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Breaking the Panel!

by Giant Size Team Up Network

Join in the never-ending discussion, of all things FANDOM via interesting news, the podcast, streaming, and more! The crew (and friends) talk about what they love in fandom while really trying to making each other laugh each week. This podcast is a proud member of Giantsizeteamup.com

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  1. ADD: Why do You Call Yourself a Pro?

    With DragonCon, looming Charles has been working with a lot of different creators. He is challenging the crew with the question “Why do you Call Yourself a Pro?” With Bobby Blackwolf on board, all five of us consider ourselves professionals and we cover a lot of different reasons why. Then after...

  2. How do you handle waiting for something exciting?

    We are learning that Mike Ellison is a bit like a puppy. He looks good fuzzy, has great breath, and gets so excited he pees on the floor! So he asks us old dogs "How do you handle waiting for something exciting?" Phil buries himself in work, Tony P. finds ways to ignore it, and Charles just lives...

  3. ADD: The Lead up to DragonCon Goes Virtual 2020

    Tony P. really shows us all what it means to have a professional rockstar type intro for your show. But in all sincerity, we use the dumpster fire as our logo for a reason. He wanted all of us to share our favorite DragonCon Memories so far as we get excited for DragonCon Goes Virtual 2020. Our...

  4. ADD: Are DC Movies Getting Better?

    Mike Ellison jumped into this episode with his amazement of DC Movies that are upcoming. With all of the DC movie trailers that dropped. He asks us "Are DC Movies Getting Better?" Oddly enough Charles hasn't seen any of them. Phil had his commentary and Tony P brought in the humor as he does. He...

  5. ADD: Toys You Wanted but Never Got

    Phil jumps into his childhood with the question of what were the toys that you wanted but never got. It brought up some great memories of toys that we had forgotten. Names you know pop up like He-Man, Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, and the like. And we learn of toys we really weren't that familiar…

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  6. ADD: The Story of your First Gaming System

    Tony P. Henderson kicks us off with a question about gaming consoles. Specifically, he wants to know the stories of your first gaming system. Charles says he has a sad origin story and it throws Tony off. In general, we all have a unique story to tell of how we were introduced to gaming and what...

  7. ADD: Who is Your Animation Alter Ego?

    This is the next-gen show that we are doing. Make sure to change your subscription to anchor.fm/almostdailypod or find Almost Daily Discourse in your favorite podcatcher. Charles lives in his own universe and we all know this. Right now he is asking us "Who is Your Animation Alter Ego?" So even...

  8. Breaking the Panel Ep 230 Vol 4 "So Long and Thanks for all the Fish"

    Chris brings us our final topic of "What's Next?" Its been a long journey of ups and downs as we have done this show. It spawned from a show about a game, became a network, and a show about comic geekery. Over the years we have grown and changed. The faces, the topics, the relationships, and...

  9. Breaking the Panel Ep 230 Vol 3 "The Dumb Things we do to Impress Others"

    Charles has his moments. I mean in his own world in his own head. He kicks off the show tonight with a story of his youngest son and Guitar Hero. He realizes that it was a dumb way to impress so he asks the boys what are "The Dumb Things we do to Impress Others?" Everyone takes a turn dumping on...

  10. Finding the Stories Trailer

    Charles is launching a new podcast called Finding the Stories. Check out this trailer and listen as episode one drops Labor day Monday. Subscribe at anchor.fm/findingthestories

  11. Breaking the Panel Ep 230 Vol 2 "What Will Get You to the Theater?"

    Tony has been itching to get out into the world (kinda - we all know he is an introvert.) So with some news hitting about reopening theaters and low ticket prices he starts the conversation by asking us how soon we were looking to return. There is a consensus basically that we all want to wait.…

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  12. Breaking the Panel Ep 230 Vol 1 "What's Awesome in your Studio?"

    Phil has some studio envy of Charles as is evident by tonight's topic! He asks everyone what is something awesome that they have in their studio. While everything has a story Charles has a bobblehead of himself that he LOVES! So yeah there is a ton of grief about that. Tony has some Dragon Con...

  13. Breaking the Panel Ep 229 Vol 4 "Your Favorite Female Protagonists"

    Philip your favorite neighborhood Imaginary Nomad is swinging through with his Fav female protagonist. That of course gets the ball rolling (and after a few jabs about Merida - see the last volume) we get into all kinds of awesome female-led content. Marvel Rising gets like ten minutes of talk…

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  14. Breaking the Panel Ep 229 Vol 3 "Characters/Actors that you Irrationally Hate"

    Tony P. has brought up the idea that sometimes there is a character or actor that you just hate and you really have no reason too. Nuru steps right up with no apologies and tap dances all over a beloved Disney Princess the Charles holds dear. So that became an issue that took some resolving. Phil...

  15. Breaking the Panel Ep 229 Vol 2 "Warrior Nun & Umbrella Academy"

    We are joined tonight by Nuru @thenaijanerds and he wants to talk about Warrior Nun and the Umbrella Academy. He binge-watched the Warrior Nun in two days as did Mike Ellison. This is as much of a spoiler-free discussion as we can make it. Different people on the panel watched the shows but you...

  16. Breaking the Panel Ep 229 Vol 1 "What World Would You Live in?"

    Mike Ellison with the toss of the dice won the opening topic for tonight's show. He brings up fictional worlds (because you know the real one is in beta release right now) and asks us "What World Would You Live in?" Somehow we start gravitating to post-apocalyptic worlds where death and…

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  17. Breaking the Panel Ep 228 Vol 4 "Fictional universes that should be better"

    Mike Ellison. What can we say about Mike except he is the price we have to pay to have Stephanie Crugnola create with us. Sigh. Welp, He brought up the topic of "Fictional universes that should be better" and it ran its course as one would expect from us. We talk Star Wars, Bladerunner, uh look…

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  18. Breaking the Panel Ep 228 Vol 3 "What Media have you Started and not Finished?"

    Philip steps up to the plate with the topic for tonight! He asks us "What Media have you Started and not Finished?" We run the gamut of TV and movies with Tony P. Henderson bringing up Cloud Atlas, Charles brought up The Expanse, Phil has just about every movie/TV series out there like Locke &…

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  19. Breaking the Panel Ep 228 Vol 2 "How far is too far in Robotics?”

    Tony P Henderson jumps in to make his mark with a question about robotics and AI. He prefaced his question with suggestions of self-driving cars, voice assistants, and of course sexbots. This is where we find out that Phil is scared of AI, Charles has some very specific thoughts on the situation,...

  20. Breaking the Panel Ep 228 Vol 1 "SciFi/Fantasy That is Odd or Campy”

    Tonight we have 4 fresh new topics for your consumption! Charles kicks this show off with his topic of "SciFi/Fantasy That is Odd or Campy”. He gets going with one of his favorite movies "Krull". It fits perfectly because Tony hasn't even heard of it and half the panel hasn't seen it. Somehow…

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  21. Breaking the Panel Ep 227 Vol 4 "Building the Great Community”

    Charles took advantage of the fact that everyone on the show has built or been a part of a great community. So he relays some mild drama in one of his communities to get the creative juices flow. We hear how Bill purposefully built his community, how Frank learned some rough lessons, and how Phil...

  22. Breaking the Panel Ep 227 Vol 3 "Characters That Need More Love”

    Now it is Franks turn to blow our minds and He brings the topic of "Characters That Need More Love”. He starts off with one of his favorite questions "who is your favorite Ninja turtle" and goes on to show that there are so many characters in that IP that we do recognize and love. Once we get the...

  23. Breaking the Panel Ep 227 Vol 2 "Movies that Don't Hold Up”

    We have not one but two awesome people on with us tonight - Frank Allen and Bill Fairchild! And in this volume Bill steps up and takes his shot! Bill wanted to know what movies we LOVED as a kid that just don't make it today. Movies like The Punisher and Masters of the Universe come up, but Phil...

  24. Breaking the Panel Ep 227 Vol 1 "What's Cookin' Good Lookin'?”

    We have not one but two awesome people on with us tonight - Frank Allen and Bill Fairchild! They both bring excellent topics to the table but we like to warm things up with one of our own so Phil starts us off by asking "What's Cookin' Good Lookin'?” He brings up some of his favorite dishes to...

  25. Breaking the Panel Ep 226 Vol 4 "Artificial Scarcity”

    Paul loves to talk about the industry of collecting. Tonight he brings up the topic of Artificial Scarcity and how it affects the collecting market. He specifically brings up how a recent collector box sold out in minutes due to bots and really hurt the fans. We all have something that we see as...

  26. Breaking the Panel Ep 226 Vol 3 "What's in Your Collection?”

    Phil keeps surprising us each week with something else he has collected. So tonight he tells us more about why he collects and asks us "What's in Your Collection?” Paul dives headlong into miniatures, Mike mentions sneakers, and Charles has a known collection of Cookie Monsters. Yeah, the one…

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  27. Breaking the Panel Ep 226 Vol 2 "Burnout Vs. A Lifetime of Play”

    We have all had games that we liked playing but somehow moved away from. Then there are the games that become more like a job than a recreational past time. After hearing that Paul has backed off of Animal Crossing Charles asks about "Burnout Vs. A Lifetime of Play”. We tweeted about this earlier...

  28. Breaking the Panel Ep 226 Vol 1 "The Waiting Game”

    Mike Ellison returns to check in on us this week and asks us what is on our waiting list. Like many people Mike will put things on this wish list like Newegg, Amazon, and the like and sit on it for a while. He researches, ponders, and lusts after new tech. We all do. So we discuss the things that...

  29. Breaking the Panel Ep 225 Vol 4 "Sh#$%y Wrestling Ideas w/ ScottyeMo”

    Our guest tonight is Scottye Mo and amongst other things, he is a fan of wrestling. In fact one of his podcasts is taking bad wrestling ideas and trying to make that work. So he brought it to us and it was indeed bad ideas. About halfway through we get his take on the COVID situation and…

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  30. Breaking the Panel Ep 225 Vol 3 "HBO Go-s Away and the Great Tik Tok Scare”

    Charles made a discovery this week. He found out that his Roku Tv was not going to be offering HBO Go after the end of July. Also, it turns out that HBO Max was not going to be offered either. So this brought up a conversation about gatekeeping, negotiations, and what is best for consumers. Then…

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  31. Breaking the Panel Ep 225 Vol 2 "Inspirational Media from your Childhood”

    Paul brings some beauty and inspiration to our lives this week. He wants to know what we watched as children that brought inspiration to our lives and helped shape who we are. Charles really loved Reading Rainbow as a kid and even talks about Picture Pages. Paul brings up the "holy trinity" and...

  32. Breaking the Panel Ep 225 Vol 1 "What's Your Guilty Pleasure?”

    Phil has been thinking about the things he loves that maybe he doesn't really want people to know about. Of course, we were all like you are right now - REEEEEAAAAAALLLLYYY worried it was going to be some weird porn thing. Turns out its Movies, TV, and Music related. So we all breathe a sigh of...

  33. Breaking the Panel Ep 224 Vol 4 "Simulated Life: What do you do?”

    Steve brings us a crazy sideways question - "It has been proven that life is a simulation. What would you do?" Of course, The Purge comes up as does despair. Tony P. Henderson has a theory that all social norms/nice guy attitudes would go out the window. Theories arise that many would refuse to...

  34. Breaking the Panel Ep 224 Vol 2 "What are your Favorite Summer Memories?”

    Phil has been reminiscing about his teenage years and his Father. He signed his dad up as a volunteer to get some VIP tickets. That leads him to ask us "What are your Favorite Summer Memories?” There are many shared about festivals, the lack of responsibility, staying out until the street lamps...

  35. Breaking the Panel Ep 224 Vol 2 "Which celebrity would you want as president?”

    Tony P. Henderson joins in the fun on this episode. The world is getting crazier by the minute with many celebs putting their name in the running for President of the US. So he rolls in and asks us "Which celebrity would you want as president?" Charles off the bat gets serious and spawns a real...

  36. Breaking the Panel Ep 224 Vol 1 "Starwars, Netflix, and Movie Dates"

    Charles has been on the web today (that is dangerous we know.) He found a headline about the future of Kathleen Kennedy/StarWars, Netflix has The Old Guard, and all of the upcoming movie dates have been moved. We tackle som bro tears and toxic masculinity, find out there are more image comics on...

  37. Breaking the Panel Ep 223 Vol 4 "Who are your fallen heroes?"

    In this age of crisis and truth, Paul has been disappointed by many a celebrity or person he looked up to. For him, many heroes have fallen so he asks us "Who are your fallen heroes?" This discussion wiggles here and there while we get deeper into the idea of what heroes are and whom we should…

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  38. Breaking the Panel Ep 223 Vol 3 "What Dreams May Come"

    Phil has had issues with sleep off and on through the years. Recently he has had recurring dreams, lucid dreams, and dreams that have simply stuck with him. So the topic that he brings is what dreams do we have or have had that are similar. Kurt, Paul, and Charles all have something to add in…

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  39. Breaking the Panel Ep 223 Vol 2 "What lessons have you learned from Games?"

    Charles has been working with his children of their various ages to learn not only how to game but to be varied in their styles. Recently his son learned some strategy from playing games so Charles asks What lessons have you learned from Games? Phil talks of patience, Kurt brings up typing again...

  40. Breaking the Panel Ep 223 Vol 1 "What Skill would you like to have?"

    We all go through life needing to do things and wishing we could do more. Phil comes to the panel and asks what skills do we wish that we had. And then halfway through someone asks what skills do you have that you may be hated learning but are super valuable now. Typing, speaking a different...

  41. Breaking the Panel Ep 222 Vol 4 "Who taught you to play?"

    No matter where you got your start in gaming someone has influenced your playstyle. Charles got a lot of his style from his father so he asks you "Who taught you to play?" Now some of the answers are grinding up on solo games, sometimes it is friends, and of course the kind of people we grew up...

  42. Breaking the Panel Ep 222 Vol 3 "What is your favorite video game music?"

    Inspired by our guests from last week Phil wanted to talk about video game soundtracks. He asks us "What is your favorite video game music?" Of course, Final Fantasy came up more than once as did the Doom series. However, Charles brought a twist on this question with what games did you mute the...

  43. Breaking the Panel Ep 222 Vol 2 "What is a Movie that you love that may be unheard of?"

    Rob love to discuss movies and rarely gets a chance. He thought that in this day of binge-watching he would give some off the beaten path recommendations and wanted to know what ours were. He brings Magnolia, Phil talks about Wristcutters and another, Paul talks about too fun flicks on Netflix…

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  44. Breaking the Panel Ep 222 Vol 1 "Erasing the past...net gain or empty gesture?"

    We are back and this week we have @MrRobRoberts as our guest! Paul kicks off this week with the spicy topic of the new ability to erase old tweets and Facebook posts. Some of the discussion does entail current events in our society, but we also branch into how this can be a positive for you...

  45. Breaking the Panel Ep 221 Vol 4 "The Book episode for reals this time."

    Well you may have noticed the notes got screwed up and the last episode was Mike bringing us where you find game references outside of games. Here is the book question/discussion for reals this time. So it turns out that Stephanie is a High School teacher - Who Knew!!! She had to put together a...

  46. Breaking the Panel Ep 221 Vol 3 "What Books are Essential to Read?"

    So it turns out that Stephanie is a High School teacher - Who Knew!!! She had to put together a curriculum for summer reading and asked us "What Books are Essential to Read?" There is a very lively debate on what books should make the list and some good recommendations. Charles goes sideways at…

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  47. Breaking the Panel Ep 221 Vol 2 "When is change good...and when can it just suck it?"

    Paul has played games and consumed media for many years. He has seen many changes come to the properties he loves. Tonight he poses the question "When is change good…and when can it just suck it?" Stephanie, Mike, and Charles all share stories of times when a book, tv, or game series has...

  48. Breaking the Panel Ep 221 Vol 1 "What board games do you have to play but can't win and it drives you crazy"

    Charles has been playing some digital and real-life board games with his family recently. His youngest daughter is 7 years old and she is the reigning champ in the house! So some of the kids aren't super happy. Charles asks everyone what board games do you play with people that drive you crazy or...

  49. Breaking the Panel Ep 220 Vol 4 "Do you Believe in the Paranormal?"

    Phil has some ghosts stories to share. So he wanted to know if we believe in things outside the "realm of understanding" basically. There are a few ghost stories to share, some theories on aliens both ancient and current, and we find out that Charles is a big believer in multiple universes…

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  50. Breaking the Panel Ep 220 Vol 3 "You Can't Play!!!"

    Charles has been diving into a new game (for him) lately and has noticed in himself the desire to quit too early into learning a game. So he brings out some of his stories of self-defeat and how we can encourage ourselves and others to get better at the games they want to play. We also dive into...

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Join in the never-ending discussion, of all things FANDOM via interesting news, the podcast, streaming, and more! The crew (and friends) talk about what they love in fandom while really trying to making each other laugh each week. This podcast is a proud member of Giantsizeteamup.com

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