Our Live Panel with Female BattleBots Captains Andrea Gellatly, Sarah Malyan, Jen Herchenroeder, Julia Chernushevich, and Lilith Specht. PLUS! A Bonus Appearance by Greg Munson!

<p>This week on the podcast, we have a special, last-minute guest—BattleBots co-creator Greg Munson! On Monday, BattleBots announced that filming would start in October, with 57 teams competing. We try to extract as much information from Greg as possible.</p> <p> </p> <p>Later, our panel discussion with female BattleBots captains Andrea Gellatly (Witch Doctor), Sarah Malyan (Nelly the Ellybot), Jen Herchenroeder (HiJinx), Julia Chernushevich (Ferocity) and Lilith Specht (Sporkinok)!</p> <p> </p> <p>We filmed the panel before a live (virtual!) audience at Maker Faire Miami, and took tons of questions from fans. It was a lot of fun, and we’re looking forward to hosting more BattleBots panels in the future.</p> <p> </p> <p>Link to video of the panel: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_rhR1TuqlY'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_rhR1TuqlY</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>This week’s news stories:</p> <p>BattleBots 2020 filming confirmed: <a href='https://twitter.com/BattleBots/status/1297933803424370688'>https://twitter.com/BattleBots/status/1297933803424370688</a> </p> <p>A beardless Chris Rose: <a href='https://twitter.com/ChrisRose/status/1297252931184410624'>https://twitter.com/ChrisRose/status/1297252931184410624</a></p> <p>Skorpios goes brushless: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=754664375289127'>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=754664375289127</a></p> <p>HiJinx’s new receivers: <a href='https://twitter.com/HiJinxBattleBot/status/1297685194346868736'>https://twitter.com/HiJinxBattleBot/status/1297685194346868736</a></p> <p>Partial weapons test by Aegis: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPXuT8jIJY/ </p> <p>BETA’s electromagnets: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2608183406065631'>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2608183406065631</a></p> <p>Nelly the Ellybot team statement: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/teampunchant/posts/622795461708432'>https://www.facebook.com/teampunchant/posts/622795461708432</a></p> <p>Malice’s custom notebook: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/malicebattle