHRL Champion Jamison Go
This week on the podcast, we’re go-ing deep with multi-time NHRL champion/Giant Nut winner Jamison Go, with a series of insightful questions from the fans…
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Happy New Year, Here’s Our 2025 Robot Fighting Predictions
This week on the podcast, we’re ringing in 2025 with your robot fighting predictions for the coming year. What’s this year’s NHRL meta? Where is the sport of…
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2024 NHRL Championship Winners Peter Garnache and Ryan Lu!
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with (SPOILERS!) 2024 NHRL Champions Ryan Lu and Peter Garnache, who ran the beetleweight multibot Repeater through…
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2024 NHRL Championship Preview, with Daniel Dischino
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with Brandeis University student Dan Dischino for a preview of the 2024 NHRL Championship, happening this Saturday…
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What’s the plan? With Brendan Steele, aka Business Cat
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with the Business Cat himself, Brendan Steele, builder of Ram Plan and Slam Plan. Brendan served on the BattleBots…
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How to Build the MIT Combat Robotics Program, with Anhad Sawhney and Ryan Duarte
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with MIT students Anhad Sawhney and Ryan Duarte to learn what it took to rebuild their school’s combat robotics…
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NHRL’s 2025 Ruleset, Live! With Jake Hoffmann!
This week on the podcast, we’re poring over the 2025 NHRL ruleset with Maximizer captain Jake Hoffmann. Are the new rules good actually? We explore them live!…
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From Rookies to NHRL Champions in Under a Year, with Dima and Julian Papasian
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with brother-and-sister team Julian and Dima Papasian, who started as rookies at NHRL last year, and climbed the…
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How to Ref Fighting Robots (and NHRL Preview) with Gwen McGuire
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with longtime NHRL referee Gwen McGuire, who is making her NHRL debut this Saturday with a brand-new robot…
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Giant Pumpkins and Fighting Robots, with Chad New
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with giant pumpkin farmer, combat robotics veteran, exotic pet shop owner, dad, and friend of the pod Chad New!…
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How a Livestream Gets Produced, with Broadcast Producer Neil Sullivan
This week on the podcast, we’re going behind the scenes at NHRL with broadcast producer Neil Sullivan. Neil works in the production room on event day to help…
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September 2024 NHRL Recap (Part 2!) with Peter Garnache from Repeat Robotics
This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with September 2024 Golden Dumpster winner Peter Garnache from Repeat Robotics. Peter is a former HEXBUG designer…
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September 2024 NHRL Recap with Buzzzz-Kill’s Liam King
This week on the podcast, we’re recapping September 2024 NHRL with 12-pound Golden Dumpster winner Liam King, who qualified his second bot of the season…
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BattleBots Fall Faceoffs Preview with Greg Munson
This week on the podcast, we’re previewing BattleBots Fall Faceoffs, with BattleBots co-creator Greg Munson. There’s been a lot of recent changes with…
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NHRL September Preview with Aria Bravo builder J Lee!
This week on the podcast, previewing the fifth NHRL qualifier event happening on September 14th! We take a deep dive on the bots across the 3, 12, and 30lb…
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5 Years of Behind the Bots! Hot Takes Extravaganza Pt. 3
The trilogy concludes with our third and final (??????) hot takes episode. Things get a little silly. Check the behind-the-bots discord channel for competition…
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5 Years of Behind the Bots! Hot Takes Extravaganza Pt. 2
We keep the hot take train rolling. Now with more advocating devils! Pt. 3 dropping soon......
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NHRL Teams Preview with Gil Hova!
Catch the NHRL Teams event on June 1st! Get your tickets at https://www.nhrl.io/events
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5 Years of Behind the Bots! Hot Takes Extravaganza Pt. 1
You submitted over 100 hot takes. We discuss, and occasionally roast them. Pt. 2 dropping this month! Thanks for 5 wonderful years. <3
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April 2024 NHRL Recap with Team Stamina!
This week on the podcast, we’re recapping the April 2024 qualifier event, which minted 12 fresh invitations to the Finals later this year. We’re breaking down…
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April 2024 NHRL Preview with Team Honey Cracked Captain Zoe Lambert!
This week on the podcast, we’re previewing April 2024 NHRL, which will feature some big changes to the House of Havoc. We’re joined by guest cohost and friend…
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March 2024 NHRL Recap with Elaine Wu from RailGun Max!
This week on the podcast, we’ve got a returning guest from the earliest days of the pod, RailGun Max captain Elaine Wu! She was on the pod aaaaall the way back…
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March of Madness 2024 NHRL Preview
This week on the podcast, we’re previewing March NHRL, plus talking about our experience at Motorama 2024. Note: Unfortunately, Kyle's audio wasn't saved by…
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Motorama 2024 Preview with Jon Durand
This week on the podcast, we’re previewing Motorama 2024 with Northeast Robotics Club officer Jon Durand. Motorama is the flagship event of the year at NERC…
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NHRL 2023 All-Stars Preview with Sam Hanson
This week on the podcast, we’re previewing the 2023 NHRL All-Stars event, Dec. 5, 6, and 7 on YouTube. We’re catching up with NHRL Henchman Sam who will give…
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2023 NHRL Championships Recap
This week on the podcast, we’re recapping the 2023 NHRL Championships, which saw Emulsifier take home first place in the 30-pound weight class, Full Court win…
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2023 NHRL Championships Preview with NHRL Chief Content/Strategy Officer Chris Moran
This week on the podcast, we’re previewing the 2023 NHRL Championships, which will be held this Saturday in Norwalk, CT and livestreamed live over YouTube…
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Battlebots Champions Season 2 Episode 4 review with Jeff Waters and Jason Woods
This week on the podcast we have two very special guests! Jeff Waters of Supreme Ruler and JackPot-Battlebots and Jason Woods the innovator behind cam lifter…
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Battlebots Champions Season 2 Episode 3 review with Brad Hanstad and Shea Waffles Johns
This week on Behind the Bots, we’re reviewing season 2 episode 3 of The Golden Bolt tournament, AKA Sin City Slugfest, AKA BattleBots Champions with special…
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Battlebots Champions Season 2 episode 2 review with Matt Vasquez!
This week on Behind the Bots, we’re reviewing season 2 episode 2 of The Golden Bolt tournament, AKA Sin City Slugfest, AKA BattleBots Champions with special…
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NHRL September 2023 Recap and Golden Bolt Season 2 episode 1 review with Brandon Young!
This week on the podcast, we’re recapping NHRL’s final qualifier of the 2023 season, We are also reviewing season 2 episode 1 of The Golden Bolt tournament…
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NHRL September 2023 Preview with Thomas Carroll and Ashley Beckman!
This week on the podcast, we’re previewing NHRL’s final qualifier of the 2023 season, happening this Saturday in Norwalk, CT and livestreamed on YouTube. We’re…
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BattleBots Champions II Preview with BattleBots Co-Creator Greg Munson!
This week on the podcast we’re previewing BattleBots Champions II (the spin-off show returning to the Discovery Channel on Thursday, Oct. 5) with our friend…