This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with two of our favorite captains in the sport — Blacksmith captain Al Kindle and Malice captain Bunny Sauriol! This is our first time interviewing two captains at once, and we now kind of love this format? Maybe we should just do this for all episodes going forward, y’all. We think you’re going to love it too — we talk about design, why hammers are terrible and why no one should build them, bullies, pork rolls, and the origin of Grumpy Al.

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This week’s combat robotics news:

• Banshee application video: facebook.com/teamsmallrobots/posts/3464487550341463
• Blacksmith’s hammer arm up for auction: ebay.com/itm/325074908506
• March 10 BattleBots meetup in Dallas: facebook.com/events/4899527253470850
• Doomba application video: facebook.com/DoombaBattleBot/posts/128695973039229
• End Game addresses OOTA: facebook.com/oyesrobotics/posts/1804846559713031
• Glitch appeared at Sacramento Bot Battles: facebook.com/glitch.battlebots/posts/156030673463054
• HiJinx teases bot part sale: facebook.com/HiJinx.BattleBot/posts/540408580844185
• HUGE is making more angry eyes: facebook.com/BattleBotsHuge/posts/992468641359009
• HyperShock tackles logistics: facebook.com/HyperShockTV/photos/a.1626817397536137/3059204740964055
• Jager addresses the late hit: facebook.com/jagerrobot/posts/834905971237701
• Kraken’s build log continues: facebook.com/KrakenBattleBot/posts/349078347218449
• P1 vs. Ribbot recap: facebook.com/AberrantRobotics/posts/1152502772248742
• Ribbot AMA: facebook.com/teamribbot/posts/980276882905083
• SawBlaze auction #2: facebook.com/SawBlazeBattlebots/posts/353713940095360
• SawBlaze vs. End Game recap: facebook.com/SawBlazeBattlebots/posts/353211836812237
• Skorpios compares fork length: facebook.com/SkorpiosBattleBot/posts/346030184199610
• Smee AMA: facebook.com/SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE/posts/480672186856840
• Tombstone AMA: facebook.com/TombstoneBot/posts/361674779297394
• Witch Doctor on their pre-fight rituals: facebook.com/witchdrshaman/posts/4496652347106231

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