More Than Meets The Pod

Discovered this podcast last month through twitter and its been a great time listening through all the episodes! Thank you for this good serotonin during these dark times. (P.S. “Is Optimus Prime Vriska?” Is the most cursed thing I ever had to hear and I’m still thinking about it three weeks later)

Not only are the cartoon episode reviews audio gold, I really love the off weeks, where the hosts delve into fandom topics that I don't usually hear on other podcasts. The discussions about the What Ifs, characters, and world-building in Transformers fanon and canon are delightful, and the Ships From A Hat usually have me laughing out loud at work. Glad to hear you start your read-through of MTMtE; I can't wait to hear your thoughts as you go!

I’ve been watching the G1 episodes since I was a kid, and this is the most fresh, fun take on a 36 year old cartoon that I have heard! Love the other topical episodes, and can’t wait to hear them dive into Beast Wars, Prime, IDW and Animated!

When I first saw the description of MTMTPod, I’ll admit I was a little bit skeptical of it. A show that purported itself to be SO up my alley seemed like it could only turn out to be disappointing. When I finally got over myself and started to catch up on the backlog, I was immediately hooked. I’m constantly impressed by the clever humor and analyses, whether the subject is misogyny in the fandom or Starscream eating ass. Even though I’ve loved this show for a while, it was the crossover with APDC that drove home for me how great the work the hosts are doing really is. It was incredible to see them acting as ambassadors, essentially, for queer transformative fandom in a space where - going in knowing what APDC was but without having by actually listened to it - I would have expected those kinds of fan perspectives to be looked down on. The respect and camaraderie between the MTMTP hosts and the APDC guys blew me away and the episode was an absolute riot to listen to. This has been one of my favorite podcasts for months now and I always make room in my day to listen to new episodes when they drop. Thanks for all your great work, and happy Podversary!