Outside of the Box
Check out the award-nominated podcast featuring host Christine Giver talking to guests spanning the combat robotics and STEM communities as well as a little nerdy talk with friends in entertainment and gaming. We have many segments including Bot Buddies, Robot Roundtables and both BattleBots and NHRL breakdowns featuring special co-host Ashley Beckman! If you love nerding out about robots, STEM, gaming and more, this channel is for you!
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Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
It's time for another NHRL team interview - this time with Team Defective. They have some of the top bots at their respective weight classes including Pramheda, Yob Gnol and Voxel. Such a great group and an interesting discussion!
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Whether you know them from BattleBots, NHRL or both - Team Shreddit has incredible energy and a love for combat robotics. I talked to Evan, Alex, Angel, Brandon, Alicia, Gennadiy, Mike and Michael about the 250lb Shreddit Bro as well as all of the team's amazing robots, some of which will be participating in the June NHRL event. A good time was had on this one!
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
The position of Match Steward was both a new and welcome one for World Championship VII and I talked to the man himself - Mike Jeffries all about it. We talked about his background leading up to this role, discussed a couple of the appeals as well as what an appeal might have looked like for the very close finals match and a bit about some of the other things he is doing outside of BattleBots.
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Sawblaze is the Giant Nut Winner of BattleBots for World Championship VII and I caught up with team member Aaron Fan to talk about their amazing win and all of the things he does as a member of the team. We also talked about his series of Ham-themed robots going back a number of years, several of which have been partnerships with Sawblaze Captain Jamison Go including 2023 NHRL entry Hamshake. So much cool show and tell in this episode!
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Fresh off the heels of their unbelievable BattleBots Championship run where they made it to the finals against Giant Nut Winner Sawblaze, I talked to Jonathan Schultz about HUGE's dream season. We broke down every match including the tournament wins and their eventual runner-up finish in what I feel is the best Finals match of all time.
Saturday May 27, 2023
Saturday May 27, 2023
We have finally reached the end of the road to the Giant Nut and it resulted in the best finals I feel we have ever seen. Ashley and I break down the top 16 all the way to the epic conclusion which resulted in a Sawblaze victory, but really we all won as fans. Hear our behind the scenes input from filming and our thoughts on the season.
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
For anyone who has never heard the full tale of Frederico Amore, you need to listen to this episode to hear the full backstory. I chatted with Anna and Fred about this amazing season for RIPperoni, the amazing pizza theme and what the future holds for Omega Team. This is a must hear episode!
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
It is the 100th episode of Outside of the Box and of course I had to have the duo who kicked this show off in the first place - Zach and Diana from Skorpios! This was recorded before the round of 32 so we talked about the season up to that point as well as Dragon King's matches. This was such a fun episode and just a stellar editing job by Mallet Media. Thank you to everyone who has supported this show and here is to 100 more episodes!
Saturday May 13, 2023
Saturday May 13, 2023
This episode has plenty of excitement and a little bit of spice as Ashley and I break down all of the Round of 32 fights. We talk about the dominant wins, stunning upsets, and have some real talk about balancing entertaining content with taking the drama too far. Shout outs to so many of our favorite builders and teams in this episode. The road to the Giant Nut continues.
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
Ray is back on OOTB! We talked about his low-stress experience at BattleBots filming getting to meet so many fans, getting back into competing at RoboGames 2023 and Tombstone's return to the BattleBox in the future! Always amazing chatting with a legend like Ray!