EPISODE 11 - Robotech Saturday Night

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Duration: 2:15:05
Description: A conversation about various Robotech-related matters. Highlights include discussion of what's known about Shadow Chronicles, and whether or not Leonard was a villain.

EPISODE 10 - Harmony Gold Brand Coordinator Tom Bateman Interview

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Duration: 2:45:23
Description: For this show, we were joined by Tom Bateman, Brand Coordinator at Harmony Gold and Script Editor for The Shadow Chronicles movie. The show followed the same format as the Tommy Yune interview: an hour or so of one-on-one question and answer time with me, followed by round-robin caller questions and then a Robotech roundtable with Tom and the show's regulars. A good time was had by all!

EPISODE 8 - Dave Deitrich, Tommy Yune, Old-Schoolers

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Duration: 5:00:40
Description: One of the most sought-after names in Robotech RPG circles, Dave Deitrich was the main driving force behind the Third Invid War Robotech RPG fan-supplement. Nowadays it is not uncommon to see posts on the Palladium Robotech RPG forum or other Robotech boards asking whatever became of him and whether he will ever do more work with the Third Invid War supplement. In the first hour of this five-hour talkcast, we interview him and get his take on the past of Robotech fandom. After that, Tommy Yune shows up, and we all have another hour and a half of conversation. Then he has to go, but old-school Robotech fans John Hokansen (from the old mailing list) and Ken Olson (from Robotech Research) join us for some more conversation. This is one of the best shows yet, and more are in the offing! (NOTE: There are scattered four-letter words in the later portions of this show.)

EPISODE 6 - Darkwater & Smitty

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Duration: 2:06:54
Description: I was joined for this show by Darkwater, blogger for The Unofficial Robotech Reporter, and Jason "Smitty" Smith, a long-time Robotech fan from the old Robotech Mailing List days. I interviewed Darkwater at length about his fan experiences and about the Shadow Chronicles News site he administered prior to Reporter. I also talked to Jason Smith about the good old days of the Robotech Mailing List. After that, we were joined by Brooklyn Red Leg, CavScout, Justy Ueki Tylor (for a while), and Fernando Gonzalez (chat only) for a roundtable discussion that covered such topics as the fate of the Zentraedi species, the future of the Robotech franchise, and the Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles comic books.

EPISODE 5 - "Mad" Mike Choi - WARNING: MANY, MANY FOUR-LETTER WORDS

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Duration: 2:33:00
Description: WARNING: This episode contains many, many four-letter words. This impromptu fan chat was joined by Michael "Mad Mike" Choi, a long-time flame warrior from the good old days of the Robotech mailing list. "Mad Mike" is one of those people who uses four-letter words as punctuation in the course of ordinary conversation, so this episode is liberally sprinkled with them (and some three- and five-letter words too). Don't even start listening if that is likely to offend you. Also in attendance are prior guests Presley Cannady, CavScout, Justy of RDF Underground, Fernando Gonzales, and Brooklyn Red Leg (later in the show). After I briefly interview Mike about how he got started in Robotech, and his time on the Robotech mailing list, we talk about yesterday's Peter Walker interview, Robotech fandom today, Roy Fokker's age in both Robotech and Macross, Thinking Caps, Macross continuity, Lancer's Rockers, and the latest Frank Agrama news, then we digress at length into Southern Cross mecha discussion, and finally close out the show with a discussion of the prospects for Shadow Chronicles's success and the future of Robotech fandom. REMEMBER: This episode contains many, many four-letter words.

EPISODE 5 - "Mad" Mike Choi - WARNING: MANY, MANY FOUR-LETTER WORDS

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Duration: 2:33:00
Description: WARNING: This episode contains many, many four-letter words. This impromptu fan chat was joined by Michael "Mad Mike" Choi, a long-time flame warrior from the good old days of the Robotech mailing list. "Mad Mike" is one of those people who uses four-letter words as punctuation in the course of ordinary conversation, so this episode is liberally sprinkled with them (and some three- and five-letter words too). Don't even start listening if that is likely to offend you. Also in attendance are prior guests Presley Cannady, CavScout, Justy of RDF Underground, Fernando Gonzales, and Brooklyn Red Leg (later in the show). After I briefly interview Mike about how he got started in Robotech, and his time on the Robotech mailing list, we talk about yesterday's Peter Walker interview, Robotech fandom today, Roy Fokker's age in both Robotech and Macross, Thinking Caps, Macross continuity, Lancer's Rockers, and the latest Frank Agrama news, then we digress at length into Southern Cross mecha discussion, and finally close out the show with a discussion of the prospects for Shadow Chronicles's success and the future of Robotech fandom. REMEMBER: This episode contains many, many four-letter words.

EPISODE 4 - Peter Walker Interview

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Duration: 1:49:07
Description: Arguably the most controversial man in Internet Robotech fandom, Walker created the Objective: Reflex Point glossaries that subsequently evolved into the Robotech Reference Guide. This guide became known as one of the pre-eminent sources of fan speculation and reasoning about the timeline of Robotech and the probable capabilities of the Robotech mecha, based on visual cues from the TV series and on translations of the original Japanese source material. And the more vocal members of the Robotech fandom community have been arguing about it ever since. The interview covers how the whole thing got started, what he's been doing since then, and what he thinks of where Robotech fandom is going today. We talked about the fandom experience early on, RoboCon 10 in 1995, and what Peter has been doing since largely departing from Robotech fandom. Other callers included fellow Robotech fans CavScout and Brooklyn Red Leg.

EPISODE 3 - Old-School Night

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Duration: 4:29:37
Description: What began as an ad-hoc Robotech chat turned into a four and a half hour long conversation as I was joined by most of the on-line Robotech fans I know, including some newcomers but also a number of old-school folks from the good old days of the Robotech mailing list—Presley Cannady, Justy Ueki Tylor, CavScout, Brooklyn Red Leg (aka "Rabid Southern Cross Fan"), Fernando—and we discussed a wide-ranging array of interesting topics, including Robotech fandom through the eighties and nineties, the nature of Protoculture and other technical and historical minutia about the Robotech background, visual cues in the show, our various fanfic "epics" (including the one Robotech fanfic ever known to be MiSTied) and so on. I apologize for the length, but in our defense, there's a lot of truly fascinating stuff here…and wouldn't you rather have "too much" Robotech neepery than too little? You may want to listen to this one a little bit per day for a week or so. It's worth it, trust me.

(Also to note, I changed the grade of the show from All Audiences to Parental Control because there ended up being an occasional four-letter word from time to time; nothing too offensive but I figured better to be safe than sorry.)

EPISODE 2 - Shadow Chronicles and Fandom

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Duration: 1:30:05
Description: This episode started out with a non-spoiler review of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, then we had conversation with a couple of guests: Fernando Gonzalez, a Robotech fan from Latin America, and Presley Cannady, an old-school Robotech fan and fanficker from the dawn of Internet Robotech fandom. We discussed various aspects of the show, including the Shadow Chronicles movie, the decline of Robotech fandom from the "good old days," and where Robotech fandom might go in the future.

EPISODE 2 - Shadow Chronicles and Fandom

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Duration: 1:30:05
Description: This episode started out with a non-spoiler review of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, then we had conversation with a couple of guests: Fernando Gonzalez, a Robotech fan from Latin America, and Presley Cannady, an old-school Robotech fan and fanficker from the dawn of Internet Robotech fandom. We discussed various aspects of the show, including the Shadow Chronicles movie, the decline of Robotech fandom from the "good old days," and where Robotech fandom might go in the future.

EPISODE 1 - Robotech memories...

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Duration: 1:01:52
Description: When did you first get acquainted with Robotech?