ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The podcast that brings you the stories of the builders behind BattleBots.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
monthly
Average audio length:
96 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
246 episodes
since May 17, 2019
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
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 critically acclaimed studio Flat Vernacular! In the robot he’s been introduced to many as one of the hidden hands that has kept the NHRL ship…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
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 Battlebots since 2018 with some of the most powerful fights in all of Battlebots history! Their 2020 culminated in their first major trophy of t…
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 been one of the first groups to host the NHRL XP events with robots winning in the classes receiving full invitation to compete at NHRL’s Op…
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 literally set ablaze the 30lb division with their ultra-resilient chassis, unmatched ground game, and ultra-power flame thrower. They've defeated t…
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 robots having competed in Battlebots since the Comedy Central days all the way to the reboot! Tombstone holds the distinction as one of the few…
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 Panda respectively alongside supporting larger machines like 30lb Waddles! This time they're back with 12lb Supernova where they made an im…
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 joined by special member Aki to recap how America’s own Jump Rope, Spartan 30, Riposaw, and Synthesis 30 joined Bad Blood to compete in…
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 quack., FSH, and Killswitch and other famous entries from the team like Undertaker and Goose!
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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 year where the robot has been on a meteoric rise. It started the year strong by reaching the Semifinals at February NHRL with a Judges Decis…
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 looks poised for a deep run at Finals. Outside of 12lbs, Liam and the rest of Leatherbacks have been racking up wins in the insectweights at ev…
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