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Prepare your beam sabers and polish your Zaku helmets-this episode of Play Comics is about to launch straight into the Universal Century! We're diving headfirst into the PS2 classic Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs Zeon, where the only thing more intense than the space battles is trying to pronounce “RX-78-2” three times fast. Joining the fray is none other than Derek Van Dyke from Super Deluxe GamesCast and Castle Bravo, who's here to help us decide once and for all: Is it better to fight for the Federation, or is life just more fun in a mono-eyed mobile suit? Expect hot takes, cooler mobile suits, and at least one attempt to dodge a colony drop with nothing but sheer podcasting bravado. So grab your joystick, pick a side, and get ready for a barrage of wit, wisdom, and way too many references to Newtypes. The One Year War has never sounded this entertaining. Learn such things as: How real is the science of Gundam? Do you really have to play as one of the characters to have a game that feels right? If I thought of a story arc that already existed, does that make me a genius or just guilty of pre-plagarism? And so much more! You can find Derek on BlueSky and of course as part of the Super Deluxe GamesCast and Castle Bravo. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you're interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscaston Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Groupon Facebook. A big thanks to the Kickstarter campaign for I Brought A Gorilla to a Gunfight and The Monitor Tapes for the promos today. Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who really wants you to know that no real life children were made to do war crimes in the making of this podcast episode. Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomicsRead transcript
As Dylan says, it's kinda wild we haven't covered this one already, but that's what happens when you live at the whim of the dice. The Den'an Zon may go even further with imperialist aesthetic than even the mobile suits of Zeon, but by focusing on a more German Empire WW1 thing, it ducks the Nazi comparison in favor of examining old world European aristocracy as aesthetic. It works for me. You can find a video version of this podcast for free on Scanline Media's Patreon! If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is Resumption from Gundam Breaker 4. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here. Units discussed: XM-01 Den'an Zon Dessa Type XM-02 Den'an Gei XM-03 Ebirhu-S XM-01 Den'an Zon (Gunmad Custom) XM-05 Berga Giros Gillet Krueger Custom
This week on Play Comics, we're taking you on a high-speed tour through Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space, a PS2 classic that's equal parts thrilling dogfight simulator and love letter to Universal Century lore. From piloting iconic mobile suits to reenacting pivotal battles from the One Year War, this game has everything a Gundam fan could ask for—except ground-based combat (but hey, who needs dirt when you've got asteroids?). Joining us for this cosmic adventure is George from Shortbox Summary, who brings his signature wit and deep knowledge of pop culture to the discussion. Together, we'll explore what makes Encounters in Space stand out among Gundam games, share our favorite moments from its sprawling story modes, and maybe even speculate about Zeon's questionable interior design choices. Strap in—it's going to be a bumpy ride through the stars! Learn such things as: Did George really say starting with SD Gundam is a viable option for me? If you can't find a character you like here, are you even trying? Zoomy zoomy, shooty shooty giant robots got big booties. And so much more! You can find George on Bluesky @shortboxsummary.bsky.social and of course over at Shortbox Summary. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you're interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscaston Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Groupon Facebook. A big thanks to the Zombie Date Night 2 Kickstarter campaign and the BicentenniKILL + Invasion from Planet Wresletopia Kickstarter campaign for the promos today. Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who would rather be a mech than a pilot. Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomicsRead transcript
Zeon apparently spent the 3 years following the One Year War playing Minecraft, because they're hiding out in a diamond mine. Can Gato escape to space with the one diamond they managed to mine? And the champagne? And the oil portrait of Ghiren Zabi? And that nuke he stole I guess? Or will the Albion crew be able to stop him and Zeon's army of mismatched Zakus?
Review các phim ra rạp từ ngày 07/03/2025QUỶ NHẬP TRÀNG – T18Đạo diễn: Pom NguyễnDiễn viên: Quang Tuấn, Khả Như, NSƯT Phú Đôn, Vân Dung, NSND Thanh Nam, Hoàng Mèo, Thanh Tân, Trung Ruồi, Kiều Chi,…Thể loại: Kinh DịPhim lấy cảm hứng từ câu chuyện có thật và “truyền thuyết kinh dị nhất về người chết sống lại” - Ở một ngôi làng vùng cao, cặp vợ chồng Quang và Như sống bằng nghề mai táng. Cuộc sống yên bình của họ bị xáo trộn khi phát hiện một cỗ quan tài vô chủ trên mảnh đất nhà mình. Từ đây, những hiện tượng kỳ lạ bắt đầu xảy ra và ám ảnh cả ngôi làng.LẠC TRÔIĐạo diễn: Gints ZilbalodisThể loại: Hoạt Hình, Phiêu Lưu, Thần thoạiTrước bối cảnh hậu tận thế, chú mèo xám nhút nhát, vốn luôn sợ nước phải rời bỏ vùng an toàn khi căn nhà thân yêu bị cuốn trôi bởi cơn lũ dữ. Trên hành trình vượt đại dương mênh mông, chú mèo cùng những người bạn đồng hành (Capybara, chó Labrador Retriever, Vượn Cáo, chim Thư ký) phải học cách vượt qua nỗi sợ và chấp nhận những điểm khác biệt để cùng nhau tồn tại.EMMA VÀ VƯƠNG QUỐC TÍ HONĐạo diễn: Leo Lewis LiaoDiễn viên: Travis Cloer, Niko Gerentes, Natalie Grace, ...Thể loại: Gia đình, Hoạt Hình, Phiêu LưuEmma, một cô gái tí hon được nhận nuôi bởi các động vật, khao khát tìm ra sự thật về nguồn gốc con người của mình. Nhưng khi cô phát hiện ra một hòn đảo ẩn chứa đầy những người tí hon, đó không phải là câu chuyện cổ tích mà cô mong đợi. Liệu cô có dám đánh đổi tất cả những gì mình từng biết để khám phá những bí mật từ quá khứ?MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM GQUUUUUUX -KỶ NGUYÊN MỚI - T13Đạo diễn: Kazuya TsurumakiDiễn viên: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Yui Ishikawa, Shimba TsuchiyaThể loại: Hành Động, Hoạt Hình, Khoa Học Viễn Tưởng, Phiêu Lưu, Tâm LýThân vương quốc Zeon đang có chiến tranh với Liên bang Trái Đất. Vào ngày 18 tháng 9 năm 0079, Trung tá Char Aznable của Zeon dẫn đầu một cuộc đột kích vào thuộc địa không gian Side 7. Tại đó, anh phát hiện vũ khí mới của Liên bang Trái Đất,RX-78-2 Gundam, bị bỏ lại. Anh quyết định đánh cắp nó cho riêng mình, khởi đầu một chuỗi sự kiện như hiệu ứng domino, làm thay đổi lịch sử mãi mãi. Năm năm sau, tại thuộc địa độc lập Side 6, một cô gái Newtype trẻ tuổi vô tình bị cuốn vào cuộc truy tìm RX-78-2 Gundam mất tích. Chẳng bao lâu sau, những sự kiện liên tiếp đẩy cô vào buồng lái của mẫu Gundam thử nghiệm mới, GQuuuuuuX, và tham gia vào các giải đấu chiến đấu mobile suit ngầm. Cùng với những người bạn mới, cô cố gắng hiểu sức mạnh kỳ lạ của mình và tìm kiếm vị trí của bản thân trong thế giới, mơ về bầu trời nơi cô có thể tự do bay lượn.SÁT THỦ VÔ CÙNG CỰC HÀI – T16Đạo diễn: Choi Won-subDiễn viên: Kwon Sang-woo, Jung Joon-ho, Lee Yi-kyung, Hwang Woo-seul-hye, Kim Sung-oh, Lee Ji-wonThể loại: HàiCâu chuyện tiếp nối về cuộc đời làm hoạ sĩ webtoon Jun, người nổi tiếng trong thời gian ngắn với tư cách là tác giả của webtoon Đặc vụ ám sát Jun, nhanh chóng mang danh là "nhà văn thiếu não" sau khi Phần 2 bị chỉ trích thảm hại, nhưng mọi thứ thay đổi khi một cuộc tấn công khủng bố ngoài đời thực giống hệt với phần 2 anh vừa xuất bản, khiến Jun bị NIS buộc tội sai là kẻ chủ mưu đằng sau tội ác.
This is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.Today is the 4th of March and here are the headlines.Supreme Court Discharges Man Accused of Hurting Religious SentimentsThe Supreme Court has discharged Hari Nandan Singh, who was accused of hurting the religious sentiments of a government official by calling him “miyan-tiyan” and “Pakistani.” While the Court acknowledged the remarks were in poor taste, they did not meet the threshold of the alleged offence. The court overruled the Jharkhand High Court's decision to proceed with the case, emphasizing that the statements did not qualify as an offence under Section 298 IPC.Rajeev Chandrasekhar Criticizes Asianet News' Maha Kumbh RemarksBJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar condemned remarks made on the Maha Kumbh by the Malayalam TV channel Asianet News, which he owns. In a Facebook post, he reminded the channel's management that "faith is important for every Hindu." The controversial remarks were made during the program Cover Story, aired on March 1, which allegedly mocked Keralites attending the Kumbh Mela and taking a dip at the Triveni Sangam.Maharashtra MLA's Son Detained After Argument Over DrivingAbu Farhan Azmi, son of Maharashtra MLA Abu Azmi, was detained by Goa police after an altercation with two locals over driving behavior in North Goa's Candolim. Azmi and the two locals, Zeon and Joseph Fernandes, were detained for disturbing the peace. The argument reportedly started when Azmi's vehicle, a Mercedes SUV, made a lane change without signaling. The incident, which occurred near Newton Super Market, led to public complaints, but all involved were later released after police formalities.Odisha Man Kills Parents and Sister in Fit of RageA 22-year-old man allegedly killed his parents and sister in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district by striking them with a heavy stone early Tuesday. The accused, who had been under severe stress due to family arguments, told police his father had assaulted him, accusing him of drug use. He said his father had broken his tooth during the altercation. Police believe the killings occurred in a moment of anger triggered by these ongoing family tensions.Trump's Tariffs Trigger Trade War with Canada and MexicoNew 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 20% tariff hike on Chinese goods have sparked trade tensions between the US and its top three trading partners. Canada quickly retaliated, announcing tariffs on $20.7bn worth of US goods, with further measures planned if Trump's tariffs remain. China also imposed additional 10%-15% tariffs on US imports, alongside export restrictions on US entities, escalating the trade conflict. These tariffs came into effect immediately, adding strain to global trade.Trump Orders Pause in Military Aid to UkraineUS President Donald Trump has ordered a temporary pause in military aid to Ukraine following a confrontation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House. The pause affects US military equipment not yet in Ukraine, including weapons in transit to Poland. While the halt is described as temporary, it reflects growing tensions between the two countries. US officials indicated that the pause would continue until further decisions are made about Ukraine's commitment to peace talks with Russia.This was the Catch Up on 3 Things by the Indian Express.
The Gundam franchise has spawned hundreds of emblems over the last ~45 years representing ace pilots, factions, team squadrons, and many other groups. In this episode, we comb through the archives to find our favorite five emblems of all time! From classics like the Principality of Zeon, to modern standouts like the Phantom Sweep Corps, to iconic insignias like Amuro's unicorn "A", to enigmas like the Chimera Corps, or to obscure MSV logos from the 1980s like Col. Cranberry's Dom Cold Climate Type, we leave no emblem behind. Plus, hear Isaac's reaction as he discovers the Titans Test Team bunny emblems for the first time!
Episode 489: This week we take a look at the short Netflix series Gundam: Requiem For Vengeance. A fully CG animated story set during the last remaining battles of the One Year War in the Universal Century of the Gundam Universe. Solari is the captain of the Zeon strike team Red Wolves, when she loses her comrades in trying to survive the onslaught of Earth's Gundam RX78 EX, she begins to realize that her and her loved one's survival triumphs over winning the war.
It's Christmas! So why is Bernie getting drunk and on a plane to Space Florida? Who's going to stop Zeon from nuking Talcot? Also, who's Talcot?
We join up with Captain Iria Solari's Red Wolf Squadron as they drop into the One Year War's Eastern European theater in Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance! Despite being on Netflix, Solari's team has a very unchill time as they encounter the nightmarish Gundam EX and have to resort to Zaku Wacky Types patched together in a Zeon junkyard. In this series where every human looks like an uncanny glazed donut, we discuss Zeon's notebook of stock squadron names, probe Solari's psyche for possible ending motives, and recognize Zeon's sleight of hand skills for stealing the GM keys! What are you waiting for? Get in your Zack-u or your Saberfish and join the fight!
Join hosts Matthew and Riki as they analyze Netflix's Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance through the lens of ethics, narrative responsibility, the wider context of the Gundam story as a whole, and the implications of telling stories from the villains' perspective.This episode tackles a crucial question in modern media: When telling a story from an antagonist's perspective, what responsibility do creators have to make their moral stance clear? The hosts debate whether Requiem for Vengeance succeeds or fails at this task, with Matthew viewing it as an effective introduction to the broader Gundam universe, while Riki expresses serious concerns about its potential misinterpretation.How does historical context shape our understanding of fictional conflicts? The discussion explores how Gundam's Zeon forces draw from both Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, raising questions about how media portrays historical villains and the risk of audiences misinterpreting or glorifying them.Can a story effectively humanize its villains without legitimizing their cause? The hosts examine protagonist Solari's character arc and debate whether her tragic choices serve the narrative or risk sending dangerous messages to viewers unfamiliar with Gundam's established canon.Other topics covered:The evolution of animation technology and its reception by different audiencesThe role of race and racism in the Gundam universeHow German imagery and references appear in animeThe challenges of creating prequels or new entry points to established franchisesThe ethical implications of child soldiers in warfareThe connection between vengeance, grief, and moral decision-makingWhether you're a longtime Gundam fan or completely new to the franchise, this episode examines how media can shape our understanding of conflict, justice, and the fine line between humanizing villains and valorizing their actions.Let us know your thoughts: Did you watch Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance? How did your prior knowledge (or lack thereof) of the Gundam universe affect your interpretation of the story? We've started the conversation. Now we want to hear from you!Want to continue the discussion with us? Agree or disagree with what we talked about, or add your own thoughts? We've got options for you!Email: ✉️ Matthew@TheEthicalPanda.com
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Following a strong win over TCU, the Houston Cougars are coming off a bye week and looking to earn another important victory on the road against the Kansas Jayhawks this Saturday. Head coach Willie Fritz announced earlier this week that Zeon Chriss would be the starting quarterback going forward, and Fritz joins "The Matt Thomas Show with Ross" to discuss the decision. "We just wanted to get a spark," Fritz said. Chriss completed 15 of 18 passes for 141 yards but also rushed for 97 yards on 11 carries in the 30-19 victory over TCU. Chriss will attempt to replicate that success at Arrowhead Stadium and help the Cougars obtain their third win of the season.
Following a strong win over TCU, the Houston Cougars are coming off a bye week and looking to earn another important victory on the road against the Kansas Jayhawks this Saturday. Head coach Willie Fritz announced earlier this week that Zeon Chriss would be the starting quarterback going forward, and Fritz joins "The Matt Thomas Show with Ross" to discuss the decision. "We just wanted to get a spark," Fritz said. Chriss completed 15 of 18 passes for 141 yards but also rushed for 97 yards on 11 carries in the 30-19 victory over TCU. Chriss will attempt to replicate that success at Arrowhead Stadium and help the Cougars obtain their third win of the season.
The Shining Force series blends traditional RPG storytelling with tactical, grid-based combat. In Shining Force I (1992), players guide Max and his diverse team of warriors in defending the kingdom of Guardiana from the Dark Dragon. Shining Force II (1993) follows Bowie, who must rally heroes to face the malevolent forces of Zeon, offering a more open-world experience and refined strategy elements. Shining in the Darkness (1991), a precursor to these, is a first-person dungeon crawler where players explore mazes, solve puzzles, and battle monsters, laying the groundwork for the later games' storytelling and world-building. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Shining Force series blends traditional RPG storytelling with tactical, grid-based combat. In Shining Force I (1992), players guide Max and his diverse team of warriors in defending the kingdom of Guardiana from the Dark Dragon. Shining Force II (1993) follows Bowie, who must rally heroes to face the malevolent forces of Zeon, offering a more open-world experience and refined strategy elements. Shining in the Darkness (1991), a precursor to these, is a first-person dungeon crawler where players explore mazes, solve puzzles, and battle monsters, laying the groundwork for the later games' storytelling and world-building. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The One Year War is almost at its close in December 0079, but something is amiss in the Principality of Zeon... We follow Leopold Fieseler's investigation of the shadowy organization known as Valkyrie which has one goal - to kill Gihren Zabi! If you enjoy Gundam politics and One Year War lore, The Plot to Assassinate Gihren is a veritable multicourse dessert. We take in a Zeonic opera, witness another use of the Ginias juice, see a firefighting Z'Gok in action, and slowly learn that Kycilia has eyes and ears everywhere. Plus we discuss how many Gwazine's exist and contemplate whether General Henri's Colony Defense Battalion is a bunch of sandbagging SOBs!
Attention all Gundam fanatics and mech maniacs! Today we're blasting off into the cosmos with Mobile Suit Gundam Zeonic Front for the PlayStation 2! Joining us is none other than Scott Wachter from the wildly popular podcast The Recap From Mercury. Scott's expertise lies in overanalyzing obtuse science fiction plots, so he's the perfect wingman to navigate the tangled narrative threads of the One Year War. Will the valiant Federation pilots emerge victorious against the dastardly Zeon forces? Can any of us mere mortals comprehend the sheer scale of these titanic mech battles? And is Scott prepared to have his mind blown by the sheer excess of beam spam? Strap in tight and get ready for rocket-powered robot rampage as we go full psyco gundam on Zeonic Front! The battlefield drama awaits…just try not to get caught in the crossfire. Over and out, soldiers! Learn such things as: Is everyone in the wrong uniform really a bad guy? How can a simple TV programming snafu change the course of a generation? Do we need more games where you play as the villains? And so much more! You can find Scott on Twitter @fs_wachter, Bluesky @fs-scott.bsky.social, and on his own Gundam specific podcast The Recap From Mercury. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you're interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to Film Rage and Bring Your Own Mech for the promos today. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who controls his Mechs with an Atari Jaguar controller.Read transcript
We board the Thoroughbred, a covert Pegasus-class ship, armed with Gundam Units 4 & 5 and head toward Granada to fend off Zeon during the final stage of the One Year War! While Gundam pilots Ford Romfellow and Luce Cassell work on their teamwork, Isaac declares there are just too many damn Gundams! #OnlyOneGundam! Zeon counters with the skeptical General Nord and the blunt object named Mallet Sanguine in the terrifyingly fast Act Zaku from Pezun. Can the Gundam pilots get it together in time to stop Mallet's rage? Plus, we digest the rocky Konpei Island vs. Confeito naming issue!
We tour the ruins of Side 4 in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky and Bandit Flower where the Federation's Moore Brotherhood goes head-to-head with Zeon's Living Dead Division for control of the Thunderbolt Sector during the One Year War. Or as we like to think of it - that time when a bunch of Federation volunteers led by some rich kids fought amputees over control of a junkyard in a universe where ice sinks. We discuss how prosthetic technology seems to have regressed, Zeon's patented shoot n' scoot strategy, the Federation's tendency to slap first and ask questions later, the Psycho Zaku's bootleg psycommu, and the Atlas Gundam's magic skis that also somehow both fly and float. Plus, we talk about pies!
Our worst fears are confirmed... Zeon Chriss is hitting the portal. Per reports from ESPN, Zeon is saying that goodbye to Louisiana. Nick and Josh host a special live emergency pod where we discuss the big news that dropped earlier today, talk about the current college football landscape, and hear from our fans. We also speak with Krewe Allons' John Aiken who gives us some great information on what transpired, and offers advice on what we need to do as fans to help counter this new world of NIL recruitment.For full video of this episode, follow us on these platforms: YouTube | Twitter (X) | Facebook | Twitch | Instagram | TikTok
What's up, dudes? AA and CM Chuck from Just Another Friday Night join me to dive into 1989's “Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket!” It's the “Rogue One” of the One Year War, and it happens at Christmas!In the final days of the One Year War of UC 0079, a young boy named Al who idolizes war and giant mech suits befriends Zeon special ops member Bernie. Bernie is part of a cadre of terrorists who have been sent undercover to a neutral space colony to capture the Federation's new Gundam "Alex". When Al finds the soldier and his robot hidden in the forest, the boy quickly agrees to help this new friend, not knowing the soldier is an enemy spy. Al and Bernie become friends with Christina, unaware she's the pilot of the Earth Federation's prototype. When Bernie's mission fails, Zeon leaders plot to nuke the colony on Christmas Day. Not wishing for senseless death, Bernie tries one last ditch effort which results in a battle between his mobile suit and Christina's. Tragedy follows, and Al is scarred for life.Cool giant robot suits? Check. Espionage and black ops missions? Got ‘em. Blurred lines between good and evil? Definitely! So hop in your Gundam and fly into this episode about “Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket!”Just Another Friday NightYouTube: @JAFNpodcastFB: @JAFNpodcastTwitter: @JAFNpodcastIG: @jafnpodcastCheck us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!
We head back to the front lines of the One Year War to read the 2002 manga series Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles! We join up with Matt Healy's Special Forces Experimental Unit as they trade blows with Ken Bederstadt's Zeon Foreign Legion across the Earth. Despite the Tokyopop version missing the beginning, middle, and end, this manga surprises us in the best ways! We hear Zeon accents once again, see tanks given no quarter, watch as Ken earns a pitiful ace pilot name, and even visit the Cosmodrome! Can Matt lead his team to victory? Let's find out!
Sometimes it's the variations that salvage the core design. The Geara Zulu is, frankly, a pretty uninspired attempt to work more WWI and WWII German military design into the already pretty German Geara Doga. Frankly, I side-eye anyone who looks at Zeon designs and decides there's not enough stroßtruppen in them. We could actually use LESS Nazi and Prussian imagery, thanks. But here we are. And at least some of the Guards customs are cool. If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is BRING ON A WAR by Hiroyuki Sawano from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here. Units discussed: AMS-129 Geara Zulu AMS-129 Geara Zulu (Gilboa Sant Use) AMS-129 Geara Zulu (Guards Type) AMS-129 Geara Zulu (Angelo Sauper Use) AMS-129 Geara Zulu (Ellic Custom) AMS-129M Zee Zulu YAMS-130 Krake Zulu
Yashna Garg is a young and dynamic Indian entrepreneur who has made a name for herself in the business world through her innovative ideas and outcome driven leadership. She is currently serving as the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Zeon Lifesciences Ltd, a leading nutraceutical company headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
With Nick on the IR, Gerry and special guest ManAboutTown (Josh) get together to wrap up their thoughts on the UAB victory, preview the upcoming home game against the Bulls of Buffalo, and give their take on the latest "family business" that needs to be discussed regarding the university's stance on student tailgating and Greek life.[06:30] – UAB Recap[22:25] – Buffalo Bulls Preview[28:30] – Injury Updates[29:20] – Zeon's First Start[42:35] – Student/Greek Tailgating Rant[01:12:30] – Men's/Women's Basketball Schedule Release[01:25:20] – Women's Soccer/Volleyball UpdatesFor full video of this episode, follow us on these platforms: YouTube | Twitter | Facebook | Twitch | Instagram | TikTok
The Startup Tank Climate Investor Pitch Show and Climate Techies Sustainability Series
The Startup Tank Climate Investor Show w/ Anthropocene & Zeon Ventures The Startup Tank Climate Investor Pitch Show: the ultimate climate tech pitch contest where top cleantech & sustainability founders pitch leading climate VCs looking to fund world-positive companies! https://thestartuptank.com Presenting Climate Startups: - BitVisor: Renewable energy co-located data centers for net zero compute - Rainions: Patented molecules to render air pollution and CO2 harmless - Nano Gas Environmental: Recycling oil industry wastewater to save $1.60 per barrel of water and enhance oil production by 50% - Isso House: Building the regenerative, modular, autonomous homes of the future Investor Panelists: Silas Mahner @ Clean Techies Podcast Matt McGraw @ Anthropocene Ventures Dennis Clark @ Zeon Ventures -- Want to Connect & Network? Join 3k+ Other Climate Techies - On Whatsapp: https://4ward.vc/WAgroup - On Slack: https://4ward.vc/startupslack Want to Fundraise for Your Climate Tech Startup? - Download our Free 1000+ Climate VC/Accelerator Database: https://4ward.vc/VCdatabase - Apply for The Startup Tank: https://thestartuptank.com/apply Interested in Investing in Climate Tech? We can help: - For VCs: Join Climate Tech Deal Share: http://4ward.vc/applydb - Same for Family Offices & LPs: http://4ward.vc/familyofficeform - For Angel Investors: Our Climate Syndicate: https://4ward.vc/syndicate Check out our list of Special Offers & Resources to help you on your climate adventure: - For Startups: https://4ward.vc/offers - For Investors: https://4ward.vc/VCoffers - For Corporates: https://4ward.vc/corporatesoffers -- The Startup Tank is brought to you by 4WARD.VC's "Partner in Clime" Climate Accelerator program and Climate Investor Syndicate 4WARD.VC's “Partner in Clime” Climate Accelerator is disrupting the outdated venture industry with the world's most hands-on, sales & traction-focused accelerator for elite early stage climate companies led by CRAZY ASS, world class climate founders tackling MASSIVE problems in areas including Food & Agriculture, Construction & Manufacturing, Commerce & Circularity, Recycling & Waste Reduction, Energy & Renewables, Transportation & Mobility For more info and to apply, please visit: http://4ward.vc/accelerator __ Subscribe to our newsletter to never miss a thing! Via Linkedin: https://4ward.vc/cleanandgreen Via Substack: https://mattward.substack.com
The Startup Tank Climate Investor Pitch Show and Climate Techies Sustainability Series
Ever wanted a chance to pitch your climate tech company or get in front of VCs and angel investors? Now is your time to shine. https://thestartuptank.com/apply Presenting Companies: - Sophie's BioNutrients: Food-grade protein from microalgae - Concrete4Change: CO2 mineralization in concrete - Upshift: Fractional EV car subscription - InnoCSR Co. Ltd.: Eco-friendly brick manufacturing - Rightcharge: Simplified EV charging solutions - PingThings: Revolutionary Predictive AI Grid Management Today's Investor Panelists Include: - Tarmo Virki at Nature Backed - David J. Neff at Ecliptic Capital - Dennis Clark at Zeon Ventures -- Want to Connect & Network? Join 3k+ Other Climate Techies - On Whatsapp: https://4ward.vc/WAgroup - On Slack: https://4ward.vc/startupslack Want to Fundraise for Your Climate Tech Startup? - Download our Free 900+ Climate VC/Accelerator Database: https://4ward.vc/VCdatabase - Apply for The Startup Tank: https://thestartuptank.com/apply Interested in Investing in Climate Tech? We can help: - For VCs: Join Climate Tech Deal Share: http://4ward.vc/applydb - Same for Family Offices & LPs: http://4ward.vc/familyofficeform - For Angel Investors: Our Climate Syndicate: https://4ward.vc/syndicate -- The Startup Tank is brought to you by 4WARD.VC's "Partner in Clime" Accelerator and Climate Investor Syndicate 4WARD.VC's “Partner in Clime” Climate Accelerator is disrupting the outdated venture industry with the world's most hands-on, sales & traction-focused accelerator for elite early stage climate companies led by CRAZY ASS, world class climate founders tackling MASSIVE problems in areas including Food & Agriculture, Construction & Manufacturing, Commerce & Circularity, Recycling & Waste Reduction, Energy & Renewables, Transportation & Mobility for more info and to apply, please visit: http://4ward.vc/accelerator 4WARD.VC's Climate Investor Syndicate also allow accredited investors to participate in the post-program investments in our portfolio companies. For more information on 4WARD.VC's accelerator and accredited investor syndicate, please visit: https://4WARD.VC - Subscribe to never miss a thing! Via Youtube: https://thestartuptank.com/youtube Via Linkedin: https://4ward.vc/cleanandgreen Via Substack: https://mattward.substack.com Via Apple Podcast: https://thestartuptank.com/apple For Additional Free Resources: https://4ward.vc/free -- BONUS: Free 900+ Climate VC & Accelerator Database 4WARD.VC made a searchable index of 900+ climate, sustainability and impact investors, LPs, incubators, accelerator programs and angel investor groups worldwide. Filter climate tech VCs by stage, sector, geography & check size to find your ideal investor and/or co investors! https://4ward.vc/VCdatabase
Dennis currently serves as Investment Director at Zeon Ventures, a newly-formed, early stage venture capital firm investing across materials, sustainability, climate and health. Zeon Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Zeon Corporation, a global leader in elastomers, polymers, and specialty chemicals. Prior to joining Zeon, Dennis was at Honda for close to a decade spearheading the company's corporate venturing and open innovation activities. While at Honda, Dennis co-founded Honda Xcelerator, one of the first mobility-focused corporate accelerator programs and led these activities on a global scale. Under his direction, Honda's open innovation and venturing activities generated 40+ startup collaborations, numerous strategic investments, one acquisition, and a solid pipeline of deployments in consumer mobility products. Before joining Honda, Dennis worked at DEFTA Partners, a boutique venture capital firm, building bridges between technology upstarts in Silicon Valley and multinational corporations in Asia. Earlier in his career, Dennis spent eight years in Japan working in a variety of sectors including banking and international civil service. While in Japan, he was awarded a Monbusho Scholarship to research social innovation and received his Master's Degree in Development Economics. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisclarkjr/ Recommended Blog Links: Materially Better Blog and Podcast by Tsung Xu: https://www.tsungxu.com/; The Column: https://www.thecolumn.co/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geeksofthevalley/support
This week Ed has some personal things to attend to, so the magnificent bastard Zab joins Evan for a lesson on Gundam, and...let me just say, they're using the broad strokes approach and it's still a long episode. Its hard to wrap up 45 years of a franchise in one episode, so these guys don't even try.As always, thanks for being there for us and please reach out if you like what you hear!https://discord.gg/sKr8jwaAvhCheck out the YouTube channel!https://www.youtube.com/@MoreThanMeetsTheseGuysPODHere is the link to the Remnants of Zeon grouphttps://m.facebook.com/groups/654511178066034/?ref=share&mibextid=DcJ9fcIf you want to check out the Axalon underground, since our main researcher is the webmaster, I highly recommend it!https://axalonunderground.net/Here is the GoFundMe link for the Sunbow Archive if you'd like to help Simon out. https://gofund.me/46f81cd2If you'd like to contact the guys, they'd love to hear from you!Edhatestransformers@gmail.comMorethanmeetstheseguys@gmail.com@mtmtgpod on Twitterhttps://www.facebook.com/MoreThanMeetsTheseGuys/If you'd like to toss a buck or more per episode, we'd adore and say nice things about you. You don't have to, as we'll still gladly hang out with you guys and gals every week, but we appreciate any help! patreon.com/user?u=69144181
Welcome to OPERATION GUNDAM HISTORY! Our Hero Fogi and his crew is here to guide you through the Universal Century of Gundam! This time, we are flying through the series that started it all: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM! We are reaching the end of this part of the journey. The White Base Crew have learned what a newtype is and are learning more about Amuro every day. Zeon are desperate and are pulling out the Solar Ray System to deliver a crushing blow but Degwin only wishes for peace. Char and Lalah share a moment and the battlefield but ultimately, destiny prevails. Discord: https://discord.gg/jWSnmj5 Funimation is where you can watch Mobile Suit Gundam! Where to Find Me: https://linktr.ee/fogibear --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gundamhistory/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gundamhistory/support
Matt, Paul, and The Shining Force conclude their adventure to save Granseal and Princess Ellis. They will face the Red Baron, Geshp, Odd-eye, King Galam, and the king of the devils, Zeon. They narrate and discuss their journey - dialogue-by-dialogue, battle-by-battle, and story-by-story, so no prior knowledge is required.
Welcome to OPERATION GUNDAM HISTORY! Our Hero Fogi and his crew is here to guide you through the Universal Century of Gundam! This time, we are flying through the series that started it all: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM! After defeating Zeon at Solomon, Amuro desperately needs to upgrade the Gundam. As this is going on, Giren unveils his true plans to his father Degwin, which Degwin does not approve of and is powerless to stop him. Lalah is heavily praised for her abilities and is soon met by Amuro in combat. Discord: https://discord.gg/jWSnmj5 Funimation is where you can watch Mobile Suit Gundam! Where to Find Me: https://linktr.ee/fogibear --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gundamhistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gundamhistory/support
Matt, Paul, and The Shining Force embark on Part 2 of their adventure to save Granseal. This part of the epic journey pits them up against The Kraken, Taros, The Chess King, Willard the Rat, and Zalbard. They narrate and discuss their journey - dialogue-by-dialogue, battle-by-battle, and story-by-story, so no prior knowledge is required. Discover the where, why, and how The Shining Force has advanced against the King of the Devils, Zeon.
This month's mix sees Zeon return to the Subtempo space, taking us on a deeper journey through night-time tunes. With this half-time, drum & bass inspired set we get to see the breadth of musical spectrum the multi-faceted DJ can offer. We dive deep into having multiple monikers for different projects, and what that can do for an artist creative process in this interview. Tracklist + interview: subtempo.com/mixes/zeon-2
Today's Guest: Zeona McIntyre Zeona is a licensed realtor and a mid-term rental investor located in the Boulder area. She has a great group of experienced investor-friendly agents who can help people find the perfect home. Zeona also has a nationwide referral list of vetted teams that allows them to connect clients with investor-friendly agents in any state. Highlights From The Show: We begin the episode with Zeona sharing her background story and how she ended up in real estate. Zeona shares that she is a real estate consultant and agent. She started her journey with Airbnb in 2012 and is in the early ramp-up stage in the mid-term space. Zeona has been investing in real estate for 10 years, and she loves helping people get into furnished rentals because whether they are mid or short-term, they are a great boost for cash flow for people. Zeon's goal is to help get as many people as possible to be financially independent. We then discuss medium-term rentals and why you should invest in this model. Zeona shares that based on her book, mid-term rental is anything over 30 days, but the typical stay is 90 days because most traveling nurses have assignments for 13 weeks. From her mid-term rentals, she often sees people staying for a month to several months and sometimes even a year. On the other hand, Zeona explains that what differentiates long-term rentals from mid-term rentals is that long-term rentals are unfurnished and rented by the year, while mid-term rentals are by the month. According to her, the number one benefit of mid-term rentals is regulations. Mid-term rentals are seen as long-term rentals because regulations are enforced in the 30 days or fewer markets. So it's a comfortable space when your numbers for short-term rentals are not working out. Next, we talk about the downside of mid-term rentals. Zeona shares that when she started with Airbnb, it was new, and she has watched short-term properties get all the cool automation that it has today. Automation didn't exist when she started, and now, with the medium-term rentals, it also doesn't exist, but you can borrow some from the short-term rentals. It will not be a perfect fit, but it will help. Zeona also shares that you can modify a long-term lease to a mid-term lease. We then discuss how to get into medium-term rentals by hosting traveling nurses. Zeona shares that you can start by looking into your area using a map for hospitals. Hospitals are rated by trauma levels. Level 1 and 2 hospitals take the most extreme cases, while smaller hospitals don't do much and don't get as many travel nurses. Zeona recommends investing in areas with levels 1 and 2 hospitals and places closer to them, within a range of 30 minutes distance. You also need to look at the number of beds in the units, and 200+ would be a solid option. According to Zeona, all these are online, and all you need to do is to search for the name and check the trauma level and bed capacity. From there, you can connect with HR and inform them of your offering. You can also do it through Furnish Finder. It will give you a list of people searching in your area, and you can connect with them. This is easy and effective, and you can do it now or even before you purchase a property to assess the demand in an area. Lastly, we talk about how to manage your calendar. According to Zeona, you've to be careful how you open up vacancies because you don't want someone to book something you will not be able to fulfill. Managing your calendar is all about knowing your high and low seasons to plan your openings, rates, and occupancy. Zeona explains that it's good to plan ahead and use your mid-term rental in a hybrid way, especially in slow seasons. For her, she used the mid-term rentals as short-term rentals in places where she can legalize them as such. Make sure you don't miss another amazing episode of the Just Start Real Estate Podcast with Zeona McIntyre and get valuable information on how to win big with mid-term rentals! Notable Quotes: “Furnished rentals, whether mid or short-term, are a boost for cash flow.” Zeona McIntyre “Mid-term rentals are seen as long-term rentals with regulations, and it's a comfortable space when your numbers for short-term rentals are not working out.” Zeona McIntyre “Plan ahead and use your mid-term rental in a hybrid way, especially in slow seasons.“ Zeona McIntyre “Managing your calendar is all about knowing what your high and low seasons are and planning your openings, rates, and occupancy in advance.” Zeona McIntyre Thank You for Listening! Connect with Mike on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Linkedin, Facebook Help Out the Show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Resources and Links From Today's Show: 30 Days Stay Stayamo Zeona's Website Zeona on LinkedIn Zeona on Instagram Zeona on YouTube More Resources From Mike: Level Jumping: How I Grew My Business to Over $1 Million in Profits in 12 Months WINNING DIRECT MAIL - How to CRUSH IT with direct mail! 7 Figure Investor Video Course - Scale your business to 7 figures. I'll show you how!
A Hizack for a new generation, a Zaku with Federation design elements! I mean, not really. It's a Sazabi with some Geara Doga, a surprising but small dash of Sinanju, maybe some Powered GM in there, a lil Kampfer. But still! Like a lot of Titans suits, it's Zeon Minus Zeon. And that is a triumph. Not because I dislike Zeon, just, I like some Federation design elements being added, i like what it does to the design, hey dont bully me If you want to find us on Twitter, Dylan is @lowpolyrobot and Six is @sixdettmar. Our opening theme is the Hangar Theme from Gundam Breaker 3, and our ending theme for this episode is uc0105 by Hiroyuki Sawano from Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway. Our podcast art is a fantastic piece of work from Twitter artist @fenfelt. Want to see a list of every unit we've covered from every episode, including variants and tangents? It's right here. Units discussed: Me02R-F01 Messer Type-F01 Me02R-F02 Messer Type-F02 Me02R-F02 Messer Type-F02 (Commander Type) Me02R-Fc Messer Type-F Naked (Commander Type) Me02R Messer
About 2,500 years ago, a Greek philosopher by the name of Zeno of Elea proposed several paradoxes about the natural word. His ideas were actually really simple, but they were incredibly difficult to explain away. For the last two millennia, philosophers have been trying to resolve his paradoxes, and they are still trying to explain them today. Learn more about the paradoxes of Zeon and how they can possibly be resolved on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhere Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Citizens of Granseal! Join the fight against Zeon, the king of the devils! Line by line, battle by battle, and character by character, Matt and Paul explore the entirety of Shining Force 2 for the Sega Genesis. No prior knowledge is required as they narrate their entire playthrough, including their thoughts on the complex themes of this beloved tale.
Join the Fanholes as they discuss the eightteenth episode of the series that started it all, Mobile Suit Gundam, on what is now Fanholes tradition, Mobile Suit Mondays!
This week on the podcast the boys are suiting up and facing down Zeon! We do a deep dive on Gundam: Evolution now that we've all had our hands on it. We then talk about the massive dumpster fire that Stadia is using as their own funeral pyre. After we throw the first load of dirt in the pit, we wipe our hands clean and bring you all the new wonderful gaming deals of the month! Watch Live! ▶ https://twitch.tv/nexttonothingnetwork Daniecae ▶ https://www.twitch.tv/daniecae MrGreenElite ▶ https://www.twitch.tv/mrgreenelite Mendacii ▶ https://www.twitch.tv/mendacii Mendacii and Cyberbrent's other show and twitch ▶ Podcast For Two People: https://open.spotify.com/show/53YCLF9Y7Z5LpW3X0BeOfy?si=7646a9a56e604be5 PFTP Let's Plays!: https://twitch.tv/pftp_plays #Gundam #GundamEvolution #BandaiNamco
Welcome to OPERATION GUNDAM HISTORY! Our Hero Fogi and his crew is here to guide you through the Universal Century of Gundam! This time, we are flying through the series that started it all: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM! It's time for the invasion of Solomon where Dozle is in command. The White Base Crew is prepared and ready, while Zeon are on their heels. During this fight, we learn about Dozle's loyalty to the family name and we discover a secret love that has formed on the White Base. Bu this block wouldn't be complete without the Boy Wonder Amuro showing up and showing out! Discord: https://discord.gg/jWSnmj5 Funimation is where you can watch Mobile Suit Gundam! Where to Find Me: https://linktr.ee/fogibear --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gundamhistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gundamhistory/support
It feels at least to me like when Zeon/Federation fusion designs are drawn, Zeon aesthetic tends to win out. The…
Both Gundam as a franchise and Weekly Suit Gundam as a podcast come full circle this week by returning to the world of First Gundam, with the brand-new movie set in the timeline of the original show, Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island! A remake of the infamous 15th episode of Mobile Suit Gundam – an episode with such a troubled production that creator Yoshiyuki Tomino has never allowed it to be distributed outside Japan – original Gundam character designer and animation supervisor Yoshikazu Yasuhiko returns as director to redeem this story of a Zeon deserter protecting war orphans on a deserted island. It's an absolutely wonderful movie, as beautifully animated as one would expect from the great Yasuhiko, but also incredibly smart and soulful in its themes and storytelling, finding a particularly compelling story for original Gundam protagonist Amuro Ray, played again here – possibly for the last time – by a never-better Tōru Furuya. This is a great movie, and an absolute pleasure to discuss for our final Weekly Suit Gundam before the launch of Japanimation Station. Enjoy, and we'll see you on the other side with the premiere of Japanimation Station on August 1st. Be sure to subscribe at http://japanimationstation.com Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel! Follow Jonathan Lack on Twitter @JonathanLack Follow Sean Chapman on Twitter @SeantheChapman WeeklySuitGundam.Com http://weeklystuffpodcast.com
We start today's show by chatting about work, with Sean telling a funny story about getting a teaching certification, before discussing our love for the fantastic anime Kaguya-sama: Love is War, but then it's time for Gundam! And this week, both Gundam as a franchise and Weekly Suit Gundam as a podcast are coming full circle by returning to the world of First Gundam, with the brand-new movie set in the timeline of the original show, Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island! A remake of the infamous 15th episode of Mobile Suit Gundam – an episode with such a troubled production that creator Yoshiyuki Tomino has never allowed it to be distributed outside Japan – original Gundam character designer and animation supervisor Yoshikazu Yasuhiko returns as director to redeem this story of a Zeon deserter protecting war orphans on a deserted island. It's an absolutely wonderful movie, as beautifully animated as one would expect from the great Yasuhiko, but also incredibly smart and soulful in its themes and storytelling, finding a particularly compelling story for original Gundam protagonist Amuro Ray, played again here – possibly for the last time – by a never-better Tōru Furuya. This is a great movie, and an absolute pleasure to discuss for our final Weekly Suit Gundam before the launch of Japanimation Station. Enjoy!Time Chart: Intro & Stuff: 0:00:00 – 0:23:17Gundam Cucuruz Doan: 0:23:17 – 2:33:31Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!Subscribe to the WEEKLY SUIT GUNDAM Podcast!Subscribe for free to 'The Weekly Stuff' in Apple Podcasts!Follow Jonathan Lack on Twitter!Follow Sean Chapman on Twitter!
Welcome to OPERATION GUNDAM HISTORY! Our Hero Fogi and his crew is here to guide you through the Universal Century of Gundam! This time, we are flying through the series that started it all: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM! This week we are getting to know Kai. Kai decides that his time at White Base is done. While he is on his way out, he runs into his red headed friend, Miharu. Miharu first seems fine then later it comes out that she is a spy foe Zeon. However, Kai is really a softy deep down and he aids her. Eventually, they make it back to White Base where their relationship is not only put to the test, but also meets an abrupt end. Discord: https://discord.gg/jWSnmj5 Funimation is where you can watch Mobile Suit Gundam! Where to Find Me: https://linktr.ee/fogibear --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gundamhistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gundamhistory/support
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin volume 5 is a significant turning point in this epic saga. This volume, titled Char & Sayla, is Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's original material; these stories were not present in the First Gundam anime. There's a lot of political intrigue at play here as we witness the formation of the Principality of Zeon as well as the backstories of Char Aznable and Sayla Mass. It's a longer podcast episode than usual because this particular chapter deserves a close examination. In addition to some general thoughts on the volume as a whole, we also provide a chapter-by-chapter commentary. If you haven't been reading along with us, or if you've never read Gundam: The Origin, try your local library or a local bookseller or comic book store. Volume 5 also contains material that was adapted into the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime OVAs (also directed by Yas himself), so if you've watched those, a lot of what we discuss here will make sense. You can even watch the anime (in its recut, television broadcast form) on Crunchyroll. In 2022, our plan is to read through the entirety of Gundam: The Origin. Once a month, we will read and discuss one volume of this manga, the same way we did a full readthrough of Invincible last year.
When the Enterprise travels to the planet Ekos to search for a revered Federation historian named John Gill, they discover that the entire planet has fashioned itself after the Nazi regime of old Earth -- and Gill is their "Fuhrer." What's worse, the Ekosians are already in the process of rounding up immigrants from their neighboring world of Zeon for extermination, and they are about to launch a full-scale attack on that planet to wipe the out the Zeon race completely. In order to avert the attack, stop the genocide and get to the bottom of why Gill would so blatantly violate the Federation's Prime Directive of non-interference, Kirk, Spock and McCoy must earn the trust of the underground resistance -- but time is running out. As one of the weaker entries of the otherwise stellar second season, "Patterns of Force" served as evidence that "Star Trek" was starting to get stuck in a rut -- another parallel Earth story, another variation of the Prime Directive -- not to mention the fact that the premise itself was totally absurd. But even a problematic episode such as this one still has its merits, the most important of which are its messages, specifically that "absolute power corrupts, absolutely," and that if we do not learn from our mistakes, then we will be condemned to repeat them. Plus, it's "Star Trek," and even when the episode isn't great, we still love watching our beloved heroes Kirk, Spock and McCoy do their thing.You can support Enterprise Incidents right here: https://anchor.fm/enterpriseincidents (Just think of it as a “Tip Jar”) You can follow Enterprise Incidents at: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EnterpriseIncidents Twitter @enterincidents Instagram @enterpriseincidents Follow Scott Mantz @moviemantz on Twitter and Instagram Follow Steve Morris @srmorris on Twitter and srmorris1 on Instagram --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/enterpriseincidents/support
Det här är den första delen i berättelsen om den blyga Stockholmskillen som la soundtracket till en hel generation. En stjärna som brann klart, men som lämnade oss alldeles för tidigt. Mörkret har lagt sig och det är helt fullpackat framför den stora scenen. Det euforiska folkhavet badar i den blinkande ljusshowen samtidigt som de rör sig i takt till den dunkande musiken. Bakom DJ-båset står den senaste tidens allra största stjärnskott på househimlen och han tycks ha publiken helt i sin hand.Det är den 22 mars 2013 på Ultra i Miami. Spelningen har pågått i snart fyrtio minuter, men publiken tycks inte visa några tecken på trötthet när Avicii plötsligt stänger av musiken och ljusshowen pausas. Fansen förstår att deras favorit-DJ har något stort på gång. Men ingen kan gissa vad som kommer att hända härnäst, för nu gör han något som ingen någonsin gjort på Ultra.I strålkastarljusets sken ser folkmassan en kille i basker, som nervöst greppar mikrofonen och börjar sjunga a cappella. Publiken vet inte alls hur dom ska reagera och innan de hunnit smälta livesången visar det sig att sångaren har sällskap på scen av ett liveband. Publiken på en av världens största festivaler för elektronisk musik står nu och lyssnar på en kille som sjunger country, ackompanjerad av bland annat en banjospelare. Några börjar bua, andra står som förvirrade frågetecken och en tredje grupp tar upp sina telefoner och börjar dela med sig av det som händer på sociala medier. När konserten är över har nyheten spridits i hela housevärlden och de närmaste dagarna pratas det inte om annat. Man säger att Avicii tappat det och att han på egen hand just satt stopp för sin så lovande karriär.Men de kritiska rösterna kommer snart att få ta tillbaka allt de sagt.P3 Musikdokumentär om Avicii handlar om en av Sveriges största musikexporter någonsin. En berättelse om framgångens höga toppar, men också om dess allra mörkaste dalar.Medverkande: Klas Bergling, Carl Falk, Laidback Luke, Filip Åkesson, Linda Nordeman och Emil Syk. En dokumentär av Joanna Korbutiak. Producent: Hanna Frelin Exekutiv producent: Anna Johannessen Tekniker: Fredrik Nilsson Programmet är gjort våren 2022 och görs av Tredje Statsmakten Media.Måns Mosessons auktoriserade biografi Tim: Biografin om Avicii har varit en viktig källa till programmet.Ljudklipp i dokumentären kommer från dokumentärfilmen Avicii: True stories (2017), P3 Populär (2010, 2011), Aviciis egen youtubekanal, SVT Nyheter (2018), UMF TV (2013), MTV News (2013), Ambitious Media (2013), promotionvideo för Spotify (2015), youtubekanalerna Zeon och Rickard Holmberg.
It's been ten years since Dave Ponte co-founded Audiomack alongside Dave Macli. The decade has been strong in international growth for the music streaming platform — Audiomack recently became Nigeria's number-one overall iOS app in a given week — but if Ponte has it his way, Audiomack will next become THE “home base” for artists, a place to begin their entire musical journey. The platform has rolled out numerous features to support those lofty ambitions, plus has several others in the works. One of the features that is live is the Supporters monetization tool. Launched in December, the tool allows fans to directly pay artists in exchange for a “badge” that memorializes their name in their profile and that of the supported artists. In the four months of being live on-site, Supporters has created $30,000 in new revenue for artists on Audiomack. As Dave told us in the episode, unlike competing streaming services, Audiomack is concerned with increasing the “size of the pie” for the entire music industry — not merely finding additional ways to ”slice the pie.”Dave and I spoke at length about artist monetization — and how Web 3.0 possibly fits into the equation — throughout the episode. Here's everything else we covered: [0:00 Big Start To 2022 For Audiomack[0:55] Evaluating Audiomack's Supporters' Monetization Tool Post-Launch[3:38] Updating The Supporters' Product Over Time[6:47] $30,000 Created For Artists (So Far) With Supporters Tool [10:25] Artist Campaigns On Audiomack[14:28] Audiomack's Newly-Launched Creator App [17:50] Mobile App “Stickiness” [20:23] Audiomack's “Home Base” Aspirations[24:05] Artist Resource Guide On Audiomack[27:52] How Brian Zisook's Twitter Threads Influenced Artist Guide [30:20] Different Dynamic Between Audiomack & Other Platforms[32:55] Audiomack's Biggest Challenges [38:42] How Does Web 3.0 Factor Into Audiomack's Future?[46:26] Audiomack Motivated To Bring AfroBeats To AmericaTo listen to more Audiomack Trapital episodes, check out the two below:Audiomack Co-Founder & CEO Dave Macli: https://trapital.co/2020/11/16/dave-macli-on-audiomacks-role-in-music-streaming-partnership-with-djbooth-and-global-expansion/Audiomack VP of Product Charlie Kaplan: https://trapital.co/2021/12/10/charlie-kaplan-on-audiomack-supporters-artist-fan-monetization-and-streaming-business-models/Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Overcast | Amazon | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSSHost: Dan Runcie, @RuncieDan, trapital.coGuests: Dave Ponte Trapital is home for the business of hip-hop. Gain the latest insights from hip-hop's biggest players by reading Trapital's free weekly memo. ________TRANSCRIPTIONDavid Ponte 00:00We cultivated all this. We aggregated all this. And now we're providing all of this for free. We're not charging anyone for it. If you go on the Audiomack app, you'll be able to access them. And you'll be able to learn and find out the answers to these questions because, frankly, I didn't even know a lot of these answers. I mean, there's so much to learn in the music industry. And you know, I know some things but there's a lot of things that I don't know. And I've, when going through this guide, learned a lot. And it can be one small decision that an artist would make, that can make a huge impact on their career in their life.Dan Runcie 00:39Hey, welcome to the Trapital podcast. I'm your host and the founder of Trapital, Dan Runcie. This podcast is your place to gain insights from executives in music, media, entertainment, and more, who are taking hip hop culture to the next level. Today's guest is Dave Ponte. The Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder of Audiomack. Audiomack is a music streaming platform and a music discovery service that reaches more than 20 million people across the world. It was great to chat with Dave because a few months back, I had talked to Charlie Kaplan fromAudiomack. This is when they first launched their platform, Supporters. Supporters is a tool that brings artists and fans more directly together where fans can directly contribute to a release of an artist give money to the artist for that, have their name be associated with that, and be able to show that badge through the Audiomack platform. We talked about the rollout of that we talked about how that fits more broadly, with Audiomack strategy to be a home base for artists and how it's doing that also through its creator app, through its artist's guide, and a few of the other things it has planned. And that pivots us into a discussion about how Audiomack's strategy fits within the broader music ecosystem in the broader streaming service. There are much bigger streaming services, but many of them are still copying a lot of the moves that Audiomack has done. So we talked about what that dynamic is where Audiomack is growing most right now and how this company is thinking about the future. And when you think about web3, when you think about all these other things, how much of this is an actual opportunity, how many of these things are buzzwords or just fluff, Dave and I get into all that. I had a great conversation with him. Here's my chat with Dave Ponte. All right, today, we got Dave Ponte here from Audiomack, and I got to give him credit, the company has been having a pretty good run lately. They launched some new platforms, they've been growing internationally. Dave, we got to get the latest on how things have been going on your end?David Ponte 02:50Things have been going great. We're really happy about how 2022 is shaping up. And we have a lot of great new features and platforms and apps and other things that are going to help artists, you know, improve their careers and move music forward.Dan Runcie 03:06Definitely. Yeah, I think it was a couple of months back, I feel like that, we're making the rounds because I had had Dave Macli about a year ago or so, had Zeon after that, and had Charlie Kaplan on most recently. And we talked all about Supporters. And I feel like this is a pretty big launch for you all when Charlie came on, we were just talking about the launch and the goals of having something where artists and fans can connect more directly in just bridging that line together. And now you have at least a few months of it to see how things have been going. So how has that been so far? How is Supporters?David Ponte 03:42I'm really happy with how it's launched. The product has worked really well. There hasn't been any when you're developing software, and you're adding a new feature like this, which is a completely different way that we would approach typically how our app would work. You know, we're a streaming platform, you know, you could play songs, you could follow artists, you could do all the things that you would do in a streaming platform, but now we're adding this e-commerce functionality. So it's a new foray for us. And it's gone off really, very smoothly. All the artists' supporters have been able to buy badges, it's all the finance and reconciliation portion has worked out very well, and the artists are really happy about this additional revenue stream that they can now employ.Dan Runcie 04:24Nice. I got to imagine for a lot of the artists, it brings them closer because that's one of the reasons that they're likely building on Audiomack as opposed to elsewhere. I feel like one of the pitches that you all have had from the beginning is that – A. you're going to have artists that are much more in control of what they're doing from how they're building their brand on your platform. And then I think, in addition, you're not necessarily always working with the artists who are more bound by a major record label or another entity. So by being able to have what I imagined a lot of independent artists using this tool and bring it up to you whether that is the through-line there, and of course, we're seeing so much happening with platforms in all different types of technologies trying to bring folks together, but I think you are able to do it in a way that is seamless, and it's visible because I think at the end of the day, people do want to be able to show off their fandom, and who they support.David Ponte 05:19Yes, one thing that, you know, I talked to Charlie, you know, who was one of the main architects of this feature, and he was a guest on your podcast, I recommend everyone had to listen to him if you listen to this now. But he told me I was very, he's a very eloquent guy. And what he told me and I thought it was a good way to look about it is, this is the first hour of the new year with this supporters product, there's so many different things that we want to add, and that we're in the midst of adding when I wanted to share a couple of those on your podcast. And, and, you know, we always had this challenge, Dave Mackley and I write what your things are never going to be perfect. When you release a new product, a new part of our product, a new app, you're never going to release it. So you have to just eventually push it out, let the people experience it, consider their feedback, and then work that into future iterations. So that's what we're doing here. There's a lot of new things we want to add. And we want to revise. And, you know, I'm not just gonna sit here and tell you everything's perfect, right? That would be boring, number one. But number two, it's not reality, especially with when you're dealing with app development. So one of the things we realized was the price of the supporters' badge, overall, I think was too high. So about a month into the program, we actually reduced the prices, the cost of the badge. So now, you know, you could buy a badge for $1 instead of $2 US and obviously changes depending on where you are, I don't think we're a global app, we're really big in Africa, particularly West Africa, and Nigeria have gone up. And once we lowered the price for the lowest cost badge from two to $1, we saw a lot more people buying badges and supporting those artists, we actually ended up creating more revenue for the artist with this small but impactful change. And we don't want, you know, the whole concept Audiomack has to have a low barrier to entry, whether an artist or whether you're a fan, you know, Audiomack is a free app, you could download, begin, take music offline for free, no matter where you are in the world. And if you're an artist, you could have unlimited space to upload your music, you have unlimited opportunities to look at the data, glean insights from how people are consuming your art. And now they can support you directly by buying a badge, a Supports badge. So that was one small but big, really big change, impactful change that we saw, and we made about four weeks into the launch of the product.Dan Runcie 07:41So I think that's a key point. Because I think a lot of people from the outside may look at the price sensitivity of $2 to $1 and may not think it's much but that's what we're seeing in you know, the Western world and being able to think about that relative to the price of a streaming service increasing or anything like that. But you're obviously global, and you're growing in places where that difference makes a lot more or that difference is much more meaningful. So do you have any stats or any, how that difference is from a quantitative perspective of how much of an increase or usage rate you saw from lowering the price from two to one?David Ponte 08:17Well, I don't know if I have that stat, particularly I wish I did. But we have more badges sold. I think once I did have my team collect was just the amount of money that we've made for artists since launch and that's 30,000 over $30,000. And that's a good point. We had that mindset. Obviously, we're a New York company, we're Americans. And we know it's hard for us to think about how what it might be like for someone in Nigeria or someone in Tanzania, for example. But we eventually figured it out. We got feedback from a lot of our ambassadors on our team out there. And I think the way probably to think about it is the streaming rate, right? So you know, you make a certain amount per stream on Spotify, title, Apple Music, SoundCloud, Youtube, Audiomack. And we're an ad-supported platform, right? So the majority of people who consume music on Audiomack do it for free. As I mentioned, we make money on ads, though the revenue from those ads pays the artists. So what we thought of is how can we increase the size of the pie? As opposed to how can we create more and more slices of that pie to split around, right? So if you look at some of the other streaming platforms, you know, powered royalties or this or that they're not making more money, they're just sending the money to different places, right? There's not more money in the pot. Let's send it around to more people that you listen to and that's not a bad idea. Inherently, I don't mind that at all. And that's good. But what we're trying to do is increase the pie. So when you buy a supporters badge, that pie is increased for that particular artist. And if you are making you know, $150 on 100,000 streams or you're making and maybe on Spotify $400 for 100,000 streams, again, depends on where you are and where you're listening. But if you get a certain amount of supporters, you know, we have a couple of artists that have 100 supporters on one song, now you're making even more than you are on Spotify. For that one song, everything is sort of comes into this effective stream rate, which actually is an advertising term that we flipped a little bit effective CPM or effective stream rate is sort of the amalgamation of all the different revenue that you're bringing in, that you could then turn to give to that artist.Dan Runcie 10:32That makes sense. Because if you're thinking about supporters, and you're thinking about just how many artists, you know, total that $30,000 or plus worth of revenue, then you're likely, as you mentioned, you're probably going to have a few at the top, it sounds like there's a few that have 100 or more supporters, but I see. But it does seem like something where you know, as it grows, and it continues, that'll be good. But at least in my perception, you get some if I'm wrong, it seems like it's most likely going to be you know, a few artists that end up doing the doing really well with it. But then their success in a lot of ways not only paves the way for others, but if they become case studies, they could be like, Oh, look how much money so and so made for being able to support us that influences others who either are already on Audiomack, to push their supporters more heavily or encourage us folks that may be on a different platform to come in short years and do the same.David Ponte 11:27That's a really good point. That's what my job and the marketing team's job has been to work with artists to create campaigns for those artists a way to get their fans engaged, but also to prove and provide a template for artists that might follow those artists that we're working with, to then do their own campaigns. And we've seen some of that, I'd like to see more, you know, when we built some additional functionality, and some changes, I think we will see more. But I wanted to give you some examples of some of the cool campaigns that we've seen artists do. So one is this is a Latin pop artist, her name is Noemi, and she had a really cool idea she came to us, we've helped her sort of put it together, essentially, one of her friends makes custom sneakers. So they made three different customs types of sneakers that like know, the sort of look and of the sneakers are obviously correlated to what her album and our theme of her album was that you support. And then when you support it, you know you have a chance to win these custom sneakers that she's going to sign that the artist is going to sign and send that. So she had a good amount of supporters, but not too many to where if you bought a badge, you would have no shot, right? I think she had close to 30 supporters for this. And one of those supporters will get this custom pair of like Air Force ones that are really, really dope. That was really cool example of how one artist, you know, created something with their fans and made some money in the process. But really, it was really to get more attention about her song. We had another artist, a huge dancehall artist, Alkaline, one of the biggest artists out of Jamaica, he's really big in Florida, there's a very large Jamaican diaspora in South Florida. And like the Fort Lauderdale area, I think there's more Jamaicans Jamaican-Americans there than anywhere in the US. So we got a concert, they're very highly sought-after events that happened actually just this past week. And if you were, he picked five supporters to come to the show on his behalf. So you, if you supported him in his song, you'd have a chance to win tickets to the show. So I thought that was really really interesting. He has such he was already getting he had more supporters than anyone who really didn't like do a campaign. He's just a mass of artists and Audiomack is really big in Jamaica and in the Caribbean. So his fans are really excited about that. I think a couple actually flew to Florida for the show. And they got a bunch of merch Audiomack merch, they got Alkaline merch, and they're really, really happy about that. So those are a couple of examples that I was really excited about, just like how we could bridge the gap from online to real-life, like a real-life experience.Dan Runcie 14:01Yeah, the Alkaline story hits home for me, I've actually been getting better again, I have family in the Fort Lauderdale area. So that speaks volumes there. And I feel like I'm thinking about the other places of the country that have pretty big shake-up populations, of course, New York, but also our for the county, which is where I'm from you got a good amount there. So I feel like alkaline has some Audiomack real estate there as well. But I think you know, zooming out of it and talking to you and you know, most of your colleagues as well at Audiomack. I do see the broader strategy around getting creators on board, how do we best support them? And how do we empower them to maximize what they can do and use our platform to make that happen? I know you all recently launched the Creator app as well, which I think is also along these lines. So can you talk a little bit about that and what you thought the market needed that made you want to launch this?David Ponte 14:55The Creator app, again, Charlie Kaplan, he was the architect of this and there was really a gap in the market, right? Like, if you look at our competitors, it's just not something that they focus on, right? Like the, you know, for our competitors, the majority of the music that they get are from distributors. So there's no touchpoint between the platform and the artist. And again, that's what our goal is to draw the shortest line between the artists and the fan. So more intermediaries expand that line, as opposed to shortening it. The Creator app is a tool that allows artists to through an app environment and not a website environment, what you could do on our Creator dashboard on the web, but the app allows you to engage with fans through comments. It allows you to see your stats, see where people are playing your music, what geographic area, see, you know, the graphs in terms of how many streams and how many playlists, ads, and favorite favorites are getting. And we're adding monetization to this as well. In fact, it's almost done by the time people statistics should be, the monetization functionality should be available in the Audiomack creator app. And what this will do is allow you to withdraw money from your audio Max stream earnings and your supportive edge sales directly. So this was a really, really important feature because, you know, if you think about if you have crypto, right, if you have the Coinbase app or one of these other apps, you probably look at seeing how much money or you're losing or gaining on a given minute, right? With crypto, you open your banking apps all the time you open your stock apps, if you have investments, when there's money involved, people are gonna want to check it all the time, obviously, it's their livelihood. So we're gonna give the artists the ability to withdraw directly from the Creator app and put that money in their pocket. And hopefully, they'll use that to expand their artistry, develop their career, and invest in tools that help them, you know, create more art for all of us. So the critter app is actually grown more than I thought we've already beat our goals. You know, we had goals for the marketing team to exceed a certain amount. And we've already exceeded them way early. So there's a high demand for it. And I think our competitors don't really take that part of the artist's lifecycle seriously. And I think it's really important. So we were happy to swoop in and provide that value for our artists.Dan Runcie 17:08And I think for the folks listening, to a lot of people, no, of course, you have the web interface, but a lot of the companies do go through this transition where okay, we clearly have it's available on the web. But let's build the app. And there's a number of reasons why I think it just leads to more stickiness, more usage. But are there any other advantages that you all had in terms of, okay, this app, whether it's the potential to have a moat around this, or the potential to have something stronger, because, of course, as you mentioned, a lot of it was available through the web before. But I do think that you know, an app just allows you to have likely a few more lasting touchpoints, and being able to add a bit more direct valueDavid Ponte 17:47100%. The whole concept of having an app is how can you make it more sticky, right? You know, all the social media apps are designed to essentially monopolize your attention, right? And for better or worse, that's how the app world is and how the world is. So how can we make it more sticky? What are the things that artists really want to glean from an app like a creator app, you know, some things that make them you know, make better decisions, or provide insights that allow them to pivot, if things aren't working or put more resources into something is really working, they need the information to do that. And it needs to be an ease-to-access that information, you know, to access our Creator dashboard, you know, on the web, it's not the smoothest situation, it's made for a desktop website. So an app allows you to just see it, click on it, and then instantly access, it is much quicker. And we had a similar, it was a similar process back in 2015 when Audiomack was just a website. And we started to see all the web traffic going down, and all the mobile web traffic going up. And that was probably similar for a lot of companies at that time period, and then once we created the apps at the beginning of that year, the game changed for us, and it's just something about an app that people love, and it's probably because it's made to monopolize their thoughts, unfortunately.Dan Runcie 19:07Yeah, definitely. And with this, you talked to a fair amount as well about your competitors. And of course, you're in the unique place where to call it DSP or digital streaming provider, maybe a bit too blanket because I think each of them are so different in what they offer. But I do think that you all have such a unique place where for a lot of it, maybe the competition at this point is if there is a home that an artist more likely to independent artists is trying to build and grow their career, it's whether or not that home is with you or with another else even if they may still some of them especially as they grow, they may still want to have the awareness wherever their listeners may be, so they may still put some stuff elsewhere but it's about Okay, where's that home base? Because I think no different than a company now. There's all these platforms where you could put your attention and everything but most people are poor. I'll be picking one or two to focus on and put everything behind. So I assume it's probably that way for artists, but it'd be good to hear from your perspective how that lens is, with competitors. Knowing that, you know, I'm sure you probably want to have that home base. But there are other artists that may, you know, have their feet in a few different waters.David Ponte 20:20That's exactly right. Home Base, I mean, I believe Dave probably has used that exact language verbatim, to describe what our goal is, you know, we want an artist to again, open up that Audiomack app and see if everything is going and then go from there. I always tell artists, when we speak to them, I'm not asking them to do everything, and only on Audiomack, right, Audiomack is a piece of their puzzle, they're going to have to put out visuals, they're going to have to use other platforms to gain fans. And that's fine. But we want them to really start their day and start their journey with Audiomack. So we have a couple of tools that are coming out very soon, that should reinforce that brand vision of becoming the home base for an artist at first place that they start the first song they upload the first 10,000 plays that they get. And it's incredibly important, it's incredibly competitive because we're, you know, really a David and Goliath scenario here, it's not a coincidence at all, our name is Dave here. So, you know, we're dealing with companies that are in the billions and billions of dollars of revenue. And, you know, we have to use that to our advantage, you know, similar to that old story from the Bible, or, you know, you have to be nimble, you have to outsmart them, you have to out-innovate them. And sometimes that works to your advantage if you want to add a product. And you know, Dave, and I and the team are behind it, we'll do it quick. You can't do that at a big company with all the bureaucracy, and that's owned by shareholders. So we try to innovate, you know, and be ahead of the wave as opposed to following the way and that's precisely it was creating that home base being the first place that artists journey so that one, they remember you in their laurels, you and we've seen that with a lot of artists, you know, that we've helped launch that are big now. And they come and they still, you know, fuck with us, for lack of a better phrase, pardon my French, but they come back and they still come to our studio, they're still meet with us, still create content with us and still promote Audiomack links.Dan Runcie 22:18Yeah, and I think you alluded to this artist's guy that you have coming up because I think a lot of it's that right? What is that playbook that you want to be able to give artists that they can see, and I'm sure it's involving Audiomack, but you're probably addressing the broader music ecosystem and chess promotion as well. Is there anything more about that rollout? And what that will look like for artists to share? Let's take a quick break to hear a word from this week's sponsor.David Ponte 22:45Yeah, so the artist's guide is going to be a free educational resource and glossary for artists, musicians, primarily, that are just starting or have recently started their career in their development as an artist. So the way that we approached it is if we're an artist, what would I search into Google, right? Meaning when do I need a manager? Or what is publishing? Or, you know, when do I get a lawyer? Or when should I get a record deal? Or what distributor should I choose? Anything that you might like, type into Google is kind of how we thought of it is something that we wanted to provide that answer for. And we had our very talented writer and editor, senior head of their, Donna Jasmine, best-selling author, Donna, who had interviewed dozens and dozens of industry experts from companies ranging from you know, Sony, to Universal to BMI to just all the big companies that do provide services for artists, and ask them the answer to those questions that you might type into Google. So we cultivated all this, we aggregated all this. And now we're providing all this for free, we're not charging anyone for it. If you go on the Audiomack app, you'll be able to access them. And you'll be able to learn and find out the answers to these questions. Because, frankly, I didn't even know a lot of these answers. I mean, there's so much to learn in the music industry. And you know, I know some things but there's a lot of things that I don't know, and I wouldn't be going through this guide learned a lot. And it can be one small decision that an artist would make that can make a huge impact on their career in their life. Right? If maybe they just hesitated before they signed that deal they might have not been locked in. Or maybe if they just chose that distributor that you know, provided them an entryway into all these different playlists or, you know, whatever. They would have been better off saying we're very excited to drop this should drop it into some point on April 22. And I really think people are going to be excited about this. We'll also have a video component which we're calling artists one on one. It's really really cool. So basically, it's, you know, a narration of these answers, and we have a whole animated series devoted to that similar to Schoolhouse Rock. If you remember We're from back in the day. So it's like Schoolhouse Rock vibes, but with artists' education, so we realized that a lot of artists, you know, aren't going to read long paragraphs about stuff, just Realistically speaking, or just people, in general, see a long paragraphs, and we're not going to read it. So we created this audio and visual way to consume that, as a lot of artists probably will learn better that way. So they'll be able to figure out some of the answers to these questions that they've been interested in learning about.Dan Runcie 25:27Does the artist's guide include following Z from Audiomack on Twitter to make sure you stay up on the latest?David Ponte 25:34So I will tell you the truth in his tweet threads are one of the inspirations for this, I'm not even capping at all this sort of predicated our decision to do this, because his threads get so much engagement. And people are genuinely interested in learning about this stuff. Sometimes people are afraid to ask, they don't want to be known as a beginner artist, right? Artists, especially in rap and hip hop, you know, you start off as successful write your first song, you're already talking about how you're really successful, you might be hesitant to maybe admit to yourself that you need to learn about these things if you're going to be successful in the long term. So hopefully, we could provide this to any type of artist who, you know, even shows the slightest interest in gaining this knowledge. Dan Runcie 26:20Yeah, I agree. And I said that in there because I think it's 100%. We just know how especially Twitter is as a platform, there is always going to be some crazy take that rises to the top, and having someone like Zia there to be like, “Hey, I'm going to call the bullshit, how would I see it, and this is how it is.” It always gets engagement or the organic tweets that he has, and I remember telling that to him last time I saw him like, I mean, he knows it, but I'm like, you know, you're doing good work. And that's why these things are valuable. There's so much that isn't necessarily there out in the open even as much information that there is now and sometimes sure you can listen to some of these clubhouse rooms, where you're not always going to get the most helpful information out there, you may get passionate voices that sound like they know what they're talking about. But that isn't always the case. So I think that having something like this, that's easy to access, because at the end of the day, you know, whether it's on Twitter, or whatever, so there's only so much reach that we have. But knowing that your platform with audiomack is the biggest reach that you all have as a company being able to bring that altogether doesn't make sense. And I mean, I think for you all, this is how you kind of have that David versus Goliath piece because the other companies don't necessarily put the same things out to the same extent they have their own version of it. Like, I know that one of the major DSPs put out a report a couple of weeks ago about some of their stats, and we always see those things. But I think that it's a little bit tougher for the companies that aren't as forward about supporting independent artists are really trying to be that advocate when their role is much more to serve and be their, you know, their main customers than major record labels versus your main customer is the artist. So it's a very different dynamic.David Ponte 28:03That's a very nice way to put it, you can probably frame it in a way that sounds much more nefarious and evil. But listen, if another company is helping artists succeed, we are not going to be, have any problem with that. That's ultimately what we want. That's why we're agnostic. You know, if an artist has success and one of our competitors, I will never say don't do them, or our competitors might say that about us, right. But ultimately, we want them to become successful. Because, you know, for example, like the artist I was talking about what lotto she just came out with are really good. Um, she performed at one of our shows, you know, a couple of years before the pandemic. And you know, we had her come by our studio, we created content with her when really, she was not very well known outside of Atlanta. And now she's an amazing, like, a huge star was a huge hit album. And she came back and she did one of our fine-tunes, which is one of our video content series. And she came back and she did that for us, her, and her fans. And if we didn't have that we didn't establish that trust with her and her team, you know, multiple years ago, then she would have just not came by when she was in New York. So, you know, I think when you put out a good energy, it comes back to you, we really believe in that. So the other companies that might have an interest in not having artists be educated, unfortunately, there probably would not want that, because then they might not get the best type of deal when they're working with those artists. And unfortunately, that's how the music industry is. And we're hoping to change that as much as we can.Dan Runcie 29:34Are there ever any challenges that you do? Face, just given the position that you're in? Of course, I mean, on one hand, I do look at what you're doing very different than some of the major streaming or some of the much larger streaming services, but they in many ways are still offering a service and you know, at a much larger scale, but how does that impact your strategy or your goals for what you're doing? Are there any regular challenges that their presence creates, or that you know, you all have, as you know, your role in the, as a streaming platform?David Ponte 30:09We do have many challenges, it's tough, part of the challenges stem from just growing, you know, just as any business grows, you know, more employees, you know, more money, more problems, kind of thing. I think we want to expand even more globally, one of our focuses, right, so as the CMO, you know, me and the other executives figure out are what, what are we focused on, we have to kind of think of things in that way, where it's like, alright, let's focus on what we're going to do for the first half of 22. One of them is how are we going to bring African music to the rest of the world, and particularly to the diaspora in the US, right? So we're really big in Africa, where we help sort of paved the way for a lot of Afro beats music to be popular in the UK and in the US. So we think we want to expand this music elsewhere to other places where people might want, you know, whether you're a part of the diaspora, or whether you're just someone who might like the Afrobeat vibe, which is most people, you know, in Europe, you know, Belgium, Germany, you know, we're looking to get into Punjabi music, and they have a large diaspora in the US, Canada, UK. So the challenge is having to do all these deals with all these labels, and get them to allow us to get licenses around the world, and especially in Africa, where we have such a large user base, and we have a lot of leverage because we are very big there. So, you know, we want to get the best deals we can. And it's a tough deal. Doing licensing deals with labels is very, very tough. It takes our team a lot of time, it doesn't move quickly. As I mentioned earlier, we're used to moving quick and being nimble. And then when we work with large companies, it takes a while. So that's a challenge for me being the curator, and the marketer is trying to figure out, you know, how can I get these artists to get more fans getting more fans means I need their music to be available in more regions. So that's certainly a challenge. I think another challenge is just how can we maintain our differentiation? What are our competitive advantages? You know, a lot of times, you know, we're working with to combat these other companies, they have such large budgets and resources. And, you know, we have to fight the urge to try and follow them instead, to create our own path or own blue ocean, which was a book that came out years ago I read that made a big impact on is how can I, you know, create our own blue ocean. And, as opposed to following and trying to catch up, let's have them chase us instead. And we've had some success doing that a lot of the big streaming services have copied us, and a lot of the things that we've done, which is flattering, but annoying, too. So how can we maintain our value proposition, but really fortify it, as opposed to saying, We got to do more things like they're doing because they have so many users, so it must work. Let's do what they're doing. So that's a challenge is to try and say, All right, let's How can we accomplish it a different way? How can we keep this person engaged in the app in a different way? So part of that is things like artist's guides, orders, and Audiomack World in general, which is sort of a, which is where the artists guide is going to be part of the Audiomack World, which is essentially a blog interview site. That's any streaming service, right? streaming services, utility, you have songs in there, you go to the live streaming service, the same songs are in there. There's not much difference between Spotify and Apple Music, you know, besides some UI, maybe podcasts. But you know, Audiomack World is an entire site that you could read and learn and discover artists without just relying on a playlist algorithm to put it in front of you at the right time. We have this other way, really the old way, because we come out of the blog era. No, we're born out of the blog era. So that was how you discovered music at the end of the arts in the beginning part of the 10s. And we tried to take what was special about that, where you learned to read about artists, and you learned about them through interviews and stuff like that on blogs, and we're taking that and we put that in the utility of the streaming service. So we're trying to just build that out and really showcase our the artists that use us in a different way than other streaming services.Dan Runcie 34:15Right, and that point to about them copying you, that's, you know, not surprising at all because I think to your point, you're doing unique things, you're able to move a bit more nimbly, and I'm sure you likely also get acquisition offers, especially in this climate that we're in now. And if you're just like thinking about, you know, where things are, I think even things in terms of the future, whether it's, you know, web three or the metaverse, there's opportunities that you all like we have to be able to make moves in those areas if that's something that's on your roadmap, a bit easier than some of the others because they are larger companies, and it's just tougher for them to pivot in that type of way.David Ponte 34:55Yeah, Web 3.0 is interesting. Everyone likes to talk about web three. It's changing the Internet as we know it, slowly, but surely, a lot of it is hype. You know, there's some music streaming services that are Web 3.0 and some up cool ideas, and I like them. And then other ones are probably scams that people are gonna lose a lot of money on, I think one of them, 80% of the tokens are owned by one person. So it's, whatever you see something like that, you have to question, you know, the actual motives of that one person there. No, and they've already done a lot of shady things that I will get into. But other Web 3.0 music companies are doing cool things, and we look at that we go, we might be able to do something like that. Again, if it adds value to artists, it could put money in artists' pockets, and it's like legitimately and the value exchange between the fan and the artist is equal, then you're damn right, we're gonna look into doing that. There's some awesome, exciting things we're looking at, in terms of, again, this concept of supporters, how can we create a real-life experience from something that was born out of the app, if you buy a badge, a supporters badge, maybe that's an NFT, maybe that NFT gets you access into a shop, or it gets you access into, you know, sell merch, or something like that? You know, can you accomplish those things without having to, you know, waste a lot of electricity, maybe, but maybe there's a way to do it cheap. It could be on the blockchain, you know, you could validate the token that someone has or the NFT that they have, and then provide, you know, that gets some access into something or, you know, helps create a community around. I think a lot of the appeal of web three is that it's a community in a discord. Right? All the big ones are in a Discord. You know, people want to be part of a group of like-minded individuals. So it's maybe not because of the blockchain, but because you're in a community, right? So we're trying to think about, how can we accomplish things with does web three, make it more efficient, cheaper, easier, more lucrative than we would employ that, but we're not going to do it just for the press, which some companies are are doing and watch.Dan Runcie 37:05Something that I thought about, I remember thinking about this back when I had the conversation with Charlie, and he was first explaining the idea behind supporters is this is a concept that other platforms outside of music have done on the blockchain, but you aren't really shown that, okay, you could still have these dynamics off of it. And I'm not going to get into the whole discussion of if you could do something on versus off-chain, that and you still do it on-chain. But I do think that it highlights that a, if you're going to do something in this space, it should really be either an additive in a way that you're leveraging something that you didn't have like I think there's a very easy connection of thinking of what could a token look like for a supporter of a particular artist like Iran? Like I think there's plenty of things there. But does that enable you to do something that you couldn't currently already do through the current audio Max supporters? Or does allow you to do it better or more efficiently or something to build to the future? I think, I mean, I could imagine that that's the thought process, as opposed to just kind of, oh, let's do a web three thing. And then let's do that. But I've seen it, you know, different pitch decks and all these things. And it's like, I don't know if that's quite the way to do it, but I feel like, for you all, there's a clear through-line there.David Ponte 38:22Yeah, there is. And that was well said, I concur with what you just said, you know, there's, do it to add value. Don't do it for the like dog and pony show part of it, where it's like, we're on-trend. We're doing all this Web 3.0. Now we're worth more, you know, one of the things you know, our supporter's badge, you know what I like it if like if you bought a supporters badge, it was actually an NFT. And we minted it for you. And then you could keep that, or you could sell that or trade that. That would be great. I mean, there's obviously a ton of work involved with that. One of the things that I think a lot of companies are wrestling with is that you know, Web 3.0 is inherently decentralized, right? Businesses are not decentralized, they are centralized. And you want to keep it centralized because that's how you control things. And that's ultimately how you're going to make money. But if you put it on the blockchain, and it's decentralized, you don't control it anymore. And that can be a bad thing, can be a good thing, but could be a bad thing, too. And there's risk involved with that. And obviously, companies are about mitigating risk. So I do think there's a couple of things we're looking at that could be really interested in adding a lot of value to artists, you know, being able to scan and an NFT to get into a community. Right? If you buy a supporter's badge, you are now eligible to be messaged by that artist. So like Wiz Khalifa did, he did, did a supporters campaign, people supported him, and he gave them you know, I forgot the amount I think 25% or 20% off of March. So he sent them a message. Thanks for being a supporter. You know, I'm really grateful and you know, by I just came out with a new capsule and you get 20% off so stuff like that, you know, can you then take your NFT or somehow prove that you have that as opposed to putting in a code? You show them that or scan that or do something? There's a lot of potential for sure.Dan Runcie 40:11Yeah, I think so if we're just thinking about separating the noise from the opportunity, I think there's still a lot of room to grow with that for sure. But I think we'll get there. I mean, like I've used as an analogy before, I think we're very much still in this, like pets.com era of things. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. But that means that there is some grift, there's some good, and I still think we're kind of in this period, where the real champions of this era are still, you know, may still yet to emerge. Some of them may have already started. But we'll see. It's an exciting time for sure. But we get to the tail end. And before we let you go, I know you shared a few things that you already have in store and a few things that you have coming up. But is there anything else coming up soon for Audiomack that you want to plug in or let the tribal audience know about?David Ponte 40:59I mentioned how we're going to, one of our goals is in focuses, is to bring Afro beats to America. And we've done this to some degree, we want to keep doing it. You know, all of us here are just such big fans of that type of music and that wave, you know, whether it be Burna Boy, David, Joeboy, Fireboy, Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, there's just so many great artists and also from South Africa, we're really big fans of Amapiano and sort of the South African dance music scene. So we want to bring that type of dance music to the US and be at the forefront of that. So there could be a tour coming up with a few artists that are going to be coming maybe to a city near you. Or maybe if you buy a supporter's badge for these artists, you'll get certain types of access, maybe you get to meet the artist. So we're trying to take what was cool about supporters and about Audionmack and the app, and then turn that into real-life things in the real experiences that are turned into just unforgettable memories for that fan. And great revenue opportunities for that artist. So stay tuned.Dan Runcie 42:04That's awesome. Good stuff. I'm excited for you guys. This will be good. We'll definitely keep in touch with you and stay in lock with what Audiomack is doing. But Dave, thanks for coming on. It's been a pleasure.David Ponte 42:14Thanks for having me, Dan, and it's, I love what you're doing. I'm the one who puts the podcast on our trending section on audiomack and helps you get more fans like that. So please keep uploading, keep helping people, learn about the music business and the music industry, and I'm thrilled to be on and can't wait to see how my voice sounds when I listen to it later.Dan Runcie 42:37No, I appreciate that. No. Thank you. 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