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| 302 The RubberOnion Guarantee | 10 Feb 2025 | 01:15:36 | |
Keeping things moving we have quick (for us anyway) episode that actually covers a lot of topics. There's lawsuits, trailers, and two animation use cases of A.I. in the wild that have very different public reactions. Oh and it was my birthday not long ago so Rob prepared a little surprise for me that'll definitely get this auto-flagged on various platforms for copyright because they're always too aggressive and don't take fair use cases into account. Enjoy! Timestamps:
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| 301 Butt Stuff | 17 Jan 2025 | 01:07:35 | |
It's 2025 and we catch up on some of the major stories left on the table from 2024 and look forward to the rest of the year. We chat about WFH vs Remote in our How You Doin' segment and see the return (again) of a favorite segment that was definitely recorded before "fire" was a word we really don't want to say right now. Also just to give you all a sense of continuity, we record this episode in our respective homes which of course means there was a tech issue where Rob was recording on his computer mic and not the fancy podcast one so get ready for table taps, mouse clicks, and various other noises. Happy New Year! Timestamps:
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| 292 TMNT Mutant Mayhem Review | 09 Aug 2023 | 01:11:53 | |
The time has come. We review a new TMNT movie! This is a clean review with spoilers saved for the end of the show. Obviously we talk about the story, style, acting and animation... but we also address the comparisons to Spider-Verse and more importantly what this all means for the future of animation as we see it today. Enjoy! | |||
| 202 Taking Vacations as a Freelancer | 04 Aug 2017 | 01:01:10 | |
| 201 Live From Brooklyn 6 | 31 Jul 2017 | 01:24:26 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Our last regular live Brooklyn show with Gumby, Battle Talk, and more! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes #RubberOnionPodcast Topics & Timestamps 9:06 Podcastimation 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rUfayRBOWo | |||
| 200 One Hundred, Twice | 21 Jul 2017 | 01:38:46 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! For our 200th episode we present the last (maybe) segment show with a discussion about everything that came from D23, an update to RubberOnion, Stephen talks about Spider-Man and Baby Driver, and we take Audience Questions LIVE from the chat! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud Topics & Timestamps(5:42) How You Doin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxjsWlUTz7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyWbIG8Qj6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myRPiqzygPc Check out more of your hostsStephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 199 BP AP | 12 Jul 2017 | 01:44:51 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! The trailer for the "My Little Pony" movie dropped and threw the internet into a tizzy, TMNT continues its Summer Shorts, and we get an Ax by Fax question about animating while sad. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(7:54) Animation News... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeQe_mZcyf8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED0ySD51Z2U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCuMfm03nFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F4Y76dh3PM Check out more of your hostsStephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 198 Live from Brooklyn 5 | 07 Jul 2017 | 00:54:18 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content Please Rate & Review us on iTunes LIVE SHOW! On this 5th event, we have an all screening event! Podcastimation 4, Battles from May, two cartoons from listeners Sam Albro and Elizabeth Honer, and a crazy Betty Boop cartoon... thanks to everyone who came out to our live show at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We now have a residency so our shows are going to be EVERY MONTH on the 4th Wednesday at 7:30pm at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(2:35) Podcastimation 4 https://youtu.be/B9K1uVVzwNU https://youtu.be/HEPTSFVrWm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVQSvwtZOw4 Check out more of your hostsStephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 197 Aubergine Hunger Force | 29 Jun 2017 | 02:16:56 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! There's a new Spider-Man on DisneyXD, a new film fest from GKids, Annecy & Variety, and we talk all the ins and outs of creating the 4th podcastimation. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(5:02) How You Doin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pgpLWQS4vw Check out more of your hostsStephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 196 Doggies and Tomato Soup | 21 Jun 2017 | 01:41:36 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! We talk about Disney's new "101 Dalmatian Street" series, a full trailer for a new "Frozen" animated short and what that might mean, and a question about how to manage burnout And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(5:22) How you doin? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb8WDATVB6A Check out more of your hostsStephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Segment - Creator Spotlight: Bryan Engram | 16 Jun 2017 | 00:23:50 | |
This segment is included in #RubberOnionPodcast 195 "Haha Guffaw" Follow Brazen Animation around the internet!
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| 195 Haha Guffaw | 14 Jun 2017 | 02:37:39 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! In this 2.5hr show we have an interview, audience question, and movie review... and unintentional beatboxing as well as screaming in the courtyard - great fun! Follow Brazen Animation around the internet! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(11:40) Creator Spotlight: Bryan Engram of Brazen Animation
Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 194 Live from Brooklyn 4 | 07 Jun 2017 | 01:23:42 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes LIVE SHOW! On this 4th event, we talk about Stephen's trip to Japan, sing the TMNT theme song while Stephen plays guitar, talk the #RubberOnionBattle from April and play Pictionary... thanks to everyone who came out to our live show at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We now have a residency so our shows are going to be EVERY MONTH on the 4th Wednesday at 8:30pm at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(7:37) Stephen's Japan Trip Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 291 Summer Ketchup | 19 Jul 2023 | 01:54:21 | |
There is so much going on in the industry right now that we couldn't just stick to one topic because everything is pretty tangled up. So while we do bring up things like the AI open credits of Secret Invasion, the movie Nimona, the series reboot/new season of Clone High, Mushka and I'm Hip animated shorts from Disney vets, and other stories... we also thread it with discussions on the current strike (recorded before SAG-AFTRA made theirs official), state of streaming and jobs, what is happening to theater attendance, and also a bunch of other things. | |||
| 193 Sick Show, Bro | 02 Jun 2017 | 00:39:31 | |
@RubberOnion everywhere | |||
| 192 Movement vs Progress | 24 May 2017 | 01:20:27 | |
@RubberOnion everywher | |||
| 191 Pros & Cons of Freelancing | 17 May 2017 | 01:57:37 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes HOT COCOA SHOW! You know what gets discussed a lot? Freelancing. In that, people usually talk about the freedom to make your own hours, work from home, etc but there's one major factor that Stephen thinks has been overlooked in this list of pros & cons and it's explored in this show. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(7:14) Pros & Cons of Freelancing Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 190 Britney Pickle Spears | 10 May 2017 | 01:26:59 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes HOW YOU DOIN SHOW! We riff about Pop Stars and what their food chains would be. Seriously. And it's hilarious. Comically. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(5:15) How You Doin (Radio, Cassettes, and CDs) Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 189 Pile of Dogs | 03 May 2017 | 01:10:35 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! We got Cars, we got Dogs, we got Gorillaz... we got everything you want wrapped up in our witty and humorous banter with musical punchlines edited in. What more could you want?! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(6:43) Trailer Talk... Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 188 LIVE from Brooklyn 3 | 28 Apr 2017 | 01:07:07 | |
@RubberOnion everywhere | |||
| 187 Short vs Long Content, What to Choose, and Why | 19 Apr 2017 | 01:53:03 | |
| 186 Mustache Rides | 14 Apr 2017 | 01:56:07 | |
| 185 LIVE from Brooklyn 2 | 14 Apr 2017 | 01:36:04 | |
@RubberOnion everywhere | |||
| 184 Humble Bumble | 30 Mar 2017 | 01:35:03 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! Animation News of the Week (which is "month" this time) is back! Laika CEO Travis Knight is directing the Transformers spinoff movie "Bumblebee," comedian Tim Minchin's animated film was scrapped at Dreamworks, and a special guest joins me to discuss The Simpsons 30th anniversary! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(6:41) How you doin? Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 290 Across the Spider-Verse Review | 22 Jun 2023 | 01:51:28 | |
| 183 Prince and the Plopper | 23 Mar 2017 | 02:03:00 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes TRAILER TALK! We ended up having more than a couple really interesting discussions on the Trailer Talk segment that it became the entire show! There's about 20 minutes of extra discussion uploaded to Patreon, so consider supporting there and get that and other cool stuff! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(8:23) How You Doin - "Iron Fist", St Patrick's Day, "Leprechaun 3"
Check out more of your hosts Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 182 Cartoon Cartel | 16 Mar 2017 | 01:36:13 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! We return to the much loved format with Animation News of the Week (which is "month" this time)! Two reboot discussions, a conclusion to the wage fixing lawsuit, and a mini review of "Rock Dog." And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(6:49) Rock Dog mini-review Check out more of your hosts Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Segment - Creator Spotlight: Joanna Davidovich | 10 Mar 2017 | 01:13:43 | |
This segment is included in #RubberOnionPodcast 181 "Screenings and Other Thingings" Follow Joanna Davidovich on Twitter and Tumblr
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| 181 Screenings and Other Thingings | 08 Mar 2017 | 02:26:41 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT SHOW! We have two interviews on this show: Joanna Davidovich about her awesome Indie Animation and Taylor Armstrong about the Brooklyn film fest Animation Block Party. We've talked with Taylor before and he returns to drop some more festival knowledge and even provide another awesome prize to the #RubberOnionBattle for March! Follow Joanna Davidovich: Follow Taylor Armstrong (and Animation Block Party):
And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(8:11) How You Doin?... about the Live show past and future Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Segment - Creator Spotlight: Taylor Armstrong 2 | 07 Mar 2017 | 00:27:29 | |
This segment is included in #RubberOnionPodcast 181 "Screenings and Other Thingings" Follow Taylor Armstrong on Twitter Submit a film to the Animation Block Party
(Follow @RubberOnion) | |||
| 180 LIVE from Brooklyn - 2016 Battles | 01 Mar 2017 | 01:33:04 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes FIRST LIVE SHOW! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our first live event in Brooklyn!! It was such a big success that we're going to have another live show this month... Wednesday, March 27th at 8:30pm come see us at "Freddy's Bar" For this first live event we screened all 132 submissions to the #RubberOnionBattle for 2016, showed some that weren't submitted in time, reviewed the topics that didn't win and got suggestions for March, and even had a special puppet show... that's right... a puppet show!! You can watch the full video on YouTube RIGHT NOW ON PATREON or wait a few weeks until the exclusive term is up. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(4:21) The beginning of the Battles Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Signe Baumane Interview | 22 Feb 2017 | 01:22:57 | |
CHECK OUT SIGNE'S KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FOR HER NEW FILM (ending Friday, Feb 24th @10:01am ET)
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes INTERVIEW! Signe Baumane is an Indie Animator/Filmmaker from Latvia and based right here in New York City who has a brand new project called "My Love Affair With Marriage." Her Kickstarter campaign ends this Friday, February 24th at 10:01am ET and we discussed the process of getting an independent animated film made, Kickstarter campaigns, using art to express emotions and philosophy, and making films from a woman's perspective. If you remember, we talked about "Rocks In My Pockets" in episode 45 and, spoiler alert, we loved it! So it was great to get a chance to talk with her and her partner Sturgis Warner about her career and future. Enjoy and don't forget to follow here (links below) and support her project on Kickstarter! Check out Signe around the internet: "My Love Affair With Marriage" Kickstarter And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(3:38) Introvert vs Extrovert Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| LEGO Batman Review | 15 Feb 2017 | 01:16:16 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes MOVIE REVIEW! We went to see the "LEGO Batman Movie" at a theater in Brooklyn with 3 friends and listeners of the podcast: Andrew Kaiko, Waymond Singleton, and Bryan Alvarez. After the show, we all reviewed the movie. I reviewed "The LEGO Movie" and loved it... what do you think we thought of the "LEGO Batman Movie?" And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(9:00) How You Doin? "Rob's pants story" Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Battle Talk January 2017 LIVE | 09 Feb 2017 | 01:34:37 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes BATTLE TALK! Here's the edited together version of our special live episode of the podcast talking about all your awesome submissions to the #RubberOnionBattle for January 2017! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(4:54) Battle Talk Check out more of your hosts Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Four Ponies of the Apocalypse | 01 Feb 2017 | 00:58:31 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes So many things happened last weekend and even MORE is happening in February... this is a show all about that. And other things... you'll see... And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(5:49) Recap: Book Signing at Carmine Street Comics Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 289 A.I.n't I a Stinker | 28 Apr 2023 | 02:14:58 | |
Alternate title of this episode is "A.I... or won't I?" Coudn't decide. This was obviously recorded a few months ago and many things have happened since then but the conversation still remains. There's a lot of threats out there constantly to not just our career but many careers, and the current one centers around deep/machine learning tech known as A.I. We have as open a conversation as we can about it but are simpathetic to whomever is directly affected. It's important that we support each other in this industry while staying realistic about what's coming. There's a path here that might not resolve itself until later but that's one of the things we try to think about. Hope you enjoy this conversation we have about it as we do it in our own often silly way, but would love to hear what you have to think about it as well in the comments. See you there! | |||
| Bourbon Dictionary | 25 Jan 2017 | 02:24:07 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! In preparation for Stephen's Birthday this weekend, we sip bourbon and talk about power rangers, wax intellectual on Patreon, and discuss the impending return of Samurai Jack. You know where this is going... And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(5:56) How You Doin "Stephen's Birthday Book Signing & Meetup!" Check out more of your hosts Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Battle Talk December 2016 LIVE | 19 Jan 2017 | 01:23:15 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes BATTLE TALK! Here's the edited together version of our special live episode of the podcast talking about all your awesome submissions to the #RubberOnionBattle for December 2016! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(5:01) Battle Talk Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Cujo and the Three Kings | 11 Jan 2017 | 01:21:22 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! For our first segment show of 2017 we pair it up as half a Road Trip episode too! We talk about media in all forms in this show, between long and short, online and theater distribution... and oh yea, the Golden Globes happened. Enjoy! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(4:50) How you doin (the Golden Globes) https://vimeo.com/179779722 Check out more of your hostsStephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Resolutions and How to Keep Them | 05 Jan 2017 | 01:44:49 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes HOT COCOA SHOW! To kick off the new year, we talk about how to make a plan and follow through with it and why so many resolutions fail. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(11:03) Our Resolutions Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Top 10 of 2016 | 28 Dec 2016 | 01:17:16 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes NEW YEARS EPISODE! Here are 10 stand out moments from this calendar year of the podcast, use the links in the topics and timestamps section to listen to the entire shows that spawned them. Happy New Year! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(2:20) "Live and Let Die" from #117 Freelancing School 3 Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Christmas Episode 4 | 21 Dec 2016 | 00:57:43 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes CHRISTMAS EPISODE! For the 50th anniversary of the Chuck Jones directed "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" animated short film we talk about the Grinch throughout the decades from the book, to the cartoon, to the 2000 movie and the upcoming 2018 animated film! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(8:04) The Book Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Battle Talk November 2016 LIVE | 15 Dec 2016 | 01:26:10 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes BATTLE TALK! Here's the edited together version of our special live episode of the podcast talking about all your awesome submissions to the #RubberOnionBattle for November 2016! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(6:19) Jzork Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Quickie Pecker | 07 Dec 2016 | 00:41:26 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! This is probably the quickest one of these episodes that we've ever done but it might have the funniest opener too... there's really nothing more to say about it... enjoy! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(7:41) Trailer Talk: "Woody Woodpecker" Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Annie Get Your Cars | 30 Nov 2016 | 01:21:19 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes SEGMENT EPISODE! This is a loose form chat surrounding a trailer and the Annie nominations but we get into interesting conversations regarding the difference between trailers and the final film and the nature of some artists' oversupport of stop-motion to spite CG. There's also an "Ax by Fax" audience question on sourcing audio for Indie projects and talking about the RubberOnion Podcast Drinking Game being formed on the forum! And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps (5:02) How You Doin Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Internet Hate | 24 Nov 2016 | 02:03:22 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes HOT COCOA SHOW! I felt like we needed to have a conversation about internet hate: what it is, where it comes from, and how to deal with it and prepare for it as a creator. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps(6:30) Why this topic? Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| 288 Career Road Block | 29 Dec 2022 | 01:16:33 | |
The topic for this episode came from a Facebook post I made asking for topics: Could you talk about doubts in this career path, I've had a bit of a career related dilemma because I thought I'd hit some really good milestones recently... and I've only recently found out about rigging and the fact that it's a whole new skill set required for industry. Also I've been using Animate for years rather than Toonboom. These two revelations have really disheartened me from this career path, and I was wondering if you guys had any advice? Do you have any tips about what would make the mountainous stuff we need to learn as animators a little less overwhelming? We have plenty of thoughts! Figure this was a good episode to close out the year on. Are there any topics you would like use to cover on the shows in 2023? | |||
| ROVP NIghtmare Before Christmas | 16 Nov 2016 | 01:31:02 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes RubberOnion Viewing Party! They're coming back by way of Patreon! If you were a Patron before Halloween you would've seen this already but if not, here's a chance to see what you're missing! All you need is a copy or "The Nightmare Before Christmas" or an ability to stream it and listen for the moment to sync is in the show. And you can now listen to us on SoundCloud! Check out more of your hostsStephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Fart Train and Taco Trucks | 10 Nov 2016 | 01:42:01 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Segment episode! We talk about animated shorts, cartoons, and new animation tech. That's what we talk about. Laugh with us! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Topics & Timestamps (7:17) How you doin? Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||
| Battle Talk October 2016 LIVE | 09 Nov 2016 | 01:44:37 | |
Support this podcast on Patreon and get exclusive and early content! Battle Talk! Here's the audio version of our special live episode of the podcast talking about all your awesome submissions to the #RubberOnionBattle for October 2016! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Topics & Timestamps (6:04) Dave Hingly Stephen Brooks @RubberOnion | |||