Outside of the Box

Doomba Part Deux on Outside of the Box (Ep. 92)

For those of you who are into weaponizing household appliances, you'll be glad to see that I have a follow-up episode with Team Doomba! This time I chatted with Brice and Liz and followed up on their watch party as well as their match vs Dragon King. See how many times we can all use the word 'shenanigans' in this episode because this team is all about it! For those that wondered if the chainsaw is truly operational, you'll want to hear the story about Doomba cutting a tree. Check it out!

Bloodsport’s Nik Buchholz on Outside of the Box (Ep. 91)

If you're like me and love a beautiful weapon blade, you'll enjoy this interview with Bloodsport's Nik Buchholz! I talked to Nik about the process of redesigning the robot for World Championship VII, going from being wrecked by Copperhead to having one of their best matches ever vs Rotator and whether the blade design or the name of the blade comes first.

May NHRL Preview w/Tom Farkas on Outside of the Box (Ep. 90)

It is 2 short weeks until the May Norwalk event and I was joined by the creator of everyone's favorite kitty bot (Sorry MadCatter!) Pawsitively Hissterical - Tom Farkas. Watch as I try and trash talk Tom and fail because Paws is too adorable to hurt. We talking about going into an event as a new builder or driver and Tom talks about his new 3lb robot Revenge of Mouse Mouse.

LUCKY on Outside of the Box (Ep. 88)

If we're talking about teams that have had an outstanding season so far, LUCKY should definitely be in that conversation. We talked though all of the matches so far this season, shared thoughts on the upcoming match with Cobalt, talked about some great stories from Robogames and Mark threw down a challenge to fellow flipper Hydra. Check it out here!

BattleBots Breakdown WCVII (The BIG one Ep 11, 12, 13) on Outside of the Box (Ep. 87)

We're back with more BattleBots Breakdown after a long hiatus and we broke down the past THREE episodes including all of the amazing main events such as the most recent pizza-rific win by RIPperoni, Hypershock's very dominant win over Claw Viper, and Shreddit Bro going from being toast to finishing with an impressive win over Overhaul. So much to unpack here!

Overkill’s Christian Carlberg on Outside of the Box (Ep. 86)

What do Jamison Go, Zach Lytle and myself have in common? We are all massive fans of Overkill! I spoke with Christian Carlberg about the Skorpios vs Sawblaze match from earlier the season, talked a lot about Destruct A Thon and much more! Christian is my first 3-time guest on the show and always a great time talking about robots.

Captain Shrederator’s Nick Nave on Outside of the Box (Ep. 85)

BattleBots' World Championship VII is nearing the back half and some teams have already completed all of their fight night matches including Captain Shrederator. I talked to Nick Nave about the season overall including their much talked about match against Riptide and how they were able to turn it around for their final match. We also talked about what the future holds including a second robot named Florida Man.

Terrortops’ Ben Burton on Outside of the Box (Ep. 84)

Welcome to Outside of the Jurassic where I am joined by Ben Burton to talk about the BattleBots debut of his robot Terrortops. We talked about how it was to be at filming surrounded by legends, his win against Slammo and proving the haters wrong. Always a great chat with Ben!

Monsoon on Outside of the Box (Ep. 83)

It's Monsoooooooon season and I was delighted to be joined by Tom Brewster and Sarah Asplin (Tim was there in spirit) to talk about one of my absolute favorite robots of all time. The Brits came roaring back after being away since 2019 to become arguably the best 1-2 robot in the field with a slaughtering of Horizon and very close matches against Black Dragon and Whiplash under their belt. We also talked about how exciting and scary it is to think about fighting DeathRoll and why we might see more appeals this late in the season.

Doomba on Outside of the Box (Ep.82)

It is April Fools' Day, so please pay attention to the very special news at the beginning of the episode that totally happened and is not at all an April Fools Day joke(wink). It was a great time with the team behind one of the cutest deadly bots in robot combat! We talked about their upcoming watch party for the April 6th episode, how they kept (almost) fighting Rusty and all the different ways to weaponize a Roomba!